HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

did anyone ever watch the youtube back history videos, with the story told via a series of drawings and narration from some of the actors?

i reckon i enjoyed them as much as the show. i recommend them highly. they also give a good context for everything and remove the need to read the books.

i liked those videos a lot. i think one of the main strengths of Martin's universe is the layered and complex historical/mythological context.

yeah they were really nicely made - and short enough that i found myself just checking them out bit by bit.

hey guys I was confused during that flashback Arya was watching. Did they totally recast Ned and Joffrey and Tyrion? Contract issues? Sansa's boobs were a body double's right? Show is going down the dumper.

― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:32 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

but within the show we're watching average citizens playacting as the characters we know, so why would the show cast the actors we know as those characters in the play instead of new actors who look kinda like them? to have sean bean playing an actor impersonating ned stark would be weird & wouldn't make any sense

as for littlefinger he more or less fled to a place he knew he would be protected and disappeared for like multiple seasons. he ventured out again to see sansa -- which was a miscalculation on his part because he prob underestimated her & she could have brianne kill him -- but i suspect she doesn't mind having him around because he's already shown a willingness to go to great lengths to protect her and because he has this devotion to her she prob feels like she can manipulate him if need be (and in this episode we see her manipulate jon)

Plus, when his head gets chopped off and you pause it you can clearly see it's not the actor's real head.

the guts were real tho i think

but within the show we're watching average citizens playacting as the characters we know, so why would the show cast the actors we know as those characters in the play instead of new actors who look kinda like them? to have sean bean playing an actor impersonating ned stark would be weird & wouldn't make any sense

it would be more obviously ned stark. the fact they cast another acting as someone ACTING as ned stark confused me at the beginning. still not sure i understand it really.

thought ned died but in this show who knows.

Can no longer tell who is taking the piss itt

I liked the theater scene anyway - felt somewhat Shakespearean

Maybe Ned was warging the actor playing Ned in the play

Can no longer tell who is taking the piss itt

― Mordy, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:30 PM (26 seconds ago) Bookmark

me either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's sort of fun actually because i can usually tell who is getting mocked in a thread

leaving aside how ned stark came back to life - he did seem a bit different also when playing himself in the play. sending a message to arya?

he is looking great tho, hasn't aged a day since the devil's own.

hey guys I was confused during that flashback Arya was watching. Did they totally recast Ned and Joffrey and Tyrion? Contract issues? Sansa's boobs were a body double's right? Show is going down the dumper.

― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:32 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

but within the show we're watching average citizens playacting as the characters we know, so why would the show cast the actors we know as those characters in the play instead of new actors who look kinda like them? to have sean bean playing an actor impersonating ned stark would be weird & wouldn't make any sense

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:16 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol my post was making fun of dog latin's questions

i assumed you were being sincere.

feel so stupid now. of course that wasn't sean bean.

i think it was sean bean

oh lol dog latin's questions must have been under the fold for me

:-)

oi LG and ryan: which set of vids do you mean? there are many many many explainer vids on youtube...

There's too many characters

it was some has bean

I think the videos were included in a DVD box

ohhhhh

i think it was sean bean

otm that's what i thought

i don't think it would have made sense to cast sean bean?

it was cool how they had jaime lannister playing ned/sean bean/actor playing sean bean guy, when bran warged back to warg into hodor. really messed with my head!

why not hes good u dont like him xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og

tho i read a theory that was the original rob stark xpost

who better to play an actor playing sean bean than sean bean?

its the perfect role if you think abt it

I hope they reveal who Warg really is next episode.

warg is an acronym we know that much

warg is a feeling

I think the videos were included in a DVD box

yes, and narrated by the actors not some randos.

Without Any Religion, God

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1Kj8K-vlrQE/0.jpg

Oh great, was Daario recast again?

what's theon greyjoy got to do with this?

lol

one thing this show loves to do is have characters give meaningful, heartfelt speeches and then someone nearby says "yeah but you have no penis" and everyone laughs

It was weird when they did that after Cersei's speech

the ultimate own

i admit i laughed when Euron (sp?) responded to Theon's use of "galvanting" with "is that the kind of word you use when your cock has been cut off?" or something like that.

so...if they created the Others during that 2000 year war why did it take 4000 more years for the Others to become a problem? im sure there's an explanation, it's just a weird timeline.
― ryan, 24. maj 2016 17:42 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wrote a bit about this upthread, but I'm guessing the histories might be wrong. After all, they're mainly based on legends. The 4000 year peace might be self-serving from the human perspective. I hope some more info will come in book 6.

oh ok. because it definitely feels like *something* is missing from that account.

i really hope the TV show and the books have different endings

I feel like the climax of this season will obv be the revelation of whatever is going on inside the tower (which we can presume). and perhaps Dany setting sail for Westeros.

Was that guy playing the Sean Bean character the comedian guy who has appeared in Stewart Lee stuff and Nighty Night?

I think it was Sean Bean