Twitter user @FittenTrim noticed HBO airing an updated version (and furrever first mentioned it in the comments) of the Power and Grace trailer with a couple of new frames, and took a snapshot. The most exciting new angle provides a clear look at the season two version of a direwolf – Robb’s Grey Wind:
Hear Me Roar: I like the general design, and am looking forward to seeing the rest of the direwolves. Of course, the proof will be in the animation, but this still looks great to me. I hope HBO soon publishes the updated version on YouTube as well.
UPDATE: Now available on YT thanks to darquemode. It’s a shortened, one-minute version with good pacing.
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136 Comments
First! And I love Greywind!
LindaQuote Reply
I can’t see it :( Anyone know if episode 2.03 is titled yet?
StannisQuote Reply
Friggin awesome!!!!! COUNTDOWN EVERY DAY..
LivveHultQuote Reply
When was Grey Wind renamed to Greywind?
DanQuote Reply
I just get an Access Denied message from the picture source.
Tywin’s BastardQuote Reply
Sorry, fixed. Shame on me.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Same here :(
CharlieQuote Reply
Hosting the image now. Better?
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
I’m getting a broken link and access denied too, not dire wolves. :(
Jan FennickQuote Reply
Yep, we can see it now. Thanks!
LuanaQuote Reply
Stannis,
Unfortunately not. HBO usually send a detailed list w/ synopses of all their fresh episodes for the following month around the 15th. We’ll probably have to wait until then (and get the first 5 episode details).
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Yes! Thanks so much! Grey Wind! We hardly knew ye…
Jan FennickQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
Ahh, good. Thought it was another silly and redundant name change to avoid confusing the poor audience with all these complicated names.
Sometimes makes me wonder if parents in the US are presented with a list of approved names they can give their kids in order to avoid confusing teachers and colleagues in the future.
DanQuote Reply
Now it works fine, thanks.
The still certainly looks good and we instantly see one advantage compared to the dogs, which is of course that it’s features is now clearly those of a wolf. As the article says, the hard part is to get the animation right, but as we can’t have too high hopes since it’s a notoriously tough animal type to animate and it’s still just a TV show.
Tywin’s BastardQuote Reply
Not bad. As you said, the most important part is the animation.
DavidQuote Reply
beautiful!
*squee*
dimensionallytQuote Reply
Looks pretty good, am looking forward to see if the animation does it justice.
Jordan HealeyQuote Reply
Looks great! Hope people will hush now about the skimpy direwolves!
HildaQuote Reply
What’s interesting is that the official HBO video currently posted on their YouTube site is missing the gape-mouthed direwolf scene that precipitated Wolfgate.
It amazes me that HBO is worried enough about fan reaction to bother re-editing and releasing three versions of the trailer: dodgy half-finished Grey Wind, no Grey Wind, and finished Grey Wind. If there was any doubt that they are paying attention to online fan reaction, I think this removes it.
Hopefully they will upload this new and improved third version of the trailer to their YouTube channel soon.
LuanaQuote Reply
Ooh,
http://io9.com/5890410/watch-the-simpsons-game-of-thrones-intro
DanQuote Reply
Looks awesome!
LexQuote Reply
You may think you’re kidding but they used to do exactly this in Switzerland (maybe still do). Used to cause problems for expats who had kids while living there.
HildegardeQuote Reply
Oh my. Grey Wind looks wonderfully fierce and beautiful. If they get the animation right, the direwolves are gonna be bone-chillingly thrilling to watch.
LOL. Love it!
DeeQuote Reply
Hey image, Y U NO VERY CLEAR?!??!?!
HERP-DERPQuote Reply
For all his obnoxiousness, did that troll (what was his name?) actually get his comments heard all the way up the line, and acted on? Which would be pretty amazing. Or maybe they were working on this all along…
HildegardeQuote Reply
I think Grey Wind looks great: just like a larger, scarier version of a wild wolf. Now I look forward to seeing the others: Ghost, Summer, Shaggy Dog, Nymeria (?? please ?? I hope we get to see her again. *warning: major spoiler follows* I hope when the time comes they keep that sequence where Nymeria pulls Cat’s body out of the river. And I hope it is clear that Arya is seeing it through Nymeria’s eyes.)
I’m glad the first batch of comments are positive; I cringe at the thought of all the haters filling up this page with nasty comments, as keeps happening whenever HBO releases something for us. Hopefully HBO understands that the majority of us are very happy with what they’ve done for this series.
DreamlifeQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
Yay! It works! And the direwolf looks awesome!
CharlieQuote Reply
No name on the schedule yet but it does say the episode is 53 mins long.
As to GW, he looks good but as said it’s the animation that is key.
MormegilQuote Reply
That still sure looks good (but I’m sure that we’ll get someone who’ll complain that the dire wolf looks too much like a wolf).
If it looks as good in motion it’ll be epic.
Johan SporreQuote Reply
I am so happy with this screencap. The animation would have to be really, really bad to be worse than the dogs, for me. The still is gorgeous.
theamberkeyQuote Reply
Looks great! Now THAT is more the size of the direwolf I’d HOPED to see attacking in the Battle at the Whispering Woods. I hope we will see a few more action shots of the wolves this season, but even more static shots would be a welcome change.
persephone88Quote Reply
Hm … got me thinking … what if Grey Wind will be the reason for Jamie’s eventual left-handedness in the show, and not Vargo? Because we know for a fact, that they moved some of the book 3 stuff to season 2. And Vargo hasn’t been cast.
In any case, the direwolf looks awesome and for what it’s worth … Pixomondo did the majority of Hugo’s special effects, who in turn won an Oscar in that category. Now, I know that the quality of these studios’ work tends to be in proportion with the cash, you pour into them(rather than the name of the company itself), but still … I don’t think they’ll disappoint.
PepiQuote Reply
Can’t wait to see how that wolfshead looks on Robb’s corpse. I really hope they show that still, however devastating it may be for viewers.
BlaatQuote Reply
Love it!
radQuote Reply
Pepi,
I hope not. Here’s why: GW cutting off Jaime’s hand would most definitely fuel anger towards the Starks. Vargo cutting off his hand fuels Jaime’s hatred of Vargo and makes it that much more satisfying when we learn of Vargo’s fate. What makes Jaime’s story so interesting from Book 2 onward is he changes into a likable character and not the super villain/anti-Stark we thought of in book 1. He even ends up trying to make up for his past transgressions by trying to save Sansa and Arya (when he gives the sword to Brienne)
DreamlifeQuote Reply
Oohh, it looks great. And I love the whole scene, Rob and Grey Wind in the cage with Jaime.
purplejillyQuote Reply
Luana,
Thats not true, I just checked the HBO youtube version and the wolf growling at Jaime part is still there.
JamesLQuote Reply
Dreamlife,
Yeh, that’s what I thought at first, too … but Grey Wind biting it off doesn’t really change anything. Especially if there will be no Vargo Hoat, not even in season 3. The Lannisters will still hate the Starks but Jamie will still be alive, so the Starks will still have their hostage(for all I know, Grey Wind biting off his hand could be Jamie’s own falt … he could provoke the beast somehow … or something). And Jamie will still be able to take his path of redemption afterwards. Or wait … here’s another option; Jamie could lose his hand during the Karstark’s little vendetta. Admittedly a better one.
PepiQuote Reply
Pepi,
NO I need my Vargo and Brave Companions
BlaatQuote Reply
Pepi,
No way!
It changes too much in the Stark-Lannister Relationship and Boltons Part.
But I can image, if we don’t get a Vago, that Biter or Roger will do his job and make Jamie less “Hand”-some in season 3.
No-OneQuote Reply
I was able to catch the tail end of the newly edited trailer. Here is what has been changed in the last thirty seconds or so.
The glimpse of Craster is one of the quick flashes at the very end of the trailer, so he’s difficult to get a good look at even while pausing. It’s a low angle shot and he appears to be striking at something on the ground. Looks menacing.
The Grey Wind shot captured above is brief and it is preceded by a new close-up of Jaime. Those few excessively picky commenters will be pleased to know that there is a growl and yet the wolf keeps his mouth closed.
The Robb/Jeyne section and Dany’s, “When my dragons are grown…” line come much later, just before the final montage. This likely suggests that the trailer has been truncated for television.
Additionally, there is a new angle of the guards outside of Qarth.
loafuerQuote Reply
Jesus Christ , you guys said the same thing in the first season that Robb was going to be the one who cuts Jaime’s hand based on a preview and now you are doing the same thing again , really ? They are not going to change it so stop with your lame ass speculations .
