Game of Thrones (HBO)

Rywill · 2011-12-11T19:23:56.000Z

I was pretty disappointed in that trailer, actually. I thought it was going to be our first taste of some real footage from season 2, but not so. It’s atmospheric and I love the Stannis voiceover, but I was really hoping to get to see some of the new characters in action, or some action scenes. Probably too early for that I guess, but still.

Woolen_Horde · 2011-12-11T19:29:26.000Z

Rywill:

I was pretty disappointed in that trailer, actually. I thought it was going to be our first taste of some real footage from season 2, but not so. It’s atmospheric and I love the Stannis voiceover, but I was really hoping to get to see some of the new characters in action, or some action scenes. Probably too early for that I guess, but still.

We’ll get it next month, when Luck officially kicks off its season run. (Not counting tonight’s sneak peak of the first episode.) Game of Thrones is on deck to succeed Luck when its season ends, so that’s when the promotion machine gets into full gear. They’re already warming it up; been a bunch of updates on the official show blog this month.

Dean · 2011-12-11T21:06:54.000Z

“The cold winds are rising?” Is that even in any of the books? I just read them and it certainly doesn’t ring a bell.

Shouldn’t the tagline be something about a clash of kings?

Woolen_Horde · 2011-12-19T11:27:10.000Z

One of the new videos for DVD/Blu-Ray. Niiiiice.

Also, HBO has an awesome marketing department.

John_Reynolds · 2011-12-19T14:30:11.000Z

That does look nice. I’ll have to make my wife watch those extra videos (she’ll never read the books, but enjoyed the first season).

Lizard_King · 2011-12-20T06:47:22.000Z

Dean:

“The cold winds are rising?” Is that even in any of the books? I just read them and it certainly doesn’t ring a bell.

Shouldn’t the tagline be something about a clash of kings?

A search of my kindle has six mentions phrased exactly that way, although none said by or to Stannis that I can detect. Not exactly memorable, but I guess it’s setting up a transition from “Winter is coming” to Season 3’s inevitable “FUCK it’s freezing up in here”.

Woolen_Horde · 2012-01-13T13:22:18.000Z

It’s official: Season 2 begins April 1, two weeks earlier than expected.

Gladguy · 2012-01-13T13:28:40.000Z

Woolen Horde:

It’s official: Season 2 begins April 1, two weeks earlier than expected.

Gah! Better get reading then! I’ve only just begun A Clash of Kings.

Thyroid · 2012-01-14T17:21:40.000Z

Gladguy:

Gah! Better get reading then! I’ve only just begun A Clash of Kings.

I took a look at the announced casting and noticed they moved certain characters from A Storm of Swords to the second season. To get the maximum amount of pleasure out of season two, you may also want to finish the first few hundred pages of Storm.

You do have ten weeks, which should be sufficient enough time for most people.

Harkonis · 2012-01-14T17:34:07.000Z

Thyroid:

I took a look at the announced casting and noticed they moved certain characters from A Storm of Swords to the second season. To get the maximum amount of pleasure out of season two, you may also want to finish the first few hundred pages of Storm.

You do have ten weeks, which should be sufficient enough time for most people.

I hope they do something, I found the books more and more boring the further I got.

John_Reynolds · 2012-01-15T06:21:08.000Z

Oh, gods yes, books 2 and 3 were just atrocious. I hope they skip them and go straight to 4 and 5.

nixon66 · 2012-01-15T11:17:19.000Z

John Reynolds:

Oh, gods yes, books 2 and 3 were just atrocious. I hope they skip them and go straight to 4 and 5.

Oh yea. Especially those action packed Brienne chapters in Feast. Please!

Steel_Wind · 2012-01-15T15:09:24.000Z

Harkonis:

I hope they do something, I found the books more and more boring the further I got.

A Storm of Swords, boring? That’s opinion in the absence of any supporting evidence. It might be that people can reasonably disagree on A Clash of Kings, perhaps – but not A Storm of Swords.

John_Reynolds · 2012-01-15T15:11:08.000Z

I was sort of gobsmacked by that opinion too.

Thyroid · 2012-01-16T04:19:38.000Z

I read A Storm of Swords in July and have this to say: the book is excellent. However, it is slow in places - at least on a first read. A re-read uncovers many hidden details that make it both worthwhile and a real pleasure, but these details (such as “mayhaps”) go unnoticed on a first read. I think many of you are mistaking the overall impressions of the book - intricate, daring, and fast - for the entirety of it, which varies.

nixon66:

Oh yea. Especially those action packed Brienne chapters in Feast. Please!

I know that A Feast for Crows gets criticized quite often, but I found it more enjoyable than A Clash of Kings. The change in pace was very refreshing. Brienne’s chapters were among my favourites, and she quickly grew to be the character I loved the most. I usually enjoy reading about characters who are more difficult to define morally (Theon, Jaime, Sandor, Tywin, etc), but she was the exception.

However, I did have the benefit of not waiting five years for Crows, nor waiting six years after it for Dance, so my take is understandably different to that of someone who has been reading since the beginning.

Telefrog · 2012-01-16T09:29:38.000Z

Dinklage won the Golden Globe for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television” (could that be any longer?) and used the end of his speech to call for support to Martin Henderson, the recent victim of a crippling “dwarf toss” assault outside of a pub. Dinklage is awesome.

Woolen_Horde · 2012-01-17T20:10:04.000Z

2-minute behind-the-scenes in Croatia video that HBO just released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p5ItWizs08

Dany looks absolutely lovely in the brief scene of Qarth.

Harkonis · 2012-01-18T10:31:09.000Z

Steel_Wind:

A Storm of Swords, boring? That’s opinion in the absence of any supporting evidence. It might be that people can reasonably disagree on A Clash of Kings, perhaps – but not A Storm of Swords.

more stuff happens in the second book, sure. But the writing gets much more boring and repetitive as the books go.

jg93 · 2012-01-18T10:34:39.000Z

If you want to read long winded boring books with little plot advancement and two dimensional characters I’ve appended a convenient link for you

http://www.amazon.com/Wheel-Time-Boxed-Set-Books/dp/0812538366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326911584&sr=8-1

Say what you will about GRRM and his ASoIaF series - but boring… No. Not a chance.

CSL · 2012-01-18T13:57:54.000Z

Awesome they are filming in Dubrovnik. I really want to go there.