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On March 01 2013 05:26 prplhz wrote:
is it just me or did this series jump the shark half way through book 2
It's not just you. That's about the point where I lost interest in the novels as well. I like the show though. I think this is one of the very very few times where the TV adaptation is better than the source material. I'm probably wrong though since millions of people seem to really enjoy the novels. I'm not really sure why I didn't.
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On March 01 2013 18:18 MVega wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 05:26 prplhz wrote:
is it just me or did this series jump the shark half way through book 2 It's not just you. That's about the point where I lost interest in the novels as well. I like the show though. I think this is one of the very very few times where the TV adaptation is better than the source material. I'm probably wrong though since millions of people seem to really enjoy the novels. I'm not really sure why I didn't.
What exactly was it that happened halfway through book 2 that makes you think that?
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increase of magic. subtly put. i think
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On March 01 2013 04:10 Topin wrote:Rob wife is still alive right? cant remember, was she with child? can we do something about spoilers of the unplished book? personally i dont want to read the chapters realeased and then come here and have a massive spoiler, but if ppl say is ok ill have more care 
Well martin probably won't release any chapters where something big happens anyway.
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On March 01 2013 17:59 GGTeMpLaR wrote:I still can't get over the fact that Caesar is going to be Mance Rayder and Brutus is going to be Edmure Tully. Season 3 is bringing in the talent. ![[image loading]](http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130125200556/gameofthrones/images/thumb/8/82/ManceS3Promo.jpg/250px-ManceS3Promo.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121203133735/gameofthrones/images/thumb/1/1d/EdmureTullyS3.jpg/250px-EdmureTullyS3.jpg) I'm supposed to look at them and see Mance and Edmure, but I just see Caesar and Brutus in weird costumes. IT'S CRAZY
well it hink Caesar has his Caesar thing going on... ON every single shot or clip he looks like this fearless, merciless, cold warrior-leader.
I always imagined him with a mocking smile on his face, and he's described as the minstrel type who would surpise you when he kicks your ass, or when u find out he's actually the KBtW.
I have a feeling we wont get that introduction scene from the books, he's gonna be more of a Magnar of Tent than Bael the bard
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On March 01 2013 17:49 zatic wrote:
Yeah I find Cersei is a perfect cast. I was a little disappointed in Margaery, because I believe of all characters in the book she is described as out of the world beautiful.
And I agree that Asha doesn't fit her description in the books well.
Then again Ygritte looks waaaaaaaaayyy too perfect.
wow, this was exactly what i thought. Asha was a big "wtf" in a bad way and Ygritte in a good way. Daenerys was just perfect ♥
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Cersei aint perfect but it's understandable. You need a great actress who looks over 35 but still very easy on the eyes. She filled the dots satisfactorily. Asha and Margaery are firmly on the ugly side.
Daenerys has grown on me. Used to think she was kinda plain in Season 1, kinda pretty in Season 2. And now looking at her in season 3 trailer with her blue dress and I go "Dayum!".
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On March 02 2013 02:58 mpa wrote:
Cersei aint perfect but it's understandable. You need a great actress who looks over 35 but still very easy on the eyes. She filled the dots satisfactorily. Asha and Margaery are firmly on the ugly side.
Daenerys has grown on me. Used to think she was kinda plain in Season 1, kinda pretty in Season 2. And now looking at her in season 3 trailer with her blue dress and I go "Dayum!".
Ok, it could be my lack of not having dated in a long while but you think the actress playing Margaery is ugly? I mean to each their own. I don't see ugly at all. Asha I agree is a little on the manish side but that's the only one. The others I wouldn't kick out of my bed, just saying. On second thought i prob wouldn't kick any of them out lol. What can I say, I'm desperate.
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Asha was the first casting that totally threw me off, I don't like it at all. Renly actually bothers me a bit too. In the books I got the image of him as looking like young Robert but in the show he comes off more as a pretty boy.
In a show with such a big cast having so few quibbles with the casting is great since they have to find good looking people who can actually act too. In Dany's case a young actress who can act and pull off a silver wig.
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On March 02 2013 03:25 Xinder wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 02:58 mpa wrote:
Cersei aint perfect but it's understandable. You need a great actress who looks over 35 but still very easy on the eyes. She filled the dots satisfactorily. Asha and Margaery are firmly on the ugly side.
Daenerys has grown on me. Used to think she was kinda plain in Season 1, kinda pretty in Season 2. And now looking at her in season 3 trailer with her blue dress and I go "Dayum!". Ok, it could be my lack of not having dated in a long while but you think the actress playing Margaery is ugly? I mean to each their own. I don't see ugly at all. Asha I agree is a little on the manish side but that's the only one. The others I wouldn't kick out of my bed, just saying. On second thought i prob wouldn't kick any of them out lol. What can I say, I'm desperate.
I agree I think the actress that plays Margaery is quite attractive. Cersei and Ygritte are really well cast too IMO
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Ygritte's actually supposed to be pretty mediocre-looking, but hey you gotta be hot to have sex scenes with Kit Harington
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Renly was certainly different, the silly scene in the series where he was being a little girl over his own blood, when he was attending tourneys in books was kinda...
Tyrion and Tywin all too good though.
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Dunno what you guys are smoking Margaery is hot! Also Tyrion, Tywin, Arya, Jon Snow, Varys, Jamie, Brienne all inspired casting. The Cersei actress, while not being super-attractive, is great at portraying the character.
