So I'd really like to read the books... are there just 4 of them so far?
SPOILER:
I've watched the entire show and it is motherfucking great. I have the books but haven't read them yet. So the biggest question in my mind is how does it get better with 3 of the main and probably the most interesting characters (IMO) killed off (Eddard, Robert, Drogo)?
Fucking excited though.
SPOILER:
I've watched the entire show and it is motherfucking great. I have the books but haven't read them yet. So the biggest question in my mind is how does it get better with 3 of the main and probably the most interesting characters (IMO) killed off (Eddard, Robert, Drogo)?
Fucking excited though.
Finally gave in and watched the first season of this show... damn, I can honestly say that I have never watched a show where I so badly wanted the main villain to end up with his head on a stick. Come to think of it, there are MULTIPLE characters that I want to end up dying in the most brutal way possible. Not often that a series comes along that REALLY makes you hate the antagonist(s) like this one does. Jack Gleeson is downright outstanding as King Joffrey, and far and away my favorite character is none other than The Imp, Tyrion Lannister, as played by Peter Dinklage.
Pretty stoked about the second season coming up. Of course, I have a lot of catching up to do with the books... I'm not much of a reader.
I'll nerd out a bit here. I started reading this series at Ohio State back in 2001. I've been addicted ever since.
The books are amazing, and character development is otherwordly. I'm excited for season 2, but book 3 was far and away Martin's best. Honestly, I'm not sure how HBO can fit books 2 and 3 into 20 episodes, I'm wondering if they'll stretch these two books out into 3 seasons. I'm excited the series is getting the love and attention it deserves, and I'm looking forward to book 6. Hopefully it will be out in the next 5 years.
Spoiler alert!
Jon Snow AKA Jon Targaryen AKA Azor Ahai reborn...
Seriously though, I love the rumor mill for the series. If anyone's interested in some of the theories out there, I'd be happy to share my favorites.
You only think they are the main characters. 300 pages into the next book, and you'll practically forget they existed.
What theSTEREO said.
Drogo was one of your favorite characters? Really? Ok, I'll ignore that. But anyways, he said it perfectly. You'll forget any of them even existed by the halfway mark of the 2nd book. I can't speak for the 2nd Season because I haven't seen it yet obviously, so who knows how they're going to handle it, but new characters emerge and old ones you didn't see much of before step into center stage.
I think I'm going to amend the spoiler thing too. I don't think anyone should have to put spoilers from the first season that has been out for a year in spoiler tags. I kind of did that more for the books and those of us who have already read through Book 5. Didn't want to spoil exclusively-TV viewers.