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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1080 on: April 26, 2011, 02:06:46 PM »
Very promising ratings for episode two.

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Sunday’s 9 p.m. airing was seen by 2.2 million viewers, matching last week. The 11 p.m. repeat drew another 732,000, also in line with premiere night. Meanwhile the first episode has since climbed to 6.8 million thanks to OnDemand and all of HBO’s extra airings.

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/04/very-promising-ratings-for-episode-two/
 

Beastly Behavior on ‘The Kingsroad’
 http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2011/4/22/beastly-behavior-on-the-kingsroad.html

Who Is to Blame for Lady's Death?
 http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2011/4/26/who-is-to-blame-for-ladys-death.html
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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1081 on: April 27, 2011, 09:48:51 AM »
Thronecast Interviews  http://www.westeros.org/GoT/News/Entry/5123/

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Thronecast is also available via iTunes, and there they’ve released the BAFTA Screening Q&A with members of the cast and crew: Sean Bean, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, and production designer Gemma Jackson.




Game Of Thrones: Inside The Episode #1 (HBO)

http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/1/fjDe2hQpx2s


Game Of Thrones: Inside The Episode #2 (HBO)

http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/0/_egOAiYNdbM





Thrones’ opening credits attracting much attention and acclaim

http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/04/thrones-opening-credits-attracting-much-attention-and-acclaim/




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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1082 on: April 28, 2011, 09:57:54 AM »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Coming

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Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones. The album includes Ramin Djawadi’s original score from the show. The soundtrack will be released on June 14, 2011. More details on the album will be published next month. It is expected that Djawadi’s main theme will be included on the soundtrack

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/04/28/soundtrack-for-hbos-game-of-thrones-coming/

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1083 on: April 28, 2011, 10:17:56 AM »
Soundtrack for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Coming

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Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones. The album includes Ramin Djawadi’s original score from the show. The soundtrack will be released on June 14, 2011. More details on the album will be published next month. It is expected that Djawadi’s main theme will be included on the soundtrack

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2011/04/28/soundtrack-for-hbos-game-of-thrones-coming/

Wow.  They heard my plea . . . or perhaps they read my post about illegally downloading the theme. :backout
I did promise to buy the album, HBO - really!!

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1084 on: April 28, 2011, 10:23:59 AM »
Lighty, you're not the only one who did that, but it was just the opening theme.  I want to have the whole thing.  The music, so far, has been simply hauntingly perfect.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1085 on: April 29, 2011, 02:09:45 PM »

Game of Thrones to Go

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Later this spring, HBO will make the unprecedented move to premiere an episode of its new hit “Game of Thrones” on the tablet device before it appears on its television channel.


http://www.westeros.org/GoT/News/Entry/5130/

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1086 on: April 29, 2011, 03:23:56 PM »

Game of Thrones to Go

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Later this spring, HBO will make the unprecedented move to premiere an episode of its new hit “Game of Thrones” on the tablet device before it appears on its television channel.


http://www.westeros.org/GoT/News/Entry/5130/

Ah - pandering to the social networking generation.  That actually annoys me, even if I can see HBO GO on my computer.  I don't want to watch it on a little screen.  That's why I have the flat screen HD TV.

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1087 on: April 30, 2011, 01:05:53 AM »
Game Of Thrones: Episode 3 Sneak Preview Clip #1 (HBO)

Jaime and Ned in the Throneroom   http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/1/68KrOZgmXZw


Game Of Thrones: Episode 3 Sneak Preview Clip #2 (HBO)

Jon training inCastle Black    http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/0/Fv9N85auu1k


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« Reply #1088 on: April 30, 2011, 12:09:32 PM »
Game Of Thrones: Episode 3 Sneak Preview Clip #1 (HBO)

Jaime and Ned in the Throneroom   http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/1/68KrOZgmXZw


Game Of Thrones: Episode 3 Sneak Preview Clip #2 (HBO)

Jon training inCastle Black    http://www.youtube.com/gameofthrones#p/u/0/Fv9N85auu1k





thanks for the sneak peek of ned & jaime- since i don't have hbo, i've only seen the first epi - it's great to see a bit more.



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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1089 on: April 30, 2011, 08:56:19 PM »
I going to watch THE GAME with my girl friend tomorrow!!! Life is good!! Also Sean and Mark are sooooo great!!!!! I love the
way these two very different characters work off each other. They are a joy to watch. Both their personalities are so dynamic
and rich.I heard that Sean fought to get Mark this role!!! Also the actor from 15 streets is the fight teacher at Castle Black. He was
Sean's brother in that film. :slyfox

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1091 on: May 01, 2011, 05:02:17 AM »
Funny quiz Patch !! I get 9 / 10 !! I'm a fan .... !! it's not a scoop ... :backout

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1092 on: May 01, 2011, 11:09:12 AM »
Hmm - I will argue the accuracy of the first question . . . Jon turned around because he heard a tiny whimpering noise (both in the film and in the book) and found the pup - and I don't recall any conversation about his pup having a unique feature, beyond being 'a runt' (or the fact that it is white, which was obvious).

