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

FINALLY THAT WHINY BLOND GOT HIS JUST DESERTS

^^^

Joffrey is the only blonde snot i really wanted to see get his "golden crown".

The way HBO is delving into the Knight of Flowers and Renly's relationship, we may see one of them get a "golden crown" too.

Ahhhh just watched #7 and want to say so much!! Gah.

yeah I dug up #7 as well. Aiden Gillen is killing this shit.

Aiden Gillen is killing this shit.

i read this and thought HOLY SHIT BUBBLES IS IN THIS? and googled and discovered this was carcetti, and wondered why i'd been so sure that the guy who played bubbles was named aiden gillen, and then realized that this was because i'd gotten the name from the wire's opening credits and i know a guy named adrian who with an earlier haircut looked a lot like bubbles. i'm just posting this because i was proud of getting to the bottom of it so quickly.

also putting on E5 right now

bubbles IS jalabhar xho

that was exactly what i thought for an exciting moment i'd somehow missed

Yeah that guy is really good. Someone start third thread for ppl who have seen advance episodes now. Kidding. Sort of.

erica. read the books. and then post on the book thread.

I want to post on the book thread but I'm still not done with 2 :(

Who was the guy who stood up for Tyrion? white dudes in armor all looking the same to me.

― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Sunday, May 22, 2011 11:00 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that was Bronn, the mercenary who kicked ass & cracked jokes w/Tyrion on the trip up to the Eyrie. He wasn't really wearing armor, just leather, which is partly how he beat a slower knight in full plate.

― farty f baby (Princess TamTam),

Yeah, I totally had to read a recap to figure out that he was a mercenary/ronin/whatever that Cat picked up at that tavern, and not part of her retinue (which I'd forgotten consisted only of Awesome-Sideburns Dude).

When the Dancing King told Arya that there's only one god, I was dreading more BSG-level nonsense, but then: "Not today"! Love this guy.

Hahaha oh god my friend the interwebs found a copy of the seventh episode. Hurry, interwebs!

episode 7 was rad

totes. admit that I'd be a little lost without having just read it tho

man i love the calisi's assistant girl...

ronan, its spelled "khaleesi," thanks

i just saw this in the subtitles for tonight...either way, my reasoned point stands.

PS: If you don't know how to spell key words, may I suggest reading the book?

laurel don't be mean. khaleesi is not exactly a 'key word' imo.

it's in another language ffs

I'm not being mean! I'm very fond of Ronan! And I think he could stand to read the book.

i've watched circa 6 hours, and now someone's mentioned stannis. stannis. who the fuck is stannis.

^^^ i have a lot of trouble w/ the names... my gf + i were like, have we met stannis? which one was he?

(yes i know, i should just read the books)

stannis is king robert baratheon's brother. not renly, the gay one, but the other one. he's stern and tall and got stuck managing an island he doesn't really want. his chief characteristic is that he's not very likeable.

They haven't even cast Stannis yet as far as i know

yeah i had to google him. episode 7 was great tho. shit is really going down now.

stannis' chief characteristic is that he owns bones

stannis is very
http://i51.tinypic.com/rupudi.jpg

i would cast christopher eccleston as stannis. or maybe ray winstone.

eccleston would be perfect. winstone isnt what i imagined but otoh ray winstone can do whatever the hell he wants

i was just reading that theyve sent out casting calls for melisandre and brienne, so stannis cant be far away from being cast

Stannis is a dick, rah I hate him. Hope they get someone good. Like Thewlis, or older like David Morse

thewlis feels too sort of bumbling to play stannis

there's always his evil australian counterpart, david wenham

hes kinda too good looking though

Wenham might be too young

third book is fucking nuts

^^^ like this post

omg evan you dont even know

it is nuts until the last fuckin page bro

grrm should put that on the back dance of dragons--
"it is nuts until the last fuckin page bro -Max, gawker.com"

advance praise for dance of dragons: "this shit is going to be wild" -- max

One thing I don't get is why rapey young guy is part of the Stark household. Don't want to google it for fear of spoilers.

Theon is a ward, "won" from Stark's defeat of the Greyjoys

Theon (rapey guy) is a hostage in the medieval sense, meaning a family member from a rival house who the Starks are holding onto & treating relatively well to keep the Greyjoys in line.

it is nuts until the last fuckin page bro

― ☂ (max), Saturday, May 28, 2011 5:11 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark

yesssss

Thanks! Episode seven was intense, can't wait for the rest of the show if it gets as crazy as everyone's saying. Maybe I'll read the books.

Just wanted to thank folks who have seen EP7 but who haven't gone into details in this thread.