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« Reply #280 on: June 07, 2011, 12:42:59 PM »
I'm sort of annoyed that they changed the "All dwarves are bastards, but not all bastards need be dwarves" line. Sort of one of 'those' lines. That would be like if they changed the Oath of the Night's Watch or "IS THERE ANY GOLD IN THE VILLAGE!? GEMS!?" (I realize I probably misquoted that)

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« Reply #281 on: June 07, 2011, 01:28:14 PM »
Like they should've had Cat telling Snow "it should've been you"

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« Reply #282 on: June 07, 2011, 05:31:06 PM »
Like they should've had Cat telling Snow "it should've been you"

When you put it all together, there's lots missing. But they do the best they can as it's a TV show and there's not enough time to fill in the gaps.

I was disappointed to find that it was The Hound that told Sansa the story of how he got his scars from his brother etc. (I am reading GoT right now) It was Littlefinger hat was used as his replacement. There's lots more they missed with the Hand's Tournament that could have been used, too.

Like I said before, 12 or 13 episodes in place of more dialogue would have been better. The pacing was way off last episode, IMO. But i'm it's only a minor complaint. There are budgets to think about, of course.
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« Reply #283 on: June 08, 2011, 10:19:52 AM »
Just a word of warning. Stay away from comments on GoT's facebook page and IMDB etc, i've just received a seriously annoying spoiler that has now ruined both the books and TV's experience.

I should have known better to look at fan reaction for the show.
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« Reply #284 on: June 08, 2011, 10:26:35 AM »
I doubt one spoiler could ruin everything, so don't be too glum.

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« Reply #285 on: June 08, 2011, 11:32:40 AM »
I'm guessing I know which spoiler he's referring to, and it seriously could ruin a lot of things. Maybe not everything, but enough where you'd really be sad you saw it.

For those who haven't read the book, next episode is a doozy.

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« Reply #286 on: June 08, 2011, 01:02:15 PM »
I have a pretty good guess, too, but no one spoiler will ruin the entire experience of the book series.  It probably spoiled the next episode, but so far, there just isn't one event that can be spoiled to make you put all of the other pieces of the series together, not even close.

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« Reply #287 on: June 08, 2011, 02:12:28 PM »
Well, no, it's not going to ruin everything, but i'm pretty pissed off.

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« Reply #288 on: June 08, 2011, 05:03:51 PM »
Yeah people are idiots with spoilers online.  Some people even just do it for kicks  :tdwn was on omegle once and had some guy who just pasted a pretty bad spoiler for a film as soon as the conversation started.  Not that I'm ever going to watch that, but people can be arseholes, I mean why do that? 

Then you just get inconsiderate people spouting off spoilers on comments and stuff like you saw.  At least give warning about the spoiler!  Grr, one thing that really annoys me about teh interwebz.                 
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« Reply #289 on: June 08, 2011, 06:31:21 PM »
I'm thinking about starting in on the books this summer, but I'm not sure whether I'll like watching the show more or less once I know what's happening.
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« Reply #290 on: June 08, 2011, 07:03:50 PM »
I'm thinking about starting in on the books this summer, but I'm not sure whether I'll like watching the show more or less once I know what's happening.

I'm liking the show just fine, I think most fans of the books feel the same.

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« Reply #291 on: June 12, 2011, 08:11:05 PM »
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« Reply #292 on: June 12, 2011, 08:33:46 PM »
Ah damn, knew that was coming but fuck me in the ass it still sucks.

Amazing episode. Man it sucks that next week's is the last for this season. How will I manage until next year?!

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« Reply #293 on: June 12, 2011, 09:09:46 PM »
It's funny, the first time I ever saw an episode of GoT was the second one, and from the get-go (thanks to my party pooper brother) I knew Ned Stark would be executed.  And I always knew he would because of that, and always felt the slow pull towards it.  But never until tonight's episode did it really hit me.  And boy did it hit me.
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« Reply #294 on: June 12, 2011, 09:17:08 PM »
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« Reply #295 on: June 12, 2011, 09:28:12 PM »
The parts with Tyrion were all way different. Why is Shae scary for no reason? Why didn't Tyrion finish the story about Tysha? Why wasn't Tyrion involved in the battle?


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« Reply #296 on: June 12, 2011, 09:34:10 PM »
Small quibbles that I am willing to overlook because omg this show is great.

I'm glad they skipped the battle since that was pretty wonky in the book (Tyrion taking out a knight? lol?). The one big problem I have so far is the pacing. It just feels waaaaay too fast. Another episode or two for this season would make things so much better.

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« Reply #297 on: June 12, 2011, 09:36:11 PM »
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« Reply #298 on: June 12, 2011, 09:36:34 PM »
Small quibbles that I am willing to overlook because omg this show is great.

I'm glad they skipped the battle since that was pretty wonky in the book (Tyrion taking out a knight? lol?). The one big problem I have so far is the pacing. It just feels waaaaay too fast. Another episode or two for this season would make things so much better.

