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

Ned Stark's massive broadswoard Ice.

They made a big deal of showing where the sword came from at the start of the episode. same one that ned beheaded dude with at start of the series and that he in turn got whacked with when his time came.

lol i thought that was just part of the "previously on" flashback

thanks!

er yeah that scene was not on hbogo i guess

I can never remember stuff like that on this show. Nevertheless, entirely entertaining

Maureen Dowd revealed she is one of you in Sunday's column, gooble gobble

Finally not half-expecting a little drool out of Jon Snow's dumb face anymore. Interested in that development.

That's because Kit Harrington finally figured out how to keep his mouth from hanging open all the time.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg8YinaIYAAgBJB.jpg

the mountain

Mountain #3, right?

cast dying off faster than the characters. new daario was a steep descent from the first guy, who was perfect.

yeah mountain #3, daario #2, why does no one want to act on this show

http://www.bustle.com/articles/19185-what-happened-to-game-of-thrones-daario-naharis-why-the-actor-changed-for-season-4
honestly didn't even catch that this was supposed to be that guy.

Why didn't they try to match the hairstyle? That would have helped.

Actor who plays new Daario also plays the cute horndog producer guy from Nashville. Maybe he sings in this season

Didn't clock he was the junkie from Treme

Felt the original Daario was very Romance Novel Cover-esque so I'm okay with that

True but I was pulled out of the episode whenever he had a scene because they look so different.

Probably won't be a problem next episode though.

i could watch a whole episode of the hound saying 'cunt' tbh

We really need to make that Hound & Arya spinoff happen

Arya gonna Hound us?

Hound Arya

their conversation abt naming swords was lol

are those of us who haven't read the books but have read wikis about the events which took place before the books allowed to speculate on this thread? feels like a spoiler grey zone. I have a "theory" but it's probably a well-known one amongst the book readers. I suppose it's best kept to myself.

for any who haven't read those wiki pre-histories I recommend it--sort of a very cool high romantic story in it's own right.

Heh we could start a THIRD thread for people in that situation. I can probably guess which theory you're referring to, which I don't think the show has really emphasized.

let's just say it's about parentage.

i read the wikis of what happens in the books and i demand a thread

Also, anyone else catch the Hound's "A man must have a code" shout out to The Wire?

yes. it was funny.

also is SIGNIFICANT CHARACTER's parentage even in question? i mean i know it's yet to be resolved but there only seems to be one credible theory. maybe it needs its own thread.

it is def the only theory that makes sense once you read the backstory.

And both the Hound and Omar have facial scars! xp

the theory is so foreshadowed in the books it's unreal and it would make no sense for it to be any other combination. probably best to go to the book thread.

SPOILERS if anyones wondering what theyre so mysterious about http://goo.gl/K7HuFG

those cannibal guys could use some cooking lessons

who the fuck eats arms though, seriously?

I mean, I'm not a cannibal so I could be mistaken, but I wouldn't imagine there's a lot worth eating on a human arm.

Wings!

Where are these wikis and are they spoiler free?

Definitely avoid the ASOIAF wiki, as it's current with the books.

haha yeah I should stress i inevitably find out more than I wanted. but on be main one there a big tab for "history" or something like that. "spoiler-free" is probably very relative but it's all basically the record.

I figure this show has maybe 1 or 2 more seasons of high ratings before people get tired of being endlessly strung along and things become uncontrollably convoluted and pointless

well good thing they're only planning for three more seasons

GRRM said there were only going to be three books once

feel like this is set up such that no conclusion will be satisfying. feels like it's kinda meant to go on forever, what with the whole starting in the middle tactic and the disposability of the characters

those cannibal guys could use some cooking lessons

Audience expectations for cannibals to be culinary artisans could be a result of watching Hannibal, some of these fuckers just want to chomp on yer bits!

the theory is so foreshadowed in the books it's unreal

tbh I didn't pick up on the theory until I started trawling ASOIAF wikis AKA while waiting for MOAR BOOKS/EPISODES.

Yeah I certainly wouldn't have clocked on my own. So much backstory being flung at you in the books it's hard to know exactly what is significant.

Dunno if this has all been over above already but one of my favourite things about the show is that two of my favourite characters are actors I used to be familiar with but didn't recognise them until someone else told me. Jerome Flynn from Robson and Jerome Rory Mcann, who was in an old Scottish porridge advert and a wheelchair user in the sitcom Book Group.
Hope this wasn't posted already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZ0LWGdTq0

haha that's incredible. i would never have twigged in a million years.

It was posted already. Off to the Wall with you.