Dec 032010
The first full-length trailer for HBO’s forthcoming Game of Thrones series has arrived and it looks promising. Readers of the novels will recognize several major characters including Robert Baratheon, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, and Boromir–er, I mean Eddard Stark. Sean Bean, who plays Stark, seems to be Hollywood’s go-to guy for any role involving a noble but tragic figure from fantasy literature. The trailer nicely captures the dark, foreboding tone of the first book and I’m eager to catch additional glimpses of the series when HBO airs a brief making-of documentary this Sunday. In the meantime, I’m almost done rereading the first book. Doorstop fantasy novels are much more manageable on a Kindle.
