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« Reply #1120 on: June 03, 2013, 12:51:18 AM »
I'm going to watch this during my lunch break. It's going to be crudely exciting  :biggrin:
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« Reply #1121 on: June 03, 2013, 02:27:26 AM »
Just watched it with a friend. Priceless :biggrin:
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« Reply #1122 on: June 03, 2013, 02:29:40 AM »
Just watched it with a friend. Priceless :biggrin:

I read people complaining (most noticebly the administrator at westeros.org) about the episode. Did you like it?
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« Reply #1123 on: June 03, 2013, 02:33:43 AM »
Yes, I liked it. I couldn't have asked for the red wedding to be done better. However, this might have been the first episode ever to feature no lannisters what so ever. That's never a good thing.
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« Reply #1124 on: June 03, 2013, 02:43:53 AM »
Well, maybe they were not on screen, but at least they sent us their regards :neverusethis:
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« Reply #1125 on: June 03, 2013, 03:12:11 AM »
They're so considerate :laugh:
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« Reply #1126 on: June 03, 2013, 04:12:19 AM »
I think there are things they could have done better. What struck me most in the book was that the Rains of Castamere was playing whilst the north was being slaughtered. That showed what a bitch the Freys are and how well the Lannisters (Tywin <3) planned it. Really wondered why they didn't carry on the violin tune whilst Robb was catching arrows, it would have been nice.

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« Reply #1127 on: June 03, 2013, 04:13:21 AM »
I'll be honest, I'm a little surprised by their killing off Oona's character. Doesn't her counterpart in the book survive?
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« Reply #1128 on: June 03, 2013, 04:17:07 AM »
I'll be honest, I'm a little surprised by their killing off Oona's character. Doesn't her counterpart in the book survive?
She isn't even at the wedding in the book

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« Reply #1129 on: June 03, 2013, 04:23:32 AM »
I'll be honest, I'm a little surprised by their killing off Oona's character. Doesn't her counterpart in the book survive?
She isn't even at the wedding in the book

Yeah, I liked the scene but it was a shame to see Oona go like that. I was prepared for Robb and Cat, not that.
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« Reply #1130 on: June 03, 2013, 04:52:03 AM »
I thought it was great.  My wife was genuinely upset (she knew nothing about what would happen).
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« Reply #1131 on: June 03, 2013, 05:05:22 AM »
Yeah, I was in holy-shit-wtf-just-happened mode for some time, verging on actually upset. I was very sorry to see Robb go, he was probably my favorite of the kings/leaders on the show.

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« Reply #1132 on: June 03, 2013, 05:08:31 AM »
Well, I knew everything, but  :|
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« Reply #1133 on: June 03, 2013, 05:12:17 AM »
I never really cared for him to be honest. Especially in the series he didn't really contribute much except cheesy scenes with his wife.

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« Reply #1134 on: June 03, 2013, 05:22:56 AM »
Knowing what was coming didn't help! It was still brutal and awful to watch these people die, especially at the hands of an odious prick like Frey. (Who, you gotta wonder, just why the rest of the Seven Kingdoms at one point just didn't rally together to wipe out on general principle. What a dick.)

Seeing the TV show only viewers go through what we book readers did, though, ahh, that's priceless. If people are really going to boycott a show that proved no one was safe when Ned got knocked off in season 1, well, their loss.
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« Reply #1135 on: June 03, 2013, 06:15:01 AM »
I have to be honest, I was pretty apprehensive in the moments leading up to it. Knowing it was going to happen actually probably made it worse for me in that regard. :lol
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« Reply #1136 on: June 03, 2013, 07:28:38 AM »
I have to be honest, I was pretty apprehensive in the moments leading up to it. Knowing it was going to happen actually probably made it worse for me in that regard. :lol
Me too.  My wife started to catch on about the same time that Cat knew something was amiss, and was watching me brace myself.  She was distraught for the rest of the night.
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« Reply #1137 on: June 03, 2013, 07:40:21 AM »
https://twitter.com/RedWeddingTears

So many Robb fans.  The show did a good job making him appear the main protagonist of the story.

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« Reply #1138 on: June 03, 2013, 08:09:40 AM »
After repeated watchings I absolutely love the way every bit of live seems to abandon Cat's body since before Black Walder slits her throat. That was some superb acting from Michelle Fairley, award deserving.

Also, the spine chilling smile/look Roose Bolton gives her as she realizes what's to happen after feeling the chainmail. Really strong acting from everybody. I just wish the song was left playing during the first phase of the carnage. It would have been very strong and fitting.

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« Reply #1139 on: June 03, 2013, 08:41:35 AM »
https://twitter.com/RedWeddingTears
I was gonna post that! :lol

That feed is the best thing ever! Literally!

