A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Spoiler-Filled Discussion

[Klaus]

Screw the Targaryens.

Can I pick which one?

 

[superdeluxe]

Screw the Targaryens.

Can I pick which one?

There is more than one?

 

[PsychoPere]

Screw the Targaryens.

Can I pick which one?

You only have two, maybe three, choices. Make it count, I guess!

Screw the Targaryens.

Can I pick which one?

There is more than one?

Well, there's Aegon, though there's plenty of speculation that he's either 1) fake, or 2) a Blackfyre. And then, of course, there's the theory that Jon is Lyanna and Rhaegar's legitimate child.

 

[Captain Fine]

I'm trying to decide between cancelling my Amazon.ca preorder for $64.99 or buying the special Direwolf edition Blu-ray from Future Shop for $52.99

The regular one seems more classy, but the Direwolf is cool and they'll probably do a different House every season which I think would look cool!

In the US Best Buy is offering two versions, a special Direwolf one and special Targaryen one. I went with the Direwolf myself

I saw that on Best Buy's US site...it's a shame they're not offering the Targaryen Blu-ray.

It seems like a lot of people went for the the Direwolf, so I feel better now :P

EDIT:

Someone on the Forum of Ice and Fire pointed out that Canadians can get it off the Amazon.com site for $34.99, and comes to $47.66 after import fees and shipping...versus $56.49 for the Stark version from Futureshop...

Should I stick with the Stark edition for about $10 more, or be cheap and get it from Amazon.com?

 

[DarthPipes]

Screw the Targaryens.

Can I pick which one?

I'm afraid you can only screw them if you're the blood of the dragon. Which just means that you're a sibling or something.

 

[JD]

IGN's Game of Thrones Season 1: Best and Bloodiest Kills. Since most of the people here seem to to be familiar with the story this probably isn't nessicary, but I'd feel bad if I didn't warn people that there is a lot of graphic violence here, (obviously) and some big spoilers.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Great new trailer:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVkr9oYsIbo&feature=player_embedded[/yt]

 

[superdeluxe]

Simpson's Game of THrones Intro lol:

http://io9.com/5890410/watch-the-simpsons-game-of-thrones-intro

 

[Anwar]

Two GoT references on the Simpsons in so many months? They really like that show!

 

[superdeluxe]

Love that we finally see Greywind, Definitely looks like a larger version of a wolf.

 

[Skywalker]

IIRC, the direwolves are CG this season. Grey Wind looks great. I can't wait to see Ghost.

 

[setvenharis]

Spoiler: Spoiler about something that will happen.

Just a shame that Grey Wind and Robb are going to die and swap heads. :'(

 

[JD]

IIRC, the direwolves are CG this season. Grey Wind looks great. I can't wait to see Ghost.

Yeah, he looks very CG in the trailer.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

GQ featured Emilia Clarke in their Details section. She noted how the show is going to start diverging more and more from the books and gave a humorous warning to George R. R. Martin:

 

[Evil Twin]

"George JJ Martin"?

 

[JD]

Hmm, I was wondering if the show could get away with diverging from the books, sounds like we might find out. I wonder how much input GRRM when it comes to the changes they make.
Does she dye her hair for the season or is it a wig?

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Does she dye her hair for the season or is it a wig?

It's a wig.

 

[sidious618]

Hmm, I was wondering if the show could get away with diverging from the books, sounds like we might find out. I wonder how much input GRRM when it comes to the changes they make.

Well he wrote episode nine of this season so he's clearly quite a bit involved.

 

[Venardhi]

He has no executive power though, he is mostly just along for the ride as much as they're willing to entertain his desire to be a part of the production. It is good for PR too, which helps them wanting to keep him in the credits.

 

[Hyperspace05]

He (GRRM) is listed as an executive producer, but yes that is only in name only. HBO and David Benioff/D.B. Weiss have control over it and can do whatever they want.