Dark Horse continues to pump out more exclusive Game of Thrones merch and collectibles. Feast your eyes on their latest two offerings, a Stark Shield replica and a White Walker statue.
The shield will be available in limited quantities only at San Diego Comic Con for $30. The White Walker statue will be sold at comic stores and specialty retailers on December 18 for $125. For more details, check out the press releases after the break.
There has been much speculation amongst fans on what Game of Thrones might do if (when?) they catch up to George R. R. Martin. But the showrunners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, haven’t really addressed the issue. Until last week, in an interview with James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly. They, along with HBO president Michael Lombardo, discuss what is becoming a very real possibility: the show finishing the series before the books.
“I finally understand fans’ fear — which I didn’t a couple years ago: What if the storytelling catches up to the books?,” says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo. “Let’s all hope and pray that’s not going to be a problem”
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Martin has told the showrunners his top-secret end-game plan for Ice and Fire, but wouldn’t be thrilled with the TV series progressing into that territory before he published his books. “I don’t think I’d be happy with that,” the author says. And neither would the producers. “We still have our fingers crossed that George will get there,” Weiss says. “That’s what’s best for us, it’s what’s best for the fans. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.” Adds Benioff: “Ideally the books come out first.”
So they are still hoping that GRRM can finish the books in time. However, given his writing speed (slower than Patrick Rothfuss, but slightly faster than Susanna Clarke), that would surely require them stretching out the remaining books over many seasons. So is that what they are planning? Could this show last for 10 seasons?
With season 3 now in our rear view mirror, Game of Owns dives back into the books. Over the course of the off-season, they will be reading through (or re-reading in Micah and Selina’s case) A Clash of Kings, a chapter per episode, and providing their thoughts and reactions. Make no mistake, it’s the same old Game of Owns that you know and love, now with some extra Clash of Kings flavoring!
Description: And so begins the long adventure through George R.R. Martin’s fabled A Clash of Kings, guided by your favorite band of invisible talking faces. Meet major players Stannis Baratheon and Davos Seaworth in this first GOO that is back to the books.
When Brewery Ommegang and HBO partnered to release the Iron Throne Blonde Ale, more beers were promised. Today, they have unveiled the second of this line of exclusive Game of Thrones-themed beverages, it is called Take the Black Stout. Terri Schwartz of Zap2It writes:
Take the Black is a stout inspired by the Night’s Watch. Take the Black Stout is 7 percent alcohol by volume, whereas Iron Throne was 6.5 percent. This beer will also be released in 750 mL bottles and sixth barrel kegs.
As can be seen in the photograph below, the label art on the bottle features the Weirwood trees considered sacred by the people of the North. The design was created for the bottle by a52, the same studio that designed the iconic opening credits sequence for “Game of Thrones.”
Ommegang has said that given the overwhelming demand for Iron Throne Blonde Ale, they will be brewing up and distributing even more Take the Black Stout. The beer will be available in the US, beginning this fall.
Winter Is Coming: I’m not normally a fan of dark beer, but given how tasty Ommegang’s first offering was combined with the fact that I am a sucker for anything Game of Thrones, I will definitely be trying this.
As the third season of Thrones concluded and “Mhysa” cut to its credits, I was struck by how Ramin Djawadi’s score continued unabated, punctuated but not interrupted by Drogon’s ascending screech. The smoothness of this sonic transition from story to post-story felt purposeful when compared to the brief moments of silence given in the wake of previous concluding scenes, as if the show was now self-consciously underscoring a heightened principle of continuity. Djawadi’s piece extends beyond the limits of the final frame, and we’re reminded that this is all but one chapter in an ongoing narrative.
The “birth” of Dany’s dragons in season one was revelatory, and the unveiling of the White Walker army in season two was shocking; these surprising moments heralded momentous shifts in the understandings of the characters present, while having significant implications for the world at large. Taken as structural choices, these scenes served as blatant, effective cliffhangers, both introducing or revealing unexpected factors within the game–factors that audiences knew would dramatically influence everything thereafter, even if they couldn’t yet see how. Season three takes a different tack. While Dany’s embrace by the formerly enslaved population of Yunkai felt perfectly at home within the thematic range of the season, the scene was deliberately without the kind of conspicuous hook fans have come to expect. Instead, the final moment signaled in every way that season three’s conclusion was nothing more than a significant dramatic beat for a tale in medias res.
Did I mention that I love Dorne? That I freakin love it?
As it turns out, I did, in Part 1 of The Importance of Dorne. FaBio asked questions of eight Game of Thrones fans and two weeks ago, presented Part 1 of the series, sharing our thoughts on the land of Dorne and the fan-favorite character, Oberyn Martell. Opinions on casting and the character’s sexuality were expressed, and WiC readers had a lot to say as well on the subject.
We return now to complete the roundtable, and to explore the ethnicity of the Dornish people and its Great House, House Martell. The debate on how to interpret “salty,” “sandy,” and “stony” in terms of Dornish ethnicity has been going on in the A Song of Ice and Fire fandom for years. Well, these are theoretical questions no more, with Oberyn’s season four casting already in the works.
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