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

it was rad that they put the trapdoor on the floor instead of the wall

i wonder if HBO has a bunch of prosthetics left over from Tell Me You Love Me

says a lot about how ott the whole episode was that nobody's even mentioned the full frontal wang yet

I don't know how I feel about the Door of the Moon or whatever it's called. I liked it being in the wall, more of a head-fuck when it turns out to be a door to no-where.

Ian, doesn't Renly look an amazing amount like Mike C@mpb3ll from the MNDC?

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

the guy on the right is Bronn http://i.imgur.com/WKuCI.gif

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

Just found out Alfie Allen is playing Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones.. Weed is Coming.
Sky2Hi2Hold 9 hours ago

have seen fake boob lady cutting about glasgow

also this show rules

enjoyed Ned & Jaime swordfight, wish it had been a little longer

kinda bummed they took out the climb up to the Eyrie...I mean, pacing wise I understand, but it added to the weird flavor of that place

kinda bummed they took out the climb up to the Eyrie...I mean, pacing wise I understand, but it added to the weird flavor of that place

― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, May 16, 2011 2:51 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah really wanted to see the weird system of elevators

this ep was good shit, but i'm not call it ham until someone 'major' dies unexpectedly

When a horse gets its head chopped off, that's ham to me.

if they hew as closely to the books as they have so far, the season finale is going to own so hard

and it will be all kinds of O_O

:D

Definitely the best episode so far, quite possibly because it had the most added scenes. Felt a lot less stiff.

need more Arya

She's probably had as much screen time as anyone!

i am greedy, she is my favorite :)

i think part of the reason this ep worked so well was that it pretty much stuck to action in king's landing and the eyrie; brief visit to winterfell, no dothraki stuff, no wall stuff. not that i don't really like the stuff on the wall, but to keep shifting the scene does take some momentum out of each episode.

Yeah i agree. It is a problem in a show with so many characters in disparate locations.

every time arya is on screen i think, as if for the first time, "wow, you are a terrible actress"

:I

Whaaa? I think she's great!

It's interesting that you say that and this is followed up by Treme. Just thinking about how Simon has to force himself to write really tight "anecdote" scenes to pack in all the people and situations he wants to do; Thrones, being all notional period stuff and supposedly needing that much more exposition, has to abbreviate a lot and yet still ends up spending probably far too much time in each set

That was to ian, you crossposting fuckers

xxpost to rogermexico: cut your throat, traitor! raaaaghhh! (run at you sword aloft)

Arya is too pretty. In the book they keep calling her horse-faced.

eh, martin kind of softens it, shes supposed to look like bryanna stark, who is supposed to be beautiful

or whatever neds sister was called

lyanna

the poor horse!!

(does anyone think the horse is ned stark)

When a horse gets its head chopped off, that's ham to me.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, May 16, 2011 7:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

remind me to never have dinner at your house

lol

most fucked up thing in series so far happens in book 3. enjoy!

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, May 13, 2011 11:07 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

:(

most fucked up thing in series so far happens in book 3. enjoy!

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, May 13, 2011 11:07 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this really is pretty brutal

aww that's years away. guess i'll have to read the books.

yeah i had to put the book down. i am "processing it."

i guess i'm on board with this now, to the point where i just frustrate my way through the series-prolonging bits of useless exposition by looking forward to the next cool bit of business with tyrion or arya or w/e. that stephen king-style soap opera plotting, where you get a bunch of disparate threads going, and don't really have to advance any of them much, cuz suspense takes over whenever you're away from the most appealing characters. hope this continues long enough to see the current cast and plot threads completely upended.

just finished the third book after marathon reading sesh, goddamn some crazy shit happens

^_^ yes, yes it does

The prospect of watching the crazy shit happen on the TV show after having read it alraedy and BEING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERIES AS IT IS...it's like I'm hanging on two cliffs at once, and frankly it's exhausting.

i mean like holy shit. i sort of wonder if the showrunners at hbo are plotting everything out or just taking it one season at a time

That said, I re-purchased the trade version of Book 2 yest so I can re-read. lol @ self

halfway through book 2
ILX is lucky to make the grade, I may quit life just to read READ READ

1/4 of the way through the fourth book and i am beginning to see why ppl are so frustrated with martin. the iron islands?? who gives a shit about this??? are the dornishmen italian or like turkish or what?? how are they even on the same continent???????

also he loves courtly intrigue but he doesnt really seem to care about actual politics? there are at least 3 major institutions (the citadel, the septons, and the nights watch) in the 7 kingdoms that would irl be big non-aristocratic power bases but instead they are totally apolitical??? chyeah right

still this guy can plot an epic fantasy like a m-f'er

at this pace he should be done in 10 years, right? its like 5 years between each book?