Game of Thrones season 2 anticipation - HBO shows footage
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Not having read the novels (ok.. try not to faint or explode into outrage
) i can only judge by the show but Sansa comes off as a highnosed, entitled and arrogant highborn.. the typical cliché of aristocracy which stands in big contrast to Arya who seems more down to earth, friendly and non-judgemental and this is why people tend to gravitate more towards Arya.I think the show lucked out though with their child actors since many (if not all) deliver such good performances and that's not easy to do with kids.. we as adults tend to notice good child actors over anything else because there aren't many and those who break out get cast left and right for all kinds of roles in that short amount of time where they're still young (and if lucky they make the transition into adult acting but that's rare).
Are you referring to discs, or Watch Instantly? If the latter, don't expect it to happen; HBO won't license their material to Netflix. If discs, it might have to do with HBO ending discounted sales to Netflix, resulting in Netflix having to purchase HBO shows at retail prices to rent them out (this being the "issue" you referred to).
Discs. I'm trying to decide how long I want to give them before I just buy the damn thing. I just finished the book, and like I said in the ASOIAF thread, it totally blew me away, so at this point this is pretty much my #1 most anticipated show and/or movie, and I don't know how long I'll be able to walk past it on my way in to and out of work without buying it.
EDIT: As for streaming, HBO refuses to give them rights for their stuff.
EDIT: As for streaming, HBO refuses to give them rights for their stuff.
Which is exactly why I like her lol
I can see this. I actually found that Sansa became much more interesting as time went on.
Sansa is written as a teenage girl. Teenagers in general are short-sighted, selfish and have a simplistic world view. We see similar behavior from Jon and Dany and other young people at times, though since things tend to go right for them more often than not it doesn't damage our opinion of the characters as much.
Jon and Dany's characters are also helped from how they face truly silly opposition compared to the rest of the characters in the story and how they're treated as super-special folks by people they meet. Sansa however goes up against characters the readers really like, and no one really talks about how they like Sansa (Arya and Jon don't seem to like her at all).
Jon and Dany also had much more difficult lives than Sansa did which means they also matured much faster than she did.
Jon, Dany, and Arya learned how to take care of their problems with the sword. Sansa's only weapon / shield is her courtesy. She came to the capitol a naive girl whose head was filled with fairy tales about knights and princesses, and is very slowly realizing that real life is not at all like that. She too is doing her best to survive.
I don't think Jon had such a difficult life before the Wall, most of his "Wah-Wah, it's so bad being a bastard!" thing is all in his head rather than reality. And as far as the Wall, his time there has been pretty damn easy compared to most other men of the Night's Watch.
I just watched a bunch of the BTS stuff, including the half hour special, and I'm definitely leaning more in the buy direction than the rent direction. I'm finding it almost kinda scary how close they stayed to the book. I swear some of the scenes they show are almost exactly what I imagined while I was reading it.Re: GoT on Netflix, I received the first disc of Boardwalk Empire in the mail just a few days after the season 1 street date last month, so hopefully the same will hold true for GoT (although I'm definitely buying not renting it)
I've still been meaning to re-watch season one but I just haven't had the time. I think GoT has the potential to be an excellent show but there are a few key issues that need to be addressed in season two and onward. That said, I'll be watching very carefully to see if Jaime Lannister's character redeems himself ...
Just as an FYI, Amazon has the first season bluray for pre-order at $34.99 right now. Probably the cheapest price we're ever gonna see it.
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-...1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329972588&sr=1-1
EDIT: Oh, and Best Buy has it too, but with exclusive covers.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Game+Of+Thrones+%28Targaryen%29+-+Blu-ray+Disc/4566422.p?id=2370299&skuId=4566422&st=game%20of%20thrones&lp=1&cp=1
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Game+Of...06&skuId=4566399&st=game of thrones&lp=3&cp=1
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-...1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329972588&sr=1-1
EDIT: Oh, and Best Buy has it too, but with exclusive covers.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Game+Of+Thrones+%28Targaryen%29+-+Blu-ray+Disc/4566422.p?id=2370299&skuId=4566422&st=game%20of%20thrones&lp=1&cp=1
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Game+Of...06&skuId=4566399&st=game of thrones&lp=3&cp=1
Well this isn't a spoiler thread, but let's just say that, like most of the characters in this story, it depends on how you define "redemption".
And I haven't gotten a BR player yet, but this is one of the things I might get to have some on hand when I do. All I have now are avi versions. Part of me wants to wait for the whole-series collection...
New season 2 trailer to premier on hbo go:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsideth...w-season-2-trailer-to-premiere-on-hbo-go.html
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsideth...w-season-2-trailer-to-premiere-on-hbo-go.html
As soon as someone puts it on youtube, I suppose.
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