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Yeah she looks lovely - lucky guy Mr Albatross I take you have not met her yet then?

The Show I feel has been very good at casting - even if they don't look the way I thoguht they should (Dany) they have characters right.

Although Brian Blessed as Robert would have been great - we had a debate recently how, like zombies and Dinosaurs he improves pretty much any film?

 Mr Morden wrote:
Yeah she looks lovely - lucky guy Mr Albatross I take you have not met her yet then?

The Show I feel has been very good at casting - even if they don't look the way I thoguht they should (Dany) they have characters right.

Although Brian Blessed as Robert would have been great - we had a debate recently how, like zombies and Dinosaurs he improves pretty much any film?

The Casting cannot really be understated. I have been impressed with almost everyone.

I've been most impressed with Petyr, Sandor, Tyrion, and Oberyn though. Those 4 have really stood out to me in terms of acting. It's a shame we won't be seeing as much, or any in some cases, of them anymore.

You left out Arya who's a stellar tiny actress. Agreed on the other 4 though. They are, or have been, true standouts.

But like you said, across the board they've done a great job. Jorah, Brienne and the Onion Knight are perfect. Momoa as the Khal was excellent. Stannis and Tywin are nearly in that group of 5 for me. Can't fault Sean Bean ever.

Seriously the list goes on. Whoever is doing the casting should be able to punch his ticket for life with his choices from this show.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Yeah she looks lovely - lucky guy Mr Albatross I take you have not met her yet then?

The Show I feel has been very good at casting - even if they don't look the way I thoguht they should (Dany) they have characters right.

Although Brian Blessed as Robert would have been great - we had a debate recently how, like zombies and Dinosaurs he improves pretty much any film?

Nah, not Brian Blessed as Robert; Brian Blessed as


HODOR!

Yeah, the whole cast has been stellar. Except Stannis. They got him all wrong.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, the whole cast has been stellar. Except Stannis. They got him all wrong.

Eh. He needs more hair, he was suppose to look ugly.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, the whole cast has been stellar. Except Stannis. They got him all wrong.

I like show-Stannis.

The only one I haven't liked much is Melissandra. She just doesn't seem to have enough of that 'insane religious zealot' on the show like she does in the book.

In the book she reminds me a lot of the Templars from Kingdom of Heaven, always answering any situation with cries of "God wills it!"
Mel in the show however just seems a bit too passive in comparison to how she comes across in the books.

I hate Carice van Houten. Naturally, I hate the choice for her, too.

 Hulksmash wrote:
He knows her from a 3rd degree of seperation. Or something

But yeah, she's well cast for the role. I admit I didn't have a mental image of her from the books but the casting was well done. Though the characters I did have an image of....none of them looked like the show except Robert. Granted, the kids are all like 4-5 years older than the books so that wasn't going to happen anyway

Having watched S1 before reading the books, (at a rate of 2-3 book,a year between seasons)...I have the opposite problem...most of the GOT and COM characters in my head resemble their show counterparts. In the case of Daenerys it's probably for the best. In my head it's not a 13 year old teenage girl getting bonked by a barbarian, it's a 20 something year old.

The only characters that I'm annoyed with are Daario without his blue hair and beard, and 3 times casted Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane. In S1, they should have kept him in his helmet and not shown his face, he should have been cut from S2 and his line given to Amory Lorch. They didn't need to cast him for proper until S4, faceless body doubles would have sufficed. 3 actors in 4 seasons was jarring and confusing.

Ramsay was fantastic, much better than my book impression. Theon is good, but needs to look more emaciated and crippled, but that's a costume/special effects problem not acting.

Stannis is great, the actor goes a great job I think but is hindered by BAD writing.

 Asherian Command wrote:

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, the whole cast has been stellar. Except Stannis. They got him all wrong.

Eh. He needs more hair, he was suppose to look ugly.

It's not even that he's not ugly enough, he's just not RUGGED enough. They needed someone like the guy who played Tormund Giantsbane to play Stannis. Someone so rugged he could kick the gak out of you just by looking at you. I don't get that at ALL from the guy who plays Stannis. He's too short, doesn't have an ugly enough mug, and just doesn't exude the sheer level of badass you get from the character in the books. He does nothing for me as Stannis, which is a shame because I love book Stannis.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, the whole cast has been stellar. Except Stannis. They got him all wrong.

Eh. He needs more hair, he was suppose to look ugly.

