And so it begins. Game of Thrones, one of the most hyped and anticipated television shows in a very long time (online at least, I’m sure my mum and most of the people I know in RL couldn’t give a stuff!), finally hits the small screen, or the small computer screen in my own case (and probably that of several million others)...
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As far as accents go, I'm sure a lot of it went over my head. But I did find it kind of telling that Jon Snow and Ned sounded more "Northern" than anybody else.
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Oh he has fantastic potential. He was fan fave for the role before he had even been cast and it's pretty obvious why. Just perfect for Tyrion. IIRC he has more scenes with Cersei in the second book, which we should now get to see with the show already being renewed.
I haven't read the books in a few years but I don't really remember him ever speaking for himself for the first ... few thousand pages?
No, I don't think he had much to do at all. I wonder if the expansion of his role has something to do with giving Lena more screen time (Cersei is also a very minor role in GoT). She's one of the bigger names in the project so that might have a part in it. I found him a little insipid (and his accent slightly bizarre!) and now I can't look at him the same way after reading someone on TWOP likening him to the Prince in Shrek! There is a remarkable LOL-worthy resemblance ( ... )
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I haven't watched GoT yet, but I'm about to right now, got my mits on the 720 HD version *beams*. I'm quite excited by your review. I hope this becomes a regular thing. Have you checked out the com?
http://game-thrones.livejournal.com/
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My lovely missus found me a mint copy to um... obtain. Not had the chance to watch it on the telly yet but once tonight's shift is done with, I will be settling down to do just that. It looked lovely enough in streaming so I have high hopes for the copy sitting on my disc.
I'm quite excited by your review. I hope this becomes a regular thing.Who knows?! I was just in a writerly mood and not quite coherent enough to write fic ( ... )
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I’m not really one for Fantasy as a genre.
I'm not either and I was quite surprised when I found myself all caught up in the the GoT snare. I loved the book and I'm currently working through the second one now. I really enjoyed the first episode. I gave it two watches which rare for me. I absolutely love the photography. Very beautifully photographed.
I'm eagerly awaiting next week.
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I think the closest I come to in terms of liking fantasy is Jacqueline Carey who writes a huge cast and has a map at the front of her novels but I wouldn't really stick her in the fantasy genre somehow (although I'm sure she is categorised that way).
I really enjoyed the first episode. I gave it two watches which rare for me. I absolutely love the photography. Very beautifully photographed.
Oh it looked gorgeous, strikingly so. I think visually they've done an amazing job (and an amazing job for Malta's tourism industry!) I'm looking forward to a rewatch on a bigger screen.
I know ASOIAF has its issues and the first episode shared some of those same issues with race portrayal and male gaze being somewhat problematic. I hope they tone down the rampant female nudity (or at least balance it with some nekkid blokes - not for my benefit but just to level the field a little!) and that the Dothraki become something more than savages being ( ... )
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Tyrion and Arya are probably my faves which gels with the novels, theirs were always the chapters I looked forward to
Those are my faves too :)
Cersei has had some nice scenes but she's not been in it all that much so it's hard to get a handle on her.
Lena Headey was the whole reason I even gave this show a watch, but I really don't have much opinion about Cersei yet either. With all the talk I heard about the role aead of time, I kept waiting for her to do more. Then I remembered you telling me she's not a major player in the first book. I guess I'll have an opinion about her next season.
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