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Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2013 4:58 am
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I know its kinda hard to hide who a person is with long hair and a long beard, but the reveal of Whitebeard as Ser Barristan in the books was a great moment.
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2013 11:09 am
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Mecca wrote:
I know its kinda hard to hide who a person is with long hair and a long beard, but the reveal of Whitebeard as Ser Barristan in the books was a great moment.
yes
they changed the davos bit also
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Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2013 11:40 am
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Lots of changes but mostly ones i can live with.
The Harranhal thing is a total redo because in the books it was never Tywin at Harranhal it was Roose Bolton holding it. So i was a little confused too. I'm assuming there was a fight between Gregor Clegane and perhaps Northern troops that were not with Rob and Rob swooped in after the battle to fidn it was a massacre but i guess Gregor abandaned Harranhal? I'm a little shakey on this, but I assume Rob now will leave Roose at Harranhal and go North to Riverrun and the story will connect with the book again.
I hate they could not hold off on Barriston, but it was just not possible. No Strong Belwas yet.. i hope we get him soon.
The giant and dragons look great. I loved meeting Tormund and Mance. The dialogue between Tyrion and Cersie and Tyrion and Tywin were fantastic.
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Only Nerd Rage Moment- Why the fuck is ghost not with Jon?
Very strong episode out of the gate. I didn't mind the changes from the book as much. I'm really glad they kept the introduction scene between Mance and Jon identical to the book.
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2013 9:18 pm
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intodeep wrote:
Lots of changes but mostly ones i can live with.
The Harranhal thing is a total redo because in the books it was never Tywin at Harranhal it was Roose Bolton holding it. So i was a little confused too. I'm assuming there was a fight between Gregor Clegane and perhaps Northern troops that were not with Rob and Rob swooped in after the battle to fidn it was a massacre but i guess Gregor abandaned Harranhal? I'm a little shakey on this, but I assume Rob now will leave Roose at Harranhal and go North to Riverrun and the story will connect with the book again.
I hate they could not hold off on Barriston, but it was just not possible. No Strong Belwas yet.. i hope we get him soon.
The giant and dragons look great. I loved meeting Tormund and Mance. The dialogue between Tyrion and Cersie and Tyrion and Tywin were fantastic.
Natalie Dormer......
Only Nerd Rage Moment- Why the fuck is ghost not with Jon?
In the books Jon is with him the entire time he is meeting the wildings and it is not until he needs to climb the wall with them which ghost can not do that jon tells him he must leave.
Taken from the Jon 3 chapeter (tower of hand recap) Jon goes to speak with Ghost. He tells the direwolf that he is going over the Wall tomorrow and that Ghost cannot come with him. Jon tells him to make for Castle Black and hopes the arrival will serve as a warning.
he does leave for long periods on other occasions but it is typically because he is out hunting and comes back to jon.
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Tue April 02, 2013 6:05 pm
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I am glad I am watching this unburdened by the knowledge of the books. I can just enjoy it for what it is without knowing what's missing. When it's all over I'll go back and read them,
I am glad I am watching this unburdened by the knowledge of the books. I can just enjoy it for what it is without knowing what's missing. When it's all over I'll go back and read them,
I will most likely enjoy this season more because it's been a year since I read the book. Just trying to enjoy it as a TV show.
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Tue April 02, 2013 6:15 pm
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
I am glad I am watching this unburdened by the knowledge of the books. I can just enjoy it for what it is without knowing what's missing. When it's all over I'll go back and read them,
I will most likely enjoy this season more because it's been a year since I read the book. Just trying to enjoy it as a TV show.
Yep, and I enjoy it so much on that level, I don't want to risk messing it up.
I am glad I am watching this unburdened by the knowledge of the books. I can just enjoy it for what it is without knowing what's missing. When it's all over I'll go back and read them,
I will most likely enjoy this season more because it's been a year since I read the book. Just trying to enjoy it as a TV show.
Yep, and I enjoy it so much on that level, I don't want to risk messing it up.
You got it right. You should definitely stick with you plan to read the books once the series is done. They are worth it.
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Tue April 02, 2013 6:47 pm
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Game of Thrones premiere sets piracy record
HBO's mythical drama "Game of Thrones" set a record for modern-day piracy after its Sunday night premiere, as viewers around the globe scrambled to watch the season 3 debut episode that aired on the premium cable network.
Piracy tracker TorrentFreak says that more than 1 million viewers downloaded the episode in the first day after it aired. At one point, more than 163,000 people were simultaneously sharing a single torrent -- a new record. The previous record, of just under 145,000 simultaneous file-swappers, was set by the "Heroes" season 3 debut in 2008, according to TorrentFreak's data.
The heavy demand for the premiere episode is no surprise, given that TorrentFreak says "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated show of 2012. According to its estimate, 4.3 million people downloaded the season finale last year, nearly a half-million more than downloaded the second-most pirated show, the Showtime drama "Dexter."
TorrentFreak did not have an estimate for the total number of people who have downloaded this year's premiere so far. London is the city with the most illegal downloads of the episode, it said, while the country with the heaviest downloads was the United States, followed by the U.K. and Australia.
Those downloading the file were using BitTorrent, a free software system that lets users swap large media files. It is widely used to illegally trade movies and other copyrighted content. Hollywood is concerned about illegal downloads, but HBO programming president Michael Lombardo told Entertainment Weekly recently that the network sees the piracy of "Game of Thrones" as a sign of success more than a problem.
"I probably shouldn't be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts," Lombardo said ahead of the season 3 premier. "The demand is there. And it certainly didn't negatively impact the DVD sales. [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network."
It's HBO policy to fight piracy of its shows, particularly when it finds people illegally selling episodes of its shows, but the network isn't going after individual viewers, Lombardo said: "We haven't sent out the Game of Thrones police."
HBO, Entertainment Weekly and CNNMoney are all units of Time Warner (TWX, Fortune 500).
In a recent interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, "Game of Thrones" co-creator David Benioff speculated about all the special effects he could buy if those who illegally pirated the show were paying 99 cents or so per download.
"You do kind of think, God, if we just had a little bit of that, we could have had that extra scene with the dragons," he said.
Fans who might be willing to cough up that 99 cents for a pay-per-episode purchase of the new season don't have any opportunity to do so. New "Game of Thrones" episodes are available only to HBO subscribers, through its cable channel and its HBO Go on-demand app. Viewers outside the U.S. typically have to wait a week or more for new episodes to reach their local markets.
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I am glad I am watching this unburdened by the knowledge of the books. I can just enjoy it for what it is without knowing what's missing. When it's all over I'll go back and read them,
I didn't read book 3 before the season this time like I did with Book 2. Because I just want to not be burdened with judging the changes. Afterwards I can read the books and just say " wow, they did this and that"
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Wed April 03, 2013 9:42 pm
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That first ep was the quickest hour of my life.
Hear that. They did a fine job of cramming in as much as possible, though. No "Lost" style cock-teasing. Great ep.
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