Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

[PROVOST]

There is never enough meat!

[Lemur]

I seem to recall there being a lot more clam bakes than sausage fests on the show, but South Park does make a decent point.

[The Lurker Below]

season 4 is coming

[Kagemusha]

Great stuff! Cant wait for the new season. Thanks for posting this!

[drone]

Second trailer.

[drone]

Trailer #3: Secrets


Looking at the trailers, I think they are going to yada-yada a fair amount of A Feast For Crows/Dance with Dragons and keep with the main character story lines (those still alive that is ). I imagine they will cut the Kingsmoot/Greyjoy succession, Asha/Yara is already off the book storyline anyway and they can probably shoehorn in the Iron fleet with a more compact role. I don't expect to see Quentyn Martell at all either. So my revised timeline estimation is shorter by at least a season and a half.

Edit-> And no, I don't work for Grantland.

[drone]

Trailer #4

[Hax]

Decided to rewatch the season 1 in anticipation. Littlefinger is such a loveable bastard.

[rajpoot]

Great first episode. The opening of the episode was probably the most poignant opening of all the seasons till date.
The new Daario is much more fitting than the clean shaved dude from last season. Oberyn is not what I imagined though. Also it's not cool that they made the Thenns into cannibals. Anyone think this is going to have an effect on the Rickon storyline later on?
It was also good to see Janos Slynt again.

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Because it means we will see him lose his head, and that is one of my favourite bits from the books till now.

[drone]

Great first episode. The opening of the episode was probably the most poignant opening of all the seasons till date.
The new Daario is much more fitting than the clean shaved dude from last season. Oberyn is not what I imagined though. Also it's not cool that they made the Thenns into cannibals. Anyone think this is going to have an effect on the Rickon storyline later on?
It was also good to see Janos Slynt again.

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Because it means we will see him lose his head, and that is one of my favourite bits from the books till now.

I thought they did a good job with Oberyn, he came off as a passionate, unpredictable man with a vendetta, which is exactly what he is in the book. He's going to be a pain in Lannister posteriors this season.

Not too worried about the Thenns, I think they might be trimming the storyline this way.

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Skagos is supposedly inhabited by cannibals, so it fits. Alys might not be too happy about it though...

They kept Thorne at the Wall as acting commander and Slynt is there already, so the leadership for the coming attack is already off the book. I suppose the Night's Watch election is going to be a lot different.

Bronn continues to own it, not sure why they gave Pod the new haircut. The Arya/Sandor storyline is also fun, somehow I don't think Ayra is going to Braavos.

[Tellos Athenaios]

The Arya/Sandor storyline is also fun, somehow I don't think Ayra is going to Braavos.

Hmm, the trailers do show the 'Titan of Bravos' though... Then again, isn't Sandor supposed to be wounded with the wound starting to fester later on?

[PROVOST]

Does anyone know why the change of actor for the character Daario Naharis -

[Hooahguy]

Supposedly the first actor wanted more money, and they didnt have the budget for it so he quit. Hence the new actor.

[drone]

Hmm, the trailers do show the 'Titan of Bravos' though... Then again, isn't Sandor supposed to be wounded with the wound starting to fester later on?

Forgot about the Titan. In the book, the fight with Polliver a) got Ayra Needle back and b) got Sandor injured. He looked fine riding away, but it did look like he took one in the back before he got knocked down in the fight.

Does anyone know why the change of actor for the character Daario Naharis -

In other casting news, the Mountain gets a new face yet again (some ginormous Norwegian guy), and the guy playing Ilyn Payne got cancer so he's written out apparently (from the trailers looks like Bronn becomes Jamie's sparring partner).

[rajpoot]

Does anyone know why the change of actor for the character Daario Naharis -

In the books Daario sports a flamboyant blue beard, and is an experienced mercenary with quite a few years behind him, more akin in age to Jorah Mormont than to Danaerys.
IMO the dude they picked now is much more fitting than the one they picked last season. He looked a little....weird...to me. Too effeminate for some reason. Maybe the lips. I don't know.

[LooseCannon1]

Supposedly the first actor wanted more money, and they didnt have the budget for it so he quit. Hence the new actor.

No, the original actor got the chance to replace Jason Statham in "Transporter 4" http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014...ame-of-thrones

[Hax]

I thought Michiel Huisman was great on Treme. Let's hope he's as good here as he was there.

[PROVOST]

No, the original actor got the chance to replace Jason Statham in "Transporter 4" http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014...ame-of-thrones

[Hooahguy]

No, the original actor got the chance to replace Jason Statham in "Transporter 4" http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014...ame-of-thrones

Aye, you are right, I stand corrected.

[PROVOST]

Well........

Ep 2 was interesting.



I liked the ending a LOT.

[naut]

Well........

Ep 2 was interesting.



I liked the ending a LOT.

'Twas good. Can't wait for some of the other's to go the same way!

[rajpoot]

'Twas good. Can't wait for some of the other's to go the same way!

The next one with such an awesome ending will probably involve a lavatory and a crossbow.

[Hax]

It's weird, I saw episode 1 yesterday and will watch episode 2 tomorrow, but I really didn't expect this particular event to happen already; I anticipated it around episode 4. Huh.

[drone]

It's weird, I saw episode 1 yesterday and will watch episode 2 tomorrow, but I really didn't expect this particular event to happen already; I anticipated it around episode 4. Huh.

I thought it came early as well, but this would reinforce the notion that they plan on accelerating through the next couple of books.

All hail King Tommen, first of his name!

[Beskar]

Yoink

The Deaths can be rather gruesome though...

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[rajpoot]

Yoink

The Deaths can be rather gruesome though...

They overdid the makeup. For a moment there I actually felt sorry for him.

Also BTW Bronn is turning out to be one of the most awesome characters in the show.
Loved the chat between Jamie/Loras and Oberyn/Cersei/Tywin, he sure can hold his own.
And does anyone else think the Shae story arc might be different from the books?

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She actually seems to love Tyrion here. I think she might end up dying early

[rajpoot]

Double post. Sorry.

[PROVOST]

[rajpoot]

The ending to the fourth episode. Stuff that hasn't even been explicitly mentioned in the books iirc.

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so the others are clearly more like humans than let on in the books. The dude who picks up the baby and transforms it looks like Darth Maul without the colourful face. Maybe they're just humans who have turned to worshiping the great other (whoever that is), like melisandre says.

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[drone]

The North storyline is now spoiler-proof.