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Game of Thrones Season 6

I know that, everybody fucking knows that. It's (very, very loosely) inspired by these events, but it isn't a verbatim representation of these events. "Inspired" is the word that gives it away. It's set on several continents in a fantasy fairy world with dragons and zombies and shit, not Blighty. When did you last see a dragon on the Central Line ?

So apart from that there are plenty of US actors playing British people and plenty of UK actors playing yanks in films and on the telly (and lets not even mention the Australians!), its even more absurd to state that a Swazi born actor can't play a role in a fantasy series which takes place in a make-believe world
 
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Reno said:
I know that, everybody fucking knows that. It's (very, very loosely) inspired by these events, but it isn't a verbatim representation of these events. "Inspired" is the word that gives it away. It's set on several continents in a fantasy fairy world with dragons and zombies and shit, not Blighty. When did you last see a dragon on the Central Line ?

So apart from that there are plenty of US actors playing British people and plenty of UK actors playing yanks in films and on the telly (and lets not even mention the Australians!), its even more absurd to state that a Swazi born actor can't play a role in a fantasy series which takes place in a make-believe world
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If it's a magical kingdom so I don't have to be logical. No to Grant because he's not English. :p
 
Reno said:
I know that, everybody fucking knows that. It's (very, very loosely) inspired by these events, but it isn't a verbatim representation of these events. "Inspired" is the word that gives it away. It's set on several continents in a fantasy fairy world with dragons and zombies and shit, not Blighty. When did you last see a dragon on the Central Line ?

So apart from that there are plenty of US actors playing British people and plenty of UK actors playing yanks in films and on the telly (and lets not even mention the Australians!), its even more absurd to state that a Swazi born actor can't play a role in a fantasy series which takes place in a make-believe world
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It's all about equal opportunities. Aiden Gillen should be given the chance to fail at every single accent on Earth.
 
I watched the first episode of series one again today. It all makes so much more sense when you've watch the rest. Names are relevant and you think 'ahh, that's the person they were talking about in series 4'

I'm planning to definitely watch 1-3 before 6. It will depend on time and sky whether I do 4 and 5 again.
 
Gromit said:
Even if they haven't completed filming I can spoiler this for you.

Max von Sydow will seem nice at first but he will in fact be a baddie.
He's always a baddie and usually acts the saint first.
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He is not always a baddie. You just make stuff up.
 
I was reflecting the other day on why it is that The X-Factor, The Voice, Celebrity Big Brother, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Celebrity Masterchef and similar bollocks always seems to be on the telly, whereas it seems to be an eternity until the next series of GoT.

Best TV series ever.
 
aylee said:
I was reflecting the other day on why it is that The X-Factor, The Voice, Celebrity Big Brother, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Celebrity Masterchef and similar bollocks always seems to be on the telly, whereas it seems to be an eternity until the next series of GoT.

Best TV series ever.
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There's usually only about twleve people watching that shit at any one time, so they need to keep it rolling around the clock to get the ad money in. Thrones must take three weeks or so to make per episode. You could have more episodes, but there'd need to be more endless trekking through countryside, more brooding in dark corridors and more random boobs of the week (©) to pad it all out.

Rewatching the Catherine Tate show yesterday, was strange to see Catelyn Stark living on the "He's a gay mon nooooooooow!" estate :cool:
 
Is anyone bothering with the Shannara series? Tery Brooks is a terrible writer and his fantasy by the numbers. BUT its probably going be a GoT also ran. And it aired on mtv so probably has some adult themes. Here is a trailer which does not inspire confidence but also looks not total shit :hmm:

 
DotCommunist said:
Is anyone bothering with the Shannara series? Tery Brooks is a terrible writer and his fantasy by the numbers. BUT its probably going be a GoT also ran. And it aired on mtv so probably has some adult themes. Here is a trailer which does not inspire confidence but also looks not total shit :hmm:

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I like Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold and the Sword of Shanara but he then when on to recycle the same old shit for years. Its got none of the edge of GoT so its hard to say how well it will translate to screen with GoT as a benchmark to judge against. Its like comparing The adventures of Tintin against The Wire.
 
Watched the trailer after making that last post. It looks really purty though doesn't it. They've really gone for it illustrating the fantasy backdrops. The budget must be huge. Not sure how they'll sustain it if it isn't a massive success.
 
DotCommunist said:
Is anyone bothering with the Shannara series? Tery Brooks is a terrible writer and his fantasy by the numbers. BUT its probably going be a GoT also ran. And it aired on mtv so probably has some adult themes. Here is a trailer which does not inspire confidence but also looks not total shit :hmm:

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Looks ultra cheesy, is cast with the type of blandly pretty 20somethings who are the Hallmark of every bad TV show, almost everything is wonkily composited over a backdrop of TV budget CGI and it has gotten mostly terrible reviews, so no.

That said, I watch GoT despite the fact that it's fantasy rather than because of it. It transcends what is otherwise a genre which I find prone to extreme silliness.
 
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