That can't be real people...can it? Crying? Not watching anymore? Really? Holy cow folks...sounds like a few people need a lesson on 'perspective'
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« Reply #1140 on: June 03, 2013, 09:00:03 AM »
The wedding kind of stole the show, but I think the whole episode was absolutely brilliant. Even knowing what was coming, the others scenes were really captivating. Especially the Jon scenes.
And the moment when the door shut with a bang and the Rains Of Castamere starts playing... chills.
I really liked the contrast. Everyone seemed really happy, especially Robb and his wife (forgot what she's called in the books) and then they get brutally slaughtered and the atmosphere changed almost instantly. In the books, seeing the whole wedding through Catelyn's eyes lessens the impact a bit, since she's suspecting something will happen.

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« Reply #1141 on: June 03, 2013, 09:17:30 AM »
The wedding kind of stole the show, but I think the whole episode was absolutely brilliant. Even knowing what was coming, the others scenes were really captivating. Especially the Jon scenes.
And the moment when the door shut with a bang and the Rains Of Castamere starts playing... chills.
I really liked the contrast. Everyone seemed really happy, especially Robb and his wife (forgot what she's called in the books) and then they get brutally slaughtered and the atmosphere changed almost instantly. In the books, seeing the whole wedding through Catelyn's eyes lessens the impact a bit, since she's suspecting something will happen.
I thought that made it better (the book). Since there was always an eerie sense of something being wrong. And then when the release of that comes, it comes in the worst way possible. I think they should've done it that way in the show, it would be way more memorable that way imo. Also, I'm still annoyed they didn't continue with the violin playing Rains of Castamere whilst things were going on.

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« Reply #1142 on: June 03, 2013, 10:10:48 AM »
I would've like too for Rains of Castamere to be playing as it was happening but not enough for it to annoy me, the anticipation of the event happening was brutal! Once that started playing... chills, goosebumps!

It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder to have woken up in a post-Red Wedding world!

Oh and the people who are so mad:





Also, something the show just touched on that was a much more important point in the novels, when Frey gives them food once they got there that was a sign of protection because they had gain what Westerosi culture calls "guest rights" which meant they were not to be harm until they left The Twins. Which is yet another sign of the Starks adhering to the old ways, believing they were safe because of it!
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« Reply #1143 on: June 03, 2013, 11:34:09 AM »
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« Reply #1144 on: June 03, 2013, 11:45:18 AM »
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« Reply #1145 on: June 03, 2013, 12:06:40 PM »
Yes that was brutal and sad, i liked Robb and Catelyn but goddamn....that is how you do an epic episode!  :metal :metal GoT! :heart :hefdaddy
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« Reply #1146 on: June 03, 2013, 12:10:07 PM »
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« Reply #1147 on: June 03, 2013, 12:11:20 PM »
https://twitter.com/RedWeddingTears
I was gonna post that! :lol

That feed is the best thing ever! Literally!
Holy shit!!!

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« Reply #1148 on: June 03, 2013, 12:33:10 PM »
Also, something the show just touched on that was a much more important point in the novels, when Frey gives them food once they got there that was a sign of protection because they had gain what Westerosi culture calls "guest rights" which meant they were not to be harm until they left The Twins. Which is yet another sign of the Starks adhering to the old ways, believing they were safe because of it!

Yea, this is important.  House Lannister's new ally has broken a very old and sacred custom.  The preview for next week shows Tyrion's understanding of what that means for them and house Frey...

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« Reply #1149 on: June 03, 2013, 12:35:08 PM »
I thought the Red Wedding may have been better in the show by adding Talisa to the death list and the way the Freys were stabbing at her belly. So brutal, but so amazing. The ending with Cat was awesome.

The episode as a whole was really good too. The Jon Snow parts were great.  The Bran and Rickon seperating was great and finally it happened. The fighting across the narrow sea was total kick ass. Seeing Jorah Grey Worm and Dhario fighting like that was really awesome.

I'm going to have to watch this again tonight.

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« Reply #1150 on: June 03, 2013, 01:26:18 PM »
By the way, let's give some praise to Bran's "stop your Hodoring!" line. My god I laughed a lot at that!
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« Reply #1151 on: June 03, 2013, 01:42:23 PM »
Eh, I don't mind the stupid Starks dying. But why kill the wolves? They are so awesome, always make me sad :(

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« Reply #1152 on: June 03, 2013, 02:19:37 PM »
After repeated watchings I absolutely love the way every bit of live seems to abandon Cat's body since before Black Walder slits her throat. That was some superb acting from Michelle Fairley, award deserving.
Raymund Frey is the one who killed her. Black Walder was the one who hamstrung some other dude who was fighting, from House Vance I think.
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« Reply #1153 on: June 03, 2013, 02:23:42 PM »
Ah, I can hardly tell one Frey from another. Not that I want, feh! They are all dead to me. And soon to the rest of Westeros.
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« Reply #1154 on: June 03, 2013, 02:25:09 PM »
So my friend just got spoiled again :facepalm: about the purple wedding He just got spoiled about this (the red wedding) a week ago :-[
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