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

[bilwit]

The guy who plays Stannis is horribly, horribly miscast.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

The guy who plays Stannis is horribly, horribly miscast.

mh, I'd tend to wait a little for a final judgement. But for now I have to agree that he appeared far too relaxed.

[bilwit]

mh, I'd tend to wait a little for a final judgement. But for now I have to agree that he appeared far too relaxed.

That was the least of my critique. Stannis is supposed to be an imposing figure with a deep and chilling voice. The actor is weasely and comes off as pompous when he's supposed to be serious.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

That was the least of my critique. Stannis is supposed to be an imposing figure with a deep and chilling voice. The actor is weasely and comes off as pompous when he's supposed to be serious.

I actually never imagined Stannis to be imposing. Rather grim, sullen and stubborn. But even then I agree, so far the the HBO-version lacks seriousness and strength. But his voice I like, actually.


Wait a bit and we'll see.

[Bjarky]

I think the next ep will be better, now that we're got the intro's done 

[rebbrown]

I actually never imagined Stannis to be imposing. Rather grim, sullen and stubborn. But even then I agree, so far the the HBO-version lacks seriousness and strength. But his voice I like, actually.


Wait a bit and we'll see.

If you read the chapters (like the burning of the idols) again, you'll see that Stannis often has a 'get this over with' attitude towards things he doesn't like / isn't comfortable with. He has a love/hate relationship with R'hhlor and simply isn't too happy with the burning of the idols. Hence his 'okay, this is done, get the fuck out'. The way he handled the writing of the letter was perfect Stannis, now to see how he deals with Renly

And I absolutely love Davos. Couldbn't have casted him better.

[Leesin]

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Really enjoyed the first episode, been waiting so long, really glad season 2 is here.

[Anal Bleeding]

is that guy playing Davos the actor from The Wire who played the asshole captain of the homicide unit?

[bilwit]

I actually never imagined Stannis to be imposing. Rather grim, sullen and stubborn. But even then I agree, so far the the HBO-version lacks seriousness and strength. But his voice I like, actually.


Wait a bit and we'll see.

Might not be what you were referring to but I noticed a little change in overall demeanor as well, it seems like they really let loose and had a little fun with the dialogue -- particularly a couple lines Tyrion says and other instances with other characters as well (Maester Luwin had a little moment and there was another one that I forgot). I think it's kind of cool and shows writing maturity.

The biggest scene that erked me the most was Rob's scene with Jaime. They both did a good job for the most part but the last bit with the digital wolf felt incredibly contrived. It was like, yeah.. okay.. we get the point: Rob is a badass but the wolf scaring Jaime was a dumb and unnecessary exercise of their apparently new CGI budget.

Also, for as good and award-winning of a job that the actor who plays Tyrion does, his glaringly fake accent bothers me a lot

[Overdriven]

The biggest scene that erked me the most was Rob's scene with Jaime. They both did a good job for the most part but the last bit with the digital wolf felt incredibly contrived. It was like, yeah.. okay.. we get the point: Rob is a badass but the wolf scaring Jaime was a dumb and unnecessary exercise of their apparently new CGI budget.

I think it was just their way of properly reintroducing us to the 'new' older Direwolves. I actually really liked that scene because they did it that way.

[Ninja_Khorin]

The point of the scene is to remind the audience that the wolves are direwolves, not normal wolves.

[bosco]

Episode 02 is already available on the interbutts, in case you don't want to wait until next week.

[The_Bloody_Nine]

Peter Dinklage's fake accent, what are you talking about? What accent does he fake?

And as far as I remember him from interviews or other movies he allways talks like this. I could be wrong, especially as I'm no native english speaker.

Episode 02 is already available on the interbutts, in case you don't want to wait until next week.

damn you, it's true. Now I won't resist to watch/d-load this night and then I'll have to wait two weeks for the next episode.   

[bilwit]

Peter Dinklage's fake accent, what are you talking about? What accent does he fake?

And as far as I remember him from interviews or other movies he allways talks like this. I could be wrong, especially as I'm no native english speaker.damn you, it's true. Now I won't resist to watch/d-load this night and then I'll have to wait two weeks for the next episode.   

He's an American. I applaud him for sounding naturally posh sometimes but I find my self cringing like nails-on-a-chalkboard every other sentence  he speaks

Episode 02 is already available on the interbutts, in case you don't want to wait until next week.

Thanks for the tip!

[Banok]

the guy playing davos is a bad guy in the irish film: the guard. if you haven't seen it go watch it now, scum! watched it recently though it was amazingly funny/original.

on series 2:
I liked that the wolves finally look like dire wolves and not just ordinary dogs, I look forward to hopefully some battle scenes. my only major gripe with season 1 was the completely cut battle scenes. I kind of have low-ish expectations tho because I mean the battle of blackwater... surely must be cut down.