I'm showing my support.

HEAR ME ROAR!

I still have no idea what's going on. Instead of a discussion on Medieval Muffs we debated the meaning of Manboobs and pecs. The guy with the pecs is hot.

I should probably watch this by myself or read the books, but am enjoying man eye candy.

You my continue with an actual discussion pertinent to the story.

If you're talking about the guy playing Drogo, if I'm not mistaken, he's currently shooting the lead in the rebooted Conan the Barbarian movie. So you have that to look foward to. :thumbsup:

Btw, do you guys think they'll show a marathon of the first season on HBO once they air the last episode?
If so, I think I'll wait to buy HBO til then. My budget's kinda tight.

It's true...

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...omoa-conan.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...first-look.jpg

Drooooool. ZS likey!

Thanks BG!

Yum. Jason Momoa is hot.

I have to admit, I was really excited when I saw he was cast as Khal Drogo. I really enjoyed the second episode :D

Is he shirtless in that stargate show? I'll watch it on mute if he is.

mmm, Drogo. Someone on lj pointed me to this photoshoot, for which I'm very grateful.


And HURRAH for the book being finished! Guess who's going to be waiting in line at the bookstore in July? :hyper:

Damn, episode 3 was fantastic. It really sunk it's hooks into me and drew me in. I totally lost track of time and it ended before I knew it. It was the first time, too, that I thought ahead about how I really want to get the Blu-ray of this. (I don't have HBO HD.) The sets are absolutely stunning.

Oh....

Jon rocks.
Tyrion rocks.
Arya rocks.

Yep, this is going to be on my 'to buy' list when the series finishes and I'll also be getting book 5 asap.

I'm also hoping he doesn't do a Robert Jordan or David Gemmell and die before the series is finished being written.

I totally geeked out tonight when Syrio Forel made his first appearance. He is one of my favorite characters in the books.

In 3 hours I leave for my Monday piano-teaching session. I will definitely be quoting Syrio's teaching methods to my students.

:thumbsup:

Tyrion and Littlefinger were my favorite characters from the book, as they both have quite a bit of moral ambiguity surrounding their actions, and I'm glad to see they're both being done justice.

I love that a lot of the characters are exactly how I pictured them in the books. Littlefinger was Little-motherfucking-master-of-yo-wallet-finger and it was awesome.

Like BG said, I lost tract of time and got lost in the episode. Syrio Forel is one of my favorite "minor" characters and his fight scene coming up will be awesome. He was EXACTLY how I pictured him.

I can turn a blind fan-crazed eye to a lot of the "minor" changes in the books just because they have NAILED a lot of my favorite characters. Some people in my house can't *cough* cinn *cough*.

Anyone else see that they gave the (castle black's) blacksmith's speech to Tyrion?

I had no idea he was Lisa Bonet's baby-daddy. I used to have a big crush on her and said crush has been revived. I'm also having dirty thoughts about them together. I'm there too.

Sorry. I am adding NO value to this thread.

I dunno, I pictured Syrio in my head is a short thin guy (wiry etc.). I'm not *unhappy*, but he just didn't seem quite right to me.

I'm obviously not enough of a fan, as I didn't remember that the blacksmith said that speech ;) though I do recall it now you pointed it out.

Episode 3 seemed kinda slow to me. I'm also missing seeing Jon's wolf - apart frm the scene where they find them in ep 1, he is unsighted. In the books he is a constant companion - perhaps they couldn't find an albino to use in filming...

Still waiting for Samwell to show up with the men in black. I always liked his points of view in the series. Not everyone is tough and brave. Some are good in heart but just scared.

I find it much easier to sympathize with Tyrion than with Littlefinger, but the latter still makes for an interesting character for that reason, nonetheless.

I'm loving how both Syrio and Arya are turning out. The actress playing Arya is a little off at times, but she has her facial expressions down pat.

If I want the book, I'll read the book.

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I've seen a production still of Samwell. I really like the look they got down for him. I hope the actor pulls the character off without seeming too obvious.

True. And I do realize that book-to-screen changes have to be made. I was just expecting a little more for some of my favorite scenes than what we actually got.

You add value to the forum? I thought you were just here to make lesbian jokes and make the forum smell like a jock strap. ;)

*****

Anyone else find it discomforting that we don't see a lot of direwolves (unless there are people to fuck up)? I think it might be because they are not major characters in their selves (you only really hear about them when they are fucking things up or Bran is talking to or watching them). Ghost is the exception, I think he plays a major part in Jon's life and we haven't seen him but once (mmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaayyyyyybbbbbbbbeeeee twice if you look real quick at the long shot of the forest scene between Tyrion and Jon [while journeying to the wall]).

I said the same thing in post 57 above - Jon's wolf is his constant companion in the book, but so far hardly sighted. Why *find* them if they aren't going to appear in the TV show much?

I'm happy - the white wolf made an appearance :)

Every time I hear/read this name, I think of:
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It's interesting following all of these different stories. Normally, even more complex television shows really only have 3 or 4 stories. This one has like 8.

