It finished airing weeks ago. You should know better than to read a thread about it when its completed airing.

Not to mention its already been spoiled as the book has been out for years.

If you haven't seen it, don't read the fucking thread.

7/4/2011 3:10:33 PM

once the season is done you cant bitch about spoilers

7/4/2011 3:21:04 PM

Anything that's already aired is fair game. Otherwise, every single post would have to be prefaced with "spoiler alert".

7/4/2011 3:28:27 PM

Agreed.

7/4/2011 7:43:38 PM

***Spoiler Alert***

Jon Arryn dies

7/4/2011 9:05:35 PM

So what is the verdict on my parody video? Sadly I spent several hours creating it, which makes me an automatic GOT fanboy.

All of banjos comments are false and irrelevant. Long live lord eddard stark.

7/5/2011 9:57:09 AM

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"the fear for his daughters combined with the dungeon overcame his rational thought?"

It could be one of those things where Ned played honorable throughout the series bringing complete disaster down upon his house and the realm, and with his head on the chopping block, realized that for once he would not do the honorable thing to save his two children. Besides, I think at that point, most people assumed he would simply be exiled (the rational thing) instead of executed since his execution was guaranteed to bring the realm into war.

Quote :

"i'm not sure what you're referring to...he didn't think cersei was going to adhere to anything, that's why he worked with littlefinger to gain control of the city watch (or whatever...i forget which group it was) before confronting her"

Agreed. Ned thought he had the situation secured with the City Watch, and out of honor or mercy, he was giving Cersei the chance to go into exile rather than face the wrath of a violent, drunkard husband who had no love for her and would probably be utterly ruthless to her and the children when he found out the truth.

7/5/2011 11:59:57 AM

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"he was giving Cersei the chance to go into exile rather than face the wrath of a violent, drunkard husband who had no love for her and would probably be utterly ruthless to her and the children when he found out the truth"

robert was dead by this point...he was giving cersei to chance to leave before he exposed her for cheating on robert with her brother to produce joffrey

7/5/2011 1:16:36 PM

^ You're right... I just remember it being a movement of mercy. Not that Stannis would be any gentler than Robert.

7/5/2011 1:44:06 PM

right...had ned gained control to raise one of robert's bastards as king with stannis as regent, cersei would have been dead

7/5/2011 2:48:54 PM

How accurate is this map?

7/6/2011 9:15:04 AM

Is that the westeros version of where's waldo?

7/6/2011 9:26:11 AM

That map is basically perfectly accurate because it's just a stylized version of the official map in the books.

It's the world map by the same guy that is questionably accurate.

[Edited on July 6, 2011 at 9:37 AM. Reason : Or do you mean the locations of the houses? If so it's probably just specualtion]

7/6/2011 9:34:46 AM

Quote :

"he was giving Cersei the chance to go into exile rather than face the wrath of a violent, drunkard husband who had no love for her and would probably be utterly ruthless to her and the children when he found out the truth"

Quote :

"robert was dead by this point...he was giving cersei to chance to leave before he exposed her for cheating on robert with her brother to produce joffrey"

actually he was right. Ned gave Cersei the ultimatum before Robert returned from the hunt. He knew Robert would have no mercy for her or her children.

7/6/2011 11:26:56 AM

^ the point at which he had secured the city watch was after robert's death...my comment pertained to one in which the city watch was mentioned

7/6/2011 1:21:03 PM

^ah gotcha, I just read the part you quoted.

7/6/2011 1:23:34 PM

*little spoilerish* but remarks about the big battle scenes and wanting a bigger budget:

http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2011/07/12/game-of-thrones-creator-wished-for-larger-budget

7/13/2011 9:47:36 AM

13 emmy noms for GoT

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/mildred-pierce-mad-men-modern-family-lead-63rd-emmy-nominations

HBO had 104 total

7/14/2011 10:13:28 AM

im loving the audio book for game of thrones. epic.

7/14/2011 3:59:02 PM

7/18/2011 4:28:08 PM

Yeah that was pretty sweet. I love the intro to this show. Its right there behind the Xmen cartoon from the early 90s

7/18/2011 8:39:19 PM

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"Two of the most important roles for the upcoming second season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" have been cast, with producers snagging their Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre. According to EW.com, Stephen Dillane and Carice van Houten have landed the key parts. Stannis Baratheon is brother to the late King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy). More specifically, he's the eldest living Baratheon brother, which means he thinks he has a very strong claim on the Iron Throne. In the George R.R. Martin novels, Stannis is morally rigid and assertive leader with a strong sense of strategy, but no ability to win the hearts of his men. Stannis is also in the middle of a spiritual conversion, with Melisandre as the very powerful woman with more than a little influence over the aspiring king and his shifting faith. "Game of Thrones" will resume production next Monday. The show's stars and producers will be at San Diego's Comic-Con on Thursday. A Tony winner for "The Real Thing," Dillane also earned an Emmy nod for his work as Thomas Jefferson on HBO's "John Adams." His feature credits include "King Arthur," "The Hours" and "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Van Houten had her breakout role in Paul Verhoven's "Black Book." She's subsequently been seen in "Valkyrie" and "Repo Men.""

