Game of Thrones

[Dan Pop-o-matic]

But you do all know Season 3 already exists in paper form... I'm not sure whether to go straight in or start from the beginning. Each audiobook is about 33 hours long...

I've taken the (somewhat foolhardy) decision to wait until the series has finished before I read the books. Like some sort of idiot.

[Gordon]

On facebook, there's lots of nerd-whining about deviation from the books. I think that would probably make it more fun to read after you've seen it.

[linus]

it does, you can't do what you can do in a book in a telly programme so you have to be a bit smoke and mirrors about it (

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like that smoke baby perhaps who killed renly

) and so as long as the deviation is creative (which I think it has been) rather than just a desperate conceit, it works, and I think it has worked so far really well

and reading the books after is a bit like getting a remix that expands on what you've seen on the telly, it's like you enter a new dimension, there's telly 'game of thrones' and book 'game of thrones' and they're sort of the same but also different, it's like parallel worlds

it blows my mind, in many respects

[Dan Pop-o-matic]

I do very much look forward to reading the books in 7 years time. Plenty of other awesome new fantasy novels to be reading in the meantime.

In addition to the previous statement, my levels of massive geekery can be confirmed by the fact that I've just bought myself a House Targaryen t-shirt. Suave.

[Gordon]

Pfft. It's all about the Starks.

[linus]

I'd go for the sigil of house bolton on a t-shirt... who couldn't resist a flayed man upon one's chest (in a manner of speaking)?

[Gordon]

http://djsodapop.wordpress.com/2012/04/ ... ofthrones/

Cartoon iphone wallpapers. I've got the Stark one.

Originals here: http://www.reuno.net/project-game-of-thrones

[RITH]

http://m.gawker.com/5918344/game-of-thr ... on-a-spike

[bullyhuff]

I've just had an epiphany that I thought i'd share. Whenever I saw Sandor "The Hound" Clegane I was wondering where I knew him from and it just clicked that he was "Kenny" from "The Book Group" and was also "Father Critchon" on Shameless! I feel better now.

[Gordon]

Also, Mr Yarp from Hot Fuzz.

[linus]

ahem hem hem

I also like that the actor playing the hound is the fella that went 'yarp' in hot fuzz

has anyone else been getting all excited and flushed over the casting announcements for series 3?



mrs emma peel, 'I'm a massive wanker' from spaced, gareth from the office, her from hollyoaks, dennis pennis, a man, a child, some young people who look related but aren't

and (not in that clip) simon from misfits/ben theodore

lumme!

[linus]

thanks to sandy stolenwine for sticking this under my nose and brightening my day, this is ace:

[linus]

Batman, you droopy arsecandle!

Jack Gleeson ... Little Boy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/fullcredits#cast

I suspected Batman in 'Batman Begins' was Patrick Bateman from 'American Psycho'... this just proves it all

Sheesh!

[Gordon]

We noticed that the other day. How many child actor/extras go on to such greatness?

[RITH]

Pretty cool insight in the special effects used for this show.

[RITH]

Not long now. Are you ready?



I am.

[Your Funny Uncle]

I've been reading the books after finally catching up on the series at the end of last year. I think season one is pretty faithful to the book, but season 2 diverges substantially more. I think a lot of it is down to not having the budget to show all the castles, cities and massive hosts of men that George R.R. Martin frequently describes...

[Gordon]

I will be flying to Toronto when the new season starts but I have been psyching myself up with the HBO GOT podcast trailers.

[RITH]

Tonight! Well, tomorrow morning for me.

[islandhopper]

Finally caught up yesterday so can now read this thread. Dragons!