Pilusmagnus Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I've seen no recent threads talking about it specifically. And I want to talk about it. Si I'm starting this one. If that's wrong, please feel free to whip my ass.So, I'm almost finished with the first book already. I thought no one could make me read a book as fast as GRRM. I've never been so wrong in my life. I read book one in three days (and I'm a very slow reader) and it's fucking awesome. West is my favorite character (and my hero), followed closely by Jezal. The characters are so vivid and alive in my head that I can't help but imagine who would be the perfect actors if it came to a movie adaptation (a lot of them come from GoT, of course ) : Logen : Ralph Ineson, or Joe Abercrombie himself. Glokta : Andy Serkis or Ralph Fiennes Jezal : I'm imagining him as a guy I personnally know, but a famous actor would be Jack Gleeson (I can dream) or Tom Felton. West : Ewan McGregor (not debatable) Ardee : Amanda Abbington Arch Lector Sult : Patrick Stewart or the guy who plays Pyat Pree Bayaz : Ben Kingsley Malacus Quai : Aidan Turner Hoff : Stephen Fry, needless to say Varuz : Charles Dance, just for the hype of it Feel free to disagree the fuck with me or insult me as you like if you feel this thread unapropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diziet Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I actually did not like book one that much. Two and three are some of the most gripping fantasy I've read though. It really picks up halfway through BtaH (IIRC). From that point the series became really hard to put down for me--I literally read book three in one sitting, but in the end it wasn't as good as the second book. But what's with the "VX"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjornbert Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Joe as Logen makes no fucking sense. He should play The Feared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Was confused by the VX as well... But Abercrombie is pretty much ace in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toblakai Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 VX isn't correct Roman numerals, even if we were at 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 *gasp* INCORRECT ROMAN NUMERALS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 VX is like V2 or V3 but I don't know how much versions of the thread existed before so I put an X instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Charles Dance would be better as Bayaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 I'm imagining Bayaz as being bald and a bit fat. Charles Dance is thin. I actually did not like book one that much. I loved it one page in, but it's true that the second part is less catchy. A lot of chapters were less page-turning as in the first part, except the ones concerning the Contest and the one from West's POV. (West is love, West is life) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Oh, and of course, I had forgotten : Morgan Freeman as Yulwei and Lupita Lyuongo as Ferro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwalker Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Isn't Ardee supposed to have dark skin and features?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yersinia Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I'd cast Ian McKellen as Bayaz, just to confuse people. And Joe Abercrombie should play whichever of his characters he's put the most of himself into. Hopefully it's not a female character... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Isn't Ardee supposed to have dark skin and features?? I don't always pay attention to characters description. But I imagine her as Northern and therefore blond. (Yeah, that's cliché, but find me ONE character who's not cliché in this book.) How would McKellen be confusing? Don't answer me if it's spoiling books two and three. And Adam Brown should play Forley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjornbert Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I don't always pay attention to characters description. But I imagine her as Northern and therefore blond. (Yeah, that's cliché, but find me ONE character who's not cliché in this book.)How would McKellen be confusing? Don't answer me if it's spoiling books two and three. And Adam Brown should play Forley.You've read one book. Don't think you can judge if characters are cliche or not. I could point out some, but it would spoil the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilfellon Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 What about the bald guy from Outlander, the TV show as Bayaz Graham McTavish. Mackenzie Crook as either Quai or the Dogman. I forget his name but he played Edmund Tully in Game of Thrones as West Hannah Simone as Ardee West Also, the guy who played Ser Roddrick in Game of Thrones as Burr The man who played the Hound as Logen. And a guy in a Sontaran costume as Pyke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 VX is like V2 or V3 but I don't know how much versions of the thread existed before so I put an X instead. LOL! I just read the thread to understand what VX was meant to mean :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 What about the bald guy from Outlander, the TV show as Bayaz Graham McTavish. Mackenzie Crook as either Quai or the Dogman. I forget his name but he played Edmund Tully in Game of Thrones as West Hannah Simone as Ardee West Also, the guy who played Ser Roddrick in Game of Thrones as Burr The man who played the Hound as Logen. And a guy in a Sontaran costume as Pyke Oh, Graham McTavish as Bayaz would be great too. He was in the Hobbit as well. Mackenzie Crook would be perfect as the Dogman. I picture Quai as somehow more of a teenager. And Lee Arenberg would be a good Black Dow while we're at it. West is Ewan McGregor. This one is not debatable. That's it. Don't argue, it's pointless. I don't know Hannah Simone as an actress, but if you're looking for a dark-skinned woman, I guess she's physically perfect. Rodrik as Burr is good. Rory McCann as Logen is too easy of a choice. You could put him somewhere in the Dogman's band however. Or Bremer dan Gorst. Haven't met that Pyke yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I don't always pay attention to characters description. But I imagine her as Northern and therefore blond. (Yeah, that's cliché, but find me ONE character who's not cliché in this book.) How would McKellen be confusing? Don't answer me if it's spoiling books two and three. And Adam Brown should play Forley. None of the character's are cliche. Read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I don't always pay attention to characters description. But I imagine her as Northern and therefore blond. (Yeah, that's cliché, but find me ONE character who's not cliché in this book.) How would McKellen be confusing? Don't answer me if it's spoiling books two and three. And Adam Brown should play Forley. you should leave this thread and come back when you are done or risk spoilers by irritate posters disagreeing with your early assessment of the characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Cosca Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Glokta is Michael McElhatton. Don't argue with me on that oneLogen is Russel Crowe in Robin HoodNicomo Cosca is Oded FherSult is Jason IsaacBethod is Sean BeanAnd yeah, Bayaz is Ian Mckellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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