GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

This show really needs to start if this is how we're gonna pass the rest of the time until it does.

I have no idea how you guys watched this as it came out. I only wanted to watch 2-3 episodes then some more tomorrow, I think I'm starting episode 9 now as I can't put it away.

Also, I really like the map thing in the intro, dunno why but I find it very cool.

Zhaun_sl said:

I have no idea how you guys watched this as it came out. I only wanted to watch 2-3 episodes then some more tomorrow, I think I'm starting episode 9 now as I can't put it away.

Also, I really like the map thing in the intro, dunno why but I find it very cool.

Click to expand...

A lot of people do, the intro won an Emmy. (So did Pete Dinklage~)

The clockwork into is almost steampunk. It's very thought provoking. It keeps me still thinking scifi elements are going to enter the story before the end.

Jait_sl said:

The clockwork into is almost steampunk. It's very thought provoking. It keeps me still thinking scifi elements are going to enter the story before the end.

Click to expand...

I could only imagine the trolling....

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/09/game-of-thrones-art/

Some artwork. The Sansa one is pretty cool.

After finishing Season 1, I was really pleased with the whole thing honestly. I already knew the places and people and the stories, which made me hesitant to watch some parts, I think it is around episode 6 or 7 when I hit the point where I knew "Ok, every episode is just utter horrible suck from here on out and everyone I like is going to be screwed." and I had to put a bit more effort into going to the next one. Even though you know the names and histories, seeing them so well portrayed really brings it to another level and also fills in a lot of stuff I was unclear on (I knew Arya Stark learned some Water Dancing and chased cats, but I didn't realize that Eddard set it up, making him that much more awesome and it happened in King's Landing early on).

Love or hate, I think all the characters felt well acted, except I couldn't tell if Denyras was a horrible actress or just ... I don't know. I just kind of wanted to fast forward over her. Especially come the end of the story, I kind of felt like the whole Essros thing was a waste of time and they could have said "Stuff happened, bitch got dragons" and gave us another two hours of Westros stuff.

Anyways, it was great, glad I watched it. It made me love everyone I loved more and hate everyone I hated more, with a few exceptions: I found after his exposition over the whore tryouts Littlefinger to be a bit more sympathetic, if a bit obsessed. Also I didn't realize how dreadfully mad Lysa and Robin Arryn are, christ. Sansa, I didn't realize has absolutely no redeeming qualities as well, ugh.

But shame on you all for not talking about this show more and letting me go this long without seeing it! I blame you all keeping this secret!

Springbok_sl said:

So just got through watching both season 1 and season 2 on Blu-Ray again. I know I said it on the old boards and got grilled for it, but watching them back to back makes it clearer than ever how much better season 1 was than the second. The pacing/writing just felt "off" to me in the second one, and I really hope that it picks back up and is similar to the quality of the first season. Not even mentioning the deviations from the books (which are another deal entirely), but the actual writing and episode arcs seem much less "tight".

That said, Blackwater looked as amazing as I remembered it looking in HD with my speakers bumpin'. Still great television, but there is certainly room for improvement. Pumped for the next season.

Click to expand...

Book 2 has an awful lot more happening in it, introduced alot more characters while keeping most (sorry Ned) of the ones from the first. They were always going to struggle to keep it as cohesive in the same number of episodes. This was why I was so glad they were allowing more than 10 episodes for book 3, as getting that into 1 season would have been a clusterfuck.

Reek, it rhymes with freak...

Those chapters in DWD were so gross feeling. Never really had a book do that to me, but I just hated reading about Theon turning into a disturbed monster.



Edit: This picture from that link of paintings is fucking sweet

Cybsled_sl said:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/09/game-of-thrones-art/

Some artwork. The Sansa one is pretty cool.

Click to expand...

I really liked the House of the Undying one myself.

I find some of these characters so vile I can't imagine paying to have art of them.

Also, is that scar across the face the only change they made to Tyrion/Dinklage for the "face disfigurement" that happens I guess towards the end of season 2? I've just seen art suggesting it was much uglier, but I guess Dinklage didn't want his nose cut off for an acting part.

Zhaun_sl said:

I find some of these characters so vile I can't imagine paying to have art of them.

Also, is that scar across the face the only change they made to Tyrion/Dinklage for the "face disfigurement" that happens I guess towards the end of season 2? I've just seen art suggesting it was much uglier, but I guess Dinklage didn't want his nose cut off for an acting part.

Click to expand...

The scar/wound was worse at the end of season 2 than is depicted in any of that art. There was a post about it a few pages back but it pretty much boils down to ugly vs. tv ugly as the reasoning for him not missing his entire nose.

It also comes down to budget. It's easy to disfigure or amputate in a story, but it's quite another thing to depict that in an ongoing tv show.

bixxby_sl said:

Those chapters in DWD were so gross feeling. Never really had a book do that to me, but I just hated reading about Theon turning into a disturbed monster.

Click to expand...

It's GoT's Gollum. They really did a great job.