Game of Thrones

The show is good but with their budget to make it, they seemed to size it down a lot. They've left out a lot how much the wolves are a part of the story / How close the wolves are to each of the children. The battles were also completely cut out. Too bad they can't make it a full twenty-some episode series.

I shouldn't have watched the first season at all. The series is so damn good, I don't think I will be able to wait for its next season....they say it will premier on the same time of year as this one

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Originally Posted by pmcgrady

The show is good but with their budget to make it, they seemed to size it down a lot. They've left out a lot how much the wolves are a part of the story / How close the wolves are to each of the children. The battles were also completely cut out. Too bad they can't make it a full twenty-some episode series.

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I just finished the books (including the latest) and am more appreciative of the obstacles faced by HBO bringing them to the screen and I'm now very curious how they're going to proceed.

I disagree about the battles...unlike LoTR (the movie versions), which lovingly (and for the most part, boringly) detailed the battle scenes, GoT is more concerned about the whys and the outcomes of war(s) rather than endless shots of people getting hacked to pieces. Large scale battle scenes may be visually interesting but violence is much more effective when you know the characters (did Orcs have names?) and can see the personal cost of battle.
In the book, Khal Drogo's khalisar (army, to the uninitiated) is 100,000 strong but only a handful of them have any part in the plot and I don't think the HBO version suffers because the rest aren't present.

I really wonder now how faithful HBO can be to the rest of the books.

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There are two major problems they must deal with.
First, GRRM hasn't even finished writing the damn series, so no one knows how it's supposed to end. He just released Book 5 and thinks there will be two more but who knows?
Second, major characters disappear for long stretches of time- even entire books- so how do you keep the cast together and schedule filming?
Also, will the viewing public accept an entire season where a favorite character doesn't even appear except by reference (see books 3 and 4)?

Finally, a note about the casting.
I came to this whole thing a virgin, not having read the books, so my idea of the characters was modeled on the actors not the author.
The producers did a stunning job fitting the actor to the role, particularly Jack Gleeson as Joffrey and Harry Lloyd as Viserys- they are absolutely pitch perfect.

Where they made changes from the books- major and minor- it didn't bother me at all.
The dwarf Tyrion is supposed to be hideously ugly but Peter Dinklage is actually quite handsome and it didn't detract at all from the story.
(I'm predicting he wins the Emmy, BTW.)

So, now I've seen the series and read the books...good thing Breaking Bad started again to keep me occupied.
(Ole Gus would fit right into GoT, wouldn't he?)

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Originally Posted by clocker

I really wonder now how faithful HBO can be to the rest of the books.

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........ major characters disappear for long stretches of time- even entire books- so how do you keep the cast together and schedule filming?

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Dick York/Dick Sargent.Barbara Bel Geddes /Donna Reed.Sarah Chalke / Lecy Goranson.
With a fright wig and a layer of dirt like anyone will notice. Especially given the demographic has the apparent attention span of a tsetse fly.
If the producers consider it to be a real problem then they will make an iPad app that tells people that it's the same actor and everyone will just think it's in their heads then..

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Originally Posted by clocker

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Second, major characters disappear for long stretches of time- even entire books- so how do you keep the cast together and schedule filming?
Also, will the viewing public accept an entire season where a favorite character doesn't even appear except by reference (see books 3 and 4)?

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I haven't quite finished the books yet so I don't know how well this will work in the future, but I believe I read somewhere that they are planning on alleviating the gaps between the appearances of certain major characters by intertwining scenes from future books within the current season (ie there were a couple of ACOK scenes at the end of season one) in order to help tide viewers over and make sure that they don't "forget" about those characters. Hopefully with GRRM directly involved in the creation of the show, these slight altercations won't affect the overall story too drastically.

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And in case anyone is interested, Margaery Tyrell, Brienne , Stannis, Melisandre and Davos have been cast for season 2.

Also clocker, any theories on Jon Snow's parentage?

it is really great show
the end is awesome i can't wait to see season 2

it is a great show i heartily reccommend it eddard starke was worth cheering for til he was killed

Spoilers above.

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Originally Posted by bazinga

it is really great show
the end is awesome i can't wait to see season 2

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If that was the end how can there be a second season?:unsure:

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Originally Posted by joeyp

it is a great show i heartily reccommend it eddard starke was worth cheering for til he was killed

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Great, now you've spoiled it for Idol.
A real pho phat, that.

Yes but he didn't say how.I'm betting it was a giant anvil that fell on him.

Sort of like this but with more nudity.
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