Thread: A Game of Thrones - HBO

^I cannot wait either... I imagined most of the characters to be younger, which they were in the books, but I suppose I see why they made them older. I imagined Stannis to be pretty much as he's shown. As for Melisandre, I imagined her to be a bit more... red, but other than that she seems okay.

I'm sure most people disagree with me but I never liked the Daenerys actress. She just seems a bit too outspoken and 'dramatic' to me, I always feel like she's an actor and not the actual character. I get the same feeling with the Arya actor. Most people seem to like them both a lot, and I definitely see why, they both have distinct personalities, Arya is adorable, Daenerys is beautiful, but neither are believable as characters to me. Jon isn't how I imagined him to be but I like him anyway. Same with Catelyn and others.

As for this newest trailer, one thing I noticed is that Dany seems aware of the specifics of the Westeros wars. In the books, she was only vaguely aware of a rumor that they were fighting amongst themselves. Also, it's shown here, and I've read, that they decided to extend Robb's relationship and make it more of an issue that builds up, instead of the whole thing sort of being thrown at you at once from Catelyn's viewpoint as happened in the books. I won't be more specific than that to avoid spoilers. Oh and, as in the books, Tyrion is definitely my favourite character.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I'm sure most people disagree with me but I never liked the Daenerys actress. She just seems a bit too outspoken and 'dramatic' to me, I always feel like she's an actor and not the actual character. I get the same feeling with the Arya actor. Most people seem to like them both a lot, and I definitely see why, they both have distinct personalities, Arya is adorable, Daenerys is beautiful, but neither are believable as characters to me. Jon isn't how I imagined him to be but I like him anyway. Same with Catelyn and others.

I've actually first seen the first three episodes before I started reading the books. So the image I had of the main characters was already formed at that point. I like Daenerys but I know what you mean... Well, I first saw the first episode with my dad and I didn't notice it, but then again with my sister and she thought her performance was somewhat ridiculous sometimes. You know in the first scene that she walks into her hot bath.. Her facial expression then is really dramatic. I only noticed the second time because my sister started laughing at that scene. I do think she's definitely better at playing the bossy & confident Daenerys then the vulnerable girl. Arya is just so adorable.. I guess not that believable as a character, yeah, but then, it's fantasy, so it's kind of typical that the characters are either too good, or too evil... So I can live with it. But yeah in comparison with the other characters they're much less complex..

As for this newest trailer, one thing I noticed is that Dany seems aware of the specifics of the Westeros wars. In the books, she was only vaguely aware of a rumor that they were fighting amongst themselves. Also, it's shown here, and I've read, that they decided to extend Robb's relationship and make it more of an issue that builds up, instead of the whole thing sort of being thrown at you at once from Catelyn's viewpoint as happened in the books. I won't be more specific than that to avoid spoilers. Oh and, as in the books, Tyrion is definitely my favourite character.

I don't like them messing with the story! Dany shouldn't be aware of these things... I hope they don't change too much. They've also messed up the perspective thing in the first season, with scenes between the spider and littlefinger. I didn't like those but I guess the writers thought it necessary for the audience who don't read the books to get some insight in their characters or something.. Still, didn't like these scenes.
Tyrion yes, he's my favorite too. And I find Littlefinger an interesting character as well.