Game of Thrones [HBO & Sky Atlantic] **Spoilers** (Read Warning Post #1)

eyeball kid

Finsihed watching the series about a month ago. Thought it was a bit slow to
get started but from the 4th or 5th episode I was completely hooked.
Absolutely loved the rest of it.

Just started reading the book this week. Only 50 pages or so in but the
series really followed it. So lookingo forward to the second series now.

How long do we have to wait?

mikemac

eyeball kid wrote: »

How long do we have to wait?

It's being filmed now

It'll be shown March or April next year

meep

15/4/2012 according to upcoming shows in SickBeard.

krudler

Just spotted that article about the model, had to laugh at this:

. As well as modelling I study Sports Physiotherapy so I want to be taken seriously, I wouldn't if I had given in and filmed the scene. It was my own fault really because I didn't research the show properly. The money was amazing and the idea of it all was so glamorous but I'm glad I walked away because now I have my dignity intact," she explained.

because they're completely related fields?

Mindkiller

Dinklage won best supporting at the Emmys.

Was Walton Goggins in that category? Should have won it imo. Dinklage's dry delivery is funny but he wouldn't strike me as all that.

totoal

Mindkiller wrote: »

Dinklage won best supporting at the Emmys.

Was Walton Goggins in that category? Should have won it imo. Dinklage's dry delivery is funny but he wouldn't strike me as all that.

He was alright, probably better during the overall series (Justified season 2) but the Emmys is based on one episode from the series selected by the producers which is probably not the best way of doing it.

Pepe LeFrits

Mindkiller wrote: »

So she didn't want to film a nude scene. So what? This series has plenty of pointlessly gratuitous nude scenes as is. At least with shows like Deadwood the nudity never felt needless. This show just seemt to invent prostitute characters that weren't even in the book just so they can get more boobs on the screen.

I disagree, the nudity & sex scenes do serve useful functions in the TV show. The character of Ros is the only character they invented to my knowledge and she serves as a foil for Tyrion, Theon and Littlefinger. The TV show doesn't have the luxury of letting its viewers hear the characters' thoughts & motivations as the book does using it's POV style. In such a misogynistic world, prostitutes are a plausible outlet for characters to occasionally loose their lips.

Further, the books are more sexual than the TV show. They take plenty out as it is. If anything the scenes in season 1 help keep the tone of the show closer to the books. There's plenty of violence that could be taken out too but it wouldn't be the same without it.

As for the girl a few posts up; people make funny distinctions... I would have thought there's more artistic merit to (nude) acting in a show like Thrones than there is in modelling. If she's not comfortable with it fair enough, but talking about retaining her dignity strikes me as being slightly insulting to the other girls on Thrones. Emilia Clarke has plenty of raunchy nude scenes but she's a professional actress who gets on with it, and I'd wager will have a successful and accolade-packed career as a result.

Pepe LeFrits

totoal wrote: »

He was alright, probably better during the overall series (Justified season 2) but the Emmys is based on one episode from the series selected by the producers which is probably not the best way of doing it.

As I recall the Emmy was the episode where Tyrion tells Bronn and Shae about his teenage marriage. I wouldn't begrudge him the award but I don't think Dinklage will really get to exercise his acting chops until later seasons.

Gauge

Teaser trailer for Season 2 has appeared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqB1snSYms

Wonder who the voiceover is...?

WolfForager

Just started reading the 1st book. HYPE!

krudler

WolfForager wrote: »

Just started reading the 1st book. HYPE!

I just finished it, starting on A Clash Of Kings during the week, its such a great adaptation, a few minor differences here and there, the Stark kids ar younger in the book, Jon Snow is only 14 or something but it works well in the series making them a bit older. few other things like its The Hound who tells Sansa the story of how he got burnt not Littlefinger like in the show, but overall its as damn close as they could make it, even the lines of dialogue are direct from the book not altered.

