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Started by Josquius, April 04, 2011, 03:39:14 AM

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Quote from: Siege on June 22, 2011, 04:51:02 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 22, 2011, 04:46:02 PM
Quote from: Siege on June 22, 2011, 04:44:48 PM
I didn't see the Tullys bending the knee to Robb.

Tell me, which Tully was there that had the authority to do so?

Exactly. Where the fuck was Edmore and the Blackfish. They were there in the book.
And Catelyns father.

Yep no Tully's in the series....so far.
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http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/23/game-of-thrones-casting/
HBO's Game of Thrones has made its first casting hire for season 2:

Natalie Dormer, who memorably played the seductive and doomed Anne Boleyn on Showtime's The Tudors, has been added to the fantasy drama's regular cast.

Dormer will play Margaery Tyrell, a (minor spoiler alert) beautiful and shrewd young woman from the influential House Tyrell. She's pledged to marry the late King Robert's brother, Renly Baratheon, as part of House Tyrell's support for his bid to seize the Iron Throne from King Joffrey.
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The picure attached to the article is terrible.

I thought she was adorable in the Tudors.
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Josquius

eww, it is indeed, she looks disabled.
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Quote from: Berkut on June 23, 2011, 02:29:14 PM
The picure attached to the article is terrible.

I thought she was adorable in the Tudors.

Agreed on both. Glad she's in it.
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Josephus

Yeah, she's actually quite hot. :)

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Quote from: Sahib on June 23, 2011, 02:57:00 PM


Blame Martin, he's the Pedobear. Producers don't have that leeway ;)
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Martinus

I think she will be perfect as Margaery.

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Quote from: Martinus on June 23, 2011, 04:08:43 PM
I think she will be perfect as Margaery.

You're just jealous... first she gets to fuck jonathan rhys meyers then get gets to fuck gethin anthony and gets to hang out with finn jones.
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Martinus

Quote from: Viking on June 23, 2011, 04:25:38 PM
Quote from: Martinus on June 23, 2011, 04:08:43 PM
I think she will be perfect as Margaery.

You're just jealous... first she gets to fuck jonathan rhys meyers then get gets to fuck gethin anthony and gets to hang out with finn jones.

I don't understand - what about my post makes me look jealous? I think she fits the role - I wasn't critical or sarcastic.

Besides, it's not like Jonathan Rhys Meyers hasn't fucked guys on screen before.

Martinus

Incidentally, I wonder if anyone has written a critique of SOIAF as an example of "leftist fantasy". If it was a typical (read: more conservative) fantasy, then Ned and Robb would be the heroes - instead they are casualties.

The real heroes, in my view - Daenerys, Jon and Tyrion (with a possible secondary "child" cast of Bran and Arya) are outcasts - an exile (and a woman), a bastard and a cripple. If you want to know who has plot immunity in Martin's books, don't look out for princes, knights and lordlings - they never live. Instead, look out for the "broken things".

Habbaku

Quote from: Siege on June 22, 2011, 04:51:02 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 22, 2011, 04:46:02 PM
Quote from: Siege on June 22, 2011, 04:44:48 PM
I didn't see the Tullys bending the knee to Robb.

Tell me, which Tully was there that had the authority to do so?

Exactly. Where the fuck was Edmore and the Blackfish. They were there in the book.
And Catelyns father.

So, basically, no matter how many times you're told why they were left out, you still want to bitch about it.  Got it.
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Quote from: Martinus on June 23, 2011, 05:36:21 PM
The real heroes, in my view - Daenerys, Jon and Tyrion (with a possible secondary "child" cast of Bran and Arya) are outcasts - an exile (and a woman), a bastard and a cripple. If you want to know who has plot immunity in Martin's books, don't look out for princes, knights and lordlings - they never live. Instead, look out for the "broken things".

Tyrion lost a nose, Daenerys is barren... And fundamentally Danerys is no different than Cersei.

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Quote from: Martinus on June 23, 2011, 05:36:21 PM
Incidentally, I wonder if anyone has written a critique of SOIAF as an example of "leftist fantasy". If it was a typical (read: more conservative) fantasy, then Ned and Robb would be the heroes - instead they are casualties.

The real heroes, in my view - Daenerys, Jon and Tyrion (with a possible secondary "child" cast of Bran and Arya) are outcasts - an exile (and a woman), a bastard and a cripple. If you want to know who has plot immunity in Martin's books, don't look out for princes, knights and lordlings - they never live. Instead, look out for the "broken things".
Ned and Robb were heroes, heroes don't always win though.

Jon is a pretty traditional hero, the secret true heir is often a bastard.
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