More Quick Hits from your pals here at House Gatewatch:
* WonderCon in San Francisco (often called the Bastard Step-child of Comic-Con) is in full swing, and one of the featured booths is HBO’s Game of Thrones booth. I wish I was in San Fran! They’re selling the shirts and other cool stuff. Among many things on display, including costumes used in the actual filming, is an insanely cool Iron Throne replica which you can actually sit in and have your picture taken—and then have it made into a Game of Thrones poster much like the iconic one with Sean Bean. Our own pics are to come (hopefully) but until then check out these by our friends at TelevisionBlend!
* HBO.com has added a $10,000 sweepstakes to their site called Win The Throne. It’s pretty much a typical sweepstakes “Trade your e-mail and mailing address for the chance to win cash” kind of thing, except for the fact that it is then followed by a “What House do you best belong to?” questionnaire, which is sort of fun (though thoroughly manipulatable if you already know which house you want to belong to). You then get a chance to “Betray” the family you’ve aligned with or “Befriend” other people … which is just another way for the promotion to try to lure your friends in. Honestly, the Maester’s Path stuff from Campfire was cooler. Though I’ll never argue with ten grand.
* Finally, the awesome Mike Rosenzwig and Jorge Angel of the web comic Half Assed have dedicated this week’s strip to a Game of Thrones nerdy fanboy discourse. On Tuesday’s strip, see if you can’t recognize a certain familiar house motto placed upon a tee shirt. Glad to know we’re supported!
It’s gettin’ crazy ’round here.
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That is SO COOL that there’s a big GoT presence at WonderCon. I wish I was there — I’d love to get a photo sitting in the Iron Throne. :)
Grant GouldQuote Reply
The sweepstakes thing is also doing that “write down the code and win” thing you see on tv. Right now the place to get codes is the latest videos posted on xfinity. My guess is that they will also be showing codes after stuff like the preview on Sunday and the series premier in two (!) weeks.
I’m hoping that we will see some more viral marketing stuff over the next two weeks targeted more at people that are not already fans of the books. Maester’s path stuff was cool but it ended and now we have to wait two weeks without puzzles.
Eric JonesQuote Reply
These are the salad days! I wonder if GOT will then have a Comic-Con presence as well, but in anticipation for Season Two? I expect so.
Larry D CurtisQuote Reply
..always support the bottom ;)
Elena AmiciQuote Reply
This is ridiculously off topic, but the possibility of Tricia Helfer for Mel in season 2 is a tad slimmer (for those who liked her for the role): http://rabiddoll.com/node/1733/battlestar-galactica-veterans-swarm-precinct-17.html
Steve Hugh WestenraQuote Reply
The Game of Thrones facebook page has hundreds of photos of people sitting in the Iron Throne. Since it’s a convention and some people are in costume, there are some funny pics: Sailor Moon sitting on the iron throne, Clone Troopers, etc.
LexQuote Reply
That’s not such a bad thing. I’m sure there are better actresses out there for the role anyway. The only thing now that we might have to deal with is the possibility of Amanda Peet in the role (due to being David Benioff’s wife etc). I’ve only seen her in like The Whole Nine Yards though (oh and Gulliver’s Travels, which was AWFUL)…
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
Found a fantastic Twitter review from a reviewer from who has never read the books and doesnt normally like fantasy. Heres what he tweeted- “I hate fantasy. Even the Lord of the Rings movies. But Game of Thrones is incredibly good. Shockingly good.”
http://twitter.com/JPMoore
JamesQuote Reply
And Tinkerbelle, and Hellboy, and Chewbacca…LOL
MetalgoddessAMBQuote Reply
That’s what we want to see
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
I wish nobody had ever suggested an Asian Melisandre, because now if we don’t get one, I’m going to be so bummed out.
RoseQuote Reply
MetalgoddessAMB,
Hellboy -> Ron Perlman -> Beauty and the Beast -> GRRM :)
salukQuote Reply
the awesome Mike Rosenzwig and Jorge Angel of the web comic Half Assed have dedicated this week’s strip to a Game of Thrones nerdy fanboy discourse. On Tuesday’s strip, see if you can’t recognize a certain familiar house motto placed upon a tee shirt. Glad to know we’re supported!