MitchKoobski

Awesome Game of Thrones video. *Season One Spoilers*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE1CItFd5eA

expectationlost

Gauge wrote: »

Teaser trailer for Season 2 has appeared:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqB1snSYms

oh get lost with your teaser "trailers"

Pepe LeFrits

krudler wrote: »

I just finished it, starting on A Clash Of Kings during the week, its such a great adaptation, a few minor differences here and there, the Stark kids ar younger in the book, Jon Snow is only 14 or something but it works well in the series making them a bit older. few other things like its The Hound who tells Sansa the story of how he got burnt not Littlefinger like in the show, but overall its as damn close as they could make it, even the lines of dialogue are direct from the book not altered.

It is great alright. I've gotten so much more out of it since I read the boxes; the detail that went into it is incredible. There's a lot of dialogue that takes on extra meaning too.

My main gripe with the first season is the characterisation of Renly; he's a weakling who can't hold his own bantering with Littlefinger and who is flattered into seeking the crown, while in the books he's smarter and more of a leader. Also, Loras looks like a bit of a weed.

I really can't wait for season 2. Particularly because GRRM has confirmed that a certain scene is going to be included. One that I thought the producers might skip because it might land them in trouble.
I'm anticipating so much RN SUPER EXCITED

JohnK

What scene would that be?

p1000

Yeah, which scene is that?

I don't want to ruin it for everyone. It's my favourite scene from the books so I really want people to see it. Highlight the spoiler if you're sure you want to know what happens

When The Hound tries to convince Sansa to run away with him and be his. I think it could cause a lot of trouble from the PC crowd (since she's basically a teenager) but I'm team Sandor all the way

Pepe LeFrits

It'll be interesting to see how they handle it. Some of the relationships in the TV seem a little different to the books - the above and Jorah/Daenerys especially.

stesaurus

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't want to ruin it for everyone. It's my favourite scene from the books so I really want people to see it. Highlight the spoiler if you're sure you want to know what happens

When The Hound tries to convince Sansa to run away with him and be his. I think it could cause a lot of trouble from the PC crowd (since she's basically a teenager) but I'm team Sandor all the way

Meh is it really that big a deal? Won't exactly have the same impact as the book as

she's been aged up.

I actually thought you were talking about another scene which will be rather expensive to shoot and GRRM confirmed it's the episode he's writing.

MitchKoobski

Feck that! The scene...no...the episode I want to see, as written by GRRM, is

The Battle of The Blackwater.

. If they get the money they need for series 2 it will be amazing.

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't want to ruin it for everyone. It's my favourite scene from the books so I really want people to see it. Highlight the spoiler if you're sure you want to know what happens

When The Hound tries to convince Sansa to run away with him and be his. I think it could cause a lot of trouble from the PC crowd (since she's basically a teenager) but I'm team Sandor all the way

I don't think its as big a deal. From the way I was reading it,

he was portrayed as a coward that was piss drunk and he isn't supposed to be a likeable character

. I didn't see it as anything they would get in trouble for.

Tenger

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Feck that! The scene...no...the episode I want to see, as written by GRRM, is

The Battle of The Blackwater.

. If they get the money they need for series 2 it will be amazing

I would desire to see this scene really worked on as THE centrepiece of the series, so I hope either it takes up most of an episode or is split over 2. It is pivotal for the entire storyline, if Tyrion's 'present' to Joffrey in conjunction with the 'substance' provided by the Guild had not have worked the entire tale may well have been different.

MitchKoobski

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Feck that! The scene...no...the episode I want to see, as written by GRRM, is

The Battle of The Blackwater.

. If they get the money they need for series 2 it will be amazing.



I don't think its as big a deal. From the way I was reading it,

he was portrayed as a coward that was piss drunk and he isn't supposed to be a likeable character

. I didn't see it as anything they would get in trouble for.

