Game of Thrones, tv only, books don't exist, no backstory...NERDS already ruining a series that hasn't started (7 Viewers)

[Thunderlips]

I read that the new Mountain actor is 6'9'' 419 pounds. Jeebus.

Hapthor Bjornsson, I believe his name is. He finished in the top 5, IIRC, at the last World's Strongest Man competition.

I know it's taboo....but I thought by the books he was bigger. I thought he was like Andre the Giant sized.

Hard to find actors that are the size of Andre, I'm afraid.

True....but this guy is more like The Hill that Rides than The Mountain that Rides.

This guy seriously isn't big enough for you? He's comically huge and one of the strongest men on Earth.

They had to resort to some camera trickery to make him look bigger standing near Cersei....but he's still a big actor. I'm sure he's also a strong dude.....but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

It's a shame they couldn't find someone to really nail that role.

My opinion is formed on some book stuff I don't really want to go into in this thread.....

 

[Thunderlips]

I read that the new Mountain actor is 6'9'' 419 pounds. Jeebus.

Hapthor Bjornsson, I believe his name is. He finished in the top 5, IIRC, at the last World's Strongest Man competition.

I know it's taboo....but I thought by the books he was bigger. I thought he was like Andre the Giant sized.

Hard to find actors that are the size of Andre, I'm afraid.

True....but this guy is more like The Hill that Rides than The Mountain that Rides.

This guy seriously isn't big enough for you? He's comically huge and one of the strongest men on Earth.

They had to resort to some camera trickery to make him look bigger standing near Cersei....but he's still a big actor. I'm sure he's also a strong dude.....but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

It's a shame they couldn't find someone to really nail that role.

I'm sure they could have found an 8 foot tall 650 pound dude if they really tried. I'm disappointed.

LOL!..... Point taken.

 

[TLEF316]

Should have just put a helmet on Hodor. 1/2 the people watching wouldn't have known the difference.

The dude is 6'9 400 lbs plus. Talk about nitpicking. He's more than adequate. This dude would have worked as well

 

[Thunderlips]

Should have just put a helmet on Hodor. 1/2 the people watching wouldn't have known the difference.

The dude is 6'9 400 lbs plus. Talk about nitpicking. He's more than adequate. This dude would have worked as well

Yup, considering they've used 3 different actors to play The Mountain. They should have had all three sit on each others shoulders and put a big cloak on him. Then I'd be impressed.

 

[Josie Maran]

Should have just put a helmet on Hodor. 1/2 the people watching wouldn't have known the difference.

The dude is 6'9 400 lbs plus. Talk about nitpicking. He's more than adequate. This dude would have worked as well

Yup, considering they've used 3 different actors to play The Mountain. They should have had all three sit on each others shoulders and put a big cloak on him. Then I'd be impressed.

If only they had a holocaust cloak, at least THAT would be something.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

My opinion is formed on some book stuff I don't really want to go into in this thread.....

NO! PLEASE, DO!!!!!

 

[bushdocda]

The mountain should use Aryas sword.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I read that the new Mountain actor is 6'9'' 419 pounds. Jeebus.

Whoa... I'd take him over any of the Lions 2014 draft picks. That's crazy.

The Colts considered signing him in 2013.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

They had to resort to some camera trickery to make him look bigger standing near Cersei....

http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/game-of-thrones-the-mountain-so-scary/Scroll to the bottom of that page for an Instagram photo of him and Lena Headey. I don't think there's a lot of camera trickery necessary.

 

[Christo]

Should have just put a helmet on Hodor. 1/2 the people watching wouldn't have known the difference.

The dude is 6'9 400 lbs plus. Talk about nitpicking. He's more than adequate. This dude would have worked as well

Someone that big probably shouldn't go into the robbery game no matter how good he is at robbing.

>Can you describe the perpetrator?

>Well, he had a mask on but he was six ####### eleven and had to be 350 pounds.

 

[Mister Martie]

They had to resort to some camera trickery to make him look bigger standing near Cersei....

http://mashable.com/2014/05/19/game-of-thrones-the-mountain-so-scary/Scroll to the bottom of that page for an Instagram photo of him and Lena Headey. I don't think there's a lot of camera trickery necessary.

