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In Reply to: RE: How did they get this thing financed and how will they recoup? posted by Billy Wonka on June 16, 2015 at 13:19:11
I have no idea how HBO does it...where does the money come from other more subscriptions...So far I have not seen the GOT lunch boxes or action figures...
After season 1 and they lop off Ned Stark's head...all bets were off...
One of my nephews devours books and has read everything up to date...when I was quizzing him about Ned Stark, he got this sly smile and said..."don't get too attached to ANY of the characters"...that is a big 10-4...
Peter Drinklage is hard not to like...notice how many times they will do a close-up face reaction shot...(I am putting money on you will see him flying a on dragon when they invade Kings Landing)...My Lion...
I really like Sam too...his getting laid scene was really funny..."oh my"...
Jonathan Pryce needs a little love too...his presents is just absolutely menacing...The High Sparrow...
I have a NEW grand Niece named Aria...slight change in spelling...she is STILL my odds on favorite for the Iron Throne...
One thing about this series, scenes that seem to not have any purpose as far as moving the story along, will eventually payoff...the Cobra Nymphs and Bronn jail scene...introduces the poison later used on Jamie's daughter...
The PC crowd is going insane with what transpired this season...fiction and fantasy be damned...
The opening credits and music have won Emmy's. The company responsible is called Elastic...My Maggies spit fire, (yes...pun), during the opening credits, for some reason the volume just goes up...must be a glitch in the rig...
I really hesitated about creating this post because there is just too much to talk about...scope and density I just have never experienced...or most of the world for that matter...
I really can't say that the writing is great...but the story telling is...wait for it...EPIC...aauurrrggg hate that word...
Now...a few questions and observations...
Will Jon Snow become a White Walker??? OR Be resurrected by the Red Witch???
Will are Ari's blindness awaken other "powers" within her???
Will Sansa be done being a victim??? AND Why was it left as a Cliffhanger...
When will Cersei Lannister and Ellaria Sand be face to face for the Mother of all cat fights??? NOT if...WHEN...
Where is Bron Stark??? He is not done by a long shot...
Olenna Tyrel has a few tricks up her sleeve yet...
When and How will Daenery's dragons be let loose? AND...Can you train a Dragon???
The average cost per episode is $6-Mil...Cersei walk of shame was $250K...Daernery's wigs are REAL hair and $7000 per wig...
The logistics of scheduling and shooting is just mind blowing...6 countries and 3 full time crews...of course shot non-sequentially...
Felling overwhelmed again...
thanks
Mark
Follow Ups:
As he most watched drama series on TV: ad rates must be enormous.
Plus sales on memorabilia and DVD's are tremendous.
The series can go on repeat and HBO has the exclusive, because of the nudity and violence, which keeps it automatically in HBO's domain.
They presell the past season's episodes on Amazon an Ebay......(i confess to buying them, too. and they sell a lot !!!!
and explain who the characters are in each scene along with their history and connections. I'm fresh off doing this to my son for episode 8(?) this season when he was in town for his birthday. Take Jamie Lannister, we could literally write paragraphs. I wonder what the future holds for him? His change from being totally despicable to, dare I say, near heroic, is nigh a 180 degree turn and, unlike most every drama where this takes lace (Revenge anyone?), makes sense.
To rate (at least partly) horror, Sci Fi, or Fantasy shows I use this measure -
Given the premise, does it make sense? For G.O.T., yes with a bullet!
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"E Burres Stigano?"
RW...I do not think I could do it...I have a couple of lengthy posts running here...and just skimmed it...
The Character Arcs read like an EKG...yes...you are right about Jamie or any of the "Main" or "Soon to be dead" or "dead" Characters...A Masters Thesis could be written about each player...
If is fun to talk about...not as much fun to type about...my dyslexia makes this allot of work for me...
Thanks again...
Mark
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