Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon!

**Shlup** · 11-03-2011, 10:27 PM

I am very satisfied with the casting for season two. Everyone looks perfect to me, and I'm very excited for Brienne.

I'm all caught up on the books, by the way. BJ is miffed at my reading several years worth of TV into the future.

**Cuchulainn** · 11-22-2011, 02:52 AM

Holy tit...I've only just realised that Ser Ilyn Payne is Wilco Johnson, the smurfing insane guitarist of Dr Feelgood! How did i miss that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEzKXW8q3Dw

**Freya** · 01-30-2012, 05:47 AM

New trailer!

**Bolivar** · 01-30-2012, 01:56 PM

^ Wooooooooooooo looks good!

I'm not really worried at all about the show. This group definitely knows what they're doing. I am worried when they get to the part of the series where there's more characters than Martin knows what to do with, and most of their stories are a lot more boring than the first three novels. Or how they're even going to account for the geographically split installments.

I'm also curious if they'll start messing with the source material, like killing off characters earlier or characters who haven't been killed yet at all, just to surprise the fans who think they know it all. A small side of me wishes they would...

**escobert** · 01-30-2012, 04:27 PM

I've just started reading A Game Of Thrones. Hopefully I'll be done with it by the time the second season is out.

**Jiro** · 01-31-2012, 12:25 AM

I watched the first season this month and I have to say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I'm looking forward to the second season.

Being someone who hasn't read the books (yet) I must say they're crafting an excellent story and nearly all of the characters make me feel something!

**Bunny** · 01-31-2012, 01:02 AM

I'm also curious if they'll start messing with the source material, like killing off characters earlier or characters who haven't been killed yet at all, just to surprise the fans who think they know it all. A small side of me wishes they would.

I believe the creators of the show went on record a few months ago saying that they're going to stray a bit from the source material but won't be doing anything too damaging to the series as a whole. I could see killing of minor characters or never introducing someone that only had a small role in the books, but I'm not too worried about them killing of someone who is central to the entire story. They're also going to be splitting up books into multiple seasons in order to make up for the massive amounts of story going on at any given time, so nothing should be too wonky about it.

I'm pretty excited for the second season. The casting has been pretty spot on so far and everything I've seen or read about it just makes me more excited. And damn, can these people do teasers.

**chionos** · 01-31-2012, 05:05 AM

Can't wait. can't wait can't wait can't wait.
Great trailer.
Liam Cunningham as Davos is spot on.
As is Stannis and Brienne
Margaery's acrtress seems a little old to me, but they may doing that on purpose.
A lot of the other actors haven't ever done anything like this before so it'll be interesting to seem them in these roles (I'm thinking of the wildlings mainly).

I wonder what it would be like to watch this show without ever having read the books, like Jiro and his uncultured noob friends. I've read the books, so I know what's coming, but they're doing such a wonderful job with the acting and the pacing of the show I still feel involved as the story's progressing. Must be even more intense for someone who hasn't read the books.

I think we should start taking bets now about how many penises there will be in season 2.

**McLovin'** · 01-31-2012, 05:13 AM

Did I see a killer looking Aria in there? That is awesome. I haven't read the books so seeing the tit that goes down is terribly exciting. Like when they (SPOILER)killed Ned. My god that was insane.

**chionos** · 01-31-2012, 05:29 AM

Oh I can't wait to see Aria develop in the show. She's one of my favorite characters in the books, and the show's doing an awesome job with the character so far. Great casting for that role, just fantastic.