first episode this sunday
Game of Thrones
Moderators: kiore, The_Metatron, Blip
- SPMaximus
- RS Donator
- Posts: 3779
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
Game of Thrones
Looks like it will be loving awesome, cause Sean Bean is in it, everything he touches turns to gold
first episode this sunday
first episode this sunday
- chairman bill
- RS Donator
- Posts: 28354
- Joined: Mar 02, 2010 6:41 pm
- Country: UK: fucked since 2010
- Location: Somerset, UK
Re: Game of Thrones
The Wire meets LOTR?
“There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.” Terry Pratchett
- SPMaximus
- RS Donator
- Posts: 3779
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
Re: Game of Thrones
Its based on this fantasy novel series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire
- SPMaximus
- RS Donator
- Posts: 3779
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
- chairman bill
- RS Donator
- Posts: 28354
- Joined: Mar 02, 2010 6:41 pm
- Country: UK: fucked since 2010
- Location: Somerset, UK
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="SPMaximus";p="806591"]first episode this sunday
[/quote]
Or Monday in the UK
Or Monday in the UK
“There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.” Terry Pratchett
- UtilityMonster
- Posts: 1416
- Joined: Mar 24, 2010 9:35 pm
- Country: United States
- Location: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Re: Game of Thrones
So pumped! I've been waiting months for this.
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"
- mraltair
- Posts: 5368
- Joined: Apr 14, 2010 4:43 pm
- Location: England
Re: Game of Thrones
Bean already looks fantastic from just 3 minutes of footage.
...from O2 surprises...
Looks awesome, the bird from 300 is in it too, I can't wait.
...from O2 surprises...
Looks awesome, the bird from 300 is in it too, I can't wait.
- Wiðercora
- Posts: 7079
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 2:00 pm
- Name: Call me 'Betty'.
- Country: The Grim North.
Re: Game of Thrones
I haven't even read the book yet!
If the unemployed learned to be better managers they would be visibly better off, and I fancy it would not be long before the dole was docked correspondingly.
-- George Orwell
Infrequently updated photo blog.- j.mills
- Posts: 10269
- Joined: Feb 26, 2010 6:32 pm
- Country: UK
- Location: Accrington, UK
- Contact:
Re: Game of Thrones
Don't worry - he hasn't even finished writing 'em yet! 
Words Ⅱ Voice Ⅱ Limericky tweets
There is grandeur in this view of life
Where one becomes many through struggle and strife,
But the Mother of Mysteries is another man's call:
Why is there something 'stead of nothing at all?
The Darwin Song Project
Where one becomes many through struggle and strife,
But the Mother of Mysteries is another man's call:
Why is there something 'stead of nothing at all?
The Darwin Song Project
- SPMaximus
- RS Donator
- Posts: 3779
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
Re: Game of Thrones
that was amazing
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
- UtilityMonster
- Posts: 1416
- Joined: Mar 24, 2010 9:35 pm
- Country: United States
- Location: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="SPMaximus";p="808693"]that was amazing
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
[/quote]
Yeah, I felt the exact same way. I am in love... with a show.
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
Yeah, I felt the exact same way. I am in love... with a show.
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"
- AndreD
- Posts: 1753
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
- Country: Australia
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="SPMaximus";p="808693"]that was amazing
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
[/quote]
I think I might read the books now, too. I hadn't heard of them before this show.
fuck, i dont have the patience to wait a week until the next episode
- Lizard_King
- Posts: 1091
- Joined: Apr 19, 2010 8:56 pm
- Country: Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
Just finished watching it. It was... well done. Quite decent, actually, but I fear I had my hopes a little too high. The adaption is really good, the characters are well casted and did a good job, all of them. What didn't really ride with me was the way some of the scenes were shortened in comparison to the books (the one where they find the wolves, for example, or the one with Bran an Jaime Lannister in the end). I know, they can't convert the book into a series without making some cutbacks, but still, I would have liked it if they had stayed closer to the books. Then again, I know the books by heart and could probably give you a detailed time-line of all the events since before Robert's Rebellion from memory. 
Another thing I didn't quite like was the magnitude of certain things. In the books, the Dothraki wedding is a ginormous thing with all 40.000 riders present, and that really didn't come across in the series (imho). Also, I'm a little concerned about certain... events that will force them to have computer animations interacting with real people (Dragons, maybe the Others, maybe the Wildfire). I'm curious how well that will be done.
All in all, I have to say I enjoyed the first episode, I am looking forward to the next one, and I encourage everyone to read the books, because they are freaking awesome and even better than the series. The best fiction books I ever read.
One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
Another thing I didn't quite like was the magnitude of certain things. In the books, the Dothraki wedding is a ginormous thing with all 40.000 riders present, and that really didn't come across in the series (imho). Also, I'm a little concerned about certain... events that will force them to have computer animations interacting with real people (Dragons, maybe the Others, maybe the Wildfire). I'm curious how well that will be done.
All in all, I have to say I enjoyed the first episode, I am looking forward to the next one, and I encourage everyone to read the books, because they are freaking awesome and even better than the series. The best fiction books I ever read.
One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
"Yet again it is demonstrated that monotheistic religion is a plagiarism of a plagiarism of a hearsay of a hearsay, of an illusion of an illusion, extending all the way back to a fabrication of a few nonevents."
- Christopher Hitchens
- Christopher Hitchens
- Mazille
- RS Donator
- Posts: 19741
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 8:15 pm
- Location: Gotham City, Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
Can't wait to get my hands on it.

YAY! TITS!One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
- Pam.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- SPMaximus
- RS Donator
- Posts: 3779
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 4:32 pm
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="Mazille";p="809582"]Can't wait to get my hands on it.
[/quote]
and incest, yayy
YAY! TITS!One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
and incest, yayy
- Mazille
- RS Donator
- Posts: 19741
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 8:15 pm
- Location: Gotham City, Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="SPMaximus";p="809602"][quote="Mazille";p="809582"]Can't wait to get my hands on it.
[/quote]
and incest, yayy
[/quote]

YAY! TITS!One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
and incest, yayy
- Pam.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- Lizard_King
- Posts: 1091
- Joined: Apr 19, 2010 8:56 pm
- Country: Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="SPMaximus";p="809602"][quote="Mazille";p="809582"]Can't wait to get my hands on it.
[/quote]
and incest, yayy
[/quote]
Yep. If you're into that, enjoy the show.
On my count, there were 5 scenes with nudity, 4 of which showed people actually having sex. On the other hand, we have half a fighting scene in the very beginning. Well, the ratio will shift soon enough, I'm guessing...
YAY! TITS!One last remark, in favour of the TV show: all that nudity works a little better on screen as it does on a book page.
and incest, yayy
Yep. If you're into that, enjoy the show.
On my count, there were 5 scenes with nudity, 4 of which showed people actually having sex. On the other hand, we have half a fighting scene in the very beginning. Well, the ratio will shift soon enough, I'm guessing...
"Yet again it is demonstrated that monotheistic religion is a plagiarism of a plagiarism of a hearsay of a hearsay, of an illusion of an illusion, extending all the way back to a fabrication of a few nonevents."
- Christopher Hitchens
- Christopher Hitchens
- Mazille
- RS Donator
- Posts: 19741
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 8:15 pm
- Location: Gotham City, Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
Honestly, I sure won't complain about a high tits:anything else ratio. 
- Pam.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- mraltair
- Posts: 5368
- Joined: Apr 14, 2010 4:43 pm
- Location: England
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="Mazille";p="809663"]Honestly, I sure won't complain about a high tits:anything else ratio.
[/quote]
They should make entire films like that!
In an hour I'll hopefully be downloading it.
They should make entire films like that!
In an hour I'll hopefully be downloading it.
- Mazille
- RS Donator
- Posts: 19741
- Joined: Feb 25, 2010 8:15 pm
- Location: Gotham City, Austria
Re: Game of Thrones
[quote="mraltair";p="809680"][quote="Mazille";p="809663"]Honestly, I sure won't complain about a high tits:anything else ratio.
[/quote]
They should make entire films like that!
[/quote]
They do.
They're called "porn".
[quote="mraltair";p="809680"]In an hour I'll hopefully be downloading it.[/quote]
Just waiting for my dad to go to sleep and free the BIG ASS HD screen he bought a couple of weeks ago. It'll be awesome.
I must say, perfect timing. Visiting my parents' place when GoT premiers.
They should make entire films like that!
They do.
They're called "porn".
[quote="mraltair";p="809680"]In an hour I'll hopefully be downloading it.[/quote]
Just waiting for my dad to go to sleep and free the BIG ASS HD screen he bought a couple of weeks ago. It'll be awesome.
I must say, perfect timing. Visiting my parents' place when GoT premiers.
- Pam.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
- Yes?
- Get off the Pope.
