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Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2014.06.06 13:43:00 -
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'Game of Thrones' whacks 'The Sopranos' to become HBO's most popular show ever
"With two episodes remaining in the fourth season, Thrones has an average gross audience of 18.4 million viewers across all platforms. That surpasses the previous record set by the 2002 peak season of The Sopranos, which had an average gross audience of 18.2 million viewers per episode." "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Graygor
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Posted - 2014.06.06 16:04:00 -
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Whats more shocking from that is that the first episode of the sopranos was 15 years ago.
*sits quietly in a corner and hugs knees* "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara
"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate |
Random McNally
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Posted - 2014.06.06 16:26:00 -
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Never watched Sopranos... Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com In Game Channel HighDragChat |
Mizhir
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Posted - 2014.06.06 16:30:00 -
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Don't even know what Sopranos is. One Man Crew - Collective solo pvp |
Eurydia Vespasian
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Posted - 2014.06.06 16:48:00 -
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It's like game of thrones. Only with the mafia and guns instead of swords and dragons and things.
But families struggling against each other? It's totally got that. |
enotsmirb
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Posted - 2014.06.06 21:36:00 -
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Then they kill off Tyrion and the rating plumit and the series gets sold to syfi channel. |
Marsha Mallow
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Posted - 2014.06.06 21:49:00 -
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Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers.
Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source.
Even if they try to resurrect this via GoT I seriously doubt it's sustainable, unless GRRM turns over his ideas to scriptwriters. TO THE RIPARDMOBILE! |
James Amril-Kesh
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Posted - 2014.06.07 04:13:00 -
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Marsha Mallow wrote:Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers. No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership. No, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhh. |
Sibyyl
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Posted - 2014.06.07 05:49:00 -
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The Oatmeal: I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened
HBO is a dinosaur. This way of content delivery should die, and quickly. .. when everything else is gone .. |
Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2014.06.07 12:40:00 -
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Marsha Mallow wrote:Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers. Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source.
...and that's on a broadcast network.
GoT is CABLE subscription, a much smaller pool.
In fact, it's too expensive for me to pay for a full year (around $950). I'd buy the Blu Rays at $60 a year. "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
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Eurydia Vespasian
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Posted - 2014.06.07 14:16:00 -
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lol
the torrent site advertisements are great.
MOAR *********!!
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Malaclypse Muscaria
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.06.07 23:21:00 -
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Reminds me a lot - right down to the same conclusion - of my own recent adventures trying to watch the Daily Show and Colbert from outside the US, now that some pointy-haired boss at Comedy Central has seemingly decided they've had enough of those filthy advertisement dollars coming from people living anywhere else in the world, and started blocking non-American interwebs users from legally watching their shows.
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Marsha Mallow
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Posted - 2014.06.07 23:34:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership. True, but British viewers have a different perpective to others because of our broadcasting history. Some shows from the 70s and 80s used to attract an enormous market share (mainly because we only had 3-4 channels). Those broadcasts had a much deeper cultural impact than TV now, literally everyone watched them, and talked about them. Even though GoT is hitting a larger audience it's linked to certain demographics, those older shows were cross-demographic.
I see your point though. TO THE RIPARDMOBILE! |
James Amril-Kesh
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Posted - 2014.06.08 00:01:00 -
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Marsha Mallow wrote:James Amril-Kesh wrote:No they look impressive because they are impressive - shows on non-subscription channels rarely have this much viewership. True, but British viewers have a different perpective to others because of our broadcasting history. Some shows from the 70s and 80s used to attract an enormous market share (mainly because we only had 3-4 channels). Those broadcasts had a much deeper cultural impact than TV now, literally everyone watched them, and talked about them. Even though GoT is hitting a larger audience it's linked to certain demographics, those older shows were cross-demographic. I see your point though. Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I love the show and I think it's the best thing on T.V. but I'm not going to pretend it has the same impact as, say, Doctor Who. No, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhh. |
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.08 02:23:00 -
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Marsha Mallow wrote:Those stats look impressive until you try to work out the total number of HBO viewers. Eastenders hit 30m viewers in the UK in 1986 according to a this highly reliable source. Even if they try to resurrect this via GoT I seriously doubt it's sustainable, unless GRRM turns over his ideas to scriptwriters. GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.
From what I've seen so far, with the exception of the first book, the show is better anyhow. If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg |
Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2014.06.08 12:37:00 -
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Ila Dace wrote: GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.
That's amusing, since he doesn't even know the ending. I can find no mention or proof of this anywhere.
