Author Topic: "Game of Thrones" TV Series (Read 4569 times)

undead_jon · « **on:** November 30, 2010, 08:58:40 PM »

Based on the George R R Martin book, (and I believe the pilot episode was written by Martin as well), A Game of Thrones has been turned into a TV series by HBO, here's the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7JYw5kQg_Y

Looks pretty close to the bit's of the book I actually remember, and Martin's involvement should mean it's fairly faithful.

J

Beastlord · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2010, 10:11:48 PM »

Ooooh, looks good.... Dont quite see Sean Bean as Eddard Stark, but he'll probably grow on me. Any idea when and where its being broadcast?

weareblind · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2010, 08:54:08 AM »

Is it not a little bit early, when the saga is still going on (and we all hope He may finish it)?

alrith72 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:07:03 AM »

I'm hoping that it's really popular and HBO get onto George R R Martin and actually finish the next book, the man just takes far too long!

undead_jon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:33:38 AM »

Quote from: Beastlord on November 30, 2010, 10:11:48 PM

Any idea when and where its being broadcast?

Had a little look around online, couldn't find an exact date for it but from the sound of it they are looking at the 2nd quarter of 2011 in the states.

J

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2010, 01:06:06 PM »

Wasn't there a thread on this a while back? Why yes there was (but I seem to remember it being a few pages longer). Glad to see it's still happening because with the huge silence it was starting to look dead in the water.

Beastlord · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2010, 01:24:40 PM »

Well their depiction of the north and the Northmen seems suitable grim. Looking forward to it!

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2011, 02:16:08 AM »

Mr Martin sent a "official" promotional poster for the series over to the lovely guys at Green Ronin (who write & publish the Song of Ice & Fire roleplaying game). And they, being lovely folks, scanned it in and put it up on their website for all of us to see.

Link

So what channel might we be able to see it on over here in The Old World?

Mr Marshall · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2011, 07:21:52 AM »

Sky Atlantic, starts 18th April, day after it premieres in US (trying to cut down on the torrents I guess)

http://skyatlantic.sky.com/game-of-thrones

Big Boris · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:33:35 AM »

I notice the premiere ep is up on pirate bay already. I'll wait for it on TV, myself...

mcfonz · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2011, 11:35:05 PM »

Saw a trailer for it. It will air for the first time in April (I think around the 12th) on Sky Atlantic. Will go and have a look on the Sky website and get back to you!

Edit: 12th was only 6 days out!!! 18th April, 1 day after the states apparently.

somaticon · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2011, 10:43:06 AM »

My parents got work on the show as well as a movie called Your Highness

Setvenharis · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2011, 03:06:04 PM »

I watched Episode 1 last night on Sky Atlantic. It's very good...and suitably gory in the first 15 mins.

Tasker · « **Reply #13 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:24:40 PM »

Personally, I found it boring, tedious and dull.

Even the appearance of nekid chicks did nothing to improve it.

There wasn't a single character that I wouldn't be glad to see hanged with their own bowels. They all ( and I do mean all, including the kids ) have nothing that makes me want to care about them.

Lorbaat · « **Reply #14 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:35:18 PM »

I have HBO here in the states, so I watched it. I generally like their TV and obviously I have a weakness for fantasy stories (I mean, I am a nerd on an internet forum about gaming miniatures, what are the chances?).

I thought the first episode came on a little strong. A little too, "look at us, we're shocking! Blood and nekkid girls and sex and murder and pottymouthed Draco Malfoy look-alikes! ADULT!" With any luck as the story progresses it will stop being so aggressively... GRIM AND MATURE and develop an interesting story.

Big Boris · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:53:34 PM »

It's a tough call - you see,the books are very much 'everyone is an a-hole' too - it's all very grim and realistic, if anything the tv series makes it all a bit sunny and friendly, and certainly adds a lot of flapping jubblies into the mix. But so far it seems a pretty faithful adaptation - only the aging-up of the child characters (highly understandable since in the books they are regarded as adults at 13 and thus are stripped naked at times eg Daenerys - malfoy's sister - who is supposed to be 13 and who has sex with a grown man, which of course you CAN"T show on TV for very obvious reasons) stands out with Bran being 10 in the TV show and 7 in the books.

Stick with it, if it follows the books then you will eventually warm to the characters - could be tricky as there's a lot of them. the books are written with each chapter told from the POV of one character and that allows you to get into their heads more.

I find the actor playing Jaime is the annoying element at the moment. He's Danish in real life and his accent keeps meandering. Tyrion, the dwarf, is my favourite in the books, follwed by Arya and Jon Snow.

RogerB · « **Reply #16 on:** April 19, 2011, 05:59:12 PM »

So far I like it. They had to cram a lot of character introductions in as well as the plot and they did okay. I've never read the books so I can't compare it to those. I did read a comment that at the point where the tv series starts that Dany is supposed to be 15, although they have aged her up to 16.

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2011, 06:11:43 PM »

Quote from: Big Boris on April 19, 2011, 05:53:34 PM

It's a tough call - you see,the books are very much 'everyone is an a-hole' too - it's all very grim and realistic, if anything the tv series makes it all a bit sunny and friendly, and certainly adds a lot of flapping jubblies into the mix.

