Game of Thrones

[Lithium]

That last sequence with

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Dany kicking ass

was so good it hurt. Everuthng about it perfectly captured what made it stand out in the books. Book spoilers:

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Its too bad her story only gets worse from here.

 

[DARKKNIGHT]

Anyone else feel like they want a prequel movie or book?

Part of me would love a prequel book focusing on Robert's Rebellion. But part of me thinks it would be a mistake. It seems that fantasy prequels are always a bit of a letdown (Star Wars, The Hobbit, etc). Part of the fun of the books is that you get to imagine the past the same way the characters in the book do. They are these mythical, epic stories of the past that are built up in your imagination into something that can't be topped on screen.

 

[ngoyag]

Yep you are right it imagining it is half the fun, though it did help me imagine the characters when I saw the series.

 

[TheManWithoutFear]

Part of me would love a prequel book focusing on Robert's Rebellion. But part of me thinks it would be a mistake. It seems that fantasy prequels are always a bit of a letdown (Star Wars, The Hobbit, etc). Part of the fun of the books is that you get to imagine the past the same way the characters in the book do. They are these mythical, epic stories of the past that are built up in your imagination into something that can't be topped on screen.

Heard HBO is working on one.

 

[DARKKNIGHT]

Heard HBO is working on one.

From what I can tell the new show would be based on some prequel novellas he wrote called Tales of Dunk and Egg, which are set like 100 years before the beginning of Game of Thrones. So it seemingly wouldn't follow Robert's Rebellion or any of that cool stuff. I really know nothing about them, so I don't know how cool that show would be. Might be a cool idea for HBO to do that when they eventually catch up with the books (which I think is highly likely).

 

[Lithium]

Well, that happened.

 

[ProjectX2]

I love a good wedding.

 

[Zeek]

I find this absurdly funny:

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[video=youtube;Jx4vnLg4JUA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4vnLg4JUA[/video]

(I feel I need to give context, just in case: when episode 3 was first pirated onto the 'net, one torrent had that punk-ish version of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair start up about two minutes early, and so it was going for much of the "Jaime-on-the-chopping-block" scene, making the whole thing a tad inappropriately hilarious. That's what this is a reference to)

 

[thee great one]

That was brutal.

 

[DARKKNIGHT]

As a book reader, I knew it was coming and still found it incredibly brutal. Part of it is that the murder of

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Talisa

isn't in the book. I wonder if fans being angry about this will turn them off from the rest of the series. I hope not, as it's probably the best thing on TV.

 

[Lithium]

This is the greatest reaction I have seen so far: http://i.imgur.com/9hjSllU.gif

 

[DIrishB]

This is the greatest reaction I have seen so far: http://i.imgur.com/9hjSllU.gif

Lol, that's genius.

 

[thee great one]

https://twitter.com/RedWeddingTears

 

[Nurhachi]

I only just watched this episode.

What the actual f*** just happened...

I think it's safe to say the Simpsons have not done that yet.

 

[DIrishB]

I only just watched this episode.

What the actual f*** just happened...

I think it's safe to say the Simpsons have not done that yet.

No, but they did show Bart's willy in the movie.