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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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I don't know if that's really important, but I know from what I've read that Jon mentions or thinks about it a few times. Benjen seems like a badass by the way. |
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05-04-2011, 12:59 PM | #903 | |
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There was a lot of set-up in the episode, some (much...) of it which may not even register on the first viewing. I'm actually looking forward to watching the entire season again in a couple of months. |
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Without spoiling anything, that is important as well. The cool thing about having read the books is that I can see the importance of every little thing that would be lost on the viewers that haven't read the books.
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05-04-2011, 01:01 PM | #905 | |
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It's a huge book and unfortunately they're trying to cram it into 10 episodes... |
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05-04-2011, 01:02 PM | #906 |
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I'm going to put off reading the book and ask you guys if its worth going back and finishing after the season ends. I struggle with such long books sometimes.
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I am used to long books after having read many of Stephen King's long-ass books. I will say that the Song of Ice and Fire books, while they were all really long were also very quick reads for me and were not daunting at all. I was actually pissed there wasn't more to each book, I got really hooked.
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05-04-2011, 07:36 PM | #910 | |
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Maybe you're just not a person who enjoys intrigue, plot thickening and character development. Nothing wrong with that.
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Hands down my favorite episode of the series so far. The show still feels like it's moving really fast. But this episode finally got deep down into what I love about the books. Just great, dynamic characters playing their conspiratory games. This episode really focused on the people - their flaws and their desires. How can anyone not appreciate characters that are this rich? Writing that is this attentive? Man... I just loved it.
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I just bought the first 4 books on Amazon for 20 bucks. I started reading them today. So far so good. Its nice how it flows with the first few episodes so far. Well, cept that Dany is really 13. lol
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