It's evening in Belfast, and the first day of shooting is now in the can.
Feels strange. Exciting, but also... I don't know, maybe I'm feeling a bit of empty nest syndrome. My kids have left home, and are making their own way in the world.
I'd wish good luck to everyone involved in the HBO production, but I recall that you never say that in the theatre. Maybe everyone concerned break several legs.
And me... well, a blank computer screen awaits. Still a lot of story to tell.
Feels strange. Exciting, but also... I don't know, maybe I'm feeling a bit of empty nest syndrome. My kids have left home, and are making their own way in the world.
I'd wish good luck to everyone involved in the HBO production, but I recall that you never say that in the theatre. Maybe everyone concerned break several legs.
And me... well, a blank computer screen awaits. Still a lot of story to tell.
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I wish cable/satellite companies would drop their antiquated business model of purchasing 60 channels you don't want so that one can watch the 3 channels one is truly interested in. As far as I know, I have to pay the minimum $45/month just so that I can pay the $15/month for HBO.
Bring on the subscription internet streaming please!
Huzzaaaahhhh!!!!!!!
Do you plan on dropping in on the filming from time to time?
It's not like the books aren't packed with numerous similarly named characters(Mother have mercy when they show House Frey!), and "Robin" barely gets screen-time anyhow.
And when he does get it, much, much later on, the other significant Robert they were so worried about is already off-screen for good(unless you mean to revive him as a wight...I bet he'll be the only wight still wenching and getting drunk). And as you yourself mentioned, that similarity was plot point, smallish as it was.
Oh well, having just listened to Tyrion's first big battle in the AGoT audio-book I can't wait to see it on the screen.
I followed that for many years, but very early on with GAME OF THRONES, I realized that I wanted to have more than twenty-six characters, so there went the rule.
Actually, ICE & FIRE breaks all sorts of naming conventions for fiction. I took my cue from history instead, where nobles families tended to use the same names over and over. English history is all Edwards and Henrys. (Princes named things like Arthur, Eustace, and Alphonso never seemed to live long enough to inherit the crown). Thus the naming patterns of Westeros... which are more realistic than those seen in most fantasy fiction, I dare say, but perhaps more confusing as well.
Edited at 2010-07-27 01:09 am (UTC)
(no concerns for your kids, they will be great)
I remember that I used to read the novels and imagine what the scenes would be like if brought to life on film and then I would think to myself "oh, but that will never happen." Needless to say I'm extremely excited!