I can see my house in some of those pics....

holy **** that's awesome

Are those legos? thats crazy!

kinda, its from MineCraft

I googled it. still pretty cool even if it is virtual legos.

Not quite. The amount of work that went into building that is pretty incredible, likely.

Lol I hate that game, but it's cool that there really isn't any objective. If you YouTube Minecraft, you can find some pretty cool buildings; like a roller coaster!

Yesterday I finished Clash of Kings and I have to say that the story has diverged pretty siginficantly from the HBO series. This IMO is not so bad as I somewhat like a lot of what they do in the TV series better than in the book. Also I feel that reading the rest of the books won't ruin my excitement I feel when anticipating new shows in the future.



So for those of you have have read the books and seen the TV series what do you think about the differences? Which story do you like better? To me they captured the general story and the essence of the books which is more to be said for most of the crap that you see on TV and film.

Also, I have noticed that A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons get significantly more negative reviews on Amazon. Does the series really go downhill after A Storm of Swords (which I am starting to read right now)?

I've only read the first book thus far, but I think I enjoy the TV series more up to this point. Ned falling under his horse and hurting his leg was pretty lame compared to that great face off with Jaime shown in the TV series.

If you enjoyed the first two, I wouldn't really worry about the reviews. Even a mediocre George R.R. Martin book is better than most. I enjoyed reading all of them, and I think if you really get how he's trying to structure the whole story, you'll like it. You need to have patience with these books because he does like going into detail a lot. I like it. It makes the story vivid and realistic, but most people see the pace as slow moving. Nothing is ever rushed and things happen when they happen....kind of like in real life.

The HBO series really did a great job and I like how it's been adapted so far. They do have to deal with a budget and time contraints, so it inevitable that they would need to change a few things to keep the story moving.

I found a FforC to be a bit slower than the others but still very good, DwithD was better.

I agree, there are a few instances where HBO decided to jazz things up a bit...that is a great example. The second book diverges a lot more than the first, but it actually makes it more of an interesting read. I have been watching the HBO episodes again while reading through the books.

That is what I figured...I always take any review with a grain of salt, but I figured that I would ask anyway even though I would read the books regardless. The casting I think is superb (but not spot-on) and the production is, well on par with all of HBO's shows (which is great). I can't complain about a quality, epic fantasy with great characters that will be around for at least 5 more seasons.

I can't wait to see Jojen Reed, Meera Reed (I bet she will be hot), Edmure Tully and Brynden Tully next season.

Thanks for the insight!

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would smash :yum:

i'm going to sit here and watch this whole thing and hope i can get away with it! :tup:

:happydance::tup:

most def, yall can have emilia clarke, I call Rose Leslie! Especially with that scottish accent! :yum::yum::yum:

Accents are so yummy....

The Song of Ice and Fire books are definitely page-turners. I have read through A Feast for Crows and started A Dance with Dragons about a week ago. I decided to slow down because who knows how long it will take for the next book to come out. If ADWD has as many cliffhangers as AFFC I will be pretty upset waiting so long.

Anyway I am excited to see what is up next for the show and I have absolutely no regrets in reading ahead to find out what happens...in fact it will make the show that much more enjoyable having seen the interesting changes they had to make so far.

I watched the Boardwalk Empire seasons, so between that and football (and the History channel) that should fill up the TV gap until the next season of GOT.

You guys were right...A Feast for Crows was really good. Reviewers on Amazon are morons.

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 Finally Casts Mance Rayder

Role of Mance Rayder filled for Season 3. Good choice IMO.

I pictured someone a bit younger in my head. Good choice though. He's a good actor.

Im not a big fan of the casting.. while hes a good actor... he always feels a bit.. SOFT... not a tough guy.

My impression of Mance in the books is that he was not a tough guy. When Jon first met him he was the last guy in the tent he would have guessed would be Mance. I think that he mistakenly addressed Thormund as Mance...

Anyway, I liked his acting in Rome, so I bet after they do the costume and makeup magic on him he will do a good job as Mance.

Dude's great in Political Animals, he'll do just fine!

I wonder if they will incorporate Vargo Hoat into the show. Same thing with Strong Belwass.

It seems that since they diverged so much from the books with the whole Arya/Harrenhal story arc it would seem almost pointless to include the Bloody Mummers/Vargo Hoat characters now. Roose Bolton is much different between the book and the TV series too.

True. Vargo would be an amusing character, with his constant slurring lol.
I wonder how

I think Beric is played by a different actor in Season 3. I know he was only on screen for 2 seconds in Season 1 when Ned was sending him out to kill the Mountain. I know Thoros of Myr is also cast.

Speaking of the Mountain, he was played by a different actor in Season 2, wasn't he?

Yup, I think that first Sanford leafy to work on Sparticus.

Rose Leslie didn't impress me in Downtown Abbey, but Game Of Thrones has revealed her talent imho. I love her, Jon Snow is an idiot)))

Daario Naharis & Grey Worm Cast In GAME OF THRONES Season 3

Some more not-so-bad castings

finally pick up season 1 on blu ray!!! i know, i'm a little slow:icon14:

Welcome my brother... :tiphat:

I'm curious how they are going to handle season 3. A Storm of Swords seems wayyy too big to fit into a season. I can't imagine they'd have the seasonal budget for all that goes on either.

10 episodes = 10 full hours of film = longer than all of the released Lord Of The Rings films combined. I bet they can work in most of what they need. :D