# Game of Thrones 15-minute preview **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104 "2010-12-06T02:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/1 "2010-12-06T02:25:35Z")
[Looks promising.](http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1149091&filter=game-of-thrones&view=null) Now he just needs to finish the fucking book. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/2 "2010-12-06T03:53:18Z")
April. So I have 3.5 months to get a decent TV and HBO. Heh. If I had to choose between having him finish the book or having a DVD of the entire first season, I’m not sure which I’d go with. Probably the book… but not by a huge margin. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/3 "2010-12-06T03:56:47Z")
It was a pretty cool sneak peak. I would have wanted to see more of the sets though, because this whole production looks so detailed and monstrously expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/4 "2010-12-06T08:46:57Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [Looks promising.](http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1149091&filter=game-of-thrones&view=null) > > Now he just needs to finish the fucking book. I remember some website mentioning that GRR wrote on his website that the next book could be finished by end of the year. Though whether it would really happen is another question. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/5 "2010-12-06T12:01:18Z")
Did he specifically mention which year? Because if not, there’s his out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/6 "2010-12-07T01:27:17Z")
He’ll be dead before he’s done. I used to believe he could do it, but it’s taking forever. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/7 "2010-12-07T02:11:34Z")
I’m hoping that this miniseries will put added pressure on him to finish. It looks pretty promising, and I’d hate to have HBO write the end. So apparently the video that HBO released online yesterday was a bit truncated–the full-length one is [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVKp5nYxyI). It has a bunch of neat stuff–a glimpse of the Iron Throne, Tyrion talking with Jon, a shot of Arya receiving Needle…I can’t wait to see it all. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/8 "2010-12-07T02:37:46Z")
wow… looking awesome… only quibble so far is that I wish Ned didn’t look so much like Boromir. They could have styled him a bit differently somehow… ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/9 "2010-12-07T03:08:12Z")
Aidan Gillen as Littlefinger is going to make my year. OMGIcan’twait! ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/10 "2010-12-07T15:14:25Z")
I’ve been holding off on reading these books because I didn’t want to get strung along forever only to have the author die of a heart attack first. The TV series is going to be hard to pass up though, it looks amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/11 "2010-12-07T15:47:08Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > I’ve been holding off on reading these books because I didn’t want to get strung along forever only to have the author die of a heart attack first. The TV series is going to be hard to pass up though, it looks amazing. I’d just read them. The books aren’t really driven by much of an over-arching plot, so even if another one is never published, I don’t think it will really take away from the series very much. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/12 "2010-12-07T16:23:21Z")
Wow - the HBO trailers look good. Robert Baratheon and Tyrion and Littlefinger look especially on the mark. Did you notice that GRRM said "Ned Stark is the center of the series." I’m glad he’s not spoiling it. Let people think Ned makes it through alive. Mwuhahahahahaha. > [@Simplicio](#): > > I’d just read them. The books aren’t really driven by much of an over-arching plot, so even if another one is never published, I don’t think it will really take away from the series very much. Agreed. Don’t deprive yourself of the pleasure of the books by any means. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/13 "2010-12-07T16:32:58Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > I’ve been holding off on reading these books because I didn’t want to get strung along forever only to have the author die of a heart attack first. The TV series is going to be hard to pass up though, it looks amazing. I avoided them because I perceived the series as yet another interminable Tolkien ripoff. After my periodic rereading of the wonderful _Fevre Dream_, I realized they were written by the _same_ George R R Martin. So I ripped through the series pretty quickly & enjoyed it. Yes, he should have planned things better. George, ever hear of making an outline? But I’m not as angry as the true believers who have been waiting for years. Now, I’ll probably have to shell out for HBO… ---
**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:** [December 7, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/14 "2010-12-07T17:15:16Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > …After my periodic rereading of the wonderful _Fevre Dream_, I realized they were written by the _same_ George R R Martin… You’ll want to read his equally wonderful _Tuf Voyaging_, one of my all-time favorite sf books. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/15 "2010-12-07T19:55:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You’ll want to read his equally wonderful _Tuf Voyaging_, one of my all-time favorite sf books. And if you’re at all interested in the superhero genre, the _Wild Cards_ series that he edited and co-wrote. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/16 "2010-12-07T20:19:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wow - the HBO trailers look good. Robert Baratheon and Tyrion and Littlefinger look especially on the mark. Did you notice that GRRM said "Ned Stark > > is the center of the series." I’m glad he’s not spoiling it. Let people think Ned makes it through alive. Mwuhahahahahaha. My husband and I got a chuckle out of that part too. I hope there are a lot of people who watch the series without having read the book, and I wish I could see their faces when that scene happens. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/17 "2010-12-07T20:47:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You’ll want to read his equally wonderful _Tuf Voyaging_, one of my all-time favorite sf books. Or even better - pick up his 2-volume short story anthology/autobiography _Dreamsongs_. It has some of the finest science fiction, fantasy and horror stories I’ve ever read. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/18 "2010-12-08T17:56:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Or even better - pick up his 2-volume short story anthology/autobiography _Dreamsongs_. It has some of the finest science fiction, fantasy and horror stories I’ve ever read. I couldn’t second this strongly enough. My local library got both copies in. It was the first short fiction i’d read from Martin and it was pure pleasure all the way through ---
**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:** [December 8, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/19 "2010-12-08T18:25:47Z")
GRRM’s _Sandkings_ also has some excellent short stories, esp. the Hugo- and Nebula-winning title story, and “The Way of Cross and Dragon.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104/20 "2010-12-08T20:14:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > GRRM’s _Sandkings_ also has some excellent short stories, esp. the Hugo- and Nebula-winning title story, and “The Way of Cross and Dragon.” Both of those are also in _Dreamsongs_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-15-minute-preview/563104.md?page=2)