A GAME OF THRONES - Discussion Thread

intodeep

I played around with the blu ray last night and i like the special features. I like the charactor bio's that each actor does for their charactor.I also really enjoyed the westeros info.
The clarification on the First Men, Children of the Forest and Andals bringing the 7 over was cool. Also enjoyed seeing the stories of the age of heroes. I am going to have to spend more time wiht it. I love the map that comes with the booklet too!

polaris_x

PearlJamaholic wrote:

I was afraid i was crazy for my take on Martin's writing, glad to see i'm not alone here. Must say i enjoy Tolkien, i dont mind heavy descriptions if done right, but Martin repeats the same long descriptions.

agreed ... like how many times does he have to repeat "you know nothing, jon snow" or "my name is reek, rhymes with leek" ...

having said that - i am probably bitter that i started reading these books without knowing that the ending wouldn't be coming for some time ... hahahaha

might have to get the blu ray for the special features!

Mamasan23

Just got the blu-ray in the mail over the weekend, plan on having a GoT day watching all the extras and certain episodes leading up to the Season 2 premier!!

Also, got to a certain point in book 4 over the weekend and threw my book at the wall. I'm nervous to pick it up again :evil:

polaris_x

Mamasan23 wrote:

Just got the blu-ray in the mail over the weekend, plan on having a GoT day watching all the extras and certain episodes leading up to the Season 2 premier!!

Also, got to a certain point in book 4 over the weekend and threw my book at the wall. I'm nervous to pick it up again :evil:

must know what part!

Mamasan23

polaris_x wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Just got the blu-ray in the mail over the weekend, plan on having a GoT day watching all the extras and certain episodes leading up to the Season 2 premier!!

Also, got to a certain point in book 4 over the weekend and threw my book at the wall. I'm nervous to pick it up again :evil:

must know what part!

pm sent!

unlost dogs

Last weekend I wore my House Stark "Winter Is Coming" t-shirt while running the unlost dogs in an agility tournament.

Tessie, the dark dog of undetermined ancestry, is pretty sure she's part Direwolf. The 35-pound variety.

intodeep

unlost dogs wrote:

Last weekend I wore my House Stark "Winter Is Coming" t-shirt while running the unlost dogs in an agility tournament.

Tessie, the dark dog of undetermined ancestry, is pretty sure she's part Direwolf. The 35-pound variety.

That is great!

Dr. Delight

The Newest Trailer for Season 2

http://tv.ign.com/articles/122/1220518p1.html

Mamasan23

unlost dogs wrote:

Last weekend I wore my House Stark "Winter Is Coming" t-shirt while running the unlost dogs in an agility tournament.

Tessie, the dark dog of undetermined ancestry, is pretty sure she's part Direwolf. The 35-pound variety.

I love it!!!!

rrivers

polaris_x wrote:

agreed ... like how many times does he have to repeat "you know nothing, jon snow" or "my name is reek, rhymes with leek" ...
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I have to agree about the "you know nothing, jon snow". I was twitching when I read the third book because I just knew it would keep coming and coming and coming.

polaris_x

For fans in the Toronto Area ... there is a free exhibit showing props and costumes at the BELL Lightbox for the week ... also, Martin is doing a Q and A sometime this week and a book signing at Chapters/Indigo ...

PearlJamaholic

bluray came sat, watched them all before bedtime sunday.... was hoping to read more of adwd, oh well.

thought the show did a very good job of the first book, atleast from what i can remember. only thing they shouldnt have cut was when jon went to see bran before leaving and cat just tells him to leave, in the book if i remember right she tells him she wished it was him, instead of bran. really missed out on how cold she is to jon and how nice he tries to be to her.

intodeep

PearlJamaholic wrote:

bluray came sat, watched them all before bedtime sunday.... was hoping to read more of adwd, oh well.

thought the show did a very good job of the first book, atleast from what i can remember. only thing they shouldnt have cut was when jon went to see bran before leaving and cat just tells him to leave, in the book if i remember right she tells him she wished it was him, instead of bran. really missed out on how cold she is to jon and how nice he tries to be to her.

They did a lot to soften Cat's charactor in the TV show compared to the Novel. Besides that I also remember in the book Cat was pushing Ned to go to Kings landing saying it was good for him to be there and Ned was reluctant to go. I think in the show she was telling him to stay.

polaris_x

anyone heard/picking up the game of thrones graphic novel?

unlost dogs

intodeep wrote:

PearlJamaholic wrote:

only thing they shouldnt have cut was when jon went to see bran before leaving and cat just tells him to leave, in the book if i remember right she tells him she wished it was him, instead of bran. really missed out on how cold she is to jon and how nice he tries to be to her.

