starman9000

Couldn't be more distracting that Addy was IMO.

superdeluxe

We have our ygritte!!! Downton abbey rose Leslie !

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/10/ga...s-rose-leslie/

JasonF

You know nothing, superdeluxe.

Wait ... actually, you're right. Also, an April 2012 premier date has been announced.

sven

As far as looks go I'm very happy with Ygritte.

mgbfan

Ditto. Pretty close to how I'd pictured her.

superdeluxe

Nice interview with Rose Leslie talking about Game of Thrones starting at about one minute:

http://youtu.be/wfIu8WEia8k

sven

She looks even better in motion. VERY NICE!

Dr. DVD

Question: only the first book is called "Game of Thrones." Shouldn't the second season be called "Clash of Kings," or maybe "A Game of Thrones:Clash of Kings?" Why do they still call it Game of Thrones if the rest of the series isn't truly about a game of thrones in the same way it was in the first season/book?

My guess is that they fear viewers not familiar with the books reacting with a "wtf" if they go by the book titles and assuming it's a whole new show.

superdeluxe

This, but also in regards to merchanise etc.

superdeluxe

As speculated by Westeros.org yesterday, it is confirmed this morning:

http://www.amandahowardassociates.co...tors/index.php

"John Stahl will shortly begin filming for the second series of Game of Thrones for HBO/Sky."

Speculation that he will play Rickard Karstark

starman9000

"Game of Thrones" fits just fine for the entire series.

bdshort

I really should get back into reading Dance with Dragons - I'm about halfway through, but I've been halfway through for a couple months!!

superdeluxe

So John Stahl confirmed as Rickard Stark

Also Simon Armstrong as Qhorian Halfhand

Source:

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/10/...g-is-halfhand/

Dr. DVD

Finished the book of Game of Thrones last weekend , and almost finished with the previous HBO season save for the last ep. The series does a great job of representing the characters and keeps everything pretty dang close to the source material with some minor tweaks. They have obviously aged some of the Stark children a bit, but nothing too distracting and quite understandable. The only area where I feel it lacks is in the battle sequences. I know this series cost a large amount of money, but couldn't they spare a bit more to bring those to life? The scene where Tyrion is leading his men to battle and they knock him out in order to fade to the aftermath felt like an obvious excuse to avoid showing something that required a grand scale. Furthermore, I feel it kind of robbed the Tyrion character of the opportunity to display bravery as he did in the book.

Just my .02, plan on starting the second book soon. I hope Marting continues to write the stories; would be a shame if the HBO series end was not due to the plug being pulled, but no source from which to draw.

JasonF

sven

There was only one battle in the book. We only hear about the Whispering Woods and the Battle of the Camps second hand well after they were over.


Totally agree with this part. It was the only thing that really annoyed me in the whole season.

superdeluxe

Game of Thrones won some awards at the Scream Awards, to be aired on Tuesday on Spike TV

DaveNinja

they didnt have the budget for the battle. it sounded like they were pretty limited moneywise while filming. hopefully they'll have a bigger budget for later seasons since there will be more locations/sets needed

JasonF

By the way, has this been posted yet?

sven

Still could have handled Tyrion's part in the battle much better than they did.

superdeluxe

Broken link?..

JasonF

It worked this morning.

OK, let's try this:

sven

It was posted over 2 weeks ago anyway.

superdeluxe

A little spoilerish picture from tonight's Scream Awards on Spike TV







lol love Cersei's breasticles..

wishbone

Artist has a knack for drawing in a Disney/Don Bluth-esc style.