Hm…close to the most boring comic ever in my (obviously flawed) opinion, but nonetheless I fully support this bottom supporting! Bottoms up! Always support the bottom!!
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
Never seen an Asian with red hair before :D I like the Tricia Helfer idea… or Allesandra Ambrosio lol :D
Damryn of DorneQuote Reply
Damryn of Dorne,
Red seems to be popular among asian girls.
Red Hair Girls
Hope that works, if not here are the links:
http://weheartit.com/liewliewliew
http://weheartit.com/tag/dark%20red%20hair
http://data.whicdn.com/images/3791432/tumblr_l803saj9F81qb2b02_thumb.png?1283960057
AbendsternQuote Reply
I’ve seen plenty of Asian city hipsters, both men and women with red hair.
Just for the record. LOL.
HollyoakQuote Reply
Same here :/
DomQuote Reply
Episode summaries up to Episode 7 are now out. Here be spoilers:
http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/04/game-of-thrones-may-episode-summaries.html
IT FEELS REALLY REAL NOW.
Gytha OggQuote Reply
How did we get back to casting Melisandre?
Very well. Not complaining. Maggie Q:
http://www.liveforfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/nikita-maggie-q-red-dress-billboard.jpg
http://i0003.photobucket.com/albums/0003/AskMen/top99_maggie_q.jpg
Mike ChairQuote Reply
saluk,
It comes full circle…hahaha
MetalgoddessAMBQuote Reply
Gytha Ogg,
Just saw them.
I almost didn’t read them so as to keep a little mystery, then thought what the hell :)
I see Arya overhearing Varys and Illyrio is included, I do wonder how that will play out on screen and if it’s obvious who the two figures are.
MormegilQuote Reply
I see a certain Blog owner whose name begins with W recieved a DVD shaped package from HBO yesterday.
MormegilQuote Reply
Lena Headey talks a bit about GoT in this video. The link will lead you directly to the GoT part.
AbyssQuote Reply
I must admit I could not work out who Arya had overheard down in the darkness. Thanks for the enlightenment,it all makes a bit more sense now.
Two FeathersQuote Reply
I knew Illyrio straight away (which I found puzzling), but I only realized the other one was Varys when he visited Ned in the same disguise later in the book, that must be his ‘Rugen’
Really do hope for Tower of Joy flashback !
I made these predictions yesterday
http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/48709-dramatic-hooks-in-each-episode/page__view__findpost__p__2415238
Was for the most part spot on although the Dany storyline has been moved forward.
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
The HBO sweepstakes website will not allow me to enter a “y” in the email field. It doesn’t work in Chrome, Safari or Firefox. Additionally, entering a “z” deletes the field. It is almost as if the Flash seems to think that the command key is being depressed. Strange. Only happens on that site. Anyone else having this problem?
EricQuote Reply
Yahoo article on Emilia Clarke: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/rising-star-game-thrones-royal-beauty-emilia-clarke-20110402-085205-163.html
Steve Hugh WestenraQuote Reply
this is off topic but since this is the newest thread.
watched Camelot Ep2 last night (watched the Ep1 back when it was pre-released). now, i learned my lesson with Spartacus: Blood and Sand never to judge a show by the first few episodes. S:B&S started utterly sh!te and by Ep4 it was pretty damn good and fell into a nice niche, it did what it did pretty well. i hope the same thing happens with Camelot because i have to admit, it is a rough start. every once in a while when everyone is being as natural and low key as possible it seems pretty good. then somebody starts overacting or some rubbish and cheesy dialog turns up and it is hard not to laugh at the whole thing. and as for spending more money than GoT i am not really all that impressed with the look.
having said that it is less cheesy than Merlin (BBC) but i am not sure it is better. Merlin is fine since it isn’t trying to be anything other than a fun and frivolous show for the whole family. Camelot seems like it is trying to hard to be serious and failing miserably. i do hope it gets better because i’d hate to think GoT lost out on Eva Green as Melisandre for a steaming pile of dog feces.
i will continue watching in hopes things improve or if nothing else we get to see more of Eva Green naked!
