PopcornTreeCt

Kinda wish they were on separate nights. It's like overdosing one night and then starving the other 6 days.

Groucho

Everything else is on Sundays, why not those two shows?

superdeluxe

Agreed. Sundays have become the battle grounds for cable network's flagship shows.

Maureen Ryan with a great review:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mauree...b_1382586.html

DJariya

I just watched a new featurette on HBO Go last night. It's called "You Win or You Die" and runs about 20+ minutes. Very good watch. They interview the creators and talk to alot of the cast. It recaps alot of season 1 and previews season 2.

Watched it on the XBox 360 last night in HD and it looked great too.

pinata242

I started my rewatch of S1 last night. Got through the first two episodes, each by itself first, then with commentary. That makes 4 of 17 "episodes", so I should be finished Friday or Saturday night. I seriously cannot wait for Sunday!

superdeluxe

The twitterverse is on fire with journalists loving the first four episodes even with the changes from the books (Is that a spoiler?)

pinata242

Not to me and I'm the biggest bitch!

I expect a ton of changes from book 2 since most of it just wouldn't be interesting to watch as it was written.

Groucho

I'm still curious what they'll do with

pinata242

Yes, that and

Groucho

That's what I'm thinking too.

superdeluxe

6 clips from the first episode!:

http://www.winteriscoming.net/2012/0...rth-remembers/

pinata242

I can't wait to see the new opening either. First glimpses of

superdeluxe

Opening credits is one of the best things about the program

superdeluxe

Game of Thrones Universally acclaimed at Metacritic with a 93/100:

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/game-of-thrones/season-2

Dr. DVD

Reading book 3 right now. From the way it read I thought

I wonder just how far into the third book they will go, because the above happens about 200 pages inward.

pinata242

The thing is that many characters are so far removed from one another that's you can really explain time discrepancies away with simple travel time. It doesn't have to be completely in-sync.

superdeluxe

Well the 3rd book will most likely be split into 2 seasons, but I'm guessing anything from books 2-4 could be mixed in with the 3rd book.

PopcornTreeCt

I'm rewatching the first season and I have a question about King Baratheon's death. Was the boar supposed to be a regular size boar or are they bigger in the GoT universe?

Noonan

I don't remember the boar being described as larger or special in any way. I think it was just a fluke accident.

pinata242

He was pretty fuckin' drunk thanks to Lancel. It wasn't a complete fluke

Groucho

There's nothing conclusive, but even in our universe it's not unheard of: http://www.spiegel.de/international/...583377,00.html

Cusm

This is to answer his book question, w/o furthering spoilering his reading, so don't look if you are not up to Dr. DVD's question.

PopcornTreeCt

Interesting. Those boars are pretty badass.

Josh-da-man

Just re-watched season one on blu-ray.

Has it ever been revealed who killed Jon Arryn (if he was indeed murdered) and who sent assassin to kill Bran?

I had sort of assumed that Jon Arryn was killed by Cersei and/or Jaime because he had figured out that her children were not Robert's. He might have died from natural causes, but with all of the political machinations afoot, it seems unlikely. But it is never directly stated that they were responsible.

Likewise, I also believed that either Cersei or Jaime had tried to have Bran killed to keep the same secret, but when Littlefinger saw the knife and implicated Tyrion I started wondering if it wasn't a set-up on his part to send the Starks and Lannisters against each other.

However, that only works if someone discovers the knife. Which they wouldn't have if the assassin hadn't been killed by Bran's wolf, which I don't believe was part of the plan. I'm 99% certain that Tyrion is innocent, though.

Is this stuff ever revealed in the books?

sven

Yes we find out what happened.