Ok, I have never read the books this series is based on, so I can't comment how they differ. That said, I found the first episode very entertaining and not as confusing as I thought it might be. Some good beheadings and some choice nudity certainly helped hold my interest.
Not too terrible differences from the book to the series so far (going by one single episode).
I thought, for the most part, it did a good job of depicting what I imagined the world of Westeros looks like and where Daenarys is also. Minor complaints from me in the some of the characters don't look how I think Martin describes them as, but, whatever...
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Quote from: deaner33 on April 18, 2011, 05:21:30 PM
Ok, I have never read the books this series is based on, so I can't comment how they differ. That said, I found the first episode very entertaining and not as confusing as I thought it might be. Some good beheadings and some choice nudity certainly helped hold my interest.
Yeah, I've never read the books either but I definitely liked the first episode. I mean you can't really go wrong with beheadings, random violence, copious nudity and brother sister fucking. Can't wait to see what they have in store for the next episode.
So is the dwarf the coolest character in the book? Cause he kicked ass last night. Anya (?) is pretty awesome too.
I've never read the books, or seen the show, but Dwarfs are always the coolest characters.
Tyrion, the Dwarf, is probably one of the most loved characters in the entire series, yes. He's very intelligent, has a conscience, and is very fallible which makes readers be able to relate to him.
Just saw the 2nd episode it looks like its almost word for word and scene by scene from the book which is a VERY good sign. I haven't read them in a couple years but I can't think of anything they missed yet except for when Joffrey got into it with Rob Stark at Winterfell which is only one scene.
Glad they started to pick it up honestly the first book in the series is a lot of setup the latter books are almost entirely action and backstabbing. It should be great TV.
Looks really promising. Like GodShifter said some characters don't look like I imagined them, but then they never do.
Ok, I'm having trouble keeping up with all the characters. Good thing my new Kindle is coming tomorrow, will be getting these books right away.
Yeah, and the thing is, if you've read the books then some the stuff they introduce as "background" for the characters comes across as kind of boring. For instance, Jon Snow's lament of not wanting to get a whore pregnant, thus creating another "bastard" or Viserys's description of the Red Keep and the dragon skulls. All background that is explained in greater detail and from other's character's perspectives in the book but for the sake of the show and time and flow ....
Last night was good but kind of dragged a bit because of what I was talking about^
Dean-o, you need any help with the characters? Let me know. I'll help you out.
First, I probably should get off-line while I watch the shows. I understand the basic plot points - what I have trouble with are the references to characters that haven't shown up yet (or won't) and locations that have only been referred to so far. I have been reading up on characters on Wikipedia to understand the relationships better.
I like it enough to look forward to seeing it every week, but it's a tough follow. Yeah, the referencing to different characters in upcoming episodes is a real bummer if you havent read the books (like me). Hard to love it, and hard not to like it. It's a case where some tweaking to make it alittle more watchable through all the dialogue would have been warranted...but obv not by the people loyal to the books. Very well acted across the board though
Quote from: GodShifter on May 09, 2011, 09:28:29 PM
Yeah, and the thing is, if you've read the books then some the stuff they introduce as "background" for the characters comes across as kind of boring. For instance, Jon Snow's lament of not wanting to get a whore pregnant, thus creating another "bastard" or Viserys's description of the Red Keep and the dragon skulls. All background that is explained in greater detail and from other's character's perspectives in the book but for the sake of the show and time and flow ....
Last night was good but kind of dragged a bit because of what I was talking about^
Dean-o, you need any help with the characters? Let me know. I'll help you out.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on May 10, 2011, 02:40:34 PM
I like it enough to look forward to seeing it every week, but it's a tough follow. Yeah, the referencing to different characters in upcoming episodes is a real bummer if you havent read the books (like me). Hard to love it, and hard not to like it. It's a case where some tweaking to make it alittle more watchable through all the dialogue would have been warranted...but obv not by the people loyal to the books. Very well acted across the board though
Yeah, like who was the dude that got jousted in the neck? Also, what was the big deal about the King's son at the blacksmith's?
Ser Hugh is the knight who was lanced in the neck. He was, originally, the squire to Jon Arryn, who was the "Hand To The King" who dies before the first episode even gets started. Arryn's death is the reason Ned Stark has to become the next "Hand". Hugh becoming a knight right after Arryn's death raises some suspicions about a) his possible involvement in Arryn's death or b) his knowledge of someone poisoning Arryn and he gets the title of knight to shut him up. Then his death at the tournament shuts him up permanently .... (did someone put Ser Gregor up to killing him? hmmm)
Gendry, the King's bastard son, is of interest to Jon Arryn (and Ned Stark) for reasons that are not clear yet, but the bloodline and possible succession of the throne if Robert was to die, are of interest here ....
Ah, got it. Started reading Game of Thrones last night, first difference I noticed is that everyone's age in the book is at least 4-5 years less than on the show. Makes sense, can't have 13 year olds having sex on the TV show. I'm liking Martin's writing style - easy to read, but still well written. Reading it on the Kindle is cool too - the built in dictionary helps with some of the obscure words.
Enjoy!
Fuck yeah! Last night's show kicked ass. Crown of gold and all...
Damn this show is addictive. I can't stop watching it.
Read an article on Entertainment Weekly that everyone is scared viewership will drop since Ned Stark was killed off. He was just about my least favorite character so I'm more than fine with it.
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I think it's more because of Sean Bean than anything else. He is, easily, the best known actor in the cast.
I missed the last 4 episodes, so what do I know?
I'm watching the series this days, I like it a lot, it's interesting to see how some places are just like I imagined from reading the book, it feels like I knew the place. But I don't like Bon Jovi doing Jamie Lannister.
That's the way to do a final episode. The baby dragons were cool as fuck. Didn't hurt that there were titties in the scene either.
Quote from: deaner33 on June 21, 2011, 08:59:53 PM
That's the way to do a final episode. The baby dragons were cool as fuck. Didn't hurt that there were titties in the scene either.
Yeah in the book that chick is like 14 or 15 at the start.
I read a bunch of people are worried that the second season won't do as well because they killed off the main character who is essentially the biggest name actor in the thing. I'm kinda curious if they've cast some of the main characters who appear in the second book like Stannis and Melisandre yet.
Fuck those people. Ned Stark was easily the most boring character in the first season. So what if the actor was famous.
Reading the book now - the girl is 13 in the book. I read an article that she is supposed to be 17 on the show, which is still young!
The wife and I ended up watching all of these in about 2 weeks after being ignorant to their existence until just before then.
Good stuff all the way through....
I fear that if they do every book as a season this show will face the same fate as Deadwood in that it will never be finished.
Particularly for 50-60 million per season. (as the first was rumored to have cost)
Quote from: sleestak on July 11, 2011, 03:57:36 PM
The wife and I ended up watching all of these in about 2 weeks after being ignorant to their existence until just before then.
Good stuff all the way through....
I fear that if they do every book as a season this show will face the same fate as Deadwood in that it will never be finished.
Particularly for 50-60 million per season. (as the first was rumored to have cost)
It's all about the ratings. Deadwood, while great, never had enough viewers. Same with The Wire. I think Game of Thrones has enough built-in audience (the book readers) and costume dramas are in right now. Guess we'll see after the second season.
Milch was interviewed by Esquire in January of 2011 and when questioned about Deadwood said: "I don't know that the last word has been said on the subject ... I still nourish the hope that we're going to get to do a little more work in that area."
I'd definitely tune in. Loved Deadwood. Of course Olyphant now has Justified, which is actually decent.
Yeah, I read, originally, Milch wanted to do two two hour movies to wrap up "Deadwood" instead of leaving it hanging. I think, though, due to the cost of the sets, getting the talent back together, and everything else, "Deadwood" is probably done with unless they narrowed the scope to maybe one character in a different time period or maybe a couple of characters ...
Thought you guys might be interested in this the DVD as well as blu-ray comes out on March 6.
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and this...
I may have to get my dad the DVD set for Father's Day.
Im loving it, watched the first four episodes the other night, I was only going to watch one!
My friend Jim is an extra in this he said some of it was pretty dangerous filming battle scenes, a few people got badly trampled by horses, I like to get all the horse related stories...
Can't wait til tomorrow night.
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Very good show! im reading the books as well, im at book 4 now...damn good books! love it!
That redhead sex witch got nekkid!
Quote from: deaner33 on April 10, 2012, 08:01:44 PM
That redhead sex witch got nekkid!
I still prefer Ros for my redhead sex vixen fantasies. Although it looks like she lost a bit of her mojo. Quite the pep talk from littlefinger though.
This recapper is very entertaining and right on - I'm a lazy tv viewer and these heavily plotted shows are too hard for me to keep up with without some help
http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-dead-may-never-die/5/ (http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-dead-may-never-die/5/)
Shaft, once and a while I agree with you.
TWP is good too:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/game-of-thrones/recaps.php
I enjoyed being able to run through the 1st season a few episodes at a time ondemand.
I can't seem to buckle down and catch this season, so far I've watched one episode out of order.
I may wait until the seasons done and repeat what I did for the 1st season.
Damn, the show is moving fast now.
Sex witch giving birth to a demon was awesome!
Also, Tyrion is the man!
yea i want to see what the smoke thing that crawled out of the witch is up to
also want to see how all this crazy 'iron throne fever' everyone has pans out... assuming not good
Angry mob rips off arms!
