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#3272506 - 04/17/11 01:36 PM HBO: A Game of Thrones
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THe new HBO series, "A Game of Thrones" starts tonight.

Based on the bestselling "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R R Martin, the first 10-episode season will cover the story in the first book, "A Game of Throne".

I am reallllly looking forward to this. Hopefully HBO will quickly be picking it up for a second season.



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#3272511 - 04/17/11 01:40 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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I'll be definitely tuning in!
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#3272536 - 04/17/11 02:18 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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Will Amazon or iTunes carry the show for those of us without HBO? confused
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#3272557 - 04/17/11 02:47 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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The books were tremendous. I am waiting for the final ending.
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#3272573 - 04/17/11 03:24 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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A Dance With Dragons is due out this coming July.
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#3272604 - 04/17/11 04:25 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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I read last night a number of the actresses spend a lot of time topless!
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#3273684 - 04/18/11 04:10 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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I'm reading the series, but we do not HBO, so I will not be watching. So I want to hear if it is good or not.

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#3273686 - 04/18/11 04:12 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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While the books are classed as fantasy, the series reads more like the War of the Roses. Magic and Dragons only have a minor role.
I really enjoyed the series, though I thought the fourth book had too much filler in it.
My favourite character in the books is Tyrion Lannister.

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#3273698 - 04/18/11 04:32 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: Lobber]
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Originally Posted By: Lobber
I read last night a number of the actresses spend a lot of time topless!

Yeah, I was surprised to see that - I guess it's just an HBO standard approach for their shows. I wasn't really looking for it, and wasn't into the books at all (I hadn't even heard of them until I saw the ads for the HBO series), but ran across it while flipping channels last night. It was already on when I came to it and I didn't look to see when it started so I didn't know how much I missed. Luckily, HBO was running it pretty much non-stop last night, so I was able to catch the beginning (as it turned out, I didn't miss much the first time).

More nudity and swearing than I was expecting. I'm not a prude by any means, and I thought the nudity more or less fit in, but the swearing just sounded too modern-day-reality to me, and kind of killed the suspension of disbelief for me.

I am looking forward to seeing Sean Bean play a good guy. I think the only time I've seen him play a good guy was in "Sharpe's Rifles" (Boromir had a good heart, but was made out as a threat and caused problems, at least in the movie).
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#3273716 - 04/18/11 04:57 PM Re: HBO: A Game of Thrones [Re: EAF331 MadDog]
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Sean Bean was a good fellow in Black Beuty.
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