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davos and stannis were well-cast...i'm also iffy on craster. i agree with you jd that melisandre is not nearly as commanding as i thought she'd be.
i didn't think the actor playing jaime really fit his character well in the first season, but he grew on me in the first episode of this season. i liked his portrayal before, it just didn't feel true to the character in the books. i love the exchange between dany and her bloodriders in this episode and jorah as well. it's kind of funny, spoiler for the books/later storylines the whole dany/jorah unrequited love thing in the book bored me half to death, to be honest. but the chemistry between emilia clarke and iain glenn in the first season made me a hardcore dany/jorah shipper. now i'm going to have a huge huge sad when it goes into the unrequited love bit later tyrion was amazing in the first episode |
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I thought it was a great first episode. I love the series. Tyrion was great. I love his character. And Peter is a fabo actor!! And I just want to hang Joffrey. Don't spoil it for me... those who have read the story already. Psychopath... that was my first diagnosis.
I am halfway through the first book. It has been AGES since I have read a fiction book, but... I am not giving up. I am enjoying the "fill in the blanks" aspect of the book. I think this is going to be A GREAT SEASON!!!
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HBO is running a month long free bee so im watching Game of Thrones for the first time.I find it intresting but would like less gore,even polishing it up a bit then putting a more current time span,it could easly be the present day.No matter what century it is people have been doing the same things to be bigger,more powerful or just plane be a hard ass for what ever reason.
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it would be cool if it was set in modern day, but it would be a total break from the fantasy genre. it is kind of funny and weird how fantasy is always assumed to be in a medieval england sort of setting though. there's an interesting article about game of thrones and accents...
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Craster, for me, was far too young and hearty. I also wasn't sold on Stannis who I felt needed to be larger but I loved Davos. And Melisandre was perfection.
I adore the Imp. He's the reason I savor that show. He's got heart and isn't afraid to show it. Can't wait for more! |
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Really enjoyed the first episode altho it wasn't nearly long enough
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i thought it was pretty funny (and awesome) that the second episode got leaked...but it just means i have to wait longer for the third one! lol
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Yeah, I was so excited to watch the second season that when I saw there was more than one available already I readily watched them both. But then it was a buzz kill at the end to realise that that only means I have to wait until next week for another episode, lol. Ah well. I'm just happy it doesn't seem like there will be any huge gaps again between episodes this season. I really hate when good series do that and you have more than a month to wait for a new episode. If GoT started doing that I'd die of impatience.
On a side note, the scene between Arya and Gendry in The Night Lands was hilariously done. I still think she was one of the best cast characters. |
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wow, I am so envious some were able to view the 2nd episode..how lucky!..evenso looking forward to tomorrow part 2
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And you can, too, if you embrace pirate bay as your friend But then it's airing tomorrow night, so I guess it's not as worth it as it was a few days ago, lol.
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watching s2e2 stirring..
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watching episode five...i'm amazed at how much they've deviated from the books, especially with margaery tyrell's character, but i guess it is more sensationalist for tv this way. and natalie dormer played a similar role in the tudors, so it would fit well here.
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They have deviated from the books. But I wonder if it isn't, for the most part, because there are so many characters in the book with back story that can't be conveyed in ten hours of TV. I wonder if the writers aren't trying to mash together scenes to make it coherent for the audience. As well as spice it up a bit. There was never the love making scene between Renly and her where she offers her brother to be in the room. I was waiting for that in the book... nope. Renly died. I thought it would have made interesting reading.
I am glad I am reading the books as it does fill in the obvious holes in character motivation and back story. Just about finished book 2. It has been so many years since I have read fiction, well a long book fiction, that it took me a long time to get back into the swing of reading for fun and not for learning... (derail end)
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yeah, i definitely understand why they've deviated from the books and they've done it in really interesting ways, so i'm not holding it against them (i was kind of obsessed with the books for a decade before this came out, so i'm one of those slightly nitpicky people.) i do think it might present interesting problems since the book series isn't completed yet...assuming they decide to do all seven seasons, once books six and seven are completed it'll be interesting to see if that throws any wrenches in the works based on how they change the storylines.
i am realllly glad they've simplified some of the character roles and cut out/merged extraneous characters. (though, really, i think they should have left asha greyjoy's name as asha instead of changing it to yara. but i just really like the name.) |
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Haven't..
read the books yet, i'm afraid to. [ lol ] because i don't want to pick apart the series, which [i think], is incredibly good..and the plot twists seem to work well even with the deviations..my favorite characters are Bran and Osha, and their repartee.
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Who do you think..
has those dragons?!??
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I also wonder if they've not deviated from the book to throw off fans, so at least there are some surprises instead of just seeing the series shortened on screen. Because at the end of the last episode I was like
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