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on May 07, 2012, 05:33:40 PM
Angry mob rips off arms!
Just think, he could have just got out of there with a little shit on his face. Still, we wouldn't have been able to witness dog's mini-rampage which was a thing of malevolent beauty and killing efficiency.
Any time Joffrey gets the shit slapped out of him, it's a great episode.
I can't wait to see that little fucker's head on a stick.
I want to start reading the books the show is based on I have the first three books but am currently reading the Dark Tower series. I think after I finish reading Wizard and Glass which I'll read Game of Thrones that girl Arya is pretty badass my favorite character on the show. What do you guys think about the last two books? They have mixed reviews on Amazon something about all build up or something from what I understood.
I only made it through the first book. I read a lot (everyday), but that book was so dense. Tough read for me. I actually prefer the show as it seems to streamline a lot of the stuff and it's way easier for me to keep track of who's who.
I've read the first three twice and the last two only once a piece.
IMO -- The last two do a poor job of extending the story to any viable point at all. It seems like it's practically all character studies, introspection, and so forth; just very little that drives the narrative to any real significant plot climaxes.
Don't get me wrong; there's some stuff that happens that is important. But, for the most, for a book series that is supposed to be wrapped up in two more novels, I can't see for the life of me how's it's going to be done outside of killing off multiple POV characters. Just way too many plot angles, too many characters, and too slow moving.
Short story: I don't recommend the last books, either.
Godshifter, you're right on the money. After the brilliance of the first three books, the last two were meh at best. The last one in particular seemed to have no focus. I still havent watched the series, but from the clips I've seen, it seems they've done a great job of casting it.
"The more people you love the weaker you are."
That guy that assassinates people in debt of Arya is pretty hardcore hope there's more of him.
Quote from: diasdegalvan on May 23, 2012, 01:16:30 AM
That guy that assassinates people in debt of Arya is pretty hardcore hope there's more of him.
Jaqen H'ghar. He was awesome in the books and they did a great job casting him in the show. A man says.
I was all like - Cersei will have the wrong whore. Ka-ching!
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on May 24, 2012, 07:39:49 AM
I was all like - Cersei will have the wrong whore. Ka-ching!
It was the same in the books. Except there was no Ros in the books. There was a bit of a side story where Tyrion used to go to a whorehouse and go to his room with this one girl. But it was just a ruse as there was a secret exit that he could use to evade those watching him. In the book, the one cersei captures is the girl that helped him with these escapes.
Huge battle scene tonight, land and sea. HBO gave them some money. How many of these are they making - this is #9
There's only one episode left now.
Man, the only thing I hate about series on HBO is how long it takes for the next season to come back on.
so i just watched the first 19 episodes pretty much straight through. ive already basically proofread the story without reading the books and like deaner said it has made it very easy to follow already knowing who was who. everytime i hear the name sanser i think of that episode of superjail that had the little girl with cancer that they called sanser
There is no character named 'Sanser'. There is a Sansa and a Sandor, however.
Quote from: GodShifter on June 04, 2012, 04:42:35 PM
There is no character named 'Sanser'. There is a Sansa and a Sandor, however.
my bad. Sorry to get Sansas name wrong. Will you forgive me? I'm new to the scene
Just trying to help you. Quit Tweakin damnit!
What a finale! I actually teared up a couple of times, great season. Plus Zombies!
dragons! zombie horse!
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http://www.pornhub.com/pornstar/sibel-kekilli
nice.
Quote from: Demon Lung on June 04, 2012, 07:46:21 PM
Quote from: GodShifter on June 04, 2012, 04:42:35 PM
There is no character named 'Sanser'. There is a Sansa and a Sandor, however.
my bad. Sorry to get Sansas name wrong. Will you forgive me? I'm new to the scene
But you said you
proofread the story!1! Mistakes are unacceptable! :P
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on June 06, 2012, 12:30:37 PM
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"his role"
paging deaner.
Actually have a porn DVD of her after seeing her in Head On. Disappointed I didn't recognize her though.
it's coming back. new intro this season:
haha thats brilliant! ;)
cant wait for the next series, I think im gonna watch it all again soon its pure bliss, im a few chapters into A Dance with Dragons and annoyingly it makes me fall asleep every time I dont know why because I love it :(
I have been in Sansa withdrawls for over a year.
Yeah Sansa is one of my favourites too!
QuoteJaqen H'ghar. He was awesome in the books and they did a great job casting him in the show. A man says.
I loved him too even more so in the series they really did cast him well :)
New preview is out. Unsullied are making an appearance in the third season, that's gonna rule.
This is the only show I watch.
this looks so fucking bad ass.
i watched the first two seasons before i read any of the books (and have since read them all, except that one that didn't have dany or tyrion in it). tv daenerys gets a little tough and a lot more decisive fairly quickly. while her plans don't always come together, she knows what she wants and goes for it. book daenerys spends 3 or 4 books going "oh what should i do? it's so hard!!" before she finally gets her shit together. i really like the direction the tv show is taking her.
i also really like the additions in the show that aren't in the books. they pretty much always enhance the characters and give them more depth than they have in the books. the scene in season 1 between cersei and king robert where they talk frankly about how he doesn't love her but she used to love him. the scene where renley and the poncey knight blow each other. dany locking her betrayers in a vault to slowly starve to death. all awesome, all not in the books.
^ Huh, my experiences have been the exact opposite. I can see that the re-writes may make for better television ratings wise. However, I think the characters are robbed of a lot their depth and richness on the show. The books to me depict far more vibrant personalities and complex motivations. The biggest appeal to me is the underlying humanity of the characters, which is really achieved by the subtle and gradual glimpses into their innermost conflicts. I realize this is hard to portray on screen, and it's done well in some instances, however, the books really accentuate the moral ambiguity that I find so mesmerizing.
Dany is the primary victim of this, in my opinion. Take the contrasting versions of the warlock tower episode - the show condenses and reduces it to a shallow, melodramatic action sequence, where the book utilizes it as an opportunity for elaborate phantasmagoria and foreshadowing. Even in the first season, her sacrifice of the witch to resurrect the dragons, utilizing the same blood magic that saved Khal Drogo's life, that isn't really explained or elaborated on. Weak sauce. Her character is virtually ruined by the show.
Don't get me wrong, it's still the only show I watch and enjoy, it's just never going to measure up to the original source material. Then again, I can't think of any show or movie that ever has, so I'm happy to watch it all the same :D
The books are too dense for me. I felt like I needed charts, maps and family trees to keep track of things. I like how the show has simplified things.
Quote from: The Bandit on March 19, 2013, 04:16:31 PM
The books are too dense for me. I felt like I needed charts, maps and family trees to keep track of things. I like how the show has simplified things.
Fair enough, to each his own. I've always dug the epics, both ancient and modern, so the density is quite attractive to me.
the books aren't too dense for me, they're just fucking terribly written. martin is great at world-building but he's fucking wretched when it comes to crafting prose. the exact same phrases repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. no wonder the books are so long. he decides to make the characters have the exact same inner monologue three or four times in a row. christ.
dany's character in the book is, to me, weak and whimpering and uncertain. always at the mercy of the men around her, her tits flopping all over the place while others play father to her. although i do definitely agree that the tv show pretty much ruined the warlock tower thing. not only did they strip it of most of its meaning, it didn't even look all that difficult to get her dragons back. she entered the tower and left with the dragons in a single episode. some struggle. some danger. ::)
but cersei's where the tv show really outshines the book for me. in the books she's just a bitch. a power-hungry bitch with penis envy and a drinking problem. the show has given her real depth, shades of grey, moral ambiguity that are all lacking in the book.
in general i think the tv show handles the female characters MUCH better than the books do.
Eh, I've read much worse modern fantasy and enjoyed it. Eddings' writing is really atrocious, he uses the same humor and jokes over and over again, and loves to write lame deus ex machina resolutions. I still unabashedly love those books. ;D
I'll agree with you on Cersei, in a lot of ways, she's almost a minor character in the novels. What they did with her in the show during the siege of King's Landing, for example, adds a lot of facets to her persona. Catelyn, naw, I like her better in the book. She's specifically one of the characters where you get to see the inner workings of her mind, and I like how she just gets basically shit on and just keeps on keeping on despite her suffering. The scenes in Riverrun with her father and brother add a lot too.
I like Dany way better in the book, to me they really miss the mark portraying her twisted sense of justice in the show. That becomes more prominent in the third novel, so we'll see how they do with it this season.
Curious to see how they'll do with Ygritte this season, didn't like how they changed that at all, nor how they portrayed her. Mance Rayder, that will be interesting as well. They also totally fucked both the Bran and Arya storylines, curious to see if they can recover with those. Arya I think they can, it's going to be tough with Bran, since they never introduced the Crannogmen.
