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fishonjazz said:
Fwiw I'm not a big fan either. Good news is that for the tv show she will not be one of the lead characters..... which is surprising, but good.

Also, I don't know how you feel about m night shamalan (most seem to hate him) but he is the producer of the show. I don't know how much the producer has to do with the quality of a show anyways but he is involved.

Its a creepy, fast paced, apocalytic thriller of a story.
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Apocalyptic? Sign me up.
 
addictionary said:
Apocalyptic? Sign me up.
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I probably should not have even said that..... I have said to much.
Just read it.
3 book series, all of them VERY good, and each book is not too long
 
fishonjazz said:
I probably should not have even said that..... I have said to much.
Just read it.
3 book series, all of them VERY good, and each book is not too long
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I'm in. Kindle working on them now.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I'm in. Kindle working on them now.
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I rock the kindle as well.
I'm reading the dark tower series again right now and I already have all the actual books so I tried to start reading it in book form and quickly gave up.

Kindle is way better to read from than an actual book.


I have forgotten the face of my father (hangs head in shame)
 
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to fishonjazz again.
 
fishonjazz said:
I probably should not have even said that..... I have said to much.
Just read it.
3 book series, all of them VERY good, and each book is not too long
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fine with thick books. I like people goin "whoa did you really read all this" on me. dumbass, of couse I have not read all of it. I just skipped through the pics and read the last sentence.
 
addictionary said:
fine with thick books. I like people goin "whoa did you really read all this" on me. dumbass, of couse I have not read all of it. I just skipped through the pics and read the last sentence.
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So i watched the first episode of GoT tonight. I like how closely they follow the book. I do not like how they portray the Illyrio. They capture the essence in the wiki:

Illyrio is tall and morbidly obese, with an oiled forked yellow beard and crooked yellow teeth.[1] He has pig's eyes and fat cheeks. He has a huge white belly and a pair of heavy breasts that sag like sacks of suet covered with coarse yellow hair. His bedrobe is large enough to serve as a tourney pavilion.
He reminds Tyrion of a dead sea cow that once washed up in the caverns under Casterly Rock. When he laughs his flesh bounces vigorously. He tends to stroke one of the prongs of his oiled yellow beard, a gesture which Tyrion finds remarkably obscene.
While in the litter with Viserys and Illyrio on the way to Khal Drogo's manse, Daenerys can smell the stench of Illyrio's flesh through his heavy perfumes.
The gemstone rings on his hands are onyx and opal, tiger’s eye and tourmaline, ruby, amethyst, sapphire, emerald, jet and jade, a black diamond, and a green pearl. Tyrion thinks to himself that he could live for years on those rings, though he'd need a cleaver to claim them.
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The yellow beard proves to be iconic in other parts of the book. Not a good casting job, imo.

I love the guy they got to play Tyrion Lanister. He is a great actor in his own right, and he pulls off the Imp very well.

I also didn't like their version of Drogo. The image I get of Drogo in the book is one of a solid mass of muscle, very hard and rough. This guy is way too smooth and soft and the eye makeup makes me think of a dude in drag more than a warlord. Plus he is nowhere near big enough. I suppose the actor did a fine job, but it just is distractingly different from the image I had in my head. Makes it hard to take him seriously.

So far though, it seems very well-done.

I did have one thought though, that also hit me when I read it in the book. But as violent as the dothraki are, how can one be defeated in battle and live to cut his braid? Hell 3 of them have to die for a wedding to not seem boring. Seems like if one were defeated in battle it would be unlikely he would be around to cut his hair.
 
LogGrad98 said:
So i watched the first episode of GoT tonight. I like how closely they follow the book. I do not like how they portray the Illyrio. They capture the essence in the wiki:



The yellow beard proves to be iconic in other parts of the book. Not a good casting job, imo.

I love the guy they got to play Tyrion Lanister. He is a great actor in his own right, and he pulls off the Imp very well.

I also didn't like their version of Drogo. The image I get of Drogo in the book is one of a solid mass of muscle, very hard and rough. This guy is way too smooth and soft and the eye makeup makes me think of a dude in drag more than a warlord. Plus he is nowhere near big enough. I suppose the actor did a fine job, but it just is distractingly different from the image I had in my head. Makes it hard to take him seriously.

So far though, it seems very well-done.

I did have one thought though, that also hit me when I read it in the book. But as violent as the dothraki are, how can one be defeated in battle and live to cut his braid? Hell 3 of them have to die for a wedding to not seem boring. Seems like if one were defeated in battle it would be unlikely he would be around to cut his hair.
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Maybe the Dothraks count rock-paper-scissors defeats too.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I also didn't like their version of Drogo.
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This actor/character might grow on you.

I ended up really liking him. Too bad he don't last very long.

I also liked the dude that played The Mountain Gregor Clegane.

But then they get a different dude in a later season who I don't like

I love the actors/actresses for aria, varys (maybe my favorite), tyrion, robb, barristan, jamie, syrio, margery, and many others.

I thought they nailed most of the casting
 
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