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For 12 years he's thinking "oh, crap, what do I do now?"Ive heard rumors that GRRM is looking for co-writers to help finish GoT, because its clear he wrote himself into a hole: too many characters, and he cant figure out how to finish their various storylines in a satisfying way.
But then again, it may be in his best interests not to finish it, since his outline was shown on the GoT TV show and a lot of people hated it. He's probably thinking "oh crap," what do I do now?
Yup. Why do you think he hasnt finished it yet?For 12 years he's thinking "oh, crap, what do I do now?"
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Yup. Why do you think he hasnt finished it yet?
GRRM has been rich for decades well before HBO made his book into a series. Hes been a Hollywood showrunner for years.He got rich and lazy. He's flying to sci-fi/fantasy events all over the world giving speeches and basking in his glory. He's also writing lots of other crap he's been contracted to write. HBO and others are paying him a fortune to write new stuff. He's an ass.
No, we're talking a whole new ballgame with GoT. He's written books before and written for the screen, but with nowhere near this kind of success. Nobody had ever heard of him before GoT except a few hardcore fantasy fans. Now he's famous worldwide.GRRM has been rich for decades well before HBO made his book into a series. Hes been a Hollywood showrunner for years.
GoT was a bestseller before it became a show, thats the reason why they made it a show in the first place.No, we're talking a whole new ballgame with GoT. He's written books before and written for the screen, but with nowhere near this kind of success. Nobody had ever heard of him before GoT except a few hardcore fantasy fans. Now he's famous worldwide.
I said no one ever heard of him before GoT. Where did I lose you?GoT was a bestseller before it became a show, thats the reason why they made it a show in the first place.
Not that I'm holding Wikipedia up as the last word in accuracy, but all I found there re: Martin's early HW credits was that he wrote for TWILIGHT ZONE and MAX HEADROOM, and then was a writer-producer on the Ron Perlman version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. (If you have never been exposed to a later remake of the concept, count yourself lucky.) So I agree that he was a showrunner, though BATB was not a stellar success and endures mostly as a cult favorite -- which is a definite accomplishment.GRRM has been rich for decades well before HBO made his book into a series. Hes been a Hollywood showrunner for years.
You lost me when you said he became rich and lazy. This happened well before the HBO series came out, and hes been doing a whole bunch of other stuff, so he hasnt been lazy.I said no one ever heard of him before GoT. Where did I lose you?
A showrunner, even on minor TV shows is richer than 90% of the public, so he didnt stop writing GoT just because he got more dinero. GRRM lives pretty modestly too, hes not flying around in private jets or has a yacht.Not that I'm holding Wikipedia up as the last word in accuracy, but all I found there re: Martin's early HW credits was that he wrote for TWILIGHT ZONE and MAX HEADROOM, and then was a writer-producer on the Ron Perlman version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. (If you have never been exposed to a later remake of the concept, count yourself lucky.) So I agree that he was a showrunner, though BATB was not a stellar success and endures mostly as a cult favorite -- which is a definite accomplishment.
It looks to me as though all of his later involvement as a head honcho on various shows stem from the bestseller status of THRONES, beginning in 1996. But the article I referenced could certainly be in error.
Exactly. The books hit huge. Then the HBO series was a spectacular success. He got all full of himself and started basking in the adulation. He gave up on GoT, and started writing crappy Hedge Knight/A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms junk and the precursor series to GoT, House of the Dragon, which is okay at best.Not that I'm holding Wikipedia up as the last word in accuracy, but all I found there re: Martin's early HW credits was that he wrote for TWILIGHT ZONE and MAX HEADROOM, and then was a writer-producer on the Ron Perlman version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. (If you have never been exposed to a later remake of the concept, count yourself lucky.) So I agree that he was a showrunner, though BATB was not a stellar success and endures mostly as a cult favorite -- which is a definite accomplishment.
It looks to me as though all of his later involvement as a head honcho on various shows stem from the bestseller status of THRONES, beginning in 1996. But the article I referenced could certainly be in error.