Here's an interesting article about adapting the books for the show:
http://io9.com/you-really-dont-want-game-of-thrones-to-last-10-season-456658267
Interested in your responses (especially from y'all that have read the books).
i think that article makes a lot of good points. as much as i love really good tv (breaking bad, mad men, the wire, the sopranos, etc.), i think 5-7 seasons is a good length for a high quality show.
i also really hope the tv peoples combine book 4 and book 5 into a single season and really trim the fat. both of em are full of new characters that don't do a whole lot. reading someone's internal strife is interesting. seeing them act it out isn't. i also (semi-spoiler) feel like daenerys spends book 5 sitting around not really doing anything (and she isn't in book 4 at all) and who wants to watch that for one or two seasons? unless they work in those novellas that focused on her (which i haven't read yet, but want to).
mad men's the sort of show that's really character driven, so you can watch an entire season without much happening in terms of plot advancement and you still feel like you get a lot out of it (at least i do anyway). but GOT has set itself up as action-filled and fast-paced, and making the transition to introspective character piece in season 4 to whatever will be a difficult sell for an audience that wants dragons and tits and blood.
I just want the show to last long enough for Sansa to show her tits.
i want it to last long enough for cersei to show her everything.
Quote from: strangelight on March 20, 2013, 03:36:20 PM
i want it to last long enough for cersei to show her everything.
Has she shown anything on the show? I swear I've seen her nude. Maybe something else?
Quote from: The Bandit on March 20, 2013, 03:30:17 PM
I just want the show to last long enough for Sansa to show her tits.
Settle down there Sandusky. She's only 17.
I am well aware of that fact.
Quote from: The Bandit on March 20, 2013, 04:40:41 PM
Quote from: strangelight on March 20, 2013, 03:36:20 PM
i want it to last long enough for cersei to show her everything.
Has she shown anything on the show? I swear I've seen her nude. Maybe something else?
not yet, but she was pregnant during season 1. stuff happens later on that requires her to be fully nude. i don't really see how they could do the scene without full nudity, but they might use a body double?
I think she would go for it.
Yeah that article was spot on.
I treat the show like a novelty extra and watch it with a pinch of salt, it is thoroughly enjoyable especially with all the beautiful people. I think Martin is an excellent writer, I adore every single paragraph, just picked up A dance with dragons again, sleepy phase over! I think it's that boring bastard stannis! and Davos bores me too, and snow is so uptight and solitary since he took over the watch, I miss his laughing and interactions with his brothers, it's all awesome though gotta ride the storm with them.....
I know what you mean about the women being fiercer in the show its been good to watch!
one of my friends thinks stannis is super sexy. i don't get it, but i would totally do sex things to davos. tv atheist davos, not book religious davos.
I can't remember stannis or davos in the show :* there are a lot of sexy men in that show though, Snow and Ned, hot!
Not long until the next series!
Damn, my Game of Thrones boner is hard. I might have a priaprism come Sunday.
Whoot! That's fun.
I hate this swords and sorcery bullshit so I watch the show without absorbing any of the stupid parts - like the plot lines and all the place and people names, works okay for me. Like with the later Star Wars movies.
Is it just me or did the Dragon chick drop some pounds?
Quote from: Soundgardenia on April 01, 2013, 01:13:05 PM
Is it just me or did the Dragon chick drop some pounds?
I was thinking she looked bigger, especially her arms.
Nopes, her face is definitely looking more boney. The arms look bigger because of the cut of the shirt, it's not a flattering cut.
wandering around in the red waste sheds the pounds
I was having an argument with an idiot friend of mine who claims that when adapting the books to the tv show, they writers should have changed the story so that Ned Stark lived. I couldn't seem to get him to understand that making that alteration would have changed the story for the entire series.
daenerys doesn't really look thinner to me compared to last season. her clothes are more form-fitting this year.
only way to really know is if she gets naked again. /fingers crossed
edit:
i also really wanna see these two ride some dragons.
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What about ride each other?
that too.
in book 3 (semi-not-really spoilery information to follow that does not reveal anything plot-related).......
dany lezzes it up with chiqri (a dothraki slave girl) a lot. for no real reason. just several scenes where dany starts rubbing one out and chiri notices and finishes her off. but on the show, chiqri was killed in season 2. so maybe the show will have this lady be the new queen lesbian servicer? or maybe they'll just skip it because it doesn't advance the plot and there are enough scenes and characters per episode as it is.
Interesting season premiere. They introduced a lot of key elements from the story in that first episode, and in some aspects are moving really quickly.
Once again, I don't like what they're doing with Dany's character, I feel they really miss the mark on just the subtle things. In the book, Mormont is fairly dead set against her buying a slave army, it was supposed to be more of a ruse to test the intentions of her benefactors and protectors. He argues that once they return to Westeros, free men won't follow a queen who keeps a slave army. Dany is insistent on obtaining The Unsullied, although obviously she had other plans...
Of course, they reverse it on the show, so that Mormont is advising her to buy them because she needs an army, and Dany doesn't want to have a slave army. That's really weak. We'll see how they handle that from here one in.
That being said, the giant was cool, I wasn't expecting them to have the budget for hundreds of them. The manticore was awesome, and so was the scene with the dragon eating fish.
Oh, and this: http://www.happyplace.com/22775/game-of-thrones-facebook-recap-season-3-episode-1 (http://www.happyplace.com/22775/game-of-thrones-facebook-recap-season-3-episode-1)
^ Season 3 Episode 1 told entirely through Facebook posting ;D
Dany was looking fine as hell once again. And no it doesn't seem as if she has lost any weight dean.
'Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Opens With Every Character Getting Fingered While Discussing Arrival Of Winter
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/game-of-thrones-season-3-opens-with-every-characte,31882/ (http://www.theonion.com/articles/game-of-thrones-season-3-opens-with-every-characte,31882/)
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Excellent episode last night. Story felt like it was moving more than last week's.
I like the Reeds.
Quote from: The Bandit on April 08, 2013, 09:09:24 AM
Excellent episode last night. Story felt like it was moving more than last week's.
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Yeah, it was much better.
And while you're going ga-ga over Sansa Stark, I'm really digging Meera Reed. The actress who plays her is 23 ;)
She is cute, but ain't no Sansa.
Quote from: The Shocker on April 09, 2013, 11:43:55 PM
She is cute, but ain't no Sansa.
Different strokes for different folks, my friend ;)
True. I like Shae as well, but that is because she did porn. Really, there is no shortage of hot chicks on that show.
The actress they picked for Meera Reed is not attractive at all to me. She looks zero like I pictured her in the book which is odd because, for the most part, they've done a good job of casting for this series (Stannis and Jaime excluded).
Last weeks episode seemed a bit too frenetic. Lots of jumping around from plot line to plot line, but with this many characters and story lines, it's unavoidable. Yet, it almost seems like it's a "bit off more than they can chew" type deal. We'll see if it works out by the end.
yeah, there are too many characters now to visit every main/exciting plot line in a single episode. and there are still 4 or 5 new characters they're going to introduce this season. and the last two books (season 5 and 6, if they happen) focus a lot on characters we don't even know yet.
GS, i think jaime is well cast. he looks like prince charming, which i always thought was kinda the point. blonde handsome asshole.
i agree about stannis, though. the guy they've hired to be stannis in the show is way too sexy. too attractive, too much charisma. i think the actor does a good job, but stannis is supposed to be not so kingly.
I like the guy who plays Jaime as well, he's a good actor. Stannis...eh.
The actress who plays Meera, I like her curly hair and that smile of hers. She looks like an ex of mine from years and years ago.
Oh, I have no qualms with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's performance of Jaime. In fact, he's excellent. However, he does not look like Jaime as he's described in the books. His nose is different, his hair is not blond and curly, but kind of a dirty dishwater, brown. But, a small, quibbling detail and makes no matter upon the series itself.
There are certain characters in this series that have always made me groan when they appear in chapters or the show itself. One of those is Bran. I fucking HATE his story line and I hate him. It's so boring and it seems so pointless though, perhaps, it will become more clear what his story arc is to the rest of the story later. I do like Osha, though, so she saves his scenes from being almost "fast forward" material. Another character I hate is Sam and he doesn't have Osha to save him, so fuck his story line. He's a big bag of nothing (no pun intended).
I've read the first 3 books twice and the last two once. So I know the story pretty well and have no problem keeping plot lines and characters straight unlike some other people I've talked to. In some respects, I think the series tells the story better than the books themselves. The truncated versions are often preferable to the long, drawn out narratives of Martin who, seemingly, has entire chapters to further a backstory that really isn't that essential to the main plot (like Holster dying, for instance). Much more effective that we hear of his death instead of the drawn out, tiresome death at Riverrun.
But Bran is such a cutie. ;)
Liz, why do you keep saying "if they happen"? By all acounts this is HBO's prestige show. Everything I've read is that the concern is that the show catches up before Martin finishes. No way this show gets cancelled.
well, HBO canceled deadwood, so i don't really trust them to know what's good for them.
and book 3 is full of action and other stuff that will translate well on screen. but books 4 and 5 switch more towards courtly politics and million characters we haven't met yet and don't care about, and martin seems to lose the threads of the story arcs he began in book 1. no one seems to go anywhere or get anything done, and so the show might exhaust the good will its built up and not actually finish the series.
also... i dunno if martin can finish the series. i think he's lost interest in his own characters and doesn't know how to wrap up this saga. he apparently told the HBO peeps how he plans to have the series finish, but... i dunno. yes, this show is super popular, but i can also see it falling apart in the 5th or 6th season, well before any of these events (the white walkers, khaleesi finally getting to westeros, etc.) actually happen.
Couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, it's almost like I said it.
