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Old 11-12-2008, 06:29 AM  
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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.
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:15 PM   #496
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So do you expect a TV show to play its entire hand in the first 14 minutes of the first episode?
No...I just thought they would try to show us something interesting and get me excited in a new fantasy series. I guess this 15 minutes was for people who have read the books.
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:16 PM   #497
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No...I just thought they would try to show us something interesting and get me excited in a new fantasy series. I guess this 15 minutes was for people who have read the books.
Well are you still going to watch the whole first episode when it comes out?
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:17 PM   #498
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Well are you still going to watch the whole first episode when it comes out?
Yes.
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Old 04-04-2011, 08:29 PM   #499
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Here's a slightly lower res Youtube version of the trailer:

The video from HBO above was buffering every 5 seconds...
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10, I'm pretty sure
Bummer. Was hoping for the standard HBO 12-13 episode season...
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There's an interesting review of the first six episodes up on Cultural Learnings. Here's a tidbit:
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As someone who has read the first four books in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series – the fifth comes out in July – on multiple occasions, I knew my way around this story. I would not count myself among those who have an encyclopedic knowledge of Westeros, and I’ll readily admit that the density of the books means I often misplace particular story events within my memory, but the fact remains that I am very familiar with the world Martin created and the characters that inhabit it.

Accordingly, I expected my view of the series to be influenced by this perspective: I would know more about these characters than the show would expect me to know, able to fill in details and see foreshadowing that some viewers would not even know was foreshadowing. I would be more excited about seeing things come to life than I would be about seeing things happen, surprised not so much by the events transpiring but by the decisions made in giving those events physical form. However, I also presumed that I would ultimately remain the stoic critic figure, my familiarity with the series presenting less as a “fandom” and more as an extra layer that would contribute to my experience.

So imagine my surprise when my experience became defined by this familiarity, my fairly casual “fandom” transformed into a giddy reverie by the time the credits rolled on the show’s pilot. Game of Thrones is not precisely Martin’s books come to life fully formed, but I would argue that this is a love letter to A Song of Ice and Fire and those who hold it most dear. It does not just stumble its way into bits of foreshadowing: it fully embraces the scale of this narrative from the word go and begins to craft a tale worthy of the source material. It does so not just through strong performances and evocative production design, but also through tapping into the very qualities that made the source material so compelling on a structural level: this is not just an instance of plot and character being spun into a new medium, but rather David Benioff and D.B. Weiss drawing inspiration from a man who knew how to build something.

The result is a rare adaptation which compounds, rather than challenges, our appreciation for the franchise in question. Game of Thrones may not yet be the finest show on television, but it is well on its way to being one of the most rewarding television experiences I’ve ever had, and certainly shows the potential to be found in continuing to explore Martin’s – and now Benioff and Weiss’ – Westeros for many seasons to come.
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No...I just thought they would try to show us something interesting and get me excited in a new fantasy series. I guess this 15 minutes was for people who have read the books.
That 15 mins was the equivalent of the scrolling text that starts with "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." and then the bottom of a big ship going by.
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This was a response to Clay on another board that we both post on. He pretty much said the same thing he said here. I thought this was funny enough to share.

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No, that's as good as it gets. The next 10 episodes are about the budget meeting concerning the taxation of wool merchants with more than 7000 silver stag income a year for buying new gold coloured buttons for the city watch. Littlefinger is a mean bastard with his wish for gold plated buttons, and he will stop at nothing to embarrass Lord Lannister and his idea of gold-painted buttons! I heard he even plans a live filibuster for a very special 9th episode!
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Your ass. This show is gong to kick it.

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This was a response to Clay on another board that we both post on. He pretty much said the same thing he said here. I thought this was funny enough to share.
Hopefully this guy used the *SPOILERS* warning.
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I got HBO and a DVR yesterday. First time as an adult, on my own, that I've acquired these two items. I did so... just for this show.
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Apparently this aired last night. I dvr'd it, but not knowing it was actually 14 minutes from the show, I didn't record it in HD...
Looks great. A few things are nearly exactly as I imagined them, a couple aren't (mainly I was expecting Cate to be way more attractive), but I can deal with it.

Time to reactivate HBO.
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Looks great. A few things are nearly exactly as I imagined them, a couple aren't (mainly I was expecting Cate to be way more attractive), but I can deal with it.

Time to reactivate HBO.
She seemed older than I'd envisioned her, but it wasn't enough to bother me. I guess when you do think about how old the kids are, she really wasn't young in the book, either.
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She seemed older than I'd envisioned her, but it wasn't enough to bother me. I guess when you do think about how old the kids are, she really wasn't young in the book, either.
It's a minor point to be sure, but damn that woman is as plain as a glass of milk. If they were going for a stark (zing!) contrast between her and Cercei, they definitely succeeded.
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It's a minor point to be sure, but damn that woman is as plain as a glass of milk. If they were going for a stark (zing!) contrast between her and Cercei, they definitely succeeded.
Her plainness struck me as well. That being said, I like it. I think it serves to emphasize that the Starks are workmanlike and real in contrast to the Lannisters who are all about style and subterfuge.
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Looks great. A few things are nearly exactly as I imagined them, a couple aren't (mainly I was expecting Cate to be way more attractive), but I can deal with it.

Time to reactivate HBO.
I agree with Frazod. This looks awesome.
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