Stern is just putting GoT out there as a red herring. Steve's doing Fast and Furious 7. (Sad trombone)

Unfortunately, I believe they're filming another one now? I saw it late one night channel surfing.

Or straight to dvd.

From everything I've heard this is incorrect.

Agreed. Ritchie doing Kiss seems unlikely. Insiders like mnpinball have stated that Steve hates Kiss (http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/steve-ritchie-lyman-sheats-pin-coming-in-2015/page/3#post-2063805).

Part of Steve's agreement with Stern is that he only works on themes that he likes. Steve mentioned this when interviewed on Spooky Pinball's podcast around the 1:46:00 mark:
http://www.spookypinball.com/http:/spookypinball.com/spooky-pinball-podcast-show-57/

I'll agree with you on skipping the first half of Season 2. It was so dull that it made me quit watching the show until all anyone was talking about was the Red Wedding toward the end of Season 3. That got me to finally go back and watch the back half of Season 2 (much better than the first half) and catch up on Season 3 so I could get through the Red Wedding unspoiled.

Overall the show is quite good, but definitely overhyped. Much like Breaking Bad.

Man I'm with you

I want a new South Park so bad I sent them a message on FB about it back when you could message them

If they made a super sweet South Park I'd get an LE and put that hoe next to TSPP & FGY

The last season and 1/2 was greatness.

You haven't seen great until you see Danaerys ride her dragons for the first time. Should happen sometime next season...if not this one.

Okay, now we're truly off in crazy land. Not only is GoT never boring to me, but Breaking Bad is one of the best written shows of all time.

Other than the stuff involving either Bran or Ramsay I'd agree. The Bran stuff is just boring to me and the guy who plays Ramsay is so damn good at his job of making the character unsettling that I find very little entertainment in his scenes. In a way, I guess that's a compliment.

I enjoyed many aspects of the show, but it left a lot to be desired at times. The show just doesn't resonate with me. The writing was good, but nothing amazing in my eyes. Walter was one of the least interesting parts of the show to be honest. Hank and Jesse were far more compelling to watch and their characters were developed far better than Walter's.

The main thing it proved is that an actor can win awards for snarling and making angry faces for entire seasons. So I guess that's something.

No reason for this pin to be made until shows ends which I believe will be Season 7 per last review I read from author. Even talks of HBO wanting this to be a ten year series. Another reason is to let technology advance let's say 3 or 5 years to help the game come out better.

Yep, Breaking Bad would have to be the best drama I've EVER watched on tv and currently, is probably better than anything I've seen on the big screen in such a long time. Looking forward to taking the time and watching it all again from episode 1.

Despite my love for the tv show, it's not a theme that I think needs to happen. Game of Thrones is a different story. Medieval theme, dragons....and something that is lacking from modern pinball...women.

yes, according to mr. martin, 'a song of ice and fire' is/was supposed to be a 7 book series.

however, given that he wrote the first 3 books in a 2-year span each (1996, 1998, 2000) and then it took him another 11 years years to complete the 4th and 5th books (5 and 6 years respectively).

this season's hbo series starts to cover book 4, so unless they stretch out books 4 & 5 to fill multiple seasons, the viewers are going to be left waiting for him to finish up the final 2 novels before they can film for the series.

They're actually skipping most of book 4, so this season will contain material from Dance With Dragons. Also, they're beginning to diverge from the books' plots, and they've said that the series will probably be finished before the books. Which kind of sucks for those of us who read the books...major spoilers!

It seems like they've re-arranged the order of a lot of the events from the books as well. Sometimes I'm not quite sure why from an editing standpoint what the purpose of it was. They've diverged enough from the books that I'm treating them as separate entities now, which is always a good idea with tv and movie adaptations. The books are not an easy read though. They almost more difficult to follow than the show with all of the characters and plots going on. I found myself referencing back through the book just to remember who the hell they were talking about a lot of times. It is messy, it reminds me of the time i tried to read war and peace.

It's probably a good thing that they're skipping most of book four. I found it a huge bore, even though a lot of things happened in it.

Martin has said that he already knows how everything will end in the final book, so I wonder if he has told the writers of the show? It will be interesting to see if the books and show end the same or with a completely different king or queen.

I've also heard rumors of some movies after the series ends. I think a movie or movies of "Roberts Rebellion" would be cool. That's a great story in itself.

Don't try to read the Malazan series, then. I read a lot of this stuff, so it wasn't too bad for me to follow.

They have actually sat down, and Martin told them everything. The word is that the three of them are the only people that know how it turns out. So, expect the outcome to be the same, but the way they get there to be very different.

He has. So even if he dies, the TV series will have an end...if not the books (although I assume a final book would be ghostwritten).