HBO could always go on with the series with his input right?
martin "promises" to finish the "last" book before the series catches up, but he's old and lazy and may not get it done, so he's given the hbo writers his plot points.
i was actually happy to see how far much they changed things in season 2, and i don't remember too many people getting up in arms about it. so, i hope that means the show will change more going forward, because martin has a knack for creating characters we love and then having them make the worst/most boring decisions possible.
Deadwood did not have the ratings.
They are splitting book 3 into 2 seasons as well.
this show's way more expensive to make than deadwood. it may have good ratings, but if the costs and profits don't line up nicely, i don't trust the dummies at HBO to keep the show going.
in the real world, i know 2 people with HBO, but i know 20+ people that watch every episode of this.
up until maybe 5 minutes ago, HBO go (their online streaming) was only available to HBO subscribers, so it doesn't do any good for people without HBO. the channel also doesn't release the shows for purchase on itunes or amazon right after they air (most shows release a download for purchase within a day). that's a whole bunch of people stealing the show. and that's a whole bunch of money HBO is not getting for a show that is very expensive to produce.
Another good point, as I read in a rag that GoT is the most "stolen" tv show on the net, which reinforces exactly what Liz is saying.
But that also reflects its popularity. It is HBO's tentpole show. Every single pop culture site recaps it. That was not the case with Deadwood (I know - I spend a huge part of my day looking at those websites). When Deadwood was cancelled the big show was the Sopranos. Game of Thrones is the Sopranos now. Girls would be the Deadwood in the analogy. You also forget that HBO is big on collecting Emmys and this is the only show they have that is going to garner multiple awards.
HBO WILL NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW.
You can quit worrying.
i think peter dinklage is the only one to win an emmy from this show, acting or otherwise. sadly, i don't think most of the (really great) performances from this show will be recognized because the cast is so huge. also, half the dudes look the fucking same, so unless you're REALLY into this show, you're not gonna know which one is which when it comes time to vote, yadda yadda.
i agree, this is HBO's biggest show and they'd be nuts to cancel it. i just don't trust HBO to not be nuts.
I think the Arya Stark character is really compelling and deserves a supporting actress nomination - she's great - her body language and facial expressions are commanding - I vote for her. The show lights up every time she's on screen.
I knew Jamie was escaping on that bridge. That guy they came across walking the donkey turning them in was a fine touch - Jamie's 'I told you so look' over his shoulder was awesome.
so what's happening in theon's storyline? it seems pretty different from the books, unless bow and arrow guy is playing the long game when it comes to fucking theon up.
That's kind of what I'm thinking? That maybe bow and arrow guy is Reek? And he's setting up Theon for a big, big fall.
Otherwise, drastically different than the book; perhaps this is the way we are introduced to Reek ...
I wasn't sure if they were going to go through with the Jaime getting his hand cut off deal in the TV series, but, yep, they did. Well done.
Overall, that wasn't an outstanding episode last night. Seemed to be setting up things for the next episode more than anything else. Hot nudes for Podrick, though! A+
yeah, pod got some of that dinger-approved yoga sex.
i was thinking bow and arrow guy was ramsay, but he could be reek. although, he got all the other bolton men. i'm not sure ramsay or reek would actually do that, so i'm thinking they're just taking theon in a different direction. the dude doesn't do ANYTHING other than get tortured all through books 3, 4, and 5. that would be tough to watch, over and over and over. every 2-3 eps, we check in with theon to see how much more of his skin he's lost. :-X
Ramsay is Reek.
Edit: excuse me, I got a little confused there. Apparently, Reek was Ramsay's personal servant.
I got that mixed up. I was always under the impression Reek and Ramsay were the same character but Ramsay just used the disguise to conceal himself when he was initially captured by Theon.
Poor reading comprehension on my part.
In this case, I believe the bow and arrow guy is probably Ramsay and they may do away with the Reek character altogether. Who the fuck knows, though?
reek (the ramsay servant) was never in the book. just someone alluded to (i think? i might be misremembering the 5th book). theon becomes reek after the constant torture.
i thought the guy doing the flaying in the first torture scene was ramsay and that bow and arrow guy was just a guy. since bow and arrow guy killed all the other bolton men, i have a hard time ramsay would go to that length just to fuck with theon. but maybe he does? i dunno. i'm leaning more towards them forgoing the theon/reek storyline.
I would agree except I watched the episode again and when B&A guy walks up to who I thought was Ramsay as well (the guy doing the torturing in the initial scenes and is killed by B&A after Theon is recaptured) he says to B&A guy, "you little bastard" before B&A guy kills him. Perhaps "bastard" is just a curse word used, or, perhaps, he's alluding to something the audience hasn't been let on to (yet). I think B&A guy is Ramsay and is probably going to either a) lead Theon to his own castle and torture him there or b) Ramsay will have a different story arc altogether.
So I have a question. I sent out an email to 3 of my friends who watch the show asking if everyone had seen last nights episode. My one idiot friend who has read the books responds with this:
"I did. I knew it was coming and figured this would be the episode. I'm sure it was a shock to everyone else though."
So I tell him to stfu because even though it's not a spoiler technically, it could ruin it for the other two guys who hadn't read the books at all. So now they know something big and shocking was going to happen.
He keeps insisting he didn't do anything wrong and I keep insisting he's a douche nozzle. What say you?
So, I'm a bit confused by your question.
When you sent the email out asking if your friends and watched last night's episode, had every one watched it? You sent it this morning, I take it?
I don't see the problem if everyone watched the episode and, after the fact, your friend says what he did. That revelation that it happens in the book doesn't spoil it for anyone that hasn't read the books. The only way that can be a spoiler is if your other friends had not seen the episode yet.
Perhaps I don't understand the question, exactly.
Quote from: GodShifter on April 15, 2013, 03:28:49 PM
So, I'm a bit confused by your question.
When you sent the email out asking if your friends and watched last night's episode, had every one watched it? You sent it this morning, I take it?
I don't see the problem if everyone watched the episode and, after the fact, your friend says what he did. That revelation that it happens in the book doesn't spoil it for anyone that hasn't read the books. The only way that can be a spoiler is if your other friends had not seen the episode yet.
Perhaps I don't understand the question, exactly.
Sorry if it was confusing.
I sent an email out this morning to my 3 friends asking if they saw last nights episode. Before anyone else had responded, the only one who had read the books (and happened to watch the episode responded with that quote about something shocking happening. Right after he sent that out, the other two responded and said they hadn't seen the episode yet. Since they hadn't read the books they have no idea what is going to happen. Even though the one guy never said anything specific, it's enough for them to know something big is going to happen which in my mind robs a bit of the surprise out of it.
Yeah, I get it now.
A bit of a douche nozzle thing to do, for sure. So, I agree with you.
In light of that, I probably shouldn't have said what I did about it in my initial post. Fucking spoiler button gone >:(
Quote from: GodShifter on April 15, 2013, 03:40:55 PM
Yeah, I get it now.
A bit of a douche nozzle thing to do, for sure. So, I agree with you.
In light of that, I probably shouldn't have said what I did about it in my initial post. Fucking spoiler button gone >:(
Good to know. Apparently everyone else thought I was overreacting so what the fuck do I know.
I was kind of hoping that the sister finger banger would get a little anal action before getting rescued.. Other than that the episode did not disappoint... There was a little delay on the tit front but once we got to Chez Littlefinger everything got back on track.
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Except Theon. He sucks.
Wow, hard to pick a MVP of this episode. So many brilliant performances & the women killed it.
awesome. daenerys stormborn, you are the fucking shit.
That was ridiculously awesome. Never read the books, but a couple of episodes ago, when that slave master was talking a bunch of shit to her in his native tongue, I told my wife he was going to pay for it. I knew she understood everything he was saying. It was just a matter of time before she let him know.
And how!
Quote from: Ryno on April 22, 2013, 01:44:08 AM
That was ridiculously awesome. Never read the books, but a couple of episodes ago, when that slave master was talking a bunch of shit to her in his native tongue, I told my wife he was going to pay for it. I knew she understood everything he was saying. It was just a matter of time before she let him know.
And how!
In the books you immediately know that she can speak their language and is just letting them hang themselves. I kind of like how the show handled it. Definitely had more of an impact.
Sorcerer in a box = yuck
I've figured out I need to read a recap whole I watch this show. The Entertainment weekly recapper is the best...
http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-walk-of-punishment/ (http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-walk-of-punishment/)
Fuck yeah! Ygritte T&A, plus Brienne ass.
and jamie's ass. and that new gay dude.
man, stannis is a fucking terrible father. :D good episode, although it sort of feels like nothing much happened. just pushing the plot along and filling the titty/ass quotient. the sword fight at the beginning was pretty cool.
Yeah, an episode that had some action at the beginning and a twist at the end, but that was about it. It did further Jaime's move into the sympathetic character realm also, though. Was it just me or did it seem like there were some awkward (quick) cuts in the exchanges with Sansa/Margaery then Loras/gay guy/ then Baelish/gay guy and then to Baelish/Sansas. I can't recall seeing something that like that before. It was almost, "ok, we've got to get this storyline moving so this needs to happen, then this, then this". Very quick succession of events/cuts. Not done particularly well, imo, but it's the fifth episode you can only spend so much time on things with that many plot lines to juggle.
