[TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion - Page 25

On June 15 2011 10:24 Ianuus wrote:


And what functions do cost and revenue depend on? The directors' input. This isn't econ1001 where you get given cost and revenue as dependent on quantity to be optimised, instead what we have here is the optimisation of the budget vs quality of the show, which the directors most certainly do have a say in.

On June 15 2011 11:26 happyness wrote:


And if the show is low quality there will be less profit then if they made it a little longer. Of course the director's input is taken into account, it is silly to think that accountants don't give a shit about the director's/creator's thoughts of how it should go.

Anyway I think I read somewhere that the next season will be 12 episodes(probably on westeros.org, too lazy to look it up)

You do realize that the show in its current form is in fact low quality / low budget, right? The majority of the reason for its excellent performance thus far stems from the high quality of the source material; it's so good that we barely notice the lack of a big budget. The actors are all rising to the occasion, but let's be honest, there is a reason that none got Emmy nominations, and the few that are heads-and-tails above the rest are primarily in breakout roles.

“Game of Thrones” debuted to strong reviews and ratings. Like “Boardwalk Empire,” it was renewed for a second season after only one episode had aired. HBO sent Emmy voters an impressive screner package and has confirmed the following category placements for its two hot new dramas:

“Game of Thrones”
Drama Series
Drama Actor: Sean Bean
Drama Actress: Lena Headey
Drama Supporting Actor: Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Aiden Gillen, Kit Harington, Jason Momoa
Drama Supporting Actress: Emilia Clarke, Michelle Fairley

On June 15 2011 16:59 Ren91 wrote:
hooooly shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, arya was made blind? its either gonna completely suck and shes gonna be out of the story and "serve the gods" or she's gonna be a complete baller and be a blind assassin... a blind assassin doesnt sound like something martin would do

You do realize that the show in its current form is in fact low quality / low budget, right? The majority of the reason for its excellent performance thus far stems from the high quality of the source material; it's so good that we barely notice the lack of a big budget. The actors are all rising to the occasion, but let's be honest, there is a reason that none got Emmy nominations, and the few that are heads-and-tails above the rest are primarily in breakout roles.

On June 15 2011 12:37 Shaithis wrote:
Joffrey. Tyrion all but gets a confession from him at some point. In any case, who else would have had access to the king's armory (the king won the dagger from Littlefinger, not Tyrion who never bet against his brother), and would have been stupid / clueless enough to arm a schmuck with an easily recognizable weapon?




Broski, I don't speak from an econ1001 perspective. The first season of any show is more or less an educated gamble. Directors are given a budget (considering the lack of high-profile stars and CGI in AGoT, it was not very big). Based on the performance of the season, the network determines (a) whether to renew, (b) how to set the budget going forward.




You do realize that the show in its current form is in fact low quality / low budget, right? The majority of the reason for its excellent performance thus far stems from the high quality of the source material; it's so good that we barely notice the lack of a big budget. The actors are all rising to the occasion, but let's be honest, there is a reason that none got Emmy nominations, and the few that are heads-and-tails above the rest are primarily in breakout roles.

On June 15 2011 18:52 snotboogie wrote:


Season/Book 3 =)



Wasn't there some blind kid in the Faceless Man dojo? That would imply it's just a phase of her training.

On June 15 2011 23:24 Curu wrote:


I think it was a punishment more than training. She's taught that she is "no one" and to forget her past identity, but she kills a deserter (something Arya would do) and then drinks some milk marked for "Arya."

On June 15 2011 09:07 Magus wrote:

Beat me to it, first reaction to that was just.

"...Hehehehe."

On June 15 2011 23:21 TheFrankOne wrote:
Posted by Harvey123 in the Inside the Game thread:
guys I think we are searching for brans murderer in the wrong way littlefinger or tyrion would never let such an amateur try and kill an important person as bran stark they are both geniuses in their own way I think its more likely that joffrey attempted to kill bran because you notice how much he hates the starks (scene with the swords with robb, arya , and the scene with his mother)

I love it, this guy is pretty much dead on, in his first post, but its in the wrong damn thread.

On June 16 2011 02:10 Tialys wrote:
I gotta say, I liked the first episodes much more than the last ones.

Joffrey's actor doesn't know how to do a vile face. I liked Arya at first but it seems she can't cry or do a sad/raging face. Shae is supposed to be sleezy not all moundain and shit (Although she gets +1 for being a porn actress xD). Tywin doesn't seem too mean with Tyrion, and we didn't see the latter suffer through the fight.
The most disappointing might be the story of Jon. No real excitement + He doesn't feel like Jon is supposed to be (he's trying to make a good sad and resigned face but it doesn't quite fit and he's doing it all the time which is starting to be annoying)

Also Jorah's fight wasn't as exiting as drogo's.in ep8 or as ned and jaime's. The other guy had his sword grabbed and stood there waiting for what seemed to be the slowest blow ever.

However I will admit that little finger's "Im not gonna fight them, Im gonna fuck them" in a latter episode was epic. The other actors, the first to be introduced in the series, are good, sometimes awesome. Hell can you make a better bitch than Cersei or a better khal than Jason momoa's Drogo ? Hope they get more and more of the likes of those..