Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

[Hooahguy]

For those who missed Comic Con, theres a twitter thing set up by HBO that describes the panel.
http://connect.hbo.com/conversations...omic-con-panel

[johnhughthom]

I don't think anybody has linked the Margaery Tyrell casting yet. Poor choice in my opinion.

[Hooahguy]

I don't think anybody has linked the Margaery Tyrell casting yet. Poor choice in my opinion.

Why do you say that? I think shes fine.
I think GRRM actually personally picks each actor personally.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Having watched The Tudors, I can't realistically see someone who played the manipulative, scheming Anne Boleyn playing Margarey. She's basically going from playing Cersei's double to Cersei's antithesis.

[Centurion1]

bad choice. actor is blond and margaery is brunette.

[Hooahguy]

bad choice. actor is blond and margaery is brunette.

So? Emilia Clarke, who plays Dany, is brunette.

[johnhughthom]

Margaery is, what, 14 at the start of Clash of Kings? I know they've messed with the ages of most characters but she seems very old for the role.

[Hooahguy]

I say we wait for season 2 before we pass judgement.

[johnhughthom]

True, going by the books Peter Dinklage isn't a very good choice, now he is Tyrion in my mind when I read.

[Hooahguy]

True, going by the books Peter Dinklage isn't a very good choice, now he is Tyrion in my mind when I read.

Yup. In the books Tyrion is described as grotesque.

[The Stranger]

This SUMMER, strapped for cash, ROBB STARK, is ALEXANDER NEVSKY!

The WHISPERING WOOD, all over again but then in RUSSIAN!

[aimlesswanderer]

I was surprised to hear from some of my cousins, who aren't big readers (or readers at all) and are not, AFAIK, fantasy fans, that they thought this series was really good.

I must admit that I am pleasantly surprised that they made an expensive fantasy series, even though I only just managed to read the first book and then gave up.

The more the better I say!

[Hooahguy]

Lets get this thread going again.
Ok so I just finished AFFC.
I thought it was quite good. Not as good as the previous books, but not a disappointment, IMO.

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One of the best parts of AFFC was Sansa. Yes, Sansa. She really matures in this books, and when before her chapters were annoying but now they are a pleasure to read.
And apparently she is really hot as a brunette, as this artist imagined her in the Eryie.


Also, I liked Jaime's and Cersei's chapters. I liked reading how Jaime came to hate his sister who he once loved and how Cersei's work came down around her. Brienne was a bitter disappointment, I thought something epic was going to happen, but all she does is find Catelyn and then dies. Lame.

[johnhughthom]

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Brienne was a bitter disappointment, I thought something epic was going to happen, but all she does is find Catelyn and then dies. Lame.

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Did she?

[Hooahguy]

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Did she?

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Well, Id say getting hanged is a pretty clear indication that one is dead. Though this is GRRM. Anything can happen. But if it turns out Brienne isnt dead I cant say that I will be overjoyed.

[Centurion1]

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Well, Id say getting hanged is a pretty clear indication that one is dead. Though this is GRRM. Anything can happen. But if it turns out Brienne isnt dead I cant say that I will be overjoyed.

I like Brienne.

[Hooahguy]

I like her too, I just find that she is one of the weaker characters.

Also, heres a Collegehumor vid about the series.

[johnhughthom]

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Oh yeah, Sansa is still lame. Ned should have killed her and let the wolf live.

[Koga No Goshi]

I read the first book and couldn't stand it. It was so dry and slow that when I heard they were making a TV show, especially an HBO adaptation, I immediately said they'll have to massively change the story and throw tons of gratuitous sex and nonsense into it to make it more watchable than the first book's story was.

And sure enough, I haven't been watching but my friend links me to a scene where a male-male couple is chest shaving, complete with nipple closeups. Even knowing that things that weren't in the book were going to be thrown in to make it more scandalous and interesting, my mouth still gaped.

