A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[self biased]

KOFF KOFF

[DinoDoc]

NVM misunderstood you.

[Guynemer]

[Guynemer]

[Ming]

Does anyone here know about this series? Is it worth being excited about?: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/11/syfy-the-expanse/

It's great space opera and was an excellent read... I'm kind of excited about it. THANKS FOR THE LINK.

[DinoDoc]

Does anyone here know about this series? Is it worth being excited about?: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/11/syfy-the-expanse/

[Robert]

There are unnecessary elements to the books, such as the lavish descriptions of food, clothing, and heraldry. But beyond that, it's all part of a large plot and even larger world, and there are many who greatly appreciate the care with which he's crafted all that.

There's too many characters. The show has pared down a number of them into a single character by identifying which parts of them are actually interesting and important. GRRM wastes my time with boring nobodies who show up once, maybe twice, and then are completely irrelevant thereafter. It should be noted that even in the show there's too many ****ing characters. It's impossible to keep track of them all unless you start trolling wikis or memorizing it because you're somebody with way too much free time.

The more detailed a story is written, with characters and food descriptions, the more real it feels.
The more background and history you can refer to, the more real it feels. It adds to the atmosphere of the book, eventhough it doesn't truly help the story move forward.

[regexcellent]

That's Mayor Carcetti you're bad mouthing *******.

Mayor Carcetti = Martin O'Malley so uhhh that's fine by me.

[Robert]

That's kind of the biggest thing missing from the show. Have they even mentioned

Spoiler:

Rhaegar

before now?

Jorah says the following famous (and awesome) quote to Dany:

Spoiler:

Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. And Rhaegar died.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I just remember him as being the one who introduced mainstream TV-watching Britain to rimming in "Queer as folk".

[Felch]

Maybe. But the actor annoys the hell out of me, one of my least favorite castings up there with Mance and Illyrio from Season 1. His accent changes more often than his demeanor. Like I said, one note. Any good rat****er should be masks behind masks behind masks.

Luckily so many really excellent actors to balance them out.

That's Mayor Carcetti you're bad mouthing *******.

[DinoDoc]

Can we get back to talking about Princess Perkytits?

[Bosh]

Gravitas. He's believable as a guy who could get the wildlings to unite. While I love the Mance of the books, he is rather lacking in that respect.

Ya, good point show-Mance can bring the gravitas more than book-Mance. It's just that we've already got a slew of other greying gravitas-dripping grumpy dudes (from Tywin to Stannis to Ned to Jeor Mormont to...), would be good to mix it up a bit and show-Mance just doesn't at all.

[Guynemer]

Hell no. Great actor and perfect as Ceasar but horrifically miscast for Mance (as a last minute casting change and it shows). We've already got a hundred other dour middle-aged men stomping about in dark colors. Why we needed another one instead of book-Mance is beyond me. I'm not a purist but I don't get what they were thinking with show-Mance.

Gravitas. He's believable as a guy who could get the wildlings to unite. While I love the Mance of the books, he is rather lacking in that respect.

[Bosh]

Wait, you don't like Ciaran Hinds for Mance?

Hell no. Great actor and perfect as Ceasar but horrifically miscast for Mance (as a last minute casting change and it shows). We've already got a hundred other dour middle-aged men stomping about in dark colors. Why we needed another one instead of book-Mance is beyond me. I'm not a purist but I don't get what they were thinking with show-Mance.


Ygritte on the other hand, how the **** did Rose Leslie make the most annoying character in the books likable?