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

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

So one of GRRM's stylistic choices that rilly bugs and at this point (middle of book 4) shows every sign of increasing is the way he peppers scenes with dialogue with a character's internal monologue, like,

I'd like to shove a dirk up your butt. "My Lord is too kind," sez someone or other.

I was a bit disappointed he never did a one off Gregor Clegane POV where it was just the word "kill" for eight pages

SANDOR

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twats twats twats twats twats twats twats tw-

finished book 2!
a friend dropped by earlier this afternoon and it was all i could do not to kick her out so i could finish reading
so much fighting! whew

Wait till book 3. (I think it's ILX's consensus fav?)