Yes it looks like we get some battle scenes this year. AND upgraded direwolves!!!!
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Yes it looks like we get some battle scenes this year. AND upgraded direwolves!!!!
Boy did they play that up with Grey Wind's Grand entrance.. Like "HEY LOOK! WE GOT CGI DIREWOLVES FOR YOU THIS YEAR"
Wonder how much they paid the twilight folks for the tech.... lol
Looked more realistic than any of the animals in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.. :p
Could tell they upped their CGI budget in a couple of the other scenes too, just the landscape shots over the cities looked better.....
from the GoT wiki..
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Season 2 has a budget 15% higher than Season 1, putting it in the region of $69 million
I'm sorry, would you prefer they enlist real dire wolves?
Not attacking you Chad, but I've heard people say things like, "you can tell the dragons are CGI".
That's cause they aren't real!
And after killing off a big named star in season one they got plenty of CGI money ;)
That would be quite a trick...Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafton
Really? I watched Season2 episode again, and I'm quite amazed at how "real" it looked, and how well it was blended into the scene. It had depth, shading and perspective, looked like there was actually something sitting on her shoulder... Better than the dire wolf even (which was good, but still seemed a little too polished.. too shiny... which I think happens to a lot of cgi critters)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafton
I would argue its the best CGI i've ever seen on a Cable/TV level produced show, at least I cant think of a better example...?
I wonder what was Losts budget? Now, they had some pretty shitty CGI...
I wasn't slamming it. They did a really nice job with the new CGI stuff. I just think they played it up to show it off. Even that i'm not saying was all that bad just a little distracting.
Is said scene in the cage with Jaime, Rob and Grey Wind in the book? Bueller?
That's bullshit. Cheap bastards should have used real dragons. I'm done with this stupid ass series now.
It's been awhile since I read A Clash of Kings's and I skimmed the first few chapters just now - I don't think this scene existed in the book. The Catelyn and Jaime scene did however. (I can send the book to you in .mobi or .ebook format readable using the nook app on PC or Android if you want)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jomama
Yeah that is the scene I am referring too. I liked it! But, it was a little bit overplayed is all.
Ghost looked even better and more realistic than Grey Wind...
Rest of episode 2 kinda seemed like filler, just tying stories together.. But the Imp sending the former head of Kings Watch to the wall was awesome..
I'm enjoying Season 2 way more than I enjoyed Season 1. I think I need to re-watch Season 1...
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The Lannisters of Casterly Rock & Bowl. Watercolor on pape
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If the red headed witch gave birth to a Lost style smoke monster I'm gonna be pissed...
Well prepared to be pissed....... the blogs call it shadow baby and you will probably get to see it in action next week !!! (This is the part in the book where you kinda go wtf so there is supernatural stuff in this world)
Yeah I read the GoT wiki on it.. Better explanation than the smoke monster ever got..
Hahahaha!! That is fucking awesome Klaus! I'm going to send that to my wife too, she'll love it.
lol that is really funny
Just gets better and better....
They are starting to go a little too far with their creative license in the adaptation. The first season had some things left out and compressed but for the most part followed the first book exactly. It was more true to the book than movies and TV usually is..
But season 2 is only loosely following the books. There are characters they have made up, LOTS of events they have combined, and now they are making up a lot of story lines that were not in the books at all. They are going so far with it that they are making big changes to character developing events and cause and effect actions by characters on other characters motivations...
The cool thing about the books is that you could really understand what motivates characters to be who they are and do certain things. Some of that is being lost in the show as of the last few episodes.
Also, they need to ditch the wigs for the most part, especially the two queens' wigs, are terrible. At least lighten up your eyebrows if you are supposed to be a blond person. I think the industry has yet to realize how bad things can look in HD...
I'm glad I haven't read the books.. Thoroughly enjoy it, and love that I don't have to compare and have no expectations... Just like The Walking Dead.
Maybe someday after its over I will to give me more details..
I haven't read the books but I've read enough about what happens due to my impatience and wikipedia addiction. I realized they would have to alter a lot of things to fit such massive books into 10 1-hr episodes but then an episode like last night's pisses me off. Did anyone else think it was like 75% filler? If you have to change the story to fit it all in, you don't get to do filler!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chadwick
Still a good episode though. I'll take a filler episode of GoT over just about anything else on TV. Except Breaking Bad.
You should read the books IMO. There are differences but I still like the series and books. Kinda keeps you interested to see how they will get back in sync with the books for the major plot points.
Battle of Blackwater is next week I think - yay!
Some improves the story but some important things are missing. They have so badly fucked up the Jon Snow story line its almost unwatchable for someone who has read the books. The other one is the Dany story line, while different from the books it was close enough to keep true to the author's intent. But as of the last two episodes they are just making stuff up....
I guess it's frustrating in the cases where they change it so much it changes the nature of the character involved, again primarily because of motivations. This whole story is about character motivation, to change things up makes characters very different from book to TV series.
Id also say the walking dead is a different deal. It has always been loosely based on a comic book series (my understanding). Like all the superhero movies they have taken elements of story lines and characters and create their own work of fiction. But a song of ice and fire is a rich and well thought out story that translates well to the screen in most cases. Up until recently it was handled similarly to the LotR movies. Where, yes, they condensed things and got rid of sidetrack storylines that didnt translate well to a screenplay, but for the most part followed the story closely and included all important elements true to the books. That's how they started GoT so i guess its hard to understand why they would change the approach more than a season into it.
It is funny the last couple episodes when Michelle asks questions I have to say "I have no idea".
The Jon Snow story was fine until last night I thought. They really did go off the rails.
For those that care here are the differences: (not really spoilers at all)
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Personally, I don't want that constant comparison going on in my head to be a distraction from what is still one of the coolest shows ever made.
If you had read it before you knew HBO was gonna make the show is one thing, but I honestly don't understand going out of your way to read it once the show started... I don't want spoilers, I don't want to know how it diverged, even if there is more detail in the books (thats a given). It takes away from enjoying it in the visual medium when you first see it imo...
Maybe after the show is over... Because we all know that books tend to have far more depth... so seeing the shows first does not spoil whats in a book... But the book before show does imo...
An despite not reading the books.. I'd bet money that Bran and his little bro were not who Theon had burned and strung up.. Nice use of deception tho Theon you pos...
The Jon Snow part was pretty pointless and did come off as filler...
I liked the story so much I wanted to know what happened (after episode 1.2).... picked up the first book and quickly read all 5 books. The series is awesome but the books are equally as awesome - some of the twists and turns coming up with make Ned Starks death look like nothing.
Exactly why i started reading. The show was so good i couldnt wait and wanted to get the whole story...the books really are an amazing work of fiction.
I think what makes George Martin's writing so good is the way he is able to take a character that you HATE and rehabilitate them into one you LOVE.
Michelle's favorite scenes this season have been the ones between Ayra and Tywin.... that never happened in the book (not sure if they ever met in the book). Whoever wrote the scenes did a great job IMO.
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Originally Posted by Klaus
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I agree, it was one of those cases where they just combined tywin with another character to simplify things for veiwers. They have done that throughout, with both characters and similar events, a lot. In those cases it does not take away from the story at all. It also does not distract to have some interesting dialogue between main characters like that to help you learn more about them....its part of the screenplay game...Quote:
Originally Posted by Klaus
But wholly changing plot lines (jon snow) or just adding a bunch of big plot points that never happened in the books (dany) in some cases goes too far..
I'd bet there are some really mad fans of the books today...for me it was just a disappointing use of creative licensure.
Agreed but we don't know how they will continue the Jon Snow story line yet so it might be better in the end who know... It is different.