Well my spoiler happens during Spoiler #1 here, so it'd be easy to just include the battle and not what I said, skipping over the fact and

just mentioning in hindsight that he'd run away

As for your interpretation of him, I hope you're just referring to that one scene

and yes, he shouldn't be a likeable character, he's more of an anti-hero. He's twisted and imperfect but you gradually see more and more of his softer side; he's definitely not his brother. Now that I mention his brother I should also ask - can you really blame him for turning craven at that point? With fire all around him?

Mrs Ron Burgundy

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

As for the girl a few posts up; people make funny distinctions... I would have thought there's more artistic merit to (nude) acting in a show like Thrones than there is in modelling. If she's not comfortable with it fair enough, but talking about retaining her dignity strikes me as being slightly insulting to the other girls on Thrones. Emilia Clarke has plenty of raunchy nude scenes but she's a professional actress who gets on with it, and I'd wager will have a successful and accolade-packed career as a result.

Do you remember that lesbian scene in yer man's brothel? Artistic merit my a@@!! That was soft porn all the way. I also think the show (which I love) does rely too much on the auld sex scenes for my liking. Knowing that my parents are watching this show downstairs doesn't help matters either...*shudder*:(:(

Orizio

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't want to ruin it for everyone. It's my favourite scene from the books so I really want people to see it. Highlight the spoiler if you're sure you want to know what happens

When The Hound tries to convince Sansa to run away with him and be his. I think it could cause a lot of trouble from the PC crowd (since she's basically a teenager) but I'm team Sandor all the way

...meh, not that controversial at all.

Pepe LeFrits

Mrs Ron Burgundy wrote: »

Do you remember that lesbian scene in yer man's brothel? Artistic merit my a@@!! That was soft porn all the way. I also think the show (which I love) does rely too much on the auld sex scenes for my liking. Knowing that my parents are watching this show downstairs doesn't help matters either...*shudder*:(:(

Maybe so but it's still more artful than getting photographed in yer knickers tbh.

tommy2bad

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Maybe so but it's still more artful than getting photographed in yer knickers tbh.

Ah but you haven't seen me in my knickers

Looking forward to the battle too but remember the season one battle scene, thats right, their wasn't one.

kowloon

tommy2bad wrote: »

Ah but you haven't seen me in my knickers

Looking forward to the battle too but remember the season one battle scene, thats right, their wasn't one.

Could have done without Hodor running out of the forest swinging low and that brothel scene (among others), there's enough of that stuff already. An actual battle would be welcomed.

Hopefully the budget will allow for more, but I wonder if financial constraints were the real reason for lack of battle scenes.
The programme is CGI laden already. Would it really have cost that much to do a few battles? The camp scenes involved lots of cloned images of soldiers moving about.

The victory speech ranks as the worst scene in the series. You can't just film a dozen guys in a field and paste in some crowd cheers.

Jaxxy

'Rattleshirt' cast:

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-casts-lord-bones-261820

Gauge

Season 2 production video is after coming out!

Lots of little sneak peeks of characters old and new

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE12H1HorUU

nyarlothothep

Best fcking TV show since BTVS. Only program that comes close to it is Spartacus. Viserys and the dwarf man are the best characters. I actually feel sorry for Viserys, he should have stayed longer as he was a great character and I sympathized with his cause for glory.

DarkDusk

The wait is unbearable.

Tenger

kowloon wrote: »

..........You can't just film a dozen guys in a field and paste in some crowd cheers.

Worked for Braveheart!!!!!


But yes that 'after the battle' scene seemed very weak.

MitchKoobski

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/11/game-of-thrones-season-one-dvdblu-ray-box-art-revealed/

Well, well… what do we have here? Thanks to a tip from reader Nick, we have a sneak peek at the Game of Thrones season one DVD/Blu-Ray box set artwork. The box art from France had given us an idea of what the US box art might look like, but this more detailed look at the set is even better. We had previously reported that the DVD/Blu-Rays look to be releasing on March 20th in the US, March 19th in the UK and March 7th in France (and now Sweden). You can pre-order season one via Amazon or the HBO Shop.
Winter Is Coming: I may be biased… but that’s an attractive box set. Can’t wait for the official announcement from HBO to see all the features this baby will be loaded with. If the work they put into the box set packaging is any indication of the disc’s contents, this thing should be packed.

