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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #330 on: April 03, 2012, 05:50:44 pm »
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Renly was really the worst cast so far imo. Given the way they've painted him as a whiny bitch in the first season (nothing to do with his homosexuality, the way the whole homo thing was approached in the books I got more of a ancient Greek feel to it, i.e warrior like and not effiminate, as opposed to modern perceptions), I'm looking forward to how it plays out with Stannis. 

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Stannis didn't seem miscast as far as looks, not a fan of his voice though.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #331 on: April 03, 2012, 06:04:09 pm »
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Agreed Oberyn, that is how I see these characters too.

Concerning strictly sticking to the books then it seems palpable that Clash of Kings will see the results of a lot more hard editing than Game of Thrones did.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #332 on: April 03, 2012, 07:38:26 pm »
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Ahahaha, those foldable noseguards on the Lannister helmets, that makes too much sense!

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #333 on: April 03, 2012, 07:51:48 pm »
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Armaments of the City Guard and the Lannisters are really, really crappy, though wolves, crows and Kingsguard (minus the helmets, wtf are up with those) are pretty accurate, as is the armors of Loras Tyrell and the Mountain that Rides (and iconic items like Sandor Clegane's great helmet). But the occasional LoTR movie trilogy item has still sneaked in here and there.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #334 on: April 03, 2012, 08:36:17 pm »
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Watched E02... damn cliffhangers  :lol:

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #335 on: April 03, 2012, 09:58:03 pm »
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yeah that was hilarious  :lol:

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #336 on: April 03, 2012, 11:01:32 pm »
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Anyone got a link to a stream?

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #337 on: April 04, 2012, 01:26:28 am »
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Favorite part of the show is anytime a bunch of bearded men in puffy coats get together and yell, "THE KING IN THE NORTH" a couple of dozen times.
You think you're pretty smart with your dago mustache and your greasy hair.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #338 on: April 04, 2012, 05:27:51 am »
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Renly was really the worst cast so far imo. Given the way they've painted him as a whiny bitch in the first season (nothing to do with his homosexuality, the way the whole homo thing was approached in the books I got more of a ancient Greek feel to it, i.e warrior like and not effiminate, as opposed to modern perceptions), I'm looking forward to how it plays out with Stannis. 

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Stannis didn't seem miscast as far as looks, not a fan of his voice though.

To be fair Renly didn't get enough screentime for me to reach the same conclusion about him in the show as you did. He's only whiny during the Loras scene; he shows complete confidence when he tries to convince Ned to help him get the throne.
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #339 on: April 04, 2012, 05:39:13 am »
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any successful HBO drama has a little homosex. The Wire and Spartacus for example.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #340 on: April 04, 2012, 11:28:43 am »
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WTF...

First Chris and Now Cassie...what is the cast of Skins doing in Game of Thrones:

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And yes I'm watching the second episode  :P Is HBOGO premium and they get it a week early or something?

Sounds weird to have Hannah Murries as Gilly...more used to her in this roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HopCCzJO8NU
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #341 on: April 04, 2012, 12:15:27 pm »
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Renly was really the worst cast so far imo.
agreed. hes supposed to look like king robert before he got fat. hes supposed to be very tall, strong and handsome and a warrior. instead we got this wimpy, ordinary looking guy. I also seem to remember him having long dark hair, they coudln't even get that right.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #342 on: April 04, 2012, 03:31:22 pm »
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agreed. hes supposed to look like king robert before he got fat. hes supposed to be very tall, strong and handsome and a warrior. instead we got this wimpy, ordinary looking guy. I also seem to remember him having long dark hair, they coudln't even get that right.
All in all I couldn't care less about all these comparisons between how they did it wrong compared to the books. The only important thing is that they the get the story done as a TV adaption which is working/coherent in itself. Of course they shouldn't make a new story out of it, but so long as it stays a very good story and very good tv show (which it seems to be) they are free to do some changes to characters or leave some story-arcs out and invent others, imo.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]
« Reply #343 on: April 04, 2012, 07:11:47 pm »
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Robb's wolf isn't cgi btw - they filmed a real wolf and digitally 'enhanced' him -> they made the wolf a bit bigger.

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