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

very faithful to the books in that regard.

otm

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/03/05/the-hold-steady-game-of-thrones-season-3/

lol/wtf at them using a file photo with Franz still in it tho

Um is anyone playing the facebook game of thrones game? I even set up a fake facebook account so I could indulge in the nerdiness. This is probably one of the worst things I've done in my life.

noooooooo Nicole nooooooooo

Don't cry for me, I'm already dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=2fPgIIB67bw

Did Xena have a theme song that shitty?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVEU7sBXNH4

Xena theme - wouldn't be out of place in Game of Thrones!

i had no idea the bulgarian national women's choir did the theme for xena, that's a shocker for me

RFI LONG TERM ARC: my human woman-friend is upset about gender roles in this mideval/fantasy series. Do the ladies get to do stuff besides get drilled; married off or should I resign myself to watching this... myself? No need to sugar coat it.

Follow up: Is there an episode we should jump to in order to calm her fears of a 16-ep rapefest?

NB - we barely made it thru the first episode

there's some strong female characters but probably not enough to balance out that stuff if you're already balking at ep #1

i had no idea the bulgarian national women's choir did the theme for xena, that's a shocker for me

I am surprised you were shocked, they have such a distinctive sound.

ffs@people jumping on the bulgarian choir bandwagon in 2013? since slovene balakov left it's all been commercial shit anyway.

(well worth googling "bulgarian names" imo - if you want to achieve you have to put the work in and get it right.)

V good thx u I will watch w-o others then

Trailer 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4XSeW4B5Rg

game of tron

Jimmy,

The books do a good job of focusing on the stories of many different female characters, detailing how they live in a very harsh world that is particularly bad for women and how they each must develop their own personal strategies for navigating and succeeding in such difficult environment.

So far the HBO series has followed these same stories, but it tends to undermine them by throwing in lots of unnecessary sex and nudity that didn't show up in the novels. Any time a potential titilating detail is hinted at in the books, it turns into a soft core porn scene in the tv show. Plus the bulk of additional scenes in the tv show that were not in the books are sex scenes.

I am surprised you were shocked, they have such a distinctive sound.
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, March 18, 2013

um... i may never have watched an episode of xena before
LG, The Choir at Vanderbilt was the first concert I ever paid to see back when i was like thirteen and o wait u are fucking with me

Reviews for the first 4 eps of season 3 are beginning to pop up, but more interesting perhaps was this little interview:

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/game-of-thrones-producers-say-season-3-as-big-as-were-going-to-get

let me guess: producers say season 3 as big as they're going to get

I wonder if some torrents will appear

can't wait for their interviews before season 4: "this year is solid sure, but like we said, last year was really the obvious peak."

i wonder if some fake torrents will appear

They weren't saying it was "the biggest and best season", they were saying that as far as number of characters/storylines go, this is the biggest in terms of size. He says that pieces get moved off the chess board and it starts to thin out after this season.

yeah if you've read the book that comment provokes a 'no shit'. gonna be fun watching ppl react to this season.

i can't wait. i feel i was vaguely spoiled a few years ago but maybe not.

yeah if you've read the book that comment provokes a 'no shit'.

Which would be a small proportion of the people who watch the show.

o no i guess they can worry that some quote from some producer in some glossy is overhyping this season

or you could read the bloody quote:

"Season 3 is probably the biggest in terms of the number of new characters, number of new stories overall," Benioff explained. "The universe has expanded as much as it's going to, and now it's going to contract... As pieces start to get removed from the chessboard, we'll have fewer on there. We're nearly to the midpoint (of the story), and it'll be interesting to see what's going forward with the endgame."

tl

dr

how are we at the midpoint of the story when season 3 is the second half of book 2? (right?)

It's the first half of book 3.

because books 4 and 5 move the story forward about 2 centimeters

at least they don't have extended scenes of everyone bathing

Well, they haven't been adapted yet.

i hope this means they're going to severely curtail dragon woman's arc

i mean not that i'm going to watch the show? just that i hope these professionals employed in this business of making narrative entertainment are at least as smart as i am

is there a new thread for the new season?

enjoyed it well enough, i guess they have to set the scene once again, solid ep imo.

Yeah. Will probably take me another episode to get back into the rhythm of "here's 3 minutes with this character". Dany's adventures look promising!

the tywin/tyrian scene was great. tywin so obviously the embittered one accusing tyrian of being that.

I couldn't figure out how much time had passed between last season and this one. Those dragons grew a lot while Jon was being walked to Mance.

Also I really liked Natalie Dormer in this.

yeah interesting stuff with her character winning people over. presumably it'll initially help joffrey but speeds up the phasing out of cersei.

I didn't see that dynamic coming at all, so this is exciting. I felt the Margery thing in the finale last season was kind of a throwaway thing.

Worst part of the episode was the lack of Arya. I guess she'll just be walking around Westeros though.

i thought this was a very boring premiere