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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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06-12-2011, 08:06 PM | #1441 |
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wow ... didn't see that coming
Spoiler!
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06-12-2011, 08:23 PM | #1442 |
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wow I almost want to cry right now, lol.
What a ****ing great show |
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06-12-2011, 08:26 PM | #1443 |
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This is the moment I've been waiting for all season, and trying to keep quiet about. Probably the moment to this point in the story where I envy Ice and Fire virgins the most.
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06-12-2011, 08:29 PM | #1444 |
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EW's story/interview on it:
Spoiler!
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06-12-2011, 08:43 PM | #1445 |
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06-12-2011, 08:51 PM | #1446 |
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ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME????
Never in a million years would I have guessed the show would have taken this turn. WHAT THE ****? I am pretty pissed off right now.... |
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06-12-2011, 09:07 PM | #1447 |
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Poor ol dead Ned, he should have taken the throne when he had the chance.
Look at what all that great honor did for him? A lack of a head and his family to suffer the consequences. He should have taken a lesson from Jamie Lannister!! |
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06-12-2011, 09:07 PM | #1448 |
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06-12-2011, 09:19 PM | #1449 |
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at the last remark...
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06-12-2011, 09:20 PM | #1450 |
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Having never read the books but always keen to foreshadowing there were two things that have stood out from the end of episode 1. First was that Joffery was a product of incest and second that Ned's days were numbered. That being said this has been an incredible ride and I can't wait for next Sunday. Interesting to learn about the lineage of some of the characters that man the Wall.
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06-12-2011, 09:40 PM | #1451 |
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A surpised for me this episode too, and I've read the books.....Shae was't replaced by Ros afterall, good! Still curious why they changes Ros around, I guess she just has an excellent set of tits and they wanted to get more use out of them.
Man, they also breezed through the battles. Those were perfect examples of why I wish they could have had two or so more episodes for the season. Those could have been really fleshed out more and shown the brilliance of what the Starks did there. |
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I do hope though, that in future seasons they get a bigger budget, for example, I want to SEE a wildling army. |
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06-12-2011, 09:55 PM | #1454 |
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Just finished watching. My wife was so angry, she's watching a few episodes of The Office to cool down.
When I read that for the first time, I had to put the book down. Martin definitely goes out of his way to make things realistic AND break the stereotypes of the genre he writes in. BTW, just in case any of the ASOIF virgins missed it.. that was Eddard's greatsword Ice that was used to kill him. I hope we get to see a little more of the Battle of the Whispering Wood in flashbacks and such. As I was telling the wife... Robb Stark may have lost his dad, but Eddard schooled him well in the art of war and making hard choices.
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06-12-2011, 10:22 PM | #1455 |
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Yeah, I was a little disappointed in how they handled Whispering Wood.
Like a lot of folks, I've spent the last month waiting for this episode to see the reaction. Just floors the hell out of you, doesn't it? That said, I was worried some time ago about how the loss of Bean would impact the series but I'm not nearly as concerned now. The kid playing Robb has stepped up HUGE, IMO and of course Tyrian will fuel the action going forward. Love how they did it; great job, HBO.
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