Well she did kind of leave that Dothraki handmaiden to die in a vault in Qarth so... Although we hold out hope that they aged up Missendai from a pre-teen to a 20 something for just such a scene...
They aged up Dani didn't they? I thought she was 13 in the first book? I don't know if theyve mentioned it in the show but they aged up a lot of people. I think I remember Ned saying he was in his mid to late 30's in the first book? Robb Stark was only 15 when he marched south I do remember. Did I mention Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter has a drool inducing DONK?
They aged up pretty much every teenage character from the books. I think nudity may have had something to do with that. In other cases it's probably because it would be hard for audiences to watch 15 year olds being badasses/heroes.
They definitely had to age up everyone. The people it really doesn't affect that much are Bran and Arya. Everyone else it is necessary because some of the shit George pulls in the books would NOT fly on TV.
The episode tonight is called "Second Sons" about damn time they introduce the sellsword companies. This will be interesting!
Think Bran and Arya aging will be an issue? As it is, The kid who plays Bran barely resembles the kid from season 1. The girl playing Arya is the same. By the time they're in book 4, she'll be 18 or 19, but playing a 14 year old. Bran is growing really fast, too, but the story takes place over (at most) a year or two. Its hard to explain why Bran is only 1 year older in story, but grew a foot and a half and grew a beard. None of this says anything for the kid that plays Rikon (who they could just replace, considering how little screen time he gets). The other characters can conceivably not age much. It'll be harder with the characters of Arya and Bran.
I mean book to tv wise. In practicality its going to be an issue. Sansa already is too old for her role, but we gotta ride it out. I don't think Bran is going to matter too much since he's going to be sitting the entire time so if you keep him shaved you'll barely notice much. I haven't watched this episode but I know what happens. TITTIES!
If a mid-20s Ralph Macchio can play a high schooler in Karate Kid, then I think a teenager playing a younger teenager will be fine. But lets be real, they'll probably just make the characters all CGI. On topic, tonite's episode was pretty awesome. Yunkai went from being creepy as shit to badass in the span of 30 min, so that was interesting.
If there is anything moving slower than Bran's storyline I don't know what is. I could have really cared less about Samwell and that half stupid girl he's with until the final minutes of last nights episode. Then, he fucking LEAVES the dragon glass dagger! The fuck!?!?!!!! For something that instantly kills the most terrifying creatures on earth you think you'd grab it up on your way out. I need to watch the episode again because my friends cable cut out just as dude had leeches being attached to his cock. He had to kind of splice the first recording with the second but I think we missed some stuff from the wedding dinner with Tyrion and Joffrey. Some decent stuff for Tyrion this week but I had a feeling that it was really condensed from what the book probably has on the whole wedding/dinner/consummation scenes.
No idea how they fucked that up with Samwell. In the book it shatters after he kills it. Now they just made him look unnecessarily stupid. Now that I think about it. There IS a logical reason why he dropped it. Someone obviously has to find it later.
My girlfriend was doing the same. Literally yelling "Get the fucking knife you stupid fuck" at the TV.
This might be the worst series in the history of television for show talking. Show talker - noun - Someone, probably who is an idiot, who watches a show and incessantly asks questions and makes comments on things like a character's hair - usually during dialogue. Ex. "Which one is House Tully again?" "It's the one where if you don't shut your fucking mouth, I'll glass you in the fucking throat with this beer bottle"
Yeah, it's funny because I was at my friends' house watching this and he must have his girl trained for this show alone. She is an uber show/movie talker but nary a peep during this show. She's also an idiot and there is no way she can keep up with the stuff going on. He's crazy into fantasy books and went/goes nuts for this show. I'm guessing he laid it down for her in the beginning to keep quite and he'll explain everything after. Also, fuck I hope the brotherhood without banners isn't left hanging for another half season. Shhhhiiat.
My roommate does this. Honestly I understand why, he didn't keep up so he's always asking why things are happening and what he missed. I've told him to watch the shows but I doubt it would make a difference. He's just the type of person who cannot sit with their mouth shut for an hour. If it weren't for DVR I would probably be in jail for killing him. As it is I may try to find a room I can watch it in without him talking.
Well it's also the only show that requires flowcharts to understand, and requires differentiating between 30 different bearded white men. That being said, watching without my girlfriend is so much more pleasant.
I bought my gf the box set of the first 4 books. She asks a question, I "shhhhhh" while pointing to the books. I got slapped the first few times. After that she waits until the end. Or texts me later because we watch it separately most of the time.