A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Dinner]

Joffrey too. He'll probably be crippled by typecasting for the rest of his life, but he's doing that "Odious little ****ball" act nicely.

Spoiler:

The test of his acting skills will be the scene where Joffrey slowly dies from poison. If he can pull that off convincingly then he just might have a future as an actor.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

He says he's done acting after this show. He's going to be an academic. What a waste...but, whatever makes him happy.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Joffrey too. He'll probably be crippled by typecasting for the rest of his life, but he's doing that "Odious little ****ball" act nicely.

[Guynemer]

Yeah, both him and Madden (Robb) seem to be extremely popular with the ladies; Madden seems to be the better actor, in my opinion.

It is fairly unusual for the child actors on a show to be an asset, but the actors playing Bran, Sansa, and (especially) Arya are all good.

[Hauldren Collider]

I am told by my female friends who are fans of the show that Kit Harrington is half the reason they watch the show. So yeah, he's a wooden actor, but he's also really good looking and draws in a certain demographic.

[Guynemer]

The point stands. As the show goes on, it is becoming apparent that Kit Harrington may not be up to the task of being the ostensible Hero Of The Tale. Not only is he not as good an actor as Hinds or Leslie, he also lacks charisma.

I thought Liam Cunningham was great is his scenes last week.

[Krill]

FWIW the scene with Emosulk Snow and Ciaran Hinds was fairly different to how it was portrayed in the book.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Seen the first episode now.

Good stuff-

Ciaran Hinds.
"Suspiciously Ginger" Stark is blossoming into a good little actress. She's pulling off the child/woman stuff nicely, and continues the show's great track record with young talent.
Continuing the policy of "no dialogue from the Dothraki HorseyHorseyBastards". Just having them lying around and groaning works nicely.
Dinklage and Charles Dance scenes. Two quality actors duking it out.

Dodgy stuff

The senior Starks are still a weak link. We're still only getting monotone acting from them. That's not a problem when they're against less intimidating support, but when EmoSulk Snow was in a scene with Ciaran Hinds he might as well have been a prop.

[Dinner]

but HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told Entertainment Weekly recently that the network sees the piracy of "Game of Thrones" as a sign of success more than a problem.

It seems HBO has the right attitude and they should try to cash in one the popularity of the series by doing a bunch of merchandising deals.

[Dinner]

http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/02/technology/game-of-thrones-piracy/index.html?source=cnn_bin

The Game of Thrones season premier set new records for the amount of times a show was pirated. Surprisingly, the country with the largest number of pirates was the UK though maybe that's not so surprising given that HBO didn't release the show in the EU until a day after it's North American release so maybe the series' UK fans just didn't want to wait the extra 24 hours. If HBO wants to cut down on piracy maybe they should do a world wide release all on one day.

[Dinner]

I can't be the only one who's just waiting to see Rose Leslie get naked.

It can be said with great assurance that "I'd hit it! "

[/Ted Striker]

[regexcellent]

Show Marg is better than book Marg for sure.

And yeah, Rose Leslie

[Lord Avalon]

I thought the Lannisters use their gold to buy up all the flies, then sell them at a higher price, which if you can't afford, they can give you a loan at "reasonable" rates.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but when the Lannisters are intelligent (ie, not Cersei or Joffery) they tend to do well by their catch flies by vinegar route.

[Guynemer]

One of the upcoming episodes is called "Kissed By Fire", so I imagine you will get your wish.

I never saw Margaery as a manipulative *****, really. Extremely ambitious and, yes, manipulative, but she seems to believe in the catch-more-flies-with-sugar route, which is a welcome change from the standard Lannister douchebaggery.