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Cougar, on 21 April 2011 - 09:35 AM, said:

The other thing was they seemed to have paid a great deal of attention to some stuff, but completely neglected others - for one bad dye jobs on the hair, but no coloured contacts made no sense to me. The actors chosen to play Snow and Robb where strange too, while they went to great lengths to get elements of the appearance of the Targaryen kids right, they paid seemingly little attention to how Jon should look.

See, I care less about hos Jon looks than if he can be the guy that will one day lead the Wall....and as far as I heard they casted for acting ability and not looks. That said, I actually don't mind Jon looking as he does at all and I think Robb totally looks the part. But the kid who plays Bran steals the "closest to my imagination form the book award".

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Briar King, on 21 April 2011 - 11:11 PM, said:

Yeah I say Bran and Arya really look how I pictured them from reading.

Dinklage is so awesome in here also but once again they left the eyes off the character. What he has one black and one green I think?

I've definitely seen clips from an interview where he had a green and black eye. I didn't pay attention to it in the premiere though...maybe they decided to do away with the contacts for him too.

[Ceda Cicero]

Tyrion is meant to have a green and black eye, but I recall reading something a few months back on winter-is-coming.net that they weren't going to do contacts for him, or for the Targaryens. The same article took on the topic of the Kingsguard armor not being white. From what I understand, these were all decisions based on complex filming/lighting issues that are way too technical for me to fully understand.

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[EsotericForest]

So for the losers that don't get HBO, is there any estimate as to when the episode will be available for download from Itunes, or anywhere?

[Tyr]

EsotericForest, on 23 April 2011 - 04:18 AM, said:

So for the losers that don't get HBO, is there any estimate as to when the episode will be available for download from Itunes, or anywhere?

Warez are usually up about an hour or so after the episode. Torrent a little more than that. As for iTunes, no clue, they are not consistent at all.

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EsotericForest, on 23 April 2011 - 04:18 AM, said:

So for the losers that don't get HBO, is there any estimate as to when the episode will be available for download from Itunes, or anywhere?

Usually HBO won't put up any episodes legit on iTunes until the season is done and aired and the DVD/BluRay set is coming out....this is because it's not normal TV, and is a subscription service people PAY to watch specifically...so it would be unfair to ask people to subscribe the the channel if others could only get it on iTunes for $2.99 an episode as it aired.

That said, should you be jonesing you could always find them on the torrents....or do like me...my best friend ordered HBO specifically for it, so I go there and watch on Sunday nights.

[EsotericForest]

Alright thanks, I'll see if I can find it haha

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[Garak]

Hmm, anyone have any idea if we'll get to see GREGOR in this season? I'm really curious about how they'll make the mountain that rides.

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

It's on Sky Atlantic, if anyone has that, on Mondays.

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Garak, on 24 April 2011 - 01:34 PM, said:

Hmm, anyone have any idea if we'll get to see GREGOR in this season? I'm really curious about how they'll make the mountain that rides.

Yeah he's at the tournament, just like in the book. He's not 8 feet tall though, more like 7.

[Bauchelain the Evil]

I think he's slightly bigger than 7. Which isn't really a problem seeing how he'll tower over everybody else,anyway. Also, even in the books he wasn't 8 feet. More like 7 and a half or something

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Briar King, on 25 April 2011 - 02:48 AM, said:

That was a good episode tonight. It went fairly close to that segemnt of the book from what I remember. Although did Jon tell Sansa bye when he was leaving for the wall in the book? He didnt say bye in the show. Also Robb says that Rickon is 6, I think he is 3-4 in the books.

They aged all the kids a year or two from their book incarnations (like Bran is 8 in the books, but 10 in the series), likely to make the brutal stuff some of them have to go through more palatable to conservative audiences. A guess.

[WhiskeyJackDaniels]

Does anyone know where I can find this episode to watch? I don't have hbo

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Downloaded and watching now. One thing I noticed is that they changed part of the title sequence. Instead of showing Pentos, they showed the Dothraki plains. I wonder if the title sequence is meant to show all the places that are used a setting for that specific episode?

[HoosierDaddy]

Yeah, they showed horses in a field to the west of the city and didn't show the cities name. However, King's Landing was still shown, and no action there. Perhaps it is showing the seats of the major players in that episode?

[Tyr]

WhiskeyJackDaniels, on 25 April 2011 - 03:14 AM, said:

Does anyone know where I can find this episode to watch? I don't have hbo

Warez or Torrents.

[Ceda Cicero]

HoosierDaddy, on 25 April 2011 - 04:36 AM, said:

Yeah, they showed horses in a field to the west of the city and didn't show the cities name. However, King's Landing was still shown, and no action there. Perhaps it is showing the seats of the major players in that episode?

I guess the display of King's Landing in this episode was a nod to the fact that Robert, Ned et al are on the Kingsroad bound for the capital. It wouldn't have worked really to show the Kingsroad with tents and carriages popping up. And it's another opportunity to orient newcomers to the scale and scope of Westeros.

I'm stoked to see some of the destinations in season 2, especially Qarth. And if there's a season 3, the Slaver's Bay cities will be nice to see.

[Werthead]

Yup. In the titles we see the Eyrie in Episode 5 (I think) and the Twins in Episode 9 (or around then). I think Lhazar (where Dany's story climaxes) may show up in Episode 10.

It's not just the Dothraki plains that are shown, it's specifically the city of Vaes Dothrak, even down to the huge horse statues rearing up in front of it.

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Werthead, on 26 April 2011 - 07:24 PM, said:

Yup. In the titles we see the Eyrie in Episode 5 (I think) and the Twins in Episode 9 (or around then). I think Lhazar (where Dany's story climaxes) may show up in Episode 10.

It's not just the Dothraki plains that are shown, it's specifically the city of Vaes Dothrak, even down to the huge horse statues rearing up in front of it.

Ha, "climaxes". Lolz.

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Whisperzzzzzzz, on 26 April 2011 - 08:47 PM, said:

Werthead, on 26 April 2011 - 07:24 PM, said:

Yup. In the titles we see the Eyrie in Episode 5 (I think) and the Twins in Episode 9 (or around then). I think Lhazar (where Dany's story climaxes) may show up in Episode 10.

It's not just the Dothraki plains that are shown, it's specifically the city of Vaes Dothrak, even down to the huge horse statues rearing up in front of it.

Ha, "climaxes". Lolz.

Glad someone else made that very mature joke that I was thinking but didn't want to say.