Game of Thrones - Season 2 - George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire - Sundays on HBO
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oh, Ill bet good money that that is the cape of the rainbow guard (wouldnt surprise me if they changed the name of that). I just think it would have looked really stupid on TV if they actually made a cape look like a rainbow. Thats why they went for a cape that was obviously rich, luxuriant, but classy.
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Well she already had her signature blue armor before she was in the Rainbow Guard. Renly only put the Rainbow Cloak on her. I'm not finnicky about this stuff. I was just curious how the heck they were going to make Rainbow Guards look cool.
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Yeah. I have a feeling they decided to avoid the rainbow stuff. They might keep the name, but visually it would've looked weird.
GasProblem
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Really excited. Ordered the DVD boxset of season 1, it comes out april 18th here. Going to watch it with my parents and introduce some other family members to it. One scene is going to be really awkward to watch...
Still have to read the 4th and 5th book, I think I'm going to re-read everything but I'm thinking about skipping Game of Thrones because I've already read the book once and seen the first season.
Still have to read the 4th and 5th book, I think I'm going to re-read everything but I'm thinking about skipping Game of Thrones because I've already read the book once and seen the first season.
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that the book series will actually have more than 5 entries.
I think the only scene I skipped while watching with my family was the one with Renly and Loras. I will probably also skip the littlefinger scene.
PhoenixDark
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While that's not a big spoiler, let's remember to properly label them please. And book discussion beyond ACOK goes in the book thread
cuevas. PhD.
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Watching the first seasons again and I feel so stupid for missing the whole SHE CANT BE BURNT thing.
It's funny reading all the complaints about the sex scenes in this thread. My wife had more to say about the horse and wolf deaths than anything sex related.
I skipped the 7 minute fingerbanging scene.
LegendofJoe
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That's good, it means she has a healthy world view.
PhoenixDark
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I still haven't bought s1 in part due to that scene, and the thought of my parents seeing it lol. I should man up, they loooove Spartacus which has lots of nudity. But I've praised the books so much I bet my mom would be like "must be a bunch of sex and violence trollololol" and I'd be like "okay"
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I still haven't bought s1 in part due to that scene, and the thought of my parents seeing it lol. I should man up, they loooove Spartacus which has lots of nudity. But I've praised the books so much I bet my mom would be like "must be a bunch of sex and violence trollololol" and I'd be like "okay"
Spartacus is crazier in terms of nudity than Game of Thrones.
Go for it man. It is well worth it.
Will never show my parents any of the things I watch.
I don't really feel there's all that much sex outside of that scene, to be honest. That's the only scene that really poorly stands out. It serves zero purpose and wastes a pretty substantial amount of time. It doesn't help that Littlefinger is probably the worst actor on the show.
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He worked in The Wire, but he just feels overly tacky and cheesy in GoT.
Forgot about her.
Yep.
I don't think the show is going be on anywhere except HBOGO.
Yeah. Season 1 is book 1.
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Probably not until this time next year. I don't think they put up Season 1 until the DVD came out.
Slight show spoiler, if you really want to know:
through four episodes, Renly's Kingsguard is not referred to as the Rainbow Guard at all, although Brienne is officially a part of it. Methinks they kept the Kingsguard name similar to suggest a more clear, direct parallel with the Kingsguard we already know. That could change in subsequent episodes, of course.
That's lame. Always surprised at how tied to TV providers HBO is.
HBO's profits are based on a subscription model. If you disincentivize the reason to subscribe to HBO, you cut into their profits. They make far more money on subscriptions than any other method for episode delivery.
It doesn't surprise me one bit. I usually get HBO for the shows I want, then cancel it when they go off the air. Same for Showtime.
It doesn't surprise me one bit. I usually get HBO for the shows I want, then cancel it when they go off the air. Same for Showtime.
electroshockwave
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She has straw-blonde hair. Where did you get curly brown hair from?
No idea, lol. That's just how I had always pictured her for some reason, so I guess my mind just made it up.
I always thought this little rendition of her was the best. She's supposed to have beautiful eyes but that's it.
JordoftheDead
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Agreed. His line delivery as Littlefinger is really over the top.
Steelyuhas
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Just watched 'Fire and Blood' to finish the rewatch for season 2. The hype is so high right now.
Littlefinger suffered from having a lot of added scenes (ie not in the book) and that the writers seemed to struggle with him. I remember a lot of people commenting that the actor appeared uncomfortable in 'that' scene.
Regarding Renly's
Regarding Renly's
Kingsguard: I think giving them rainbow cloaks would have been too on the nose given they were making his secret much more explicit (Really, George?)
That's an incredible scene. I was afraid it would end up cheesy as hell, but it worked so well.
Hopefully he isn't as dry in the show.
The Lamonster
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Chuck Norris
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Not really, his points are a valid concern imo. The amount of characters can simply become too much without a main character to steer the ship imo. It works in the book when plenty of depth can be written into each character but you have to wonder if they won't feel like a whole lot of half baked characters in the show to new viewers. You do want a character to root for so I really hope they up the focus on Jon and Robb to fill that void. In a way it reminds me a lot of Oz, no real main character, no one really safe, in fact most of the characters were generally unlikable. Oz was great for awhile but eventually it tires you out, you want characters you look forward to seeing and succeeding
Lactose_Intolerant
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I don't. Its just as enjoyable to see characters fail to me.
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