His head is the size of her torso. You probably have to be pretty strong to be showing abs at 420 pounds.

 

[Raider Nation]

Terrific scene in the dungeon with Ricardo Montalban and the midget. Watched it a few times.

 

[timschochet]

Terrific scene in the dungeon with Ricardo Montalban and the midget. Watched it a few times.

The guy who plays Oberyn doesn't have anywhere near the overacting skills of Khan. It takes decades of hamming it up to reach that level of awesome cheesiness.

 

[Raider Nation]

Terrific scene in the dungeon with Ricardo Montalban and the midget. Watched it a few times.

The guy who plays Oberyn doesn't have anywhere near the overacting skills of Khan. It takes decades of hamming it up to reach that level of awesome cheesiness.

Similar accent, is all. I'm not good with the names of characters.

 

[the moops]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

 

[the moops]

my guess...mountain wins, tyrion hatches some other plan to escape or something. he has gotta have something else up his tiny sleeve.

 

[Thunderlips]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

Lighten up, Francis. I've never seen grown men complain so much about the sanctity and virgin territory of their Dungeons and Dragons show.

 

[Thunderlips]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

Lighten up, Francis. I've never seen grown men complain so much about the sanctity and virgin territory of their Dungeons and Dragons show.

But you're the one complaining. The rest of us are making fun of you.

OH NO!!! SOMEONE MENTIONED BOOK! RUN!

 

[Premier]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

Lighten up, Francis. I've never seen grown men complain so much about the sanctity and virgin territory of their Dungeons and Dragons show.

Actually you nerds seem more offended that your fake book isn't totally accurate.

 

[Thunderlips]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

Lighten up, Francis. I've never seen grown men complain so much about the sanctity and virgin territory of their Dungeons and Dragons show.

Actually you nerds seem more offended that your fake book isn't totally accurate.

Actually, my clowning on my original comments kinda shows that I'm not that offended by a smaller Mountain. But I akin it to having Arnold from Different Strokes talking The Gooch up for 3 seasons as THE number one Bully.....and the reveal happens....he's nothing more than a little bigger than the rest of the kids. Same with Wolowitz's mom in A Big Bang Theory. We've been innudated with the magnificance of her size. How dissapointed would it be if she were to be finally revealed as a slightly over weight woman?

 

[ScottNorwood]

For Bronn fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5V8ecsrxeY

 

[LAUNCH]

I read that the new Mountain actor is 6'9'' 419 pounds. Jeebus.

Hapthor Bjornsson, I believe his name is. He finished in the top 5, IIRC, at the last World's Strongest Man competition.

I know it's taboo....but I thought by the books he was bigger. I thought he was like Andre the Giant sized.

Hard to find actors that are the size of Andre, I'm afraid.

True....but this guy is more like The Hill that Rides than The Mountain that Rides.

This guy seriously isn't big enough for you? He's comically huge and one of the strongest men on Earth.

They had to resort to some camera trickery to make him look bigger standing near Cersei....but he's still a big actor. I'm sure he's also a strong dude.....but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

It's a shame they couldn't find someone to really nail that role.

I'm sure they could have found an 8 foot tall 650 pound dude if they really tried. I'm disappointed.

LOL!..... Point taken.

They should have just brought back the original mountain. He just had the look of someone who was willing to slam his brothers face in a fire over a toy. These last two mountains were obviously big guys, but looked soft.

 

[kentric]

I read that the new Mountain actor is 6'9'' 419 pounds. Jeebus.

And too slow to make it in the NFL. Cut off a leg and he's 4 foot.

 

[Gr00vus]

but he falls short in the book descriptions of the character; 8 feet tall, able to wear chain mail under plate mail; swings a 6 foot sword...etc. etc.

jesus dude. we dont give a #### what the hell the book says. he is a huge, bad man.

Lighten up, Francis. I've never seen grown men complain so much about the sanctity and virgin territory of their Dungeons and Dragons show.

Actually you nerds seem more offended that your fake book isn't totally accurate.

Why are you bringing the bible into this?

 

[Arizona Ron]

Anyone else feel like we got cheated out of Daenerys nude scene when she hooked up with the guy that sneaked into her quarters?

