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

Gillen's Irish accent is also kinda weird. He just talks funny

I love Dinklage's accent. He sounds like Michael Howard.

finally watched new ep <3 <3 it's getting exciting already! Leee otm, could watch Arya sword fight all day! She's so great. Hope we get more of Jon and the wall boys, that whole set is just so perfect, makes me reach for my blanket every time.

And I have mad love for Benjin...he's so perfect. Bit Timothy Daltony but still has that poise and mystique.

Carcetti is not nailing the accent at all. May as well drop it and go full Baltimore.

Benjen, oops

it's not even just the actual accent, it's the way he is speaking, really weird and overpronounced. maybe he's having probs with it and trying hard.

http://i.imgur.com/uSrbU.jpg

I am just glad the series is capturing exactly how awesome Arya is; also I am surprised at how much more sympathy I have for Sansa so far on screen as opposed to this point in the books.

I was afraid the actress who plays Cersi was on the verge of veering off into being terrible but it looks like she is really owning the sexy viper inherent in the character; Jamie OTOH has basically been perfect from the get-go.

Yeah am feeling Cersei now after her one on one with Joffrey

and Catelyn is pretty great now that I've had time to warm to her; the goodbye bw her and Ned was <3

I was afraid the actress who plays Cersi was on the verge of veering off into being terrible but it looks like she is really owning the sexy viper inherent in the character

she kept having the same facial expression for a couple of episodes, i was initially troubled also

ahahahah @ p.tamtam's post

otm

PS I read that the actress who plays Arya is IRL right-handed but is sword-fighting left-handed. I ought to be resentful of someone who's awesome and one-third my age, but no.

she fights left-handed in the book, too

btw i am 100 pages away from the end of the first book

shit

is

nuts

i am warming to dinklage because of his facial expressions.

he makes a very good tyrion, i think

did i already post this thing i made

http://i.imgur.com/z8kRE.jpg

btw i am 100 pages away from the end of the first book

:D

ha scones

i spent like 20 minutes on it ok guys

i feel like ppl arent properly appreciating it

it says SCONES

IT'S MAKING ME HUNGRY

the idea and the execution are sublime. i can't believe one person was responsible for both.

thanks bro

i didnt know you did that yourself man, gj

i just wanted your approval

lol

anyone got a rough idea of which chapter in the book we're upto in the tv series?

were about a third of the way through, tho i think the danaerys story arc is moving faster in the tv series

my roommate is reading these books now too. shit is intense.

I curse my lack of cable and terrible internet connection. How long do these things take to come out on DVD? Please don't tell me that Martin has to oversee the DVD release because he doesn't have have time for this, I say.

btw there is a knight named hosteen in the books, i lol every time

I usually don't get the DTs with tv shows, but dammit next episode l34k already!!!

Also, finish the book, George.

he did

Errr, finish the series, HBO.

this show is rilly great

Confirmation that even my wife, who has never read a sentence of the books, is hooked: at the final scene she shouted out, "we have to wait another WEEK for the next episode? Fuck you HBO". I lolled heartily, she has no idea what she is in store for.

is this show suspenseful? i can't tell.

The ending of this week's was pretty suspenseful, particularly for someone new to the story.

Very fun show.

The jousting scene was the BEST!

^^^^ totally lived up to my expectation

and Catelyn's ambush in the tavern at the end played out beautifully

Samwell is A+, they cast him well. I love the wall boys so much.

welp i just finished the first book

shit got pretty nuts at the end there

soooo we're like halfway through the first book, yeah? -ish? should i bother to start reading? it seems long and i don't have ~that~ much free time.

kinda torn between wanting to know NOW exactly how ham it gets and savoring the madness as it unfolds.

btw found the HBO 'guide' to be v helpful in keeping track of who's who

also kinda dont want to read hundreds of pages of stuff i've just seen

if ur like me you will end up making free time to read it

its kinda slow going at first but it really picks up ~200 pages in and its worth it even if youve already seen the tv show