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karazax
United States3737 Posts
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Turenne
331 Posts
On April 09 2011 05:48 MasterOfChaos wrote: Dropping out of a stupid offtopic discussion that will go nowhere is a wise decision. Much appreciated, thank you. | ||
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Mattes
Germany1116 Posts
Why did i watch those initial 14 minutes? Tuesday is my birthday and i couldnt care less, because the 17th is definately THE Day of the week/month :D + Show Spoiler + Overall i'm pretty pleased with what i saw in those 14 minutes. Dont know why they changed Gared/Will though, and of course i'd imagine winterfell to be more the WINTERfell of my imagination (on the other hand i guess getting some dozend km³ of snow isnt that easy) When i initially saw the cast when it was announced i was quite displeased that especially the "child actors" (read. practically everyone from rickon to robb) would be much older that their counterpart, but i guess i can live with it. Even though robb is supposed to be 14 in the first books that impression is quite shattered in those first 14 minutes :D But it may sound as if i'm displeased, which is absolutely not the case. I love the detail and effort HBO has put into this series and i cant imagine that they will disappoint me in those coming 10 episodes. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36389 Posts
i mean, i understand dany is 13 in the book its hard to not have that fact detract from her scenes with drogo. mainstream would not understand T.T | ||
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eNbee
Belgium487 Posts
On April 10 2011 01:09 Mattes wrote: Oh god damn HomeBox(ofPandora)Office... Why did i watch those initial 14 minutes? Tuesday is my birthday and i couldnt care less, because the 17th is definately THE Day of the week/month :D + Show Spoiler + Overall i'm pretty pleased with what i saw in those 14 minutes. Dont know why they changed Gared/Will though, and of course i'd imagine winterfell to be more the WINTERfell of my imagination (on the other hand i guess getting some dozend km³ of snow isnt that easy) When i initially saw the cast when it was announced i was quite displeased that especially the "child actors" (read. practically everyone from rickon to robb) would be much older that their counterpart, but i guess i can live with it. Even though robb is supposed to be 14 in the first books that impression is quite shattered in those first 14 minutes :D But it may sound as if i'm displeased, which is absolutely not the case. I love the detail and effort HBO has put into this series and i cant imagine that they will disappoint me in those coming 10 episodes. I'm so glad they went with a little older kids, especially for the really young ones, the quality of the show stands to benifit, so I am pleased. | ||
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Mattes
Germany1116 Posts
On April 10 2011 01:14 Hot_Bid wrote: i think they aged up the characters for two reasons, one is that its just so hard to find child actors that young who can play those parts. two, some of the stuff that goes on is pretty violent / sexual and they need it to be more appropriate for audiences. i mean, i understand dany is 13 in the book its hard to not have that fact detract from her scenes with drogo. mainstream would not understand T.T Dont missunderstand me. I'm quite pleased with their choices and from a broadcasting-perspective its perfectly understandable. Arya is PERFECT in her role, i dont care if she looks 2 years older than portrayed in the books. Bran WILL break multiple hearts when it comes to certain scenes. Sansa, well, there wasnt that much so see in those snippet. Jon and Robb, okay, i got quite a struggle to fit especially rob in my picture. Theon is 20 in the books, yeah, sold. But theon next to robb...im not sure how much they will immerse in the relationship between robb and theon, but that is a point i can live with. + Show Spoiler + back to the robb-thing: i mean, it was intended by martin that robb would have have to step in big footsteps as lord of winterfell, and i mean, who wouldnt think so if a 15 year old boy is supposed to be the new "man" in the family? The robb in the preview...well he seems quite mature, that would be ont thing in season two that would definately become a...well...problem? Yeah, dany i thought a lot about. Completely understandable again, but then again, two explicit beheading in the first 14 minutes. Asoiaf is a pretty mature book series and while i certainly would expect certain groups to be resentful of that dany/drogo scenes, i'd loved it ( in a completele non erotic way >_>) if HBO would have risked it. On the other hand, danys role in the whole series, the scenes she will have to play, i can understand why hbo would chose a slighly older actress. But enough of the nitpicking, i looks like i hate what i saw which is absolutely not the case! :D Good why cant it be the 17th already?  (( | ||
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GogoKodo
Canada1785 Posts
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Mattes
Germany1116 Posts
