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HBO greenlights A Game of Thrones pilot! (spoilers)
EDIT: Changed the original header to mark this as the thread where spoilers are allowed (but not necessarily recommended...). Created a new, spoiler-free thread for Ice and Fire virgins...
This is awesome... Huge, Huge News Nov. 11th, 2008 at 10:29 PM HBO has given the production order. They will be filming the pilot episode of A GAME OF THRONES. It's just the pilot so far. They'll need to see that before they decide whether to proceed with a full season's episodes. So let's all hope the pilot will kick serious ass. It should. David Benioff and Dan Weiss did a terrific job with the script. And yes, all of you can relax, it's very faithful. Dan and David will be the executive producers for the pilot and (we hope) the eventual series. More details when I have 'em. The news is very fresh. HBO just issued their own press release, which should be up on their website soon, if it's not there already. Winter is coming to HBO. Hot damn. Last edited by keg in kc; 04-25-2011 at 03:58 PM.. |
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06-20-2011, 07:50 PM | #1666 |
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I thought the Knot was actually an event in the story and having the threads meet, not the whole book itself. I could be wrong, though.
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06-20-2011, 08:07 PM | #1667 |
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I'm beginning to wanna root for Targaryans (sp). Not over Starks, but over everybody else.
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06-20-2011, 10:25 PM | #1672 |
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Thank God we got to see Danerys naked one more time before the end of the season.
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06-20-2011, 10:57 PM | #1677 |
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In thinking about the way things are moving (in the books), I'm not convinced that GRRM isn't setting up the remaining (by DWD) Starks to become antagonists with the Lannisters being protagonists. I think the evil bastard might just get a kick out of that. The only thing that I think would keep him from doing it is that I know he has a soft spot in his heart for the Starks.
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06-20-2011, 11:52 PM | #1678 |
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One other thing that may not have been obvious to non-readers was that the older kid that stood up for Arry against the two bullies was the kid that Ned visited at the blacksmith (one of Robert's bastards). In fact, you can see him carrying his horned helmet (the one he showed Ned) as the caravan is moving out.
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06-21-2011, 05:49 AM | #1679 |
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Finished last night finally. Just really excellent.
I guess the thing I'm most impressed with, though, is how well-received this series has been by the "normal" television viewer. The salon.com critic is putting it in the same category as The Sopranos or Deadwood and thinks people will quote GoT in the future thesame way they quote The Godfather now. In the comments sections of the article, there are tons and tons of people offering huge praise for the series often prefaced with, "I'm not a fan of fantasy, but...."
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Best show on TV, going to be a loooong wait for Season 2.
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