
Too bad some of the most interesting characters are dead. And that I missed the first three episodes...
Posted 13 September 2011 - 08:27 PM
Posted 13 September 2011 - 11:03 PM
the french-version,
Posted 14 September 2011 - 05:04 AM
Posted 14 September 2011 - 05:44 AM
"Do you still love her?"
"Almost as much as I hate her."
Posted 14 September 2011 - 06:48 AM
Posted 14 September 2011 - 07:24 AM
How original...Let me guess, they all surrendered about five minutes in to the first episode?
Same here. I've heard enough about the books to know I wouldn't really want to read them, but television seems like a more palatable format. I definitely wouldn't mind watching a medieval/fantasy show that I might be able to take seriously.I've heard a lot of good things about this show. I really want to watch it, but the thing is, I don't get HBO
Posted 14 September 2011 - 09:13 AM
Thank you!How original...
Taking it seriously is not really a problem, as most of the actors in it act pretty seriously and rarely over the top. (Unless it is their characterization, much like Drogo's speeches... Oh man... his speeches.Same here. I've heard enough about the books to know I wouldn't really want to read them, but television seems like a more palatable format. I definitely wouldn't mind watching a medieval/fantasy show that I might be able to take seriously.
Posted 14 September 2011 - 09:23 AM
Taking it seriously is not really a problem, as most of the actors in it act pretty seriously and rarely over the top. (Unless it is their characterization, much like Drogo's speeches... Oh man... his speeches.
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Posted 14 September 2011 - 09:39 AM
Well, every HBO show has to have it's HBO moments I guess.Also, some scenes aren't for the weak hearted or simple minded. Remember that scene where that guy teaches two women how to have sex? Well yes, pretty weird.
Posted 14 September 2011 - 05:04 PM
Posted 14 September 2011 - 07:10 PM
^^This!How to summarize A Song of Ice and Fire: Don't get too emotionally attached to any character, or you'll fling the book at the wall every dozen pages or so and scream into your pillow. Then you pick it up because you cannot put it down because Martin is a sadistic, ingenious bastard.
If I'm not the smart guy, who am I?
Posted 14 September 2011 - 07:19 PM
Wait 'till you get to the end of Dance. Srs.^^This!
I've only read the first three books so far (I put down the series when college began, since I don't have a lot of time to read and the plot is already quite dense and confusing, it's best to wait until I can devote more time to it) but I have been nothing but impressed with both the books and the TV series. For once, an adaptation that doesn't make you want to blow your brains out! And a Swords and Dragons fantasy that isn't about a young hero saving the day!
I think the books' crowning achievement is the fact that literally anyone can die at any time; there is no "plot armor." It's so refreshing to pick up a book and truly have no idea who will live and who will die by the end. It creates a feeling of dread and fear, one that I've not felt in any book since. Anyone who is a writer will tell you that killing characters isn't easy, neither to write nor to plot out. I applaud Martin for tackling something this huge, but doing so in a way that has great mainstream appeal, never getting bogged down in the world's lore, and instead keeps the focus where it should be, the characters.
Even if there are a TON of them.
/end Song of Praise.
Posted 15 September 2011 - 06:00 PM
Stfu that was horrible. :'(Wait 'till you get to the end of Dance. Srs.
Posted 15 September 2011 - 06:06 PM
You know nothing, Vorgain.Stfu that was horrible. :'(
Edited by Richard, 15 September 2011 - 06:10 PM.
Posted 15 September 2011 - 10:31 PM
You know nothing, Vorgain.
Spoiler
Posted 16 September 2011 - 05:11 AM
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Posted 18 September 2011 - 09:28 AM
Posted 18 September 2011 - 10:44 AM
You need to be an HBO subscriber to get HBO Go. How is that retarded? No one would pay for an HBO subscription if they could just watch all the episodes online for free.
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