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Monk
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:36 am 
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First teaser trailer.


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Uncle Twitchy
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:35 am 
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RobertSwanderson
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:44 pm 
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Any way that I can enjoy that without reading the books?
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Uncle Twitchy
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:49 pm 
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My guess would be to watch it without reading the books. :shush:

(From what I understand, the t.v. series should be reasonably faithful to the printed material. The writer is involved in the production and will be writing one episode per season himself.)
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Bully
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:36 pm 
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This is worth reading though? I've heard good things but it looks so 'weighty'.
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Uncle Twitchy
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:37 pm 
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If he lives to finish it, yes, absolutely.
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Monk
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:36 pm 
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Behind the scenes.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJlj5DJ5VSM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

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 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:25 pm 
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looking forward to this very very very much...

which means it will most likely suck...
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 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:05 am 
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This series is about Uncle Twitchy's last outing to the supermarket.

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Evans
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:00 pm 
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Bully wrote:
This is worth reading though? I've heard good things but it looks so 'weighty'.


The best thing of its type that I have ever read - and I have read a LOT of this type of stuff, lots of it wretched indeed. This is the real deal, the better-than-Tolkien true pretender.

But he hasn't finished the series and is never likely to at the rate he is going. So know that going in.
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Bully
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:02 pm 
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Evans wrote:
Bully wrote:
This is worth reading though? I've heard good things but it looks so 'weighty'.


The best thing of its type that I have ever read - and I have read a LOT of this type of stuff, lots of it wretched indeed. This is the real deal, the better-than-Tolkien true pretender.

But he hasn't finished the series and is never likely to at the rate he is going. So know that going in.



I had heard that. My real question is does it read conversationally, if that makes sense. Tolkien was a bit like reading the Bible or the Canterbury Tales to me in that the prose required more effort than I was willing to put into entertainment reading.
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Evans
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:03 pm 
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Monk wrote:
Behind the scenes.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJlj5DJ5VSM&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


It does look very exciting. Damn him :lol:
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Steve
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:22 pm 
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Yes, it is far less tedious a read than Tolkien can be at times. Plus, way more romance.
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Uncle Twitchy
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:45 pm 
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Bully wrote:
My real question is does it read conversationally, if that makes sense. Tolkien was a bit like reading the Bible or the Canterbury Tales to me in that the prose required more effort than I was willing to put into entertainment reading.

It's much, much more colloquial, and very earthy... you've got characters talking about cunts and fucking quite a lot. It really is a Sopranos-meets-the-Lord-of-the-Rings type of story that HBO should excel at portraying on-screen.
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Steve
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:56 pm 
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Or talking about cunts while fucking.
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Steve
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:56 pm 
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Uh, this isn't in the Wanderground?

Fuck.
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Uncle Twitchy
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:15 pm 
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:facepalm: You can swear all you want in the Playground. Just not in the thread titles.
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Steve
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:53 pm 
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New teaser trailer. Holy fucking shit.



It's only a few months away! I hope I can afford HBO or convince U-Verse to give me a special deal as a longtime customer.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:56 pm 
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Steve wrote:
New teaser trailer. Holy fucking shit.



It's only a few months away! I hope I can afford HBO or convince U-Verse to give me a special deal as a longtime customer.

Call and ask to try HBO free for three months. I know they can add it in on installations.

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Steve
 Post subject: Game Of Thrones (Seasons 1-3)
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:00 pm 
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Is that how long the season is? I guess I wouldn't mind paying for the back end of the first season.

Should I wait to call and ask for the three months until it gets closer to April?
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Uncle Twitchy
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The first season is 10 episodes.
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