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/game-of-thrones-casts-stannis-baratheon-melisandre-for-season-2

7/19/2011 3:06:52 PM

and

7/19/2011 3:19:11 PM

I like both casts.

7/19/2011 5:19:37 PM

davos and cressen cast as well

cressen


davos

7/20/2011 8:59:32 AM

Really liking the new casts. At this point I just hope for two things - 1. the show ends up covering all the books, and 2. the books get finished in time for the show to cover them.

7/20/2011 9:29:00 AM

agreed.

also, brienne was cast last week. gwendoline christie. she's 6'3





http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/60877026.html

7/20/2011 10:02:31 AM

Stephen Dillane is obviously a great actor and will do a great job in the role of Stannis, but I pictured Stannis being bigger and more muscular than Dillane.

That petty complaint aside, though, I'm sure Dillane and everyone else will do a good job.

Edit: Also a little surprised they didn't cast at least one semi-big name to try to draw more attention to the show. Not that that's a bad thing, by any stretch.

[Edited on July 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM. Reason : s]

7/20/2011 10:28:24 AM

There should probably be a separate thread made for season 2. Is it going to just be Game of Thrones season 2 or will it be named after the book?

7/20/2011 10:35:04 AM

I never pictured Brienne as a giant... more of a taller woman (5'10" - 6') who was built like a bull. Broad shoulders, not chest, etc.. and with a not so attractive face. The girl the have has a nice face, and seems to lithe and tall... but we will see.

The rest of the casting is great. Personally, I never pictured Stanis as very muscular, just stern and cold.

7/20/2011 10:52:29 AM

Yeah not sure I like that cast. I pictured her more muscular. Still hoping for starbuck as Asha.

And Stannis I pictured just like that, skinny and angry looking. He never is really described as the best warrior.

7/20/2011 12:02:32 PM

Davos better talk like a pirate or I'm out!

7/20/2011 12:47:15 PM

grrm on brienne casting:

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"This was another one of those cases where there was hardly any debate. The day the first batch of auditions went up for the role, we looked at a dozen actresses who were reading for Brienne and one actress who WAS Brienne. Gwendoline gave a great reading, and her look was just perfect. No, when she auditioned, she did not look she does in the photo above. She came in looking... well, like Brienne."

7/20/2011 1:15:22 PM

^^^^^ I don't have a link or anything, but I know I read in interviews with the producers that they will not change the name. "Game of Thrones" will be the name of the series. It's still an appropriate title for the way the rest of the series would go, and there's no need to complicate things by changing the name.

Wish I could remember where, but I've read a lot of interviews about the series.

7/20/2011 3:11:10 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9uxQZFCEtM

7/31/2011 2:08:07 PM

^ thanks for posting that. it was worthwhile and not stupid at all.

7/31/2011 2:12:42 PM

I thought so also

7/31/2011 2:13:14 PM

because that video is fucking awesome.

7/31/2011 2:29:21 PM

Just started watching...wtf

7/31/2011 8:30:24 PM

^^That was pretty damn good.

7/31/2011 9:40:38 PM

nm

[Edited on August 1, 2011 at 7:05 PM. Reason : g]

8/1/2011 7:04:27 PM

Quote :

"I never pictured Brienne as a giant... more of a taller woman (5'10" - 6') who was built like a bull"

In the books she is definitely tall. I believe "well over 6 feet" is the consensus.

8/2/2011 8:01:55 AM

My only beef with that casting is that Brienne is supposed to be super unattractive and that girl is kinda hot. I'll cope, though.

8/2/2011 10:13:00 AM

Maybe they'll mess up her face a little.

8/2/2011 10:36:57 AM

Wowzers.

8/2/2011 10:48:32 AM

They aren't going to put someone in a fucking HBO TV show who is super unattractive. Tyrion was supposed to be a hideous little fuck too. Didn't happen...

8/2/2011 11:06:11 AM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/02/game-of-thrones-greyjoy-asha/

Quote :

"But wait, there’s more! With the Game of Thrones season two cast, you also get Theon Greyjoy’s bold sister Asha (except we’re not going to call her that). Producers have tapped Gemma Whelan (Gulliver’s Travels, The Wolfman) to play Asha Yara Greyjoy, the older sister of the Stark family’s impulsive young ward Theon. Yara defies the Ironborn traditions of her family by commanding her own ship and leading men into battle, as well as having a penchant for axes. Producers changed the character’s name from Asha to Yara presumably because the former sounds too much like another character in the show, Osha (they did the same with young Lord Robert in the Eyrie in season one, changing his name to Robin as not to confuse him with King Robert Baratheon)."

8/2/2011 12:56:56 PM

dislike

8/2/2011 1:13:30 PM

I'd like to thank ssclark for spoiling the ending of Episode 9 for me on page 3. I should have just waited until I finished the whole goddamn season until I read this shitty thread.

8/2/2011 1:31:27 PM

^^^ Saw that today as well. weird choice, at least based on looks, for Asha. Knew the name change was coming (though I dislike it). All the other casting news has been pretty good though.

[Edited on August 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM. Reason : ]

8/2/2011 1:34:23 PM