[HBO] Game of Thrones - TV only, NO BOOK DISCUSSION

Captain Tragedy · July 2011

enlightenedbum wrote:

Minor spoiler within the link, including a brief explanation of who the other character is:

Stannis casting, as well as another related fairly major character we haven't met or even heard of yet on the show..

Spoiler:

Melisandre

Don't really know either, but the picture of the actress they used in the link looks pretty similar to what I pictured Melisandre to look like (if you take away the red carpet makeup/glam aspect). I guess the guy looks pretty Stannis-y.

MayGodHaveMercy · July 2011

They've cast Maester Cressen as well. Oliver Ford Davies.

I can't link the source. Big spoilers.

ED! · July 2011

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

zeeny · July 2011

MayGodHaveMercy wrote:

Margaery has been cast? Who is it?

EDIT: Oh. Meh.

Meh? What's wrong with you?

ED! · July 2011

She has a. . .weird face. Not what I would expect out of her. I suppose it could work -

MayGodHaveMercy · July 2011

ED! wrote:

She has a. . .weird face. Not what I would expect out of her. I suppose it could work -

What he said.

Captain Tragedy · July 2011

Who has a weird face? Margaery or Melisandre?

Xeddicus · July 2011

Natalie Dormer I assume he means, actress playing Margaery.

ED! · July 2011

I do not like who they have cast as Marge Tyrell. For whatever reason I envisioned someone along the lines of. . .I dunno Emma Stone - Marge has got to be, just this innocent young free sexy thing. The woman they have chosen looks far too "old" and sharp in her face.

Stannis I can live with because fuck me if I had to swear fealty to that guy. I think Brienne will definitely work though. Mel is cool, but in my mind she was older in the books, maybe a bit taller.

Captain Tragedy · July 2011

Liam Cunningham cast as Davos. (Didn't post the specific link since it was somewhat plot-spoilery).

Davos · July 2011

Captain Tragedy wrote:

Liam Cunningham cast as Davos. (Didn't post the specific link since it was somewhat plot-spoilery).

AWESOME

Davos · July 2011

Stannis casting is good, but I was shooting for Eccleston. He has more command, authority, and fury in his voice than this guy does.

Davos · July 2011

oh and the chick from black death as melisandre I CALLED THAT SHIT

i called it months ago

Centipede Damascus · July 2011

I only wish the actress playing Melisandre was a natural ginger.

Toldo · July 2011

This pictures makes me believe Stephen Dillane will make a good Stannis:

Spoiler:

Davos · July 2011

He was really good in John Adams and 44 inch chest.

Dracomicron · July 2011

Oh, Melisandre is

Spoiler:

Hell yes.

Modern Man · July 2011

ED! wrote:

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

The actor played Thomas Jefferson in the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I think Jefferson and Stannis have some similarities- cerebral, but not great with people, for example.

shryke · July 2011

Modern Man wrote:

ED! wrote:

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

The actor played Thomas Jefferson in the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I think Jefferson and Stannis have some similarities- cerebral, but not great with people, for example.

Certainly not Native American People.

Dracomicron · July 2011

shryke wrote:

Modern Man wrote:

ED! wrote:

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

The actor played Thomas Jefferson in the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I think Jefferson and Stannis have some similarities- cerebral, but not great with people, for example.

Certainly not Native American People.

Probably because there are no Native Americans in Westeros.

initiatefailure · July 2011

Dracomicron wrote:

shryke wrote:

Modern Man wrote:

ED! wrote:

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

The actor played Thomas Jefferson in the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I think Jefferson and Stannis have some similarities- cerebral, but not great with people, for example.

Certainly not Native American People.

Probably because there are no Native Americans in Westeros.

Well not anymore

Sevorak · July 2011

Quote from comic con, spoiler for late season 1:

Spoiler:

So It Goes · July 2011

Sevorak wrote:

Quote from comic con, spoiler for late season 1:

Spoiler:

Jason Momoa didn’t know his character, Khal Drogo, was going to die in Game of Thrones’ first season until he read the book. “I fucking hated you, dude,” he joked to Martin. “I was like, fuck this.”

yessss he shares my emotions

JamesKeenan · July 2011

Yeah. I GIS'd Stephen Dillane and saw a few photos and just felt my heart sink.

"He's way too young! What the hell are they- Oh."

They were old photos. Saw a few recent ones. He'll do fine. I imagine Stannis as a little meatier though.

JamesKeenan · July 2011

So It Goes wrote:

Sevorak wrote:

Quote from comic con, spoiler for late season 1:

Spoiler:

Jason Momoa didn’t know his character, Khal Drogo, was going to die in Game of Thrones’ first season until he read the book. “I fucking hated you, dude,” he joked to Martin. “I was like, fuck this.”

yessss he shares my emotions

It really is a good question. How many of them know their fates? How many have read the books? They're seasons ahead. I'm sure tv actors sit on edge waiting for another seasons script to see the fate of their characters. These actors have a few years in advance, but what of the last two books?!

Eddy · July 2011

initiatefailure wrote:

Dracomicron wrote:

shryke wrote:

Modern Man wrote:

ED! wrote:

Stannis looks good - just gotta get a bit more balding going on there. He looks appropriately stern and "unlovable".

