Game of Thrones season 2 anticipation - HBO shows footage
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Magaery Tyrell is such a peripheral character I find it hard to get worked up about the casting choice one way or the other. We'll see how they handle it, I guess; I assume with this reasonably high-ish for TV profile the actress has that she may be one of our main hooks into House Tyrell, or something.
Well, we already got dragons, so I think it's more a question of practicality than intent. That is, is showing those things - and doing them well - is this really something feasible on a TV budget?
I'd hazard a possible yes.
Well, we already got dragons, so I think it's more a question of practicality than intent. That is, is showing those things - and doing them well - is this really something feasible on a TV budget?
I'd hazard a possible yes.
In that they're pretty sparingly used, even in the books. As I recall in Storm of Swords, Jon Snow meets a giant, is suitably awed, and then his time among the wildlings focuses on the humans again. The giant at the Wall in Dance with Dragons gets a similarly small amount of 'screen time'. Mammoths can be handled in a similar way. The big issue with either is the battle on the Wall, which reads like a pretty epic blow of a TV show's budget, even if we ignore the giants and mammoths. Whether or not the series can handle that should be answered this year with the Blackwater.
Here's a new photo tweeted by EW's James Hibberd of one of the Season 2 sets - The gates of Qarth (A city Dany visits in Season 2): http://yfrog.com/nungcnbj
Here's the full size image (with Hibberd and Emilia Clarke): http://a.yfrog.com/img858/9504/ngcnb.jpg
Impressive - Looks very Babylonian-inspired. (and apparently matches the description in the books) The scope of this show continues to widen.
Here's the full size image (with Hibberd and Emilia Clarke): http://a.yfrog.com/img858/9504/ngcnb.jpg
Impressive - Looks very Babylonian-inspired. (and apparently matches the description in the books) The scope of this show continues to widen.
Well, it's a nice looking gate. I'll look forward to seeing it when they CG in a city behind it.
It was very smart to slowly introduce real fantasy elements into the series. You start with a basically realistic world filled with different cultures than we know. That wins over the people who would immediately dismiss fantasy and not even watch the series. Once people are hooked, then you reveal the true nature of the world.
Lost tried to do this, but lost something in the actual execution of the series.
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Want!
When are the dvds set to drop?
They renamed Asha Greyjoy for whatever the hell reason and the casting is disappointing. 
*sad* Loved her in the books.
*sad* Loved her in the books.
They renamed her Yara so that it wouldn't be confused for Osha (the Harry Potter actress)'s character.
Same reason they changed Robert Arryn's name to Robin Arryn, so not to confuse him with the guy he's named after (King Robert).
They DID keep the two Jon's though, but that was likely because Jon Arryn was dead before the series began.
Same reason they changed Robert Arryn's name to Robin Arryn, so not to confuse him with the guy he's named after (King Robert).
They DID keep the two Jon's though, but that was likely because Jon Arryn was dead before the series began.
Yes, because it would be so easy to confuse two characters that will never have a single scene together, and so far at least have only one character that they both know (Theon.) Also, how does Asha sound too much like Osha, but Yara doesn't sound too much like Arya? And all they had to do with Robert Arryn was freaking explain that he was named after Robert Baratheon. I've always hated this ridiculous TV logic that nobody is allowed to have the same name. I'm surprised they didn't rename Robb Stark while they were at it.
I'm okay with Natalie Dormer as Margaery because I've always had mad love for her so she works for me. She's also a damn good actress (one of the few things good about The Tudors).
I want to say mid march
Game of Thrones has a huge cast with interrelations worthy of an overcomplicated flow chart. Consider the amount of stuff the series had to patiently explain in the first year, occasionally becoming lopsided in its focus on exposition - the great houses, the previous war, the interrelationships of various characters, and so on. Theon Greyjoy's entire arc was to be reminded continuously of who he is and who his people are and remember these details viewers they'll be important later we promise. And we still never breathed a word of a half-dozen other plot threads, like the children of the forest.
Now I fully appreciate the writers concern that they never appear too dense about these things, so the name changes generally make sense (Yara more than Robin, in that I don't even recall the young lord ever be referred to as 'Robin Arryn'.)
Now I fully appreciate the writers concern that they never appear too dense about these things, so the name changes generally make sense (Yara more than Robin, in that I don't even recall the young lord ever be referred to as 'Robin Arryn'.)
This is one of the two things HBO has in common with Ralph Bakshi. The other is gratuituous nudity.If they'd been making LotR for HBO we'd have never gotten "Sauron" and "Saruman"...
I think the 'Robin Arryn' thing came from Sweetrobin, Lysa's nickname for her son.
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This is one of the two things HBO has in common with Ralph Bakshi. The other is gratuituous nudity.If they'd been making LotR for HBO we'd have never gotten "Sauron" and "Saruman"...
I just gave someone a copy of Fritz the Cat. Furry fans must consider that their Gone With the Wind. As far as Bakshi, I love Wizards, it was his training mission for LotR and is a lot better than what we got. [I have Fire and Ice but haven't watched it yet].
And I thought GoT did a pretty good job of explaining the backstory and the Houses, it was a bit much at first but settled in.
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