Game of Thrones begins....

[Jacob]

That's true.  I didn't care about any of Abercrombie's characters in the First Law series by the end of the third chapter.  With Martin, that took till the end of the third book.

I am ambivalent about reading more Martin, but Abercrombie convinced me in three books that I don't want to read any more.  Abercrombie is faster and better in that regard, as well.

I cared about Abercrombie's characters a bit longer than for three chapters, but in essence I agree with you.

[Josquius]

So many lawful good characters were killed already. I hope Martin gives us a break and lets Jon survive after all. I don't find him boring at all. Predictable in his actions maybe but not boring. The Dorne chapters/characters however were skipworthy boring. Even despite some random hotness in there.

I wouldn't consider Jon lawful good. He's not exactly "always by the rules" type of guy, he does many things he personally thinks are good but go against the established traditions. More like chaotic good.

You're probably right. I just wanted to point out that I perceive him and the Starks as the clearest hero material in the books.

True.
The true heroes in typical fantasy normally aren't the lawful good folk though. Lawful good is the snobby authority figure whose insistence on sticking to the rules is going to doom us all. Snow is very much the typical fantasy character who somehow doesn't play by the rules yet somehow miraculously always wins in this medieval setting where not playing by the rules should get him smacked down.

[jimmy olsen]

[Sophie Scholl]

New trailer for the Season is up.  Looking good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzXsqoJhtE

[Eddie Teach]

Hopefully that means Netflix will be getting season 1 soon.

[CountDeMoney]

Hopefully that means Netflix will be getting season 1 soon.

I checked out the schedule through TiVo, the entire first season will be broadcast between this week through next weekend.  Set up a Season Pass.

[Siege]

New trailer for the Season is up.  Looking good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzXsqoJhtE

Whoa, did you see the part when Margaery gets naked in front of Renly?
Who is the dog beating on that castle wall, in single combat?
And Theon getting the salt water thing from his uncle, and Stannis look kind of fat.
The burning of the seven looks awesome, but the attack on Cersai at fleabottom looks too small, too underdone.

And unsullied look retarded and stupid, faaaaaaarrrrrr from the mental image I had of almost robot-soldiers.
Whoa, Arya rocks.
And the fight between the ugly chick that loves Renly and that other dude looks pretty good.

[Siege]

Hopefully that means Netflix will be getting season 1 soon.

Word.

[Josquius]

I hope we get some battles and not just skip past them as per series 1.

Were those meant to be unsullied in the video? Aren't they meant to be bald? Might they not be regular citizens soldiers?

[The Larch]

AFAIK one of the big challenges of season 2 was the filming of the Battle of the Blackwater, with the producers and Martin saying before the shooting began that it was such a pivotal event with so much important stuff happening that they couldn't just handwave it as with the battles of the 1st season.

[Josephus]

Some stills are out.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/09/game-of-thrones-season-2-photos/

[viper37]

Ouche...
Brienne, before and after...





I understand, now, why Jaimie says she's ugly

[Berkut]

Hehe, that is probably a pretty cool job for a makeup artist who is usually used to making women look as good as possible...

[Phillip V]

I hope to see her naked.

[Razgovory]

Impressive.  I didn't imagine her that ugly.  I thought of her as just mannish and big.  But that's the thing when you make book into a film.  Other people imagine characters differently then you do.