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« Reply #420 on: September 09, 2011, 03:49:20 AM »
I just finished watching the first season (all in one day :D ) and HOLY SHIT this is so good I want the second season already!! I reckon some if not most of you have read the books... How closely does Game of Thrones follow what happens in the books? I'm not really a book reader, I don't know if I would enjoy them.

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« Reply #421 on: September 09, 2011, 03:53:39 AM »
I am just starting the books now.  So far, I'm halfway through A Game of Thrones, and from what I remember from the show, it followed the book EXTREMELY closely.  At least, so far.  Other than a few actors being a little older than their characters in the book.
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« Reply #422 on: September 09, 2011, 03:57:45 AM »
Yeah. :D
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« Reply #423 on: September 09, 2011, 04:03:55 AM »
Thing is the actor that played her was only 14. She's just huge for her age.
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« Reply #424 on: September 09, 2011, 04:13:46 AM »
Holy shit, you're right! That's insane.

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« Reply #426 on: September 09, 2011, 04:26:30 AM »
Well, not exactly. She does look so much older than she is... 1996 is one year younger than my younger sister... I don't know any of her same-aged friends that look even remotely like the actress that played Sansa.

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« Reply #427 on: September 09, 2011, 08:38:34 AM »
I just finished watching the first season (all in one day :D ) and HOLY SHIT this is so good I want the second season already!! I reckon some if not most of you have read the books... How closely does Game of Thrones follow what happens in the books? I'm not really a book reader, I don't know if I would enjoy them.

The main changes are just things that are left out.  And some added material that we didn't/couldn't see in the books due to the way the books are structured.  (The books use POV characters for each chapter.  So, some events can't be directly shown, if there are not POV characters present.)

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« Reply #428 on: September 09, 2011, 08:51:03 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

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« Reply #429 on: September 09, 2011, 08:56:23 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

I'm drawing a blank on that one.

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« Reply #430 on: September 09, 2011, 08:56:48 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

Did he say Pono would be a POV? I thought he was just going to be a major character.

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« Reply #431 on: September 09, 2011, 08:58:20 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

Did he say Pono would be a POV? I thought he was just going to be a major character.

Does he mean The Blackfish?  Was it even Pono Drogo killed?  I can't think of anyone else.
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« Reply #432 on: September 09, 2011, 09:00:39 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

Did he say Pono would be a POV? I thought he was just going to be a major character.

Does he mean The Blackfish?  Was it even Pono Drogo killed?  I can't think of anyone else.

Marillion and Pono were killed off prematurely. Marillion is important at the end of Storm, Pono is supposed to be important in Winds and Dream. Blackfish just never showed up for no obvious reason.

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« Reply #433 on: September 09, 2011, 09:02:04 AM »
One big change, albeit not much to notice right now...

They killed a minor character that will be a POV in the last two books.  Martin told them, but they killed him anyways.

Did he say Pono would be a POV? I thought he was just going to be a major character.

Does he mean The Blackfish?  Was it even Pono Drogo killed?  I can't think of anyone else.

Marillion and Pono were killed off prematurely. Marillion is important at the end of Storm, Pono is supposed to be important in Winds and Dream. Blackfish just never showed up for no obvious reason.

Oh, ok.  Those really aren't important, because they are completely replaceable by other characters.
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« Reply #434 on: September 09, 2011, 09:17:14 AM »
Depends on how Pono is used, a new character not seen in Game of Thrones might not seem right.

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« Reply #435 on: September 09, 2011, 09:19:23 AM »
Depends on how Pono is used, a new character not seen in Game of Thrones might not seem right.

Well, considering MMD's prophecy is fulfilled at the end of Dance, I am assuming Drogo has returned from the dead, Dondarrion style. I assume Pono would factor into that story line somehow.

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« Reply #436 on: September 09, 2011, 09:22:18 AM »
I don't know, I just think it was a little callus of them to do that.  If Martin bothered to say something I would tend to think it might be important.

