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by **Flatlander** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:17 pm

I noticed a listing for "Ros the Red-headed whore". Is that Shae from the books?
Don't remember her having red hair.

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:17 pm

Fear not; she'll be quite bitchy, and quite blonde.

by **Kraegor** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:22 pm

Flatlander wrote:I noticed a listing for "Ros the Red-headed whore". Is that Shae from the books?
Don't remember her having red hair.

nah different chick... tho atm I'm completely useless in saying who Ros is... almost wanna blame that magic witch chick but she's not in book 1....

Spoiler:

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:25 pm

That character isn't in the books. She's written into the pilot.

by **Flatlander** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:54 pm

Zaxxon wrote:That character isn't in the books. She's written into the pilot.

So someone decided this book didn't have enough characters and needed a new one?

Is she going to be Ros the Red-headed exposition Whore?

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:57 pm

Could be. I've avoided reading the script.

by **YellowKing** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:58 pm

Is she going to be Ros the Red-headed exposition Whore?

As long as she doesn't tug her braid, stamp her foot, or smooth her skirt, I'm cool with it.

by **Remus West** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:06 pm

YellowKing wrote:
Is she going to be Ros the Red-headed exposition Whore?

As long as she doesn't tug her braid, stamp her foot, or smooth her skirt, I'm cool with it.

If she is a whore she is more likely to be lifting her skirt than smoothing it. If she is hot I am very alright with that.

by **Odin** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:17 pm

Jag wrote:for some reason I pictured Cersei as a bitchy blond.

Because that's precisely how she's written. I'm assuming they'll give Lena a die-job for the role.

Flatlander wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:That character isn't in the books. She's written into the pilot.

So someone decided this book didn't have enough characters and needed a new one?

That boggles the mind.

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:21 pm

Not necessarily. I would imagine they are writing her in to simplify the story somehow.

by **Jeff V** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:11 pm

There can never, EVER be too many whores in an HBO series.

Never.

by **craterus** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:14 pm

Flatlander wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:That character isn't in the books. She's written into the pilot.

So someone decided this book didn't have enough characters and needed a new one?

Is she going to be Ros the Red-headed exposition Whore?

if i were to take a wild guess... the king is known to be a whoremonger (am i using that word correctly?)... yet there are no scenes of him whoring around in the book... just talky talk which is useless in HBO land -right?

in order to get the audience to realize what a great partaker of whores the king is... they probably thought it would be worth having a few scenes with the king whoring it up...

by **YellowKing** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:21 pm

Yeah, I'm surprised we're even debating the merits of adding more nudity and gratuitous sex to the show. Hell, they can add 50 more characters if they're all hot women who like to prance around naked.

by **Flatlander** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:34 pm

YellowKing wrote:Yeah, I'm surprised we're even debating the merits of adding more nudity and gratuitous sex to the show. Hell, they can add 50 more characters if they're all hot women who like to prance around naked.

My God. That's just crazy enough to work.

by **Jeff V** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:42 pm

Flatlander wrote:
YellowKing wrote:Yeah, I'm surprised we're even debating the merits of adding more nudity and gratuitous sex to the show. Hell, they can add 50 more characters if they're all hot women who like to prance around naked.

My God. That's just crazy enough to work.

I've been saying that for years! And yet somehow, boobies became more evil instead of less.

They are now considered worse than vivisection, mass murder, Hitler, and Republicans.

by **Remus West** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:12 pm

Jeff V wrote:They are now considered worse than Republicans.

You take that back you evil evil man. :evil:

by **Jeff V** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:33 pm

Remus West wrote:
Jeff V wrote:They are now considered worse than Republicans.
You take that back you evil evil man.

Not until boobies reappear where they belong: teen horror, adult drama, and Disney alumni movies!

Joe Bob Briggs must be rolling over in his grave...the past decade has seen the "3 B's" reduced to two, and breast counts can often be done counting on one's fingers...on a single hand!

by **YellowKing** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:44 pm

Not until boobies reappear where they belong: teen horror, adult drama, and Disney alumni movies!

Don't forget the fourth place they belong: Scarlett Johannsson. :cry:

by **TiLT** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:18 am

craterus wrote:if i were to take a wild guess... the king is known to be a whoremonger (am i using that word correctly?)... yet there are no scenes of him whoring around in the book... just talky talk which is useless in HBO land -right?

From what I've heard she's going to be involved with Tyrion, not Robert. Her role is probably limited to just the pilot.

by **Jeff V** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:05 pm

TiLT wrote:
craterus wrote:if i were to take a wild guess... the king is known to be a whoremonger (am i using that word correctly?)... yet there are no scenes of him whoring around in the book... just talky talk which is useless in HBO land -right?

From what I've heard she's going to be involved with Tyrion, not Robert. Her role is probably limited to just the pilot.

Maybe they can spin off her character into her own show.

by **hepcat** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:14 pm

Jeff V wrote:There can never, EVER be too many whores in an HBO series.

Never.

