"Game of Thrones" Official Discussion Thread!

So the first episode of Game of Thrones just aired, and personally I thought they did a good job in capturing those early chapters of the book. Though there were some changes, and new scenes added they did capture the story of the book perfectly, and the pacing was great, especially with condensing that much story in one episode. Who else watched this?

I thought it was good as well. Not mind blowing, but pretty solid.

I thought it was good as well. Not mind blowing, but pretty solid.

sonicare

It starts slow, it is mindblowing by the end, if they make a third seasn than its....really mindblowing.

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I thought it was good as well. Not mind blowing, but pretty solid.

TheTrueMagusX1

It starts slow, it is mindblowing by the end, if they make a third seasn than its....really mindblowing.

I think they did a great job especially the opening scene beyond the wall. For anyone new to the series , trust me the first couple of episodes are just going to be developing the characters and the world they live in.

I'm going to guess somewhere around the 4th episode is when all hell is going to break loose. Love the series

I think they did a great job especially the opening scene beyond the wall. For anyone new to the series , trust me the first couple of episodes are just going to be developing the characters and the world they live in.

I'm going to guess somewhere around the 4th episode is when all hell is going to break loose. Love the series

akira2465

IMDB shows Sean Bean(Eddard Stark) only in two episodes. That leads me to believe "Game of Thrones" will encompass all the books, not just Game of Thrones. It's a big mistake, in my eyes, but hey. I haven't gotten to see it yet, so hopefully that will change my mind.

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I think they did a great job especially the opening scene beyond the wall. For anyone new to the series , trust me the first couple of episodes are just going to be developing the characters and the world they live in.

I'm going to guess somewhere around the 4th episode is when all hell is going to break loose. Love the series

airshocker

IMDB shows Sean Bean(Eddard Stark) only in two episodes. That leads me to believe "Game of Thrones" will encompass all the books, not just Game of Thrones. It's a big mistake, in my eyes, but hey. I haven't gotten to see it yet, so hopefully that will change my mind.

Well IMDB is alot like Wikipedia, you cannot trust it. The first season is just "Game of Thrones", thats it. If there should be a second season it would be based off of Clash of Kings. Sean Bean is not in two episodes, go do actual research at sites that have accurate information on the series, such as Winter is Coming. Also the first episode ends, [spoiler] With Bran being thrown by Jaimie lannister, now way they get to Neds execution by episode 2 [/spoiler] . Each season will be based on a book, season 1 is not following all the books, and that would be impossible considering that the books are not finished yet. The fifth book comes out this summer actually.

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I thought it was good as well. Not mind blowing, but pretty solid.

Theokhoth

It starts slow, it is mindblowing by the end, if they make a third seasn than its....really mindblowing.

So far they are following major plot points. We will have to see what they do. I personally saw some of the subtle nuances in the books missing[spoiler] Such as in the books execution scene, Theon Greyjoy kicks the victims head, in the series he is very much in the background [/spoiler]

Well IMDB is alot like Wikipedia, you cannot trust it. The first season is just "Game of Thrones", thats it. If there should be a second season it would be based off of Clash of Kings. Sean Bean is not in two episodes, go do actual research at sites that have accurate information on the series, such as Winter is Coming. Also the first episode ends,.. Each season will be based on a book, season 1 is not following all the books, and that would be impossible considering that the books are not finished yet. The fifth book comes out this summer actually.

TheTrueMagusX1

That's good to hear.

i dont have hbo, but im excited to see it once theres a home video release. i liked the preview they released online a while back, but the direction didnt quite live up to martin's writing. the opening prologue with the Others was, in the book, a foreboding chapter that looms over the entire series. in the tv show, it doesnt quite have the same impact and they quickly move on. LoG-Sacrament

How do they quickly move on? It plays out a little tamer than the book and there are a few changes but it still has that impact as it did. The first fiteen mintues does not do the first episode justice

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont have hbo, but im excited to see it once theres a home video release. i liked the preview they released online a while back, but the direction didnt quite live up to martin's writing. the opening prologue with the Others was, in the book, a foreboding chapter that looms over the entire series. in the tv show, it doesnt quite have the same impact and they quickly move on. TheTrueMagusX1

How do they quickly move on? It plays out a little tamer than the book and there are a few changes but it still has that impact as it did. The first fiteen mintues does not do the first episode justice

will see it later

edit: saw it, it has promise

Never read the book(s), so it's all new to me.

It was a decent first episode that showed potential for the series.

Will catch it again next week.

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont have hbo, but im excited to see it once theres a home video release. i liked the preview they released online a while back, but the direction didnt quite live up to martin's writing. the opening prologue with the Others was, in the book, a foreboding chapter that looms over the entire series. in the tv show, it doesnt quite have the same impact and they quickly move on. TheTrueMagusX1

How do they quickly move on? It plays out a little tamer than the book and there are a few changes but it still has that impact as it did. The first fiteen mintues does not do the first episode justice

there are few things that the book does better in that chapter. in the show, the new ranger and old ranger quickly get killed and will runs off. in the book, the focus is how much of a threat the others are. grr martin makes sure that we "see." another big thing is that in the book the ranger in charge is noble. sure, hes foolhardy and sends his men to their deaths either way, but he doesnt have his men do anything that he wouldnt. he sets himself up for a romanticized showdown with the others only to get toyed with and killed in a hopeless cause. but thats a big part of the series. idealists and honorable men either compromise or die.

again i liked the preview and i would hate to come off as one of those fanboys who despises every little change that occurs in an adaptation because its not exactly what they envisioned. while im certainly a fanboy, i accept that the books and tv series are different things and one has no effect on the greatness of the other. i just genuinely liked how the book handled the prologue more than the tv series.

