there’s lots you don’t know about this
popular fantasy series welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Game of Thrones
knowledge is power
please be advised the following clip
contains spoilers and mature content ten
is too young to say such things he won’t
be a boy forever and winter is coming
number ten a long time coming kicking
off our list of some backstory about
George RR Martin’s epic fantasy novels
the book series debuted in 1996 as a
Song of Ice and Fire
however when it was adapted to
television in 2011 the show adopted the
title of the first novel Martin is still
writing the best-selling book series but
it is supposed to be seven books long
when it is finally completed songs and
histories from the Seven Kingdoms thank
you sir number nine television Trump’s
film due to the novel’s instant
popularity film studios attempted to
secure the rights early on however the
author dismissed the idea of a movie
adaptation as he believed a film would
not do his books justice due to their
scale and complexity he favored HBO TV
as the network had proven itself capable
of faithfully adapting such stories
mastered rhyme effect a was kind number
eight the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros
viewers can explore a map of Game of
Thrones vast fantasy world in the show’s
animated intro reel locales like
Northern Ireland Malta Croatia Iceland
and Morocco duplicate the grandeur of
the books settings however even with
such exotic filming locations and
obviously high production values spots
like Winterfell were built in a parking
lot and the wall was built on a
soundstage I wanted to be here
when you saw it for the first time
number seven colorful nicknames what you
looking at tough man a trademark of the
show that’s been carried over from the
books is the use of character nicknames
which often reference a character’s
physical features origins and traits
examples include the IMP or half man to
describe Tyrion Lannister Littlefinger
to describe Petyr Baelish the Hound to
portray Sandor Clegane and the young
wolf for Robb Stark
many of the nicknames are actually
derogatory like the treasonous Jamie
Lannister as the Kingslayer
or the masculine Brienne the beauty what
did the Mad King say when you stabbed
him in the back he said the same thing
he’d been saying for hours burn them all
number six the bastards and you what’s
your story bastard ask me nicely and
maybe I’ll tell you door in the land of
Westeros there are many bastards several
of whom were born to Nobles those who
are acknowledged are given alias
surnames that describe their regions
from which they come including flowers
in the reach Hill in the westerland’s
Pike in the Iron Islands rivers in the
Riverlands sand in Dorne stone in the
Vale storm in the Stormlands waters in
the Crown lands and snow in the north
well load snow it appears you’re the
least useless person the number five
book to film character changes as with
many adaptations some things don’t make
it from book to screen on paper Stannis
Baratheon Tywin Lannister and the
Masters sword fighting instructors Syrio
Forel were all bald but they were
allowed to keep their hair for the TV
series
just so meanwhile Davos Seaworth
punishment for years of smuggling was
the removal of the fingertips of his
left hand on screen they swapped left
for right
since the actor portraying this
character was left-handed yesterday a
funny people then chopped off your
finger then you fall in love with him
number for Cersei’s parenting skills you
are my darling boy and the world will be
exactly as you want it to be in the
books
Cersei never disciplines her nasty
bratty son Joffrey and this
protectionist attitude defined her
character causing her to plot the murder
of her husband Robert in response to him
striking the little creep done nothing
quite right you did nothing however in
the show her motives are more focused on
attaining power so on one occasion she
does strike her son how many bastards
does he have running this 180 degree
change was the result of the
overwhelmingly positive viewer reaction
to Tyrion disciplining the boy one word
and I hit you again I’m telling mother
Oh number three the direwolves dire
wolves are large mythical beasts
described in the book budget constraints
meant real wolves and dogs were used
sparingly and were later coated with CGI
effects remember when the dire wolf
named lady was executed in real life she
was a northern Inuit dog named Zuni who
was adopted by the actress who played
Sansa let’s hope she takes better care
of her pet than her character did number
two a budget too small for horses the
biggest stumbling block facing Game of
Thrones is a lack of money one result of
this is a lack of horses in the fantasy
world which led to several changes from
the book it’s why King Robert ran down a
wild boar on foot
why Tyrion hiked to the Lannister
encampment and why season two’s jousting
tournament was swapped for combat above
a narrow walkway
number one realistic warfare rounding
out our trivia list is a factoid about
war on Game of Thrones
instead of focusing on pure carnage the
show emphasizes the strategy of warfare
addressing one of the author’s pet
peeves these battles go beyond two
armies fighting and delve into the
campaign and logistics including
discussions about needing to feed
soldiers the actions of commanders and
the play of geography need to get him on
broken ground put his Knights at a
disadvantage no we need to get around
him and break Jaime Lannister’s siege of
Riverrun do that and the river Lord’s
will join us viewers should be wary of
everyone’s mortality since Martin also
dislikes happy endings which piece of
Game of Thrones trivia did you find the
most interesting please let us know in
the comments section and for more
informative and entertaining top 10s be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
things I do for love
