So, yesterday we (= Lone Wanderer, my mother and I) watched the last three episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones. Having read the book I can say the series follow the book very well, at least in the first season. (Though, they showed a little part of the second book in the first season already, but nothing mayor or something)
The only real changes they made are some scenes containing sex. They left some that are in the book out, and put others in. Dunno, it's so useless *shrugs*

Also, Lone Wanderer and I went to the Game of Thrones Exhibition yesterday. The props and costumes looked fantastic, but unfortunately we were only allowed to walk around in the church for 15 minutes, because otherwise the line outside would get too long. We wanted to get in line for a second time, but it started to rain, we had no umbrella with us and we would have to stand in line for 2 hours, so we decided to do some other things instead (Book shops! :E)
I really hope the exhibition will return to the Netherlands one day with a better organisation and such, because I love these kind of exhibitions.

And now I want a Stark-coat. And a sword. 


Edit: btw, what do you think of the casting? I really like how Jon and Robb look so much like each other, as do Arya and Bran. 

Edit2: The 2nd season follows the book less well, and not always for the better I'm afraid. Some things feel a bit rushed, even some important things. I think they should have left out some less important things (especially the less important things that weren't even in the books in the first place

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I just much rather look at Ghost and Jon Snow finding some weapons left by his uncle in a rather creepy setting, than at Renly struggling with his love life.

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Welcome Lisette!  I hope you'll have a nice time on the forum.
As for book recommendations: I can really recommend the Song of Ice & Fire series (Game of Thrones), they're fantastic

Aw, it's too bad Lone Wanderer and I are only on Sunday at the fair. But have a nice birthday! The Elf is a perfect place to celebrate it.
And well, if you see us walking around on Sunday, feel free to say hi! (I'll be in a red dress, wearing a skull mask and a big red hat with feathers (pretty similar to my avatar ), Lone Wanderer has a Rainbow-dragon costume. And there'll probably some Harry Potter cosplayers around us and a girl with a scythe (BleuDragon)  )

That's brilliant  And it would be even more brilliant if it was actually true. 

xD No, I was talking about the double posting rule. 

Have you seen them last November?

Shout: (*&^%$ FLASH! It's not always as logical as it should be, unfortunately. Giving me errors while I haven't changed a thing since the last working version...

Lol, Hans Kazan looks so much like Michael Crawford in that video (at least, that was my first thought), but I guess you guys don't even know who Crawford is?

@Nienna: I've never seen The Wiz, but from what I've heard it's just a bad rip off from The Wizard of Oz? I've seen Wicked though and that one was awesome (though after reading The Wizard of Oz I realized the story of Wicked doesn't correspondent with TWoO at all and could just have been a story on it's own) And of course I read the book of The Wizard of Oz. However, I also read some reviews of the movie and the story is indeed not that spectacular. Too much Wizard of Oz (19something movie) and Wicked and too less originality and depth) Still want to see it though, but I guess I'll wait for the DVD or maybe till it's on TV.

What's with all the fairytales and Oz-stories lately anyway? There's a Wizard of Oz series in production (described as: "The Wizard of Oz meets Game of Thrones", which doesn't sound good at all),  and I stopped counting all the fairy tale movies that have been released last year and will be this year. Don't get me wrong, I love fairy tales, but what's the sense of turning Hansl and Gretl into witch hunters and both Grimm and Beauty and the Beast in some modern setting? It feels as if the fantasy movie industry has ran out of ideas or something.