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[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]i dont have hbo, but im excited to see it once theres a home video release. i liked the preview they released online a while back, but the direction didnt quite live up to martin's writing. the opening prologue with the Others was, in the book, a foreboding chapter that looms over the entire series. in the tv show, it doesnt quite have the same impact and they quickly move on. LoG-Sacrament

How do they quickly move on? It plays out a little tamer than the book and there are a few changes but it still has that impact as it did. The first fiteen mintues does not do the first episode justice

there are few things that the book does better in that chapter. in the show, the new ranger and old ranger quickly get killed and will runs off. in the book, the focus is how much of a threat the others are. grr martin makes sure that we "see." another big thing is that in the book the ranger in charge is noble. sure, hes foolhardy and sends his men to their deaths either way, but he doesnt have his men do anything that he wouldnt. he sets himself up for a romanticized showdown with the others only to get toyed with and killed in a hopeless cause. but thats a big part of the series. idealists and honorable men either compromise or die.

again i liked the preview and i would hate to come off as one of those fanboys who despises every little change that occurs in an adaptation because its not exactly what they envisioned. while im certainly a fanboy, i accept that the books and tv series are different things and one has no effect on the greatness of the other. i just genuinely liked how the book handled the prologue more than the tv series.

While I disagree with you on the prologue, there are a few things that I wish they would have kept in. I will admit, I enjoyed the first episode, but having read the series four times, it is hard for me to not nitpick. Now the thing is for me, is that the changes for the TV series were neccessary to some degree because of the POV style the books have, the new scenes and the changing of some scenes were odd, but essentially the same things happened...just a bit differently, [spoiler] the Feast scene from GoT, in the book you may remember that Jon Snow sits in the back of the feast, gets drunk, has the confrontation with Benjen and goes out side and encounters Tyrion. In the series, Jon does not go to the feast, instead he is outside hitting a practice dummy, stating that Catelyn did not want him at the feast at all and than Benjen comes to him and they have their talk. Than afterwards Tyrion talks to him out side. [/spoiler] it is a little different but still gets the point of that scene across. I think some of the changes were neccessary due to the PoV nature of the show. I will tell you though that the episode was paced brilliantly none the less...

BTW TheTrueMagusX1, love your youtube channel - some great vids there - gonna take me awhile to wade through all that..lol..but anything video-game related is fine by me... I just started a youtube channel on march 20th, any tips?mtrack87

Not a problem, and thanks man. Actually go to my channel I actually posted my first vid in seven months. Anyhow, as far as tips go, be honest with how you feel even if your opinion is not popular. Go against the grain even if others go against you, it is the way to go I see it. Never be afraid to post your thoughts, and ignnore the trolls, never respond to them in any way. Just block and move on. I hope that somewhat helps my man!

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How do they quickly move on? It plays out a little tamer than the book and there are a few changes but it still has that impact as it did. The first fiteen mintues does not do the first episode justice

TheTrueMagusX1

there are few things that the book does better in that chapter. in the show, the new ranger and old ranger quickly get killed and will runs off. in the book, the focus is how much of a threat the others are. grr martin makes sure that we "see." another big thing is that in the book the ranger in charge is noble. sure, hes foolhardy and sends his men to their deaths either way, but he doesnt have his men do anything that he wouldnt. he sets himself up for a romanticized showdown with the others only to get toyed with and killed in a hopeless cause. but thats a big part of the series. idealists and honorable men either compromise or die.

again i liked the preview and i would hate to come off as one of those fanboys who despises every little change that occurs in an adaptation because its not exactly what they envisioned. while im certainly a fanboy, i accept that the books and tv series are different things and one has no effect on the greatness of the other. i just genuinely liked how the book handled the prologue more than the tv series.

While I disagree with you on the prologue, there are a few things that I wish they would have kept in. I will admit, I enjoyed the first episode, but having read the series four times, it is hard for me to not nitpick. Now the thing is for me, is that the changes for the TV series were neccessary to some degree because of the POV style the books have, the new scenes and the changing of some scenes were odd, but essentially the same things happened...just a bit differently, it is a little different but still gets the point of that scene across. I think some of the changes were neccessary due to the PoV nature of the show. I will tell you though that the episode was paced brilliantly none the less...

I thought the first episode was excellent. I haven't read the book series, but I might just have to.

For someone who hasn't read the book, would you suggest reading it first, or waiting until after the first season? I haven't watched the first episode yet.cell_dweller

Well I have read the books four times, and I have to say while the core story is the same, there is enough difference to read the books and watch the series. There are scenes that are either in the books only, or in the series only, or done differently, so yes it is interesting to see these scenes. I would say read the books as you watch the series....

Never read the series and have always thought it was a table top game but going in not knowing to much behind the story I was pretty entertained with it and hope it does well and will be tuning in every Sunday night. xXDrPainXx

I sadly never played the boardgame, I heard it is quite good???

Well I have read the books four times, and I have to say while the core story is the same, there is enough difference to read the books and watch the series. There are scenes that are either in the books only, or in the series only, or done differently, so yes it is interesting to see these scenes. I would say read the books as you watch the series....

TheTrueMagusX1

[QUOTE="xXDrPainXx"]Never read the series and have always thought it was a table top game but going in not knowing to much behind the story I was pretty entertained with it and hope it does well and will be tuning in every Sunday night. TheTrueMagusX1

I sadly never played the boardgame, I heard it is quite good???