A GAME OF THRONES - Discussion Thread

[Fifthelement]

UPDATE:

**** Please NO SPOILERS from the TV show or the books ****

WINTER IS COMING . . . and it arrives tonight !

Update: 17 April 2011 - Finally! No longer an anticipation thread . . . This will now be the Game of Thrones discussion thread (discussion begins on page 5 for those not interested in reading all of the preamble).

Welcome to Westeros . . .

A handy guide for those new to this world can be found at http://www.towerofthehand.com/

(Thanks intodeep for the link )

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UPDATE: 11April 2011

Well, it's nearly here. The HBO premiere is 17 April 2011 at 9:00 pm EST

http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html

UPDATE: 3 March 2011

Holy crap, after years of delay, A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is finally coming!!!!!

12 July 2011 is the date it will be in stores Woo Hoo!!!!

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html

http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/03/03/dan ... gons-date/


UPDATE: 17 JANUARY 2011

Woo Hoo! Three months I don't know if I can wait that long If you haven't yet read the series then now is your chance. You've got three months to get caught up. Now GO!!!!


Latest GoT Teaser (16 January 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5p18wI ... r_embedded

Raven Tease . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAZzCFPc ... re=related

Winter is Coming Tease . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVytEgSO ... re=related

GoT 3rd Teaser . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LW7a_N ... re=related

Inside GoT (extended version) . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbBi7dL ... re=related

ORIGINAL POST:

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.eon ... f-20090506

• Peter Dinklage is reuniting with The Station Agent director Tom McCarthy for the HBO fantasy pilot Game of Thrones, described as an epic battle for power set in a vast and violent kingdom. Dinklage will play the outcast brother of the queen.

Now if we could only get A Dance With Dragons published sometime this year life would be good

SEE 3 MARCH 2011 UPDATE

UPDATE: 2 MARCH 2010

According to numerous sources including George R. R. Martin http://grrm.livejournal.com/
and Mo Ryan (Chicago Tribune) http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com ... rtin-.html

HBO has greenlit Game of Thrones for 2011. So excited that this is happening

[Fifthelement]

Casting updates for the HBO pilot

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com ... -hbo-.html


September 01, 2009

Royal HBO role filled by 'Terminator: Sarah Connor' actress

All the major roles for HBO's "Game of Thones" pilot have been filled in recent weeks -- except one.

I can exclusively reveal that Lena Headey, most recently seen as Sarah Connor in Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," will play Cersei Lannister, a woman of royal blood who is every bit as smart, cunning and devious as the powerful men around her.

Other cast members include the perfectly cast Peter Dinklage as Cersei's brother Tyrion, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Cersei's twin, Jaime, Sean Bean as aristocrat Ned Stark, Jennifer Ehle as his wife Catelyn Stark and Mark Addy as King Robert. HBO confirmed the casting of Headey on Tuesday.

The "Game of Thrones" pilot, an adaptation of a fantasy novel by George R.R. Martin, starts shooting in late October in Northern Ireland.

Interest in the "Thrones" pilot is already at fever pitch: The blogs Winter Is Coming and Westeros have been following the casting avidly, and I can see why.

One "Thrones" fan asked me if this level of interest in a pilot that may not show up on TV for a year or more is normal. No, it's not. But Martin's book series tends to inspire a certain kind of deep and abiding loyalty, if not obsession. To read the books of Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series (four have come out so far) is to be completely immersed in a world that recalls the golden age of knights and chivalry while also showing, through memorable and believable characters, how deeply flawed human nature can be. It's a world in which honor and fealty don't mean what they used to and those in power have to contend with an array of threats, sometimes from those closest to them, sometimes from unexpected places.

Don't let the fantasy label put you off. This is a book series about human beings and how they respond to difficult challenges. But OK, there are knights, tournaments, battles, bawdy humor, spectacles and freaky creatures from the icy north. There are also deeply moving relationships and wonderfully detailed locales, all of which kept me turning hundreds of pages all summer.

As Time's James Poniewozik has written, "Thrones" is the kind of complicated, richly appointed, adult drama that HBO tends to do well. Martin "constantly forces you to question whether the 'honorable' resolution to a conflict is the best in the long run. The saga is littered with fallen heroes and shattered myths, as well as apparent villains and rogues who make surprising turns," Poniewozik writes.

In short, if this "Thrones" adaptation is at least as good as HBO's "Rome," I'll be glued to it. Here's where I inject the note of caution: At this point, "Thrones" is just a pilot and it has not yet been picked up to series. Fingers crossed that its every bit as good as Martin's many fans hope it will be and we spend 2010 obsessing about HBO's cool new show.

[Stephen Flow]

Cannot wait to see Dinklage play Tyrion.... I really hope they pull this off...

At this point, I'd be surprised if Martin ever finished the whole series let alone the next book (it's been nearly 5 years now since the last one came out) ... Hopefully this HBO series will prompt him to write just a bit more quickly.

[Fifthelement]

Update bump

[Fifthelement]

[fuck]

awesome but where the FUCK is this 5th book

[Digital Twilight]

The next book has been in development for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggges man....

Looking forward to the TV show.

[intodeep]

I'm not the only one here who likes this series hooraay

Yeah I can't wait 3 months is a long time. I'm actually kind of hoping they will give a publish date for the book soon or at least within 3 months.

Ipicked up a Fame of Thrones back in October and have gone on to read the first three books and have been blown away. I'm about to start A Feast with Crows.

My only problem is the casting of Catlyn Stark. The first girl they had cast had the look i thought she would have, but this new one just looks old and nothing like i thought of her to be, but in a cast of hundreds its not bad to be off a little in my mind for one!

[Digital Twilight]

Ipicked up a Fame of Thrones back in October and have gone on to read the first three books and have been blown away.

'A Fame of Thrones'? Sounds like a book about celebrities and Hollywood

[Fifthelement]

The next book has been in development for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggges man....

Looking forward to the TV show.

I know! It's ridiculous. However, having gone through a severe case of writer's block I have a very hard time castigating an author when they, too, seem to be going through the same thing. It must be even worse when you have to deal with the thousands of fans constantly badgering you to produce, produce, produce.

[Fifthelement]

I'm not the only one here who likes this series hooraay

Yeah I can't wait 3 months is a long time. I'm actually kind of hoping they will give a publish date for the book soon or at least within 3 months.

Ipicked up a Fame of Thrones back in October and have gone on to read the first three books and have been blown away. I'm about to start A Feast with Crows.

My only problem is the casting of Catlyn Stark. The first girl they had cast had the look i thought she would have, but this new one just looks old and nothing like i thought of her to be, but in a cast of hundreds its not bad to be off a little in my mind for one!

I try not to judge before seeing the product. Hopefully the actress embodies the spirit and essence of Catelyn (a character that I honestly cannot stand. I swear every time I re-read the series I yell at the character, "you stupid bitch!" ). But I do know what you mean, for example, in the latest trailer they feature the Iron Throne - not what I imagined and envisioned at all, although it looks really cool.

[intodeep]

I'm not the only one here who likes this series hooraay

Yeah I can't wait 3 months is a long time. I'm actually kind of hoping they will give a publish date for the book soon or at least within 3 months.

Ipicked up a Fame of Thrones back in October and have gone on to read the first three books and have been blown away. I'm about to start A Feast with Crows.

My only problem is the casting of Catlyn Stark. The first girl they had cast had the look i thought she would have, but this new one just looks old and nothing like i thought of her to be, but in a cast of hundreds its not bad to be off a little in my mind for one!

I try not to judge before seeing the product. Hopefully the actress embodies the spirit and essence of Catelyn (a character that I honestly cannot stand. I swear every time I re-read the series I yell at the character, "you stupid bitch!" ). But I do know what you mean, for example, in the latest trailer they feature the Iron Throne - not what I imagined and envisioned at all, although it looks really cool.

When I read the "Fame of Thrones" (sorry of course i meant Game) i really did not like Catelyn, but by the time it got to Storm of Swords I did not like all her actions but I had empathy for her.

[Fifthelement]

^^^ Sorry, I just read that reply. I'm usually a pretty empathetic person, but her actions just annoyed me beyond compassion. I understand her motivations and everything, but she still pisses me off

[intodeep]

I have never been more excited about a tv show

[Fifthelement]

I have never been more excited about a tv show

I know! I'm trying to temper my excitement and go into this show with realistic expectations. Still . . . I am so freakin' excited