There may even be an 8th book.
http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/george_rr_martin_claims_game_of_thrones_could_end_with_movies-2014-03 "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Eurydia Vespasian
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Posted - 2014.06.08 15:55:00 -
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from my understanding GRRM has a "rough" idea where he wants to take the tale. enough so that, in terms of interpretation for the show, the creators could bring it to a conclusion in the event the books are not finished first.
it doesn't matter. i've read all the books that have come out and watch the show both. i'll read any and all further books that come out. i'm a total fangirl and i am completely unashamed of this fact. |
jason hill
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Posted - 2014.06.08 17:42:00 -
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never seen either ... well Ive seen 1 episode of the sopranos and thought it was shite ....and muddled through 4 episodes of GOT ...and thought it was utter junk .... if I wanted **** then I know where to look .... soft **** doesn't do it for me ,
at least im honest
btw ..I never liked breaking bad ...nor did I like orange is the new black |
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.08 19:23:00 -
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http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/
TFA wrote:Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we donGÇÖt know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character. If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg |
Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2014.06.08 19:40:00 -
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Ila Dace wrote:http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/TFA wrote:Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we donGÇÖt know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character.
They may know how most characters turn out, and how situations play out. But nowhere does it say they specifically know the ending. Especially since it is not even written. "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
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Ralph King-Griffin
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Posted - 2014.06.08 20:22:00 -
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The Wire > Game of thrones. And for those of you who haven't seen the Soprano's, you should. "CAKE CANNOT HOLD UP TO BEING A CHARACTER DAMNIT."
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Marsha Mallow
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Posted - 2014.06.08 21:10:00 -
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Ila Dace wrote:GRRM already has turned over his ideas to the show's two creators. They know the ending, and they will be proceeding without the novels if necessary.
From what I've seen so far, with the exception of the first book, the show is better anyhow. That's actually good to know. I've been reading them from release, the delay with the last one really irked me. I stopped watching the TV series after season 1 too because they seemed to be tearing through the material too fast, and I was bothered it'd just end and need recasting later on. I prefer to just wait for seasons to be complete anyway then watch them in full (without ads/delays etc).
I'm pretty sure he has the broad strokes finished, you can see the major arcs. If he finishes it collaboratively with scriptwriters they may get to stop him from drifting off on a tangent of peripheral characters the way Jordan did. The last book certainly looked that way to me, I ended up skimming everyone but Tyrion, Jon and Danaerys just to tear through the plot. TO THE RIPARDMOBILE! |
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.08 21:51:00 -
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Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:Ila Dace wrote:http://screenrant.com/game-of-thrones-final-season-7-8/TFA wrote:Last year we went out to Santa Fe for a week to sit down with him [Martin] and just talk through where things are going, because we donGÇÖt know if we are going to catch up and where exactly that would be. If you know the ending, then you can lay the groundwork for it. And so we want to know how everything ends. We want to be able to set things up. So we just sat down with him and literally went through every character. They may know how most characters turn out, and how situations play out. But nowhere does it say they specifically know the ending. Especially since it is not even written. There was another article that I read, that didn't turn up in the Google search, that said GRRM "told them the ending". It was a profile on the show creators. If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg |
Dorian Tormak
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Posted - 2014.06.09 03:35:00 -
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First of all I have to say. "Who cares"? As in, who cares about HBO or how many people watch their shows? I guess you do? How sad.
Secondly, I've understood a few of George's interviews. Not many, but a few. Never have I heard any mention of the ending of the series, and personally I doubt that he really knows the ending all too well. Having read most of the series, I feel he has dug a hole so deep with this story that he has no idea how to climb back out again; that is, he has no idea how to properly end this story. We shall see, and I hope he comes up with the proper brilliant endings that this story deserves, but that is a very tall order and I honestly doubt he can deliver. I am FAKE. And I lack charisma. Can you feel my complete and utter superiority? |
Krixtal Icefluxor
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Posted - 2014.06.09 11:48:00 -
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Dorian Tormak wrote:First of all I have to say. "Who cares"? As in, who cares about HBO or how many people watch their shows? I guess you do? How sad.
Because if nobody is watching, it goes away immediately.
Why do you care what we care about ?????
Dorian Tormak wrote: Secondly, I've understood a few of George's interviews. Not many, but a few. Never have I heard any mention of the ending of the series, and personally I doubt that he really knows the ending all too well. Having read most of the series, I feel he has dug a hole so deep with this story that he has no idea how to climb back out again; that is, he has no idea how to properly end this story. We shall see, and I hope he comes up with the proper brilliant endings that this story deserves, but that is a very tall order and I honestly doubt he can deliver.
How can you possibly know what all these people are thinking or what they know. You can't. "He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."-á - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882 |
Dorian Tormak
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.06.09 14:45:00 -
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I am not completely sure, but I don't think any people can know what other people are thinking or what they know, aside from what they take at face value from the words they say.
Your first point doesn't make any sense either. It's all good though. I am FAKE. And I lack charisma. Can you feel my complete and utter superiority? |
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