Ice and Fire.oracle86 wrote:
Game of Thrones (TV)
Like I have been saying, these are the two most likely to star in Hollywood movies out of all the young actors in the cast.oracle86 wrote:
GoT Producers Talk Dragons and Direwolves
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/03/13/game- ... n-changes/15 Days of Thrones: Walking through the Game of Thrones prop room in Belfast is like browsing the aisles of a Pier One in Westeros. There’s all sorts of exotic furniture, decorations, knick nacks and the occasional dismembered head (no weapons — those are kept in the armory). Near the center of the room, sealed in a crate like the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders…there is a dragon.
Well, it’s a model dragon, the latest version that was created for season three. The model is used as a placeholder for actors to work against on the set, then a computer-generated dragon is inserted during the show’s post-production process. The first thing you notice is the dragon’s size. The creature no longer looks like an exotic bird that Daenerys Targaryen (Emila Clarke) can put on her shoulder. It’s now like a medium-sized dog. Only if you were to put this thing on a leash and walk it around a park, other pet owners would run screaming (you only get a slight sense of its increased fearsomeness in the current trailer, which shows a dragon flying from behind).
Over on the Thrones set, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss sit at wooden table that’s lavishly adorned for King Joffrey’s dinner feast. They compare the dragons’ growth to the way a baby crocodile or rottweiler can start off cute, then turn into a monster. “This is an interesting time for the dragons,” Benioff says. “When they were born they were adorable. Last season, as you say, they were still kind of cute. But now they’re turning into proper flying dragons. One of the interesting things about the books, and hopefully the show, is that the weapons of mass destruction in this world are living breathing things. And as they get older that presents problems.”
“They’re still cute to Daenerys,” Weiss adds. “They’re her babies. But her babies can burn down a house in a few minutes and they’re getting increasingly terrifying to everyone around her. At some point she will have to reckon with the fact her babies are all grown up.”
In a show filled with visual effects, the dragons represent the show’s greatest challenge since they’re full-CG animals and integral to the story. The other major CG-enabled creatures are the Stark family’s direwolves, which are played by real wolves, then digitally enlarged. Fans will notice fewer changes with the show’s direwolves this year. After growing from pups in the first season to large beasts in season two, producers have opted to keep them at the same size to maintain a greater sense of realism.
“We did some testing and at a certain point they look unreal,” Weiss says. “We reached a nice balance with them. And frankly, no matter how much money you spend on CG wolves — and we’ve seen the best that’s out there, state of the art, and some of it looks great — it still doesn’t look move and feel like a real animal.”
“With dragons, you get some leeway,” Benioff adds. “You can’t say, ‘Well, that doesn’t look like a real dragon.’”
“With a wolf, you have a million years of evolution telling you what they’re supposed to act like,” Weiss says.
Expect some exciting scenes in season three involving both creatures. You’ve noticed that HBO put a dragon on the show’s official marketing poster. There’s probably a good reason for that.
Do we know when the first reviews hit?
-Vader
-Vader
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oracle86 wrote:
The most realistic option is for HBO to do a Tales of Dunk & Egg miniseries, maybe after Game of Thrones ends. They could do each story as a one and half hour TV movie, like Sherlock.
That'd be great! But who knows how many years we'd have to wait for that! I hope people don't lose interest in show after these seasons like NowWhereWasI said a few pages back.
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Why would people lose interest in the show? AFFC and ADWD has plenty of material that will make for fantastic television.JayCificity wrote:I hope people don't lose interest in show after these seasons like NowWhereWasI said a few pages back.
No, but it should probably be in the last 10 days of March, like last year.Vader182 wrote:Do we know when the first reviews hit?
Don't think people will lose interest. The fandom is increasing by leaps and bounds every year. The rise in ratings as well as torrent downloads is proof of that.JayCificity wrote:That'd be great! But who knows how many years we'd have to wait for that! I hope people don't lose interest in show after these seasons like NowWhereWasI said a few pages back.oracle86 wrote:The most realistic option is for HBO to do a Tales of Dunk & Egg miniseries, maybe after Game of Thrones ends. They could do each story as a one and half hour TV movie, like Sherlock.
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They do, but I lost interest in them, anyway. It all felt weird after third book to me. It's all about perspectives, though. I hope people don't have the same one as me. I'm sure David Benioff, D. B. Weiss do a good job to make sure that's the case.IWatchFilmsNotMovies wrote:Why would people lose interest in the show? AFFC and ADWD has plenty of material that will make for fantastic television.JayCificity wrote:I hope people don't lose interest in show after these seasons like NowWhereWasI said a few pages back.
I admit they may not be as awesome as Book 3, but they are still very good. Instead of considering them as two separate books, think of them as two volumes as the same book, as they were meant to be originally.JayCificity wrote:They do, but I lost interest in them, anyway. It all felt weird after third book to me. It's all about perspectives, though. I hope people don't have the same one as me. I'm sure David Benioff, D. B. Weiss do a good job to make sure that's the case.IWatchFilmsNotMovies wrote: Why would people lose interest in the show? AFFC and ADWD has plenty of material that will make for fantastic television.
GRRM said in an interview that he admires the structure of LOTR in that people start off from the same place, then they diverge out to diffeent places, and finally converge back to the same place. And he said he was trying to do the same, but was getting stuck at initiating the convergence. He solved the Meereenese Knot in ADwD, so rest assured - the convergence has begun, and Books 6 and 7 should be epic.
Especially if you have read Book 6's sample chapters, you'll already have a good idea of how epic it's going to be!
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