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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 9:15 am 
It was wonderful, Smokey! Garnered 13 Emmy noms.
Daydreamer, Tyrion is my very favorite character of the whole series. Even though everyone treats him like garbage (including and maybe even especially his own family), he still has the most heart, compassion and humor of any other character. Peter Dinklage is awesome in the role. Such a sexy little man!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 1:52 pm
Smokey - HBO does that. But hopefully they will bring them all back just before the next season starts. That's what happened with True Blood (so hubby could catch up on what he missed last year when he was in Iraq).
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 22, 2011 - 7:36 pm
Thanks, Kona. I kind of remember this with True Blood, too.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 19, 2011 - 6:14 am
I just finished the book and I have a couple of questions. I'm trying to be careful so I don't get spoiled for the rest of the series.
So does the show so far cover the events up until the end of the first novel? Without giving much away, is it fairly consistent with the book? Thanks!
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Elizabeth116
Member
11-26-2006
| Monday, September 19, 2011 - 4:58 pm
The first season follows the first novel very closely. I think next season they are going to start to deviate from the second novel a little bit more.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 19, 2011 - 8:06 pm
Thanks Elizabeth. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 11:44 am
DS and I were watching "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" last night. The guy playing Zeus looked sooooo familiar, but I just couldn't place him. At the end as I was watching the credits, the name Sean Bean came up. Of course! Ned Stark!!! He looked so different without the beard. He's actually quite handsome.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 6:58 pm
If you missed the last 6 episodes of the first season, they're re-airing two per night tonight, Thursday and Friday on HBO2. My DVR broke last fall and I lost all of my episodes that I hadn't watched, so this comes in handy for me.
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, January 02, 2012 - 12:15 pm
Does anyone know when this show starts again?
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, January 02, 2012 - 1:44 pm
Sportsfan, imdb.com's episode guide shows that the season two premiere will air on April 15, 2012.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/episodes
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - 5:43 pm
Thanks Sanfran!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, January 05, 2012 - 9:54 am
Yay!!! I'll put it on my calendar so I don't forget. Thanks, SFJF!!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 1:40 am
finally watched the entire series. not sure whether i like it or not. seemed a hodgepodge of fantasy with some authentic type costumes/ hairstyles consistent with pre Arthur/ pre Viking era/
the final scene with the dragons has me wondering what the next season will be like. Cant believe two of the Major main characters were killed off.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 8:53 am
Have been seeing commercials on TV for the return of this show. Looks like it will be back April 1st. Yay! Hope it's not an April Fools joke! 
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 11:23 am
i watched all last season online, one after another! it took a long time but the continuity really worked well.
My concern is that the two bigger characters have been killed off!! We'll have to see who steps up (or should i say WHOM the writers decide to take over the strong leads)
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 1:50 pm
Sunshyne4u, this series is pretty faithful to the books. The writer is not afraid to kill off the main characters, which makes for some shocking turns of events when reading! Don't take anybody for granted on this show. They're all expendable.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 2:10 pm
That's the truth Babyjaxmom! Still, I love this story so much that I have read all five books twice in less than a year. I'm so excited for the new season but even more excited for the next book!(have no idea when it will come out, but I have read one chapter of it that the author released)
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 10:52 pm
books!!! omg i'd rather read the books then watch the show. geez, i'm always late for the party eh?
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, March 09, 2012 - 10:46 am
The books are awesome and a great, fun read. The 5th one was a little bit of a plodder at times, though. The problem is that there are so many characters that the author switches his POV among them and when you finish one chapter about one person, you go to another character. A lot of time he would leave you hanging. I developed a bad habit of going to the TOC to see if there would be another chapter about a character whose fate seemed ambiguous at the end of a chapter. If there was another chapter about them, I knew they weren't dead! I would often gasp out loud at something shocking and my husband would say, "What's wrong?" And a couple of times I almost went into a depression that a favorite character had been killed off. I remember waking up the next morning and still being sad that (blank) was dead!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, March 09, 2012 - 12:43 pm
I developed a bad habit of going to the TOC to see if there would be another chapter about a character whose fate seemed ambiguous at the end of a chapter.
Great minds think alike. I've done the same thing. 
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, March 09, 2012 - 2:16 pm
Babyjaxmom, I know what you mean about almost going into a depression. My husband, son, and one daughter have also read these books. My son and I are the worse about letting the story get to us. I even guessed where he was in the story once based on the way he was walking around the house.
I will go on record saying that this is probably the best story I have ever read! sad as it can be
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 9:46 am
Very engrossing books. A couple of times I lay awake in bed thinking about the GOT book I was currently involved in, and finally would just give up and go read for a while. Wonder when book six will be out?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 2:05 pm
He is notoriously slow writing so it may be a while. 
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 10:13 am
I know. Think the last one took him about 5 years, so I'm not holding my breath.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, March 12, 2012 - 2:14 pm
Babyjaxmom, if you knew how many hours my family sat around discussing these books, you would prob think we are crazy! We have discussed all kinds of what if's about the future books!
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