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

Genial IRL.

I wonder if he knows he is the subject of many "old man feels" on Tumblr. It's only a matter of time before they discover Fergus's Wedding.

Just spent a solid thirty minutes staring at maps of Westeros and Essos. I need help.

Need directions?

The khalasar did so much damage in the village of the lhazareen that instead of going like 30 miles south to Slaver's Bay, they instead walked thousands of miles through the red waste to get to Qarth, and then took a boat back to Slaver's Bay? Why not turn around and go to Matarys or Volantis?

Also why were they so far south in the first place. Weren't they originally going to Vaes Dothrak before Drogo got sick? I guess they had some pillaging to do but it seems like a lot of work for such a seemingly insignificant village.

I wonder what it is about the Smoking Sea that makes it smoking.

House Bolton lives in a place called Dreadfort and no one thought it was a bad idea to ally with them?

I wonder what the terrain is like west of the Shadow Tower.

Etc.

Yeah Bolton's whole thing screams "villan" a little too much.

I wonder what it is about the Smoking Sea that makes it smoking.
volcanoes

started when it was a teenager; keeps trying to quit but somehow life always gets stressful at exactly that point

Yeah Bolton's whole thing screams "villan" a little too much.

― Evan, Thursday, 20 June 2013 23:00 (25 minutes ago) Permalink

that's just Roose being Roose

ZS I think you mean it's all Daario's dream.

Oops, forgot the spoiler tags.

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Watching the series now. I kinda wish they'll do a Napoleonic Wars epic after this.

Haven't read the books, so everything I get is from the show:

-Nobody credible has seen the white walkers until Sam turns up at Castle Black in the last episode, when ravens are immediately sent out. There had been warnings before, but nobody really pays attention to the Nights Watch. Even now, it took Melisandre looking into the fire and saying "oh shit" for Stannis to move.

-Tyrion is worried about the dragons, but Tywin mentions the small nature of the last ones etc and on top of that the royals seem to have the only intel, or at least those on the small council are.

-People who have gone to foreign lands seem to be more worried about magic than Westerosi

-I quite like the way it's dealt with religion, even if it has no tight-locking connection to our world. Sure, they're way more tolerant of the Old Gods of the North and the Iron Island's Drowned Dude, but they think of them as quaint, parochial weirdos anyway. It doesn't seem that anyone in King's Landing genuinely believes in the 7, and only sees them as politically necessary to deal with the commoners (weddings, the Baelor, etc). Gregory of Tours was brought up, and for me it was impossible to read his Histories without seeing Clovis' use of Christianity as a cynical political necessity. The Red God is a new thing, and that seems more magic-based than deity based, but I could be wrong. Either way it tickles me that a woman has been leading the charge on introducing a monotheistic god.

Watching the series now. I kinda wish they'll do a Napoleonic Wars epic after this.

― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Friday, June 21, 2013 5:49 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Spielberg is adapting Kubrick's lost Napoleon project into a tv show

Either way it tickles me that a woman has been leading the charge on introducing a monotheistic god.

Dunno if this is a show or book thing, but it is oddly fascinating how this show depicts women in power while simultaneously undermining women in positions of power. I can only assume the books don't have random naked women bobbing about in the background.

The khalasar did so much damage in the village of the lhazareen that instead of going like 30 miles south to Slaver's Bay, they instead walked thousands of miles through the red waste to get to Qarth, and then took a boat back to Slaver's Bay? Why not turn around and go to Matarys or Volantis?

in the book, didn't they go through the Red Waste because dany was superstitiously following the path of the comet? or was that just an excuse she was using to save face?

It was the only way for them to go to avoid being killed or enslaved by competing tribes

Yeah, wasn't it a matter of taking the path of least resistance, no matter how environmentally inhospitable?

I think it would be funny if she made it all the way to King's Landing, killed just about everyone in her way, then when she was about to take the throne Joffrey, who had been hiding, pops out and stabs her in the ear, stays King, and then the show/series ends.

Yeah, I've joked before that the very last scene of the last episode will be a tracking shot across the Red Keep throne room; bodies of dead dragons and people scattered about on the floor. The camera pans up to reveal Joffrey sitting on the iron throne, smirking directly into the camera. Fade to black, end titles.

http://www.geek-pride.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/April-Fools-Joffrey-Troll.jpg

This explains Ramsay's motivation quite well (spoilers).

just stopping by with a tip: if anyone on here thinks that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is hot, I strongly recommend that you watch the Danish 1994 thriller "Nightwatch" (Nattevagten)- it features a 24 year old NCW and his megawatt cuteness had me reaching for the smelling salts (plus it's a fun, over-the-top thriller even if you're not there to gawk). As a GoT bonus, one of the characters has an outcome that eerily predicts an element of the Jamie Lannister plotline too . . .

Chugging thru this season and I still want this cast & crew to do a Napoleonic epic. With a proper HBO budget, they could do wonders.

It's also based on books that are really very good. Better than the dumb movie (which I totally enjoyed every minute of).

Oh sorry that was xp wrt "Nightwatch."

http://io9.com/a-musical-memorial-to-dead-game-of-thrones-characters-w-682179711

anyone seen this? it looks like garbage.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/hammerofthegods/

i' m a heartbreak beat, brienne, yeah all night long

http://winteriscoming.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/giant_dragon_skull_appears_on_beach.jpg

http://winteriscoming.net/2013/07/huge-dragon-skull-discovered-on-english-beach/

this is kinda cool for a dumb marketing thing

rad!

awesome deleted scene released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMXJlUIQP94

Since S3 has ended I've blazed through the second and third books, halfway through #4 now. It's a testament to Charles Dance the actor that he can do justice to Tywin so completely. His performance is absolutely perfect throughout.

Word. And it's a shame ANY Tywin scenes don't make it to air.

ya sweet outtake for sure

wow!

For those curious about that beautiful location, visit Dubrovnik, Croatia in Google Streetview

Meanwhile, Company plans Game of Thrones Malta tours (The Malta Independent). Looking at photos in Google Maps, it looks like just about every fort in Malta was visited for scenes in Essos.

Awesome cgi effects reel, showing how much of the shots are composited, and how much arent.

http://www.geek.com/apps/effects-reel-shows-how-much-of-game-of-thrones-is-digital-fantasy-1567351/

Spoilery, naturally

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/09/game-of-thrones-recasts-the-mountain-hafthor-julius-bjornsson-to-play-gregor-clegane.html

I don't know if any show will ever recast as many characters as this one already has. I hope they pull a Roseanne and say like "something seems different about Mountain lately..."

http://io9.com/the-lannisters-visited-sesame-street-1351641773

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ppOup8fp4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkj4i-QjWrQ

It's a shame they didn't appear 'in character'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Krz-dyD-UQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Krz-dyD-UQ

^A+

Crying with laughter at that.

Of course the standout character is Terry.

dying

"you think they should make iphones for babies? because I do"

that was good