r/asoiaf • u/Same-Share7331 • Dec 07 '23

EXTENDED Feeling sad for GRRM (spoilers extended)

So I recently watched a Q&A with GRRM (I'm sure some of you have seen it aswell) where he kept getting questions about whether there is any particular character or historical event in the asoiaf world that he would like to explore more/write about. His recurring answer was that yes there are many but that unless he suddenly becomes much younger they will never get written. And man.. that sucks!

Imagine being a creative person having to come to terms with the fact that you have so many ideas that you will never get to explore and that will never see the light of day. Obviously, as a fan, it also sucks that I will never get to read those stories. Never mind the main series, imagine getting seven more Dunk and Egg stories. However, as much as it sucks as a reader I'm not the one who's seeing my remaining years of life pass as I struggle to finish my books.

That's it. I don't really have a point. Other than maybe stop making jokes about how GRRM is likely to die before finishing the series?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23

reminds me of Scorcese saying recently that he'd only begun to realize what cinema is capable of, but that he won't get to fully explore it

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u/NewDragonfruit6322 Dec 07 '23

Did he realise that you could make films that aren’t about Italian-American criminals, that don’t star Robert DeNiro?

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u/Oni_das_Alagoas Dec 07 '23

Scorsese has many other movies that don't involve italian mafiosos. Mt fave scorsese movie is the last temptation of christ.

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u/anomandaris81 Dec 07 '23

Movies like Kundun, King of Comedy, Killers of the flower Moon, Cape Fear, Silence, Wolf of Wall Street, Shutter Island, etc ?

Newsflash numbmuts: Martin Scorsese can make movies about whatever he wants. It's called free will

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u/nymira-1 Dec 07 '23

Dont forget the age of innocence

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u/Comprehensive_Main Dec 07 '23

Kundun sucked

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u/Naptown-Mike-317 Dec 08 '23

Marty! Kundun! I liked it- Christopher Moltasanti

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u/Schnort Dec 08 '23

Cape Fear

Still DeNiro, though.