The Lamonster
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Perfect casting on Dagmer. I hate him so much haha
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Game of Thrones - Season 2 - George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire - Sundays on HBO
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Perfect casting on Dagmer. I hate him so much haha
bengraven
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ABOMINATION.
It could be. And I wasn't necessarily expecting it to happen, just theorizing.
bodyofanamerican
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It's so easy to hate Finchy. He's the best.
I hope the season ends with:
Theon: "Dagmer"
Dagmer: "Yeah?"
Theon: "Why don't you fuck off."
Oh hell yes, this is how I wanted season 2 to end. A huge shiver went down my spine when I read the end of that chapter.
aronnov reborn
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All Book Spoilers
There's really no hope at all in the entire series to me.. every character of strong moral fiber is probably going to get axed.... the ones that haven't already... Martin will probably have some new character introduced in the final novel who wins all.. just a nice little fuck you to us fans. I'm all in with Jon Snow hoping he's not dead.
I understand what you are saying about the "celtic versions" but just keep in mind that those are fan made and put up on you tube so it is very rough. It would sound much better if they were given the chance to do it professionally. I like those better because it sounds like something I would expect to hear in that medieval world. I also like it to sound more dark than sad. Here is another song by those guys. Not exactly how I imagined it but very good. Only click if you have read all the books (just trying to be safe):
series spoiler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6VMSYIXCCY&feature=channel&list=UL
Cornballer
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- Via Westeros.org: A visit with some of the cast from Game of Thrones (short youtube vid)
EDIT:
- HBO interview with Richard Madden
EDIT:
- HBO interview with Richard Madden
This was interesting, lol about Sam freezing on set.
Oh and thanks for all these links Cornballer, you must be the biggest Game of Thrones fan ever.
NathanMcMahon
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Amy Poehler meeting NCW at the Peabody Awards thing yesterday. She's apparently a big GoT nerd and the show gets mentioned all the time on P&R.
Adam Scott is best friends with David, so there is probably that too.
theignoramus
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do we know which actors have read the books?
had any of them read the books before HBO's casting call?
had any of them read the books before HBO's casting call?
Cornballer
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- WiC.net with a roundup of recent cast interviews
I think all of these have been linked in the thread, but it's worth a look for anyone that's looking for more content.
I think all of these have been linked in the thread, but it's worth a look for anyone that's looking for more content.
Good call. I've seen a couple references this season on 30 Rock.
Ah, that makes sense.
Surprised and sad the guy didn't do one for Arya.
Also this is thread really blows my high the majority of the time.
bengraven
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ThisWreckage
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I was hoping it would happen this season just to see viewer reaction. You know, since he's one of the few likable characters in the show.
bengraven
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Eh, it adds nothing to him in the books, except to have GRRM write (SOS)
"his scar itched".
Unless he's suddenly a Horcrux, it's not important.
ThisWreckage
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It's very interesting to me because I'm having a hard time deciding on whether or not HBO is going to have the balls to do it.
PantherLotus
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She's hot, but she's no Cersei. I want more .gifs of that lovely, flawless blonde vixen, cruel though she may be.
Oh sorry!
I'm not sure if you're talking about my post, but I spoiler tagged my post just in case.
Steelyuhas
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Before I leave, one last Oona gif.
*shivers* She's...like a kitten...
DEAR LORD
PantherLotus
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What's your favorite scene of the entire series?
The scenes that mean the most to me personally are most of the ones from episode 1 because after watching that episode I was instantly hooked. In particular the first beheading and direwolf scene. I think the best scene overall was the beheading of Ned or maybe when Ned is walking into the throneroom to declare that Joffrey is not king.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't hear it. It sounds more like the Harry Potter theme, as others have mentioned. Most likely, Dinklage was just whistling tunelessly.
ETA: I mean, they probably shot this way back in Aug or Sept of last year. The National probably recorded their version a few months ago.
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Yeah I don't hear anything similar there.
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I was thinking about this just recently...of all the Stark kids, Sansa is really the only one I would describe as "rudderless"...she seems to be incapable of independence and is more easily manipulated. Is it a coincidence that her wolf is the only one to have died while their master lived? Like you, I too think Lady's death was more meaningful than it appeared to be.