My friend also argued the question about what lies beyond the wall; she has not read the books and said that the correct answer was not mentioned in any significant way in the film.

Multiple choice questions are notoriously difficult to write (having said that a day after I volunteered to write a test bank for a new Nevada history textbook . . . so, yes, please question my sanity).

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1093 on: May 01, 2011, 09:12:09 PM »
It's so great to see Sean every week!  I was very glad to see that he was in more scenes, and longer scenes, and especially in the first scene so I didn't have to wait for him like last week.

I'm also enjoying the character of Tyrion.  Peter Dinklage is one of the few actors that I know in the cast.  He's always been good in the other movies I've seen him in.  It's good to have some comic relief in a show that is intense and has a lot of dark moments.

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« Reply #1094 on: May 01, 2011, 10:51:10 PM »
I feel the same way about Peter Dinklage he is very good as an actor, but to be fair ALL THE ACTORS in this production are
excellent!! And the script is great!! Unfortunatly people were talking and my friends dog's were barking so I couldn't concentrate
on Sean as much as I would have liked to!! But HE WAS IN A LOT OF THE SCENES!! So I'm happy!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1095 on: May 01, 2011, 11:30:47 PM »
I'm a little underwhelmed by Littlefinger - which surprised me, as I thought the casting was great.  Hoping that the flat delivery of the dialogue is temporary, because my mental image of the character is far more urbane and caustically witty.

And did this episode seem very dark in places to anyone else (physically - a dark screen, hard to see detail dark)?

Teeny niggles aside; this was a great episode and Sean is continuing to belt it out of the park.  Sometimes, watching some of the not-so-wonderful productions he's been in the last few years, I forget how talented he really is because he rarely has more than three or four lines of dialogue at any one time and so little screen time that he can hardly stretch his acting legs  at all.

This is better than cheesecake . . . it may be better than chocolate (haven't decided that one yet) . . .

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Re: HBO's Game of Thrones
« Reply #1096 on: May 02, 2011, 03:03:20 AM »
A Game of Thrones (HBO) - The Water Dance (scene)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Invy0tvOc




Game Of Thrones - Episode 4 Preview "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Thing" Promo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxUvP57GBwI

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« Reply #1097 on: May 02, 2011, 02:08:49 PM »
I didn't notice the dark, hard to see scenes, lighty.  Maybe it was the signal from your cable company or however you receive your tv signal.  Or possibly I was not paying as much attention to a few scenes and missed the darkness.

There sure has been a turnaround (pun not intended) in the sex lives of Daenerys and Khal Drago.  He was rather forcefully having his pleasure with her at first, now they are kissing and cuddling and very affectionate with each other.  I expected him to always be brutish.

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« Reply #1098 on: May 02, 2011, 02:24:07 PM »
I didn't notice the dark, hard to see scenes, lighty.  Maybe it was the signal from your cable company or however you receive your tv signal.  Or possibly I was not paying as much attention to a few scenes and missed the darkness.

There sure has been a turnaround (pun not intended) in the sex lives of Daenerys and Khal Drago.  He was rather forcefully having his pleasure with her at first, now they are kissing and cuddling and very affectionate with each other.  I expected him to always be brutish.

Could be - we just switched service from DirecTV to Prism . . . the contrast did improve after the first 10 minutes, so perhaps it was an issue at their end.

I think Khal Drogo is turning out to be the weakest link.  No dialogue until last night; no explication of how/why the relationship shifted from 'on your knees' to 'post-coital cuddle' . . . we're just supposed to assume that her 20-minute training session of girl-on-top changed his entire worldview.  It's weird, because Martin didn't create the brute character we saw on the wedding night; the writers' did - why, when they almost immediately switch back to the book storyline?

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« Reply #1099 on: May 02, 2011, 08:19:25 PM »
Confession time - I'm not really enjoying GoT as much as I thought I would. 

Nothing wrong with the quality of the production, and I absolutely love Sean's acting and will happily watch all his scenes over and over again because he's so good in this.  However, the rest of it isn't doing much for me.

I do love fantasy - the highlight of every Christmas Day when I was a child was when my parents gave me the latest David Eddings book on Christmas morning.  As long as my David Eddings book was there, I'd be content.  I'd then disappear happily for the rest of the day apart from a brief appearance for Christmas dinner. However, I guess the thing with fantasy is whether you personally like the world that's been created, and I just haven't been able to get excited about this one.

I have bought the first book and attempted to read it but haven't been drawn in yet.  Again, nothing wrong with it but it's just not pushing my particular buttons.  I'll try reading it again next weekend when I have more time.