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Anyone here enjoy this series....

Anyone care to explain the storyline please do....

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Majide
04-09-2013 at 06:05 AM.
04-09-2013 at 06:05 AM.
Quote from golakers :
Fact: Catelyn Stark played Hermione Granger's mother in Harry Potter.

woot Nifty!

Jon Snow is going to be in How to Train your Dragon 2. Big Grin
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ashcampbell
04-09-2013 at 06:14 AM.
04-09-2013 at 06:14 AM.
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If you haven't seen episode 2 yet stop reading.

SPOILER

why is Theon in this season?? He doesnt reappear until book 5! Seems to me that he is taking away time from other characters.
Whoever makes the decisions thought extremely highly of the actor playing Theon. They also mention how the actor wasnt exactly how they pictured Theon but the audition blew them away.

"Once we saw what Alfie was doing with the role we wanted to keep him going. His character is very shades-of-gray. He's fun to write for and he's fun to watch… [Also] Alfie doesn't look anything like the character in the book but when he auditioned he blew everybody else out of the water. Theon last season did so many horrible things, but it was so much easier to imagine for yourself how he got to that place. He's a character that's similar in many ways to the book version, but because of Alfie the character has taken on his own life in the show."

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I was wondering where he was actually. Were the events of the show like the book? Did they jump ahead 2 books just for Theon's plot development?
IIRC it was book 5 where they finally bring him back.

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I figured at some point they would have to blend 2-3 book together but I didn't think they'd jump so far ahead so quickly. Then again, they can't keep the actor on payroll and not use him for 1-2 seasons. Sadly that's not how contracts work. But if they burn out his storylines too soon then they'll cut him from the rotation sooner and well I guess we'll have to see if we really mind that or not when the time comes.
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DoYouRemix
04-09-2013 at 06:58 AM.
04-09-2013 at 06:58 AM.
I hope episode 3 is more exciting. The first two episodes of this season were extremely uneventful.
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menace33
04-09-2013 at 07:24 AM.
04-09-2013 at 07:24 AM.
Quote from ashcampbell :
Whoever makes the decisions thought extremely highly of the actor playing Theon. They also mention how the actor wasnt exactly how they pictured Theon but the audition blew them away.

"Once we saw what Alfie was doing with the role we wanted to keep him going. His character is very shades-of-gray. He's fun to write for and he's fun to watch… [Also] Alfie doesn't look anything like the character in the book but when he auditioned he blew everybody else out of the water. Theon last season did so many horrible things, but it was so much easier to imagine for yourself how he got to that place. He's a character that's similar in many ways to the book version, but because of Alfie the character has taken on his own life in the show."
Dare I ask how he looks or is described to look in the book.

Quote from ashcampbell :
Yeah I kinda spoiled that for myself about a year ago doing some Wiki reading. It'll be interesting to see how they spin things on the show over the next 2-3 years.
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Zoe Moon
04-09-2013 at 09:16 AM.
04-09-2013 at 09:16 AM.
I was excited to see Thomas Brodie-Sangster in GOT as Jojen Reed, he's an excellent actor, especially for one so young. He was in two Doctor Who episodes a while back and was great in that role. Most people probably remember him from Love Actually.

Ciaran Hinds is an excellent actor too and he's from Belfast, he plays Mance Rayder, it's good to see him in a big role.
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golakers
04-09-2013 at 11:58 AM.
04-09-2013 at 11:58 AM.
Quote from DoYouRemix :
I hope episode 3 is more exciting. The first two episodes of this season were extremely uneventful.
I suspect first half of the season will be "uneventful". Second half will blow people out of the waters!
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04-09-2013 at 01:50 PM.
04-09-2013 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from golakers :
I suspect first half of the season will be "uneventful". Second half will blow people out of the waters!
Iagree
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Superocean
04-09-2013 at 09:14 PM.
04-09-2013 at 09:14 PM.
I'm kinda lost as to who took Theon and the part about the Bolton Bastards and so forth. Am assuming that Rob sent the boltons to go get Winterfell back? And when they got there it was sacked and burned?

Also, King slayer and Brienne got picked up by men but do they belong to the North? I'm rewatching S2 just so I can remember the stuff. The names are not so familiar to me. Seems like S3 is starting out by informing us what's happened so far, so I think we'll just see a lot of build up .. which is fine by me since the 2nd half will be more exciting.
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Deusxmachina
04-09-2013 at 09:23 PM.
04-09-2013 at 09:23 PM.
Quote from Superocean :
Also, King slayer and Brienne got picked up by men but do they belong to the North? I'm rewatching S2 just so I can remember the stuff. The names are not so familiar to me.
They said they belong to the North. Or at least don't want to tick off the North. So now Brienne's problem will be them vs. doing what Lady Stark says.
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golakers
04-14-2013 at 09:55 PM.
04-14-2013 at 09:55 PM.
The Stump!

"Lannister always pays his debts"
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golakers
04-19-2013 at 02:07 PM.
04-19-2013 at 02:07 PM.
Just finished reading book 4 and now moving on to book 5.

4th book was bit slow compared to book 3 so now hoping that book 5 will pick things up.
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menace33
04-22-2013 at 08:08 AM.
04-22-2013 at 08:08 AM.
Recap of the past episode:

The Starks get no love.
Theon is an idiot (what else is new?)
Tyrion continues to cover his little ass.
Everybody hates Jaime Frown
Stannis gets no screen time this time around.
The Tyrells seem to be forever pawns trying not to be pawns.
The Night Watch better night watch out for themselves (sorry MLV).
Sam figured out how to use his outside voice, ahhhhhhhhh
House Targaryen for the win (try not to piss her off).
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Majide
04-22-2013 at 09:40 AM.
04-22-2013 at 09:40 AM.
Quote from golakers :
Just finished reading book 4 and now moving on to book 5.

4th book was bit slow compared to book 3 so now hoping that book 5 will pick things up.
Eh, Book 5 felt as slow as book 4 to me. Still had some points where I set it down and didn't pick it up for a couple months, just like I did with book 4. It's totally worth it to get to the end though.

Book 4 felt soooo slow. But still felt like it was worth it when I got to the end Yahoo!

Quote from menace33 :
Recap of the past episode:

The Starks get no love.
Theon is an idiot (what else is new?)
Tyrion continues to cover his little ass.
Everybody hates Jaime Frown
Stannis gets no screen time this time around.
The Tyrells seem to be forever pawns trying not to be pawns.
The Night Watch better night watch out for themselves (sorry MLV).
Sam figured out how to use his outside voice, ahhhhhhhhh
House Targaryen for the win (try not to piss her off).
I think if the show could portray things the way the book did, I don't think everyone would hate Jaime. I sure did, up until this part in the series.
Then again, as far as the show - I've only seen the first two episodes of this season. So I don't really know what's going on just yet. So far these first two episodes seem a bit slow. Excited to see what happens next, I guess it's building up, which has to happen one way or another. Smilie
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04-23-2013 at 10:01 AM.
04-23-2013 at 10:01 AM.
Thought Sundays episode was great. Dragon girl is looking pretty bad ass now with her 8000+ man army and dragons. How tall is she?
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04-23-2013 at 10:13 AM.
04-23-2013 at 10:13 AM.
Quote from FeedMeAlmonds :
Thought Sundays episode was great. Dragon girl is looking pretty bad ass now with her 8000+ man army and dragons. How tall is she?
5' 2bulbbulbbulb
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