[TV] HBO Game of Thrones - Page 21

On December 08 2010 10:00 Zim23 wrote:
I finally sat down and watched the preview of this show and to be honest it got me really really worried. I have this sinking feeling that they're somehow rushing this, I just didn't feel that the world had a large enough scale. A smaller worry is that the acting might not be good enough, but I'm pretty sure this is because i had all their voices in my head and no actor could match that completely.

P.S. The actor playing Jon Snow is no where near baller enough.

On December 08 2010 10:09 Dark.Carnival wrote:

I disagree, I think it looks really well done and we've barely seen anything, just a few brief previews and photos. They have a really good cast, and a lot of the actors fit their characters superbly (especially the children). We shouldn't worry about it until the first episode airs, which will set the pace of the series and how good it is (which I still think will be amazing).

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P.S. The actor playing Jon Snow is no where near baller enough.

Jon should be badass. You can't be badass with curly hair.

On December 08 2010 12:47 Blisse wrote:
I don't like Cersei's character. Same with Danys and Viserys. They don't act natural. Everything feels forced. Might be the hair, but I can't be sure. I just don't feel like they fit. And I expected Jorah to look different.

Any images of Rob?

And the khalasar is not nearly large or awestriking enough.

On December 08 2010 13:10 Krigwin wrote:
First thoughts: So GRRM has been spending his time doing HBO Inside specials instead of publishing his books!? Oh, oh I see. Okay fat man, okay. And "Ned Stark is the center of the show". Oh.. you.. liar... I see what you did there.

Okay but seriously, right off the bat Jaime and Viserys are absolutely perfect, they look just as douchebag-esque as I imagined. Jaime's hair should be more blonde and Viserys should be shorter, but that's about it. Likewise Littlefinger is way too tall, I hope through the magic of cinematography they emphasize his short stature. Robert is way too serious when he's supposed to be a jolly drunk, and Cersei is some kind of intelligent, insightful mastermind (wtf?) instead of the emotional, hotheaded bitch we all know and hate.

We didn't get to see as much of the Wall and Essos as I had hoped, but the Wall looks pretty good. From that trailer though the khalasar was not as impressive as I imagined and I hope all the "riding through dothraki sea" scenes will be well done. We didn't get to see much of Drogo, but I hope the whole deal with his massive braid and tons of bells are done well also, that's supposed to be like the most distinguishing part of his character. And of course, we didn't get to see a bunch of other dudes - Arya, Sansa, Bran, the Hound, Tywin, etc - but hopefully they're done well also. The Hound/Gregor fight scene in particular looks like it should be awesome.

Finally, apparently I have been pronouncing Baratheon and Targaryen wrong all of these years. Apparently it's Ba-RAH-theon when I thought it was Ba-RAY-theon and it's Tar-GARE-yen when I thought it was Tar-GAR-yen.

On December 08 2010 10:14 Zim23 wrote:
Side note: Whenever GRR Martin is on the screen I yell at him to finish the next goddamn book.

On December 08 2010 13:21 Igakusei wrote:
I agree that I'm skeptical about Jon's casting. He was my favorite character, so I have high standards for him!

On December 08 2010 13:29 Krigwin wrote:

I did this too. My yelling was so loud, I was getting tons of weird looks.



...Jon is your favorite character? pfft... wat? Oberyn all the way, baby. Highly disappointed he's not in this show.

But seriously I hope they do all of Jon's trials, protecting Samwell and whatnot, at the Wall well. He had the most character development in all of AGoT except for maybe Daenerys and the two of them are supposed to be the grand mytharc protagonists or whatever so I hope these teen actors are ready!

On December 08 2010 13:10 Krigwin wrote:
Finally, apparently I have been pronouncing Baratheon and Targaryen wrong all of these years. Apparently it's Ba-RAH-theon when I thought it was Ba-RAY-theon and it's Tar-GARE-yen when I thought it was Tar-GAR-yen.