We know, we know...you said the same thing over and over again when Queer as Folk premiered.

by **theohall** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:44 am

Hodor!

by **Kelric** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:47 am

theohall wrote:Hodor!

M-O-O-N! That spells HODOR!

by **theohall** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:49 am

Kelric wrote:
theohall wrote:Hodor!

M-O-O-N! That spells HODOR!

Hodor! Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!

by **pr0ner** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:39 am

theohall wrote:
Kelric wrote:
theohall wrote:Hodor!

M-O-O-N! That spells HODOR!

Hodor! Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!

Hodor?

by **Kelric** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:24 pm

pr0ner wrote:
theohall wrote:
Kelric wrote:
theohall wrote:Hodor!

M-O-O-N! That spells HODOR!

Hodor! Hodor! Hodor! Hodor!

Hodor?

Hodor!

by **pr0ner** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:03 pm

BUMP!

The first season has been officially greenlit by HBO.

by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:07 pm

That pic looks like something out of the opening scene in the books. 10 episodes to cover the first book, and then whatever they want to approve for each season per book. That kind of puts a timeline on Martin if he wants the TV show to follow on the books and actually come to a conclusion instead of being left high and dry and either ending early or taking off in its own direction.

by **Kelric** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:26 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:That pic looks like something out of the opening scene in the books. 10 episodes to cover the first book, and then whatever they want to approve for each season per book. That kind of puts a timeline on Martin if he wants the TV show to follow on the books and actually come to a conclusion instead of being left high and dry and either ending early or taking off in its own direction.

Unless they stretch the first book out, that is. Even if they do one season per book that gives them four seasons to work with already and it certainly can be stretched out longer. Not that HBO has a track history of long period piece shows anyways. Not counting mini-series likes Band of Brothers, of course. Rome got good ratings but cost more than $100M for the first season. Deadwood won a bunch of Emmies and was nominated for even more and only last three seasons. Carnivale was supposed to be six seasons but only made it two.

by **Zaxxon** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:27 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:10 episodes to cover the first book

What are these, 3-hour episodes?

Awesome news.

by **Odin** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:40 pm

That's terrific news. I can't wait until these come out on DVD. I'm not optimistic, however, that Martin will be anywhere close to finishing book 6 before the 6th season of the show (if there are that many) is ready to come out. That could pose some very significant hurdles for the production.

by **craterus** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:05 pm

pr0ner wrote:BUMP!

The first season has been officially greenlit by HBO.

Thanks! I now have a new desktop image...

I love thr... not

think "Sopranos" with swords.

by **Torfish** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:31 pm

Thank you for this wonderful news. This will be my most anticipated movie/tv show ever. So far, I believe HBO is treating this book series very well. I really like the cast selection.

by **Wargus** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:37 pm

Great news so long as Martin chooses to finish the series and doesn't die before he's done, both of which I've heard are in question.

by **TiLT** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:39 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:That pic looks like something out of the opening scene in the books. 10 episodes to cover the first book, and then whatever they want to approve for each season per book. That kind of puts a timeline on Martin if he wants the TV show to follow on the books and actually come to a conclusion instead of being left high and dry and either ending early or taking off in its own direction.

I hope there's going to be more than 10 episodes per season, as that seems a bit short. Perhaps HBO has just picked up part of the first season?

by **Torfish** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:45 pm

Yes, we need to know how long will each episode will be. If each are only one hour, then 10 episodes per season seems very tight. I can easily see most chapters being one hour long.

I hope the author gets the next book out very soon. I have not heard of any timeline yet.

by **The Meal** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:50 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:10 episodes to cover the first book

What are these, 35-hour episodes?

GRRMortoned

by **Zaxxon** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:51 pm

Torfish wrote:Yes, we need to know how long will each episode will be. If each are only one hour, then 10 episodes per season seems very tight. I can easily see most chapters being one hour long.

I don't see that. I see chapters being 1-2 'segment' lengths. Some of them could be the space between commercials. Certainly there are exceptions for packed chapters, but an hour/chapter would take ten seasons to complete one book.

by **Odin** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:10 pm

Wargus wrote:Great news so long as Martin chooses to finish the series and doesn't die before he's done, both of which I've heard are in question.

Source? I've certainly never heard that he might decide not to finish the series, nor that he's planning on dying anytime soon.

Torfish wrote:I hope the author gets the next book out very soon. I have not heard of any timeline yet.

Because there isn't a timeline for completion. He's at least learned his lesson that he's terrible at guessing how long it will take him to finish, so he's stopped trying to make predictions. It will take as long as it takes, which so far is already years longer than anyone even pessimistically expected.

by **Kelric** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:11 pm

Sith Lord wrote:
Wargus wrote:Great news so long as Martin chooses to finish the series and doesn't die before he's done, both of which I've heard are in question.

Source? I've certainly never heard that he might decide not to finish the series, nor that he's planning on dying anytime soon.

He's an old fat guy. He doesn't need to plan on dying for it to happen without much warning.

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