Claudiu GherganuQuote Reply
Claudiu Gherganu,
Well, of course they are speculations. And of course I’m probably completely wrong, since Blaat is not the only one, who needs the Brave Companions. Qyburn needs them even more. In any case it was just me thinking aloud … I’m sorry if I startled you.
PepiQuote Reply
Claudiu Gherganu,
Pls mark your HUGE Spoiler.
No-OneQuote Reply
I was just looking at the HBO schedule, and it appears that Ron Donachie (Rodrik Cassel), Charles Dance (Twyin Lannister), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), and Conleth Hill (Varys) have all been bunked up to lead cast members (possibly feature in the opening credits).
Michael HarperQuote Reply
GREAT PIC of Shaggy Dog here!!!
http://blogginoutloud.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-doesnt-pass-for-flash-fiction.html
UdiQuote Reply
I think that’s the first time I’ve ever smiled in the Simpsons general direction.
I wonder if Family Guy or South Park will follow :-D
stevelabnyQuote Reply
The three eyed crow reference was pretty good. (In the Simpsons you regularly see three eyed fishes near the powerplant).
MagnusQuote Reply
I was wondering how long would it be until someone edited that pic putting Grey Wind’s head on Robb’s.
/is horrible
Java BeansQuote Reply
I have to admit, even as a still, it looks better than I was expecting.
At this point, I think they’d really have to screw up the animation to ruin the new Direwolves.
0KEN0Quote Reply
It looks awesome, and he looks pretty massive!!!
Handmaiden of DanyQuote Reply
Java Beans,
Hell no, don’t show it! ICK
Handmaiden of DanyQuote Reply
Oh lord, I don’t hope HBO changed the trailer because of one dude trollspamming the thread with “growlgate” while 90% of the commenters were very satisfied with Grey Wind. Anyway, still looks awesome. Simpsons even more awesome, that shit just blew my mind away.
KnurkQuote Reply
They don’t need Vargo Hoat for that, Vargo doesn’t cut Jaime’s hand. Fat Zollo does. And just because they are moving some of Jaime’s stuff into S2 doesn’t immediately mean that they would cut his hand this season. There’s so much that happens before that….
FlourideQuote Reply
how come no one has taped the modified trailer and posted it on youtube yet? cmon guys!
HERP-DERPQuote Reply
OT: Game Of Thrones is trending worldwide! I don´t think I´ve seen that before.
John EngedalQuote Reply
I love it!
Seriously? GoT has always been popular IMO. Possibly not to the point of being ingratiated into pop culture, but it’s getting there.
LouiseQuote Reply
I think it looks really good, but I also had no issue with the profile shot that was in the trailer before. Count me as one of those people that doesn’t care very much about the direwolves. Initially I was fine with them using whatever dogs they wanted and just featuring the direwolves a lot less than in the book. But season one just had a really disjointed, really sparse use of the dogs, so we’ll see if this is better. I still don’t expect to see too much of them. They’re probably really expensive and they will look so much better if used sparingly and under the right conditions (like avoiding full body shots in bright clear sunlight, etc).
ChryseeQuote Reply
Thanks for the link Dan. Thats really made my day…………..:)
Two FeathersQuote Reply
Now that is an awesome looking Dire Wolf!!!
ArthurQuote Reply
Grey Wind looks great! I will of course reserve judgement on the final produt until I’ve seen him in motion, but so far looks promising.
Love the Simpsons video, especially the three eyed crows :)
ShinyteapotQuote Reply
Louise,
Oh absolutely, I agree. I meant that it is trending worldwide on twitter, because of The Simpsons I think. I have not seen that since the promoted campaign on the 17th of April last year.
John EngedalQuote Reply
GAH I CAN’T WAIT. I want to type this whole thing in caps because I’m so excited but I don’t want to be yelling at everyone! Grey Wind looks fantastic, and appropriately large, and I cannot wait to see him (and Ghost) really tear it up this season. After the dragons last year, I have absolutely no doubts the CGI will be fantastic. Even if it’s a different effects studio, I still have complete faith that anything going into this production is going to be a landmark achievement for television.
LinaQuote Reply
More likely the commentary alerted the producers to the fact that an incomplete shot (the CGI seemed to be only partially finished on Grey Wind) had snuck into a trailer. Any incomplete shot would need to be taken out for quality control if it gets caught. Not about catering to the trolls, but a dedication to quality and only showing finished product.
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
Now that’s a proper direwolf! (y)
YeekimQuote Reply
Thanks for the shout out HMR, I feel all famous-like now.
