HBO greenlights Game of Thrones!

[thestripe]

and ripping out throats.

[the goat]

Game of Thrones Emmy submissions

Art direction: Winter is Coming (ep. 1), A Golden Crown (ep. 6), and Fire and Blood (ep. 10)
Costumes: The Pointy End (ep. 8)
Cinematography: Winter is Coming (ep. 1) by Alik Sakharov, Lord Snow (ep 2) by Marco Pontecorvo, The Pointy End (ep. 8) by Matthew Jensen
Directing: Winter is Coming (ep. 1) by Tim Van Patten, A Golden Crown (ep. 6) by Daniel Minahan, Baelor (ep. 9) by Alan Taylor
Editing: Winter is Coming (ep. 1) by Oral Norrie Ottey, A Golden Crown (ep. 6) by Marty Nicholson, Baelor (ep. 9) by Francesca Parker
Hairstyling: A Golden Crown (ep. 6) by Kevin Alexander and Candice Banks
Makeup (Non-Prosthetic): Winter is Coming (ep. 1) by Paul Engelen and Melissa Lackersteen
Prosthetic Makeup: A Golden Crown (ep. 6) by Paul Engelen and Conor O’Sullivan
Sound Editing: A Golden Crown (ep. 6)
Sound Mixing: A Golden Crown (ep. 6)
Stunts: The Wolf and the Lion (ep. 5)
Writing: Baelor (ep. 9) by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss

Best Drama
Best Casting
Best Main Title Design

Drama Lead Actor: Sean Bean
Drama Lead Actress: Lena Headey
Drama Supporting Actor: Mark Addy, Peter Dinklage, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Aiden Gillen, Kit Harington, and Jason Momoa
Drama Supporting Actress: Emilia Clarke and Michelle Fairley

Nominations announced July 14. Ceremony Sept. 18.

Main Title Design is pretty much a lock, and I can't believe they won't at least get a nom for Casting. They shoulda submitted Ep. 5 for Best Prosthetic Makeup just for Lysa's tit.

If Dinklage doesn't get nominated, all the voters should be crowned.

[the goat]

[the goat]

Except Tyrion, of course.

"How would you like to die, Tyrion, son of Tywin?"

"In my own bed, at the age of 80, with a bellyful of wine, and a girl's mouth around my cock."

[the goat]

[jackstraw94086]

If Dinklage doesn't get nominated, all the voters should be crowned.

for real. That dude makes the show. It's a shame he couldn't get a more than a supporting actor nod.

[jackstraw94086]

This show just gets better and better. Classic HBO cliffhanger ending in Episode 7.

I do hope HBO doesn't pull a Carnivale, Deadwood, Rome, etc and pull the plug on this show too early.

There was no choice but to end Rome. They began the second season with the intention of comressing a shitload of time and ending with death of Mark Antony. There was nowhere for the show to go after that. Ceasar Augustus' rule was long relatively boring. Shit didn't get interesting again until after way him, when all the show's characters would be long dead.

[downingthief]

There was no choice but to end Rome. They began the second season with the intention of comressing a shitload of time and ending with death of Mark Antony. There was nowhere for the show to go after that. Ceasar Augustus' rule was long relatively boring. Shit didn't get interesting again until after way him, when all the show's characters would be long dead.

Yeah, good point. Rome isn't a good example. The other two are.

[downingthief]

Nice way to end the last episode. Last one should be all out with a cliffhanger ending that will piss us all off, and please us. Typical of HBO, those genius bastards.

[roberto73]

If Season 1 ends the same way the first book ends, Episode 10 will be a humdinger.

[amyzzz]

I love this show so fucking much. I hope anyone who still has misgivings about watching an epic fantasy show will just stfu and watch it already. I'm reading ahead in the book, and I'm really excited to see how the last episode plays out on the show.

[Dogvolta]

If Season 1 ends the same way the first book ends, Episode 10 will be a humdinger.

this

[chiapet]

What is the phrase? "Baller ass midget"? Peter Drinklage is so amazing in this.

[bobert]

[chairmenmeow47]

finally caught up! definitely like it a lot more than the first episode. the blonde kalesi or whatever has grown on me. i hated her in the first episode. lots of great characters. i was shocked with the last episode. fuck that child king.