johnmcdnl

Well finally got round to watching Game of Thrones and I watched the entire first season in the past week... great show - loving it so far but was sure season 2 was already out

the let down I had when I found out it isn't out til next April

but it lived up to all the hype that I heard that made me go to watch it... now just a a 5 month wait - might have to invest in the books to keep me ticking over til then

DarkDusk

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Well finally got round to watching Game of Thrones and I watched the entire first season in the past week... great show - loving it so far but was sure season 2 was already out

the let down I had when I found out it isn't out til next April

but it lived up to all the hype that I heard that made me go to watch it... now just a a 5 month wait - might have to invest in the books to keep me ticking over til then

You should, it's def worth it!

ArmaniJeanss

kowloon wrote: »

Hopefully the budget will allow for more, but I wonder if financial constraints were the real reason for lack of battle scenes.
The programme is CGI laden already. Would it really have cost that much to do a few battles?

I don't know if you've read the book but the battle 'scenes' in the series were quite similar to the book ; because the story was never told from the pov of any of the protaganists in the battles there was an element of 'lets send our troops off to war' followed 20 pages later by 'who won? we did, yippee' with the actual battle itself happenng offpage.

Richard Dower

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/28/game-of-thrones-season-2-dragons/

don ramo

Richard Dower wrote: »

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/28/game-of-thrones-season-2-dragons/

typical americans believe anything they see on TV:rolleyes::rolleyes:

WolfForager

Ah the 'boy'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5BrH30yE4c

She seems pretty down to earth. This season is gonna be awesome!

kowloon

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

there was an element of 'lets send our troops off to war' followed 20 pages later by 'who won? we did, yippee' with the actual battle itself happenng offpage.

I get you, and I know the series is quite faithful to the book compared to other adaptations. But I think a few battles would really add to the sense of scale. If they could do it with a bit of tact, not trying to make it into some Hollywoodesque actionfest I think it would work.

Even more scenes of large encampments and marching troops would help.

There has to be some ground given when you change the medium.

don ramo

rourmour is spreading that HBO are thinking hard about renewing GOT for 2 more season already, bringing us up to season 4:D,

if they do that id deffinately say theyll break book 3 into 2 series,

http://eztv.it/tvnews/5862/hbo-is-considering-adding-two-more-seasons-of-game-of-thrones/

http://collider.com/game-of-thrones-season-3-4/129689/

damn i still dunno if i wanna start reading this or what, i dont wanna spoil the show for myself, but im finding it hard waiting to know whats in store, aarrrggghhh,

Denerick

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series. I watched the series before reading the books, and then proceeded to watch the series again, and found a lot of new insights. It really is a great read. Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

Tenger

Denerick wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series......... Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

GRRM would be proud of you for that comparison.....

Richard Dower

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Richard Dower

Show *needs* a budget increase, there be dragons now + we need some epic battles.

don ramo wrote: »

rourmour is spreading that HBO are thinking hard about renewing GOT for 2 more season already, bringing us up to season 4:D,

if they do that id deffinately say theyll break book 3 into 2 series,

http://eztv.it/tvnews/5862/hbo-is-considering-adding-two-more-seasons-of-game-of-thrones/

http://collider.com/game-of-thrones-season-3-4/129689/

damn i still dunno if i wanna start reading this or what, i dont wanna spoil the show for myself, but im finding it hard waiting to know whats in store, aarrrggghhh,

Tenger

Denerick wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series......... Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

GRRM would be proud of you for that comparison.....

WolfForager

Richard Dower wrote: »

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Heh, depends on what your definition of adult is.

Richard Dower

I'm stunned still at the sheer size of this thread, i knew nothing about GOT....but it's had a massive built in fanbase, and this thread certainly shows how popular it is.

Richard Dower

http://blastr.com/2011/12/get-ready-for-thrones-s2.php