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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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04-17-2011, 06:41 PM | #556 |
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Perfect weekend for a free HBO preview. Can't wait!
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04-17-2011, 06:42 PM | #557 |
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04-17-2011, 08:01 PM | #558 |
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Magnificent. Best adaption of one of my favorite books ever.
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04-17-2011, 08:48 PM | #559 |
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I thought the opening credits sucked, but everything else was good.
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04-17-2011, 09:49 PM | #560 |
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Okay, just to get this straight two people in the end that were ****ing are siblings?
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04-17-2011, 09:58 PM | #561 | |
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The Targaryens wrere infamous for it. For everyone else, it's the same taboo. Except Jaime and Cersei, of course...
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04-17-2011, 10:25 PM | #562 |
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I can't believe I just watched the opening pages of A Song of Ice and Fire on television. That was incredible.
I also thought the opening titles were weird. Although there's a segment of fantasy fans who geek out big-time over maps, and they probably orgasmed through the whole thing. I can't wait to hear from people who haven't read the books. Especially about the end of the episode. We knew it was coming, but there had to be millions of people watching who didn't. |
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This is great. Salon.com review of the extremely condescending (to the genre...) New York Times and Slate reviews:
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04-17-2011, 11:10 PM | #564 |
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That was probably about as close to a perfect rendition of the book that one could hope for. I really enjoyed watching the show, and look forward to the rest of the season.
My only gripe, and it's minor, is Danerys' and Drogo's "consumation". The way it unfolds, it makes her out to be a total victim, but in the book, she came to see Drogo in a completely different light after that night. Like I said, minor (and undoubtedly nitpicky), but that was the only thing that struck me as "off". Great show. |
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04-17-2011, 11:50 PM | #565 |
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so, that was beautiful. Hopefully the rest of the series can live up to that start.
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04-18-2011, 12:22 AM | #568 |
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the guy that plays Viserys Targaryen is perfect in that role. It took all of 2 seconds before I loathed that character. totally convincing.
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04-18-2011, 05:17 AM | #569 |
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Not just siblings: twins.
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04-18-2011, 07:17 AM | #570 |
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Never read the books or even actually heard about them until now but I really enjoyed the first episode and I am really looking forward to the rest.
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