Almost forgot Joffrey- perfect casting there too.
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On March 01 2013 19:09 GhostLink wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 18:18 MVega wrote:On March 01 2013 05:26 prplhz wrote:
is it just me or did this series jump the shark half way through book 2 It's not just you. That's about the point where I lost interest in the novels as well. I like the show though. I think this is one of the very very few times where the TV adaptation is better than the source material. I'm probably wrong though since millions of people seem to really enjoy the novels. I'm not really sure why I didn't. What exactly was it that happened halfway through book 2 that makes you think that?
Well to be fair I started losing interest somewhere near the end of book 1, but I started reading book 2 anyway to give the series a fair shot and just gave up halfway through. I'm sure it's a good series, not trying to offend it's fans or anything, just for me personally I find that the TV adaptation is better than the novels. I started reading it after it got super hyped though, so that could have something to do with it.
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On March 02 2013 04:47 daemir wrote:
Renly was certainly different, the silly scene in the series where he was being a little girl over his own blood, when he was attending tourneys in books was kinda...
Yea, that pisses me off. But a lot of little things they do in the show make me angry. But that's going to happen with any film adaption of literature unfortunately
On March 02 2013 04:25 Cainam wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 03:25 Xinder wrote:On March 02 2013 02:58 mpa wrote:
Cersei aint perfect but it's understandable. You need a great actress who looks over 35 but still very easy on the eyes. She filled the dots satisfactorily. Asha and Margaery are firmly on the ugly side.
Daenerys has grown on me. Used to think she was kinda plain in Season 1, kinda pretty in Season 2. And now looking at her in season 3 trailer with her blue dress and I go "Dayum!". Ok, it could be my lack of not having dated in a long while but you think the actress playing Margaery is ugly? I mean to each their own. I don't see ugly at all. Asha I agree is a little on the manish side but that's the only one. The others I wouldn't kick out of my bed, just saying. On second thought i prob wouldn't kick any of them out lol. What can I say, I'm desperate. I agree I think the actress that plays Margaery is quite attractive. Cersei and Ygritte are really well cast too IMO
Ygritte was not well cast, unless your definition of "well cast" is "hot actress". She was supposed to be fairly average looking and rough, but instead she's like the most attractive actress in the show, and on top of that they put a bunch of make up on her and hollywood the fuck out of her.
She's supposed to be a wildling, dirty and unkempt. yet the show some how interprets that she's supposed to look like this:
![[image loading]](http://thewallmachine.com/files/1353510466.jpg)
Sorry for ranting, it just bugs me. I really hated the Jon Snow/Ygritte scenes.
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On March 02 2013 05:35 itkovian wrote:
Ygritte was not well cast, unless your definition of "well cast" is "hot actress". She was supposed to be fairly average looking and rough, but instead she's like the most attractive actress in the show, and on top of that they put a bunch of make up on her and hollywood the fuck out of her.
I agree, but sadly people complain way more when an actress is not up to their (ridiculously high) standards of beauty than when an actress doesn't fit the description at all but is still hot.
If anyone in the show doesn't live up to his in-book description it's Loras imo.
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Glad to see i'm not the only one bothered by some of the actors. When I first watched the TV adaptation, it really bugged me, to a point where i almost stopped watching.
When I see an actor, I can't get his face out of my mind and that upsets me to no end when I can't have MY own face ( the one I pictured ) in my mind when reading.
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On March 02 2013 06:32 Maenander wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 05:35 itkovian wrote:
Ygritte was not well cast, unless your definition of "well cast" is "hot actress". She was supposed to be fairly average looking and rough, but instead she's like the most attractive actress in the show, and on top of that they put a bunch of make up on her and hollywood the fuck out of her.
I agree, but sadly people complain way more when an actress is not up to their (ridiculously high) standards of beauty than when an actress doesn't fit the description at all but is still hot. If anyone in the show doesn't live up to his in-book description it's Loras imo.
Well i mean they aren't going to make the show look ugly just proven by Tyrion after the injury to the fact is just a big scar vs missing most of his nose.
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On March 02 2013 06:43 semantics wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2013 06:32 Maenander wrote:On March 02 2013 05:35 itkovian wrote:
Ygritte was not well cast, unless your definition of "well cast" is "hot actress". She was supposed to be fairly average looking and rough, but instead she's like the most attractive actress in the show, and on top of that they put a bunch of make up on her and hollywood the fuck out of her.
I agree, but sadly people complain way more when an actress is not up to their (ridiculously high) standards of beauty than when an actress doesn't fit the description at all but is still hot. If anyone in the show doesn't live up to his in-book description it's Loras imo. Well i mean they aren't going to make the show look ugly just proven by Tyrion after the injury to the fact is just a big scar vs missing most of his nose.
That's just how it works, and there's no way around it. As we all learned from The Simpsons, there's "ugly ugly" and "TV ugly".
And as for Tyrion, I bet it also had a lot to do with the make-up/CGI effort of having a character with just half a nose. I much would have preferred him with mismatched eyes and bit of a wobble in his gait, too, but eh. Peter Dinklage is still the perfect choice for the role, obviously.
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I love every single cast for season 1 and season 2, but i've got a really hard time with Mance Rayder. Just from the shaggy looks and the way he speaks in his scene we know from the trailer i can imagine that this could turn out to be a bad choice. Obviously the guy is a great actor, but i guess we'll have to see what he brings into that role.
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