I think Grey Wind looks great in the new clip.
furreverQuote Reply
1st. That Dire Wolf looks amazing. I was never a troll. I love this series and read, then listened to all the books. I am so happy someone at HBO took a second look at that Dire Wolf and its mechanics in that 1st trailer and decided to rework it.
As I stated before. The Dire Wolfs represent everything bada$$ about the north. They are IMO the old gods gift to the Starks. Kind of like the Starks guardian angels. They are also a HUGE part of the whole “Fantasy” element of the books/series. I just wanted their budget to reflect this importance. Reading chapters that included Bran’s POV as a dire wolf and all the other dire wolf parts have always been really exciting to me. That is why I was so dissappointed at that 1st glimps of that CGI dire wolf. I thought people on here would respect that and not just attack me. I am no troll. I love this series.
I am VERY happy with that shot of Grey Wind. He looks amazing and is huge and beautiful. Now, I can really enjoy the series watching my imagination come to life as Ghost, Grey Wind and the other dire wolfs pad around being bada$$.
Thank you Game of Thrones!
ArthurQuote Reply
I don’t think people were attacking you (at least not at first), just disagreeing with you. People started to get more fed up when you continued to hit everyone over the head with your opinion and started to use the old “I’m right, you’re wrong” defense. That is when it went from merely stating your opinion to borderline trolling.
Anyway, hopefully you can use this as a learning experience: when it seems that you are not going to change people’s minds, it is best to just let it go. :)
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Arthur,
Welcome back ….
Coltaine777Quote Reply
Arthur,
Hey Mr. Arthur Troll, please mark your spoiler concerning a certain Stark kid.
I think we can all agree that we’re glad you’re happy with Grey Wind’s look now!
I absolutely love that picture! The general design of the direwolve is perfect! If they animate it more or less decently I’ll be the happiest GoT Fan in the world.
G_LeeQuote Reply
Lovely!
Even just looking at it I can almost hear its deep, full-throated bark :D
Nick LarterQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Yes, I have learned this and will not harp on one subject like I did before.
I just want people to understand it was out of compassion for the show and not trying to be a “Troll”.
Thanks for letting me back!
ArthurQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Nailed it
Ted furthmanQuote Reply
Arthur,
No Han-growl-first-gate?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first
No-OneQuote Reply
Beautiful! Hopefully we get to see Nymeria and her wolf army prowling the riverlands this season too.
FacelessManQuote Reply
Lina,
I totally agree! And I have heard people talking about if the dire wolfs look this good we may not see a lot of them because it would cost so much. That may be true but I am hoping its not and I don’t think it will be the case for these reasons;
1). Bran’s POV of skin changing into his dire wolf can be done (and I think I am getting ahead of myself and most of this will be is season 3) by just simply making the camera shots a 1st person of what the dire wolfs eyes see. Yeah you would have to CGI in some paws when he looks down and maybe the end of his muzzle. But I think the CGI would be less expensive doing it this way (camera view out of Summer’s eyes from Summer’s POV) would be less expensive and even more authentic (more true to the books).
2). I am no CGI computer programmer but I think once you get the core CGI done (the dire wolf art and movements) it can easily be put into different scenes. Kind of like “Copy and Paste”. The hard part would be the shadowing and having realistic expressions and reactions from the environment around the CGIed dire wolf (mainly the actors). I think that’s what that mechanical wolf on set was for. To give the actors something to look at and react to and also the proper shadows and environmental reacts (like paw prints in the snow).
I am no expert on hollywood CGI but to me this kind of makes sense. And when you take all that into account. I think we may be in store for some really awesome looking dire wolfs spread out throughout the episodes and not as thinly as you may think =)
ArthurQuote Reply
I just hope they haven’t designed a generic direwolf to be ‘painted’ in one way or another depending on which direwolf appears in each scene. It would be a cheaper way to go abouut it, I admit, but it would give a sense of a cheap copy-paste.
I feel the same way about the dragons.
Grey Wind looks gorgeous though!!
JuanQuote Reply
Arthur! Welcome back!
To everyone else: Grey Wind’s very cool and all (understatement) but am I the only one now eagerly waiting to see Ghost? Because if GW is anything to go by…Ghost will be amazing.
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Juan,
I think once the CGI company gets a base model completed. (Lets say Grey Wind is the base model). They can easily add a few different characteristics to make each dire wolf unique besides fur color… But also remember, they are all from the same litter and should look very alike.
