HBO's Game of Thrones

That just sucked. I hate that little bastard of a king.

 

I'm hoping the Starks cut Jamie Lanister's head off as soon as they get the word on Ned, capture Kings Landing and cut Joffery's head off in front on his mother before doing the same to her. And then they can send the stupid red headed daughter to live a life of cleaning chamber pots at the Wall.

That's how I'd write it.

 

Has there ever been a successful TV show that killed off the main character in Season 1? I can't think of one.

Coming into this, there were only six people on this show I'd ever seen before: Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, Aiden Gillen (Carcetti from The Wire), Lena Headey (from 300), the guy who plays the commander of The Wall (he was Hamish's father in Braveheart) and the guy who plays Tywin Lannister (he was the villain in The Golden Child).

And now one of them is gone. Not sure how I feel about it.

BTW, Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) is set to star in the Conan the Barbarian re-boot:

http://www.movieline.com/2011/05/meet-jason-momoas-conan-the-barbarian-this-summers-next-only-ethnic-action-hero.php

 

I keep thinking the younger daughter will get her revenge on Joffrey. Maybe with the help of her wolf? It's still alive, right?

 

I agree that killing off what I assume to be the lead character in season one doesn't make much sense, but apparently unless they were willing to completely diverge from the book, he had to go.

James Cosmo is the guy you're talking about. He was in Braveheart, Highlander, Troy and most recently had a spell in Sons of Anarchy.

 

This is pretty clever:

http://winteriscomingbitch.tumblr.com/tagged/stupid+ned/page/3

 

That is fantastic.

 

And it makes a damn good point.

 

I have to agree. I guess movies/tv wouldn't be the same with dramatic buildup, but I always have found it laughable when someone is about to drop a dime on someone else, they go tell them about it rather than just doing it.

 

We assumed he was the lead character.
Apparently, we were wrong.

 

True, but he was certainly the most accomplished and well-known actor in the cast. The producers obviously wanted a strong, identifiable presence for that role, or they would have cast an unknown like they did for virtually every other character.

Speaking of casting, just combing through their individual imdb pages, it appears Peter Dinklage (Tyrian Lannister) and Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) are the only Americans who have major roles (Momoa is Hawaiian).

The Khaleesi's servant girl is played by a Canadian. Everyone else is European (mostly British and Irish) or Australian, which makes sense given that it's filmed largely in the British Isles.

 

What happened with Ned Stark is what makes Martin's writing unlike the overwhelming majority of American novelists. He writes what he thinks really would happen, not what the audience wants or expects to happen. It's painful sometimes. Really painful. Sometimes it's hard not to get mad at him as a reader.