On April 10 2011 01:41 GogoKodo wrote: I recall reading somewhere that Martin said himself that if he were to rewrite the books he would have the younger characters aged a little bit. I think one reason was because he felt like his writing for the youngest of the characters wasn't nearly as good as his other characters. I can't seem to find the quote now, google is failing me. iirc its because he originally planned a 5year jump between "A dance with dragons" and "The winds of winter", an idea that is completely off the table as it stands now. (at least i read something along the lines of that in an interview some years ago) // wait, or was it between book 3 and 4? god im confused now | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On April 09 2011 00:34 karazax wrote: http://blogs.indiewire.com/carynjames/archives/gameofthrones/ So far the only negative reviews have been from people who basicly auto failed it because it is in the fantasy genre. Most of their reasons are pretty hollow too, but even the best reviewed material is going to have a few people who hate it. just look at the reviewer's picture. She probably thinks Desperate Housewives and Tru Blood are good shows lol. I will pretty much always disregard what any middle-aged white woman has to say about entertainment. | ||
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loladin
Norway184 Posts
There was supposed to be a 5 year gap in the series, but when he started writing it, it didn't work out the way he wanted. He had to write so many scenes where the characters are looking back on the events of the 5 year gap to make it work, so he scrapped it. That left him with a main cast of characters that were younger than what he initially had planned for (at least for the second part of the series). He talks about the five year gap in this podcast (spoilers of all the books up to Dance): http://www.dragonpage.com/2010/04/27/cover-to-cover-405a/ | ||
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
Oh baby baby! Good to see a trailer focused on the overall story arc of the first book | ||
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karazax
United States3737 Posts
Two more glowing reviews have been posted: http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/04/two-more-glowing-reviews/ | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On April 10 2011 01:14 Hot_Bid wrote: i think they aged up the characters for two reasons, one is that its just so hard to find child actors that young who can play those parts. two, some of the stuff that goes on is pretty violent / sexual and they need it to be more appropriate for audiences. i mean, i understand dany is 13 in the book its hard to not have that fact detract from her scenes with drogo. mainstream would not understand T.T GRRM has said that he wishes he had made them that age in the novels and if he could revise them it's what he would change it. Originally there was a few year time leap planned for the novel Game of Thrones, but it just didnt work in the narrative when he tried to write it. It was within the first novel. | ||
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DamnCats
United States1472 Posts
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minus_human
4784 Posts
Sorry if it's a repost. http://winter-is-coming.net/media/videos/character-profiles/ | ||
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Rho_
United States971 Posts
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On April 11 2011 01:22 minus_human wrote: A bunch of 1 minute long features with the main actors/characters. I don't think it's new, but I don't remember seeing it posted here. Doesn't really contain any spoilers if you haven't read the books. Sorry if it's a repost. http://winter-is-coming.net/media/videos/character-profiles/ Very cool. My anticipation is mounting. If this turns out to be anything close to as good as the Wire, but in a fantasy setting, I may die of excitement. | ||
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annYeong(o11)
Canada784 Posts
Really hope this is a fluke of IMDB and we don't have 7 episodes of The Bran Hour, as I felt his arc wasn't really interesting until + Show Spoiler + halfway through Clash of Kings Definately a fluke. Edit: On April 10 2011 01:14 Hot_Bid wrote: i think they aged up the characters for two reasons, one is that its just so hard to find child actors that young who can play those parts. two, some of the stuff that goes on is pretty violent / sexual and they need it to be more appropriate for audiences. i mean, i understand dany is 13 in the book its hard to not have that fact detract from her scenes with drogo. mainstream would not understand T.T I think it was more for the sexy scenes, HBO has never really shone away from using sex as an artistic medium, and I think they go overboard a couple times (Rome was a historical drama about people fucking) and they really don't want to get pegged with a Child Pornography label | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On April 11 2011 12:31 annYeong(o11) wrote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/fullcredits I was taking a gander at the cast page, when I noticed that Bran is in 9 episodes, and other more important characters are in 2 episodes. Really hope this is a fluke of IMDB and we don't have 7 episodes of The Bran Hour, as I felt his arc wasn't really interesting until + Show Spoiler + halfway through Clash of Kings Definately a fluke. Edit: I think it was more for the sexy scenes, HBO has never really shone away from using sex as an artistic medium, and I think they go overboard a couple times (Rome was a historical drama about people fucking) and they really don't want to get pegged with a Child Pornography label You can't have 7 episodes of samwell and only 2 for Jon. Has to be a typo | ||
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