seriously though: critics disparaging the show for plotting missteps and tone apparently have no interest in taking a look at the source material at all?there's a lot of "man they killed ned, what a disaster for hbo" and my understanding is that uh like everybody dies on this fucking show
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
seems like for season one that almost astonishingly neatly every 100 pages of the first book equaled one episode. so i assume same holds true for season two?
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
y'know what else had a ton of characters and no real central figure? The Wire
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
according to the article ned linked dinklage is signed on for SIX seasons...there are only five completed books, and grrm doesn't show any signs that he is hurrying to finish the books.
― humba (NZA), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
soooo i guess that means they will eventually get off the 1 book/1 season wagon?
― humba (NZA), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
they're going to have to do book three over two seasons definitely
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Last season critics only got four episodes as well, as the reviews were decent but not terribly enthusiastic, basically saying the exact same thing (too many characters, too much exposition, not enough to latch onto) but by Episode 6 it was all coming together a treat and it just sort of barrelled beautifully towards the finale.
It also seems to miss the point of Ned's arc. It was really shocking for me when it happened, but the best thing about it (and this is similar to Boardwalk Empire last season) is that when you look back, it makes total sense. Ned was honest and noble and very likeable and human and the audience could really latch onto him, but for all those reasons he was terrible at the politics and died for it. It would seem ridiculous to expect someone else to take up the "good guy main character" mantle.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think they'd be lucky to get 5 seasons out of this. It's hugely expensive and even as it is a pretty decent hit I'm not sure it can sustain. I seem to recall an interview with the creators who were asked about catching up with the books, and they said they had consulted with GRRM and they have an outline of how it all ends.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
then again creators swearing they have an ending is always suspect these days
xp i thought that's what his son was doing, just less charismatically
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
but there's no way they could do the ending on the show before the books finish. there'd be a nerd uprising
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
re: staying power - i guess we'll know how popular this show is based on the season 2 premiere numbers and that's likely to sway how long they keep the thing going. If it gets sopranos numbers, i imagine it'll be on for ten years.
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
If this season is a solid improvement ratings wise and that holds up for the rest of the seasons there's no way HBO won't greenlight it through the end. That's a given unless public interest suddenly plummets.
― abcfsk, Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Imagine if we're onboard for the longest running tv show ever
how great would that be
i don't want this show to ever end
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think the simpsons kinda have that one locked downbut yeah, i'd be curious to see how this changed over the course of a decade as actors got way older
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
i think the simpsons kinda have that one locked down
lol are you kidding?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-running_United_States_television_series
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
i thought i read they were going to start blurring the lines between the books at the end of this season, and messing a bit more with the chronology, in order to fit everything in neatly and pace the 3rd book properly
― ciderpress, Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
"longest running non-news/non-soap narrative show"/pedant
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
sixth season is based on GRRM's LJ
― ༼◍ྀ ౪ ◍ི ༽ (cozen), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
longest running direwolf/incest/hodor drama
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
uh, meet the press, duh
― 1 week to "Charles Dingus" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
peh that's boring grownup shows, we're talking about TEE VEE here forks
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
gonna get some good play from thishttp://i.imgur.com/8ZkUi.gif
― ༼◍ྀ ౪ ◍ི ༽ (cozen), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
lol p sure that nyt review is some omega level trolling
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
nah it's a pale shadow of the one from last year
― Number None, Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
Can I put this in here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxL8SbZzM4A
― She Got the Shakes, Thursday, 29 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2012/03/tv-review-game-of-thrones-season-two-review.html
MZS on Season 2.
I am so fkn stoked.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Friday, 30 March 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
The other night I got super high and talked myself into buying the Blu-Rays for season 1 for some reason. I can't even loan them out to people because no one has a blu-ray player. smh
― polyphonic, Friday, 30 March 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
do you?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 30 March 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
What a mummer's farce.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 30 March 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
man stoked for season 2 to start. i started reading the books about a month ago and now i'm less than 200 pages from finishing them. the new season will be help me come down gently... until it finishes and i realise we are no closer to getting book 6.
― Jibe, Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Seven help me, I'm bored.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1tq0cbm5A1qbypg1o1_500.jpg
― Office Tebow (Leee), Sunday, 1 April 2012 23:18 (eleven years ago) link
TEN MINUTES
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
Dinklage gets first billing now! :)
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
I was wondering if he would!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 2 April 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
Not gonna check this thread till I've got my torrent tomorrow morning now. Though I broadly know what's going to happen as I've read Clash of Kings.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 2 April 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
Two Skins actors now
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:06 (eleven years ago) link
LOL that was her! The infamous WS pick that will never go away? I knew it. But . . . who's the other one?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
Robert's bastard with the bull helmet.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
and yes, I couldn't stop chuckling about that infamous photo.
Oh, really? Do you know which skins character he was? I think I've seen every season but the most recent. Hmm.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
Oh wow, I just looked it up he was Chris from the first season. He was one of my favorites. Huh!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:21 (eleven years ago) link
what girl from Skins?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Lp6CnBZRsHg/SmnC_pJ3PpI/AAAAAAAAFEE/UZvGJfckmfc/s400/pictures-of-Hannah-Murray-cassie-skins-1075991_510_383.jpg
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
lol you couldn't help yourself, huh?
She only had one line tonight, I think.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
I figured that would be her only presence in the series.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Monday, 2 April 2012 03:08 (eleven years ago) link
no, she'll be back
lol didnt realize THAT was the pic
i get so excited watching this with my wife because she's never read the book and i hear her comments about where she sees characters going... lol
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 April 2012 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
When I saw her all I could think of was that dumb pic and I was just dying. Yeah, she's going to be a regular character iirc.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 2 April 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
NEEDS MORE ARYA.
― Office Tebow (Leee), Monday, 2 April 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
Arya/Gendry/Jon Snow
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link