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

I mean, it doesn't hurt that she finds Dany even hotter than I do and she was hoping for more of the "seduction lesson", but, yeah, she is enjoying it so far.

mine loves it too, and she never read the books

yeah my wife loved the book and loves the show so far.

agreed that episode 2 was far better, really slowed down the pace and let you get to know the characters

joffrey is such a little fuckstick i forgot how much i hate him

rip lady the direwolf :(

would stress to those who haven't read: all the adolescent fantasy sex stuff is straight from the books, they might actually be toning it down.

wives!

tbh if my wife was watching this I'd be mocking her

I need to stay out of this thread

Yes, you do. WTF?

Sorry but seriously.

The Joffrey casting is so perfect, I hated him so much even before the scene with Arya and the butcher boy.

Yeah, the casting is amazing. That kid's face just looks so awful and snotty. I hate him so much.

My only (very minor) casting gripe is Caetlyn, I feel like she's a little bit too old. Isn't she still supposed to be like really pretty? Not that the actress playing her is ugly by any means, I just don't get the vibe implied from the book that she is supposed to be really pretty still.

I think she's kind of perfect; at this point, she's an anchor of reality in the books and seems to be functioning much the same way here, both in terms of her outlook/reactions and how she looks like a normal, attractive middle-aged woman in this casting pool of ludicrously good-looking people.

Tyrion slapping the shit out of Joffrey was the highlight of my April, and I watched the Doctor Who premiere.

MY wife's big gripes are Caetlyn's age and how bad the wigs are. Otherwise we're enjoying, though they don't really hold even a dim candle to the books.

That makes sense, I think her casting will make more sense as the series moves forward and she shows her real strength instead of just grieving mom.

Hah hah.

laurel i thought you weren't reading this thread. ;)

Couldn't resist. Soooo wishing for Suuunnday.

would stress to those who haven't read: all the adolescent fantasy sex stuff is straight from the books, they might actually be toning it down.

Disagree with this. The books have their fair share of embarrassing sex scenes but they've definitely ramped up the raunch quotient in the tv show. As far as i remember, Daenerys getting some lessons in love from her handmaid is only alluded to in the first book. They also threw in an scene with Tyrion in the first episode that wasn't in the books seemingly just to get some more boobs on screen.

Here (points to self) is another motherfucker whose wife is at least as into the books/show as he is, if not more.

Re: Dani sex scenes, I actually think the show has made them more rapey than in the book. The first time with Drogo actually has some slight tenderness to it in the book IIRC? Not in ep 1 of the show, though.

haha xpost

I guess watching Rome made me a little more immune to the gratuitous sex scenes, they don't seem as surprising really.

They definitely lezzed up the love lessons scene. I don't really get why this is surprising or upsetting to people at this point. I mean it's HBO, what the hell do you expect? I'm not going to complain because a) big deal and b) Khal Drogo's ass.

I need to reread but I thought some form of that introduction scene occurred in the books, if not as Tyrion's introduction...? The whole "the gods made up for my body by giving me a massive cock" thing I'm sure was in the books somewhere.

hmmm i remember the love lessons being pretty lezzed up and there's even more scorcery lez in later books

anyway martin always seemed creepy and rapey to me, one of the things i don't really like abt it

the thing about this being on HBO and the fact that Martin has become such a big deal is it makes people wish he wasn't - at heart- just a pulp fantasy novelist. which he is. he's not like literary fantasy, he's just a rainman level high functioning savant pulp novelist

Mr Veg hasnt read the books but is enjoying so far. Yay husbands!

Re: the Wall in the animated map credits he said "Why do they hate Scotland?" irl lols

he's not like literary fantasy, he's just a rainman level high functioning savant pulp novelist

Cosign. I've learnt to accept this fact and even view it as a strength, but this is why I put e.g. Robin Hobb on a slightly higher shelf than GRRM. And why I have absolutely no qualms about GoT possibly finding its best expression as a TV series (we'll see if that's how it turns out).

Maybe this has already been covered somewhere, but I might have missed it. Do we know how the timing for these seasons are going to work out? I mean, is season 1 going to cover the first book, season 2 book 2, etc? Because man, we're going to be left for a hella cliffhanger when they catch up with GRRM.

I feel like they're really far into book 1 already after only 2 episodes. But I haven't gone and checked in terms of page count or whatever.

Thats what I was thinking too, actually.

btw i noticed the name in the credits and looked it up! ilyn payne (the tongueless bald dude that is the king's justice) is WILKO JOHNSON of Dr. Feelgood! crazy

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/21000000/Game-of-Thrones-game-of-thrones-21095017-309-633.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rn45_OO9rk&feature=related

I remember reading somewhere that the first season will cover the first book.

There's a lot of story to tell, I think they're following the book's pacing pretty closely.

Personally I don't want book three split into two seasons like others.. just make book four half a season and give the other half to the rest of book three.

Seems by his blog that he's just done writing the new book.

yeah the first 2 seasons will be the first 2 books, they might stretch it out a bit more after that though since the 3rd book is so long and dense

and yeah new book has a release date in july iirc

I'll believe it when I'm holding it in my hands.

Robin Hobb

you will not feel this way about Robin Hobb after you've read her Forest Mage books, is my prediction

my wife is a fan of the books and so far the only way i've gotten even a little engaged w/ the show is if i watch it with her and she provides a running commentary track and explains what stuff means and why it will matter later, etc. maybe if i keep it up eventually i will actually care, i dunno though.

so far my favorite parts are Peter Dinklage pimpin' hoes and smacking kids around. i want someone to make a youtube of his first scene in the pilot set to Shawnna's "Gettin' Some Head".

xpost yeah it'll be awhile before i get to that trilogy... and your repeated warnings have been noted.

Dinklage is my favorite thing about the show so far; also Arya.

His accent is a bit crap tho. Maybe i'll get used to it.

Out of curiosity: are there any actual fantastical elements to this world? Cuz it mostly seems like gussied up historical fiction? Aside from non-functional dragon eggs and "dire wolfs," there's been no allusions to anything supernatural or magickal or w/e. Not complaining, mind, just curious as to what marks this as fantasy aside from taking place somewhere made up.

stay tuned

His accent isnt great, but he's fun to watch and it really isn't that much worse than McNultys

stay tuned

^__^

answer I was hoping for tbh

trust us, shit is legit

there are demons and magic zombies right in the first five minutes iirc.

It's Dinklage's attitude that nails it. His interactions with Jon Snow about why he reads, beating Joffrey jerkface...100% Tyrion

I quite like his accent. Definitely heard far worse Brit accents from yank actors.

curious as to what marks this as fantasy aside from taking place somewhere made up.

That's all you need to make something fantasy really. Plus there was some kind of supernatural shenanigans going on at the very start of E1.

and an ogre with a talking donkey iirc.

xposts

also: Dinklage is my favorite thing about the show so far; also Arya.

OTM; very glad to see they have mirrored the books well enough for my allegiances to transfer over intact (altho I am a little worried about my friend who is still very strongly Team Daenerys)

just to clarify, my point above wasn't "wives don't like this show", more like this is some divisive shit designed to tear families apart, seems like ppl of either sex who are into this are waaay into it and those who aren't are like wtf are you watching but hey look I'm posting itt again when I swore I wouldn't

there are demons and magic zombies right in the first five minutes iirc.

I tuned in a little late lol