[Hooahguy]

Ah, Koga, your cynicism was not missed with your absence.
At least you are wrong about them throwing a lot of extra stuff to make it interesting.

[Koga No Goshi]

Ah, Koga, your cynicism was not missed with your absence.
At least you are wrong about them throwing a lot of extra stuff to make it interesting.

Err... did you read the book(s)?

Even from the minimal amount I've seen of the show, they've added a *lot* that wasn't in the book to spice it up.

[Hooahguy]

Yes I read the books.
There was not a ton that was added. A few sex scenes, a fight scene between Jaime and Ned, a scene here and there that helped explain the motives for certain characters.
But you also said that you didnt watch all the episodes, so you are making an assumption that that one extra scene is reflective of the whole series, when in fact, it is not.
Ah, this reminds me of your backroom days way back when, saying things you cant back up.
If you can point out five major things which they changed in each episode then I will concede that you are right.

[Centurion1]

Err... did you read the book(s)?

Even from the minimal amount I've seen of the show, they've added a *lot* that wasn't in the book to spice it up.

Read the thread you do not want to argue about this. You are wrong. For a tv series they are very close to the books

[The Stranger]

Err... did you read the book(s)?

Even from the minimal amount I've seen of the show, they've added a *lot* that wasn't in the book to spice it up.

ehm imo the books are more full of nudity than the series. and the its also kinda full of what we would nowadays consider paedophily. if anything hbo made the series less adult rated XD

also why does your mouth gape when its 2 guys shaving chest hairs but not when its 2 girls having sex in a brothel... or a guy having sex with his sister? or did i misunderstand it?

[Skullheadhq]

I prefer 'The Borgias', I just strongly dislike fantasy nonsense. 'The Borgias' isn't 100% historical as well, but is is fun!

[The Stranger]

I prefer 'The Borgias', I just strongly dislike fantasy nonsense. 'The Borgias' isn't 100% historical as well, but is is fun!

borgias is good as well. but one of the reasons i like GoT so much is because it isnt that much focused on the fantasy aspect. it feels more like a mythology. you have some direwolfs which are mostly just very loyal and vicious wolfs, i can live with that, tales of a dragon, stories of ancient creatures with strange powers. accusations of witchcraft, nothing you wouldnt see in a good series about the medieval times. ofcourse till will all change later but it still remains a good story.

[Hooahguy]

[econ21]

I am in the middle of reading a Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold and loving it - is this the highpoint of the series? To be honest, some of the earlier books were a bit of a slog, as I was often not that interested in a particular character's sub-plot at that point. The alternating POV structure meant you were often cooled off just as one sub-plot was coming to the boil. Now, all the various stories are exciting and there have been some shocking twists rather like at the end of the TV series 1. Right now, it's incredibly compelling.

[TinCow]

I am in the middle of reading a Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold and loving it - is this the highpoint of the series? To be honest, some of the earlier books were a bit of a slog, as I was often not that interested in a particular character's sub-plot at that point. The alternating POV structure meant you were often cooled off just as one sub-plot was coming to the boil. Now, all the various stories are exciting and there have been some shocking twists rather like at the end of the TV series 1. Right now, it's incredibly compelling.

I actually had to look this up, because in the US a Storm of Swords is just one volume. Apparently you Brits can't heft such a weighty tome and had to have it split in twain. Fear not, though, you're apparently still twice as manly as the French, who had to have theirs cut into quarters.

A Storm of Swords (the entire, proper, full book) is definitely the crown jewel of the series so far. No book is so dramatic or shocking as that one. Unfortunately, you will now have to slog through A Feast for Crows next, which is the weakest of the series. However, you'll at least have the consolation of being able to immediately follow that one up with A Dance With Dragons, which has some flaws but generally gets right back into the swing of things, though not at the level of Storm. You should feel pity for us long-term fans who had to wait eleven years between Storm and Dance, with only the mediocre Feast to tide us over at the half-way mark.

[Lemur]

Best use of GoT I've yet seen on the internets: