HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]

[bilwit]

i think that in show there was no mention how ned and robert grew up together

They did in like the first episode in the Stark family crypt.

[Lord_Riotcontrol]

I have read all of the books and look forward to the new book, A Dance with dragons (July 12, 2011).

I enjoy the show and watch every week.  I am going to be hypercritical and post a few problems I have with the HBO adaption: 

1)  The Dire-Wolves needed to be CGIed.  There were far to many important scenes with the dire-wolves and their companions in book 1.  Script rewrites to accommodate the wolves not being there hurt the show.

2)  Jon Snow/Syrio/Lord Renly were miscast.  Serio, not that big of a deal.  Jon Snow isn't dynamic enough and looks like a peasant.  His acting abilities seem to pretty limited.  Renly seems far to meek and childish.

3)  Kings landing looks awwwfulllll.  The city resembles some remote-outpost in the middle-east, not the capital of westeros.

4)  Tyrion isn't ugly enough (ok, minor gripe).

5)  The wight scene at "The Wall" was so poorly done.  Tywin isnt bald.

End of list

[Osiem]

Renly and Syrio are good. Renly is supposed to be childish (like "peach" scene in aCoK). But Jon Snow is weak, that's true. He has ALWAYS this same face.

Oh, and Ghost should be mute. In HBO's GoT he's... barking.

[bilwit]

Renly and Syrio are good. Renly is supposed to be childish (like "peach" scene in aCoK). But Jon Snow is weak, that's true. He has ALWAYS this same face.

Oh, and Ghost should be mute. In HBO's GoT he's... barking.

To be fair, Sean Bean ALWAYS seems like he defaults to the SAME exact facial expression too: ": o"

[AlbaTiger]

Sean Bean has a lot more screen presence than the guy playing Snow though, and his lines and scenes seem better suited to him.

As it is I'm not sure if it is a lack of skill or motivation on the guys part, or simply a case that the lines and scenes he has have, for the most part, not been that energetic. Most of his scenes are the same "be down trodden but get put in your place because others have it worse" thing.

I totally disagree with the idea of CGI for the Dire Wolves though. I'm happy with them trying to make them seem impressive and powerful through the use of camera angles rather than the often jarring effect of CGI which tends to stick out like a sore thumb.

Yes okay Dire Wolves are supposed to be exceptionally large wolves, but it isn't too much of an edit to have them just as a breed of wolf who have evolved denser muscles or something. So while they are closer to "normal" sized they are far stronger, add some above average intelligence to that and you have a creature which would be pretty terrifying and no doubt would lead to people who encounter them exaggerating the size to match the power shown.

Of course I've not read the books, so if that would still be too different to make them hold their strong meaning to the story then I dunno.

[Anal Bleeding]

I found that the books started strong, but increasingly got too far-fetched, so that by the fourth book there is too much going on. No wonder there has been a 6 year gap until the next book. There are too many loose ends, and bs things happening.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

I found that the books started strong, but increasingly got too far-fetched, so that by the fourth book there is too much going on. No wonder there has been a 6 year gap until the next book. There are too many loose ends, and bs things happening.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/217066.html

perhaps this will give you some understanding of why the fourth book is what it is. Personally I enjoyed it very much and understood why he had to put this characters and places in the series. But I also can understand the dissapointment of many, but I hope the next book will make good for it.

[Murmillus_Prime]

My favorite quote of episode 09.

"Your mother would still be a milkmaid if I hadn't squirted you into her belly"

Lord Walder Frey looks like a RL Gnjus.

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[Banok]

whos seen episode 10?

AW YEAH

sad its over. well was 10 hours well spent.

[Murmillus_Prime]

Disappointed with the lack of decent action in ep10 and the episode in general.

[Ming]

is ep 10 the last1?

[Bjarky]

is ep 10 the last1?

yes, its the last of season 1.
i liked the ending of ep10, i don't know the books, but i had a feeling this should happen at some point already, definitely makes it more exiting and sexy for me 

[Overdriven]

Aw man I liked...o wait

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Drogo...he was cool

I liked the exchange between Baelish and Varys as well. Probably the best bit of the epidode tbh. Not much else happened but ah well it's still good!

O the other lol...CHRIS from Skins

[Bjarky]

yeah, but something else is much "cooler" 

[Overdriven]

yeah, but something else is much "cooler" 

Ha o wait I wote that before getting to the end of the episode...that was cool