Who Is Jacopo Belbo?Quote Reply
God the Half-Assed strip is hilarious! I needed a laugh today!
silverjaimeQuote Reply
The Half-Assed strip is great XD
Hey, about the 15 minutes preview due tomorrow, remind me – will it be avaible on MGoT?
DomQuote Reply
Some more positive tweets:
April AnnisMacIntyre( Managing Editor for TV, People/Celebrity, Lifestyle and Arts for http://www.MonstersandCritics.com, AOL features, New Englander, rock stealer, Calabasas life observer) tweeted…
TastesLikeTheSeaQuote Reply
I’m trying to figure out if it’s on HBO Canada. I notice Mildred Pierce starts at 15 min past the hour, but will we get the preview ,or will they fill up that time with trailers for everything else ? We haven’t been getting all the new GoT stuff at the same time as the US , soI’m a bit nervous.
( OT, but are the mooters all hung over ? I thought they’d be here bright and early to make the rest of us jealous. ;) )
obsidianQuote Reply
I pretty much had exactly the same thoughts as you did watching Camelot. There’s certain things about it that I like, but there are still some issues that kind of annoy me. I just hope that there is room for both Camelot and GoT. If people choose Camelot over GoT I think it would be a mastake.
Luke likelyQuote Reply
You’re in luck! :) HBO Canada will be showing the sneak preview (that’s according to a press release at the HBO Canada media site): corusent.com
RhoswenQuote Reply
Sigh… I’m glad the non-fantasy fans are liking it, but man… why do critics have such a mental block against fantasy? They all seem to say “I’m not a fan of the genre, but I loved it!”. Guess what, folks? That means you ARE a fan of the genre now.
And that other guy, who said “not a fan of middle earth fantasy kingdom stuff”. Really? “Middle earth fantasy kingdom stuff”? You’re a professional writer, and you write sentences like that?
LexQuote Reply
well, not everyone can be Tolkien … badumdum …. thank you don’t forget to tip your waitresses :)
Who Is Jacopo Belbo?Quote Reply
Kind of funny hearing some of these critics seem surprised that Camelot/Borgias kind of suck (based on early bad reviews) and seem totally surprised that Game of Thrones is good. Well… d’uh! If you’d paid attention to us, you would have known this a long time ago! :)
EDIT: Oh, both those tweets above are from the same woman. Glad she’s liking it, but really don’t like her continued repetition of how much she hates the genre. Still, I guess that’s a huge positive sign for GOT.
LexQuote Reply
On the Camelot bit, it seems the show really doesn’t want to be Spartacus, with its little nudity and horrifically underwhelming fights and gore, it seems it wants to be a more serious contender to GOT.
That said I’ll give it some more time because you never know but when I was watching it an Arther was waffling all I could think was “Boy, if you play the game of thrones you win or you die.”
seanathinQuote Reply
James,
You know you play way too much World of Warcraft (like me) when you see JPMoore and think Jaina Proudmoore.
Holy cow, I’m white and nerdy!
KGQuote Reply
Yeah, I’ve noticed too that there is definitely an unfair stigma against fantasy, even among those who should know better. But, to be fair, after first reading Game I have had no interest in the derivative fantasy that I used to enjoy. Maybe that has more to do with aging, but it’s easier to just blame George for ruining my fantasy fixation ;)
At least fantasy isn’t still considered akin to satanic worship (seriously – I remember facing such nonsense as a child from adults who, again, should have known better)
JWestfallQuote Reply
Rhoswen,
Oh, frabjous day ! I’m a lucky ducky ! Thanks for letting me know..they were giving no clues on the HBOcanada site yesterday.
obsidianQuote Reply
JWestfall,
LOL, true. I also remember that stigma against rock music. As a kid I was led to believe it was somehow satanic. Thankfully, I eventually realized that Satan has the best taste in music.