I must say I was kind of getting that feeling too. I actualy wanted to ask if the novels feature as much exessive swearing and nude breast fondling as the introductory episode did. In a way I kind of hope that's not what their popularity's based on. You know - hoping these books aren't just famous because a load of horny teenagers get off on them and that they've got other merrit as well. Some of the delivery of various lines felt wrong. Some of the obscenity could have done with more vehemence (not to the words themselves, but the sentences and sentiments that surrounded them).

Also I'm baffled as to how the director managed to torture such pronunciations from the spelling of various names as the actors were somehow forced to sue because in a few cases I actualy wanted to scream "there's an E in it. Not an I!" And I haven't even read the book. But seriously, how does Daenerys turn into Denirys? And how did Tar Gar Yen turn into Tar Gare Ian? If it was Ian then there'd be an I and an A in it and not a Y and an E. I mean come on people. And how does Arya turn into Aya? There's sounds and letters and vowels and everything. It's not exactly complicated.

That being said, it looks like it could be promising but it almost feels like it's been censored, then had extra censorship worthy stuff shoved in for sensationalism. Also the incestuous humping seemed pretty unconvincing. By which I mean that I'd imagine most incestuous relationships would be less crude and more caring than the way it seemed to be depicted there.

The introduction with all the cogs somehow reminded me of Gormenghast. I think it was the idea of every little piece of a large machine working smoothly that did it.

RogerB · « **Reply #18 on:** April 19, 2011, 08:46:28 PM »

The pronunciation of names can be different from language to language. Take my name, for instance. It's pronounced differently in French than it is in English but no spelling differences. Words might seem to be pronounced one way looking at them maybe aren't in the native language. Also some words are pronounced the same but with different meaning, such as there, their and they're. Some words have the same spelling but different pronunciation, such as "bow". It's pronounced differently when it's said as an archer's weapon to than when it means the front of a ship.

Lorbaat · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2011, 01:23:13 PM »

Given that George RR Martin was heavily involved in the series, I'm relatively sure the name pronunciations are what he intended.

I have a number of friends who are fans of the books who said the same thing- this is how the books started, it's very faithful, et cetera- I guess all I can say to that is that a books series can also be a little.too "aggressively mature" too. I understand that for fans of the book the fact that they're being faithfully adapted.is AWESOME, but I'm not a fan of anything yet. I just hope it calms down and stops trying so hard.

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #20 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:10:48 PM »

Quote from: Lorbaat on April 20, 2011, 01:23:13 PM

Given that George RR Martin was heavily involved in the series, I'm relatively sure the name pronunciations are what he intended.

Now that I fully believe. I just wish he'd been a little more clear in his spelling of names that people have been bandying about the internet for years :p. I hope the series improves and continues to be good. It could be better. And, of course, this won't stop the Dark Sword "GRRM" miniatures being as good as they are. I really enjoy painting them only now I want to paint the rest of my wildlings up as super fast half invisible freak monsters that are immune to damage.

Or not :p. The wildlings are fun to paint 'though.

Big Boris · « **Reply #21 on:** April 20, 2011, 05:22:54 PM »

Actually, those weren't technically wildings that attacked the people at the start - they were something else. (And some sort of super-speedy modern zombie take on that something else, rather than the description from the books). They are referred to as The Others, fyi. They seem to be undead and they are intensely, fatally cold. Something not made clear in the show. And they don't show up again for like a whole book or more, so don't hold your breath for more of them...

BTW, you were right with your comment about the sex scene between Jaime and his sister -in the book it was much more of what you said, not the kinda aggressive show we got. BUt still, it was pretty wrong either way!

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2011, 06:02:34 PM »

Yeah, I got the impression that the White Walkers had been written as slower but impossible to see, almost sort of phasing in and out of your awareness rather than just going "woosh, now I'm behind you!" Maybe I should get hold of the book to read it. Apparently according to HBO everyone likes it doggie style in GRRM land. Even nameless characters at banquets and barbarians weddings. Now I want to take pictures of my beautifuly painted Brienne of Tarth (whoever she is) because her armour and surcoat came out so well. Hate the shield 'though. The tiny rays on those little suns are too fine to drybrush and too shallow to ink

. I should probably paint more wildlings too. They're awsome sculpts and fun to paint

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Big Boris · « **Reply #23 on:** April 20, 2011, 07:52:55 PM »

No, not impossible to see, but much more scary than the screaming, sprinting standard-issue monsters we got here. If you listen carefully on the show, you can hear a 'frosty' noise but in the book you get the full description of the impossible cold that precedes them and a real sense of unstoppable threat. They are wraiths in physical form sucking the warmth of the world rather than bloodthirsty super-crack-zombies. The Princeling fights one of them and stabs it with his sword to no effect except that the sword he uses freezes and burns his hand (IIRC, been a while since I read the first one). It then kills him and he goes on to kill the young lad. The older chap escapes and is killed by Eddard Stark as a deserter later on.

Balgin Stondraeg · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:30:51 PM »

The creaking cracking ice as the body lying in the snow stood up behind him? I really liked that. I enjoyed it more than the fast wooshy stuff.

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