09-19-2011, 01:17 AM | #1 |
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The novel series A Song of Ice and Fire that was recently made into the hit HBO series Game of Thrones titled after the first book, the series combines medieval and fantasy setting with the drama of shifting political power.
All the books have either won or were nominated for awards and the TV series has been recently won awards as well. So far I've only seen the HBO series, but I ordered the first four books and plan to read through them. Anyone else hooked on the series? |
09-19-2011, 01:37 AM | #2 |
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I've read the first three books. They're pretty darn good. Martin is really good as a character developer. He's also great at throwing you off the scent of what's really going on, as well as making you question your loyalties.
Haven't seen the series yet, sadly. I'm waiting for it to be released over here in the UK. I've heard good things of it, though. |
09-19-2011, 08:26 AM | #3 |
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I've seen the series (in one day in a beer and pizza-fulled session at my friend's house), and it was bloody awesome. Really good in terms of character development as well as plot twists.
Then I saw the book at the store I work at. I was tempted to buy it, but then I picked it up and realised the sheer size of the bloody thing. And that was just A Game of Thrones. Nearby were a few others such as Storm of Swords and they were comparable. It brought to mind the old phrase: 'The covers of this book are too far apart.' Don't get me wrong, I like a good read, but I feel like these may be a tad beyond my limit. Looking forward to the second season of the show, though! |
09-19-2011, 12:02 PM | #4 |
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The actor that played Tyrion Lannister (The Imp) just won an Emmy last night.
He is the best actor of the series thus far though. What with his prince slapping, whoring, and pissing off The Wall business. |
09-19-2011, 12:24 PM | #5 |
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Excellent. I was wondering if the show picked up any awards. Tyrion is a great character, just through sheer comic value. That and being fairly genre savvy, which you don't much see in settings like this.
Much of said session watching it was spent musing whether Martin knew much of British internal views (I think he's American, but I'm not sure), given that Westeros is set out pretty much exactly like Britain and Spoiler: show I particularly loved the whole 'Wall is there to stop unspeakable monsters from the North'. Great when you think of most Scottish cities on a saturday night. The Eyrie/Vale was a bit of a shout-out to Wales (mountain men, the Queen who still breastfeeds her 8-year-old son) and King's Landing is clearly London. I also loved the Dothraki. Jason Momoa seems to be getting a lot of work as GENERIC BARBARIAN now that Stargate Atlantis is over. |
09-19-2011, 12:49 PM | #6 |
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Yeah, the whole of Westeros is pretty equatable to Western Europe, with Dorne being Moorish Spain and Highgarden France.
The books and the series are both excellent, just about to start the most recent book. It also boasts one of the best TV Tropes pages, which I'm not linking to as you'll never free free yourselves, |
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Haha, I hadn't actually thought of it that way. You know, not being British and all. Suddenly a lot more makes some sense.
And yeah, that Vale family business creeped me out. |
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Just spent my entire weekend watching this show.
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Anyone else pumped? |
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I've just about finished A Dance With Dragons, so soon my wait for The Winds of Winter will begin in earnest. Is anyone else reading the books, or are you all just following along with the show?
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I'm just following the show. I'm sure the books are fantastic to read but since the series is actually brilliant I don't want to spoil myself as to what happens.
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In that case, what do you think of the show so far? I assume that Season 3 episode 9 was suitably surprising?
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10-02-2013, 04:26 PM | #16 |
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I'm watching the show but have only seen S1 so far because I was going to watch S2 with my gf but she decided to watch it and S3 at her parent's house because they have Sky.
So I'm getting my dad into it and re-watching S1 with him and then S2 and S3 when it comes out on DVD sometime next spring. Bear in mind that I know most of what happens because I don't give a fuck about spoilers. I want to read the book but given that I struggle with the fucking Hobbit I don't think I'll get through them. |
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I've found Martin much easier to read than Tolkien, but you may want to consider listening to the audiobooks, Dave-ster. Roy Dotrice does a fantastic job on the first three (though he does struggle a bit in A Dance With Dragons and Feast for Crows on because of an illness)
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Finished A Dance With Dragons today. I consider it a step up from A Feast for Crows (even though I'm one of the few who seemed to really enjoy AFFC) because even though I enjoyed seeing some parts of the seven kingdoms that were lacking in the previous books there were other parts that I really didn't care about-(AFFC spoilers)
Spoiler: show ADWD has some of my favorite moments in the series though, and will keep me on edge as the wait for Winds of Winter drags on. Quick thoughts! Spoiler: show
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I'm probably with you. I'm not a Daeny fan when it comes to the books (though in the adaption she's much much much better, thank you Emilia Clarke) ADWD focused too much on her story, to which I say boo! |
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Daeny isn't one of my favorites either, but with the goings on up North I find it makes up for the fairly stangnant Mereen plot, while the Sansa and Brienne chapters dragged quite a bit in my opinion.
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11-10-2013, 07:15 AM | #22 |
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Dany isn't on my favourites list, but she is well portrayed on the HBO Show. Personally, I think we need Dorne/Martell. The Sand Snakes have been notably lacking in the Show, but with Season 4, hopefully that problem will be rectified. <3
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Season 4 is going to be a big one for introducing Dorne, as we have one of the series biggest badassess (and best characters) coming to Kings Landing.
ASOS/S4 Spoiler Spoiler: show
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