HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

He shows up in the next episode but I think it's better for everyone if you just stop watching.

it's better for you all if you just stop watching imo

i can watch it for you and report back via this thread, everyone will by happy

That doesn't make sense. I hope you never get to write a script!

lol thomp in "omg older people play way younger than they really are on television show" shocker

I still really hate the Daenerys subplot, maybe even more this week thanks to the laughable addition of the quasi-lesbian sex tutor.

I felt the same way about the Daenerys plot when I read the books till later on in the series. I just half-assed my through her stuff in the first book to get back the the much more rich plots.

Daenerys went from mournful rape victim to believable courtesan in one episode.

I smell emmy

xpost don't live in the past

the wolf jumping on joffrey was lollable. it, like, leapt in the air on a trampoline. i wish z_s could make a .gif of it (pretty please?)

i watched the first episode, i approve and will continue watching this series

i agree with the above about how shitty the wedding scene is. felt like a bad star trek episode. also uhhhhhhhh racially problematic.

2nd ep fucking BRINGS it. So much more involving than the debut.

It'd been long enough since I read the books that I forgot the feeling of sinking horror that arises with the Arya/Butcher's Boy/Sansa/Joffrey fiasco. It's like, hmmm, let me just switch on this infernal machine over here, ah yes that seems to be running nicely.

The Joffrey actor soooo perfect; the mere sight of his face makes me want to throttle him.

also they should really get someone besides dennis leary to play incestbro

He looks like Aaron Eckhart

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/domestic-abuse/man-battered-kin-over-hbos-game-thrones-780215

http://i.cdn.turner.com/dr/teg/tsg/release/sites/default/files/assets/gameofthronesreport.jpg

POOR PUPPY!!!! D:

I am going to find a dog now so I can hug it.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2nrg7yx.gif

I would like a gif of one of the wolfpuppies jumping up and tearing someone's throat out.

http://i.imgur.com/a1ZES.gif

He looks like Aaron Eckhart

― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, April 25, 2011 11:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

THANK YOU! SO MUCH LIKE Aaron Eckhart. This was killing me last night because I couldn't remember his name. "He looks exactly like that guy, you know, the one from The Dark Knight. You know which one I mean - that one - the one he looks like dammit!!"

Also did we decide if those wolves are real cause the face on that one that she hugs is just amazing. THOSE EYES! I almost think that it can't possible by real.

can I just say I'm still lolling pretty hardcore at the wedding scene 2 weeks later

Just FYI I'm not reading this thread right now because we didn't see it on Sunday -- will catch up next week!

what laurel, you think something's gonna be spoiled for you?!

Not taking any chances.

The direwolves are played by a breed of dog called the Northern Inuit
http://static.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/northern-inuit-dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/northern-inuit-dog-0002.jpg

Oh I love them. The look he gave her during that hug! I died.

Apparently the actress who plays Sansa adopted her dog once filming finished so there's kind of a happy ending.

Chiming in to randomly note that the director of the first two episodes, Tim Van Patten, has a hell of a TV director/writer career already -- dude co-wrote "Pine Barrens" among other things -- and that longtime MST3K fans know him from his earlier years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lIOaq3oEY

Bootstrapping, always a fine thing! Seriously!

Yeah, it's generally reassuring when you see Van Patten's name in the credits of a show.

that one dude totally looks like dave navarro in his guyliner

Tim Van Patten is awesome in Class of 1984, that is such a fun/funny movie.

omg guys i watched eps 1 & 2 today and i love this show a lot and hope there are dragons soon
and the wolf-dogs i love the wolf-dogs too

hope that little prince gets killed.

totally digging this show, btw

i dislike fantasy (with some exceptions) but this is good so far.

finally watched Ep 2...after careful consideration I really don't like the Danerys scenes...want to fast forward to where she gets interesting. But otherwise loving it. Arya is pretty great huh? And the wolves were awesome this week : D

I'm willing to put up with the Danerys scenes because uh ahem

yes yes nubile boobs yay etc

yeah i remember when i read the books i didn't find Dany's storyline engaging at all until later in the series. the show hasn't really changed that yet.

see I guess I wasn't thinking about how it would look played out on tv...but I love that storyline, from go she was interesting to me...but I don't know what it is,maybe it's just that her inner life doesn't come through. Also it just becomes the "boobs" portion of the show. I dunno. Maybe it will improve as her arc develops

I like this.

also am I right in that the sex scene witnessed by lil dude was incestuous? still trying to keep the characters straight

Yep. They're brother/siter which is why the small fry had to fly.

sister

surprised to see that in tv tbh! I mean I know it's Hbo but actual depicted incest seems p rare

well evan the actors are not actually brother and sister, and they are not actually having sex

it's kind of fundamental to the series

it happened in Rome. This is old hat for HBO.