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eddysnake wrote:how was last night's show?
Thought it was pretty awesome. They slowed things down and focused on character development and dribbled some exposition in. The added scenes not in the book were extremely good. They should cut more book crap out if they are going to add so much awesome. They really developed Jaimie and Tyrion a lot more which was good. Also, Syrio started Arya's dancing lessons which was just awesome.
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Good episode indeed. Im enjoying the show.
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One of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen
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:thumb:

What a show.
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I’m a little behind on watching. A couple comments on episode three. I’ve been very happy with how they portray the characters so far (in terms of casting and appearance), but I don’t think Maester Aemon looks old enough. I know they can’t hire an actor who is actually that old, but he’s supposed to be 100 years old and “ancient, bald, wrinkled, shrunken, and blind” in appearance. Also, when Bran is in bed and Old Nan is minding him, in the book she offers to tell him a story of Brandon the Builder. In the show she offers a story about Ser Duncan the Tall. Maybe a little product placement for those other stories? And wouldn’t the short stories about Dunk and Egg make some nice, for example, 90-minute made-for-TV movies?
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Tyrion Lannister is one of the greatest characters ever
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I've probably said this a couple times before, but this 1 hour a week nonsense is killing me. I've been rewatching the previous episode before the new one to keep it going, but this is definitely a show where it's hard to wait for the next episode, even if you already know whats going to happen.

Anyone know where they are filming for the Dothroki locations?
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eddysnake wrote:I've probably said this a couple times before, but this 1 hour a week nonsense is killing me. I've been rewatching the previous episode before the new one to keep it going, but this is definitely a show where it's hard to wait for the next episode, even if you already know whats going to happen.

Anyone know where they are filming for the Dothroki locations?
The two major locations are Ireland and Malta. I think they use both for the various Dothroki shots. The wedding by the sea was obviously Malta.
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AlexPKeaton wrote:
eddysnake wrote:Anyone know where they are filming for the Dothroki locations?
The two major locations are Ireland and Malta. I think they use both for the various Dothroki shots. The wedding by the sea was obviously Malta.
Thanks, it's stunning. really fits in well with what I had pictured in my head when reading.
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Peter Dinklage should win an Emmy for his work so far. That is all.

Looks like I need to add these to my long list of books to read...
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Spoiler:
The breast feeding kid... just a bit creepy.
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i just wanted to congratulate you guys on having a thread lasting 3 years, yet only going 7 pages. there should be an award or something for this.
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the wicked child wrote:
Spoiler:
The breast feeding kid... just a bit creepy.
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I'm interested in the logistics of this scene. How is that legal? :lol: :shock:
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Digitalgypsy66 wrote:
the wicked child wrote:
Spoiler:
The breast feeding kid... just a bit creepy.
Spoiler:
I'm interested in the logistics of this scene. How is that legal? :lol: :shock:
Spoiler:
Pretty sure the breast was fake. We were watching with someone who had not read the books and when we realized that we would see her this episode we just watched our friends face for the reaction. Priceless.
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Decided to pick up the books... but I'm not going to start reading them until the season is over... maybe. :scared:
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the wicked child wrote:Decided to pick up the books... but I'm not going to start reading them until the season is over... maybe. :scared:
DVR the show and finish the book.
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There's no way I'm going to be able to stop watching the show at this point. ;)
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So naturally, I broke out the book and read the first couple chapters... and I can already see why people were raving about how good of a translation it was to tv... brought me right back to those first couple scenes of the series.
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Has anyone watched episodes with HBOGO? if you register, you can watch next weeks show after the new one this sunday.
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To little surprise, I can't even get to the hbogo site now.

Love this show.
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eddysnake wrote:Has anyone watched episodes with HBOGO? if you register, you can watch next weeks show after the new one this sunday.
Hbogo is awesome
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And now the damn video keeps crashing at part way into the intro. Thanks HBO.
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the wicked child wrote:And now the damn video keeps crashing at part way into the intro. Thanks HBO.
Try restarting your device
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canaan wrote:This show is not short on knockers, thats for sure.
First time I read through this thread(sober anyway, I could have easily posted in here at some point without remembering). I stopped at this post, and I think i'm gonna give the series a chance.
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canaan wrote:
the wicked child wrote:And now the damn video keeps crashing at part way into the intro. Thanks HBO.
Try restarting your device
Yeah, this is a huge Conk Block. Phone can't connect to the server and on the computer it restarts at 46 seconds. So cruel. :scared:

I blame the entertainment thread.