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

this is some camp-ass crap

why is a grown-ass man playing jon snow

why is tyrion still addressing him as though he was a fourteen year old

why can none of these people act

when does carcetti show up

He shows up in the next episode but I think it's better for everyone if you just stop watching.

it's better for you all if you just stop watching imo

i can watch it for you and report back via this thread, everyone will by happy

That doesn't make sense. I hope you never get to write a script!

lol thomp in "omg older people play way younger than they really are on television show" shocker

I still really hate the Daenerys subplot, maybe even more this week thanks to the laughable addition of the quasi-lesbian sex tutor.

I felt the same way about the Daenerys plot when I read the books till later on in the series. I just half-assed my through her stuff in the first book to get back the the much more rich plots.

Daenerys went from mournful rape victim to believable courtesan in one episode.

I smell emmy

xpost don't live in the past

the wolf jumping on joffrey was lollable. it, like, leapt in the air on a trampoline. i wish z_s could make a .gif of it (pretty please?)

i watched the first episode, i approve and will continue watching this series

i agree with the above about how shitty the wedding scene is. felt like a bad star trek episode. also uhhhhhhhh racially problematic.

2nd ep fucking BRINGS it. So much more involving than the debut.

It'd been long enough since I read the books that I forgot the feeling of sinking horror that arises with the Arya/Butcher's Boy/Sansa/Joffrey fiasco. It's like, hmmm, let me just switch on this infernal machine over here, ah yes that seems to be running nicely.

The Joffrey actor soooo perfect; the mere sight of his face makes me want to throttle him.

also they should really get someone besides dennis leary to play incestbro

He looks like Aaron Eckhart

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/domestic-abuse/man-battered-kin-over-hbos-game-thrones-780215

http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/gameofthronesreport.jpg

POOR PUPPY!!!! D:

I am going to find a dog now so I can hug it.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2nrg7yx.gif

I would like a gif of one of the wolfpuppies jumping up and tearing someone's throat out.

http://i.imgur.com/a1ZES.gif

He looks like Aaron Eckhart

― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, April 25, 2011 11:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

THANK YOU! SO MUCH LIKE Aaron Eckhart. This was killing me last night because I couldn't remember his name. "He looks exactly like that guy, you know, the one from The Dark Knight. You know which one I mean - that one - the one he looks like dammit!!"

Also did we decide if those wolves are real cause the face on that one that she hugs is just amazing. THOSE EYES! I almost think that it can't possible by real.

can I just say I'm still lolling pretty hardcore at the wedding scene 2 weeks later

Just FYI I'm not reading this thread right now because we didn't see it on Sunday -- will catch up next week!

what laurel, you think something's gonna be spoiled for you?!

Not taking any chances.

The direwolves are played by a breed of dog called the Northern Inuit
http://static.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/northern-inuit-dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/northern-inuit-dog-0002.jpg

Oh I love them. The look he gave her during that hug! I died.

Apparently the actress who plays Sansa adopted her dog once filming finished so there's kind of a happy ending.

Chiming in to randomly note that the director of the first two episodes, Tim Van Patten, has a hell of a TV director/writer career already -- dude co-wrote "Pine Barrens" among other things -- and that longtime MST3K fans know him from his earlier years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lIOaq3oEY

Bootstrapping, always a fine thing! Seriously!

Yeah, it's generally reassuring when you see Van Patten's name in the credits of a show.

that one dude totally looks like dave navarro in his guyliner

Tim Van Patten is awesome in Class of 1984, that is such a fun/funny movie.

omg guys i watched eps 1 & 2 today and i love this show a lot and hope there are dragons soon
and the wolf-dogs i love the wolf-dogs too

hope that little prince gets killed.

totally digging this show, btw

i dislike fantasy (with some exceptions) but this is good so far.

finally watched Ep 2...after careful consideration I really don't like the Danerys scenes...want to fast forward to where she gets interesting. But otherwise loving it. Arya is pretty great huh? And the wolves were awesome this week : D

I'm willing to put up with the Danerys scenes because uh ahem

yes yes nubile boobs yay etc

yeah i remember when i read the books i didn't find Dany's storyline engaging at all until later in the series. the show hasn't really changed that yet.

see I guess I wasn't thinking about how it would look played out on tv...but I love that storyline, from go she was interesting to me...but I don't know what it is,maybe it's just that her inner life doesn't come through. Also it just becomes the "boobs" portion of the show. I dunno. Maybe it will improve as her arc develops

I like this.

also am I right in that the sex scene witnessed by lil dude was incestuous? still trying to keep the characters straight

Yep. They're brother/siter which is why the small fry had to fly.

sister

surprised to see that in tv tbh! I mean I know it's Hbo but actual depicted incest seems p rare

well evan the actors are not actually brother and sister, and they are not actually having sex