I like the episodes that don't have as much action - the dialogue is so good.. The scene at the end between Tywin, Tyrion & Cersei was awesome!
Yeah, that was very well done. I thought it was a good episode.
i didn't really notice the quick cuts/editing myself, but that's just me.
we're halfway through the season now and i feel like they haven't really done anything with rob's storyline or with bran's storyline. maybe that'll be more heavily featured next season (the last half of season 3).
One things for sure, if they don't get more focused on Bran's storyline quick, that actor is going to be too old to play the character effectively. He's already too old for what Bran is supposed to be through out the books. In the books, Bran is only maybe 12 years old and is small enough that he can ride on Hodor's back without any problem whatsoever. This actor is already so big that they have to use a cart to carry him in while Hodor pushes it. That said, the casting of Hodor was pretty poor. Hodor is supposed to far bigger (and younger) than the actor the cast to play him.
Game of Thrones is in a position like the Harry Potter books where they're kind of fucked in that a lot of characters in this story can't age too much or it ruins the premise and the characters themselves. The biggest problems are with Bran and Arya, though Arya looks relatively the same, though, as stated, Bran is becoming problematic in terms of how the actor is aging.
As far as Rob's storyline, I think they're setting it up pretty well. By the end of the season things will be place for what happens. I don't see a problem with it.
Great episode. The opening fight scene was really well done. So was the cave scene with Ygritte and John Snow. That really touched me, since I know in what context that scene will later be referenced, from reading the books.
I don't mind a lot of dialog either, the acting is so great.
The Stannis scenes with his wife and daughter were interesting, and they've changed a lot from the book. Not sure how I feel about that yet, I guess I'll have to wait and see where they go with it.
I would have liked to see some more of Rob's anguish over beheading Karstark. He was really conflicted in the book. I didn't think any of those scenes were particularly well done, actually.
No Theon this episode. Curious where that is going also.
Littlefinger killed it last night with his speech.
are we gonna have two and a half seasons where nothing happens to theon other than getting tortured? because they are wasting precious screentime minutes on that torture-porn.
Yeah, that was really long and I FF through it....
I like the crumbling climbing the wall scene, scarey.
Also - gross Goeffrey.
joffrey is the worst. but i'm glad roz is gone because it was a bit ridiculous seeing a hooker climb that high. even if she did have perfect tits.
Quote from: strangelight on May 06, 2013, 10:49:40 AM
joffrey is the worst. but i'm glad roz is gone because it was a bit ridiculous seeing a hooker climb that high. even if she did have perfect tits.
How high did she climb? I thought she was a Madame at a whore house.
she was spying for everybody. she went from one of 4 whores way up north to running the biggest whorehouse in the whole country while working on her own network of whispers or whatever.
Quote from: strangelight on May 06, 2013, 11:45:32 AM
she was spying for everybody. she went from one of 4 whores way up north to running the biggest whorehouse in the whole country while working on her own network of whispers or whatever.
it's amazing how far a pair of perfect tits will get you
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it's a bit disturbing to see Tywin Lannister like this
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Damn, last night brought the tits and ass!
khaleesi! i would totes pledge my loyalty to dem titties.
I'd go with the red witch. She knows how to party.
yeah, melissandre is hot too, but she'll put leeches on yo dick.
still waiting for daenerys and the brown chick to make out.
Wrong thread baby.
goddamit.
anyway, great episode last night. and we finally get to see more of the ice people, not just the zombies. cersei was in good form too.
So anyone not read the books see tonights episode? Curious what you thought about it.
It was awesome! Not a fan of the Starks. They don't know how to play the game. Honesty and honor just gets you killed.
Only read the first book.
i thought the red wedding was so well done. i've read the books so i was expecting it, and they handled it so well. liked the change with talisa being at the wedding and dying as well.
i don't remember what happens to edmuir (catelyn's brother).
I thought the screen going to black with no music was a brilliant production choice and a no brainer. Anything else would have been lame.
it was damn good!
sl the blackfish escapes through the river
Denaerys should just walk around naked all the time.
Quote from: Demon Lung on June 03, 2013, 05:09:53 PM
Denaerys should just walk around naked all the time.
yes she should.
blackfish gets away? awesome. but what about the guy that marries the frey? i think they hold him hostage or something?
hostage. In a dungeon 'till the Frey chick gives birth or something to that effect.
Not the hottie medic! Nooooooooo
One episode left...
The guy that wrote this stuff is a fucking nutcase. What kind of person thinks up hot bitches riding 2 dudes on 2 different occasions just to have some fucked up shit happen to their dicks? That shit just ain't right. I mean you would think that the red queen would have at least let the guy get his load off.
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on June 04, 2013, 07:24:36 AM
Not the hottie medic! Nooooooooo
One episode left...
Then on to the crappy True Blood, which my wife loves.
Quote from: juggernaut on June 03, 2013, 01:39:26 AM
So anyone not read the books see tonights episode? Curious what you thought about it.
Fucking brutal. I was stoned off my ass, and had just ate 2 pot brownies in preparation for a 30-hour train trip. I thought kicking it off with the new Game of Thrones episode would be the perfect start to the trip.....FUUUUCK what a downer. BRUTAL. So glad (and surprised) it wasn't spoiled for me ahead of time. Props to the readers of the world who can keep their traps shut!
so I've been slowly catching up. right now I'm on episode 7 but, after all the internet buzz I caved, cheated and read about the red wedding.
I haven't read the books, and there's still two(?) left unwritten? I think I know why:
why
Quote from: Demon Lung on June 04, 2013, 07:32:50 AM
The guy that wrote this stuff is a fucking nutcase. What kind of person thinks up hot bitches riding 2 dudes on 2 different occasions just to have some fucked up shit happen to their dicks? That shit just ain't right. ...
I agree with DL, 100%. In some interview I read guy said he likes the unpredictable and to 'shock' his readers. The problem is when you plan a 10,000+ page epic, and use your favorite mechanic every few hundred pages or so (Ned, Robb, Catelynn... etc), the predictable becomes extremely predictable.
When I read what happened I felt a mild surprise, but that was quickly replaced with a
HUGE facepalm.
*Really? your killing the main characters again? Really?*
Season finale tonight - prepare
The waiting is hard.
just wrapping things up. not even a cliffhanger for next season. but i guess that's more satisfying than if they'd ended the season at episode 9, right after all them peoples' got killed.
This show was consistently excellent this season with hardly a dud moment. Can't wait until they add in the Zombies.
D&D Soap Opera, meh!
Quote from: strangelight on June 10, 2013, 02:46:29 AM
just wrapping things up. not even a cliffhanger for next season. but i guess that's more satisfying than if they'd ended the season at episode 9, right after all them peoples' got killed.
Wrapping stuff up & setting the table for the next season:
Arya's story should take off.
Millisandre understands the real threat. I thought her scene at the end was awesome - shutting dumb Stannis up.
Theon's badass sister is going to fuck some shit up!
Yeah arya called the assassins didn't she? That is going to be awesome. I also thought it was great when tyjuan or whatever the old mans name is put Joffrey in his place.
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Quote from: strangelight on June 10, 2013, 02:46:29 AM
just wrapping things up. not even a cliffhanger for next season. but i guess that's more satisfying than if they'd ended the season at episode 9, right after all them peoples' got killed.
Wrapping stuff up & setting the table for the next season:
Arya's story should take off.
Millisandre understands the real threat. I thought her scene at the end was awesome - shutting dumb Stannis up.
Theon's badass sister is going to fuck some shit up!
Yeah, I really like how they did a little with each story line, just kind of setting the stage for next season. As much as I complain about deviations from the books, I do like the show and think they've handled the important scenes well. The Red Wedding was really well done, and it was interesting that they did use the wolf's head on Robb in the finale, as many speculated that they left that out so as not to further piss people off.
I would have been pissed off if they pussied out from doing it. Martin has made the TV series more brutal than the book, in my opinion... I can't get over Theon getting castrated, man that was harsh... in the books they just send his finger's skin as parchment.
One bicker, not major: Theon's sister is the sexiest character in the books. Not so.
Loving this, best thing on TV by far. Hope nobody in the cast dies within the next five years.
theon's sister IS sexy in the show. she's not hot... but you know she'd fuck you harder than them waifs in the whorehouses. and they do cut off theon's junk in the book, but they don't show it. it's just revealed later. and mailing the dick instead of the finger was sort of amazing.
you're right, deaner, melissandre's scene was awesome. i can't wait until she realizes (if ever?) that daenerys is the lord of light's prophet on earth and not stannis. i hope they team up and she rides one of the dragons. --> i'm sure the fanfic exists...
every scene with tywin is fucking brilliant. that man acts the shit out of that part.
i'm glad that bran's storyline is finally interesting, that arya's really getting moving, super excited for the stuff that will happen in king's landing next season. needs more wargs and zombies and dragons. and titties.
I suppose so, but the character is way more wicked in the book, remember how she let Theon grab her tits and teased him before letting on that she was her sister? She had a more playful/sinful aura, plus in my head she was a sleek, short-haired brunette with a sailor's stride, a mean sense of humor and a penchant for juggling knives while drinking. Didn't translate for me.
Did they cut his dick off in the books, really? Can't remember that at all, and it's not the kinda' thing a guy forgets. Strange. But yeah, "he cried when I took his favorite toy" was merciless and brilliant.
