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classicman 03-26-2012 06:27 PM

6 days till season 2 begins!!!!!

DanaC 03-27-2012 05:54 AM

Ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod.

I am rewatching the first series with Ma. We watched ep 1 yesterday. Ma loved it. I actually enjoyed the first ep better this time around. last time I saw that on a really shaky connection, streaming at low quality.

Clodfobble 03-27-2012 07:41 AM

For anyone who has seen season 1 but did not read the books beforehand: did you feel overwhelmed by character information in the first few episodes, or were you able to keep it all straight? We were impressed with how much backstory they were able to pack in, but we already knew the whole story.

Spexxvet 03-27-2012 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 804002)
For anyone who has seen season 1 but did not read the books beforehand: did you feel overwhelmed by character information in the first few episodes, or were you able to keep it all straight? We were impressed with how much backstory they were able to pack in, but we already knew the whole story.

I didn't connect that one of the guys in the very first scene was the guy "Iced" by Ned. Other than that, I think I was good. Since, I've read the first, and half of the second books.

Going to a friend's GOT party on Sunday. I hope to rewatch the entire first season before then.

Clodfobble 03-27-2012 07:51 AM

I thought it was funny that the three intro guys got full biographies in the Special Features section. They were non-entities, guys in red shirts who were just there long enough to die.

In general I was very impressed with the casting. Jon Snow was the only character at all who wasn't exactly like I'd pictured him.

Spexxvet 03-27-2012 09:00 AM

The ages are different. Book Robb is 14 IIRC, tv Robb looks 16 - 18. Book Bran is 8, tv Bran is 12. Or there abouts. Theon, on the other hand, is much older than Robb, in the book, but they are contemporaries on tv.

Warning: above ages are all from memory, and may not be accurate, when performing a reality check, fictionally speaking.

Spexxvet 03-27-2012 09:02 AM

Sansa is prepubescent in the book.

Clodfobble 03-27-2012 10:15 AM

I'm pretty sure George R.R. Martin wouldn't let them go changing ages willy-nilly, this is supposed to be the most true-to-the-book adaptation of any story, ever.

TV Robb may look older, but I think they're still claiming he's 14-15. He and Jon are supposed to be roughly the same age. Sansa is definitely 13 in both book and TV, though she is technically prepubescent as well since she hasn't menstruated yet (this being a key plot point over whether she can be married yet.) I remember thinking when reading the book that 13 was not impossible, but on the rare side, for not having her period yet.

TV Bran is declared to be 10 in episode 1, right before Jaime does his thing. Can't remember how old he's supposed to be in the book.

I did have it in my head that Rickon was supposed to be, like, a preschooler, but I think that's me misremembering, because it seems pretty shocking to have aged him up to 6 in the show if he wasn't that age in the book.

wolf 03-27-2012 10:19 AM

They had to make several of the characters older in the show so it wasn't kiddie porn.

jimhelm 03-27-2012 10:39 AM

I heard that they aged them all 3 years for the sake of propriety

Clodfobble 03-27-2012 11:17 AM

AH HA!

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One big departure from the books, however, is the "aging up" of some characters. It's one thing to read bedroom scenes about a young girl traded into marriage with a savage warlord but quite another to film it for the screen. Even by HBO standards.
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Emilia Clarke, the actress who plays the young bride, Daenerys, is 23. Two of the actors -- Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Richard Madden as Robb Stark -- are 24 years old. Their characters in the book are 10 years younger.
Okay, but, the character in the TV show isn't supposed to be 23. Her older brother is hinted at being 17-19, making her 16-18.

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The Stark sisters of Winterfell, Sansa and Arya are 11 and 9 in the first book. Actresses Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams are 13 and 14, respectively.
Wow, the actress who plays Arya is 14, older than the actress who plays Sansa? That's kind of nuts.

jimhelm 03-27-2012 01:00 PM

Arya is one of my favorite characters, and the actress is my favorite. I think they hit my mental images mostly.

King Robert was a miss... He should have coal black hair and bright blue eyes.... an integral part of the story.... and Varys is Lex Luthor.... Jon Snow looks too pudgy and emo... He's supposed to have 'the look of the wolf about him' Oh, and I had Hodor with blond hair in my mind. But the rest... yeah.. pretty close all around.

Blueflare 03-27-2012 01:46 PM

I'm pretty sure all the characters are two or three years older. In one scene with King Robert in the first season they referred to the overthrow of Aerys as being 17 years ago, whereas in the book they refer to it as being 14 years ago.
I agree they made them all a bit older so it wasn't so weird. Danaerys was born after King Aerys died, which makes her 14 in the books. But in the show she'd be more like 17.

DanaC 03-27-2012 02:08 PM

Having not read the books first, I really loved the king. Thought he was great. One part dour Yorkshireman to two parts Henry the 8th.


You know that little girl had hardly done any acting before this? In fact I think it was her first role.

Trilby 04-01-2012 02:07 PM

Cannot wait!!!

I'm rooting for Danaerys and her baby dragons.


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