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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On April 04 2011 15:47 Drowsy wrote: I have no background with these books, but I fucking love HBO tv series and I love the fantasy genre. So without major spoilers, seasons last 80+ years in this world, white walkers are some sort of undead things, and this whole series will take place during winter? Seasons last however long they last. Years last however long they last. It's been 10 years since the last Winter, but no one knows what constitutes a year in Westeros. White walkers are Others. Basically you have Dragons and you have the Others. Then you have some Magi and a spoiler. That's all the fantasy you'll get. I think I've got the wights/Others/undead confused after the preview though. The phrase is, "Winter is Coming." Not, "Winter is Here." I believe the unreleased Book Six is when Winter actually begins. | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On April 04 2011 15:52 Blisse wrote: Seasons last however long they last. Years last however long they last. It's been 10 years since the last Winter, but no one knows what constitutes a year in Westeros. White walkers are Others. Basically you have Dragons and you have the Others. Then you have some Magi and a spoiler. That's all the fantasy you'll get. I think I've got the wights/Others/undead confused after the preview though. The phrase is, "Winter is Coming." Not, "Winter is Here." I believe the unreleased Book Six is when Winter actually begins. ok so there's no calendar and season durations are kinda random. But they said the kid was 10 years old, so does that mean 3650 days? | ||
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eNbee
Belgium487 Posts
On April 04 2011 15:54 Drowsy wrote: ok so there's no calendar and season durations are kinda random. But they said the kid was 10 years old, so does that mean 3650 days? It's variable, they talk in the books about exceptionally long winters/summers from the past. | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
Seasons last however long they last. Years last however long they last. It's been 10 years since the last Winter, but no one knows what constitutes a year in Westeros. I don't recall them ever saying that years are different from what we consider a year. I don't see what that would add to the story either beside making the chronolgy utterly unreadable. I am pretty sure a year is just a year. | ||
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betaV1.25
425 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I believe that the "others" bring cold, this would explain why sometimes they have soft winters. now that they are coming south... the cold, aka winter, is going to come. This would allso fit rather well with the house stark as they are the protectors of the North (of the seven kindoms, witch is south of the others ;-)) I watched the preview now like 10 times.... if i would have the option to get the hbo channel here, i woudnt care what it would cost me, i would buy it. | ||
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Cedstick
Canada3336 Posts
It's too bad for HBO I refuse to get cable just for them. I'd pay $25 a month for online HBO just to watch this. The Others were well-done for me. I did expect them to be as agile as any living creature, though they were depicted in the scene as being rather fast, despite, I think, the directors not actually trying to emphasize that point. I always saw them as quite pale, with an ethereal look, but not wholly translucent. They were quite insolent in the books regarding their vicious superiority. | ||
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Banno
Australia44 Posts
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On April 04 2011 12:33 happyness wrote: AWESOME It was too short lol Looks very well done. I don't have HBO tho......  Guess I'll have to wait for it to come out on DVD Or you can do as I will, get torrents now and then later buy a DVD of the whole season to support HBO. | ||
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betaV1.25
425 Posts
On April 04 2011 17:03 Cedstick wrote: They don't say anything about years, so it's assumed a year is the typical length. Seasons, as said, vary in length. Bran has lived his entire life in the Summer (possibly born in Spring.) It's too bad for HBO I refuse to get cable just for them. I'd pay $25 a month for online HBO just to watch this. The Others were well-done for me. I did expect them to be as agile as any living creature, though they were depicted in the scene as being rather fast, despite, I think, the directors not actually trying to emphasize that point. I always saw them as quite pale, with an ethereal look, but not wholly translucent. They were quite insolent in the books regarding their vicious superiority. How do i get online hbo ? i have been searching their site but... i am not finding it. Edit: In my nerdgasm i choked and actually read that you are paying 25$ a month for online HBO. Now that i have registered @ hbo.com with my work email and searched the site over and over i reread your post and have to conclude that i was reading incorrectly. | ||
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cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
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enzymezero
United States65 Posts
The preview provoked a nerd-gasm. | ||
MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
On April 05 2011 01:19 betaV1.25 wrote: How do i get online hbo ? i have been searching their site but... i am not finding it. Edit: In my nerdgasm i choked and actually read that you are paying 25$ a month for online HBO. Now that i have registered @ hbo.com with my work email and searched the site over and over i reread your post and have to conclude that i was reading incorrectly. Interestingly it seems like they offer a VoD service, but it's just on top of the regular cable based program. And it looks like HBO isn't even offered in Germany. So I guess I'm stuck with downloads first and then buying the DVDs later. b.t.w does anybody know if such a show is usually available with subtitles? Just watched the first 15 minutes and it was a bit hard to understand at times, and some of those I'll watch it with don't understand spoken English that well. | ||
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Hamp
Norway100 Posts
http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/about/video/exclusive-preview.html?autoplay=true&cmpid=ABC125 It is looking fucking awesome so far. Got me pumped for the rest at least. Edit: Well, I guess I'm late to the party, but yeah, got so excited that I didn't read the posts before :/ | ||
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pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
Also, just noticed the red heart tree in the godswood when the camera pans over Winterfell, nice touch I thought | ||
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DragoonPK
3259 Posts
On April 05 2011 07:51 Eishi_Ki wrote: I am intrigued as to why they chose Will and not Gared to die in the beheading, not that it really matters but Gared was the PoV character... Also, just noticed the red heart tree in the godswood when the camera pans over Winterfell, nice touch I thought Wasn't it Will that was POV? | ||
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Abysus
United States67 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Yes, it was Will's pov for the chapter, but the chapter ended with Royce choking him to death | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
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