About next season, Valar Morghulis. Super stoked that part of the story is coming up, I hope they delve deep into it and not just in passing, I loved that bit.
Quote from: strangelight on June 10, 2013, 02:22:18 PM
theon's sister IS sexy in the show. she's not hot... but you know she'd fuck you harder than them waifs in the whorehouses.
I think your female perspective is shining through. She is not hot or sexy at all. Really homely and looks dykish (not in a good way either). Good character and actress though.
I've read the first three books twice and I cannot recall that Theon's dick was cut off, but, perhaps, it was alluded to in a later book and it eluded me (see what I did there?)
Anyway, who wants to bet that they change the story with Shae and her, um, well, I can't give anything away, I guess, and there is no spoiler button. Still I have my theories
Asha in the books is described as much being prettier than she is in the show, but I think the idea is to make the Ironborn look pretty pasty and not concerned about appearances. They live on a cold, barren island, after all. NOTHING GROWS HERE
Bran told a story about some guy that slaughtered his guests at a dinner party so the gods punished him by turning him into a mouse and he lived by having kids and then eating them. Because the gods can never forgive someone that would slaughter their guest. That seems to be forshadowing something really shitty for the Freys.
Quote from: GodShifter on June 10, 2013, 05:40:11 PM
I've read the first three books twice and I cannot recall that Theon's dick was cut off, but, perhaps, it was alluded to in a later book and it eluded me (see what I did there?)
Anyway, who wants to bet that they change the story with Shae and her, um, well, I can't give anything away, I guess, and there is no spoiler button. Still I have my theories
Asha in the books is described as much being prettier than she is in the show, but I think the idea is to make the Ironborn look pretty pasty and not concerned about appearances. They live on a cold, barren island, after all. NOTHING GROWS HERE
I've read the first three and don't recall that either, there wasn't much of him in the third book at all.
We'll see how things play out with Shae. They've changed some with her thus far, though I think a lot is going to depend on how they do the Purple Wedding and then the fallout.
I'm hoping they bring in the Martells next season, that would really add some spice to the show.
Word on the street is that they will be introducing a gang of new characters.
Quote from: Demon Lung on June 10, 2013, 06:22:32 PM
Word on the street is that they will be introducing a gang of new characters.
Word.
Anyone else disappointed with no Cold Hands?
Cold Hands will be there! As will the Red Viper of Dorne, which I think is also pretty awesome. Dorne and Bravoos. A freaking year away.
I notice Daenerys gets yummier as she gets older.
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Quote from: GodShifter on June 10, 2013, 05:40:11 PM
I've read the first three books twice and I cannot recall that Theon's dick was cut off, but, perhaps, it was alluded to in a later book and it eluded me (see what I did there?)
Anyway, who wants to bet that they change the story with Shae and her, um, well, I can't give anything away, I guess, and there is no spoiler button. Still I have my theories
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Quote from: Dylan Thomas on June 10, 2013, 06:18:58 PM
I'm hoping they bring in the Martells next season, that would really add some spice to the show.
Pun intended? ;)
I think they keep the Shae stuff as is. Too good of a plot point.
Quote from: The Shocker on June 10, 2013, 07:04:59 PM
I think they keep the Shae stuff as is. Too good of a plot point.
I'd be surprised as the relationship dynamic with Shae and Tyrion is different in the tv show. Shae's whole demeanor and character is different as is her loyalty and jealousy towards Tyrion. Still, we'll see.
i think shae will still do what shae does, but i think she'll have different motivations in the tv show.
cold hands better be around, because i think cold hands is actually a character back from season 1 and i want it to come full circle.
asha/yara was probably sexier in the books, but i do feel like if they scrubbed her clean and put her in some different clothes she'd be hot. there are a thousand pretty ladies on this show, though. i think we can make do with two butchies. (brienne didn't even have a line this episode but i still loved the look she gave jamie when no one recognized him at king's landing)
theon isn't actually in books 3 or 4 at all. he comes back in book 5 as reek, and it's mentioned in that book that he doesn't have a penis. (semi spoiler, stop reading if you want your torture porn to be a surprise: ramsay gets hitched and forces theon to warm up his bride for him. he says he doesn't have a cock anymore so ramsay tells him to use his mouth. ramsay also makes his wife have sex with dogs in front of him, which i REALLY hope they leave out of the show, even in passing. because holy fuck please no).
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that's almost as amazing as the time we found out shae did german porn.
But the porn she did is basically PG-13 compared to other German porn. Kind of disappointing.
i saw a vid of her doing anal. that's pretty good.
Ok, so R- rated.
anal only gets an R? you're desensitized, dude.
We're talking about German porn Liz...
And yes, I'm desensitized.
you're right. a dog should've shit on her, at least...
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y'all can join my hoose if you want.
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If they had a flayed man as the Boltons' sigil, can I have a man pissing on the beheaded heads of my enemies on mine?
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:D :D :D
I can't believe I just started getting into this show.
I just watched 9 straight hours of this nonsense.
Arya fuckin shit up. Yeah!
[spoiler] Looks like next week is the Purple Wedding.[/spoilers]
What's with HBO being $17.99 ?
We'll see, they have to pay all those actors and dress them. There's cameras and lunch for the crew. It's how our economy works.
I can't be bothered to follow much of the plot of this so I just look at the pretty sets and costumes.
Well, all I keep thinking aboot is this dumb show.
I avoided it like the plague - and now I'm finna have to binge watch 3 seasons.
It's a good show, you should read the books; they're good, too.
Word is it was renewed for two more seasons. The premier on Sunday had the highest ratings ever for an HBO series since the finale of "The Sopranos".
Quote from: GodShifter on April 08, 2014, 10:49:04 PM
Word is it was renewed for two more seasons. The premier on Sunday had the highest ratings ever for an HBO series since the finale of "The Sopranos".
That's official now I believe. It also managed to pretty much crush HBO Go.
Sweet Baby Jesus on the Cross
Yeah.
OH HELL YEA
finally
That season premiere was a great catcher upper and had one hell of a payback..
Fuck The King!
Sir Pounce is my new favorite character.
All the raping makes it impossible to watch this with our 16 year old.
I watched worse at his age and look how I turned out. Wait, never mind.
Raping?
The reviews of this show keep mentioning this. They already taped all the episodes, they can't make it all consensual now. Right?
There's a lot though.
Are you raising a craven over there??? Just remember that the last off the tit will be the first to fall once winter arrives.
Nice Trial
Oh, that's good stuff.
Hell hath no fury like a loveable whore scorned.
Dat trial.
Dinklage is phenomenal
Who will he fight? His father?
He will get to chose his champion, and I bet he picks his brother.
Who fights for the crown?
Your answers, should you choose to spoil next week's reveal, lie within:
[spoiler](http://timsfilmreviews.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/game-of-thrones-season-4-the-mountain-vs-the-red-viper.jpg)[/spoiler]
I ain't looking at that.
I just want to know which position on a kings court defends the crown during a trial by combat.
I'm guessing ('cause I'm not looking at the spoiler either), that the crown can pick its champion from anywhere. Isn't the dog's brother still around?
Edit: And by "the dog," I meant the Hound. What was his brither's name? The Mountain?
I know because I'm one of them reading fuckers. I ain't saying shit though.
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the tv show is going to catch up on the books before they are finnished
Holy Fucking Shit
That was fucking metal.
You ain't kiddin'
Jaw: done dropped.
Jesuit fucking priest :o
I like how I'm expected to immediately change gears into watching Veep or Silicon Valley.
lemme guess, a likable, heroic and justified male character seeking vengeance for some horrendous atrocity was brutally killed off?
;D
On Veep, or Silicon Valley ?
Quote from: Jor el on June 02, 2014, 07:19:42 PM
I like how I'm expected to immediately change gears into watching Veep or Silicon Valley.
Could be worse. The end of the show could mean
bed time.
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Dear dinger,
Keep that nonsense in G.D. please.
Thanks.
This fucking show goddammit. I'm not sure I actually like anyone left.
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Ex slave girl getting nekkid overshadowed by head crushing. Almost. God she is fine.
Oh shit! I totally forgot about that because of the head crushing. Which was simply...
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What the hell with this show.
Are going to kill off Tyrion? Because I don't know who to root for then. The Hound and the Needle?
Brienne seems a little stupid and Daenerys doesn't know what she's doing. Everyone else is evil.
I need John Snow to get back with the Redhead Wildling skirmisher from Downton Abbey. For romance purposes.
The actor that plays Daario plays the screwed over boyfriend on Orphan Black too.
The new one or the one from last season. There's been like 3 Mountains on this show.
And I thought TWO Dumbledore's was crazy!
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on June 05, 2014, 11:05:14 PM
What the hell with this show.
Are going to kill off Tyrion? Because I don't know who to root for then. The Hound and the Needle?
Brienne seems a little stupid and Daenerys doesn't know what she's doing. Everyone else is evil.
Red Witch is rootable.
Quote from: bitter on June 06, 2014, 12:28:39 AM
I need John Snow to get back with the Redhead Wildling skirmisher from Downton Abbey. For romance purposes.
Doesn't happen. She dies.
^^Please use that little spoiler button for stuff like that, ok?^
This thing (http://stonerrocklives.com/forum/Themes/default/images/bbc/spoiler.gif) right here...
Quote from: BrianDamage on June 07, 2014, 02:09:33 PM
Quote from: bitter on June 06, 2014, 12:28:39 AM
I need John Snow to get back with the Redhead Wildling skirmisher from Downton Abbey. For romance purposes.
Doesn't happen. She dies.
You fucking dick. gawwww!!1!
I'm out >:(
[spoiler]BrianDamage is a Cunt[/spoiler]
I'm glad I did not view this thread before hand.
Because you would've known that BrianDamage is a cunt?
Because of BrianDamage I wasn't as shocked as I could have been. Thanks.
What are we, professionals? Expect spoilers here.
For real. I think it is super Gay when people get all butthurt about spoilers being discussed. The entire world is a big spoiler nowadays.
Live with it.
There is a difference between a spoiler slipping oot of a conversation and someone just being a cunt.
BrianDamage is a Cunt.
Quote from: The Bandit on June 12, 2014, 10:30:34 AM
For real. I think it is super Gay when people get all butthurt about spoilers being discussed. The entire world is a big spoiler nowadays.
Live with it.
That being said, if there's a spoiler option available, why not use it? Just to say "oh, too bad, she dies!" is just being a douche. I mean, I knew it anyway from reading the books, but I don't understand why people have to ruin it for those that haven't. It's a matter of common courtesy.
Oh, and fuck you if you disagree. 8)
"...but I don't understand why people have to ruin it for those that haven't. It's a matter of common courtesy. "
I believe this has been pointed out a few posts up as cuntatude
I like that word.
I didn't think anybody was actually serious about being butthurted. I think I'm right in thinking this.
Here Jor El, I will apologize. I am sorry, ma'am, that I ruined your soap opera. Here's a tampon for your weeping vagina. My apology might have been more sincere if you hadn't cried like a sensitive young lady about it. It's a tv show. Calm down.
Also I can't find the click to show/hide option in tapatalk. Anyone know where to find it?
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More importantly you can't find the Don't be a Dipshit portion of your brain.
Don't be mad at me because you're a Cunt.
OMG I CAN"T BELIEVE JOFFREY IS DEAD
Wait I screwed that up
[spoiler]OMG I CAN"T BELIEVE JOFFREY IS DEAD[/spoiler]
Tymun , finally recognizing that Tyrion will never show him a sliver of true respect, wastes Tyrion with a candlestick while the little guy's still in the Conservatory. This deed is done right as Tymun is being blown by Tyrion's former lover (Whole Lotta) Rosie.
In other developments, Jon Snow and Mance Rayder shared a bowl of soup in Ygritte's honor, before unexpectedly coming face to face with Stannis Baratheon's engorged member. The would-be king eats Mance, the so-called King-Beyond-the-Wall, with Snow advising him not to resort to antacids and to screw the bodies of the dead before nightfall. Later, after Snow fucks Ygritte's half-digested corpse on a pyre, he shares a deep, passionate kiss with none other than the Red Witch, and he taps on her butthole lightly.
I'm just going to post all of the spoilers from the books in one place and people can choose to read them if they want
At the end of book five, Dances With Dragons:
[spoiler]Caitlyn Stark may or may not be dead.
Jon Snow may or may not be dead.
Ramsey Bolton may or may not be dead.
Davos Seaworth may or may not be dead.
The Mountain may or may not be dead.
The Hound may or may not be dead.
Brienne Of Tarth may or may not be dead.
Daenerys may or may not be dead.
Stannis may or may not be dead.
Tyrion may or may not be dead.
Bran may or may not be dead.
Arya may or may not be dead.
Littlefinger may or not be dead.
Cersei may or may not be dead.
Jaime may or may not be dead.
Any other character great or small that you can possibly think of may or may not be dead. Even if they are dead, they may or may not come back to life, or not REALLY be dead in the first place...[/spoiler]
If you want to never have anything in the show ever spoiled for you ever again, just click and educate yourself.
Again a season with great individual scenes but a more and more disjointed overall feel. At times I forgot about some story lines because they weren't continued over several episodes.
[spoiler]My major complaint is the deus-ex-machina-appearance of Stannis' army in the last episode. I did my recap-reading so I know there was a hint several seasons ago and though some people thought that was smart I felt it was lazy story-telling.[/spoiler]
^^Agreed^^
Considering that the season was so good overall, I did think this one was a little weak in comparison. Again, some of the people I liked were killed off.
Quote from: jmucke on June 17, 2014, 06:36:02 AM
Again a season with great individual scenes but a more and more disjointed overall feel. At times I forgot about some story lines because they weren't continued over several episodes.
[spoiler]My major complaint is the deus-ex-machina-appearance of Stannis' army in the last episode. I did my recap-reading so I know there was a hint several seasons ago and though some people thought that was smart I felt it was lazy story-telling.[/spoiler]
Yeah, I had a problem with that, too. But it happens in the book, too. There's such a problem with logistics and everything else with that. It is, indeed, very lazy and convenient storytelling.
[spoiler]I know, 'for somebody that hates the show you sure post in this thread alot.
tough noogies.
but I've wondered about the may/may not be dead thing for awhile. I mean, it's a fantasy realm with magic and has already introduced a character that can be resurrected. maybe they'll introduce more of that in later seasons?
that's probably even lazier story-telling but can easily fit inside the world. unless the books address it directly and say it's a super rare type of magic. [/spoiler]
[spoiler]also:
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Holy shit that last episode.
^^^^^^^^Fucking insane shit! Maybe the best episode ever, definitely the best battle on the show.
Definitely the best episode ever on this show, and this season has been Booooorrrrring, but that ep woke me up
Exactly. This season has been light on steamy incest and the cleaving of men in half.
:o
And Mastodon played Wildlings that which got slaughtered
Dope ep, but I don't think I love the battle scene as much as a lot of people. Best Khaleesi scenes in years.
Dragon action. Finally.
Fuck you!
:o
NICE
Last 2 episodes have been on point, let's hope the season closer is not a sleeper
Yeah this is pretty great.
Weak season. I thought last 2 eps were pretty weak. The Arya part is fucking stupid. One of my fav storylines up until the stupid oyster sales bullshit. The white walker battle: YAWN. Jorah used to be one of my fav's - just die already, dude. Overall an awesome series still just a lame season.
I didn't read the books because I don't read.
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Fucking dragons, man.
Dude, just watched the last two episodes. Fucking AWESOME.
FUCKING DRAGONS.
/ate weed
Goddammit
In the recap before the episode they did remind us that dead people can be brought back. Keep that in mind.
Oh and luckily Mesandre just happened to get back.
Ending shocked me. I mean it was set up, but I didn't think it would happen.
Fuck you!
WTF??? >:( >:( >:(
Quote from: The Shocker on June 14, 2015, 11:35:50 PM
Ending shocked me. I mean it was set up, but I didn't think it would happen.
Fuck you!
that´s what makes this show so good
it´s totally unpredictable
everybody dies / can die anytime
even main characters and the most popular figures
And we're back
I just walked by Tyrion Lannister... I had headphones on and was carrying groceries, so I couldn't do much more than give a thumbs-up. He smiled and did the same.
I've heard people bitch about it but I think it's just people that want to instantly know if Jon Snow is coming back or not.
I love the show. The episode was good and is setting up some cool things.
The witch will bring him back
Hope we will see her younger self naked again
it took almost an hour, but BOOBS!!!
Last couple of episodes were really hitting it for me, but fuck, I want more dragons!!!
BOOBS AGAIN!!!
Maybe we'll get another good one with Margaery's walk of shame.
They should write in that the Red Priestess show their boobs in every episode. Mostly because I want to see the new Red Priestess' boobs.
Oh Yeah
Yikes to the battle scene
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!1
When that one chick rode on that dragon, I half expected the theme song to Xanadu to start up, and a rainbow to shoot out of it's ass, but OMG, DID THEY EVER MAKE UP FOR IT LATER, YES SIR, THEY SURE DID.
Intense focus on Deep Brown eyes.
The seed is strong.
Not a boob in sight.
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Kinvara's tits should have been out and about.
Good episode, was hoping for the Night King to show up there somewhere and a lot of rehashing of old scenes again but an enjoyable season finale. I guess I'm bummed there were no big shocker main character deaths as that feels like the GoT trademark but still a great watch.
Edit - I guess Margery and Tommen and the Sparrow didn't feel too big of deaths due to the abundance of storylines. They are I guess.
I Loved Margery
:'(
Yeah she was my gurl
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Thanks.
SWEET BABY JESUS ON THE CROSS
Last episode = shark jumped.
What up with that?
The shark was kinda jumped starting this season. Still good tho.
yeah still good - perfect time to jump shark
just one more season
the series has turned from a medieval deadwood into lord of the rings long time ago
everybody is waiting for the zombie dragon
This season has been ruined by its lack of exposed titties.
and bush
That dragon lady was very careful not to expose a nipple last night.
It's sort of a bummer how bad this got so quickly, but whatever.
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That's Childish
Shut up, "Perry" or whatever.
Quote from: juan11 on August 28, 2017, 02:14:55 PM
That dragon lady was very careful not to expose a nipple last night.
It's sort of a bummer how bad this got so quickly, but whatever.
Action movie. Still watching and enjoying but it's a completely different show than it used to be.
It was fucking great, now fuck off.
