A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Guynemer]

Also of note: not a Greyjoy in sight.

[Guynemer]

I'm glad they didn't cut out the Sand Snakes like they were rumored to be considering but they're all supposed to be half sisters so how is it they got actresses who don't like anything alike and are even different races? Surely even half sisters should have some basic family resemblance?

Half-siblings, dude. All have different moms, and their moms have different races. I remember at least one of the Sand Snakes had a black mother, for instance.

[Guynemer]

The one thing I always wanted for the casting has come to pass: Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell. So ****ing stoked.

Honestly baffled by the lack of Arianne.

Perhaps that means they are cutting the

Spoiler:

"Aegon" subplot entirely? Fine by me.

As for your concern, Imran, they could just have that line deliver to someone else, namely Trystane.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well in that case, ****...

Spoiler:

They'll have cut one of my favorite lines in the series... delivered by Doran to Arianne. WTF indeed. Though we may not have gotten all the casting info yet

[regexcellent]

looks like they may have cut

Spoiler:

Quentyn and Arianne, wtf? They described Trystane as the heir to Dorne...

[Imran Siddiqui]

All the kids were aged up. Robb and Jon should have been 15 in Game of Thrones (as should have Joffrey) for instance.

[Dr Strangelove]

Yay! Dr, Bashir!

Shouldn't Macella Baratheon be pre-adolescent?

[Dinner]

I'm glad they didn't cut out the Sand Snakes like they were rumored to be considering but they're all supposed to be half sisters so how is it they got actresses who don't like anything alike and are even different races? Surely even half sisters should have some basic family resemblance?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Jonathan Price as High Sparrow

[Dinner]

The Queen's Guard playing the Game of Thrones theme song.


The season 4 blooper reel.


These are the new actors for season 5.

[Dauphin]

Would be a good troll if Martin has actually written all the remaining books and has decided to only have them published after his death, after all the wailing and gnashing.

[Guynemer]

You have to remember your name, Bosh.

[Bosh]

As for book five, reading it is far far far more enjoyable if you come into it knowing (very mild and vague spoiler):

Spoiler:

That certain large plot elements are going to end with cliffhangers that get resolved in book six instead of with large flashy conclusions at the end of book five. Being very annoyed that certain plot threads never got tied up poisoned a lot of my enjoyment of the book for me but if you come into it willing to let a good heap of fireworks that Martin trucks onto stage left un-exploded it has some good stuff, a certain plot-line may be the best one-character plot-line in the series that concludes with a marvelous set-piece that I really am looking forward to the TV adapting, although some of the others really could've lost a few chapters and been fine.

This blog (read the posts oldest to newest) also does an excellent job of analyzing the fifth book: http://meereeneseblot.wordpress.com/ and is well worth a read after you've read it.

[Jon Miller]

I have tried reading other 'popular' fantasy books like Book of the Fallen. My problem with many is that they are non-stop insanity all the way through. I don't see how anyone could survive that (mentally).

I think that Martin puts his characters through as much as is possible and still have it ring 'true'.

I liked book 4 and thought it was important.

JM

[OzzyKP]

I'm just glad that Bran & Arya finally got somewhere. I was definitely getting tired of 2-3 seasons of them wandering around in the wilderness.