The actor played Thomas Jefferson in the John Adams miniseries on HBO. I think Jefferson and Stannis have some similarities- cerebral, but not great with people, for example.

Certainly not Native American People.

Probably because there are no Native Americans in Westeros.

Well not anymore

:lol:

enlightenedbum · July 2011

JamesKeenan wrote:

So It Goes wrote:

Sevorak wrote:

Quote from comic con, spoiler for late season 1:

Spoiler:

Jason Momoa didn’t know his character, Khal Drogo, was going to die in Game of Thrones’ first season until he read the book. “I fucking hated you, dude,” he joked to Martin. “I was like, fuck this.”

yessss he shares my emotions

It really is a good question. How many of them know their fates? How many have read the books? They're seasons ahead. I'm sure tv actors sit on edge waiting for another seasons script to see the fate of their characters. These actors have a few years in advance, but what of the last two books?!

Emilia Clarke says she's reading the books as they wrap seasons. So she got the role, read Game of Thrones, ignored Clash of Kings til they wrapped and then read it.

Xeddicus · July 2011

You'd think they'd know roughly ahead of time how long they'll be around if it's not too long. I'd like to imagine that, anyway. As brain dead as Hollywood is I can't see them locking people down for 5 to whatever years if they're only going to be around 1 or 2. Now 2 or 3 and, surprise, you're gone after 4 they probably want to read the books to be prepared.

Note I'm not talking about the entire show getting the axe or not season to season. That doesn't count. It's pretty much just as stupid, but what can you do...

shryke · July 2011

JamesKeenan wrote:

Yeah. I GIS'd Stephen Dillane and saw a few photos and just felt my heart sink.

"He's way too young! What the hell are they- Oh."

They were old photos. Saw a few recent ones. He'll do fine. I imagine Stannis as a little meatier though.

He always seemed to me to be a guy without any extra meat on him. Not gaunt, but ... lean. And hard severe lines.

Inquisitor77 · July 2011

Someone posted a 5-part video of the Game of Thrones panel at Comic Con.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpL6F2hKgV8

Captain Tragedy · July 2011

Inquisitor77 wrote:

Someone posted a 5-part video of the Game of Thrones panel at Comic Con.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpL6F2hKgV8

Does it avoid book spoilers?

Xeddicus · July 2011

For the first book? No. For the rest? Yes. The closest they get is saying they want to make it to a certain scene and give a 2 letter name.

Davos · July 2011

That was great. Dinklage seemed over it the entire time though.

Davos · July 2011

And if you haven't read up to book 4 I'd probably avoid the later part of the panel. GRRM talking about the scene they were referring to would be kind of revealing to someone who doesn't know what's coming next.

Liquid Ghost · July 2011

I had a really weird dream this evening. It was about Tyrion defending himself in court against Phoenix Wright. Something about the masturbation story, only this time he had beaten off into the milkshake of some rude lady at Burger King. He was facing the death penalty(what) and had maybe an hour to convince the jury, made up of different versions of the Red Ranger, that he was sorry and would never do it again.

Something tells me this isn't canon.

Eddy · July 2011

override367 · July 2011

Liquid Ghost wrote:

I had a really weird dream this evening. It was about Tyrion defending himself in court against Phoenix Wright. Something about the masturbation story, only this time he had beaten off into the milkshake of some rude lady at Burger King. He was facing the death penalty(what) and had maybe an hour to convince the jury, made up of different versions of the Red Ranger, that he was sorry and would never do it again.

Something tells me this isn't canon.

Nah, sounds like a perfectly canon dream that Tyrion would have after imbibing the strongest wine he could find

KalTorak · July 2011

shryke wrote:

JamesKeenan wrote:

Yeah. I GIS'd Stephen Dillane and saw a few photos and just felt my heart sink.

"He's way too young! What the hell are they- Oh."

They were old photos. Saw a few recent ones. He'll do fine. I imagine Stannis as a little meatier though.

He always seemed to me to be a guy without any extra meat on him. Not gaunt, but ... lean. And hard severe lines.

He looks a lot like the way I picture Roose Bolton. (has Bolton shown up in the series yet? I only got to see the first few episodes)

initiatefailure · July 2011

So somewhere between episodes 3 and 4 my girlfriend went from watching the show because I wanted to watch the show to watching the show because she's in to it.

I have her right where I want her. Is that evil?

Also rewatching the episodes there's a ton of stuff I missed the first time. Possibly that's because I watched most of the season while working on projects during the spring semester

Zedar · July 2011

KalTorak wrote:

shryke wrote:

JamesKeenan wrote:

Yeah. I GIS'd Stephen Dillane and saw a few photos and just felt my heart sink.

"He's way too young! What the hell are they- Oh."

They were old photos. Saw a few recent ones. He'll do fine. I imagine Stannis as a little meatier though.

He always seemed to me to be a guy without any extra meat on him. Not gaunt, but ... lean. And hard severe lines.

He looks a lot like the way I picture Roose Bolton. (has Bolton shown up in the series yet? I only got to see the first few episodes)

I've always pictured Roose Bolton as Vladimir Putin. I don't know how I ended up with that image, but it seems to work pefectly.

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