It's not even that he's not ugly enough, he's just not RUGGED enough. They needed someone like the guy who played Tormund Giantsbane to play Stannis. Someone so rugged he could kick the gak out of you just by looking at you. I don't get that at ALL from the guy who plays Stannis. He's too short, doesn't have an ugly enough mug, and just doesn't exude the sheer level of badass you get from the character in the books. He does nothing for me as Stannis, which is a shame because I love book Stannis.

Heh, I love show Stannis, Good acting, terrible writing. And he came across as a badass in the show to me, S02E09 Blackwater was awesome.

Though IIIRC I might have watched Season 2 before I reach Clash of Kings (and I've only read through the whole series once so far) so my impression was probably set and solidified by the show.

Experiment 626 wrote:
The only one I haven't liked much is Melissandra. She just doesn't seem to have enough of that 'insane religious zealot' on the show like she does in the book.

In the book she reminds me a lot of the Templars from Kingdom of Heaven, always answering any situation with cries of "God wills it!"
Mel in the show however just seems a bit too passive in comparison to how she comes across in the books.

Think that character is as sexy as hell though, and manages to really be sinister with it. The way she was looking at John Snow at the end of the last episode was like a big cat eyeing up it's next meal

That's from just watching the show though, so can't draw comparison to the books.

I find her hair to be a really weird shade of unnatural red.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
I find her hair to be a really weird shade of unnatural red.

Thats how GRRM wrote her. Red hair. Red eyes. Red lips. Red clothing. Red jewellery.

It's just that I always imagined her with more natural flaming red hair, like Ygritte. The shade the actress sports is just...burgundy.

I think Tim Curry would make an excellent addition to GOT

 Asherian Command wrote:
I think Tim Curry would make an excellent addition to GOT

As who?

 djones520 wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
I think Tim Curry would make an excellent addition to GOT

As who?

I'm not seeing it.

 djones520 wrote:
I'm not seeing it.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Yeah she looks lovely - lucky guy Mr Albatross I take you have not met her yet?

Haha, no, and I probably never will, more's the pity..

 AegisGrimm wrote:
It's just that I always imagined her with more natural flaming red hair, like Ygritte. The shade the actress sports is just...burgundy.

Heh. Maybe she dyes it. There is precedent for that in ASOIAF, the Tyroshi were known for their brightly coloured hair. Daario the mercenary had blue hair and beard in the books.

 Albatross wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:
Yeah she looks lovely - lucky guy Mr Albatross I take you have not met her yet?

Haha, no, and I probably never will, more's the pity..

Sounds like you need to be more friendly with your work colleague?

Finally got around to watching Episode 8.
Liked what they did with Sansa, and the fight near the end was very well done and close to the book; in both instances I thought to myself "Obryn, you stupid cocky melon-fether, you should have just wasted the gak-stain"

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Finally got around to watching Episode 8.
Liked what they did with Sansa, and the fight near the end was very well done and close to the book; in both instances I thought to myself "Obryn, you stupid cocky melon-fether, you should have just wasted the gak-stain"

Also, does it bother anyone else how they didn't have spears at the siege of the Wall? A wall of pikes and spears would have been helpful against that giant.

Then again, that may be the armchair general side of me thinking.

Other than 300, I can't think of a single movie that really sold the masses of troops as spear users. It takes a fraction of the time to manufacture a spear, it is incredibly easy to use- a point and stick interface- and was the mainstay of most medieval armies. The cult of the sword is strong though, and so our heroes must have swords.

 Gitzbitah wrote:
Other than 300, I can't think of a single movie that really sold the masses of troops as spear users. It takes a fraction of the time to manufacture a spear, it is incredibly easy to use- a point and stick interface- and was the mainstay of most medieval armies. The cult of the sword is strong though, and so our heroes must have swords.

funny because my main hero in one of my stories, uses a scythe. He is a farmer, so he uses a scythe.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Finally got around to watching Episode 8.
Liked what they did with Sansa, and the fight near the end was very well done and close to the book; in both instances I thought to myself "Obryn, you stupid cocky melon-fether, you should have just wasted the gak-stain"

Spoiler:

Oberyn wasn't stupid, he knew going into the fight that he had a very good chance of dying so he poisoned his spears. Gregor Clegane was doomed the second Oberyn drew first blood.

Oberyn was simply caught off guard in the heat of the moment, when he was probably feeling relieved that he'd (apparently) beaten the Mountain and dealt him a fatal wound.

As Bronn said, the Mountain is unnaturally quick for a man of his size, which implied that he'd personally seen the Mountain fight. If Oberyn had known the Mountain personally beforehand, and not just by reputation, then I doubt he would have dropped his guard and underestimated the Mountain.

Didn't he always poison his weapons though? That's what earned him the nickname "The Red Viper" if I remember correctly.