"Game of Thrones" on HBO

[mishele]

I knew it was coming from reading the book but it was still shocking. I'm enjoying the reaction from everyone at work today...lol

 

[Overread16 4]

Welcome - to those only just seeing it for the first time - welcome to the shocking brutal world of ASOIAF!
You can hold your heads proud now and know that from here on - GRRM does not hold back - anyone is at risk of a bloody end hehe

 

[mjbine]

I have not read the books and I was very shocked. This is a very good series. Can't wait until next week.

 

[Onemarshboy]

It's brilliant. Has been on Sky Atlantic in the Uk. Mondays at 9pm and repeated thru the week. Last episode f season 1 is next week, that the same schedule as HBO?

 

[Josh66]

that the same schedule as HBO?

Yes. Except that it's on Sunday here.

 

[mishele]

My brother just tried to buy book 3 at the local book stores and it's sold out.....lol They say they can't keep the books on the shelf!! He has to wait 2 weeks....lol I have book 3 already.....should I give it to him? lol I'm almost done w/ book 2 so it's getting real interesting.....=)

 

[mishele]

Josh.......buy these books on amazon!! They are a good read!!

 

[OrionsByte]

Too much good stuff happens in book three to put it off too long after reading book two... So don't let him borrow it until you're done!

Book four, on the other hand, you could wait on a little bit. It's still good, but it's only half of the story - he literally split book four in half by location when it got too long to release as one book. The other half of that comes out next month, and my guess is that reading those back-to-back will be far less frustrating than it has been waiting for book five for so long.

 

[Josh66]

OMG



OK, I'm going to buy the books now - I can't wait till spring to find out what happens... Does the first book continue past what the first season of the show told?

 

[OrionsByte]

Nope it ends at exactly the same spot. Book two picks right up from there though.

 

[mishele]

I'll be finishing book 2 today.....and I'm sure starting the 3rd.....lol

Orions........how did you like the way they finished the show last night? Did it live up to the book for you?
I loved loved loved the dragons but thought that some of the other stuff came off cheesy.

Did you catch that Cate's talk w/ Jamie is way out of wack w/ the book? She has that talk w/ him at the end of book 2. O am I wrong?

Josh, if you have the time I would say skim read the first book. There is a bunch of stuff that is just touched on in the tv show. I love reading Tyrions character stuff.

I have some many people wanting to borrow my books this summer that I feel like a library...lol

 

[Overread16 4]

Woa ease up there Mish - At this rate you'll be finished before the summer is out and then - well - then you'll have a long wait for the new book to be written!

 

[mjbine]

I can't believe I have to wait until Spring of 2012!!!!

 

[mishele]

I can't believe I have to wait until Spring of 2012!!!!

You don't HAVE to wait.....lol Just go get the books...
I have to tell ya though my brother 2 weeks ago had a hard time getting them locally...lol

 

[OrionsByte]

I'll be finishing book 2 today.....and I'm sure starting the 3rd.....lol

I think book 3 is my favorite... but it's hard to say, 'cause pretty much whichever one I'm reading is my favorite. I've been re-reading them and I'm currently about half-way through book 3.

Orions........how did you like the way they finished the show last night? Did it live up to the book for you?
I loved loved loved the dragons but thought that some of the other stuff came off cheesy.

Yeah the scene I was really looking forward to was that last scene with the dragons. Part of me was really excited to see how they'd handle the dragons from an effects standpoint, and part of me was scared they'd screw it up. My wife and I were talking about it a few days ago and she said, "The dragons had better look awesome!" and I joked that they'd probably just use some puppets... "RAWR!" We laughed about that for a good long time.

It totally lived up to my expectations - I loved it! In the book, that scene, together with the King in the North scene and the decision to march beyond the wall, is the reason you want to pick up the second book right away. I was disappointed that they put the King in the North scene in so early in the episode, but it worked okay.

Pycelle and Ros though? Weird. I'm so sick of Ros. She's a bit of a Wesley for me. With as much exposition as that poor whore has to listen to, she'll be running the Seven Kingdoms soon. Does HBO have some sort of breast quota they have to meet every week?

Did you catch that Cate's talk w/ Jamie is way out of wack w/ the book? She has that talk w/ him at the end of book 2. O am I wrong?

Yeah I noticed that - I think they're trying to stretch out the Jaime stuff a bit because otherwise he wouldn't show up at all in season 2, so it will be interesting to see how they deal with that.