[amyzzz]

I just finished the book, and oh my god I can't wait for the last episode!

It's Khaleesi, which is her title as wife to Khal Drogo. Her actual name is Daenerys Targaryen. It's easier for me to keep the names straight after having read the book.

[chairmenmeow47]

i bet. i just read that chart someone posted which is helpful. i'm not a great speller and am just lazy lol.

i've been so fucking sick and it was nice to watch all the episodes back to back while i've been resting. that whole breastfeeding thing has stuck with me though, so fucking gross.

[citizenerased]

Here's another cool chart
http://i.imgur.com/750jI.png

[amyzzz]

As noted on the chart, it has spoilers up to episode 7. I like that chart a lot.

[jackstraw94086]

[bmack86]

In the books as well as the show, Daenerys started as one of my least favorite characters but grew to be my favorite. Such a badass.

[citizenerased]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b247...tabbed_in.html

Turns out, Sean Bean's hero image is the real deal.
The Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings tough guy reportedly came to the aid of his famous glamour model companion after a fellow pub reveler made some untoward comments on her topless posing past. While Bean's white knighthood was obviously admirable, it also proved rather dangerous, as a melee ensued and the actor was ultimately stabbed outside the London pub.
So what, exactly, happened? And just how is Bean doing now?
According to the Daily Mail, the incident kicked off when the 52-year-old Bean and 22-year-old Playboy hottie April Summers (real name Nadia Foster) went outside Camden's Hill Bar and Brasserie to smoke. A passerby spotted the duo (or at least one half of the duo) and began making lewd comments, leading Bean to confront the big talker.
All was seemingly well until the stranger returned later on, at which point a scuffle broke out. Bean's rep tells E News that the star was apparently punched in the face, causing a bruise over his eye, and stabbed in the arm with broken glass (not, as some initial reports claimed, with a knife). Despite his wounds, Bean refused any medical attention and opted not to go to a hospital.
Instead, the actor accepted a first aid kit from the bar staff, then ordered another drink.
Guess all those tough guy roles haven't been too much of a stretch, after all.

[iv3rdawG]

Looking through the Emmy submissions posted earlier, it seems like any of the supporting actors could get nominated and win but it really seems like Dinklage is the front runner. I'd be happy to see Kit Harington (Jon Snow) win though. I think he's been fantastic.

[jackstraw94086]

if he doesn't get the emmy he at least deserves some sort of award for smacking that joffrey kid so convincingly. I'm not even talking about the character, I mean the actual kid. The casting folks did a good job finding a kid that just looks fucking annoying and terrible. I don't care if he's a sweet kid in real life. I just wanna hit him.

[amyzzz]

He reminds me of that kid they got for Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.

[bobert]

if he doesn't get the emmy he at least deserves some sort of award for smacking that joffrey kid so convincingly. I'm not even talking about the character, I mean the actual kid. The casting folks did a good job finding a kid that just looks fucking annoying and terrible. I don't care if he's a sweet kid in real life. I just wanna hit him.

^^^ This. I was at a wedding last weekend and my friend spotted a guy that looked like Joffrey will look in about ten years. I had to fight the urge to dump my drink on his head.

[jackstraw94086]

He reminds me of that kid they got for Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.

Did you see the scene from Get Him To The Greek where where Jonah Silver runs into him in the bar and makes a hogwarts joke?

Without his hair all slicked back that guy doesn't look like much of a douche.

[MusicIsMyBoyfriend]

He reminds me of that kid they got for Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.

Thought that too. As Jack pointed out though, he isn't as much of a douche in real life.... I did a shot with him in Vegas a month or so ago and he was very nice.


The kid who plays Joffrey though, has seriously crazy/mezmerizing evil eyes. I would not do a shot with him.

[amyzzz]

Well, he is a kid, so you wouldn't do a shot with him anyway. Right?

[MusicIsMyBoyfriend]

The Harry Potter kid used to be a kid too. If you had asked me a couple years ago if I would ever do a shot with any of those kids I would not have thought it was possible...

Also it was Levi Johnston's 21st B-day party at that same club that night. Needless to say, my nearly 30 yr old ass felt very old. Haha.

So to answer your question.... I don't know, maybe.