Game of Thrones [HBO & Sky Atlantic] **Spoilers** (Read Warning Post #1)

nyarlothothep

Best fcking TV show since BTVS. Only program that comes close to it is Spartacus. Viserys and the dwarf man are the best characters. I actually feel sorry for Viserys, he should have stayed longer as he was a great character and I sympathized with his cause for glory.

DarkDusk

The wait is unbearable.

Tenger

kowloon wrote: »

..........You can't just film a dozen guys in a field and paste in some crowd cheers.

Worked for Braveheart!!!!!


But yes that 'after the battle' scene seemed very weak.

MitchKoobski

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/11/game-of-thrones-season-one-dvdblu-ray-box-art-revealed/

Well, well… what do we have here? Thanks to a tip from reader Nick, we have a sneak peek at the Game of Thrones season one DVD/Blu-Ray box set artwork. The box art from France had given us an idea of what the US box art might look like, but this more detailed look at the set is even better. We had previously reported that the DVD/Blu-Rays look to be releasing on March 20th in the US, March 19th in the UK and March 7th in France (and now Sweden). You can pre-order season one via Amazon or the HBO Shop.
Winter Is Coming: I may be biased… but that’s an attractive box set. Can’t wait for the official announcement from HBO to see all the features this baby will be loaded with. If the work they put into the box set packaging is any indication of the disc’s contents, this thing should be packed.

johnmcdnl

Well finally got round to watching Game of Thrones and I watched the entire first season in the past week... great show - loving it so far but was sure season 2 was already out

the let down I had when I found out it isn't out til next April

but it lived up to all the hype that I heard that made me go to watch it... now just a a 5 month wait - might have to invest in the books to keep me ticking over til then

DarkDusk

johnmcdnl wrote: »

Well finally got round to watching Game of Thrones and I watched the entire first season in the past week... great show - loving it so far but was sure season 2 was already out

the let down I had when I found out it isn't out til next April

but it lived up to all the hype that I heard that made me go to watch it... now just a a 5 month wait - might have to invest in the books to keep me ticking over til then

You should, it's def worth it!

ArmaniJeanss

kowloon wrote: »

Hopefully the budget will allow for more, but I wonder if financial constraints were the real reason for lack of battle scenes.
The programme is CGI laden already. Would it really have cost that much to do a few battles?

I don't know if you've read the book but the battle 'scenes' in the series were quite similar to the book ; because the story was never told from the pov of any of the protaganists in the battles there was an element of 'lets send our troops off to war' followed 20 pages later by 'who won? we did, yippee' with the actual battle itself happenng offpage.

Richard Dower

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/28/game-of-thrones-season-2-dragons/

don ramo

Richard Dower wrote: »

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/11/28/game-of-thrones-season-2-dragons/

typical americans believe anything they see on TV:rolleyes::rolleyes:

WolfForager

Ah the 'boy'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5BrH30yE4c

She seems pretty down to earth. This season is gonna be awesome!

kowloon

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

there was an element of 'lets send our troops off to war' followed 20 pages later by 'who won? we did, yippee' with the actual battle itself happenng offpage.

I get you, and I know the series is quite faithful to the book compared to other adaptations. But I think a few battles would really add to the sense of scale. If they could do it with a bit of tact, not trying to make it into some Hollywoodesque actionfest I think it would work.

Even more scenes of large encampments and marching troops would help.

There has to be some ground given when you change the medium.

don ramo

rourmour is spreading that HBO are thinking hard about renewing GOT for 2 more season already, bringing us up to season 4:D,

if they do that id deffinately say theyll break book 3 into 2 series,

http://eztv.it/tvnews/5862/hbo-is-considering-adding-two-more-seasons-of-game-of-thrones/

http://collider.com/game-of-thrones-season-3-4/129689/

damn i still dunno if i wanna start reading this or what, i dont wanna spoil the show for myself, but im finding it hard waiting to know whats in store, aarrrggghhh,

Denerick

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series. I watched the series before reading the books, and then proceeded to watch the series again, and found a lot of new insights. It really is a great read. Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

Tenger

Denerick wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series......... Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

GRRM would be proud of you for that comparison.....

