Game of Thrones (HBO Sunday nights @ 9PM EST)

[sven]

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I want to punch him in his fat face then tell him that. He's an attention whore though so he'd rather hit up every single convention on the planet than do his job. I really wish all his fans had the guts to just ignore him. See if the Rob Liefeld treatment speeds up his writing at all.

[sven]

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10 photos from A Game of Thrones courtesy of EW.com.

[sven]

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Scans of the Entertainment Weekly article. Including pics of Sansa and Arya.

DO NOT READ THE CAPTIONS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

http://gameofthronesbr.blogspot.com/2010/11/quick-news-mais-imagens-de-game-of.html

[LionsFanNJ]

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Yeah, this is looking even better than i thought it would (and as a side note its what i wished that g*****m Legend of the Seeker aka Sword of Truth was supposed to be)

I was wrong too, i thought Lena Headley wouldn't be able to pull of Cersei, i stand corrected.

One thing I'm interested in is if they change the age of Daenerys. She was, uh, quite young to be doing some of the things they had her do in the book.

[sven]

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Yeah, this is looking even better than i thought it would (and as a side note its what i wished that g*****m Legend of the Seeker aka Sword of Truth was supposed to be)

I was wrong too, i thought Lena Headley wouldn't be able to pull of Cersei, i stand corrected.

One thing I'm interested in is if they change the age of Daenerys. She was, uh, quite young to be doing some of the things they had her do in the book.

Yeah they have aged up all the kids a couple of years. She is 16 in this.

[sven]

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[Beantown]

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Show looks awesome. Can't wait.

[sven]

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AustinMovieSnob Victor J DePasqual
Finally, finally got to watch Game of Thrones episode 1, final cut. Almost 54 minutes with credits. Bonus? Episode 2!

AustinMovieSnob Victor J DePasqual
@x3h It is very good.

@westerosorg Typical HBO FX level, and that's a compliment. Looks outstanding.

I want to see.......

[sven]

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[sportsdude]

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I got Game of Thrones as a gift for Christmas and am about halfway through it. I'm liking it a lot and can't wait to see how HBO treats it. I'm curious as to how HBO plans to break up the episodes as they pertain to the book. For example, in the post above that one guy tweeted the first episode was 54 minutes. What, and how much, of the book could that possibly cover?

On a separate note, would watching that 10-minute behind the scenes spoil anything?

[thaima1shu]

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Is it a good idea to read the books you think? Or just wait for the show?

[SkinsBoYee]

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Read the books....always read the books.

[sven]

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I got Game of Thrones as a gift for Christmas and am about halfway through it. I'm liking it a lot and can't wait to see how HBO treats it. I'm curious as to how HBO plans to break up the episodes as they pertain to the book. For example, in the post above that one guy tweeted the first episode was 54 minutes. What, and how much, of the book could that possibly cover?

On a separate note, would watching that 10-minute behind the scenes spoil anything?

The first episode starts with the prologue and ends with....

DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE LESS THAN 100 PAGES INTO THRONES

Spoiler

Bran getting tossed out the window

As for the preview I don't think there are any spoilers there. It all the footage seems to come from the first few episodes so if you are halfway through the book you should be fine

Is it a good idea to read the books you think? Or just wait for the show?

Yeah.

The show has been extremely well cast and seems to following the books closely so I don't think this is really going to be one of those cases of "the book ruining the show" type deals.

[sportsdude]

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The first episode starts with the prologue and ends with....

DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE LESS THAN 100 PAGES INTO THRONES

Spoiler

Bran getting tossed out the window

As for the preview I don't think there are any spoilers there. It all the footage seems to come from the first few episodes so if you are halfway through the book you should be fine




Yeah.

The show has been extremely well cast and seems to following the books closely so I don't think this is really going to be one of those cases of "the book ruining the show" type deals.

cool, I'll go ahead and watch...after I read some more. It's getting hard to put this book down.

I'm at the part...

Spoiler

...where Dany and the Dothraki go to Vaes Dothrak. and Dany and Viserys get into a fight after Dany tried to give him some clothes the Dothraki had made.

Also, Catelyn just went to see her sister at the Eyrie, and Lysa was acting all weird.

[sven]

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New set photos......

Oh and the premiere date has been set for April 17th.


A summary of the 15 minute preview shown at HBO's TCA press event.....

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE FIRST BOOK (Sportsdude you'll be fine)

Spoiler

The sneak peek starts off much the same as the third teaser, with Ned and his sons at the execution of Will. This clip is slightly longer than the one in the trailer and has Jon saying to Bran, “Don’t look away, father will know if you do.”

Cut to Ned and Catelyn in the godswood. Catelyn tells of the news of Jon Arryn’s death. Flash to the dead body of Jon Arryn.

Then a new scene between Cersei and Robert. Cersei: “Without a hand, things will fall to pieces.” Robert: “I suppose this is where you tell me to give the job to Jaime.”

Then, another new scene, Jaime consoling Cersei in the throne room of the Red Keep. Tells her not to worry about who the new Hand might be (paraphrasing here). They will come out on top, they are Lannisters. Cut back to Catelyn and Ned discussing in the godswood. Catelyn: “You can always say no, Ned.”

Cut to Bran climbing the tower. Jaime and Cersei having sex (fully clothed I might add, surprisingly enough). Cersei sees Bran. Jaime goes to the window, grabs Bran by the arm.

