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Just finished Game of Thrones.  Really, really liked it.  It starts a bit slow but really picks up as the book goes on. I was surprised by all the twists and turns. Really well done. I've got the other 3 books in the queue now. I may take my time reading them given how long he seems to wait to finish the next book now  :)

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Seems like the series is just flying through the book.  It's been a few years since I read the first, but I want to say the stuff with the butcher's son was pretty deep into it, along with the consequences.  I guess that's what they need to do, though, to get to the meaty parts later in the book.

If the Butcher's son is the part I think it is (events occuring during the trip to King's Landing) - that happens in the first 250 pages of the book. 

I watched episode 2 last night. I was able to get a 3 month subscription for HBO for only $5.99/month. So I will take advantage of that for as long as I can.

Anyway, I did enjoy it a lot. As with most screen adaptations, there is always somethings that they change and you scratch your head why?  However, all in all it's been very faithful to the book.

Since I am still reading the book (150 pages to go), I had it right next to me when I was watching. I flipped back to see where exactly they were and it turns out the last scenes (with Anya and the with Bran) are around page 135. Which is almost exactly 20% of the book - so it looks like through 2 episodes, they are paced almost the same. 

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Seems like the series is just flying through the book.  It's been a few years since I read the first, but I want to say the stuff with the butcher's son was pretty deep into it, along with the consequences.  I guess that's what they need to do, though, to get to the meaty parts later in the book.

If the Butcher's son is the part I think it is (events occuring during the trip to King's Landing) - that happens in the first 250 pages of the book. 

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Had a lot of time to read this weekend and have made a lot of progress in the book. I am really enjoying and finding it hard to put down. Lots of unexpected things happening. The characters are all so well developed. Definitely looking forward to finishing this one. I bought the other three paperbacks on amazon as well.

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Kubricks / Re: Deluxe Series 2 - Hoth
« on: April 19, 2011, 10:05 PM »
It was $600. shipped & included the cardboard display. 1st time I went this route, thought I would give it a try. Will be doing it again with the next series depending on the price.

It's depressing to say that is a good deal.

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I just found out that HBO is running a free preview on Directv this weekend.  So I set the DVR to record the first episode.  As best as I can tell, I've read enough of the first book to be able to watch it.

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In theory it will last 7 seasons, one for each book (three of which haven't even been published, yet).

Since I haven't finished the first book yet, I'm intentionally staying away from the coverage (though I did just see a commercial for it). Have the published how many episodes there will be for the first book/season?


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Help me out. Is this a Series or a mini-series?  Do we know how many installments there will be (yet)?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« on: April 12, 2011, 05:39 PM »
That would be the external tank...  ;)

Yes, very technical  ;)

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: The Official Space Exploration Thread
« on: April 12, 2011, 07:55 AM »
Weird seeing the big booster (sorry I don't know the techno term) painted all white again.

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So I finally broke down and started Game of Thrones last night. Mostly because I want to read at least the first one before the series comes on.

I started this week as well. Just not enough free time to get to it so I'm only about 50 pages in.

I'm about 150 pages into the book and it's definitely picking up. Why do bad things keep happening to good people  :D

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Must... not... watch.

I gotta call up FiOS and subscribe to HBO sometime before the 17th.

How long do you think it will be after it airs that it will be available on Netflix or DVD/BD?  I don't know how quickly I will finish the book and we don't current get HBO.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Harry Potter
« on: April 2, 2011, 11:47 PM »
Even if it was fake, it was a great idea.

Doh!  Now I really feel stupid.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Harry Potter
« on: April 2, 2011, 07:39 AM »
How could I have not heard about this before just seeing this trailer? Looks intriguing.

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So I finally broke down and started Game of Thrones last night. Mostly because I want to read at least the first one before the series comes on.

I started this week as well. Just not enough free time to get to it so I'm only about 50 pages in.

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