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, it's strange. I started rewatching Season 1, and while most of Season 2 has been better, just purely from an "events" standpoint (for most characters), Season 1 has such a strong sense of cohesion that's largely absent from Season 2.
Junior Asparagus
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Well put. I agree with the cohesion factor. I've read the books, but I wonder how it is for non-readers as the characters drift apart and stay apart for a long time. It probably detracts from the watchability for a casual fan.
BertramCooper
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Seeing as though their wolves are the primary means through which the Stark kids have developed their warg abilities, I don't think Sansa will ever have the means to develop as a skinchanger.
And it seems like the ability to skinchange is a matter of circumstance and not one of heredity. Unless I've misunderstood or overlooked something, it seems like the Starks developed the abilities because of the wolves, not because they inherited it. I don't recall any suggestion that there have been large numbers of Stark skinchangers.
And it seems like the ability to skinchange is a matter of circumstance and not one of heredity. Unless I've misunderstood or overlooked something, it seems like the Starks developed the abilities because of the wolves, not because they inherited it. I don't recall any suggestion that there have been large numbers of Stark skinchangers.
People have said that the dialogue in Season 2 has improved over last year's season. However, due to the nature of the source material, there's not as much "oh shit" moments so far but I think the last 2 episodes will get people excited for season 3 and bring the grade for this season up.
And as frequency said, the Theon stuff has been my favorite scenes to watch this year and probably overall, even though I didn't like reading it at first in the book.
S2 is clearly better and more confident than S1.
BUT, the source of the story, A Clash Of Kings, is pretty much all buildup for the finale, unlike Game of Thrones which rises and falls. However, both the book and season are better than the preceding ones.
Edit: Theon is one of the best characters/stories/arc in the series. I'm in love with where his story goes.
BUT, the source of the story, A Clash Of Kings, is pretty much all buildup for the finale, unlike Game of Thrones which rises and falls. However, both the book and season are better than the preceding ones.
Edit: Theon is one of the best characters/stories/arc in the series. I'm in love with where his story goes.
BertramCooper
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So are they going to (series)
keep Alfie Allen around for the next couple of seasons and show his descent into Reek, or are they just going to bring him back in a few years?
Cornballer
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- Via Westeros.org: IGN takes a look at some GoT merchandise (youtube)
Around the 2:50 mark they start hacking up watermelons with Longclaw.
Around the 2:50 mark they start hacking up watermelons with Longclaw.
Interesting question. I'd prefer if they did the latter.
I didn't want to compare it to the book because I didn't want to go back over the same complaints I already made but there were lots of "oh shit" moments from the second book at this time. House of Undying already happened. Arya took over Harranhal. Bran and Rickon's deaths being fake was less obvious and felt more like an event. I believe it was also at this point that (Cok)
Robb was wounded by an arrow in battle, which was how he first meets Jeyne/Talisa.
The last two episodes could have had holy shit moments comparable to the first season. I don't think the source material is to blame.
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They're casting Ramsay Snow for S3, so it sounds like Theon will remain in the picture.
Spoiler related to his spoiler and a tiny spoiler about next season.
I think the blood has much to do with it just like how the greenseer seems to be a crannogmen thing. I would be shocked if any non northerner/wildling on the show/in the books ever warged. There have always been rumors about Mormont's laying with bears, maybe some of them can warg? Now I'm just being silly imagining the Umbers warging giant's since it's their sigil. Although Tommen warging into his kittens would both be the funniest and dumbest thing ever.
Really?! [series]
i suppose it would be quite difficult contract wise for the actor to to have to leave and then come back in 2 season. Still this is a confusing to me. His transformations from reek back to Theon is the interesting arc, not the reverse. I mean, they can't just show him being horrifically tortured for 2 seasons. My purist senses are tingling! I suppose if Ramsey was the focus of the scenes they could get away with it, maybe they could tie him more into the red wedding.
PhoenixDark
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There are plenty of oh shit moments in ACOK. Many just aren't in S2 of this show
bodyofanamerican
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I think beginning next season is when we're going to see D&D make good on their statement that this is their adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire rather than each season is an adaptation of each book. A lot of the events mentioned in the spoiler are probably going to be moved up and featured next season and I would wager that a few other events/storylines will be moved up and around quite a bit especially when you get to books 4 and 5, where you have so much stuff happening concurrently (but may not be obvious when reading the books).
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