en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/799201 Comments by Lord_of_Starfal http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/grrm-blackfish-not-in-first-season/#IDComment88266096 Ouch! I think this is the worst news I've yet heard on the whole project. The ripples created by this will probably make the later seasons unrecognizable, and worse, it would have been easy enough to keep things as they were. This is like spending a billion dollars on a new statue and then letting bird crap pile up on it because you want to "save money." I can see from other comments that most people are taking this better than I am. I don't know if that is stoicism or faboyism. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:04:20 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/grrm-blackfish-not-in-first-season/#IDComment88266096 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/george-confirms-tena-as-osha/#IDComment87236786 So now I have to look at some young hot woman? I think I can live with it. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:57:18 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/george-confirms-tena-as-osha/#IDComment87236786 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/jory-signs-the-rest-backgrounded/#IDComment86700270 Hmm... I'm not sure. Beric's appearance in the tourney is insignificant, and Jeyne Poole's infatuation with him is neither here nor there, BUT... Spoilers... Spoilers... Spoilers... Ned sending Beric out with Thoros and the Winterfell men to kill Gregor is an essential scene. Ned probably makes a strategic blunder here, as sending Loras would have made it virtually impossible for there to ever be a Tyrell / Lannister alliance. Littlefinger explains this to Sansa, deepening the audience's appreciation of the nuances of the game. This is important to Littlefinger and Sansa's creepy budding relationship as well. Moving the scene doesn't work because of the war timeline, and Beric has to be in the riverlands before book 2 when Arya is moving through the area. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:25:57 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/jory-signs-the-rest-backgrounded/#IDComment86700270 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/aidan-gillen-is-littlefinger/#IDComment86370804 Wow, wow, and wow. The cast gets better and better, but the wait gets harder and harder! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:22:23 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/aidan-gillen-is-littlefinger/#IDComment86370804 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/more-casting-news-syrio-and-rast/#IDComment85252691 Possible spoilers, but if you've read this far... Possible spoilers, but if you've read this far... Possible spoilers, but if you've read this far... Just to throw in my own two cents, yes, there is a theory that Jaqen H'gar and Syrio Forel are the same person, but no, I don't agree with this theory. My reasoning is as follows: consider every choice Syrio Forel makes - from training Arya as a water dancer, to risking his life to cover Arya's excape, to entering Eddard Stark's service - there is not one single decision that is explained better if he were a faceless man of Braavos than if he were exactly who he claimed to be. Not a single one. And that's not like Martin, who is an inveterate hint dropper, as we all know. Wed, 7 Jul 2010 05:11:50 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/more-casting-news-syrio-and-rast/#IDComment85252691 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/more-casting-news-syrio-and-rast/#IDComment85140357 Will he also be playing Jaqen H'ghar? Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:02:48 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/07/more-casting-news-syrio-and-rast/#IDComment85140357 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/roy-dotrice-is-grand-maester-pycelle/#IDComment81807519 I've listened to the Audiobooks so many times I almost know them by heart. I think Roy Dotrice is magnificent and I'm excited to have him in the cast. He's so good that you never consider how good he is or how hard it is to play so many different parts - because they all seem like different people. He particularly nails Tyrion, IMHO. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:44:49 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/roy-dotrice-is-grand-maester-pycelle/#IDComment81807519 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/rumor-loras-cast/#IDComment80465352 I think this argument is true only to a very limited degree. HBO has strayed from the POV convention, but they are unlikely to betray it. One way Martin uses his POVs is to leave certain things ambiguous to the reader, as they are to the characters. I doubt they will show us Jon Snow's birth, or reveal who armed a footpad with a certain dagger, because it is either not known for certain, or the drama is better served by it being left unknown. There are things which would be fun to see, (the battle of Oxcross, for example) but which might nonetheless detract from the overall dramatic tension. I do hope the producers, writers, and directors are interested in drama and mood more than spectacle, but I guess there is no way of knowing. (I'm not objecting to the gay sex in itself, just to clarify, - Loras's love for Renly is absolutely central to his character arc.) