Game of Thrones

I cranked up the volume, turned on the DVR, and watched it liked a man!

 

He saw it a couple of days later and it wasn't bad. He pretty much said that it was a bit ridiculous. I'm too old to get in trouble for something like that but it is still a bit awkward with parents. So I guess you win that one.

 

I watched those scenes with my husband and just laughed at how over the top they were (I didn't hear him complaining...). It is what I expected of HBO, and considering the amount of detail there is in the books, it really doesn't depart from the tone that Martin wrote with.

As for the dragon... go with R.R. for sure

 

I'm pushing for Samuel but I may be a bit biased

 

Neither. You name him Syrio.

 

Too bad y'all didn't get on the boat early. George's wife ran a t-shirt company and made shirts for all the major houses during the first book or two. You can't get 'em now. I have a House Stark and a House Lannister... if I'd known about the TV show and how big it would get, I would've spent every penny I had on a truckload of shirts and would be selling them NOW for about 10x what I paid for them.

 

I like it. Syrio Forel Haley. Badass

 

Syrio- boy
Syria- girl

 

Thank God I'm not the only one who noticed.

Because they're cheap.

 

Have to wait 'til I get home to see it! Was the episode good?

 

YES! I just bought Season One and watched it in 2 days about a week ago. Read only the first bit of the book, wasn't pulled in, but I'm very impressed with the HBO production, especially the Imp! The opening sequence, the sets, and pretty much all of the acting is phenomenally good, and much better than I expected.

 

I believe I had read that George RR Martin confirmed he was dead, which sucks because Syrio could have become an even more amazing chracter.


Also, agreed. Dinklage is amazing, not just his character, but his acting as well.

 

Yes.

And Peter's doing a great job- what a dream role for him- but I continue to maintain that he's way too good-looking to be Tyrion.

 

Haven't been able to watch episode three yet, so I brought this over here instead of posting on the other thread. One problem that I see cropping up is that with so many characters in the new season, it has clearly gotten hard for the show to spend more than a couple minutes with each "group" for lack of a better word. The people making the show are doing a great job of handling it, but still.

 

I believe this is why we are only seeing groups of characters per episode. The first episode had everyone because they needed to recap everyones position. But in the last two episodes we see storylines and characters dropping in and out. This worked well last season and helped the show develop better.