A GAME OF THRONES - Discussion Thread

rearviewross wrote:

Great opening episode. This thread scares me though. I have a phobia of spoilers and I have not read the books.

there is another thread for spoilers, this will just be on any episode shown so far

She's cute, doesnt hold a candle to Khaleesi though.

Mamasan23 wrote:

So much in ep 1...I was very happy with it! I can see how it would be confusing if you haven't read the books...but there are so many characters I think they're doing a great job of dealing with that. I'm gonna have to watch again tho...somehow I missed Roose!!!! I'm happy they took Dany's story right to Astapor...Belwas will have to show up eventually. I'm soooo stoked its finally back!!

Who is Roose?

Hmmm i don't know

I think i like them in the following order
Rose Leslie- Ygritte (the red hair..... )
Natalie Dormer
Emilia Clark

It is pretty close though

JK_Livin wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

So much in ep 1...I was very happy with it! I can see how it would be confusing if you haven't read the books...but there are so many characters I think they're doing a great job of dealing with that. I'm gonna have to watch again tho...somehow I missed Roose!!!! I'm happy they took Dany's story right to Astapor...Belwas will have to show up eventually. I'm soooo stoked its finally back!!

Who is Roose?

Roose Bolton is a sworn banner man to Rob Stark. He was cast in season 2 and has been shown a couple times with him giveing advice. When they arrive at Harrenhal he is there with him. He is one of his main Generals

Not sure if this was previously posted...
http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/02/technol ... ?hpt=hp_t2
Cheap bastards!


Game of Thrones premiere sets piracy record
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoneyTech April 2, 2013: 11:39 AM ET

If those who download "Game of Thrones" illegally were paying, the show might be able to afford a few more dragon scenes, co-creator David Benioff told CNN.

HBO's mythical drama "Game of Thrones" set a record for modern-day piracy after its Sunday night premiere, as viewers around the globe scrambled to watch the season 3 debut episode that aired on the premium cable network.

Piracy tracker TorrentFreak says that more than 1 million viewers downloaded the episode in the first day after it aired. At one point, more than 163,000 people were simultaneously sharing a single torrent -- a new record. The previous record, of just under 145,000 simultaneous file-swappers, was set by the "Heroes" season 3 debut in 2008, according to TorrentFreak's data.

The heavy demand for the premiere episode is no surprise, given that TorrentFreak says "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated show of 2012. According to its estimate, 4.3 million people downloaded the season finale last year, nearly a half-million more than downloaded the second-most pirated show, the Showtime drama "Dexter."

TorrentFreak did not have an estimate for the total number of people who have downloaded this year's premiere so far. London is the city with the most illegal downloads of the episode, it said, while the country with the heaviest downloads was the United States, followed by the U.K. and Australia.

Those downloading the file were using BitTorrent, a free software system that lets users swap large media files. It is widely used to illegally trade movies and other copyrighted content. Hollywood is concerned about illegal downloads, 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.

"I probably shouldn't be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts," Lombardo said ahead of the season 3 premier. "The demand is there. And it certainly didn't negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network."

It's HBO policy to fight piracy of its shows, particularly when it finds people illegally selling episodes of its shows, but the network isn't going after individual viewers, Lombardo said: "We haven't sent out the Game of Thrones police."

HBO, Entertainment Weekly and CNNMoney are all units of Time Warner (TWX, Fortune 500).

In a recent interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, "Game of Thrones" co-creator David Benioff speculated about all the special effects he could buy if those who illegally pirated the show were paying 99 cents or so per download.

"You do kind of think, God, if we just had a little bit of that, we could have had that extra scene with the dragons," he said.

Fans who might be willing to cough up that 99 cents for a pay-per-episode purchase of the new season don't have any opportunity to do so. New "Game of Thrones" episodes are available only to HBO subscribers, through its cable channel and its HBO Go on-demand app. Viewers outside the U.S. typically have to wait a week or more for new episodes to reach their local markets. To top of page

HBO does not make it easy for people who don't subscribe to cable. I have a lot of friends who just don't use cable. They would pay for it if they could (itunes or other services)

My brother buys the DVD's when they come out every year but he pirates it during the season so he is not a year behind everyone.

my current trip to the US was configured around me seeing at least the 1st and 2nd episodes of GOT. the other night the friend im staying with atm asked me what i was gonna do when i went home and couldnt watch GOT anymore. i wept inside cause i dont have an answer. im just thankful ive read the books and can conjure up my own episodes.

intodeep wrote:

Season 4 is a Go!

with a bad April Fools joke. A new imp??? I just about died!!! thank goodness it was a farce!

rearviewross wrote:

man, makes me feel like a sucker for buying the subscription.

I don't know who you're cable provider is, but AT&T has been offering a 3-month preview of HBO all during the month of March... I signed up for it literally hours before GoT started, so I should be able to catch the entire season, live, for free....

Normally I just torrent it.... but I figured, why not?

pjsteelerfan wrote:

intodeep wrote:

HBO does not make it easy for people who don't subscribe to cable. I have a lot of friends who just don't use cable. They would pay for it if they could (itunes or other services)

My brother buys the DVD's when they come out every year but he pirates it during the season so he is not a year behind everyone.

If they would just put them up on ITunes/Amazon, even if its a week after the air date, at say 1.99-2.99 a pop- they would make a killing.

I wouldn't pay 2.99 a pop for an episode.

A 1.99, maybe... but knowing I could torrent it for free, probably not.

$1 is the right price for me. That's about what I'd be willing to pay, considering how much I already pay for cable.

Keep in mind, you're talking to someone who still buys CD's... however I refuse to buy anything that's priced higher than $10/disc. That's what I feel the market price should be for this stuff, and I'm sticking to it... I will pay more for my vinyl... and very much appreciate it when they throw in a free digital download code... if they don't, i'll hit a torrent website, as I've already paid for the music once, not doing it a second time.