I liked it too, but it also got weird. Action movie is a good description. I mean compare the shit based on the books to these and it's obviously very different. Not bad, just not as good. Like a sequel by a different writer/director team.
The pacing doesn't help.
I would rather have 10 episode seasons.
I didn't say I didn't enjoy it, now you fuck off.
How long did they waste time with Dany in the desert and all those slave cities? Then they yada yada her invasion? It's like the show runners have gotten tired of doing the show and just want to get it over with.
I think that's exactly what it is. Honestly they could have done the same story in 10 episodes as in past seasons and shit would have felt "heavier." How is there going to be any weight to the prophecy and/or the Rhallor shit in 6 final episodes? Children of the forest? Nobody will care because there's no back story except for the stupid cave carvings Jon Snow found that no one seemed to find before. Isn't the point of an epic to be almost all back story and legend?
The pacing is horrible.
I don't think it's the amount of episodes, I mean each of these episodes was an hour and fifteen minutes and that's the length of a feature film. A shorter one but still. I bet you Season 7 is about as long as all 3 extended LOTR movies.
It's more to do with inept filmmaking/storytelling. While somebody is giving a ponderous monologue, you COULD show various characters on their journeys across Westeros like Sam journeying from Oldtown to Winterfell carrying dire news. You just need a glimpse to know that the world is big and time is passing and epic shit is going down. Instead we get this situation where everybody just teleports everywhere.
I wish I had had the patience for GRRM to finish the novels, but I strongly suspect he'll never finish them because there's a sense of "what's the fucking point" and he's already a rich and lazy fuck.
Tomorrow
Today!
HBO Go servers gonna go up in smoke like every previous GOT premiere, I predict >:(
I warned my wife about that already. We don't have regular cable so it's a big possibility we can't watch if it crashes.
Just subscribed HBO NOW
I'm all streaming. With internet and streaming services it comes out about the same price as cable. yeah!
Comedy Episode
"You've ruined horses for me" ::)
This was MCU tier weightless padding.
Bran dropping truth bombs with his "we don't have time for this corny bullshit" transcendence.
Sam nailed his revelation scene and that saved the whole episode. I hope Aegon unites with the ice dudes and takes down his entitled little shit of an aunt.
Quote from: renfield on April 15, 2019, 12:54:35 PM
Sam nailed his revelation scene and that saved the whole episode.
yeah i reckon.
havent read any of the fan wank online but a bit surprised the Ice King having an ice dragon hasn't caused a wee bit more consternation. What if Blondie's 2 dragons die from a heart attack or some shit? She must realise how close she is to just being some smug chick on a horse.
Difficult for Jaime Lannister to kill Cersei given the bitch isn't in Winterfell. I am convinced it will somehow happen though. It will be Jaime and Bronn in a chamber with her but Jaime will quietly say to Bronn
"fuck the castle. And the gold. Let me do it" then he will look deep, deep into his vicious sisters eyes and thrust his mighty Vallerian steel sabre right into her birth hatch. While wheelchair boy watches from the shadows. Maybe having a silent teenage boy fap to the whole spectacle.
Stupid.
oh dear
Michael Bay does Game of Thrones.
terrible episode
couldn´t see nothing
all dark except for some dragon fire and burning swords every now+then
battle episode alright but this sucked big time
PERFECTION
I liked it a lot more on 2nd watch. Felt too easy but it was 'ight
The battle episodes are always boring to me. It's even worse if you are watching with somebody who has a nonzero knowledge of actual medieval war tactics because they'll spend the whole time explaining how the episode is bad and ahistorical.
I thought the imagery of Jon battling the wounded Ice Dragon was fuckin great.
If it turns out the NK was just some dude to take out, then that's lame. It's clear that there's something more going on with the White Walkers; what the fuck was the point of Bran's whole character arc and Max Von Sydow and all that? Hopefully Bran becomes the new NK and the cycle begins anew or something.
Arya being the one to take out the NK was just glorious, but I do think they could have executed it much better. Arya was not trained to be a soldier, she was trained to be a fucking stealth fucking ninja assassin. Not only that she was trained to be an assassin who can fucking CHANGE FACES.
Imagine the impact if you had spent the episode with Arya being totally ineffective, in agony at her own uselessness because she has no applicable talent in this mob warfare situation, then forced to lurk around the library or whatever hiding from the undead, then fleeing from them in terror.. audience just in agony like WHY ARYA WHY ARENT YOU HOOKING IT THE FUCK UP
...then through whatever turn of 'vents (maybe they would have had to set it up earlier) Arya sees the procession of white walkers heading towards the Bran tree and she realizes she has to nut up and realize her destiny, and in spite of her terror and self doubt DONS THEIR FACE and infiltrates their rank and that's how she gets close enough to do her thang. And they still could have kept it as a twist, and when the fucking white walker unmasks and is Arya it's this just seismic event of the culmination of everything.
Or I mean, that's just me spit balling. You could do it a number of ways. The point is, they should have 1) not blown their load prematurely having her whip ass on the general zombie horde and kept you craving for her to come forth all episode, and 2) somehow used her faceshift talent
I would like to see the rest of the season play out with 3 factions all at odds with each other: Cersei, Aegon, and Daenerys vying for the throne. I s'pose Cersei is still on Arya's List of Names and maybe that's what they're saving the faceshift for.
This show is so fucking dumb. GRRM should never have sold the rights.
Not going oot on a high note.
Yeah it's been dumb for years. At least none of us still watch (Fear) The Walking Dead, right?
no
i walked out on that between season 2 and 3
too much of the same stuff
"zombies let´s move!"....
Oh dear.
Master Snow will be VERY CROSS with Auntie Dany after that wee debacle.
Things got a little bit on the toasty side at Kings Landing.
Turns out the book readers are SPEWING about the whole thing.
"Worst 3 episodes everrr." Guess what? Fuck them. It's supposed to be entertainment. You know, that thing you enjoy. Not some speccy exercise in trainspotting for bug-eyed dungeons and dragons twats, hunched over their laptops, clad in the homemade capes nana knitted for them, clutching their little hand-drawn maps of fuckin Westeros.
Quote from: renfield on May 01, 2019, 11:03:43 AM
The battle episodes are always boring to me.
yeah theres not much real tension in them scenes
QuoteI would like to see the rest of the season play out with 3 factions all at odds with each other: Cersei, Aegon, and Daenerys vying for the throne. I s'pose Cersei is still on Arya's List of Names and maybe that's what they're saving the faceshift for.
Cersei went down a bit daftly in the end. Quite realistic although thought they might have eked a bit more drama from the scenario instead of just "hey bish, watch out for the rubb
You're not worthy to have an opinion on Game of Thrones if you haven't read the books
Quote from: renfield on May 13, 2019, 01:30:46 PM
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"You're not worthy to have an opinion on
Game of Thrones if you haven't read the books."
If that guy read the books, he knows what's up.
Anyway the whole problem is that the show could have been more entertaining if it had Done Shit Right. They sure had a handy guide with those books so I'm not sure how they went astray so often.
But, I will admit that it is a landmark series and that I'm looking at it in a glass-half-empty manner
Comedy episode.
Dude!
I haven't read the books so I don't know why everyone's so mad. There's a damn petition going around. ???????
The next epic series I create I'll do it right.
They're mad because they're babies and can't handle the fact that Dany is a neoliberal.
Compare character development and pacing of season 7 and 8 with that of the previous seasons. IMO they could have done all the same shit but added some weight to it with more but shorter episodes. Like, say, when a dragon, one of the primary and biggest plot elements is killed and it's "mother" barely fucking blinks. Sure, she was somber in the next episode but the weight to be had by making the dragons death the climax of an episode is just squandered. It's rushed and it feels like it.
I just felt that way all along, I guess. I probably fucked up by reading the books immediately before watching the series, made my expectations too high.
I agree that these last two seasons are probably the biggest offenders.
My two takeaways from Season 8: The long night sure is dark and that dragon must have a serious big fuel tank.
Well, how about that ?
Seinfeld Ending
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Oh my, people are going to be displeased
I'm trying to think of the best reason why that was such a whimper fart.
Whimper is coming.
I did think Jon Snow's fate was pretty hilarious. Basically the three worst things you can do in this world are kill your monarch, your kin, or your dinner guests. Jon Snow is 2/3 and will probably be looked at as a shithead for all of Westerosi history.
Like Jor El said very Seinfeld ending. Wrapped up too neatly but I am not as unsatisfied as the rest of the internet.
A lot of call backs and recurring themes. Gonna watch again this eve.
I thought the finale was great. Most of the complaints I'm seeing are pretty weak.
Nerd
Yeah was pretty jarring how GreyWorm went from street executions of those who didnt follow his queenie to a bit later seeing the dude who just KILLED his queenie and he's all "oh ok bye then."
Last season looked epic to a pleb like me though, was right into it. Was hoping for another grinning Eddie Sheehan cameo though, maybe as the closing 4 minute musical montage, bring it on home Eddo, strumming jauntily on his mandolin as he strode cocksure and red through the ashen Kings Landing shire, fuck yeah, shoehorn the useless ginger cunt right in there, that'll throw the book people into a spacco speccy tizz of rabid impotent rage
[spoiler](https://i.imgur.com/7BdzA2q.png)[/spoiler]