ArthurQuote Reply
Joshua Taylor,
Thanks! Glad to be back…
And it is kind of funny because with that screen cap of Grey Wind I am in the total opposite feeling about how the dire wolfs will look on HBO.
Grey Wind looks totally awesome!!!
ArthurQuote Reply
maybe this is also a lesson for you to not judge something so prematurely. You were looking way, way too much into a half-second glimpse of a trailer. And now we’re all heaping this shot with praise, but who knows maybe this wolf will look terrible when in motion.
KnurkQuote Reply
Anyone have a link to the updated trailer on youtube or anything? Would love you forever :)
JamboQuote Reply
GREYWIND! AWESOME!
WolfheartQuote Reply
Good job on the HBO production and VFX companies part they got Grey Winds and the direwolves size right. By the age they are in that A CLASH OF KINGS they are as big as normal adult wolves. I really hope that is mentioned in the show somehow in some quick line. Someone talking out of fear of how big they are already and just for being so young.
WolfheartQuote Reply
Shhh! Are you crazy? Don’t wake the Dragon when he’s content! Sorry Arthur, no offence meant.
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Saw this last night and was like “whoa! that’s different.” Greywind looks good.
dizzy_34Quote Reply
Looks great. Now I’d like to see it in motion to better judgement. :)
Wolf of DorneQuote Reply
Joshua Taylor,
Haha! No worries… With the art work that good and the eyes so lifelike I am content…
It’s obvious the producers set aside ample funds to have great looking CGI dire wolves.
That was my only concern, settling for very low budget CGI. That worrie is now crushed with that one screen cap of that beautiful beast named Grey Wind… If the artwork is that detailed and lifelike then the animation of it will without question be the same.
Go Starks!!!
PeterQuote Reply
I’ll bet $1000 this doesn’t happen. I still think they’ll use the direwolves sparingly, and I can’t see them spending the money/ runtime to illustrate something that (despite what we book fans might think), doesn’t mean very much in the grand scheme of things.
0KEN0Quote Reply
I don’t know if Arthur’s attention to detail helped HBO improve the show or not, or if they just removed an incomplete shot as it was being worked on anyway, but either way I’m glad it is getting better. I do wonder what the wolf in the other shot will look like though… I think we had pretty much come to the conclusion that the other shot was the animatronic wolf, perhaps missing some cgi enhancement. This is obviously a completely different shot. I wonder if this wolf is the animatronic one or cgi?
salukQuote Reply
Awesome CGI of GHOST!
http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0511-1008-2918-0250.html
UdiQuote Reply
I’ve Got to say I love Grey Wind and I nearly died when He was killed :( But I really think that the real Dire Wolf boss is going to be Shaggy, When Osha takes Bran off to Skagos, Shaggydog will really have to grow up. I hope that in the following books and eventual series, George makes Shaggy become like Grey Wind and Summer. <3 Wuv Woo Wolfies <3
Harry The HeirQuote Reply
saluk,
I don’t think my criticism of the dire wolf in that 1st trailer influenced HBO.
What could have happened is someone who has a direct line of communicating with the producers brought to light this boards debate over the quality of that dire wolf and they looked into it and pulled it and incerted the finished product.
I think this could have been the case of GoTs producers trying to be kind and give us a glimpse of what’s to come and not knowing how hypercritical some of the fans, like myself would be…
What ever the case I think it’s awesome to know someone with direct connections to the show is on here listening to us. I think people pointing out what they like and dislike about the show/CGI can only help improve it.
Now where’s Meera Reed? Heh… Jk!
PeterQuote Reply
Oops…. Peter is me!
ArthurQuote Reply
Last season, they didn’t make any attempt to show wolf dreams. This season, I think they will try to show that Jon and Bran can experience things through their wolves when they are sleeping – Osha will help us understand it. I also think they will remind us that Nymeria is still alive, and at least hint that Arya is having wolf dreams too. I think they will do this to set up for season 3, when Nymeria and her pack take down the forces pursuing Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie out of Harrenhal.
littlejanetQuote Reply
So, is the new updated tailer available at all to watch? I see people on here talking about seeing it, is there somewhere I can find a link for this?
The GreatjonQuote Reply
Harry The Heir,
Can someone please add Spoiler bars to this Post.
