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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.
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Regarding Illyrio, he was originally played by the guy who was the town crier in Rome (another great HBO series with some definite similarities to GoT). Here's what he looked like in the unaired pilot episode:

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Still no yellow beard, but somewhat closer to the books, I think.

Most of the casting was quite good; I could name all the actors I liked, but it would be an awfully long list. Worthy of special mention is Charles Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister (first appearance in episode 7). That guy is the perfect Tywin and steals every scene he's in.
 
Since you brought up a scene and an actor unaired, here is the scene from the moment that the Mad King got Brandon Stark (Eddard's elder brother) strangled in the throne room. Unfortunately, this important flashback scene had not aired.

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By far my most hated season 1 deviation from the book was that they gave the Hound's backstory to Littlefinger to convey to Sansa. Having it told to her as a piece of gossip stole most of its power, as opposed to the Hound drunkenly relaying it to her himself.

Luckily, the scene survives in a small sense as Rory McCann's audition, which I believe I or someone else has posted here before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIWX2fPx-5k

Would have been awesome if the scene as written here had actually made it into the show.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
Regarding Illyrio, he was originally played by the guy who was the town crier in Rome (another great HBO series with some definite similarities to GoT). Here's what he looked like in the unaired pilot episode:

Ian_McNeice_as_Illyrio.jpg


Still no yellow beard, but somewhat closer to the books, I think.

Most of the casting was quite good; I could name all the actors I liked, but it would be an awfully long list. Worthy of special mention is Charles Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister (first appearance in episode 7). That guy is the perfect Tywin and steals every scene he's in.
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Just finished Rome. Loved every part of it. I aggree about the similarities. Hell, there are 3 actors from the first 2 episodes of Rome in GOT. The towncrier who was awesome in Rome would be the 4th.
 
Seems like Illyro is basically being written out/forgotten about in the show cannon anyway. The lack of yellow beard throws you off? Are you upset that Dany doesn't have purple eyes?
 
fishonjazz said:
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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She's so dirty hot.
 
addictionary said:
I'm pretty sure that the Lady of High Garden was a piece of *** back in the day. That confidence.
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Lol

What do you mean "was"?
Id still hit it
 
Finished the first book. I must say it might be the single best ending to a book I have ever read. I mean we all knew what was going to happen as soon as she built the funeral pyre, but it was so well written and came together so perfectly. Wow. Freaking awesome. Martin is a seriously good writer. When those guys kneeled before her and said "blood of my blood".... Goosebumps. fantastic.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Finished the first book. I must say it might be the single best ending to a book I have ever read. I mean we all knew what was going to happen as soon as she built the funeral pyre, but it was so well written and came together so perfectly. Wow. Freaking awesome. Martin is a seriously good writer. When those guys kneeled before her and said "blood of my blood".... Goosebumps. fantastic.
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I envy you reading the books for the first time. The first three are some of my favorite books ever.

FWIW, I think the second book drags just a little in the first half, with the exception of the Tyrion chapters, which are entertaining as all get-out from the very beginning. All the other storylines pick up more in the second half.

Then there's book three, which is pretty universally considered the best one.

Then you need to prepare for a little disappointment in book four. It's not poorly written, but the number of viewpoints he was writing had multiplied so much that he cut out a lot of the major characters and put them in book five instead, so it feels like the book of also-rans (he also introduced a whole new set of viewpoint characters from Dorne that I didn't care about at all). It's the point where he started to let the series get away from him, and I'm not sure he's going to recover enough to return to the form he had in the first three books.
 
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