Game of Thrones Season 4 news (spoilers galore)

[Ultonius]

Wasn't Brown Ben supposed to be Westerosi? That would be an unusual choice for the role.

In the paternal line, he claimed to be descended from a member of House Plumm, of the Westerlands, but was very ethnically mixed otherwise: he was called Brown Ben for a reason, after all. He had Braavosi, Summer Islander, Ibbenese, Qohorik, Dothraki, and Dornish ancestry, as well as 'a drop' of Targaryen blood. More specifically, his mother was Dothraki, and his (presumably paternal) grandmother was half Ibbenese, half Qohorik. I suppose his ideal actor would be a somewhat older Tiger Woods , but Hoji Fortuna looks like he should fit the role pretty well.

[Pelranius]

I thought Brown Ben Plumm was in his fifties at the time of the books?

[Guardsman Bass]

Wasn't Brown Ben supposed to be Westerosi? That would be an unusual choice for the role.

In the paternal line, he claimed to be descended from a member of House Plumm, of the Westerlands, but was very ethnically mixed otherwise: he was called Brown Ben for a reason, after all. He had Braavosi, Summer Islander, Ibbenese, Qohorik, Dothraki, and Dornish ancestry, as well as 'a drop' of Targaryen blood. More specifically, his mother was Dothraki, and his (presumably paternal) grandmother was half Ibbenese, half Qohorik. I suppose his ideal actor would be a somewhat older Tiger Woods , but Hoji Fortuna looks like he should fit the role pretty well.

I forgot about that, but you're right. He looks fine for the role.

The show has made me more interested in the Summer Islanders from the book.

I thought Brown Ben Plumm was in his fifties at the time of the books?

They could always give him a beard and dye part of it gray.

[Pelranius]

That always seems to work.

Of course, Tyrion and Brienne still look too old, but that can't really be helped short of CGI'ing every shot Peter Dinklage and Gwendolyne Christie are in.

[Vympel]

WiC has now said HBO has indicated that this guy has not been cast. So ... oh well.

[Vympel]

winteriscoming.net/2013/09/mark-gatisss-role-revealed/

Mark Gatiss is Tycho Nestoris, of the Iron Bank of Braavos.

[Vympel]

The new Mountain is a bloody giant.

[Vympel]

How many eyes does the latest GOT cast member have? A thousand eyes - and one

[Elfdart]

It was just a matter of time before the porn version came out. Even though this trailer for Game of Bones: Winter Is Cumming has neither nudity nor sex in it, the title alone might make it NSFW:

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Just two comments:

The "actress" playing Margery looks like Natalie Dorimer.

"I am Daneris Stormborn, MILF of Dragons."

You can see the first episode here. NSFW!

[Crown]

I actually *lost* a hard on watching that!

[Tanasinn]

When you play the game of bones you either cum or you get blue balls?

[Pelranius]

How many eyes does the latest GOT cast member have? A thousand eyes - and one

Wonder if they'll give him the full treatment of the book, including roots growing through/around his skull? Ugh

[Vympel]

The Mountain in full armor

[Pelranius]

At least with a guy that big, most people (including moi) won't notice the few inches in height discrepancy between the differing actors.
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Wonder what the chances are that they'll cast another actor for "Ser Robert Strong"?

[Koolaidkirby]

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Wonder what the chances are that they'll cast another actor for "Ser Robert Strong"?

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Apparently Jason Momoa was offered the role just so they could have him back

[Pelranius]

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Wonder what the chances are that they'll cast another actor for "Ser Robert Strong"?

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Apparently Jason Momoa was offered the role just so they could have him back

That'd be something to look out for.

[Elfdart]

George Takei posted this, which I found amusing:

[Vympel]

George Takei posted this, which I found amusing:

Heh yeah that was pretty funny

The Season 4 trailer hits this Sunday. HBO have posted snippets of it on the GOT Vine, as well as a 16 second teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3WsEKmID0

It looks awesome.

And additional vine previews:

http://winteriscoming.net/2014/01/hbo-r ... more-31165

[Koolaidkirby]

a trailer for a trailer, what is the world coming to.

Also, looks awesome, can't wait till... April, Sigh

[Koolaidkirby]

double post with content,

season 4 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZY43QSx3Fk

[Vympel]

Dammit I wish April would hurry up already.

westeros.org has a shot by shot commentary on the trailer which starts here and goes towards page 1:

http://www.westeros.org/GoT/Gallery/Category/C299/P40

[spaceviking]

Seeing Jamie's Iron hand in the trailer reminds me of a question I had while reading the books...

Why does Jamie use the iron hand rather than some sort of apparatus that he can strap a sword to? I understand the ability to change grips is important to sword play, but given his skill in his non dominant hand this would be an improvement.

[JLTucker]

Does Sansa do anything useful in the books? She does absolutely nothing of note in the serie other than being Joffrey's plaything.

[Silver Jedi]

Seeing Jamie's Iron hand in the trailer reminds me of a question I had while reading the books...

Why does Jamie use the iron hand rather than some sort of apparatus that he can strap a sword to? I understand the ability to change grips is important to sword play, but given his skill in his non dominant hand this would be an improvement.

It actually wouldn't. It's not so much the lack of hand as it is the lack of wrist. A huge amount of the fine manipulation of position of the blade comes from movement of the wrist. I can't even imagine an angle he could affix the blade at that would allow him to both parry and cut effectively. He'd essentially be cutting down the range of motion of his blade to a tiny fraction of what it needs to be.

Training the way he does, on the other hand (pun intended) means that he just has to reprogram his muscle memory and instincts a bit.

[Simon_Jester]

I am reminded of Gottfried von Berlichingen.