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

the fifth season of the wire had magic iirc

It was seriously cool. Where we would use electricity, they used a magic life-force sourced from growing plants. It sounds gimmicky but it was inserted smoothly and not explained except by demonstration--a quick shot of the Golden Gate bridge turned into a giant trellis and covered with verdant growth, wall planters in people's homes in the backgrounds of shots, etc.

That sounds p awes. Like Ballard but happy!

i sometimes use a magic life-force sourced from growing plants if you know what i meaaaaannnnn

OH NO YOU DI'INT

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsh22pYjv1r4chwro1_500.gif

From what I know about that pilot, it's probly a good thing it didn't air.

I think Ron Moore made it in Vancouver with BSG castmembers

Sorry for insulting anyone. I realize that Game of Thrones is pretty lightweight G-rated material.

Anyway, I'm just gonna stare at the bud gif for a while and chill out.

something we can all agree on right

It may be the answer as to how I was able to read 4000 pages of highly detailed fantasy without getting bored...

Something else Nate and I can agree on is the primacy of Gene Wolfe. I kind of DON'T hope they try to adapt The New Sun though. It feels impossible.

True. But I would watch it. And better HBO than anyone else... I've always been scared it would get the Dr Who treatment someday.

I'd prefer to see HBO tackle an SF property next, maybe the Culture novels.

Yes!

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzI9v_B4sxw

Man you guys are understated when it comes to reactions. (Then again, Oscars and all.)

Needs more boobs

Well, there's Theon, and Joffrey.

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BDTQ8oQCMAA6LSS.jpg

wtf with that url

ah not org, com
nevermind

this show feels like such a humorless grind, feel like it could go on forever and nothing would ever get really resolved

very faithful to the books in that regard.

otm

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/03/05/the-hold-steady-game-of-thrones-season-3/

lol/wtf at them using a file photo with Franz still in it tho

Um is anyone playing the facebook game of thrones game? I even set up a fake facebook account so I could indulge in the nerdiness. This is probably one of the worst things I've done in my life.

noooooooo Nicole nooooooooo

Don't cry for me, I'm already dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=2fPgIIB67bw

Did Xena have a theme song that shitty?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVEU7sBXNH4

Xena theme - wouldn't be out of place in Game of Thrones!

i had no idea the bulgarian national women's choir did the theme for xena, that's a shocker for me

RFI LONG TERM ARC: my human woman-friend is upset about gender roles in this mideval/fantasy series. Do the ladies get to do stuff besides get drilled; married off or should I resign myself to watching this... myself? No need to sugar coat it.

Follow up: Is there an episode we should jump to in order to calm her fears of a 16-ep rapefest?

NB - we barely made it thru the first episode

there's some strong female characters but probably not enough to balance out that stuff if you're already balking at ep #1

i had no idea the bulgarian national women's choir did the theme for xena, that's a shocker for me

I am surprised you were shocked, they have such a distinctive sound.

ffs@people jumping on the bulgarian choir bandwagon in 2013? since slovene balakov left it's all been commercial shit anyway.

(well worth googling "bulgarian names" imo - if you want to achieve you have to put the work in and get it right.)

V good thx u I will watch w-o others then

Trailer 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4XSeW4B5Rg

game of tron

Jimmy,

The books do a good job of focusing on the stories of many different female characters, detailing how they live in a very harsh world that is particularly bad for women and how they each must develop their own personal strategies for navigating and succeeding in such difficult environment.

So far the HBO series has followed these same stories, but it tends to undermine them by throwing in lots of unnecessary sex and nudity that didn't show up in the novels. Any time a potential titilating detail is hinted at in the books, it turns into a soft core porn scene in the tv show. Plus the bulk of additional scenes in the tv show that were not in the books are sex scenes.

I am surprised you were shocked, they have such a distinctive sound.
― Darth Icky (DJP), Monday, March 18, 2013

um... i may never have watched an episode of xena before
LG, The Choir at Vanderbilt was the first concert I ever paid to see back when i was like thirteen and o wait u are fucking with me

Reviews for the first 4 eps of season 3 are beginning to pop up, but more interesting perhaps was this little interview:

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/game-of-thrones-producers-say-season-3-as-big-as-were-going-to-get

let me guess: producers say season 3 as big as they're going to get

I wonder if some torrents will appear

can't wait for their interviews before season 4: "this year is solid sure, but like we said, last year was really the obvious peak."

i wonder if some fake torrents will appear