# A Game of Thrones (HBO series) \[SPOILERS\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955 "2011-01-17T16:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/61 "2011-03-03T20:07:59Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Is [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7WlDjOicFg)the scene? I am nearly certain that is the bonus scece you get fro completing the puzzle. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/62 "2011-03-04T00:35:44Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I am nearly certain that is the bonus scece you get fro completing the puzzle. > > Brian It is. I’m pretty excited by the new trailer. Although I’ve been excited by all of them. We get our first glimpse of the Wall and the Others here. The Other looked more like a wight in my mind, but it was quick, we’ll see. I think I’m really going to like Jaime and Littlefinger. ---
**Author:** ![Yogurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/63 "2011-03-12T03:00:35Z")
Well I may be a sucker, but I put my order in on Barnes & [Noble.com](http://Noble.com). Had to get rid of some gift certificates anyway. I’m hoping the HBO series increases the popularity of the series and encourages Mr. Martin to increase writing speed. Conversely, the popularity may make him spend more time doing media appearances, shooting on location, etc. and decrease the time he dedicates to writing… ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/64 "2011-03-16T02:13:10Z")
Two new trailers out! [Meet House Stark](http://grrm.livejournal.com/200695.html) (sorry, I couldn’t find it on HBO’s site so I linked to grrm’s blog) [And this little sexy number - Fear and Blood](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bvwrC5X7iJI) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/65 "2011-03-16T02:48:27Z")
Good stuff! I like what I see. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/66 "2011-03-17T13:40:50Z")
Short but interesting _L.A. Times_ story on the producers: [Hero Complex](http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/03/15/game-of-throne-is-epic-with-a-different-ring-frodo-never-gets-to-go-to-a-brothel/) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/67 "2011-03-17T15:37:06Z")
I keep telling myself to stop watching trailers because my excitement builds with each one and I don’t want to be let down. But I can’t help it. Those “House \_\_\_\_” trailers are awesome. I love how the actors are so invested in their characters, I love how excited GRRM is about the show. I love the care that seems to have been taken by the producers. I get chills hearing some of those lines. And I’m not getting HBO, so I have to wait for DVD. blargh! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/68 "2011-03-17T17:53:09Z")
[http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones](http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones) There are like a billion character features on there. Does anybody think Arya isn’t adorable? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/69 "2011-03-17T18:25:08Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > [http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones](http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones) > > There are like a billion character features on there. Does anybody think Arya isn’t adorable? Sure, until you’re watching your intestines pool in a heap at your feet… ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/70 "2011-03-17T18:38:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sure, until you’re watching your intestines pool in a heap at your feet… Hmm. How spoilerific should this thread be? She only kills one person in the first book, right? If they continue on with the series it’ll be interesting to see how that looks on screen. A child killing in cold blood, not just in defense. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/71 "2011-03-17T18:44:40Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Hmm. How spoilerific should this thread be? > > She only kills one person in the first book, right? If they continue on with the series it’ll be interesting to see how that looks on screen. A child killing in cold blood, not just in defense. I honestly have no idea. It’s been at least four years since I read AGOT. I have the highlights vaguely clear at this point but not the details. As good as the series is, I’m disinclined to read it six times through so I’m waiting until at least ADWD is out to go back. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/72 "2011-03-17T18:49:53Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I honestly have no idea. It’s been at least four years since I read AGOT. I have the highlights vaguely clear at this point but not the details. As good as the series is, I’m disinclined to read it six times through so I’m waiting until at least ADWD is out to go back. Audio book! I mistimed it though. I got through Storm of Swords a while ago. I’ll start Feast in early June and be prepared for ADWD. Rereading these isn’t as bad as rereading through the wheel of time. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/73 "2011-03-17T18:52:10Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Rereading these isn’t as bad as rereading through the wheel of time. Twice. That’s a really good point. Unfortunately, it’s about twice as depressing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/74 "2011-03-17T19:13:56Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > [http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones](http://www.fancast.com/specials/gameofthrones) > > There are like a billion character features on there. Does anybody think Arya isn’t adorable? I couldn’t get them to load (at least the Lannister and Targaryen ones that I tried). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/75 "2011-03-17T19:17:34Z")
There are a LOT of videos out now - family and person specific ones, as well as stuff on costumes, weapons, etc. Just go hear and read: > **[Winter is Coming – A Game of Thrones News & Rumors Site](https://winteriscoming.net)** > > Game of Thrones news, rumors and recaps ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/76 "2011-03-17T20:48:53Z")
Saw Aiden Gillen as Petyr Baelish in one of the promos. It’s gonna be hard not to see him as Carcetti in _The Wire_. Looks like he has the same haircut. I don’t remember anything about the Baelish character. Is he a good guy or a bad guy, or a gray guy? ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/77 "2011-03-17T20:49:28Z")
He is all three. He is that awesome. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/78 "2011-03-17T21:04:19Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Saw Aiden Gillen as Petyr Baelish in one of the promos. It’s gonna be hard not to see him as Carcetti in _The Wire_. Looks like he has the same haircut. > > I don’t remember anything about the Baelish character. Is he a good guy or a bad guy, or a gray guy? Petyr Baelish is Littlefinger, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/79 "2011-03-17T23:01:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Petyr Baelish is Littlefinger, if that helps. Thanks, it does. It’s the nickname – he has his finger in lots of pies, a conspirator, untrustworthy, maybe too smart for his own good. But he did get rid of a character I didn’t like – that was very satisfying. The show is going to be new to me. I remember stuff about the major characters – the Starks and Lannisters and Jon Snow – but everything else has faded in memory. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955/80 "2011-03-17T23:59:27Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I don’t remember anything about the Baelish character. Is he a good guy or a bad guy, or a gray guy? How many of the either of the first two have we seen in the series? Of the “main” characters I think there’s probably only one that is definitively good. There are more “bad” guys, but they’re generally smaller roles like the Mountain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-of-thrones-hbo-series-spoilers/567955.md?page=5)