Awesome.........

peter dinklage won best supporting actor in a drama series

Good for him. Maybe this will inspire more people to check out the show.

I've watched this serie too. I love it as do my friends. Can't wait for Season 2!

Edit 1: especially because Carice van Houten is playing some kind of mage

Edit 2: (SPOILER in white) too bad Drogo isn't with us anymore

Yeah, I liked her work in "Black Book" and "Black Death" (opposite Sean Bean ironically enough).

Ive just started on this. Wow. Great stuff. I love the high fantasy idea and how it keeps switching your character perceptions; at first you can think "this guy/chick a dick/bitch", and then an episode or two later you're like "Actually said guy/chick is actually pretty damn cool", and vice versa

From what Ive watched so far, I can already say that Peter Dinklage deserves his award. I for one was quite surprised to learn he was born in NJ. Sean Bean does great in his role too. And it took me a bit to figure out where Id seen the guy before, but the guy that played Carcetti in The Wire is also in it.

When I saw Kall Drogo for the first time, I was like "WTF is Dave Navaro here for???"

Yeah, Martin loves moral ambiguity.



I like Dinklage. He's a perfect fit for the character. It would be interesting to know from the UK/NZ/Aust members if his accent is passable here. What's the last episode you've seen to this point?



Good call on the resemblance.

I was only up to the 5th ep when I made the post. Up to the 8th now and...whoa. This show gets better and better as it goes on.

FWIW, if you concentrate on it, you maybe pick up a slight, slight lapse here and there...but only if you concentrate on it. Overall, I think Dinklage fits in great amongst a predominantly English/Irish cast.

Man, I need to get the books. Its one of those things were you know the show(movie) is good, and you just know the book would expand and explain things so much better.

OMFG. I need these books.

Drogo's speeches (Rider Who Will Mount The World!!" and "I Will NOT Give You That Honour.") Tyrion Lannister, Robb's march and Jon's vows, and that execution scene. I did NOT see that coming, call me naive or whatever. But these scenes gave me goosebumps.

Only thing that sucks? The 2nd series sounds like its still a way off. I will be picking up the books at the soonest possible date.

Daenyrys Targarean? Goddamn. I know the actress is a natural brunette, and maybe thats why her hair seems so ethereal and sexy.

Good deal, MMD.
I just finished book 5 and things never let up.
Supposedly Martin is going to finish the series in 7 books, though I have my doubts.

HBO's season 2 is supposed to start some time in Spring 2012 (March? April?)

Ned's fate was a shocker in the books as well. Of course we get to see inside his head and get an idea of why he made some of the decisions he did. I thought Sean Bean did a pretty good job of displaying that. Ned is one of the VERY few unambiguously morally good characters. Martin plays for keeps.

So before I order an older book online, Ill raid all the local 2nd hand book shops first. Sometimes you strike lucky. Kinda like this time.

Found Clash of Kings for $7 bucks. A great copy, completely intact, still like new. Cheering

At first I was a bit annoyed that I was gonna start on the second one (cuz I knew I was going to read it anyway), but was happy to learn the start of it overlaps the end of the series. Plus, Im finding out what happened after the end of series one!

Spoiler Alert: It's awesome.

Martin plays for keeps..but you know that already!

YES YES YES. AWESOMELY AWESOMELY AWESOME.

Found A Game of Thrones for $8. While Im a little dirty that Im reading the first one second and read the second one first, I dont mind too much. I did the same thing with King's Dark Tower series, and ended up reading it all again in order down the track. I can guarantee I'll be doing the same with this series.

Lilo, your reviews of the series and books went a fair way into convincing me to give it a shot. For that, Im infinitely grateful.

No problem MMB. Maybe write a review of your own to let us know what you thought?

I've not much to say to what's already been said. But this serie is REALLY good and highly entertaining. It's as good as Lord of the Rings which is one of my favorite movies.

Never was I more eager for wanting to see the next season when I was done watching the first season. I even considered watching it all again.

I had the exact same feeling, and did watch it all again. Seriously Sonny; check out the books man. It's been years since Ive been this into a work of fiction.

I mean, look at it this way. We've still got a fair while before the second season is out (actually, it's due about the same time Mini-Meatballs is due; May. Seriously, Im not sure what Im looking forward to most I kid, I kid. Of course its Game of Thrones. No wait, I mean the baby, the baby )

If you're anything like me, you cant wait to find out what happens. Simply put, its freakin' awesomely insane. And awesome. And insane. Lilo puts it best when he says "George R.R Martin plays for keeps".