LexQuote Reply
Sad to say that where I live is considered “Bible Belt”, and I was in my local charity shop last week and noticed pamphlets giving advice to parents to ban their kids from all Harry Potter films etc because the magic words used where actual satanic spells which would cause demonic forces to attach themselves to the kids. It may be the twentyfirst century but some people are still narrow minded enough or uneducated enough to be influenced by this medieval paranoia. ……sad but true.
Two FeathersQuote Reply
I think we have our Stannis Baratheon hahaha:
link.
TastesLikeTheSeaQuote Reply
Dwight on the Iron Throne?!? LOL. Universes are colliding.
LexQuote Reply
silverjaime,
Hi Silver J , Just been looking at some of the pics. from WonderCon. in San.Fran. What do you think of those guys who spend a lot of time and effort dressing up as their favorite characters.Is this something that will be encouraged at TitanCon? I would love to see Rimshot as Varys….Ha!
Two FeathersQuote Reply
Another great review.
Sorry, if someone posted earlier, there are too much of it out there :)
The RabbitQuote Reply
Wow, that was an enthusiastic review. Seems like he is a fan. I really hope it is like he discribes it, that would be great.
AbendsternQuote Reply
In certain circles, it is literally considered a cover for satanic worship.
The Win the Throne contest would be more epic if it were about wining the actual Iron Throne (or the replica). Now that’s be something I divulge my personal details for. My $10,000 for a Throne!
clemintineQuote Reply
Eric Jones,
I cant find the codes on xfinity or anywhere. are you sure they have posted them allready??
Michael BowenQuote Reply
Michael Bowen,
They are at the end of the “creating dothraki” “the wall” and “exterior locations” videos.
Eric JonesQuote Reply
Got my picture taken in the Iron Throne. :D
HBO had a large area, which was good, as there was a constant line of 30+ people every time I passed by to get pictures taken. The costumes (Robert, Dany, Ned) looked great in person, especially the one for Dany, which looks even better than in the videos. The Maester costume was, to be honest, a little strange- a short burlap hooded cloak with a chain. The chain was nice, but the whole getup, out of context, looked a bit like a Jawa with bling.
If you’re in the Bay Area I definitely recommend going on Sunday. They only had the t-shirts in men’s sizes, but if you buy a shirt you get a really nice glossy shopping bag with the iron throne on it!
Definitely a lot of buzz amongst geeks about this at the convention, but, well, it’s kind of a geek convention already. Still, it was nice to hear so many people talking about it in line and be accepted as totally normal when I said I had been waiting for this since I first posted the ‘HBO buys rights’ announcement on Westeros. I ran into my former roommate, who was representing the Browncoats of California over in the costuming division, and she immediately knew what I was talking about when I said Iron Throne. Good times!
KatranQuote Reply
Katran,
NOOOOOOOO!!! seeing how you could relax sitting the iron throne proofs that they totally got it wrong! didnt you cut yourself? it should´ve been a torture, not a pleasure to sit on it!
chairgate II !!!!
- just kidding ofc :D
BeneQuote Reply
You should check out the Game of Thrones facebook page. There’s about 500 photos of people sitting on it, everyone from the Joker and Batman to Hellboy and Sailor Moon! Very weird to see.
LexQuote Reply
Lex,
well, im sure cutting himself is not a problem for batman ^^
i dont have a facebook account tho. can the pictures be found elsewhere?
BeneQuote Reply
Oh boy…not that Chick psychopath…!
DomQuote Reply
Just got back from WonderCom in San Francisco! The costumes were very cool, I liked Ned’s costume the best – his cloak was gorgeous. Daenerys’ wedding dress was very pretty as well. Lots of people in the booth and there was a line to have your picture taken on the Iron Throne (it’s plastic). I was all ready to buy a House Targ and House Stark shirts (2 for $35, pretty good deal) but they only had men sizes XXL left. They had smaller Greyjoy sizes but I can’t stand Theon so I passed.
winterqueenQuote Reply
worse, is such is possible, than Danys wig!
avankaQuote Reply