HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

I just started rewatching on a whim this afternoon, already at ep3 :D

We should poll the characters at some point, so many good ones to choose from!

Welcome forks! <3

We should poll the characters at some point, so many good ones to choose from!

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, March 19, 2012 4:34 AM (8 hours ago)

I was thinking of doing a poll of the POV characters from the books at some point.

called my sister to tell her i was watching this and

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

I tell her I'm only on episode four and the first thing she says is oh man i can't wait for the dragons in season 2, no spoilers
i'm like dude, that was a big spoiler
and she's like yeah but it was on the cover of entertainment weekly
moral: my sister can be a jerk sometimes

yeah but she said no spoilers

if you couldn't figure out this was going to have dragons in it you're a fucking moron

sorry, that was overly hostile

I'm finding Feast for Crows a bit slow so far after the insanity of SoS.

uh, i knew there were gonna be dragons, just didn't need to spend the next seven episodes waiting for dragons to show up
or for ned to die for that matter. damn you internet

So if i wanted to just jump into book 2 right now, having done nothing other than watch the first season, I could do that and keep up with the plot on paper just fine?

Yes.

I don't think you should though

Book 1 and S1 are essentially exactly the same, except the book has more background detail, lots of extended scenes etc. But I still really enjoyed reading the book despite having seen the show relatively shortly before. You also get more insight into the characters' thoughts and motivations.

sooooo... start with book one?

yes

Not compulsory but recommended.

why did I buy the DVDs and not the blu rays

dude what is wrong wit u 4 real

I ain't got no dough so I've been watching the episodes online with the interactive features. It explains loads of little things about the histories that I didn't know. I'll be the Blu is stacked with that shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92ukx0A2fk&feature=player_embedded

omg that is fantastic

I haven't watched with the commentaries yet

The idea of a commentary track done by the kids is delightful but I am not looking forward to their analyses of the various sexposition scenes.

oh that's the SHOW'S kids? neat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWv3Taky4Q

omg ♥ the kids so much.

so cute and lol
reminds me of my brothers and i audio taping ourselves singing along to the radio

I'm finding Feast for Crows a bit slow so far after the insanity of SoS.

I think that this is the typical reaction, unless I'm mistaken.

ya same feeling here... it's taking me a lot more time to go through Feast for Crows than it took to read the previous three. the focus is really too much on characters i don't really care about i guess.

Yeah, there are only two POV characters I'm heavily invested in in this one.

maybe dumb q, but is the 'will this just be for nerds?' a specific like thing? aside from if obv being fantasy/lol @ d&d or w/e? if not, the dude who wrote the EW article lurks ilx

cersei lannister is hilar on the commentary

she swears like a banshee

Hah, when I was watching an episode tonight, I couldn't help but here the kids singing over the title credits again.

I am going to be so mad at Tebow if his trade to the Jets gives GRRM a fatal heart attack.

lol OTM

Mood: http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/charitycam/aliens/anxious.gif distressed

Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms is excited about the NFL playoffs.

The wildlings and the men of the Night's Watch and even some northmen are all pulling for the Giants, of course. But in the Vale of Arryn and the Mountains of the Moon, they're Falcons fans.

The Lannisters are cheering on Detroit, even if the lion is the wrong color, but some of the smallfolk of Lannisport on its western bay are fond of those 49ers. The High Septon and all the septa and septons and devout of the realm are for the Saints.

The butchers and tanners of King's Landing and Oldtown are behind the Packers, the smiths and armorers are with the Steelers. At the Citadel of Oldtown, the archmaesters and the Conclave are all about the Ravens, but across the narrow sea the khals and Dothraki horselords are screaming and whistling for the Broncos. In Volantis, the tigers are Bengals backers; the elephants are rooting for whoever plays the Bengals.

Nobody anywhere knows what a 'Texan' is, but a few Dornishmen might support them anyway, just to be perverse.

One commonality unites all the Seven Kingdoms, and the lands beyond. Everyone everywhere hates the Patriots, and Evil Little Bill.

marshawn lynch, wildling mode...

Ted Hendricks was definitely from beyond the wall

that livejournal can't be real, right? because if it was wouldn't it be flooded with posts urging grrm to get the fuck back to work already

its real, he posts to it CONSTANTLY

i believe he deletes those posts

Tim Tebow, the worst quarterback in the National Football League

No longer Alex Smith!! ^_^

this trade is a mummers farce. do the jets really must needs tebow?

lmao brownie

Haha, GRRM is a massive dork. No surprise I guess.

I had no idea Bronn was in Robson & Jerome until now, I never heard their music but I remember the NME and Melody Maker hating them sooo much.

best to remain ignorant

It seems wise.

Imagine two mediocre singers doing Unchained Melody. Now you have it exactly.

gross

Extensive Dinklage interview:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/magazine/peter-dinklage-was-smart-to-say-no.html