Flare4War

Are you referring specifically to the first book or all of what is written? I agree that her story in the first book is a little humdrum but after that she starts kicking ass and taking names.

Episode 2 is awesome as well and so far they are still doing a fantastic job of not cutting too much out from the books. Some of the emotions that you should feel for Daenerys Targaryen in the book are definitely being rushed through but honestly I don't see what else they could do without simply giving her so much screen time that it would detract from the other parts of the story. So far Peter Dinklage portraying Tyrion Lannister is who I'm enjoying the most. Yep, it's still lookin' good.

RIP Mr. Dood. May we continue to rock his music genre for many, many years to come.

Why just American? When I think of early 80's songs that are about shagging plenty of European songs come to mind.

So it should have been titled "Pee Cock". Did I miss something?

I'm Once Bitten Twice Shy, Babe!

I was a little worried about the people they chose for Sansa and Catelyn but after watching it I see there was nothing to worry about. They both worked out just fine and did a great job.

^ Ditto. The production level is astounding and they covered more ground for 1 episode than I thought they would be able to, 1 hour and 35 minutes long all said and done. Overall they did a remarkable job of adhering to the book. Before I had seen it I was a little worried about them casting Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark. I was pleased to see that while Catelyn could have been more fine-looking, she plays the part very well. Bran and Arya are both exceptionally well played. On the whole episode 1 is very well done. Close to a 10 in this ones opinion.

Skid Row bitches!

Bon Jovi - Stick To Your Guns What an incredible song.

I recently finished up the Song of Fire and Ice series. Right now I'm continuing the Sword of Truth series and I'm about half way through the fourth book, "Temple of the Winds" So far it's a lot weaker than the first 3 books and I'm finding myself uninterested but my brother assures me that it's the weakest in the entire 11 book series so I need to hang in there. Don't worry, I'll get through it.

Happy bdays dudes.

What's that like? Any good?

HBO has released a 15 minute sneak peek of the pilot episode. I watched it, and I have to say it's impressive. There are changes from how things take place in the book (obviously) but I think we all knew there would be and honestly things happen quite closely to the book. Some dialogue that takes place is directly from the book which I thought was nice. The props and costume design are immaculate. I was especially impressed with the great sword Ice. In the book the massive sword is described from Bran's point of view as having a blade as wide as a mans hand and being as tall as his older brother Robb. You can also watch it on the HBO official website but it seemed to load better for me on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQykXOukM2Q Note: Just to be aware, even in the first 15 minutes there is some fairly graphic violence and images if that sort of thing bothers you.

That is a rough estimate. What I meant to say is they will be between 1 hour and 1hour 30 minutes long depending on what needs to be taken care of in each episode.

I listen to XM Radio on occasion but that's it. Free Radio is just noise after about 45 minutes to an hour of listening. It gets annoying really, really fast. We are a spoiled generation.

This is big news for us. Congratulations VGM.

Even not knowing it was in the cards for a series to be put together on these books I can see why someone would think this. Martin's Point of View style of writing really jumps around like scenes in a movie and he gives a very HBO-esque description of everything. (Rome I'm looking at you) And yes much like the way LoTR was done in a manner of, one book = one movie, the plan for "Game of Thrones" is to be similar except, one book = one season. (approximately 10 episodes, 1hour 30minutes long each give or take) Of course LoTR had a whopping budget compared to "Game of Thrones" but I've read that they were able to spend a lot more out of their budget on costume, production, etc because several of the castle filming locations they are using in Ireland were provided virtually for free.

There are remarks in the books alluding that the Iron Throne is dreadfully uncomfortable to sit on. You cannot deny it looks intimidating though.

Legend of the Seeker is good but it doesn't really follow the "Sword of Truth" story. It takes the characters and the ideas and basically has its own story. George R.R. Martin has been personally involved in the directing of "Game of Thrones" and has given his approval to it adhering to the book. The amount of detail that is going into costume design, filming, and effort in general is on a level that will probably make "Legend of the Seeker" look like The Three Stooges.

Yeah, it's going to be off the hook. Honestly I don't think they could have picked anyone better to play Ned Stark. From what I understand the book is done but they might be shuffling around the manuscript at this point. In any case they will be publishing something this summer even if the book isn't as long as GRRM had hoped it would be.

DarkeSword edit: Please be aware that in addition to discussing the show, we are also discussing the book series the show is based on. The novels go much further than the show has covered, so please be aware that there will be a lot of spoilers in this thread. As you may or may not know HBO is airing their new series "Game of Thrones" on April 17 with huge anticipation behind it. As an avid fan of the Song of Ice and Fire books, naturally I am psyched about HBO being the network to get on board with this series because they will have the budget to give it a reasonable attempt of doing the books a small measure of justice. It looks like they have done a great job casting this series, the biggest names being: Sean Bean (Eddard Stark), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) as well as some other familiar faces. It's not television. It's HBO. So I'm betting that it is going to be gritty, it's going to be erogenous, and it's going to be epic. Now, in other Song of Ice and Fire news; after what seemed to be an indefinite waiting period for fans, the fifth novel of the series titled "A Dance with Dragons" is promised to be released July, 12 of this year. This makes Flare happy. I took a break from reading the series after I finished the second novel, (A Clash of Kings) actually because DarkeSword pointed out in a different thread that the time between release dates had become astronomical. Something I hadn't realized. But seeing that the 5th book is to be released this summer and the TV series being scheduled for April, I picked up reading them again and finished books three and four as well as the three novellas to the series, "Tales of Dunk and Egg" which I thought were pretty great. This thread is for discussion on HBO's "Game of Thrones" as well as "A Song of Ice and Fire", the characters, and the world of Westeros in general. Whether you are elated that the series is being released or if you are feeling a little skeptical about them adapting it to the screen and/or the casting, post your thoughts here. Also if anyone has run into any neat fan art regarding the series feel free to post it here. If you stumble in here and you don't know what any of this is and you would like to learn more, click on a link or two and see what the world of Ice and Fire is all about. I don't know how many fans of ASoIaF we have in the OCR community but I'm hoping at least a few and if not, then hopefully we can make a few. I will likely be bumping this thread as the episodes are released on HBO. Sneak peek can be found here.

I may or may not have been being overmuch sarcastic.

One time I tried to 100% Final Fantasy XI but I didn't quite make it. It's really hard. Dhar!!