HaemishM
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Had it been PG enough for basic or network cable I'm sure we wouldn't be having this money discussion no? Yes, we would. Scores of shows on network TV have been canceled for being too pricey at the peak of their success. Shows that run about $1 million an episode are considered pricey - for a 22-episode season that's $22 million on top-rated shows. Budget is a huge concern on TV production. |
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Threash
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This one was 60 million for 10 episodes i think. That might have been season 1 though, i know season 2 cost more and they went back and asked for even more and got turned down. Rome was 100 million or so per season and it doomed it.
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That.....is a frightening picture to behold.
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They look about 4 years younger than they are now.
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Cersi: "Come heer my little dovesssh."
Sansa: "You know what? Imma gonna break that wine glass and shove it down your Kingspipe."
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Oh fuck.
Wow, it took me a while to figure out who the guy wearing the glasses was. Also, the guy who plays Theon:  |
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Rishathra
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Theon does look strangely pissed off in that picture. Or is that just how his face always is?
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He just found out that he didn't get the part in a Harry Potter spin off.
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Rendakor
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I'm not sure why they list Beric as a new character; he was in Season 1 for a few minutes.
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Threash
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Because they are probably not gonna use the same guy. Keeping a guy on stand by for three seasons only works in books.
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HaemishM
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Tyrion riffing with Tony Stark would be so awesome, no screen could contain it.
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Threash
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That really was a great speech.
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calapine
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That really was a great speech.
I feel so sorry for him, he seems to be written as someone always having bad luck, despite being capable. On the other hand that blonde dragon slut without personality or charisma has everything thrown into her lap. So unfair.  |
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Threash
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If he was capable he would have taken Bran and Rickon and gone home. Showing up in Pyke with the Stark boys and presenting them to his father with a "the Starks took your sons so i brought you theirs" would have completely redeemed him with his family and immediately gotten him reinstated as heir. Instead he wanted to play at being prince of Winterfell and completely blew what really should have been a war winning death blow.
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calapine
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If he was capable he would have taken Bran and Rickon and gone home. Showing up in Pyke with the Stark boys and presenting them to his father with a "the Starks took your sons so i brought you theirs" would have completely redeemed him with his family and immediately gotten him reinstated as heir. Instead he wanted to play at being prince of Winterfell and completely blew what really should have been a war winning death blow.
Pfff, if he was someone else it would have worked...because of dragons, mysterious assasin which talks in 3rd person, last minute help by dad and his army or shadow ghost that stabs your enemies. Fact is he is written as a loser and most probably wont have any luck in the 3rd season either. Which is a crime against humanity in my eyes as I really, really like the actor! Edit, as I don't want to start a new post for this: If I was R. R. Martin the saga would end like this: All throne pretenders meet in Kings Landing to talk things out, then suddenly die when the ceiling caves in, execpt Theon and Shae, who marry and have lots of kids and rule the kingdom ever after. THE END! *gets another glass of wine* Edit 2: Funfact I just learned: Sibel Kekilli, currently starring in HBO’s Game Of Thrones as the prostitute Shae, has a past as a performer in porn.
Kekilli, a German of Turkish descent, appeared in at least nine adult films using the name “Dilara.” Her past was revealed in Germany after being cast in the film Head-On. http://www.nationalconfidential.com/20120423/game-of-thrones-actress-sibel-kekilli-has-porn-past/Edit 3:Totally SFW picture: If you want to know what happens next, google 'Sibel Kekilli (Dilara) - Das Beste Aus Teeny Exzesse 8.avi' you sick perverts! |
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Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic!
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I KNEW she looked familiar. (I saw her in Head On and her other non-adult movies)  |
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Threash
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She looks much better now.
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Episode 9 was great, 10 was just awesome, not a single scene wasted and it seemed to last ages.
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Threash
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It did go on about ten minutes longer than usual.
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Sibel Kekilli, currently starring in HBO’s Game Of Thrones as the prostitute Shae, has a past as a performer in porn. When she first appeared in season one, this thread celebrated these things. But feel free... :) |
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Tannhauser
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I enjoyed it. A lot more conclusions than I was expecting. Dragon-girl's story was better than I expected. Again. I loved Qarth; such a mirage in the desert! Finally, finally the Jon Snow story line has some great payoff. Actually look forward to that next season. Enjoyed the nice theater Joffre and his court put on for the people. He's so noble!  |
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HaemishM
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I just bought A Storm of Swords to start reading once I'm finished with Anathem. I don't know if he reappears again, but I really dug the actor they had for Jaquen Hakar (yes, I have no idea how to spell that these days). The resolution of Dany in Qarth was better and more understandable than the book, IMO.
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Threash
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I just bought A Storm of Swords to start reading once I'm finished with Anathem. I don't know if he reappears again, but I really dug the actor they had for Jaquen Hakar (yes, I have no idea how to spell that these days). The resolution of Dany in Qarth was better and more understandable than the book, IMO.
Have you read the first two books? if not i would recommend you start from the beginning, the basic plot is mostly the same but so many of the details are changed you are probably going to be a bit lost. Also season 2 does not fit book 2 quite as neatly as season 1 did book 1. |
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luckton
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And the best surprise of the night for me:
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
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Teleku
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Good episode! God I wish they would make this thing faster (or at least give a few extra episodes per season). Going to be a long slog to season 3.
I also thought their new take on what white walkers look like to be MUCH better than the pilot. Still barbarian monster in rags (to me, there is just something neat about an advance looking sophisticated armor wearing scary race coming out of the depths of barbarian land), but much more other worldly and foreboding.
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Rendakor
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I didn't really like what they did with the scene in Qarth compared to the books.
Other than that, great episode. Cannot wait for Season 3.
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Bran/Winterfell questions/musings under spoiler
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