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Draegan
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I like the TV show scene better than what went down in the book.
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Threash
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"It has come to my attention that a number of television viewers (mostly those who had not read my books and did not know what was coming)were shocked and upset by what befell Sansa's direwolf Lady at the end of the second episode of HBO's GAME OF THRONES.
Good. I mean, that was kind of the point.
But some people were reportedly so shocked and upset that they wrote angry blogs about it, and even declared that they would not continue watching the show.
Not so good. Obviously, I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know if any of those people are reading my Not A Blog. But in case they are, perhaps it will make you feel a little better to know that Zunni, the Northern Inuit who played Lady, is alive and well, and has been adopted by Sophie Turner, the lovely young actress who plays Sansa in the show. We didn't really kill her.
(Rhodri Hosking, the young actor who played the butcher's boy Mycah, was not actually killed either, though oddly, no one seems quite so upset about him)." Heh. |
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Lucas
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And again, ratings on the (slightly) rise! http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/17/game-of-thrones-ratings-climb/Once again, HBO’s Game of Thrones ratings hit a season high Sunday night, climbing to 2.6 million viewers for its premiere airing.
Combined with its encore, Thrones was up to 3.3 million viewers for the night, with the show averaging 8.1 million viewers per episode across all platforms. After a somewhat middling premiere performance followed by a steady second episode, this is now the third week in a row Thrones ratings have gone up. And given the show’s storyline is picking up the pace for a dramatic second half of the season, these numbers could continue rising and turn Thrones into a bona fide hit. Intensely serialized shows like Thrones rarely climb like this, and when they do they tend to become titles that have healthy lifespans. While, as you know, Season 2 already got the green light, steady and increasing ratings could also convince the HBO big heads to increase the budget and maybe (just maybe), increase the number of episodes as well (I'm thinking 12-13 max.), something that could mean even more great things for the show. |
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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AcidCat
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Once again, the 'made for TV' scale really galled me.
That is my only real complaint so far, so many scenes seem smaller/less epic than they should. The tournament looked like some renfair sideshow. I've never seen a proper King's Landing scene that felt like it was a huge bustling city, it feels like a few courtyards and some interior sets thrown together. In the scheme of things it's kinda nitpicking though, I'm really enjoying the series. |
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DLRiley
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Once again, the 'made for TV' scale really galled me. The Ned/Jaime fight looked like it was done on a playhouse stage FFS.
It looked like those swords actually weighed something. |
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Vision
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"It has come to my attention that a number of television viewers (mostly those who had not read my books and did not know what was coming)were shocked and upset by what befell Sansa's direwolf Lady at the end of the second episode of HBO's GAME OF THRONES.
Good. I mean, that was kind of the point.
But some people were reportedly so shocked and upset that they wrote angry blogs about it, and even declared that they would not continue watching the show.
Not so good. Obviously, I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know if any of those people are reading my Not A Blog. But in case they are, perhaps it will make you feel a little better to know that Zunni, the Northern Inuit who played Lady, is alive and well, and has been adopted by Sophie Turner, the lovely young actress who plays Sansa in the show. We didn't really kill her.
(Rhodri Hosking, the young actor who played the butcher's boy Mycah, was not actually killed either, though oddly, no one seems quite so upset about him)." |
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Teleku
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Paelos
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Vision
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Lucas
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15 minutes to go...
Can't wait for the rightful king of Westeros to get his Golden Crown (name of the episode), at last.
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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Threash
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Tyrion listing his crimes = so much fucking win.
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Arthur_Parker
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Teleku
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I continue to be surprised about how fast they are moving the plot along. It actually feels like they're going to get to the end of Book 1 before the season ends at this rate (4 more episodes). Not sure if that means it will bleed over into book 2 a bit. Still, I've been enjoying it so far, and the last episode delivered.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
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Ghambit
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Definitely getting better.
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lamaros
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Ugly? You need new eyes. Pity about the pace, could have done with a 14 episode season to pack the good stuff in. A solid episode, back up after a weak one in the 5th.
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DLRiley
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Seriously this show needs to be 2 hours long. Not having read the books but I can defiantly watch another two hours of this show every sunday. It has a spartacus feel to it, where the plot seems to just sprint and before you know it the episode is over and you had 5 episodes worth of plot dumped on your lap with this drug addicted desire for more.
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Threash
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Arthur_Parker
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Plot really zips along in episode 7, not sure what people who haven't read the books are going to think. Now I have to wait 2 weeks to see 8.
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WayAbvPar
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That was bugging me...I knew I recognized her from something. Now I pray they filmed the hot steam pools scene, because she appears to be quite ...buoyant.
I was disappointed they didn't have the direwolves take out some of the brigands/wildings, but apparently the dogs were tough to work with when the horses were nearby so they had to scrap that plan (or so I have heard).
Definitely a lot of differences/shortcuts from the books, but I am really enjoying the show in its own right. Peter Dinklage is smugging his way to an Emmy nomination imo.
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Mosesandstick
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I had no clue she was Tonks.
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Threash
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They did do a good job uglying her up. Specially her teeth, everything else is fixable with a long bath and a strong hair brush.
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Bungee
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Uhm, did I muss anything in the books? Renly and Loras? Being gay? With each other? And no one even mentions it here?
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Ingmar
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Uhm, did I muss anything in the books? Renly and Loras? Being gay? With each other? And no one even mentions it here?
You missed about 75,000 tons of subtext, yes. That said I don't think it is ever spelled out explicitly. Scenes like the one in the show weren't in the book because neither Loras nor Renly are POV characters. It is heavily implied, in any case. |
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I am honestly shocked at the number of people for whom their relationship has been a revelation. I am not always the most astute at picking up nuances in novels since I tend to read so fast, and even I couldn't miss it.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Ironwood
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It's the cock-sucking, right ? It's always a giveaway.
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Threash
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Uhm, did I muss anything in the books? Renly and Loras? Being gay? With each other? And no one even mentions it here?
It was so obvious several characters throw it right in his face. When Renly brags to Stannis that Margaery came to him a virgin Stannis responds "in your bed she is bound to stay that way", and Jamie threatens Loras to shove a sword so far up his ass not even Renly could find it. |
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Ironwood
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Watched the latest and, yes, it gets better and better.
I didn't think I'd end up liking it this much, but what the hell.
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Lucas
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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lamaros
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Uhm, did I muss anything in the books? Renly and Loras? Being gay? With each other? And no one even mentions it here?
It was so obvious several characters throw it right in his face. When Renly brags to Stannis that Margaery came to him a virgin Stannis responds "in your bed she is bound to stay that way", and Jamie threatens Loras to shove a sword so far up his ass not even Renly could find it. Pretty much every comment with SPOILERED about Renly also adds to the joke. |
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Teleku
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Ok, why are some people calling the last episode 7? From everything I can tell, its episode 6.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
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Abagadro
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Episode 7 is available on HBO GO which is its new online service. I'm holding off as I don't want to have to wait two weeks between eps.
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angry.bob
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Indeed, the show has gotten much better. It saddens me that Camelot on the other hand has gotten so much worse. Minor points but problems with the show:
1) Needs more tits.
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