IGN TV has the exclusive reveal of four new Game of Thrones posters, featuring three more characters sitting the Iron Throne. Robert, Cersei and Dany are the new characters and there is a new shot of Ned as well.
Winter Is Coming: Can’t say this is unexpected. This poster idea was so perfect it would have been crazy for them not to do it. But seeing the images with the quotes is pretty awesome. Now I want to see some more. Jaime, Tyrion, Jon and Catelyn next?
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I like the Cersei and Ned ones. Not so sure about the quotes for Robert and Dany.
(Edit: lolfirst)
theamberkeyQuote Reply
Yeah the Dany quote is a little weird…and the Robert quote makes him sound like a madman or a complete idiot and he was only a little bit of both :-p. Dany’s just sounds weird, since well until the end of book one, she does have a gentle heart. But Ned and Cersei are awesome. Ergh I can’t wait to see them on screen, especially together. Lena gave me chills in the trailer!
JoshQuote Reply
Robert’s quote is very funny. Now I want a Jon poster: “Now my watch begins!”
LexQuote Reply
Reposting from prev thread:
Those posters are cool. I’m not a big fan of the words on Robert’s though.
What should it have instead?
“You’ve gotten fat.”
“I’m going eat, drink and whore myself into an early grave.”
“Ban whores? Would you like to ban eating and shitting at the same time?”
“The King eats, the Hand takes the shit.”
GaRQuote Reply
The Cersei poster is oddly demure. I like the Dany poster, it shows not to underestimate her. The King Robert poster I was not too sure about, unless it refers to his love of hunting.
AStB
OldGranQuote Reply
I like them. Yeah, the quotes might not fit the characters, but this is advertising for the public, not the fans. It hardly matters if the characters are misrepresented a bit in promotional posters as long as the posters do their job of getting people to watch the show.
GhostieQuote Reply
I love these posters!
The thing to remember is, this is HBO so these posters are going to be like the True Blood posters…they will be in subway stations, and on bus stops and all over the place. The Robert line about his love of hunting is gruff and funny and juxtaposed with that intense picture will generate a lot of interest. The same with the Dany…a soft, beautiful image with a suggestion of the opposite. People are going to see this, see HBO at the bottom, and go “Wait, Game of what? I am intrigued!”
A_Polite_NoiseQuote Reply
Dany’s sounds S & M . Please don’t let me be the only one who thinks that :P
King Robert sounds badass/thug until you remember he means killing only woodland creatures, with a band of other hunters/dogs/horses nearby.
I would KILL for a Littlefinger poster. O. M. G. “I daresay you will make a noble splash…”
Franny BeeQuote Reply
These are cool. Not so sure I love the little sayings/mottos on each one, but I think the character shots are awesome, and I like the idea of each character getting the spotlight on their own poster.
Grant GouldQuote Reply
Dany’s should have been “Fire and Blood.” Or “A Dragon is Not a Slave.”
CrystalQuote Reply
I’ve already decided that once I get a good still of him, I’m going to have to photoshop a parody with an intense, heavy-contrast image of Hodor, with “Hodor!” in white text.
A_Polite_NoiseQuote Reply
Dude, a Littlefinger poster! How could I forget him? Although I’m sure the line would be “Distrusting me was the wisest thing you’ve done.”
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
These are great. Really happy with the marketing effort here.
ZackQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
“I did warn you not to trust me…”
WTB Littlefinger poster asap
GaRQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
I bet that if there’s a littlefinger line that will be the chosen one
Jéssica De Freitas MacielQuote Reply
I like the Dany quote. Yes there could have been better, but given the story arc of her first season, and how “gentle” she seems on the outside, I think this is fitting, where as “fire and blood” might be a more accurate tag line for the third season, with a few dragons surrounding her.
The DarkStarQuote Reply
Wow and how much cool would be to have one with Varys in it???
Jéssica De Freitas MacielQuote Reply
They’ll have to do one for Hodor.
“HODOR!”
Solamente DaveQuote Reply
Pretty dissapointed with all of them. Here’s what I would have done (some are more appropriate for later seasons, but no spoilers):
*Note – the format is [person's picture]: [text]
Jon: Night gathers, and now my watch begins…
Tyrion: Even a little man can cast a long shadow
Melisandre: The night is dark, and full of terrors
Brienne: Brienne the beauty
Brienne: The maid of Tarth
The Hound: Do you know what Dogs do to Wolves?
The Hound: Strong arms and sharp steel rule this world
Arya: I am the ghost in Haranhal
Ned: Promise me Ned
Littlefinger: Life is not a song
Lord Tywin: Some battles are won with swords, and others with ravens
Dany: I am the blood of the dragon
The Red Viper: How many Dornishmen does it take to start a war? Only one.