The books are to the fantasy genre what The Sopranos was for the gangster genre. That is, it reinvents, breathes new life and expands exponentially on the staple tropes.

Have you ever been so into a book you're literally breathless? Start reading faster and faster with your heart in your throat because what you're reading is so unexpected and engrossing? Stop, put the book down for a second and go "OMFG, I cant believe that just happened"? I've been doing that at least 5 times a book, and Im only up to the fourth in the series.

Season 2 Trailer
April 2012.

Can't wait!

HELLS YES.

It seems like it's coming a month earlier than I expected.

On another note, I picked up Dance For Dragons last night for...$30 I swear the same place I picked it up had it advertised in the window for $22 just a few days ago. I saw it in passing and decided that was where Id go to buy it, since the cheapest id found anywhere else was between $30 and (gasp) $50. I said as much to the checkout chick and she rolled her eyes and said "Um, no."

I know it's only $8 bucks, but still. I could have gotten it online for cheaper but as I said to Mrs Meatballs, "Yes, I do actually NEED this book asap. If you'd read the series you'd understand". She rolled her eyes too. Whatevs.

Anyway, 100 pages in and loving it. At first I was annoyed when I learned that he was doing AFFC and ADWD the way he was, running simultaneously together like the last two (Part 3) did. Getting into it though, I can understand his reasoning. Better all the story for part of the characters than half the story for all.

Like so many others, I really hope he gets number six done quickly. Its making me a little sad to think that this is the last one for a while. Getting into the series as late as I did was good in a way, since I didnt have to wait years between additions, I could just hack through all five at my leisure. When I finish this book though, Im in the same boat as everyone else, waiting.

Guess Ill have to read this one extra slow

MMB, are you going to be one of those readers sending GRRM nasty emails like "What's wrong with you old man, why don't you hurry up and finish the series. I swear to God you'd better not croak before you finish or I'll get you!!"

Not that I know anyone who would write such notes..
I liked ADWD a lot more than AFFC. GRRM has written himself into a bit of a corner by not aging the Stark children more and it will be interesting to see how he handles that in the remaining two books. I'd be surprised if the next book comes out before 2013. I think I should write him an email....

I swear to God, if you die Im raiding your grave, stealing your brain and fabricating a franken-Martin to finish the goddamn series!

Im only a bit into it and already finding it to be the better book. Finally catching up with Tyrion and Daenarys and finding out what happened with the Bastard of Bolton and Theon Greyjoy er Turncloak er...Reek (Now thats a twist I didn't see coming)

The way he's started off...whoa. Remembering what you wrote in your review, I have an idea it's going to get a lot bloodier before the end.

It does. You were warned. GRRM is a sick twisted SOB and an excellent writer..

Finished. Wow. Great book.

One thing; judging by the pace of his story arcs, is two more books going to be enough? I mean, a love the series, love his writing...but goddamn, Im getting to a point when I would love to just see the damn thing end! Send Jon back to Winterfell (he better not be dead, Martin you a-hole) Marry Aegon and Dany off and let them rule happily ever after (with, er, dragons. And Tyrion as part of their council) And send Davos back to his wife and remaining children to grow old and run around and laugh and giggle and be happy with them.

Yeah right. I came across a pretty funny meme recently;

I would be very surprised if he wraps things up in two books. The seven books thing came from his wife. Seven kingdoms, seven hells, seven faces of God, seven books.

He really should have made the children about 3-4 years older because somehow he has to have a 4-5 yr period where he can say "So-and-so took super secret training or found out they were really the last scion of this hero and came back a real bada$$".

He needs to start the next book with the sentence "It was five years since the events in blah-blah-blah". But since he likes writing cliffhangers it will be hard to do that. He's written himself into a bit of a corner. Oh well. I am willing to wait. I just hope the next book is out before 2015.

Cold Winds Are Rising Tease

Stannis-the character doing the voice over-is the dead king's middle brother. He is a thoroughly humorless man who insists upon doing everything by the book. Like Ned Stark he has immense respect for the law but he lacks Ned's kinder side or any sense of mercy. He's also much more practical. It will be interesting to see how he's portrayed in Season 2. In the books he occasionally gets privately peeved at why people don't like him more but he doesn't let it stop him from doing what he sees as necessary. He's possibly the most stubborn character in the whole series.

great teaser. i wonder if they will show off every viewpoint from the major player in teaser form?

I hope so. It sort of stinks that we have to wait until April. I think January would have been more appropriate but it is what it is.