A GAME OF THRONES - Discussion Thread

MissJam81

What did people think of the first episode? I thought it was awesome, except the bit where they killed those babies, bit disturbing

dimitrispearljam

i saw the first 2 episodes of season 2..second episode is available via torrents,not played in tv yet...
awesome!!!!great show..

pjsteelerfan

intodeep wrote:

Ratings were good 3.9 mil on first viewing and i think a total of about 7 mil with the repeats. Please let us get season three

I think it is almost a lock for at least 2 more. I was reading an article with Dinklidge, he said he signed for 6 seasons.

shep

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i saw the first 2 episodes of season 2..second episode is available via torrents,not played in tv yet...
awesome!!!!great show..

kool... good to know... will try and download it tonight for my trip to Mexico! I am planning on re-watching season 1 straight into season 2 while I'm there...

just 60 pages left in Storm of Swords.... Interested to see where a A feast for crows goes... I really like the plot lines that are developing at the end of this book...

pjsteelerfan

shep wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i saw the first 2 episodes of season 2..second episode is available via torrents,not played in tv yet...
awesome!!!!great show..

kool... good to know... will try and download it tonight for my trip to Mexico! I am planning on re-watching season 1 straight into season 2 while I'm there...

just 60 pages left in Storm of Swords.... Interested to see where a A feast for crows goes... I really like the plot lines that are developing at the end of this book...

Just a heads up, a feast of crows is only half the story, and a DWD is the other half, they go on at the same time. GRRM splits up the characters since it would not have fit in one book. I did not know that when I started feast. And I see why it pissed off a lot of people, especially with the long wait between it and a DWD.

intodeep

pjsteelerfan wrote:

intodeep wrote:

Ratings were good 3.9 mil on first viewing and i think a total of about 7 mil with the repeats. Please let us get season three

I think it is almost a lock for at least 2 more. I was reading an article with Dinklidge, he said he signed for 6 seasons.

If it made it 6 seasons that would be great. I worry about the child actors growing too quickly though. They need to start puttign out two seasons a year

shep

pjsteelerfan wrote:

shep wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i saw the first 2 episodes of season 2..second episode is available via torrents,not played in tv yet...
awesome!!!!great show..

kool... good to know... will try and download it tonight for my trip to Mexico! I am planning on re-watching season 1 straight into season 2 while I'm there...

just 60 pages left in Storm of Swords.... Interested to see where a A feast for crows goes... I really like the plot lines that are developing at the end of this book...

Just a heads up, a feast of crows is only half the story, and a DWD is the other half, they go on at the same time. GRRM splits up the characters since it would not have fit in one book. I did not know that when I started feast. And I see why it pissed off a lot of people, especially with the long wait between it and a DWD.

hrm.... well I'm taking DWD with me as well, so hopefully I make it that far... though I think that's being a little optomistic with my reading speed... really hoping to finish storm of swords tonight before I leave, just so that I don't have to lug an extra 5 lb book to and from

intodeep

Am i being too critical or was last night's show a bit meh. As a book reader i did not mind but i don't think a lot happened for those who have not read to keep the interest level high.

I was highly looking forward to the scene between Janos and Tyrion and even that fell a little short. (looks like they are morphing people as no way in hell Bronn was the nights watch leader although i do like they still kept the question in there about if Bronn would kill a baby for him i think that is important)

Davos as all would expect is the pimp we though he would be

Um how often does Jon Snow go wandering around in the night without his big bad wolf? I don't remember that happening in the book and i'm pretty sure it didn't because Ghost is always there to mess anything that moves up. Whatever though They obviously want to tell th Craster story a little differnetly seems like they are sticking to the most important stuff.

pjsteelerfan

intodeep wrote:

Am i being too critical or was last night's show a bit meh. As a book reader i did not mind but i don't think a lot happened for those who have not read to keep the interest level high.

I was highly looking forward to the scene between Janos and Tyrion and even that fell a little short. (looks like they are morphing people as no way in hell Bronn was the nights watch leader although i do like they still kept the question in there about if Bronn would kill a baby for him i think that is important)

Davos as all would expect is the pimp we though he would be

Um how often does Jon Snow go wandering around in the night without his big bad wolf? I don't remember that happening in the book and i'm pretty sure it didn't because Ghost is always there to mess anything that moves up. Whatever though They obviously want to tell th Craster story a little differnetly seems like they are sticking to the most important stuff.

I thought it was good, a solid episode following last weeks. I think part of the problem is people are almost starting to expect every episode to be amazing. I agree, the Tyrion/Janos scene should have been longer or set up better.

I was happy that they showed Ghost, but you are right, why was he not out there in the woods with Jon?