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:06:26 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/rumor-loras-cast/#IDComment80465352 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/rumor-loras-cast/#IDComment80447584 Hmm... Since no POV ever witnesses any such scene, I suspect that, as in the books, the relationship will be conveyed through body language, subtext, rumor, and innuendo. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:08:52 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/rumor-loras-cast/#IDComment80447584 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79811835 And Ireland is House Targaryen. You only THINK they're gone forever! Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:56:33 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79811835 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79811314 Now that's just negative. Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:55:05 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79811314 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79810703 ...and a 1 - 1 draw it is. A shame for Robert Green. He'll be re-living that moment for decades. Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:53:37 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/the-beautiful-game/#IDComment79810703 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/still-casting/#IDComment79346243 Now why can't these audition tapes show up on Youtube? Life is so unfair... Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:52:14 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/06/still-casting/#IDComment79346243 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/emilia-clarke-is-daenerys/#IDComment76668685 I love her look - girl and woman, pretty but in a soulful way - she conveys more gravitas than Tamzin, and I think tht is what is needed. Sat, 22 May 2010 16:30:24 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/emilia-clarke-is-daenerys/#IDComment76668685 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/more-thrones-audition-videos/#IDComment75540829 Oh my God. HBO please put Cassie Howarth in this series. Or in any series, for that matter. I don't remember the last time I saw such a pretty face - can you say "soft eyes?" Also dark eyes though, which doesn't really work for Dany, but she would be absolutely perfect for Margaery Tyrell. I also think she would make a great Lyanna Stark, especially if, as some other posters have suggested, she isn't seasoned enough as an actor to take on a large speaking role. Lyanna must certainly appear in flashbacks, though she will probably speak only two words in the series... Also, seeing as she read for Dany, she must be willing to take on a more sexual role, and she might make a good Shae. She looks far too innocent to be a whore, but Shae was supposed to be able to look innocent as well, so it might work. Sat, 15 May 2010 12:11:01 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/more-thrones-audition-videos/#IDComment75540829 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/editorial-speculation-character-cuts/#IDComment74531657 (Huge Spoilers) I agree with most of the original choices. I wonder about Gendry, though. He is a chracter who has a lot of face time in the books, appearing in 3 separate POVs, but he only seems necessary on a few occasions, such as when he is captured by the Mountain's men and gets Arya captured as well. He doesn't really seem necessary in Ned's story - their are enough other clues for Ned to figure things out. He's already met at least one of Robert's bastards in the Veil (most likely Mya Stone) so he doesn't need to see Gendry to know about the black/blond hair issue. Mon, 10 May 2010 15:32:11 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/editorial-speculation-character-cuts/#IDComment74531657 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/another-tudors-actress-auditions-for-dany/#IDComment73424208 Charlotte is very sexy, but Tamzin was a lot more girly. I'd love to see Charlotte play some other role, (maybe Asha?) but she doesn't seem like a Dany to me. Thu, 6 May 2010 17:22:06 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/another-tudors-actress-auditions-for-dany/#IDComment73424208 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/press-clippings-la-times-and-playstation-mag/#IDComment72499559 It's definitely time for some production stills. Anything with Dany or Catelyn is obviously out, but how about Jon talking with Tyrion, or Eddard and Jaime squaring off. Tue, 4 May 2010 20:00:48 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/05/press-clippings-la-times-and-playstation-mag/#IDComment72499559 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/04/maisie-williams-practising/#IDComment66817133 Maisie is perfect. Can't imagine a better Arya. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:23:21 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/04/maisie-williams-practising/#IDComment66817133 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/04/auditions-for-dany-ongoing/#IDComment66084001 I have a dissenting view of Elena Satie. Everyone seems to think her beauty is sensational, but I find it merely striking. Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:47:01 +0000 http://winter-is-coming.net/2010/04/auditions-for-dany-ongoing/#IDComment66084001