Richard Dower

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Richard Dower

Show *needs* a budget increase, there be dragons now + we need some epic battles.

don ramo wrote: »

rourmour is spreading that HBO are thinking hard about renewing GOT for 2 more season already, bringing us up to season 4:D,

if they do that id deffinately say theyll break book 3 into 2 series,

http://eztv.it/tvnews/5862/hbo-is-considering-adding-two-more-seasons-of-game-of-thrones/

http://collider.com/game-of-thrones-season-3-4/129689/

damn i still dunno if i wanna start reading this or what, i dont wanna spoil the show for myself, but im finding it hard waiting to know whats in store, aarrrggghhh,

Tenger

Denerick wrote: »

I'd strongly recommend reading the books after watching the first series......... Like Shakespeare with porn and readable english.

GRRM would be proud of you for that comparison.....

WolfForager

Richard Dower wrote: »

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Heh, depends on what your definition of adult is.

Richard Dower

I'm stunned still at the sheer size of this thread, i knew nothing about GOT....but it's had a massive built in fanbase, and this thread certainly shows how popular it is.

Richard Dower

http://blastr.com/2011/12/get-ready-for-thrones-s2.php

fitz

Richard Dower wrote: »

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Couldn't disagree more.
Beyond the fantasy setting, they're absolutely nothing alike.

TwoShedsJackson

Richard Dower wrote: »

Show *needs* a budget increase, there be dragons now + we need some epic battles.

We really don't, you can get epic battles in countless films and numerous TV shows.

I'd rather they did what they've done so far in this and what they did in Rome, show the before/after of battles and use the time and budget for the characters, frankly.

Kettle316

Richard Dower wrote: »

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

I tought the same thing coming in to the shows (I hadn't heard anything about it either, since the show finished I've read all the books....TWICE ) but the 2 are hugely different from each other!!

I'm a big fan of LOTR but everything is black and white in terms of who is good (The Fellowship) and who is bad (Sauron)....in ASOIAF universe it's all grey!! There are maybe 3-4 characters throughout the series who are truly evil the rest are bad but have some redeeming qualities that make you feel for them and vice versa with the "heroes" of the story!!

Also add in the constant politicking going on in Westeros (Littlefinger, Varys, Cersei etc.) is like something from The West Wing......very little of this is seen in LOTR!!

pixelburp

Well it's all very well having all your characters scheme against each other & have shades of gray all over the place - and maybe it's just me - but I find that it can make the inevitable betrayals & moral slides of characters less dramatic if everyone else in the show is doing it.

For instance - and I haven't read the books so I don't know if this will happen - Rob Stark (and his house in general) is about the only moral & noble leader / faction left at this stage. But because everybody else is scheming, betraying & screwing each other, I'm already girding myself to see Rob & family get betrayed, or they themselves slide into moral ruin. It seems the going fashion in Westeros, so I just assume it'll eventually happen Rob too.

Orizio

Richard Dower wrote: »

I still maintain it's an adult version of LOTR....but with less trolls.

Please stop.

Richard Dower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kLSYTHQbm4

"sean bean is a spoiler on two legs"

Tordelback

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

We really don't, you can get epic battles in countless films and numerous TV shows.

I'd rather they did what they've done so far in this and what they did in Rome, show the before/after of battles and use the time and budget for the characters, frankly.

Absolutely. One of the greatest pseudo-historical dynastic-intrigue TV adaptations, I Claudius, was entirely studio-based (despite the many wide-screen events of the books), and didn't suffer at all.

As others have pointed out, ASoIaF isn't really about the big battles anyway (at least as far as I've read, which is A Feast for Crows) - apart from

the Blackwater, the Fist of the First Men and Rayder's attack on the Wall

, most of the large scraps happen between chapters, or at some distance.

Gauge

Another few vids here:

Coordinating fights and stunts (see if you can spot

Brienne!

)
Arya Stark's new look.

WolfForager

Gauge wrote: »

Coordinating fights and stunts (see if you can spot

Brienne!

)

There's something disturbing about The Hound smiling and giving the thumbs up...

Gauge

WolfForager wrote: »

There's something disturbing about The Hound smiling and giving the thumbs up...

When I look at The Hound I find it hard not to see the character he played in Hot Fuzz YAAARP.