I think the issues are the season should have been 12-13 episodes rather than 10. And of course the budget. I think they are doing a good job working around those two things. The CG has been pretty good for a TV show so far. Pyke looked great.

intodeep

I'm glad they kept Theon's meeting of Yara (aka Asha) in there

The actress that plays her is attractive and fitting for the role but in my mind Yara was quite a bit sexier. I mean ... A LOT sexier

Mamasan23

intodeep wrote:

Am i being too critical or was last night's show a bit meh. As a book reader i did not mind but i don't think a lot happened for those who have not read to keep the interest level high.

I was highly looking forward to the scene between Janos and Tyrion and even that fell a little short. (looks like they are morphing people as no way in hell Bronn was the nights watch leader although i do like they still kept the question in there about if Bronn would kill a baby for him i think that is important)

Davos as all would expect is the pimp we though he would be

Um how often does Jon Snow go wandering around in the night without his big bad wolf? I don't remember that happening in the book and i'm pretty sure it didn't because Ghost is always there to mess anything that moves up. Whatever though They obviously want to tell th Craster story a little differnetly seems like they are sticking to the most important stuff.

I'm not gonna lie, I was honestly PISSED when it ended. I expected Asha to be much hotter as well, and wanted to see her throwing knives...the scene where Theon finds out who she is fell flat for me. Also, did Rakharo die? I don't seem to remember that either :?: The end where Jon followed Craster really did it for me. I don't know why they did that. Oh!! I definitely don't remember Stannis ever banging Melisandre, but I guess it is sort of implied, so I'm not as upset about that.

I did, however, like the bit that they added with Littlefinger, really made him look like the asshole he truly is.

I also wish they showed more of Arya's trip up north. I did like the Jaquen H'gar bit, cool to finally see him talk!

intodeep

Sadly for GoT Rakahro picked up a role in a big time movie with Brad Pitt thta was filiming at the same time so it was necesary for him to be written out.

intodeep

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/game-of-thrones-season-3-renewed_n_1400121.html

BAM!

Season 1 and Season 2 are childs play compared to the awesomeness that is STorm of Swords. I'm so happy!

pjsteelerfan

intodeep wrote:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/game-of-thrones-season-3-renewed_n_1400121.html

BAM!

Season 1 and Season 2 are childs play compared to the awesomeness that is STorm of Swords. I'm so happy!

I hope they divide the book into seperate seasons like it was rumored. I know they said they are concentrating on telling the whoel sotry now. but fitting "Kings" into 10 episodes is rough, no way they could do it with everything that happens in SOS.

intodeep

pjsteelerfan wrote:

intodeep wrote:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/game-of-thrones-season-3-renewed_n_1400121.html

BAM!

Season 1 and Season 2 are childs play compared to the awesomeness that is STorm of Swords. I'm so happy!

I hope they divide the book into seperate seasons like it was rumored. I know they said they are concentrating on telling the whoel sotry now. but fitting "Kings" into 10 episodes is rough, no way they could do it with everything that happens in SOS.

One rumor i heard was a 16 episode season.... I'd prefer they just split it in two and get 20 so much happens in that book!

mca47

intodeep wrote:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/game-of-thrones-season-3-renewed_n_1400121.html

BAM!

Season 1 and Season 2 are childs play compared to the awesomeness that is STorm of Swords. I'm so happy!

Awesome!!

Mamasan23

intodeep wrote:

Sadly for GoT Rakahro picked up a role in a big time movie with Brad Pitt thta was filiming at the same time so it was necesary for him to be written out.

Oh!!! Well that would explain that then! Dammit Rakharo!!!

mca47

intodeep wrote:

One rumor i heard was a 16 episode season.... I'd prefer they just split it in two and get 20 so much happens in that book!

I haven't read the book, but I hear #3 is awesome, detailed and long. I too hope they make it a 20 episode 2 year than a shortened longer single season.

Mamasan23

mca47 wrote:

intodeep wrote:

One rumor i heard was a 16 episode season.... I'd prefer they just split it in two and get 20 so much happens in that book!

I haven't read the book, but I hear #3 is awesome, detailed and long. I too hope they make it a 20 episode 2 year than a shortened longer single season.

It's AMAZING! I would like more episodes too, I'm just worried that the longer they spread it out, the faster the kids will grow, you know? Maybe they could do 2 seasons in one year? Now that would be awesome!

pjsteelerfan

Mamasan23 wrote:

mca47 wrote:

intodeep wrote:

One rumor i heard was a 16 episode season.... I'd prefer they just split it in two and get 20 so much happens in that book!

I haven't read the book, but I hear #3 is awesome, detailed and long. I too hope they make it a 20 episode 2 year than a shortened longer single season.

It's AMAZING! I would like more episodes too, I'm just worried that the longer they spread it out, the faster the kids will grow, you know? Maybe they could do 2 seasons in one year? Now that would be awesome!

When I heard the rumor of season 3 being split, it was that they would shoot it back to back. So hopefully HBO has agreed to that.