The Yosemite Bear wrote:is it bad that I still think of Rigg as being sexy?
GRRM certainly seems to, judging by the way he fanboys out over the casting decision in the comicon panel video.
"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? Y'know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! Y'know, I just do things..." --The Joker
Still no word on Ramsay Snow? Sure, he was kept off-camera in season 2, but I don't see how they could cut him from the show entirely, especially since Roose Bolton already mentioned him, even though he didn't name him. If the plan is still to spread book 3 over seasons 3 and 4, maybe they're going to save him for season 4, since the number of new characters they're introducing in season 3 is pretty large already. All I've been able to find on it is this which really just seems to be speculation.
On another note, the actress they picked for Meera Reed doesn't look quite "right" to me. But who knows how she'll look in costume and makeup. The rest look pretty good though, especially Tormund Giantsbane.
"For the first few weeks of rehearsal, we tend to sound like a really, really bad Rush tribute band." -Alex Lifeson
"See, we plan ahead, that way we don't do anything right now." - Valentine McKee
"Next time you're gonna be a bit higher!" -General from Birani
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." - H. L. Mencken
He who creates shields by fire - Rotting Christ, Lex Talionis
Casting videos are floating around - one of them is clearly a guy doing a Ramsay audition (couldn't be anyone else), though the scene doesn't match any I know from the books.
(shitty resolution, damn early youtube, but yeah its out on blu-ray so ...)
Never seen Rome, but ha!
So he has experience being an over-sensitive twat desperate for people's approval. This should be fun.
Ramsay and Theon in season 3. Maybe they can dump all the HBO-ness on that plotline, since Reek cannot be started up without a proper breaking-in period. And it doesn't seem like HBO to shy away from the details of that. I like it. Make an entire seasonal plotline around "You have to learn your name". Does anyone think the show which pulled off the horrifying crossbow scene or the Tickler's moment in the sun last season can't do it?
Reek would actually work quite well for the beginning of season 4.
"Peace on Earth and goodwill towards men? We are the United States Goverment - we don't DO that sort of thing!" - Sneakers. Best. Quote. EVER.
Periodic Pwnage Pantry:
"Faith? Isn't that another term for ignorance?" - Gregory House
"Isn't it interesting... religious behaviour is so close to being crazy that we can't tell them apart?" - Gregory House
"This is usually the part where people start screaming." - Gabriel Sylar
I highly recommend watching Rome. It's the first show that really showed me what HBO can do with historical drama. Its only 2 seasons. Brutus' end is very good (they do change some stuff around).
I remember him from that awful movie about Romans trying to recover their totem pole in Scotland or something. It was noteworthy for two reasons: one, a scene where a guy gets a flaming arrow in the head and two, that by casting TWO Stephen Boyd clones (West and Fassbender, both of whom struck me as being a cut above what looked like SyFy material), they were turning up the Roman Movie Cliche Dispenser to 11.
Heh, Centurion. That was one nasty-ass movie. That was also directed by the guy who directed "Blackwater", Neil Marshall. Also, Centurion had Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth).
I've been rewatching Rome since yesterday, almost done with Season 1. Cirian Hinds is awesome as Caesar, and though he's a bit old for Mance Rayder, that's never been a problem for the show before.
they keep showing up on BBC though, purhaps Taggard or the bill will start using the american GoT folks, or what happens when the Doctors start showing up in Westeroes?
The scariest folk song lyrics are "My Boy Grew up to be just like me" from cats in the cradle by Harry Chapin
We began by talking about Mance Rayder's age, which has been the subject of fan speculation. Martin said he sees the character, who will be introduced to TV viewers in Season 3, as a contemporary of Quorin Halfhand and "not a young man." And as a fan of "Rome," in which Ciaran Hinds appeared as Julius Caesar, Martin said he's very happy about the casting of Hinds as the King Beyond the Wall. He also talked about the casting of Diana Rigg as the Queen of Thorns in Season 3.
When asked about the changing of the House of the Undying on the show, George says, “Sooner or later, they will have to deal with Rhaegar and Lyanna and the Mad King.” He acknowledges the practical aspects of the adaptation, and that showing prophecies may cause issues down the road if a character or part of a storyline has to be moved or changed. That isn’t an issue for George when writing a book but it is on a TV show.
He also says that Talisa is not the same character as Robb’s wife in the books, she is not the daughter of a Lannister bannerman, and she is not just a version of “Jeyne.” He is the one who suggested changing her name because Jeyne is not a Volantene name.
Vaness Taylor:-
Well, according to George and Bryan Cogman, the other writer on the show other than myself and our bosses, it is never okay to deviate. But we have to for a couple of reasons. One, as you’ve said, there’s too many characters so we have to sort of condense. The other thing is that it’s not all produceable even with the budget we have, we’re really strained. And so I think the basic rule is we make it as close as we possible can but there are times when we just can’t.