Jaime (to Bran): “Are you mad?”
Cersei: “He knows about us.”
Jaime: “The things I do for love.”

Cut to the next morning. Tyrion at breakfast with his siblings. Tells of Bran’s survival. Jamie and Cersei share a concerned look. Cersei mocks Tyrion for wanting to go see the Wall. Cersei: “I feel you may even take the Black.” Tyrion: “And become celibate? The whores would be mourning from Dorne to Casterly Rock.”

Cut to a scene, which I believe is not in the books, Ned talking to Jon as he sets out for the Wall with Benjen and company. Tells him to serve with honor or something to that effect. Then to the Wall, we see the Old Bear and Maester Aemon speaking with Tyrion, pleading for more men. Then we get our first glimpse of the Wall.

Back to Winterfell, Luwin delivers Lysa’s note as Ned and Catelyn lie in bed together. Cat reveals its contents, “She’s fled the capital. She says Jon Arryn was murdered by the Lannisters.” Then the scene we saw in the Inside Game of Thrones feature, Cat pleading with Ned to remain in Winterfell.

Catelyn: “Seventeen years ago, you rode off to war with Robert Baratheon. And now you’re leaving me again.”
Ned: “I have no choice.”
Catelyn (in tears): “That’s what men always say when honor calls, that’s what you tell your families, tell yourselves. You do have a choice, and you’ve made it.”

Cut to King’s Landing. A far away CGI shot of the Red Keep, which looks great. A cluster of tall towers and one huge archway leading to a solitary tower (The Tower of the Hand?). Another new scene, Ned walks into the throne room, finds Jaime seated on the steps beneath the Iron Throne.

Ned: “That’s some handsome armor you’re wearing. Not a scratch on it.”
Jaime: “People have been swinging at me for years, but they always seem to miss.”
Ned: “You’ve chosen your opponents wisely then.”
Jaime: “I have a knack for it.”

Cut back to Winterfell, we see the assassination attempt. Summer arrives just in time. There is a satisfying crunch. Cat reveals the murder attempt to Robb, Theon, Luwin and Rodrik, says she believes the Lannisters are behind it. Another new Jaime and Cersei scene, this one in Cersei’s bedchamber. Jaime: “The boy won’t talk and if he does I will kill him. I will kill everyone, if I have to, until we are the only two people left in the Seven Kingdoms.”

Robert and Ned on the way to King’s Landing. Robert talks of Dany’s marriage to Drogo. Cut to Dany meeting Drogo. Cut back to Ned and Robert still discussing the Targaryen threat. Robert worries about Drogo’s army of over 100,000 men, Ned remarks that even if they had a million men it wouldn’t matter, they don’t have any ships. Robert then says his “there’s a war coming Ned” line. Cut to the Cersei and Ned confrontation in the Red Keep. Ned: “I was trained to kill my enemies.” Cersei: “So was I.” Cut to a similar scene, this time Cersei talking to Robert. Robert: “Targaryen’s ruled for centuries, and yet, here I am, King Robert Baratheon.”

Cut back to Essos. Viserys and Illyrio are talking at the wedding. Viserys asks when he will get to invade Westeros, Illryio replies when the Dothraki omens say it is time. Viserys: “I piss on Dothraki omens. I’ve waited seventeen years to get my throne back.” Then shots of Dany and Drogo on their wedding night, intercut with Doreah training Dany. Doreah: “Out there he is the mighty Khal, but in this tent, he belongs to you.” Then we see Dany and Jorah’s exchange when she commands the horde to stop.

And then, the best scene of the preview, between Viserys and Dany.

Viserys: “What is this? Dothraki rags? You’re going to dress me now? This stinks of manure. All of it!”
Dany: “It was a gift.”
Viserys: “Next you are going to braid me!”
Dany: “I will never braid you, you haven’t won any victories.”
Viserys: “You are a horselord slut and now you’ve woken the dragon!”
Viserys slaps her and pushes her to the ground. Dany fights back. Grabs a metal belt and slaps Viserys in the face with it. Viserys looks horrified.
Dany: “I am a khaleesi of the Dothraki! And if you raise your hands at me again, you will no longer have hands.”

Cut to the scene where Dany speaks with Jorah and finally realizes that Viserys will never win back the Iron Throne. Jorah: “A wise child.” Dany: “I am no child.” Then Dany and Drogo laying in bed together, naked. Dany tells Drogo, in subtitled Dothraki, that she will be having a boy.

The preview ends with the now familiar Old Nan voiceover and a quick montage of shots. Scenes from the prologue, the dead wilding bodies, shown from above, are arranged in some sort of pattern or symbol. We also see what looked like, to me, a hand of a wight grabbing Gared’s head.

A shot of Joffrey slowly drawing Golden Tooth across Mycah’s cheek, drawing blood.

Dinklage being thrown into the sky cell. Robert orders the assassination of Dany and her unborn child. Ned says that assassinating them is without honor, Robert yells back, “You think it’s honor keeping the peace? It’s fear. Fear and blood!” The preview ends with the shot of Ned with Cat and Luwin in the background and Aemon’s voice, “The Stark words are always right eventually, winter is coming. This one will be long… and dark things will come with it.”

Go here for the full story with the WiC's extra thoughts on the footage.....