Then I remembered reading something about her not wanting to do anymore nude scenes.

 

[derek19]

Anyone else feel like we got cheated out of Daenerys nude scene when she hooked up with the guy that sneaked into her quarters?

Then I remembered reading something about her not wanting to do anymore nude scenes.

 

[kentric]

Anyone else feel like we got cheated out of Daenerys nude scene when she hooked up with the guy that sneaked into her quarters?

Then I remembered reading something about her not wanting to do anymore nude scenes.

That's it. I'm out....

 

[The General]

Anyone else feel like we got cheated out of Daenerys nude scene when she hooked up with the guy that sneaked into her quarters?

Then I remembered reading something about her not wanting to do anymore nude scenes.

At least they did make up for it by having the Red Smoke Vag Monster lady do an entire scene in the bath tub for no real reason other than to show her glorious titays.

 

[Psychopav]

In the books, Dany still does nude scenes. I'm just sayin'.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

In the books, Dany still does nude scenes. I'm just sayin'.

Lesbian nude scenes

 

[Good Posting Judge]

There's always Timschochet fanfic, starring Bran and Joffrey together.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Terrific scene in the dungeon with Ricardo Montalban and the midget. Watched it a few times.

"My name is Inigo Montoya..."

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

 

[Psychopav]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

The original actor refused to do nude scenes.

:X

 

[timschochet]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

Chances are they wouldn't offer a contract to a guy who's only needed for a few scenes. I'm guessing they did try to get the original guy back, and he was busy. Or maybe he wanted too much money. Or maybe he was no good on the set. Who knows?

 

[identikit]

There's always Timschochet fanfic, starring Bran and Joffrey together.

Lolz

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

CGI the mountain IMO

And Dany nude too

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

And prepubescent bran

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

Chances are they wouldn't offer a contract to a guy who's only needed for a few scenes. I'm guessing they did try to get the original guy back, and he was busy. Or maybe he wanted too much money. Or maybe he was no good on the set. Who knows?

I'm not asking for speculation.

Daario was recast because he's the new lead in the transporter films.

I think season 2 would have made more sense to people had the mountain been the same guy. I feel like a lot of tv only people didn't realize it was the same character at harrenhall for a while.

 

[The Noid]

I was confused enough, thinking The Mountain and Sir Gregor were two different dudes. Then 3 different actors playing them

 

[Steed]

They shoulda stuck with the original dude, he's 7'1" and an amateur body builder. This new guy can barely read his one line.

 

[CBusAlex]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

The original actor left the show to go play this guy.

 

[bigmarc27]

Why did they recast the mountain from season 1 any way?

The original actor left the show to go play this guy.

I wonder how much it pays to play a cartoon?

 

[Maelstrom]

Amazing people give Tim so much grief about a comment taken outta context regarding Tommen, but are perfectly fine with Dany getting naked and yet she is "15" (show age) when she walked outta the fire with the dragons.

 

[Wyld Stallyns]

Amazing people give Tim so much grief about a comment taken outta context regarding Tommen, but are perfectly fine with Dany getting naked and yet she is "15" (show age) when she walked outta the fire with the dragons.

I agree. We should all stop ogling the hot 27 year old adult woman because the make-believe character she's playing is supposed to be 15. Great point.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Didn't they age up the characters for the show? So she's not even "supposed" to be a fake 15.

 

[shadyridr]

Amazing people give Tim so much grief about a comment taken outta context regarding Tommen, but are perfectly fine with Dany getting naked and yet she is "15" (show age) when she walked outta the fire with the dragons.

this may be the dumbest thing i ever read

 

[shadyridr]

Didn't they age up the characters for the show? So she's not even "supposed" to be a fake 15.

hes another book reader not shutting the #### up

 

[Ilov80s]

Amazing people give Tim so much grief about a comment taken outta context regarding Tommen, but are perfectly fine with Dany getting naked and yet she is "15" (show age) when she walked outta the fire with the dragons.

It's cuz he is Tim.

 

[otello]

Amazing people give Tim so much grief about a comment taken outta context regarding Tommen, but are perfectly fine with Dany getting naked and yet she is "15" (show age) when she walked outta the fire with the dragons.

when in the show did it say she was 15?