I-I-I-I-I-I-I-want-the-knife....
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GoT, just the badass parts, in gifs
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Stand was epic.. i've read it probably 5 times.
I've been taking forever to read it. I can't read more than a chapter without falling asleep. Now I got my CFP study books so I don't know if I'll be able to finish:(
Holy shit, they took this theme to a new level... I'm just in shock over last nights ending.. Love it/hate it at the same time... Will definitely miss such a great character in the story line, but I love that no one is safe from being killed off, not even the "main" players... Part of the shock is you just get so used to the characters that are liked in movies/shows/books not dying... Its weird that something so simple, such a basic fact of life, makes GoT so much better (and is ignored in the majority of other entertainment)..
One episode left.... Overall its better than I'd hoped it would be after seeing the first episode..
I love the show and even though I didn't read the books, I knew what was going to happen just from researching characters. It was still pretty crazy the way it went down.
This was the first episode that I think really showed the budget/time constraints of a first year show. Although this show was approved for a fairly high budget, it seems they wanted to spend that more on CGI landscape shots than actual actors/settings. I really felt cheated that we got to see none of the battles at Tywin Lannister's camp or how Robb captured Jaime. I think Jaime is one of the more interesting people to see on the show and I definitely wanted to see him cut down 10 men before being captured.
I saw a good review that said how the show is starting to feel rushed now when earlier in the season they had the time to let King Robert do a 20 minute monologue on his first kill. I enjoyed that scene, but would gladly give it back to see how Jaime gets captured!
/agreed, its pretty weak to skip over the whole capture of Jaime, and the whole diversion battle/main battle plan that Rob executed.
I agree with the skipping of battles BUT in the book they skip that battle also. Just mentioned that Jaime was making a beeline for Robb killing everyone in his way.
My guess would be that its not the limited CGI shots that are eating up budget, but location shooting, cast, extras, and especially wardrobe/settings expense... Shows like this, some form of period piece with a fairly high level of attention to little details, just burn money..
Like Deadwood and Rome, they are way more expensive than other shows that can more easily incorporate contemporary styles & items to fill a scene.. Like with minimal changes there is not much difference between a 3 button single-breast mens dress suit from 1940 or from 1999... This shows settings and look are pretty amazing... I know they even picked different locations after the pilot, but are still filming in Ireland (most of the westeros scenes) & somewhere in Europe (the Dothraki stuff).
Are you far enough in the books to know, are their any great battles that are described? Or maybe its part of his schtick? (meaning = focusing on the players and the politics?)
Not sure yet most are described in similar non-detail BUT the battle where Tyrion leads the hill people after being told to by Tywin was described in some detail so I did feel cheated last week when he was knocked out before the fighting....
Good ending for the season. A couple of changes from the book but overall it was awesome.
I like this show far more than I thought possible when I first heard about it... Best thing since the Wire..
It seems the whole first season of badassness is just a setup for far more badassness in the following season(s)...
Bravo...
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LOL I literally came here to post that gif! WarmingGlow ftw!
Just watched the episode and it was incredibly bad ass. I may read the books as soon as I escape from this vortex called The Stand Extended Edition.
OK this was a little funny. I think there should have been more record-scratches though.
BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR
Peter Dinklage ("Game of Thrones") IMP
Josh Charles ("The Good Wife")
Alan Cumming ("The Good Wife")
Walton Goggins ("Justified")
John Slattery ("Mad Men")
Andre Braugher ("Men of a Certain Age")
Emmy's are complete horses**t! Peter Dinklage definitely deserved the nomination, but I think Littlefinger should have gotten one too. How does Sean Bean not get a lead actor nomination either?
At least GoT got nominated for best drama. I think Breaking Bad must not have qualified for this round of Emmy's because there is no way that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul should ever not be nominated.
I was really surprised Community didn't get any love, that is one of the better written shows on TV. I can't believe the tired, old Office got nominated over Community.
Anyone have a non-tracked source for season one torrents?
I might be interested but I mainly download torrents at work so I can't really upload at all. I will see what I can find. I would not want to get my companies Comcast account shut down with a tracked torrent yikes.
I can prob get them on a FTP but it might not be till the end of August.
Almost halfway through book 3, and watched the series after finishing book 1. Enjoyable, but I thought cast was hit or miss. I thought Tyrion was perfect, John Snow and Rob not so much. King Robert was not what I was expecting, nor was Eddart to be perfectly honest. Maybe I can't get past him being Boromir. I thought Queen Cersei & Jamie were both good, as well as Daenerys & Aria, but I didn't like Sansa. I know I'm nitpicking, and as a whole I enjoyed the show. I hope they spend some more money on the next seasons so it doesn't feel like a low budget adaptation.
Really digging the books though...great story, writing, characters.
Via: Screen Rant
Come on Imp!
Best Supporting Actor in TV Series, Mini-Series, or Made-for-TV Movie
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Best TV Drama
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland
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Great show review lol
12 Reasons to Boycott “Game of Thrones” in 2012
Sorcery, sexuality and socialism make for a nasty threesome. Yet one television program is not afraid to promote this agenda to America’s young adults. Games of Thrones, the newest hit on the HBO Station, has truly broken the barriers of decency with this offensive science fiction action series and it’s about time that parents took notice.
Aimed specifically at the male teen demographic, with a specific emphasis on the awkward and the outsiders amongst them, this series is an obscene fairy tale of beasts and wizards, promiscuous “wenches” and bare-chested knights. With its plotlines of paganistic deviancy, occult violence and anti-Christian propaganda, it has been incredibly successful at luring immature boys of all ages into the raunchy domain of adult cable entertainment.