I'm not the best reader in the world admittedly. I've got some reading comprehension issues. Fav book is the Hobbit because it is all about 1 character. I'm not crazy about books/stories with branching plots and multiple characters, it always seems to me as if it is a writing crutch. I like linearity in stories and focus or I stop being able to follow and get bored.

This is an interesting comment, because Tolkien was one of the worst for this. I think The Hobbit was intended to be a childrens book. He created a mess writing Lord Of The Rings and had to constantly revise/re-write to avoid inconsistencies from earlier events/characters.

I haven't read any of the Game Of Thrones books, but the show is usually tough for me to catch up on early in the season because it basically feels like Men With Beards Outwitting Each Other... So many of the secondary characters look alike that it takes a few episodes to get it all straight again.

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He has. He's given the writers his whole outline so that they know what's going to happen, and can account for it in their adaptation. There was a great piece about it all in Vanity Fair late last year.

Agreed. I feel that way as much as I love the lord of the rings books. I can sit and read the Hobbit all in one go though. When reading the trilogy, there is a lot more background info and detail that can get a little slow if you aren't already invested in it. Reading the Hobbit first is a primer for that though. I don't want to put it down once I pick it up. I think I first read it in 5th grade, so it is definitely intended for a younger audience, but there is something perfect about that book, regardless of how old you are.

It is certainly much harder to do right. I've found very few series withhuge plots that don't have some kind of issues.

You should read The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. All about one guy who got marooned in space and how he goes about getting revenge on the people who left him there. Great stuff.

I unfortunately do agree with it not seeming ideal from all angles. Maybe not as much in terms of HBO exclusivity, but I do feel the pin market would become slightly over-saturated with medieval themes if they do GoT (as much as I absolutely do love the show & medieval stuff in general). It's going to be REALLY hard to ever top Medieval Madness, and I guess just in the back of my mind I keep picturing a GoT pin being too similar to LoTR. Or even too similar to The Walking Dead considering it's a low hanging fruit trendy bandwagon theme.

I actually really liked the risk Stern took on WWE with their non-traditional playfield feature, and they have the uniqueness of the theme to thank for that. The jury is still out on how well that will hold up, but for now it's holding my attention way more than anything on Walking Dead ever did. If Stern were to make a GoT pin, I'd hope they do something radically unique again to set it apart. I'm tired of seeing just a bunch of orbits & one bash toy in the center, which seems like what these recent TV/film themes elude themselves to.

I cant take another rehash of this.

I'll check it out. All my favorite books and authors are generally single-character focused.

slightly off topic:
has anyone here read melanie rawn's dragon prince series? the first trilogy was really well done as far as the story line goes and the battle between church and state. yet another book series that could be done well as 3 10-episode series on HBO or another of the premium cable networks.

I'll put it on my list!

Aren't they going to have to make up 1-2 seasons of tv show as he hasn't written the rest yet? So they are kinda making filler seasons.

Good thing as it's gone..

I agree, I dont care for the WWE theme but I was impressed with wrestling ring feature in it.

The best television show ever made (Breaking Bad) cannot be overrated!

You must be high. Walter White was played to perfection. He had this dichotomy between caring for his family and being completely self serving and evil (Heisenberg) that you never knew what you were going to get with each episode. That scene where he says "Say my name" to the meth dealer was one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a TV show.

When I hear this on the show I get goosebumps.

Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears! It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I AM the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!

Off blue meth.

And I still love The Wire more than Breaking Bad, but damn it was a good show. And unlike The Wire it ended on the perfect note. Such a good ending. No Sopranos copout bullshit.

There you go again, Aurich. Giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.

Sounds like the GOT rumors are true. Hope Ritchie hits it out of the park!

Hells yeah!

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If they make this it might be time for my first NIB purchase. Time will tell

I wish they would surprise us and announce this game next month with the season premiere. I need a new Ritchie game! Also Borg needs more time on whatever he's doing. Parts of TWD definitely felt rushed.

It makes no sense for this game to come out later in the year. It's either coming real soon so it is shipping when the season is still going or it's not happening this year.

Sunset found her squatting in the grass, groaning. Every stool was looser than the one before, and smelled fouler. By the time the moon came up she was shitting brown water. The more she drank, the more she shat, but the more she shat, the thirstier she grew, and her thirst sent her crawling to the stream to suck up more water.

When the season starts is irrelevant. The license is already popular & will be popular for a long time. Stern licenses last 3 years...so, there will be plenty of new seasons while the game is in production (not that it really matters).

Looks promising? - White walker on the lane guides, Iron Throne on the right?

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what is that supposed to be????

I don't think that's a stern unless they decided to go back to the old auto-launch and use williams ball troughs

Are Shit-b making it?

I think it might be from a guy who posted on the p-roc forums, making a GoT game. thought I might be wrong.