It could be worse, Channel 5 could get it and show it of Five USA and not tell anyone they're showing it - like they did with Breaking Bad.
I hope Channel 4 get the terrestrial rights to GoT.
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It could be worse, Channel 5 could get it and show it of Five USA and not tell anyone they're showing it - like they did with Breaking Bad.
I hope Channel 4 get the terrestrial rights to GoT.
Right, read up to page 26 of this thread and finished watching episode 7 which ended with Littlefinger's knife at Ned's throat. I'm totally confused now. Who exactly is Littlefinger and what is his motive for betraying Ned? 
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Right, read up to page 26 of this thread and finished watching episode 7 which ended with Littlefinger's knife at Ned's throat. I'm totally confused now. Who exactly is Littlefinger and what is his motive for betraying Ned?
He's Petyr Bailish his motives are he wants power but also revenge on Ned for taking the woman he loved (althogh she never felt the same way) and as he stated he doesn't wish to fight for power he intends to let everyone else do the fighting while he intends to "**** them".
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The only thing I didn't like about the first season was the length. I felt they missed out important parts of the story which could have been included in a full 20+ episode season.
Sure it's the first season and they didn't want to commission a full 20 odd episodes but it still sucks.
Sure it's the first season and they didn't want to commission a full 20 odd episodes but it still sucks.
Probably because Blue Bloods is "safer" material, cop shows (particularly about US cops and even more so when its about New York cops) have a wide appeal and tend to get high ratings. Swords and Sorcery stuff doesnt have as wide an appeal and tends to get lower ratings as its often a niche audience. Indeed I believe the viewing ratings for Game of Thrones in the US have been far from great and have been out-done by Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire and even Hawaii 5-0 , which merely goes to highlight the wider appeal of cop shows.
I enjoyed the show, I'm glad they made it as it has helped expose a great series of books to a much wider audience, however I really don't think the show does the books justice, there were so many plots and subplots that you just didnt get to see because they didn't have time to fit them into ten episodes. There were meaning comversations missing, there were awesome scenes that were either butchered beyond belief or absent completely.
My advice to anybody that liked the show remotely, read the books, they're better, so much better.
My advice to anybody that liked the show remotely, read the books, they're better, so much better.
Right, read up to page 26 of this thread and finished watching episode 7 which ended with Littlefinger's knife at Ned's throat. I'm totally confused now. Who exactly is Littlefinger and what is his motive for betraying Ned?
He's a minor lord who was a ward of Hoster Tully (Catelyn's Father) at Riverrun. He fell in love with Cat when they were children and duelled Brandon Stark (Ned's deceased older brother) for her hand in marriage. He lost, which isn't surprising as he's a bit of weed while the Starks are bred warriors, and was about to be killed by Brandon but Cat successfully pleaded for his life.
Since then, Lord Petyr Baelish or Littlefinger has demonstrated his excellent administration skills and has been appointed to the treasurer's role on the King's Small Council in King's Landing, making him very powerful but still looked down on by the lords of the great houses of Stark, Baratheon, Lannister etc. Littlefinger plays the Game of Thrones, making sure he always backs the winning side once he knows who that will be.
FWIW I don't think Littlefinger's supposed feelings for Cat had anything to do with his decision to betray Ned. It was purely down to Ned rejecting his suggestion that he seize the throne for himself, thus making it more likely that the Lannisters would remain on top in the Game of Thrones.
Also, Game of Thrones has been expensive to produce. Blue Bloods is probably made in a studio in Los Angeles with a limited cast - what 8 regulars and a couple of guests each episode? GoT is made on location in Northern Ireland and Malta, with a massive cast, horses, dogs, choreography, special effects.
Don't forget Daenerys Targaryen is only 13 in the first book...
Thankfully she isn't in the TV show!
Amen to that!
Thanks Scorza and Capn'. My next question will not hopefully prompt spoilers from book two (and maybe answered in episode 8-10 which I will watch tonight)... but Daenerys. Why so far has she been unharmed by fire and says about her brother when he's dead that fire cannot harm dragons. Is she an actual dragon? (It's generally taken in fantasy that dragons have human forms but I don't know whether George has stuck to that convention in his books.) Might need to email me if that's too spoilerish.
Thankfully she isn't in the TV show!
Exactly
They've mentioned that both she and her brother, Viserys, are born of dragons. I imagine it'll become clear further down the line, but that's what I'm guessing is going to be the crux of it. They are dragon warriors (not pandas).
But Daenerys is the only one who's impervious to fire. So I guess [highlander]there can be only one[/highlander] true dragon?
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The members of House Targaryian are supposedly decended from dragons and as such some have a resistance to fire.
Viserys would have been too.
Just not molten gold
She is now the last dragon, rather than her brother.
Viserys would have been too.
Just not molten gold
She is now the last dragon, rather than her brother.
I'm not sure about that. The molten gold would have been hot in the same way the pan Daenerys picked up without getting marked. Unless it's explained in the book it seems like a grey area to me.
Edit, Just checked.. At the end of episode 6 Daenerys says "He was no dragon. Fire cannot kill a dragon"
For me that's enough to prove Viserys wasn't immune to heat etc
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