In essence, Game of Thrones is a poorly produced copy of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart with a dash of smut straight out of Hustler Magazine added to spice up the frustratingly complicated drama. It can be preachy and pretentious one moment, and decidedly X-rated the next. You will witness effeminate men having sex in bathtubs while speaking about dragons, dead bodies splayed out in satanic pentagrams in the snow and some of the most artificial acting ever broadcast on the small screen.
How can such an illicit program be allowed on American television? Does it pose risks for our children? Can Christians voice their outrage and have the show censored or cancelled? Below are twelve solid arguments for boycotting Game of Thrones in the coming year.
1. Sexual abnormality, including incest and lesbianism, appears in graphic detail.
From casual rape to group orgies, each episode of Game of Thrones has something astonishing for viewers. For many children, this will be the first time they are introduced to wanton fornication. Will they choose to experiment like this in real life?
2. Witchcraft is presented as empowering while Christian values are utterly insulted.
Deadly potions and menacing spirits dominate the storyline, but there is no mention of Jesus despite the fact that His love was the backbone of wisdom in the Middle Ages.
3. There is far too much violence and this prevents the overall plot from ever becoming compelling.
Do we really need to see all these bloody close-ups of beheadings and elaborate jousts? It just doesn’t contribute anything educational to the viewing experience.
4. Emilia Clarke is such an untalented actress that her only role in the show is to be eye candy for pedophiles.[/B]
This pretty young girl unfortunately lacks the intellect or the sophistication to appear on prime time television. The producers seem to know this and require her to disrobe in every scene. Her gentle, undeveloped teenage body does not evoke womanhood, but the innocence of a lost child, alone on the side of a highway and ripe for the picking.
5. By depicting the traditional heterosexual family unit as dysfunctional and a socialistic revolutionary army as an ideal alternative, the show reveals its underlying communist bias.
Should it come as any surprise that author George R. R. Martin, a power broker in liberal Hollywood, named the dominating spirit of these soldiers “The Red God”?
6. Actor Peter Dinklage, who plays a dwarf on the show, has become the poster child for sodomy amongst America’s youths.
Children identify with Dinklage because of his small size and comical accent, but his obsession with anal penetration crosses the boundaries into pure propaganda. How many children will watch the little man and want to try his grunty thrusts at home?
7. At times, the series appears to be little more than an excuse to display illicit homosexual scenarios.
Flamboyant costumes, effeminate longhaired men, boys shaving each other’s armpits… Add to this the voluptuous, swarmy acting style of gay porn star Kit Harington (who plays sycophant Jon Snow) and you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to a San Francisco bathhouse full of the apes from Star Trek.
8. The Irish actors willfully glamorize severe alcoholism.
The ignominy of Ireland has always been the weakness of its people when it comes to alcohol indulgence. Why must Games of Thrones attempt to find humor in such a national disgrace?
9. Pet wolves and dragons mirror demonic spirit guides in pagan cosmology.
When you pair up children with conduits of divination, you are inviting them to experiment in spiritually reckless ways. Sadly, atheism and Satanism await them down this path.
10. The show is incredibly difficult for adults to understand.
Most parents will find the thick European accents of the actors confusing. The story, vamped up from the original book, is frustrating for its leaps of logic and implausible romantic scenes. The producers of Games seem to understand this and have crafted the series so that it intentionally turns away older viewers. Should we be suspicious that they have worked so hard to have some private alone time with America’s children?
11. There are no positive role models.
It may sound a bit old fashioned, but what ever happened to the strong male figures we had on shows like Little House on the Prairie and Touched by an Angel? Instead we have Littlefinger and androgynous Joffrey Baratheon prancing about as heroes for today’s confused young men who appear to be insanely obsessed with this outrageous series.
12. The moody, dark cinematography will make teens depressed.
Many youth subculture groups, including Goths and Skinheads, prefer to inhabit the world of the night. In darkness they find convenient cover to master their addiction to drugs and sexual violence. Does Games of Thrones actively promote marijuana usage and rape? Should parents really sit idly by as we await the answer to this important question?
and that was the last time Tim Tebow watched "the HBO".
Just finished book 3...loved it. Way better than book 2 imo.
And so begins Feast of Crows...
April 1st teaser.
This made me laugh.... Go to the source link for the full cartoon.
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lol so true. HBO the more you tighten your grip the more we slip through your fingers...
What is the point of not having a simple HBOGO subscription option for people who its not available to?
And why wait until March 1 to release the DVD for Season 1 ????? New season starts on April 1
I read that HBO would prefer to have a stand-alone subscription option but that it has to do with the cable companies in the region. For example, Cablevision is available where I live and Cablevision's contract with HBO prevents people from using HBOGO because Cablevision charges an extra monthly fee to have HBO in Demand available. Slowly these exclusive contracts will be phased out and I think you'll see HBOGO available in a Netflix type format.
Pre-order deal for the S1 BR on Amazon for $35... Pretty good price..
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B003Y5HWMW
http://gizmodo.com/5888933/hbo-go-pu...xbox-april-1st
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HBO Go will be available on your Xbox 360 beginning April 1st. Engadget reports that the service will arrive on consoles alongside the premiere of the new season of Game of Thrones. Time to consider cable again.
New trailer for season 2
I grabbed the BR of the first season with that deal and have been rewatching S1 the last week. Its kinda striking how much smoother the plot/story seems to flow watching it this time around. It was just so much info the first time, it seemed overwhelming and like it was jumping around a lot, skipping months etc.. but now that I know the players, the plot moves along very quickly and smoothly, and the jumping around doesn't stand out so much.
Good "Catch Up" Video that is on HBO right now (also on youtube).
Fucking awesome.. Did you watch the scenes from the upcoming season after the credits? Looks to be epic..