Poll: Winter Is Coming - HBO's A Game of Thrones [READ WARNING]

Who will rule Westeros?

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Just up to the end of the second episode of this now, and whilst it seems to go with a breakneck pace, they seem to be keeping as faithful as they can to the novel.
I also read the book first, but knowing that Sean Bean was playing Eddard Stark, I kept reding his parts with his accent stuck in my head. Not much of a leap though, as living so close to Sheffield, quite a few folks speak that way anyway.
 
finally caught up on the last few eps of this, love it gets better and better with each episode. its shame ned has gone but theres so many good characters brilliantly acted that whilst he will be missed theres lots to look forward to.

loving the little girl at the moment, shes a proper bad ass! might just have to read the books to see what happens to her ;)

also the guy thats with the halfman (forget name soz - the one that fought for him) hes legendary and i hope he stays with the show for a long time.
 
Random question... SOmething I didn't get in the last episode...

The "thing" that came in to attack the lord commander of the black that Snow killed. Was that one of the bodies brought back earlier or a person from north of the wall that managed to sneak in/ Why could he survive that much, theatre or is there a specific reason?
 
Been reading the book and i can see where people are saying some parts are missing or background story....reading the book makes things much much more clearer imo.

Saying that im enjoying the book immensely...its a pretty hefty read though and although ive watched all but the last episode...im starting to get a real feel for the storyline/plotline.
 
Amp34 said:
Random question... SOmething I didn't get in the last episode...

The "thing" that came in to attack the lord commander of the black that Snow killed. Was that one of the bodies brought back earlier or a person from north of the wall that managed to sneak in/ Why could he survive that much, theatre or is there a specific reason?
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In ep 8 it says that they were 'touched by White Walkers.' That's why they were reanimated and their eyes turned blue.
 
Amp34 said:
Random question... SOmething I didn't get in the last episode...

The "thing" that came in to attack the lord commander of the black that Snow killed. Was that one of the bodies brought back earlier or a person from north of the wall that managed to sneak in/ Why could he survive that much, theatre or is there a specific reason?
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The Others are the creatures north of the wall (that we saw at teh start of episode 1. The thing that attacked Mormont was a wight which is someone killed by an Other reanimated.

wiki said:
Creatures killed by the Others reanimate as undead zombies called wights. The bodies of wights are freezing cold and their eyes glow blue. Wights will attack any living creature around them with surprising strength, and with a certain amount of intelligence and memories of their previous life (as indicated by an assassination attempt of the Lord Commander of the Night Watch). They feel no pain and will continue to fight regardless of injury. Though they can be stopped by total dismemberment, their limbs will continue to move if detached from their bodies. They are highly flammable and will be quickly consumed if set aflame. The Others hold some form of power over wights and can gather them together to attack their enemies en masse. While it is unknown whether wights can cross the Wall on their own, corpses brought through the Wall can still reanimate as wights and even enter castles of the Wall.
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Davinnicus said:
Just up to the end of the second episode of this now, and whilst it seems to go with a breakneck pace, they seem to be keeping as faithful as they can to the novel.
I also read the book first, but knowing that Sean Bean was playing Eddard Stark, I kept reding his parts with his accent stuck in my head. Not much of a leap though, as living so close to Sheffield, quite a few folks speak that way anyway.
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Well you'll notice the strong parallels between Westeros and the UK anyway, just a bit more extreme. GRRM is a huge Chivalry/Knights/Feudal nut which is obviously most well known for France and the UK during the Medieval/Dark ages etc.

The casting for the series reflects this. Winterfell is in the North where the lands are harsh and cold, not unlike the North of England. The accents are thicker and the men colder. Sean Bean and his character's family were all cast with northern accents! Likewise the southerners at King's Landing all speak with a more traditional Queens style English (although with obvious exceptions like Dinklage and Mark Addey, although this is likely explained by King's Landing having a heavy foreign influence) .

Then, of course, you have the guys north beyond the wall (Hadrians wall!) who are completely mental and do nothign but drink, shag, and kill people. I think that parallel is obvious!

Later in the series you're introduced to guys from the West and East too, and although they're not quite as obvious, there are references.

So um
TL;DR, Sean Bean's accent is probably pretty spot on for Ned Stark. You wouldn't be wrong to use it in your head!
 
DampCat said:
So um
TL;DR, Sean Bean's accent is probably pretty spot on for Ned Stark. You wouldn't be wrong to use it in your head!
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Exactly what I was getting at above... it only adds to the reading experience, and i've been an avid fantasy reader since, well, I could read really. :)
 
I'm enjoying the series and would like to read the books - but not until after the storylines are resolved on the show - as adaptations always seem to dissapoint and you wouldn't have any real surprises - so would the end of series one tie into the end of 'Game Of Thrones'?
 
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