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This Spring, Winter is Coming... to HBO

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    If he's not going to read the books regardless, why bother? His loss.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    anyway TLB, I personally guarantee that Tyrion Lannister will be one of your favorite characters on television next year.


    And if the series lasts long enough, Jaime Lannister will join that list

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  • IrtehmongooseIrtehmongoose Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    The actor for Jaime looks perfect.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Jaime Lannister is one of the best characters in the books, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how he turns out.

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Man I haven't really started the fourth book at all but totally can't wait for this show.

    And I am going to have to wait for the blu-ray set which will probably come this time next year...

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  • feebsiclefeebsicle a feebs Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You know who I think should be cast as the Red Woman?

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Creepy gif is creepy.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hrmmmm

    I am conflicted about the idea of Tilda Swinton as Melisandre



    but it won't happen either way

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    HBO eh?

    That means swearing and tits!

    I'm in

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    HBO eh?

    That means swearing and tits!

    I'm in

    pffft as if you could do this show without swearing and tits

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  • simosimo Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    they could have at least colored lena heady's eyebrows or something

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  • feebsiclefeebsicle a feebs Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Hrmmmm

    I am conflicted about the idea of Tilda Swinton as Melisandre



    but it won't happen either way


    this is truth.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    simo wrote: »
    they could have at least colored lena heady's eyebrows or something

    that's it, simo ruined the show for me

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Personally I'd like to see Polly Walker (Atia from Rome) as Melisandre.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Alan Rickman as Littlefinger? Nah, too easy.

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  • simosimo Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Balefuego wrote: »
    simo wrote: »
    they could have at least colored lena heady's eyebrows or something

    that's it, simo ruined the show for me

    whoops

    i decided not to order hbo for boardwalk empire, but i think i might have to for this show

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I am not familiar with the story but I like when long epics get made into HBO shows cause it does them very well.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    SimBen wrote: »
    Personally I'd like to see Polly Walker (Atia from Rome) as Melisandre.

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    Also Lucy Lawless from Spartacus has a good look for it as well.

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  • feebsiclefeebsicle a feebs Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    SimBen wrote: »
    Personally I'd like to see Polly Walker (Atia from Rome) as Melisandre.

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    Ooh, that's a good one.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Alan Rickman as Littlefinger? Nah, too easy.

    that is awful plus Littlefinger was cast ages ago


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  • feebsiclefeebsicle a feebs Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    If she were younger, Jorja Fox is pretty much how I pictured Brienne.

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  • IsoldaeIsoldae Hats Off To JigglypuffRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Is that the chick from CSI?

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    harsh

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  • OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Need to read through A storm of Swords and a Feast for Crows this christmas break (or this week I'll have off with nothing to do cause it's turkeygiving week).

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Except Jorja Fox is actually quite pretty, whereas Brienne is supposed to be rather ugly.

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  • YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    They need one of those big creepy borderline-tranny body builder ladies to be Brienne
    Not really

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Thinking about it though really for a tv show where you see her naked you'd want her to be pretty. Unconventionally so, but pretty, just because hey, tv. So from that perspective feebs, Jorja Fox is a good idea. Actually, she's work pretty well.

    I just didn't really picture her like that, is all.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    When you play the game of threads, you win or you die.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Jorja Fox is way too cute for Brienne

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  • YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Whoever it is is going to be way too cute for Brienne because of exactly what Solar said

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  • feebsiclefeebsicle a feebs Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Solar wrote: »
    Thinking about it though really for a tv show where you see her naked you'd want her to be pretty. Unconventionally so, but pretty, just because hey, tv. So from that perspective feebs, Jorja Fox is a good idea. Actually, she's work pretty well.

    I just didn't really picture her like that, is all.

    This is exactly why.
    When I read the books, I always pictured everything as it would be translated to film.
    This is why I think she would work well. Yes, she is absolutely gorgeous, but I feel like she has the ability to pull a Charlize Theron (Monster) if need be and fit the role quite well, and still be enjoyable enough for tv.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Jorja is closer to how I pictured Ygritte

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    feebsicle wrote: »
    Solar wrote: »
    Thinking about it though really for a tv show where you see her naked you'd want her to be pretty. Unconventionally so, but pretty, just because hey, tv. So from that perspective feebs, Jorja Fox is a good idea. Actually, she's work pretty well.

    I just didn't really picture her like that, is all.

    This is exactly why.
    When I read the books, I always pictured everything as it would be translated to film.
    This is why I think she would work well. Yes, she is absolutely gorgeous, but I feel like she has the ability to pull a Charlize Theron (Monster) if need be and fit the role quite well, and still be enjoyable enough for tv.

    Those are all good reasons.

    I'll admit when I pictured Brienne in the bath scene she could have looked like Jorja Fox.
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Jorja is closer to how I pictured Ygritte

    I havn't seen any pics of a young Jorja Fox but she definately has an air of maturity, and Ygritte is mid teens. So...

    I actually don't know who I might think could play Ygritte. Probably getan unknown.

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  • YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Staleghoti wrote: »
    HBO eh?

    That means swearing and tits!

    I'm in

    pffft as if you could do this show without swearing and tits

    And, of course, sister-fucking.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    If any show ever had to have swearing and tits it would be this one. Martin is the only author I have ever read who describes sex as "fucking" outside of a character's speech. He will actually say in the book "And then he fucked her." Took me a few times to notice it but there you go.

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Balefuego wrote: »
    anyway TLB, I personally guarantee that Tyrion Lannister will be one of your favorite characters on television next year.


    And if the series lasts long enough, Jaime Lannister will join that list

    but those names are so goddamn dumb

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Seriously Brienne is the one character I have so much trouble picturing in my mind. On one hand I tend to want to see her as kinda cute, cleans-up-nice, diamond-in-the-rough, which I know is wrong. On the other hand, any attempt at conjuring up a truly ugly mental image turns into caricatural prosthetic buck-toothed tragedy.

    Buff and mannish is probably the way to go.

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I fail to comprehend how some of you people haven't gone completly insane waiting for dance of dragons. I only finished A feast for crows on friday and I already can't wait for it.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    SimBen wrote: »
    Seriously Brienne is the one character I have so much trouble picturing in my mind. On one hand I tend to want to see her as kinda cute, cleans-up-nice, diamond-in-the-rough, which I know is wrong. On the other hand, any attempt at conjuring up a truly ugly mental image turns into caricatural prosthetic buck-toothed tragedy.

    Buff and mannish is probably the way to go.

    I get that.

    It doen't help that she is supposed to have beautiful eyes in the books, and that there is a chemistry between her and Jaime.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Balefuego wrote: »
    anyway TLB, I personally guarantee that Tyrion Lannister will be one of your favorite characters on television next year.


    And if the series lasts long enough, Jaime Lannister will join that list

    but those names are so goddamn dumb

    TLB you read comic books, I have trouble believing silly names are that huge of a barrier for you.


    Plus a sizeable chunk of the names in these books are traditional anglo-saxon names anyway

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