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

okay now i am officially excited about this.
i was trying to hold back, but damn, yaay!

yeah! is there a date for episode one?

April 1 (no fools)

great cheers

Watched that season 2 trailer several times. It looks amazing and I haven't even seen season 1 yet. I can't believe I'll be waiting another year for it to hit DVD.

do people really wait for tv shows to come out on dvd? and if so, why.

I like a lot of HBO-type shows better in DVD (or Netflix/OnDemand/etc.) form - I want to be able to jump right into the next episode instead of waiting a week.

Me too. I've been waiting for the first season to come out on blu ray so I can watch it over and over in glorious hi def

Don't really have the time or inclination to mess with torrents or something similar.

Torrents are so easy!

not easy enough for me and I can't watch them on my TV

hm well it seems up to personal preference then. i watch everything on my computer anyway. which i realize is abhorrent to people who have nice TVs. i will admit that watching movies/tv on a real tv is better (tho not like mindblowingly better). but waiting a year to watch new eps of GoTs is far worse imo.

I have a TV that I can connect to the Internet/stream my PC content to

fuck a torrent, tho

I can't stand watching stuff on the computer unless I have to --- we have our PS3 networked so Mr Veg can pull the torrents down onto his hard-drive and we can watch via the ps3/tv in the living room. LIVING IN THE FUTURE

torrents are my friend

not so much for movies anymore, but for TV it's awesomesauce

flagpost me if I ever use that word again
sorry

noproblemsauce.

does the board game have spoilers?

only if you play it right.

For people only now finishing George R. R. Martin's "A Storm of Swords" and who want to talk about it ASOS GRRM ASOIAF

what
http://kotaku.com/5889930/these-guys-are-building-all-of-game-of-thrones-in-minecraft/gallery/1

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/03/game-of-thrones-seven-devils/

I'm rewatching the first season, and I have to confess, I don't mind Ros at all.

I can see why she's there, they needed to explain plots/backstory. I hadn't read the books yet when I watched the series and I didn't find her annoying.

i love the bit in that trailer where john snow says "better than three defeats"

thats robb stark actually iirc

You can tell because Robb's mouth isn't hanging open all the time.

Meanwhile over on The Simpsons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=367Nd07eF9E

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0d6jeChFx1qmoxk2o1_500.jpg

Jon Snow looks more and more like Dave Gahan. This is not a compliment.

To me he comes across as a guy trying way to hard to be dashing and suave. Just don't like him.

― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:19 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ive seen him in some other stuff and i think hes just like that all the time tbh

― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:25 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

So I was re-watching Doctor Who's "The Time of Angels" and Father Octavian's archly suave and dulcet brogue really reminded me of someone... and sure enough, he's played by Iain Glen!!

I realized that Iain Glen would be a perfect narrator for a nature documentary, which, come to think, is exactly what the Dothraki scenes are.

Iain Glen is from what is commonly referred to as 'classic' but in reality is saying lines wistfully and looking into the distance,

acting that is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95B58os7pfk

http://chzsetphaserstolol.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/sci-fi-fantasy-game-of-thrones-cuddly-starks.jpg

Aww.

That makes me want a Playmobil Game oF Thrones set.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln7qixqfYi1qz4ufvo1_500.jpg

Yep. Just like that.

Just finished Book 2 - whew. Was afraid I'd procrastinate right past the new tv season start.

Would this be a bad time to let you know some stuff from book 3 is expected to be in Season 2 of the tv show?

They're going to need to spread the SoS material around a bit, so freaking much going on in that book.

surely they have enough stuff from book 2 to squeeze in to 10 episodes without taking anything from 3?

They don't want characters to be absent for long stretches like they are in the books, especially as events happen simultaneously.

trying to avoid spoilers obviously but i didn't think that started happening til much later

It amplifies later but is happening a bit in book 2

not a bad time at all since I purchased Book 3 as soon as I finished Book 2, I am underway. And more motivated, I might be able to blow it out before tv starts if I put my nose to the grindstone

Are you finding them a slog? I breezed through both 2 and 3 in about a week each, about to start 4.

no I just fell off the wagon with reading in general lately, through sheer laziness. I love the books so far, the end of book 2 made me v teary

zomg u will be like o_O for 3!!

Btw, just finished episode 8 of my rewatch, and everything the Greatjon sez is so much lolz.

I can't afford the blu-rays (;_;), so I'm rewatching on HBOGO with the interactive features, and everytime there's a little video of Martin explaining some family history I can't help but lol.