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

OK, so I had really avoided this whole thing because I never read the books, and we cut the TV cable long ago in my house; as a phenomenon it was totally passing me by. Then, as more people whose taste I trust started talking about it, I decided, "May as well give it a shot, starting with the books" and . . . man, I am ALL IN. Since the last week of July I've read A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, and just downloaded A Storm of Swords today. I also d/l'ed the first episode from iTunes to see how it translated, and was so impressed with the production and casting I went to a used place and bought Season 1 on Blu-Ray.

It's not often I come across a sci-fi or fantasy world builder who seems to have fully thought through everything before s/he even puts pen to paper, but this is definitely one of the times.

lol, oh Phil, I get what you are saying, but as you get further in, you'll quickly realize that GRRM is very far from having thought everything through.

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Oh god, those three posts are the saddest thing I've seen all day.

lol

It's not often I come across a sci-fi or fantasy world builder who seems to have fully thought through everything before s/he even puts pen to paper, but this is definitely one of the times.

Be aware that the show introduces a fistful of other problems, though.

STOP KICKING THE PUPPY GUYS

first three books are a tour de force of plotting that would be hard to match. they're also Act I so imo it's way too soon to tell whether or not grrm's flailing.

yeah it's only been nearly 20 years - way too soon!

not sure how the start date's relevant? high point would have been ten years ago, low point would have been three years ago. we're in the baggy middle now and we'll find out soon enough whether it all pays off like it did in book three or goes pear shaped.

if you can't finish your shit in 20 years you are flailing QED

Well, he did finish several books, just not the 'last' one.

OK no spoilers but for fuck's sake is Sansa ever NOT a moron?

She has been entirely moronic up to now but I sort of feel she has the potential to get the better of Machiavellian genius Littlefinger if only because LF clearly has a weakness for Stark girls.

I've always felt sympathy for Sansa because she's the character that was most invested in the fairytale idea and then had it ripped away again and again. Like a viewer who thinks "oh fantasy and knights and princesses this will be fun oh god oh god"

I think it's uncharitable to call her a moron, she's a child at the mercy of horrible events beyond her control. She's just not a total badass like her sister.

seems like the obvious course of sansa's arc is for her to keep being dragged along until she suddenly snaps and does something badass at a key moment using all the knowledge she's absorbed while in pseudocaptivity

I read that as paedocaptivity.

you're not wrong

Yeah, I guess "moron" is uncharitable, but she seems to be horrible at both practicing and reading the courtly manners she's so concerned with all the time. Like, Tyrion didn't ask for ________ any more than she did, but yeesh, girl, come on.

or she becomes Littlefinger's mini-me and, at a crucial juncture, acts in what she perceives as her own best interests with catastrophic results for others.

She's there to show the audience how monsters are created, I think. First terrified, then sulking and resentful, then gradually more calculating, devious and eventually destructive. This is what happens when you grow up a pawn of castle intrigue, and the endpoint I suppose is Cersei

No intended spoilers there, I'm just guessing where she's heading

http://www.clickhole.com/article/game-thrones-opening-reimagined-old-man-eating-sou-1082

Hahahaha

Great, now I'm hungry.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/game-of-thrones-cast-summer-2014.html

Jesus, the Mountain guy is fucking ridiculous.

Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis)
He took the role of an extreme swimmer in the upcoming Swimmer, a role that used to be Ben McKenzie's.

He's really into taking roles over, isn't he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKwNybyAuy4

George RR Martin gets turned on by himself: http://grrm.livejournal.com/386867.html !

least surprising news

I've been thinking, and I think the show really dropped the ball not casting Colm Meaney as Areo Hotah.

He's a pro at just standing there

http://i.imgur.com/z1EgXhW.jpg

Oops, spoilers.

From a local (LA) dance thing (I presume).

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hodor

http://edm.com/blog/Hodor-United-States-Rave-Of-Thrones-Tour-Dates

went to the movies tonight and saw nu-daario in TWO things: a preshow commercial for chanel no. 5, and the trailer for some movie where he dates an ageless lady. i guess america has officially caught Nu-Daario Fever.

Really looking forward to next series. Been realising how much more exciting it is than pretty much all the other popular dramas.

Think a new thread's probably in order.

for the movie with the ageless lady? i agree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UzSekc0LoQ

i just can't get over how not weird it'd be for that lady to be 45 years old

wldve been better if he said 2045 years old and she was dressed in a gladiator outfit

I've never played any of these Telltale games before but I just tried out the first episode of the GoT one and it was pretty good! Some ropey animation and some silly things but the quick decisions in the big talky meetings were really great. Suitably grim.

in retrospect, yes, i think this was just for nerds

no way man everyone love this show

in 2014 it turns out everyone was nerds

not me im a cool

not me im a cool

― lag∞n's mom

A Murder of Boobs

is what this series should be called

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