Game of Thrones -- TV ONLY

Bluebottle wrote:Well, I'm very glad you did Eldo.  I'll certainly appreciate your perspective on season 5. I wonder, how did you find season 2 and 3 on watching them? I know season 1 was a bit, here's the first book as a tv series. While they gave themselves a good deal more freedom after that.

I guess I have a bit of an odd relationship with the show too, having seen the first three series unspoiled and then reading all the books before season 4. I do kind of wonder at my slightly more hesitant view of the show now in that context. There's probably some stuff in seson 2 and 3 I would have remarked upon if I had read the books first that I didn't. That said, there were some odd changes being made in season 4. All of which makes me very interested in seeing season 5.

The Night's King inclusion in the tv show is certainly one of those very enticing potential spoilers. To what degree is it a spoiler though? It's hard to know.

Bluebottle wrote: Well, seeing as I've been in both camps I probably shouldn't lambast anyone. Can one be both a book purist and a fan of the show? I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

Eldorion wrote:

Bluebottle wrote: Well, seeing as I've been in both camps I probably shouldn't lambast anyone. Can one be both a book purist and a fan of the show? I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

Of course.  That's where I fall with regards to LOTR.  I don't think they're especially good adaptations, but they're hella good movies, even with their flaws.  I think the two are totally different assessments.  JK Rowling's involvement didn't stop the HP movies from being hit-and-miss in terms of quality.  And some adaptations do actually improve upon the source material in certain ways.

Too rich, thought Tyrion, too beautiful. It is never wise to tempt the dragons. The drowned city was all around them. A half-seen shape flapped by overhead, pale leathery wings beating at the fog. The dwarf craned his head around to get a better look, but the thing was gone as suddenly as it had appeared.

bungobaggins wrote:Was rewatching season 1 with the audio commentaries the other day. Thought this opening with the Stark kids was hilarious.



Not sure if youtube will block it for copyright, so let me know if it doesn't play.

Bluebottle wrote:

Actor Jonathan Pryce has spilled a delicious little detail about Game Of Thrones season five – he only took on the character of High Sparrow because it's a game changing role.

The veteran actor enters the series in the fifth season, which starts on Foxtel's Showcase channel on April 13, as a High Septon who is considered an avatar of the gods.

Speaking from London, Pryce says that he's never been keen on "swords and sorcery" and he only signed-on because the character was extremely influential although he would not say how.

"If the role hadn't been what it turned out to be for High Sparrow, I probably would not have been involved," Pryce said.

"I remember starting out and my agent said 'does the character change the situation or is he just a functionary' and this character changes the situation."

In the lead-up to filming Game Of Thrones, Pryce made another period piece, playing a cardinal in Wolf Hall, which is set around the reign of Henry VIII, for BBC First.

Pryce has always been a fan of epic type productions, like Wolf Hall, but after filming wrapped on Game of Thrones, he had a change of mind about swords and sorcery shows.

"Once I started work on Games Of Thrones I was incredibly impressed with the organisation, the crew and they're really good at their job and story telling so I have become a fan of the show."

Pryce has never read the George R.R Martin's books on which the series is based but he did read the scripts when they were handed to him which is more than what he can say for one actor on set.

(Spoiler warning) "I read the script and some of the others had to, but I know one actor who hadn't read the script and he didn't know what was going to happen to him," Pryce said. "He died and he wasn't happy."

(Spoiler warning) "I read the script and some of the others had to, but I know one actor who hadn't read the script and he didn't know what was going to happen to him," Pryce said. "He died and he wasn't happy."

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Bluebottle wrote:Highlighting this. I wonder who he's talking about.

(Spoiler warning) "I read the script and some of the others had to, but I know one actor who hadn't read the script and he didn't know what was going to happen to him," Pryce said. "He died and he wasn't happy."

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