They did a lot to soften Cat's charactor in the TV show compared to the Novel. Besides that I also remember in the book Cat was pushing Ned to go to Kings landing saying it was good for him to be there and Ned was reluctant to go. I think in the show she was telling him to stay.

I listened to this on the audiobook last night on the way to agility training.

When Jon was walking out of Bran's room, she called "Jon!" and he realized it was the first time she'd ever said his name. When he turned back, they made direct eye contact and she said "It should have been you."

When I heard that, I thought, "Wow, I didn't realize she was that awful to him." (Based on only ever having seen the TV show _ where they removed that line. As best I can recall.)

Season 1 on DVD arrived this week. Mr. Unlost is away for 10 days and I didn't get into this weekend's agilty tournament, so I'm planning on a Game of Thronesathon.

Going to stock up on bread, cheese, a roast chicken, and dark beer. I'll feel like I'm right there in Winterfell.

Mamasan23

polaris_x wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Just got the blu-ray in the mail over the weekend, plan on having a GoT day watching all the extras and certain episodes leading up to the Season 2 premier!!

Also, got to a certain point in book 4 over the weekend and threw my book at the wall. I'm nervous to pick it up again :evil:

must know what part!

Got a few chapters further.

I threw my book at the wall again.

rrivers

Mamasan23 wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Just got the blu-ray in the mail over the weekend, plan on having a GoT day watching all the extras and certain episodes leading up to the Season 2 premier!!

Also, got to a certain point in book 4 over the weekend and threw my book at the wall. I'm nervous to pick it up again :evil:

must know what part!

Got a few chapters further.

I threw my book at the wall again.

Pm'd you to find out why!

vant0037

I've read the entire series so far, and I keep hoping that despite all of Martin's toying with us and doing bad things to great characters, there is some grand redemption in the end. I mean, its a fantasy epic for crying out loud...it can't end with all your heroes dead, can it?

I'm itching to see just how grand the redemption is. The other exciting aspect to consider is that this series is planned to be 7 books long...there are 5 out already. In the archetypal fantasy epic, we're way too far along to introduce a new, beloved character who's going to save the day (at least traditionally), which tells me that all of our favorite heroes/characters (save Ned) could play the pivotal roles in the end (just saying "the end" gives me chills; can't wait to see how it turns out!), which is awesome because I LOVE the characters in this story. Also, I read somewhere that Martin pretty much confirmed this by saying that in the final 2 novels, there will be no new character point of view chapters (in other words, there might be new characters but not through whose eyes we'll view the story).

My money's riding on Bran (that kid is special, I'm telling you), Danaerys (duh), Jon Connington, Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister as characters playing big roles in the end. That's not to say that the other characters won't matter, but I think the above listed people will be crucial toward saving the Seven Kingdoms. Man...I never thought I'd sound so dorky.

For those that have read "Dance With Dragons," I realize that one of the names on my list may look odd, given what happens to said character, but trust me, I've got a hunch on this one. So don't voice your surprise and spoil it for those who haven't finished that book.

polaris_x

vant0037 wrote:

I've read the entire series so far, and I keep hoping that despite all of Martin's toying with us and doing bad things to great characters, there is some grand redemption in the end. I mean, its a fantasy epic for crying out loud...it can't end with all your heroes dead, can it?

I'm itching to see just how grand the redemption is. The other exciting aspect to consider is that this series is planned to be 7 books long...there are 5 out already. In the archetypal fantasy epic, we're way too far along to introduce a new, beloved character who's going to save the day (at least traditionally), which tells me that all of our favorite heroes/characters (save Ned) could play the pivotal roles in the end (just saying "the end" gives me chills; can't wait to see how it turns out!), which is awesome because I LOVE the characters in this story. Also, I read somewhere that Martin pretty much confirmed this by saying that in the final 2 novels, there will be no new character point of view chapters (in other words, there might be new characters but not through whose eyes we'll view the story).

My money's riding on Bran (that kid is special, I'm telling you), Danaerys (duh), Jon Connington, Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister as characters playing big roles in the end. That's not to say that the other characters won't matter, but I think the above listed people will be crucial toward saving the Seven Kingdoms. Man...I never thought I'd sound so dorky.

For those that have read "Dance With Dragons," I realize that one of the names on my list may look odd, given what happens to said character, but trust me, I've got a hunch on this one. So don't voice your surprise and spoil it for those who haven't finished that book.

what about no one? she's gonna lay a smackdown to someone important ...

Mamasan23

vant0037 wrote:

For those that have read "Dance With Dragons," I realize that one of the names on my list may look odd, given what happens to said character, but trust me, I've got a hunch on this one. So don't voice your surprise and spoil it for those who haven't finished that book.

I'm warning all of you right now, if Jon Snow dies I'm going to go postal!