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« Reply #437 on: September 09, 2011, 11:41:03 PM »
Well I watched the first season in about 3 days. I enjoyed parts of it, especially the whole setting. I haven't read the books so I don't know how they compare, but I will definitely watch the second season.

I would also argue that this isn't quite on the level of some of the other series HBO has put out (The Wire, Six Feet Under, Etc.). Just my opinion, however this is a good show worth watching if you are a fan of fantasy.
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« Reply #438 on: September 10, 2011, 03:24:23 AM »
Well I watched the first season in about 3 days. I enjoyed parts of it, especially the whole setting. I haven't read the books so I don't know how they compare, but I will definitely watch the second season.

I would also argue that this isn't quite on the level of some of the other series HBO has put out (The Wire, Six Feet Under, Etc.). Just my opinion, however this is a good show worth watching if you are a fan of fantasy.
I don't know, I've watched HBO shows for, well, decades, and I thought the quality of work shown in Game of Thrones was consistent with their best stuff.
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« Reply #439 on: September 10, 2011, 05:08:33 AM »
I thought it was sort of similar to Deadwood's first season (although I preferred it to Game of Thrones's first season) in that the quality took a big uptick after a couple episodes.
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« Reply #440 on: September 11, 2011, 01:42:28 PM »
Just finished the first episode.


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« Reply #441 on: November 03, 2011, 11:42:28 AM »
Do you think the pilot episode will ever see DVD release? I'm hoping when the season 1 DVD comes out we might find it in bonus features or something.
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« Reply #442 on: November 05, 2011, 06:19:37 AM »
Do you think the pilot episode will ever see DVD release? I'm hoping when the season 1 DVD comes out we might find it in bonus features or something.
What do you mean, pilot?  AFAIK, there was no unaired pilot, just the first episode.  It will be on the season 1 DVD along with all of the other episodes.
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« Reply #443 on: November 05, 2011, 06:49:21 AM »
Do you think the pilot episode will ever see DVD release? I'm hoping when the season 1 DVD comes out we might find it in bonus features or something.
What do you mean, pilot?  AFAIK, there was no unaired pilot, just the first episode.  It will be on the season 1 DVD along with all of the other episodes.

There was, the initial pilot was shot with different actors, some of who left before filming the main series began, so they had to reshoot the first episode.

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« Reply #444 on: November 05, 2011, 06:50:12 AM »
Never heard that.
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« Reply #445 on: November 05, 2011, 07:25:53 AM »
https://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_episode

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« Reply #446 on: March 31, 2012, 08:26:53 AM »
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« Reply #447 on: March 31, 2012, 08:29:21 AM »
I have a midterm to study for that night... :'( :'( :'(

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« Reply #448 on: March 31, 2012, 08:35:40 AM »
With the show's return, we should re-establish the ground rules:

This should be a thread for the TV show.  It should only concern discussion about information conveyed in the TV show, or released by HBO.  If you want to talk about the books, or how the show differs from the books, or anything else about the books, there's a thread for the books here.


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« Reply #449 on: March 31, 2012, 12:42:04 PM »
So excite for the second season! Bought the first season on Blu-ray for $50 (with a nifty little House Stark sigil thing) a few weeks back.
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« Reply #450 on: March 31, 2012, 12:51:46 PM »
I finished reading the series (except for the Dunk and Egg novelas which are on the way) and got all caught up with the show so I'm ready to go.
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« Reply #451 on: March 31, 2012, 02:26:56 PM »
I'm super excited for the second season. After watching the first season, I decided to read the books. I'm a good ways into book 2 now...

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« Reply #452 on: March 31, 2012, 02:40:49 PM »
I'm thinking of calling up TWC and complaining about failures in my DVR. I have a buddy who did this and got his price reduced. Maybe I can do the same and get HBO
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« Reply #453 on: March 31, 2012, 02:44:02 PM »
Can't wait for this.
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« Reply #454 on: April 01, 2012, 01:53:58 AM »
SOOOO PSYCHED

I watched the whole first season on Blu-Ray again yesterday in preparation for the greatest day of 2012 so far.

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