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

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?

maybe bad breath dude is just going method?

Maybe he was spit-roasted and didn't get a chance to rinse.

lol

Reading the first book, enjoying it so much. It's just so readable, and for all the quibbles about his style upthread, I don't think he writes badly at all. Lots of it is very evocative, and his dialogue is often excellent.

His stylistic tics get worse as the series goes on, imo.

im reading the 5th book now and they still dont bother me tbh

Oooh that reminds me of questions I have.

i realized our household has HBO on demand about a week ago, and watched all of Season 1 since then. i've never read the books (and don't really plan to) so i can't speak to how closely the series adheres to the text, but this show is awesome, obv. watching it is so enjoyable that the relatively minor flaws really stand out. i didn't really feel like going back and reading through 2000 posts, so i'm sure a lot of this has already been discussed:

- boobs! vagina! buttz! penis! thwapping! every episode! i feel like rick santorum or something, but the nudity is a little gratuitous. do the books place such a strong emphasis on sex? i understand there are plot elements that demand sex, but there were several scenes where it was just totally unnecessary and distracting. like the one where the advisor at King's Landing who is extremely cunning and witty and is not a eunuch is delivering a long monologue on the nature of power or something, and meanwhile in the background there are two women working on having sex with a man, trading positions, getting off, moaning, and occasionally he interrupts his monologue to throw them a sex tip or two. what

- Daenerys is really hot, and she really can't act at all. oh well. boobs!

- other actors who can't act but are somewhat exempted from ridicule because they're children: Arya (stop making that goddamn face where your mouth is half open in disbelief and pain! FUCKING STOP IT!) and Sansa (the one who has a boner for Joffrey during the first half of the season.

- a child that can act: Joffrey. he was convincing as a total asshole long before his character took the throne.

- Tyrion is awesome. he stands outs in every single scene he's in.

many friends have posted the vid of Tyrion slapping Joffrey as their favorite TV moment of 2011

there's a fair amount of of sex in the books. the ridiculous scene with Littlefinger that you mentioned is completely fabricated for the show though, presumably to meet HBO's boob quota

I've just finished book two. It's probably the most violent thing I've ever read, of course I am completely hooked.

i've just started book 2. i'm not annoyed by the stylistic tics he mentions (yet?). i actually love daenerys and am disappointed to hear she wasn't well cast in the series. :(

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

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lol i read GoT on Kindle and on several occasions i had read like 20 (Kindle) pages and barely budged 1%.

been looking at pics of new season 2 cast members...holy shit they are good at casting this thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzXsqoJhtE&

YES!!!

my pal rory is in the trailer.

Dude who plays the Hound???

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZ0LWGdTq0

^LOL

(his big breakthrough)

His face looks much better.

(Also wau @ ur famous friends.)

amazing news all around!

feel like hbo should just produce and send to me all 70 or however many episodes theyre gonna make right now

k so googled rory mccann and his imdb page says he's 6'6" - had to google the guy playing gregor, and he's 7'1"! I just assumed the Lord of Flowers was slight...
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o51/alexandraleaving/tv/game%20of%20thrones/got5_29.jpg

yeah in the books he's meant to be like eight foot tall

i kind of don't remember but was renly & loras' relationship so, uh, graphic in the books?

r mccann i think is lucky, besides the imp i think he's probably the most interesting/dynamic of the adult characters

Well, Andre the Giant is dead, so. xxp

The Renly - Loras relationship is only very vaguely hinted at in the books. They don't even feature in them very much

yeah i knew gregor was a giant, but for some reason he didn't look that tall onscreen? idk.

ia, sandor clegane's a great character. i really like him in the series too.

He is one of my favorite characters in the books (and also so far in the series as well).

Spoilers:

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys7tmO5Y91qkt4rto1_500.png

I love Maisie Williams so much.

I guess I need to add that it's an admiring, very very platonic sort of love.

good save.

New trailer!

Not enough Brienne, though.

That looks great.

I really like Varys in the tv series.