Keep in mind they have to get through an 800+ page novel in the time of a season.
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« Reply #299 on: June 12, 2011, 09:41:51 PM »
Small quibbles that I am willing to overlook because omg this show is great.

I'm glad they skipped the battle since that was pretty wonky in the book (Tyrion taking out a knight? lol?). The one big problem I have so far is the pacing. It just feels waaaaay too fast. Another episode or two for this season would make things so much better.

Keep in mind they have to get through an 800+ page novel in the time of a season.

Which is exactly why he just said they should have added another one or two episodes to the season.
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« Reply #300 on: June 12, 2011, 09:56:00 PM »
I really hope they aren't planning to do Clash in 10 episodes (or god forbid Storm of Swords in only 10 episodes). They really ought to be 12 at least, from now on.

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« Reply #301 on: June 12, 2011, 11:48:28 PM »
Which is exactly why he just said they should have added another one or two episodes to the season.
Yep, exactly.  :tup

I really hope they aren't planning to do Clash in 10 episodes (or god forbid Storm of Swords in only 10 episodes). They really ought to be 12 at least, from now on.
I think that only Season 1 is getting 10 episodes. The following should be normal HBO season length (12-13).

There was some talk that aSoS was going to be split into two seasons, which would really be the only way to properly do that book.

Another thing that I kinda wish that they had changed from the book was that Mirri Maz Duur should've been introduced earlier. She's a pretty important character and she's around for such a short time. I haven't read GoT in a while, but I vaguely remember her being around a bit longer. Maybe someone who has recently read the book can correct me on this.

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« Reply #302 on: June 13, 2011, 05:47:32 AM »
That was one of the best episodes in TV history.

I just hope Eddard gets the retribution he deserves.
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« Reply #303 on: June 13, 2011, 07:47:03 AM »
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« Reply #304 on: June 13, 2011, 03:21:08 PM »
No, Crimson, she's been treated the same so far in the show as in the book

This week was awesome yet again. Now, I heard rumors they are going to kill someone off sooner than they do in the books I guess as a suprise for the season finale, and I am really hoping they end the season they do in the book. That would be a great image to close out to

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« Reply #305 on: June 13, 2011, 03:51:11 PM »


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« Reply #306 on: June 13, 2011, 03:55:31 PM »


Middle one is a book reader, outer ones are tv readers.

Nope.  I read all the books (twice) and I still had the same reaction as the girls in the gif.  It was a fantastically filmed scene.

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« Reply #307 on: June 13, 2011, 03:59:55 PM »
this has been my only source of consolation all day :lol

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« Reply #309 on: June 13, 2011, 04:20:58 PM »
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« Reply #310 on: June 13, 2011, 04:47:52 PM »
Pure speculation here, but do you think Verne Troyer or Warwick Davis could've done justice to Tyrion?

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« Reply #311 on: June 14, 2011, 05:15:12 AM »
Pure speculation here, but do you think Verne Troyer or Warwick Davis could've done justice to Tyrion?

Absolutely not. I'd say Tyrion, Joffrey and Varys have been the best actors on the show so far.

Tyrion should win an award. Brilliant little actor.
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« Reply #312 on: June 14, 2011, 09:50:20 AM »
Pure speculation here, but do you think Verne Troyer or Warwick Davis could've done justice to Tyrion?

Absolutely not. I'd say Tyrion, Joffrey and Varys have been the best actors on the show so far.

Tyrion should win an award. Brilliant little actor.

no Littlefinger?!  Petyr and Tyrion rocks the show (and this is among an entire cast which is already fantastic)

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« Reply #313 on: June 14, 2011, 10:10:18 AM »
https://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/sean-bean-stabbed-outside-london-pub/218650

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Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones star Sean Bean was involved in an alleged attack in a North London pub at the weekend. The incident is said to have occured while the actor was enjoying a drink and a cigarette in the Sunday sun with friend April Summers. Standing outside the Hill Bar and Brassiere in Camden a passer-by made lewd comments about his companion leading the former Sharpe actor to confront the man.

As reported in The Daily Mail, the unnamed man is believed to have returned to the bar later and attacked the Lord of the Rings star, punched him in the face and 'stabbed him with broken glass'.

Declining a trip to hospital Sean Bean went back into the pub and ordered another drink.

A fellow drinker told The Mail, “Sean is a regular here and we’ve never had any problems before. He was with a very attractive woman and an incident occurred outside the bar.”

“He came in with a cut on his arm and a bruise on his eyebrow. We saw to his injuries with the first aid kit. He seemed ok and wanted to have another drink.”

Neither Bean nor Summers has commented on the incident.

Sean Bean is currently appearing in the HBO drama Game of Thrones on Sky Atlantic.


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« Reply #314 on: June 14, 2011, 11:05:00 AM »
He should have carried the sword. This man had broken the kings peace.

The man who passes the sentence, should swing the sword. Off with his head, Ned!

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