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

200 pages into book five. Started book one in July. Blimey, he's sword happy.

Ygritte will be played by Rose Leslie (i.e. Gwen on Downton Abbey)

i finished book 3 last night! whoa

hehehe ikr?????????

To answer the question that everyone is thinking: is Rose Leslie hot?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/thumbnail_large_300x401/2011/10/rose_leslie_a_p.jpg

there are now two actors on both game of thrones and downton abbey

Game of Abbey

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lszr9k2BZ21qz4tuto1_500.jpg

bbbbbut, the Lannisters don't have any pet direwolves

Then obviously's he's lion.

touché

which one is ygritte? 'you know nothing, jon snow'? that one?

someone should rewrite game of thrones just using dolch words

yeah that's ygritte, the 'lucky' one with red hair

lol @ that poster

book 4 is kinda meh so far, maybe just in comparison to the non-stop action of book 3

No, I think book 4's mehness stands alone, though it does hit some high points.

Book 4 is 'here's what it's like for the little ppl' if u just take it as that it's v enjoyable

book 4 is also 1m times better than book 5

except book 5 slightly advanced the plot.

but it was 2x as long and 2x as boring. book 4 was sorta interesting, had better worldbuilding, new interests, etc.

too much Cersei for me in book 4. One note character shrilling her one note to oblivion.

i really liked the tyrion plot in 5, and the john snow plot, but both could have been half as long

jon snow

i'm loving dance w/dragons, only 120 pages in but damn it's been fucking great at the start

4 & 5 condensed into one would be excellent.

yeah, and should have been what happened

matt ill be interested to see what you think! i had an initially meh-bordering-on-positive reaction but once the adrenaline of reading the thing had worn off i grew to hate it, deeply

i'm just digging what's going on w/snow, danerys, tyrion right now, intersting plotlines so far imo

there's a lot of water-treading w/ dany and snow, imho, that seemed pretty clearly padding out length

i guess i have a hard time believing i'll like it less than book 4 for the simple fact of the characters that are in this one....but who knows, i'm still in the honeymoon phase

i mean tbf page 120 in an asoiaf book is like page 25 in most books

no i realize! i'm just saying i'm totally loving it, but obv i've been waiting forever for this so i'm pretty pumped up about it

i feel like your best bet is to just maintain that positivity

Uh dudes, you're probably gonna have some angry spoiler phobes in here in a bit

in fairness to the spoiler phobes, this is the thread for the TV show

no spoilers yet? they can eat it because here I'm gonna spoil some shit and say TYRION TURNS INTO A CUTE LI'L MIDGET DRAGON AND EATS CERSEI AND POOPS HER OUT ON THAT THRONE MADE OUT OF SWORDS

there are multiple threads for discussing the books

that's not nearly as cool as the scene where Zombie Ned and Robb ride north to storm the Wildlings stronghold

I was watching Batman Begins last weekend and Joffrey is one of the little kids Batman saves. I really wanted him to fling Joffrey from the burning building.

loooool

Yes, I have had this problem with several of the knights and courtiers on other shows, too.

so I guess I should probably commit to this this, then? Swords & sorcery renaissance fair fare is typically not my bag, but I just watched the opening sequence of the first episode & am appropriately creeped out in good way by the blue-eyed demon people, so yes! yes?

Yes!

lol just realized you weren't referring to the Lannisters with "blue-eyed demon people."

The swords and sorcery stuff is really kept to a minimum (thankfully, imo, because I'm also not into it) in favor of some totally dirty politicking, which is where the show's hottness is (for me).

Also, for benefit of people who haven't read the books, I'd like to fill out this thread to push the book 4 talk into the "Skipping..." fold again, so, uh, trying to think of possible topics for discussion...

barely into it, but digging it so far. As of right now, my favorite aspect is the gorgeous photography & the choice of the Ulster countryside & coastline as a backdrop/setting. It's making me a bit nostalgic, as I traveled in that area quite extensively years ago - of course, at the time, there was an unfortunate lack of towering, mystical fortresses & men in fur capes w/ broadswords roaming the countryside.

Yeah, they had to film it in marching season to get the epic armies in the background. Then CGI out all the bowler hats.

lol

Good reference source for people reading the books or watching the movie -- make sure Javascript and cookies are enabled: http://towerofthehand.com/

Good reference source for people reading the books and/or watching the show: http://towerofthehand.com/

Character guides, chapter/episode summaries that show you only as much as you've been exposed to, so long as your Javascript and cookies are enabled.

T/S: Jon Snow (book 1) vs. Jon Snow (season 1)?

a friend of mine works on the show (series 1 and 2) so here are a couple of gossipy bits:

two of the "brothers" had a right old time off-set spitroasting various make-up and wardrobe girls.

one of the main (scottish) actors' breath is so bad the other actors dread filming a scene with him.

what is it with celebrities in Britain and spitroasting?