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

No way is Mom allowed in their room..

Not to mention their appetites at this age.

Tyrion will turn out to be a dragon whisperer.

the third dragon flew off to star in the concluding chapter of the hobbit trilogy iirc

With all that wine in his belly, his breath will ignite a fire ball when a lit match come to close to his face, winning the dragon's trust.

too*

Despite the leak, the first episode apparently had 1.4 million more viewers than last year's opener(!?).

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-game-thrones-return-788658

If there isn't a scene with Daenerys riding on the back of Drogon, slicing heads off and roasting knights alive, I'm going to be very sad.

Drogon is such a terrible name for a dragon.

Here's my cat, Cot.

it's in reference to khal drogo, her catatonia-ridden and then mercy-smothered dothraki husband

which is why "drogo" would do just fine.

dying at "cot"

ya, i had to explain to my coworkers why I was laughing. not as funny out loud.

basically because it would be impossible to yell at the cat without sounding like Sean Connery

xxp there have to be Ns at the end of almost every targaryen name, esp. if there isn't an -ys at the end, it's like a valryian law idk i don't make the rules man

one of the only immediate exceptions i can think of is rhaegal, one of her other dragons

So by the third dragon she didn't have the energy to continue to follow her silly naming rules?

well it's got the "rhae" part covered in that instance, another targaryen naming essential (rhaenys, rhaegar, rhaella, etc.) and is in tribute to her older, deader bro (rhaegar)

that one's def skirting the valryian rules man, v close call

danerys just has to ~find her inner dragon~

and not be such a crybaby, basically

worst part of the episode was the 25-minute long build up to a really boring, short conversation between Missandei and Grey Worm, so that we could learn that no, Grey Worm does not know why unsullied are visiting brothels.

also dario's butt feature

dario has to be the least sexy guy who is supposed to be sexy, ever

I thought Dany's dragons combined the names of her brothers and Drogo with the names of historical dragons?

Dario had such a flat ass I felt embarrassed for him

been skimping on his deadlifts.

Dario was pretty much better in every way before they switched actors iirc?
Yea: http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/mp/Pic5RL6F0hil.jpg

Beardo guy>malformed woman

i liked new-Dario actor in Nashville but he seems out of place in this

I think it's just because the first guy was such a nice fit and established the vibe of the character well that the new guy remains jarring since he looks so different (and carries himself differently, too).

also he's not sexy or cool (or crazy) or mysterious

i am v much team new daario, old one was a bit cookie-cutter-medieval gut tbrr

*guy

It's like if they recast Grey Worm as a taller, chubbier guy and expected the audience to eventually get used to it. Only thing that helped the Mountain was that the character rarely appeared ep to ep.

daario 1 seemed a bit closer to the book description iirc (blue hair aside)

dario 1 had cool romance novel vibes new guy just looks like hes yr neighbor who rides his motorcycle on weekends

he is, but there have been so many of those changes in one way or another that i hardly even think of book descriptions, like in the books varys is bearded and wears weirdass makeup

michel huisman is most definitely a better actor even if he's not harlequin-novel-cover-art material

lol! xp

wait varys has a beard in the book?

i couldve sworn i remember reading that in one of them but to be fair it's been some time. i am certain about him wearing lots of visible face powder and makeup in his book description tho.

in the books varys (who grew up with an acting troupe) is a master of disguises who sometimes dresses up as characters he plays to gain intelligence or throw a ruse (most notably the jailor), but as the public varys we know the show is pretty close to his description.

i am super glad they don't have that actor in fake moustaches and canes and bullshit accents bobbling around as varys the master of disguise, that would really really suck

drunk nihilist tyrion is pretty amazing, feel like we're underplaying that

Felt pretty rote to me

aka "tyrion"

i tried to work from home today but instead i ended up watching the other three leaked episodes. okay now when's the next batch going to be leaked

not soon enough. i need to see the outcome of that last scene!

all the spoilers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0XbcNcNJgQ

Just caught episode 1. It's mostly a "hey, remember where we were a year ago?" recap episode.

Cersei and Jaime do nothing. Some order called the Sparrows is introduced without details.
The Tyrells do nothing.
Varys reveals that he wants Daenerys as queen. Tyrion does nothing.
Daenerys needs to deal with the former ruling class. This one's fine.
Littlefinger and Sansa do nothing.
Brienne and Payne do nothing.
Sam and Gilly do nothing.
Stannis kills Mance. Jon Snow accomplishes nothing.
Reek and Arya MIA. (Bran and Hodor MIA for the whole season, supposedly.)

Tyrion implies he's open to traveling to meet Daenerys. That's something.

Loras does, heh heh, something.

episode 1 was a snooze.

on reflection i kinda think it's been a poor start. as abanana says - they've managed to force everyone back into doing nothing. also ffs when is queen of dragons going to actually do something besides kill a peasant, pardon a peasant, listen to sage advice about how to govern, learn her ideals may not cut it in this brutal world of men, AGAIN.