MormegilQuote Reply
Jesus people, REMEMBER YOUR SPOILERS!
Are you aware that you could ruin the entire fun of the next two seasons for a lot of people out there?
It hasn’t been as bad as in this thread for a while.
G_LeeQuote Reply
so theres nowhere I can go to watch this?
The GreatjonQuote Reply
The Greatjon,
Not yet… Someone said HBO is pulling that old dire wolf shot and replacing it with a video of that above screen cap. Along with some minor changes. I am sure once it’s made available to the public there will be another thread created with it linked…
ArthurQuote Reply
While I agree, people should try to remember to use them, if someone gets something ruined on them, quite frankly, that’s their own fault.
If you’re wandering around this site, having not read the books, and expecting to stay away from all spoilers, you’re just playing with fire. GoT is no different from any TV show/ movie based on previously written material… if you don’t want to know what happens, step one would be staying away from places where nearly everyone knows what happens…
0KEN0Quote Reply
Arthur,
that sucks, I was just curious because it seemed like a couple people on here have seen it, oh well, im sure it will be made available eventually. I really wanna see that shot of Craster someone mentioned.
The GreatjonQuote Reply
0KEN0,
Also, if people are posting from their smartphones, then there is no way to add that spoil alert bar or see what’s behind it.
Trust me I tried both!
ArthurQuote Reply
Beautiful Grey Wind…the raking/ground light (I don´t know how you call that kind of lighting) on the fur looks great.
andreaQuote Reply
Nice doggie! I want my mommy!!!!
loco73Quote Reply
Peter,
I’m starting to think I may need to take up a Meera/Jojen moniker similar to what Blackfish Blues did for Ser Brynden. :( REEDS FOREVER.
LinaQuote Reply
Lina,
Yeah! Bran needs his Meera!
That’s his girl!!!
That little frogspear girl needs to have a role in the TV series!!! Give Bran his love interest! Can’t be stuck on Hodor’s back all season long with no cutie to motivate him… =]
ArthurQuote Reply
picture looks like it was sourced from a telesync or something.looks cool though.i guess the direwolf is roughly waist height to rob.wonder what it will look like by season 3.
gooberQuote Reply
Surely you can use the spoilertags on a smartphone, you just have to type them (the letter ‘b’ inside >< reversed . If that doesn't work, don't post spoilers. Telling people it's their own fault when they read spoilers is bullshit, this site has quite a few non-readers.
KnurkQuote Reply
Haha I love how the HBO people definitely read these comments here and all the fuss that was made about the direwolf’s mouth being too wide opened and updating their trailers!
LalaQuote Reply
Knurk,
Okay, thanks for that information…
And I will leave it at that =]
ArthurQuote Reply
Lala,
I think it is in the producers best interest to keep a constant pulse on fan reactions to their announcements and new releases…
After all, we are their base and without a great fanbase there would be no great ratings or reason for HBO to fund their vision of GoTs…
That being said, this is a great forum for them to dip into and see reactions from time to time.. With so much going on I am sure tiny little details my slip by the producers and it’s up to us to point them out and bring them to light before the final cut. That’s what a great fanbase does… Right?
ArthurQuote Reply
It’d be nice if we started getting videos online a lot like the ones from last season, about the Houses and Characters – but focus on the new characters: Stannis, Melisandre, Davos, Craster, etc.
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Michael Harper,
I’ve been waiting for or expecting more of those too!
HBO has not even updated its Interactive Viewr’s Guide to include the Season 2 characters last I checked. Not thumbnails and full synopses I mean… many of their names are there.
My first thought was that once the Seaon 1 BD and DVD are officially released the promotion for Season 2 will kick into high gear and more videos will be released more frequently…. I hope!
My second thought is that because so many of the BD/ DVD features are videos that alreayd aired (the large majority)…. maybe they will withhold those videos this year to let the disc sets have more NEW material.
darquemodeQuote Reply
1) GW look great, they did fantastic job
2) in 1 interview of osha (tonks from hp movies) with wic.net she said smthing abt acting with some new talented cast this seasons and that must b reeds…everybody loves reeds, why not hbo.
3) and for the spoilers – people who havent read book must(should) not visit the wic.net as only cursor on the spoiler tag reveal the whole spoiler and the will to fight this temptation is certainly mighty.
