John-Locke wrote:Not really enjoying Season 2 as much as I thought I would at the moment, having read the book I don't like how they gloss over so much stuff... Take the latest episode with the Pyromancers and their Wildfire, in the book it's said that production of the wildfire has been increasingly hard and that it's some kind of magic linked with Dragons, yet since the comet turned up production is easier and returning much higher yields... I don't see any reason to remove these sorts of details, it all feels too rushed... Where in the fuck is Riverrun? The Black Fish? Catelyns Father & Brother? The Siege of Storms End? I still love the show but I just wish they'd take their time telling the story a bit more instead of combining things to simplify the story.
Oh and The Mountain is now played by a different actor http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0245401/
Peven wrote:this is why I won't start reading the books yet. as long as I don't know what was left out I won't be let down...
Peven wrote:I am really pulling for this to be successful long term, though, since it would open the door for other works of good fantasy to be adapted similarly. I think HBO is the only hope I have of ever seeing The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant realized in a live action adaptation and serializing it like GoT has been is the only way it could be done justice.
Peven wrote:I think that is one of the key reasons why The Sopranos did as well as it did, almost no one was safe and you never knew who was going to get whacked next
so sorry wrote:Peven wrote:I think that is one of the key reasons why The Sopranos did as well as it did, almost no one was safe and you never knew who was going to get whacked next
That, and outside of salaries is was probably dirt cheap to make!
Peven wrote:this is why I won't start reading the books yet. as long as I don't know what was left out I won't be let down, though it does seem as though they are minimizing any magical aspects of the story.
Ribbons wrote: I don't know what the odds are of another set of books getting the same treatment, because I think the production costs on Game of Thrones border on being prohibitively expensive as it is.
Ribbons wrote:Peven wrote:this is why I won't start reading the books yet. as long as I don't know what was left out I won't be let down, though it does seem as though they are minimizing any magical aspects of the story.
Sort of, but in many ways A Song of Ice and Fire is the ideal fantasy property to be adapted to TV because the presence of fantasy elements in the series (at least the first two books) is shockingly minimal. It's more of a wild card than anything else; these rival factions and greedy lords spend the whole time trying to kill each other, and then every once in a while some magical creature comes along and tilts the scales. That's not to say the White Walkers and the wildfire aren't a little disappointing in their execution, but the success of the series doesn't hinge on it because Martin wants your attention directed elsewhere. I don't know what the odds are of another set of books getting the same treatment, because I think the production costs on Game of Thrones border on being prohibitively expensive as it is.
Ribbons wrote:I know, I know, oh, oh, oh
TonyWilson wrote:. The Arya/Tywin scene we get in this episode is flat out fucking awesome but with the death of The Tickler so early we've also lost the absolutely the greatest moment of the entire series, no spoilers but it's easily one of the single best scenes in modern popcorn fiction from any medium.
John-Locke wrote:You know nothing swoop91
I LOVED this latest episode, best of the season by far.
swoop91 wrote:...... some shreds of "brotherly love" between Cersei and Tyrion. That felt so out of place and like a one time thing..
Peven wrote:swoop91 wrote:...some shreds of "brotherly love" between Cersei and Tyrion. That felt so out of place and like a one time thing...
don't tell me you fell for that act, they even made a point to hold that shot on her face to show her expression waiver for a moment, she was totally trying to play Tyrion, crazy evil bitch
Ribbons wrote:Peven wrote:swoop91 wrote:...some shreds of "brotherly love" between Cersei and Tyrion. That felt so out of place and like a one time thing...
don't tell me you fell for that act, they even made a point to hold that shot on her face to show her expression waiver for a moment, she was totally trying to play Tyrion, crazy evil bitch
Yeah, if anything it's more creepy than affectionate
Fievel wrote:Ribbons wrote:Peven wrote:swoop91 wrote:...some shreds of "brotherly love" between Cersei and Tyrion. That felt so out of place and like a one time thing...
don't tell me you fell for that act, they even made a point to hold that shot on her face to show her expression waiver for a moment, she was totally trying to play Tyrion, crazy evil bitch
Yeah, if anything it's more creepy than affectionate
I thought it seemed like Tyrion was going to go over and console her.
But then, after hearing Cersei speak so openly of her relationship with Jaime, he thought she'd think he was hitting on her. So he was all like "Ewwww."
BuckyO'harre wrote:Since when is cunt the only profanity in Westeros?
Seriously, there was like a 6:1 cunt to cock ratio.
Fievel wrote:And did Stannis's Hand-to-be die in the wildfire attack?
Nice Marmot wrote:Fanastic episode! For as long as I've known this would be adapted, I thought they could never do the wildfire justice. They pulled it off and then some.
They are going to need to knock the House of the Undying out of the park. I can't think of anything else in book 2 that could come close to a worthy, climatic season ender.
Brit Pop wrote: Bronn is growing on me a lot, Jerome Flynn is quite good in the role, but us from the UK remember him from the following - its hard to forget!!!
so sorry wrote:Certainly Tyrion steals the show, but I think the child actors are really strong…great casting. Joeffry is a douche for sure. I'm a bit disappointed that he's such a charicature of a spoiled brat King.
so sorry wrote:I think my one big complaint is the insistence of having each of the men characters having to have romantic stories every couple of episodes. Jon Snow and the Wilding woman…totally unnecessary. Robb Stark and the healer girl…unnecessary.
so sorry wrote:The episode with the siege on King's Landing was the highlight of both seasons. Awesome stuff all around. Not sure why the Hound suddenly found distaste for what he does though.
so sorry wrote:P.P.S. So I guess ravens are like Bell Atlantic in this world?
travis-dane wrote:"Robb and the healer girl" will resolve into a huge storyline. But it will take some time to get there, especially if the rumors are true that the third book will be broken up into two seasons.
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