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

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

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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.

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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

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

so basically you are wholly talking out of your ass

One of the cool things about the books is the way the more fantastical elements are gradually introduced.

what else is new

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Dinklage seems to be channeling Stewie from the Family Guy at times...

in fairness, so does Tyrion in the books

One of the cool things about the books is the way the more fantastical elements are gradually introduced.

Like the sound of this

hey evan the first 15 minutes are still streaming here

http://www.hbo.com/#/game-of-thrones/about/video/exclusive-preview.html/eNrjcmbO0CzLTEnNd8xLzKksyUx2zs8rSa0oUc-PSYEJBSSmp-ol5qYy5zMXsjGyMXIyMrJJJ5aW5BfkJFbalhSVpgIAXbkXOA

obv I'm not into this show but the opening scene is def worth watching in my wholly-talking-out-my-ass opinion

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Everyone seems to be overacting/over-emoting except for the Tyrion (the dwarf) and Arya. Or are they just 'in character?'

esp. Jon Snow

you leave Jon Snow alone

You know nothing, Jon Snow

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.

supernatural stuff definitely exists in this series, it's just used sparingly instead of being commonplace so it's a bigger deal when it does show up.

You know nothing, Jon Snow

This phrase, in the voice of Roy Dotrice, is spoken often in my house.

Caetlyn totally MILFy, I don't get some of you guys.

Curious about the religion -- should I wonder about historical analogues again, or just think of it as anonymous polytheism?

I am continuing to watch this for the promised lezzing. And the doggies.

The northerners have a kind of nature worship thing going on. Guess the southern religion is slightly analogous to Ancient Greece? They have a pantheon anyway.

Lena Headey burned through her Sarah Connor goodwill awfully quickly!

ws cat.

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@MKupperman Game of Thrones is so realistic. They muttered very slowly back then.

rilly proud of this one

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Thoughts about tonight's episode:

- Carcetti was quite good as expected

- Too much digital snow?

- Sylvio excellent and provided welcome comic relief

- Scenes too brief in general

could watch Peter Dinklage all day, but then any form of lightness and charm is welcome here.

hard to balance scene length & the necessity of fitting so much into such a short time, but yes, i imagine people not familiar with the characters may be having trouble keeping everyone's connections straight.

[Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers come over to tell Martin and his wife what huge fans they are of the show.]
Poehler: I like the blondie! [Daenerys]
Martin: She’s straight out of drama school.
Poehler: You can tell. I think she left all her shirts and bras at drama school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYNeT2nzEgA

fuckin a

someone loaned me a screener so i got up to episode six, i guess if youve read the books you know this, but some srs shit goes down

i mean basically everyone just goes ham

Haha yes, this is why we were all so excited for this show

yeah i guess i gotta read these books now huh

tbh it's been very faithful to the books so far so it might be a bit deja vu

you do get more insight into many of the characters via internal monologue, particularly Daenerys

honestly i might just skip up to the part that i havent watched on HBO yet. mostly i just want to know what happens!!

Read it anyway, you can skim over whole pages but you should get some more richness from it like stuff about the Starks' religion and more.

Now that you know what happens, you know how good we're being by not mentioning ANY OF IT.

no totally its all i can do to not go and read wiki summaries of the next five books cause d-d-d-damn

re: the northern religion: that was something i was curious about, actually. like in episode two when catelyn gathers ppl to tell them she thinks bran was killed it's just AND THEY'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN A WOOD, OKAY, THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION