Game of Thrones [Potential Book Spoilers]

Holy fuck that was awesome. I totally recognized everything and I haven't read the books in years. I was a bit surprised about the Free Cities, I thought they would looks more slums like, but it still looked cool.

Also, that intro was so fucking cool.

Oh my god, yes, the intro.

So far, I am extremely impressed. While a few minor changes were made to the novel, it is well in keeping with the intent of the author. The casting appears to be perfect so far. I love what they did with the Hound's Armor.

So yeah...me like.

Viserys stood out as being exceptionally well acted.

1) Blonde people are evil

2) The intro is awesome

3) Glad they made more LOTR

4) "The things I do for love"

Damn good. Impressed and most pleased.

That was fantastic. I had pretty high expectations, but to see the beginnings of a truly faithful adaptation of possibly the greatest fantasy series ever...well, it was breathtaking. It was the exact opposite of what I felt while watching The Last Airbender.

I was damn impressed.

I adored it, Tyrion is my favourite Character thus far, he seems to get all the best lines, least favourite I don't know his name,the blond prince guy, I'm just waiting to see him die, he's so smug and ineffectual

those dragons eggs are going to hatch eventually is my guess

but yeah it was a good start

If it's the adult you're talking about, it's King's Guard Jamie Lannister who is "blond prince guy." Get used to seeing more of him. He starts off as Obviously Evil, but only gets more awesome as time goes by, though.

Unless you're talking about the blond kid with no lines, who is Prince Joffrey... who you also are going to be seeing a good bit more of...

edited 18th Apr '11 9:41:51 AM by Dracomicron

no I knew who he was and he was cool(sortof) I meant the other Elfin looking prince, Viserys now I've looked him up

yes Joffrey creeped me out despite having not lines though

edited 18th Apr '11 9:45:01 AM by faradayangel

Ah, I think Viscerys and Dany are supposed to have the pure white hair of their crazy bloodline... suppose it looks blonde.

Yes, you're supposed to hate him. :)

I think we'll have to be careful about spoilers. I'm sure they will change things, but some things not so much I hope.

They did change the prologue obviously, but not in a bad way.

Still, I recommend to read the book first.

I love a lot of the actors. Lena Headley, Sean Bean, that creepy priest from Being Human, random attractive British man from all those shows whom I'm pretty sure once played someone called Michael and was gay.

That's bugging me a lot. Imdb isn't helping, since he's probably not the same person and oh well.

Er, which one is he? The Being Human guy?

the old guy that delivered the message in there chambers, the main adviser to Ned, he played an evil priest on Being Human

edited 18th Apr '11 11:53:45 AM by faradayangel

Not Maester Luwin! (Yeah, I'll just throw these names around because I can't help it.)

One thing's for sure, I did not expect to see all those boobs.

he sounds Welsh, actually most of the northerners that I've noticed have Welsh or Celtic style names

yes there were a few Breasts to be seen

As soon as I saw the kid climbing I knew what was going to happen to him

edited 18th Apr '11 12:06:33 PM by faradayangel

Good, but not great.

Gets cheesy at times. The scene with the direwolves is a pretty significant example. When Jon and Robb find the wolves in the book, they're laughing with each other and happy, until Ned threatens to kill them. In this though, it's treated as this ominous situation, and everyone is walking around with "oh shit" looks on their faces. The other scene I had a big problem with was the introduction of the Dothraki. Seems too... silly. I thought so in the books as well. Regardless of how barbaric a civilisation is, the random killing of people at a wedding seems to be the kind of thing that would make people not want to go to weddings anymore. The third scene I had a big problem with was the Dany/Drogo love scene. In the books, it's a lot more loving and tender, and it's kind of a hope spot in the midst of all the carnage and death. It also makes Drogo at least slightly likeable. In the show, he's kind of a dick. And why, oh why, is Catelyn suddenly so anti-Ned going down to Kings Landing

Another thing I noticed: I Liked the Lannisters a LOT more than I did when I read the books. Mainly because I enjoyed seeing them liven up the story a bit, tell sarcastic jokes, instead of the Awkward Dignity and Quiet Happiness of the Starks. Also "The Things I Do for Love". Genuinely loved that part.

edited 18th Apr '11 2:50:52 PM by Chirios

Spoilers don't work that way. [ [ spoiler:Add text here ] ] without the spaces to get Add text here

edited 18th Apr '11 1:23:48 PM by ZeroPotential

I liked the direwolf scene in the show :(

That was in the book too. Even the line about a Dothraki wedding with less than three deaths being considered dull was from the book.

Agreed on the Dany/Drogo sex scene.

And I'm pretty sure Catelyn was anti-Ned-going-to-Kings-Landing in the book too.

No, she was pro-Ned going to King's Landing, which is apparently why not many like her.

Perhaps I missed it, but which one was Ned? Because Catelyn only truly seemed to have a problem with her husband leaving for there, at least until that message arrived(I'm assuming King's Landing is the capital where the King lives)... Stupid shows that have 20+ major characters in the pilot without killing any of them, and keeping me from figuring out who's who....

And, really... that whole paragraph up there should probably be put in spoiler text, or none of it at all... If you're going to assume that people have read the books (which I haven't, btw), don't bother putting anything in spoilers, since it should all be known quantities to begin with.

edited 18th Apr '11 1:48:07 PM by Swish

I found the Dothraki to be the most annoying thing so far, the whole barbarian thing was a bit boring

what he said

edited 18th Apr '11 1:51:24 PM by faradayangel

Ned = Eddard Stark = Sean Bean.

Ninjas all up in this post.

edited 18th Apr '11 1:49:51 PM by Forzare