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

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.

As my wife said the other night, "so apparently in this fictional continent they love the doggie style".

warning: if you are married and watch this show u will be mocked

wait, what?

My wife is totally into this show!

I mean, it doesn't hurt that she finds Dany even hotter than I do and she was hoping for more of the "seduction lesson", but, yeah, she is enjoying it so far.

mine loves it too, and she never read the books

yeah my wife loved the book and loves the show so far.

agreed that episode 2 was far better, really slowed down the pace and let you get to know the characters

joffrey is such a little fuckstick i forgot how much i hate him

rip lady the direwolf :(

would stress to those who haven't read: all the adolescent fantasy sex stuff is straight from the books, they might actually be toning it down.

wives!

tbh if my wife was watching this I'd be mocking her

I need to stay out of this thread

Yes, you do. WTF?

Sorry but seriously.

The Joffrey casting is so perfect, I hated him so much even before the scene with Arya and the butcher boy.

Yeah, the casting is amazing. That kid's face just looks so awful and snotty. I hate him so much.

My only (very minor) casting gripe is Caetlyn, I feel like she's a little bit too old. Isn't she still supposed to be like really pretty? Not that the actress playing her is ugly by any means, I just don't get the vibe implied from the book that she is supposed to be really pretty still.

I think she's kind of perfect; at this point, she's an anchor of reality in the books and seems to be functioning much the same way here, both in terms of her outlook/reactions and how she looks like a normal, attractive middle-aged woman in this casting pool of ludicrously good-looking people.

Tyrion slapping the shit out of Joffrey was the highlight of my April, and I watched the Doctor Who premiere.