Nights KingQuote Reply
“I do not have a gentle heart” also symbolizes the dragons egg. Like, oh It’s a neat looking stone thing, but on the inside is a FUCKIN DRAGON!
The DarkStarQuote Reply
Can’t say I’m a huge fan of Robert’s quote either. Pyscho!!
And Dany….lil’ Dany…they are prepping her to be a naughty dragon rider! So be it.
Can I get me a Tyrion poster up in this….please!
Cisco MasiasQuote Reply
I’m waiting for a Hound-anything. His “Strong arms and sharp steel rule this world” and “A knight is for killing” quotes totally set the tone for the series’ brutality, and would work well in a trailer/clip (hint hint hint, HBO).
EggplantQuote Reply
Love the posters. The quotes are a little weird, but I’ll chalk that up to my bias as a reader. Remember that we’re not the ones these posters are meant to appeal to.
Also, it’s just weird for me to see Dany on the iron throne. Her story just seems… separate. In my head at least. Here’s hoping it gets less weird after I read ADWD!
MoshQuote Reply
Why wasn’t Robert’s just “Fear and Blood”? That seems to be the quote that is featured most prominently from him in the trailers, and it sounds much cooler than the dorky line they chose.
Dave NeumannQuote Reply
They should have one with Viserys – “Don’t wake the dragon.”
DondarrionQuote Reply
I need Cersei’s and Ned’s posters …
Sean Bean and Lena Headey are quickly becoming the lynch pins of this series. I think everyone else are taking a seat to these two’s chemistry and character sparring.
Awesome … Just Awesome.
Phantomwriter05Quote Reply
I love Cersei ‘s quote. Actually that saying makes her a lot more 3-dimensional character than she is in the book 1. Don’t get me wrong though, I completely agree with GRRM’s way to develop a character over few thousand pages. For the sake of the show though, if HBO will present her a very complex person in first few episodes, it would spark more interest.
Alex DothrakQuote Reply
Hey, this was originally my idea.
I should be on Mad Men. :-)
For the record, the Dany poster is my favorite.
BrudeQuote Reply
hehehehee
OddlyOtterQuote Reply
Off topic but
Did Joe get on the show? ;)
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
FTW!!!
EdQuote Reply
Jordan Healey,
I assume we’d know if he did. No reason to keep it a secret, i guess.
sjweningsQuote Reply
Brude,
It did seem familiar…
LexQuote Reply
Killing things clears my head?! – I don’t think the elders of House Baratheon would be very happy with that as their motto – it’s hysterically funny tho’ :D
Nick LarterQuote Reply
Brude,
Well done, Brude! Seems obvious now, but someone had to come up with it first ;) I like them all. Yes, Dany and Robert quotes seem off to us fans, but … as people pointed out, this is promotion for the general public. I realize that. Playing the game of thrones is a ruthless affair, they seem to want to convey, thus the quotes. We’re surely getting a couple more in the next weeks, what do you say? Unless they want to keep it focused and single out only some of the sprawling cast to make it easier. Still, then we have Jon missing, at least :)
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
mfw that is Cersei and not Viserys. -_-
geekcoreQuote Reply
Posters are perfect (Dany’s could be more subtle, but hey, we know where’s she’s goin, and hot chicks sell)!
Off topic, what if the last scene in the preview is all the Stark children naming their direwolves!!?! Summer. Lady. Grey Wind. Shaggydog!! Nymeria. Ghost. I won’t even be able to lift my leg before I pee myself.
the goatQuote Reply
I expect we’ll see more posters, very soon, with the remaining characters who were seated on the throne in that preview (i.e. Jon, Tyrion, Catelyn, Littlefinger).
LexQuote Reply
Nice pictures, not such nice quotes… The only quote that that I like is Cercei’s. The ones for Robert and Dany are plain stupid, and for people that don’t know the books, Ned’s quote doesn’t mean anything at all (for him something with honor would have been better). Also, the placement of the quotes is not very easthetical. Then again, maybe I should look anew later in the day when I’m more awake and positive ;-)
Cercei pensively holding the knife is really the image that stands out for me. And I absolutely can’t wait for Littlefinger with the Distrusting me… quote. Truly, from all the bits we’ve seen and heard so far, THAT is the one that stands out, even more than stick ‘em with the pointy end. Jaime’s quote should also be sweet! (I hope HBO will go the Kingkiller path rather than with ‘The things I do for love’, although for winning over fangirls the latter might be more effective ;-)
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
GaR,
“Ban whores? Would you like to ban eating and shitting at the same time?”
“The King eats, the Hand takes the shit.”
Definetely one of those :D
StuQuote Reply
Nice posters but Dany’s seem to tell too much. I would rather have seen that they had Viserys and Dany together in the promo stuff to show the Targaryen threat. A shot of them with a text about the usurper, ‘Fire and Blood’, or perhaps ‘you’ve woken the dragon’ if they aren’t afraid of including fantastical elements.