Arya Stark, I have to admit, was the first character to really capture my interest. She reminds me a great deal of a young woman I used to know, assertive, strong, passionate, and headstrong. There's always something fun about young women challenging traditional gender roles, and the actress who plays Arya is absolutely knocking it out of the park. I've not had a chance to read the series of books yet, but I get the feeling there's a brave warrior princess in our future.

The next character to interest me was Tyrion Lannister. I'm a big Peter Dinklage fan, particularly after Station Agent, and he's really captured this role well. Devious, intelligent, scheming , and yet possibly someone to secretly root for.

The stuff with Khal Drogo and Daenerys is brutal. I have to admit to being a bit jarred by her being essentially raped by her husband. I was glad to learn the actress who plays Daenerys is only a few years younger than myself. Her learning to be assertive in the bedroom feels kinda dirty and wrong, too. Although her knocking the shit out of Viserys was nothing short of glorious. It's always fun when the pompous jerk gets some come-uppins.

The more complex political interplay is just starting to become clear. Eddard Stark as the King's Hand, the Lannister's treachery with poor little Bran (the peeping Tom, if we're all being honest), the clear battle to come, and the farther-off danger from the North, is all interesting. I'm looking forward to Snow getting a chance to get out into the North and prove his mustard, if that's how the phrase goes, so he can get a bit more respect both from the fellow guardians and from back home.

Mark Addey reminds me a bit of my id.

Needless to say, the series has my attention. I may read the books if I get some time.

Funny that you picked up on that, and that you picked 8--the book has an interesting narrative device in that it is told from 8 different people's perspectives, with every chapter told from the perspective of a different person.

Swords out!
 

I'm so looking forward to Episode 5!

You know someone's going to get hurt.

(Though I must say that what The Mountain did to that "boy knight" in Episode 4 was deliciously gruesome.)


Aaaand, in other news:
Game of Thrones HBO ratings | Inside TV | EW.com

Game of Thrones, ftw!

EDIT:
I also notice there are some fan edits floating around, like the one below. I know, I probably shouldn't have found it so funny, but I literally LOL'd at it.

Just found this, it's pretty awesome. It's a complete infographic about the relationships in the 1st season of GOT. Pretty freaking cool.

Click the picture to see the whole thing.

http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/...b5fbb4179b.jpg

Good find, Eden.

ooooo - I just watched the preview - I'm looking forward to this week's episode already. Let the bloodshed begin!

I threw that infographic up on FB. A friend of mine is really getting into the series and she keeps asking me questions. Not that I mind, but the infographic does a good job of explaining it visually.

It says spoiler-free, but includes the twincest...are they going to keep it updated as the episodes progress? If not, we should.

Also, things I'm looking forward to: Gregor Spoiler: losing to the knight of flowers and slaying his horse and rioting, Syrio Spoiler: being a ninja and the crowning of Viserys.

You find out about the twincest at the end of chapter 3 or something. I guess it's a spoiler, but it doesn't come late enough (nor is it really much of a surprise) for me to think it's worth worrying about. It spoilers (less clearly) a number of other things, as well, but I think if you can enough to look at a chart like that you can't be too picky. I'd love to see one updated for each book, though. That would be immensely interesting.

Yes, I can't wait for the crowning of Viserys.

We might be getting actual cable. I wonder how much it would be to add on HBO.

So tonight we had our first big difference from the books. Renley and Ser Loras are gay lovers (unless I missed something from the books and not that there's anything wrong with it:rolleyes:). Maybe this is a forewarner to some other changes that I would like. I don't know why they added this twist as it just seemed to take away screen time from the other characters. The end this week shows how much of a dick Jamie is and how much it pains me to grow to like him as the books go on.

I had to look this up.

Spoiler: Apparently it becomes evident in Clash of Kings that Renly secures the support of the Tyrells though a romantic affair with Loras and a marriage to his sister, Margaery.

It kind of surprised me too. Either I had forgotten about it or maybe it was a bit forward to put actual scenes addressing this.

I suppose much of this is merely implied. I'd have to reread the text to see for myself. It makes for an interested discussion, I'm sure.

After going through this, it now becomes clearer (though not crystal):
Are Loras and Renly Gay? (Multi-book SPOILER warning!)

More generally, we're starting to get scenes that convey information that don't exist in the book....because it's information that was originally relayed in standard narrative, outside of scenes. Therein lies the major challenge of filming literature.

We are also getting a lot of information that Martin wanted out there but never got around to.
Ex: I read an interview with him when he talked about the age of the Stark brood as it compared to the books ( I think Jon was 14 or something?).
He said he had meant to age them a lot more as the books went on but found no way to make enough time pass with everything going on in all the various viewpoints, so he just made them older in the show. Apparently there are details HE changed to keep things more in line with his original intent, even if it differed from the books.

I missed the Loras/Renly subtext...but there were people in my GoT discussion group who thought it was obvious and were looking forward to seeing it onscreen. I can KIND OF remember a few things, but a rereading will definitely be necessary. At any rate, it explains why Spoiler: he and Margaery never consummated their marriage.


Edit-- Thanks for that link, Baraka.

I think maybe in my case I assumed the subtext was meant as humour and not to be taken literally.

Im glad to see the Mountain and Hound getting more screentime. I Hate/Love those guys they have some great moments in upcoming books/episodes.