4) and for the trending of the show and book, we must play ovr part as a faithful followers to spread the greatest tale ever tale ever told. I myself gifted my precious books to the other bookworms/nerds (precisly 9) who can praise the genuine masterpiece. Sometimes my friends tell me ,does george rr martin or hbo give any money to me for all the publicity i do. I say i would join the hbo happily to help them with the special effects free of charge if i know that sacred art but bahhh… :( i just have the dullest life surrounded by patients hoping to get cured, and i cant concentrate on them bcz of this damn beautiful fantasy land, damn u martin,damn you hbo…long live martin, long run hbo
JenishQuote Reply
The idea that fan reaction caused this shot to be inserted is a bit laughable, IMO.
They just don’t come of with these shots on the fly. There’s weeks of planning and work involved with every CG shot. They know what shots they need.
Things will continue to be worked on until the episodes go through the final edit/mix.
LarsQuote Reply
looks great but i kinda thought they (the direwolves) would be a bit more larger
bastakiQuote Reply
bastaki,
That dire wolf is huge! I think the angle might not let you appreciate just how big it is. It looks about the size of a black bear. And remember, they are still going to get a little bigger as the seasons progres. Wait till you see a side view of Grey Wind… Then I think it’s epic proportion will truley be realized!
ArthurQuote Reply
bastaki,
That will come later in the story. They haven’t grown that much in ACOK. At least I get the feeling that the picture we have has Grey Wind standing closer to the camera than Robb is. Otherwise it’s really big already.
Tywin’s BastardQuote Reply
Looks great!
Ryan EQuote Reply
In that picture you have to also realize that Grey Wind has his head down in kind of a “prowling stance”. If he picks his head up to look around, in an “alert stance” GWs head would easily be level with Robb’s chest…
That’s huge!
ArthurQuote Reply
I would be shitting my pants…now.
stephenQuote Reply
CGI aside, the best thing about this, is that they finally have WOLF faces instead of DOG faces.
LexQuote Reply
It’s funny to compare the new image with this shot of Grey Wind from Season 1.
LexQuote Reply
looks awesome!
Grey for the Wind! xP (lamest pun ever)
Thiago SlashQuote Reply
Oooh, just realized I had Luck DVR’d and got to see this in motion and HD. GW is taking a slow step towards Jaime, so there isn’t a ton of animation, but it looks really good and really natural, not CGIy in the slightest, even on my 46 inch TV. It looks really good.
ChrisQuote Reply
Michael Harper,
Seriously? I’m thrilled about Jerome Flynn. I LOVE the Bronn/Tyrion dynamic. I was so sad when they parted ways. The Bromance had to end sometime, I guess
KatanaQuote Reply
The Bronmance !
Anyway, I’m wondering what race did they used in Season 1 for the direwolves
Ren SnowQuote Reply
I added the Power & Grace v2 trailer to YT here:
http://youtu.be/J3L-uB41GCA
darquemodeQuote Reply
darquemode,
thanks alot darquemode. not really that much different, couple of different looks and extended shots. you do get a brief glimpse of Craster in the end, it looks as though hes about to strike something/someone don’t seem to remember him doing anything like that in the book, unless maybe their showing him beating one of his wive/daughters for talking to the nights watch either way, greywind looks amazing, finally they can actually do some things with the direwolves this year participating in battles etc. unlike last year. I was getting really sick of looking at obvious dogs playing the direwolves, their too important to just be left out, and I’m happy they are finally attempting to show how huge and deadly looking they are, because in the books almost everyone who comes across the DWolves are terrified of it or in shock.
The GreatjonQuote Reply
darquemode,
Grey Wind looks great but they cut out Stannis and Melisandre!
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Katana,
Yeah, it they’re names are included with all the lead cast members. And he’s fantastic. Embodied Bronn just as I imagined him from the book!
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Awesome picture! And Grey Wind looks even better in motion, 1080p and with a darker lightning! It looks so real. You can’t guess it’s CGI if you don’t know it is.
So far, Pixomondo has done a great job. I believe their work will be as good if not better than Bluebolt last year. I smile when I read old comments about the fact direwolves couldn’t be realistic, even in movies, that it would be a miracle if they weren’t too cheesy on screen… I guess we are lucky to have a production team that talented on Game of Thrones.
ScudderQuote Reply
Thank you!!
Grey Wind looks awesome!
DeeQuote Reply
Impressive. Of course how it moves is paramount.
SNKQuote Reply
What a fine looking pelt there.
Roose BoltonQuote Reply