HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

It's sad he was Sean Bean.

Don't think anyone has been particularly spoilery so far TBH, I've heard the later books are dramatic and I expect that to involve people dying.

Knowing GRRM's rep for killing characters is one thing, but when you start indicating whereabouts these deaths happen, that's the beginning of some poor form. I definitely land on the paranoid end of spoilers (if that wasn't immensely clear already), because in the case of ASOIAF, I wanted those deaths to be as sudden and horrifying as Ned's was, but if at certain points in a book I'm starting to wonder if it's this character or that character, I'm not sure the actual death's going to have that effect on me.

That's why I'd hope that people err on the side of caution, because once the cat's out of the bag, that horse has left the barn.

I mean, it's definitely an asymmetrical dynamic and a possible burden for fans who aren't Spoiler Nazis Socialists, but getting specific again, this thread is for the TV show, *not* what's happened in Storm of Swords (or at least till/if the show catches up with SOS).

is the cat riding the horse? or did it scare it or?

the cat beat the horse at dice but then the horse took off across the river to catch a ship before it left

Just finished zooming through bks 1-4, but have no appetite for 5 after the ball-ache of 4. That's some sub-Silmarillion world-building-not-story-telling tedium, right there.

keep reading; book 5 basically provides the asparagus tips to the plotlines of #4.

Roy Dotrice (who apparently does the audio versions) has been cast as Pryomancer Hallyne, while Hannah Murray will play Gilly.

http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/blogs/files/2009/12/gilly.jpg

lol

Roy Dotrice (who apparently does the audio versions)

Dotrice's readings of these books are str8 fire, btw.

http://i.imgur.com/LRdjQ.jpg

str8 fire

Does this mean good?

y

He's not for all tastes, of course-- he totally goes for it theatrically with different voices for different characters. I love it. You haven't lived till you've heard the grizzled Dotrice act out Jon Snow's SPOILER REMOVED with the SPOILER REMOVED girl

^^^
Now that's a fuckin spoiler.

in every sense of the word

Ha, i knew that wasn't going to go down well

Unless you're talking about channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow.

So long, thread!

Oh god I'm so sorry.

What was I thinking. Humor overtook common sense.

*bans self from thread*

Tywin Lannister = Vlad Putin
Cat Stark = Sarah Palin as she imagines herself
Ned Stark + head = Jimmy Carter
Littlefinger = Rahm Emmanuel

(Now I leave the thread for good.)

Michael McElhatton cast as Roose Bolton. Perfect imo
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk2MTIzMTcyMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjc3NjQ5NA@@._V1._SY314_CR183,0,214,314_.jpg

Robert Baratheon = Silvio Berlusconi
Lysa Arryn = Michele Bachmann
Jon Snow = Levi Johnston
Tyrion Lannister = Bam </Morbius>

that Roose casting is p spot on

He's a p great actor too. Lotta Irish TV, primarily comedy oddly enough but he's got the dramatic chops as well.

http://io9.com/5829720/new-study-shows-that-knowing-spoilers-doesnt-ruin-a-story

The people in that study are weirdos

im sry its science fact, spoil away all ye

ohboy this morning i just bought the 4-book kindle package (to read on computer/iphone because i do not have an actual kindle (yet?))
so far today i have gotten no work done

i'm inclined to say just read the first three and stop, then wait for the last 4 to be finished to read together.

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqajzwUQuc1qbypg1o1_250.jpg

ohboy this morning i just bought the 4-book kindle package

We bought the books, but then my (visually handicapped) husband realized he wasn't able to read the small letters. So I urged him to buy the Kindle package (for the ipad). He's so happy. :-)

Hi, I'm Syrio, and thees is my-a brother, Luigi!

underrated line from the storm of swords epilogue--

Why buy a cow when there were udders all around begging to be milked?

spoilers dude! instead of paying attention to the nuances and character development of the second season, i'm just going to be waiting for Winterfell's milk shortage crisis. and I'll already know their strategy to resolve it!

srry i spoiled the dairy internship scene

a game of curds and whey

finished book one! in a week-long fit of reading-addiction that caused me to neglect work and social events. and four more books to go?? i need to set some self-imposed limits here. so glad i didn't discover this series when i was in grad school; ultimate procrastination tool, especially when i have it synced to my iphone too! always be reading...
starting book two now...

Oh man book 3 is wtfomgham.

read that as "Whatthefuckingham"

sheriff of

Robin Weigert (Calamity Jane off Deadwood) is Brienne of Tarth

No she's not

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-gwendoline-christie-joins-209311 <--- this person is brienne

oh wait, i just read a tweet that linked to an article about character comparison or something like that my bad. carry on, nerds.

Neil Marshall will be directing an episode entitled "Blackwater", if that means anything to anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FH0ReBfN-c