popular fantasy series welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring ten pieces of trivia you
should know about Game of Thrones
knowledge is power
please be advised the following clip
contains spoilers and mature content ten
is too young to say such things he won’t
be a boy forever and winter is coming
number ten a long time coming kicking
off our list of some backstory about
George RR Martin’s epic fantasy novels
the book series debuted in 1996 as a
Song of Ice and Fire
however when it was adapted to
television in 2011 the show adopted the
title of the first novel Martin is still
writing the best-selling book series but
it is supposed to be seven books long
when it is finally completed songs and
histories from the Seven Kingdoms thank
you sir number nine television Trump’s
film due to the novel’s instant
popularity film studios attempted to
secure the rights early on however the
author dismissed the idea of a movie
adaptation as he believed a film would
not do his books justice due to their
scale and complexity he favored HBO TV
as the network had proven itself capable
of faithfully adapting such stories
mastered rhyme effect a was kind number
eight the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros
viewers can explore a map of Game of
Thrones vast fantasy world in the show’s
animated intro reel locales like
Northern Ireland Malta Croatia Iceland
and Morocco duplicate the grandeur of
the books settings however even with
such exotic filming locations and
obviously high production values spots
like Winterfell were built in a parking
lot and the wall was built on a
soundstage I wanted to be here
when you saw it for the first time
number seven colorful nicknames what you
looking at tough man a trademark of the
show that’s been carried over from the
books is the use of character nicknames
which often reference a character’s
physical features origins and traits
examples include the IMP or half man to
describe Tyrion Lannister Littlefinger
to describe Petyr Baelish the Hound to
portray Sandor Clegane and the young
wolf for Robb Stark
many of the nicknames are actually
derogatory like the treasonous Jamie
Lannister as the Kingslayer
or the masculine Brienne the beauty what
did the Mad King say when you stabbed
him in the back he said the same thing
he’d been saying for hours burn them all
number six the bastards and you what’s
your story bastard ask me nicely and
maybe I’ll tell you door in the land of
Westeros there are many bastards several
of whom were born to Nobles those who
are acknowledged are given alias
surnames that describe their regions
from which they come including flowers
in the reach Hill in the westerland’s
Pike in the Iron Islands rivers in the
Riverlands sand in Dorne stone in the
Vale storm in the Stormlands waters in
the Crown lands and snow in the north
well load snow it appears you’re the
least useless person the number five
book to film character changes as with
many adaptations some things don’t make
it from book to screen on paper Stannis
Baratheon Tywin Lannister and the
Masters sword fighting instructors Syrio
Forel were all bald but they were
allowed to keep their hair for the TV
series
just so meanwhile Davos Seaworth
punishment for years of smuggling was
the removal of the fingertips of his
left hand on screen they swapped left
for right
since the actor portraying this
character was left-handed yesterday a
funny people then chopped off your
finger then you fall in love with him
number for Cersei’s parenting skills you
are my darling boy and the world will be
exactly as you want it to be in the
books
Cersei never disciplines her nasty
bratty son Joffrey and this
protectionist attitude defined her
character causing her to plot the murder
of her husband Robert in response to him
striking the little creep done nothing
quite right you did nothing however in
the show her motives are more focused on
attaining power so on one occasion she
does strike her son how many bastards
does he have running this 180 degree
change was the result of the
overwhelmingly positive viewer reaction
to Tyrion disciplining the boy one word
and I hit you again I’m telling mother
Oh number three the direwolves dire
wolves are large mythical beasts
described in the book budget constraints
meant real wolves and dogs were used
sparingly and were later coated with CGI
effects remember when the dire wolf
named lady was executed in real life she
was a northern Inuit dog named Zuni who
was adopted by the actress who played
Sansa let’s hope she takes better care
of her pet than her character did number
two a budget too small for horses the
biggest stumbling block facing Game of
Thrones is a lack of money one result of
this is a lack of horses in the fantasy
world which led to several changes from
the book it’s why King Robert ran down a
wild boar on foot
why Tyrion hiked to the Lannister
encampment and why season two’s jousting
tournament was swapped for combat above
a narrow walkway
number one realistic warfare rounding
out our trivia list is a factoid about
war on Game of Thrones
instead of focusing on pure carnage the
show emphasizes the strategy of warfare
addressing one of the author’s pet
peeves these battles go beyond two
armies fighting and delve into the
campaign and logistics including
discussions about needing to feed
soldiers the actions of commanders and
the play of geography need to get him on
broken ground put his Knights at a
disadvantage no we need to get around
him and break Jaime Lannister’s siege of
Riverrun do that and the river Lord’s
will join us viewers should be wary of
everyone’s mortality since Martin also
dislikes happy endings which piece of
Game of Thrones trivia did you find the
most interesting please let us know in
the comments section and for more
informative and entertaining top 10s be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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