Tywin’s BastardQuote Reply
I figured I would just post this in the most recent news item but….
new videos!!!
http://www.tv.com/video/10526079/game-of-thrones-house-of-baratheon-feature
http://www.tv.com/video/10526078/game-of-thrones-house-of-lannister-feature?tag=vid_carousel;vid;3
PetyrQuote Reply
Petyr,
Wow – those were both great! Loving this promotional ramp up! One month and one day!
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
Petyr,
Awesome find, thanks!
Black LionQuote Reply
awesome videos and we see Tywin Lannister for the first time. love it.
marzmanQuote Reply
Good direwolf sighting as well, right at the end of the Lannister video.
Big doggie! Grey Wind, probably.
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
Clearly Robert’s quote should have been taken from the video…
“Start the damn joust before I piss myself!”
PetyrQuote Reply
Fucking Tywin bitches! Finally…
NickQuote Reply
Jeez! You saw Tywin and I am in the office! grrrrrr
No, tywin until 5 p.m.
The_Rabbit01Quote Reply
Just watched them without sound since I’m in the office too. This show is going to get me fired!
Totally worth it though.
MoshQuote Reply
Also in the office, so I’ll still have to wait a few hours to see Tywin producing gold :)
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
Clearly they are making Cersei more three-dimensional from the get-go. This would be a good thing, as she’ll get more to do in the first season than she did in AGOT. Some nice acting from Lena here.
Really cool to see the icy stare of Tywin and also Tyrions reaction to him. And to hear a little from Joffrey. I really like his voice – perfect for that little shit! (Joffrey, not Jack)
sjweningsQuote Reply
Just a glimpse of Tywin – no lines, no interview, just so you don’t get your hopes up.
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
The_Rabbit01, I’m in the same boat. The videos won’t play for me here at work. Fortunately, Ran posted a screenshot of Tywin. Charles Dance FTW!
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Oooh cool. I guess I should start to expect to see these on my daily commute when I walk through Times Square since HBO also puts up their promo posters there.
And I am also not too keen on the line they used for Dany’s poster. I think they could have picked something much better. Ah well. I’m just excited to see them.
The Winter RoseQuote Reply
Seeing Tywin was cool. But seeing Bronn and Tyrion on horseback at the Battle of the Green Fork was almost as cool :)
Adam WhiteheadQuote Reply
Josh,
lol and there’s a problem with that because? Maybe not so much the madman. but Robert was definitely an idiot, and loony for being such with enemies all around him.
Jeff CaryQuote Reply
I agree w/ Lex, Robert’s quote is pretty funny, it just doesn’t go with that picture of him. That’s something he would say half-joking, half-serious and everyone else would say “What a dumb oaf he is.”
I don’t like Dany’s quote at all. Even at the end of ASOS she’s still full of compassion and kindness, despite her efforts to appear hard and queenly. She’ll never lose that humanity, that’s just the way she is.
MidnightGreenRiderQuote Reply
I don’t like the one for Dany, and it seams that nobody does.
WiC why don’t you use your magic influence and get a poll together of better names that will convince HBO to change it?
StuQuote Reply
Adam Whitehead,
This!
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Damn – the Hound’s helmet is absolutely bad ASS!!!
EdQuote Reply
I thought Dany’s one was the best actually. It may not fit her character perfectly but it’s such a nice contrast between that quote and the image of the soft and beautiful girl.
Johan SporreQuote Reply
Man, I just dug these up from September of 2009. Some test posters I created a while back. It’s awesome they did the same thing by using character lines as part of the poster series. I’m trying to figure out if I like their choices of quotes better than mine or not :)
GoT Test Posters – 2009
…ryan
Ryan DunnQuote Reply
F**king cool!
loco73Quote Reply
I love them all. Though I do like the composition of Dany’s poster, I dislike the quote. (Was it even in the books?) I think “I am the blood of the dragon.” would be a better way to show her internal strength. I think Robert’s is appropriate, and I love Cersei’s pose, and Ned looking disgusted at his sword.
clemintineQuote Reply
Dany’s should be “I AM THE BLOOD OF THE DRAGON” she says it to herself like every chapter…
userjQuote Reply
Tyrion should have his own one!
Jaime: Tell me you’re not thinking of taking The Black.
Tyrion: And go celibate? The whores would go begging from Casterly Rock. I just want to stand on the edge and piss off the end of the world.
haggar: How would you like to die, Tyrion, son of Tywin?
Tyrion: In my own bed, at the age of 80, with a belly full of wine and a girls mouth around my cock.
:D
There’s a few more at this website with a collection of quotes
Tyrion RulesQuote Reply
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