Game of Thrones (TV, fantasy) Thread

[Dimitrius]

Doubt it since they're both from different places.

Per the books, she does have a brother who's an Unsullied, but it's not Grey Worm.

[BlackInk]

Doubt it since they're both from different places.

Are they? Grey Worm said he was from The Summer Isles, and then Missandei said she doesn't remember much, with an exception being how tall the trees were. I thought that was a reference to "Tall Tree Town", which is in the Summer Isles.

[cramx3]

Id rather them be siblings than lovers.  The idea of an unsullied falling in love does not really interest me as a story that takes up screen time.

[Dimitrius]

Doubt it since they're both from different places.

Are they? Grey Worm said he was from The Summer Isles, and then Missandei said she doesn't remember much, with an exception being how tall the trees were. I thought that was a reference to "Tall Tree Town", which is in the Summer Isles.

She's suppose to be from Naath, an island to the west of the Summer Isles, more close to Sothoryos than the Isles.

By the way people, please meet this guy:




That's Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, orchestrator  of the War of the Five Kings!!

[hefdaddy42]

Per the books, she does have a brother who's an Unsullied, but it's not Grey Worm.

Yeah, there's no way they would conflate a few characters for the show.

Id rather them be siblings than lovers.  The idea of an unsullied falling in love does not really interest me as a story that takes up screen time.

I didn't think they were physically capable of being lovers.

[Podaar]

I really enjoyed last night's episode. The water-dancer bit was brilliant and once again, Rory McCann stole the show!

I loved watching Cersei turn on the charm. I even found myself feeling some sympathy for her, she is rather charismatic and her speech about her eldest son was honest and touching. That should provide some nice contrast for when she goes all delusional-flaming-demon next time.

They've officially set things up for Dany to just hang-out in Meereen...just like in the books. Although, coming up there are some interesting lessons to be learned about ruling people. I hope the producers/directors can pull it off without boring the audience too much. I should have more faith in them.

Speaking of which; holy shit, did they do a great job with the Jon and Bran at Craster's Keep or what. Everything is back on course (kinda) and we got some cool retribution, action, dialog, Hodor/Bran possession,  and Ghost. By the bye, it still really bothers me that the have Ghost growl and otherwise make noise. I think the audience is sophisticated and engaged enough in the story to go along with the idea of a silent dire wolf. I think it's much creepier to have him bare his slavering fangs in complete silence. *shudder*

[edit]Shrunk stuff, just to be safe[/edit]

[BlackInk]

Damn. I always knew Littlefinger was more of a smart manipulative guy than we had probably seen, but holy shit he's behind everything?? I did not see that coming actually. He was always an interesting character before, but he's only getting better and better.

Everything else was awesome as usual. Bran warging with Hodor was really cool.

EDIT: Does that also mean that Petyr was the one who sent the assassin to kill Bran?

[Podaar]

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[cramx3]

I think the TV show dropped the ball on that, the one behind the attempted stabbing of Bran was ....

Spoiler:

Joffrey.  I dont recall why he did that, maybe because he didnt care for Bran and now that he was crippled I guess he just wanted him dead?

They didnt say it in the show and it had come up already by this point in the books.  I dont know if the show is going to let the viewers know about that.

As for last night, the episode was a good set up of for whats the come.  The scenes in the Eyrie were great.  Very much how I thought it would play out and seeing Lysa go nuts was awesome.  Cant wait to see how this plays out on the TV.

The Crasters keep stuff was fun.  I liked the added storyline.  Gave everyone something fun to do (for the viewers) and pretty much put everyone back on course bookwise.

I was really hoping for coldhands.  Although he didnt show up earlier, I thought if he were to ever show up it would be during the attach on Crasters, but we didnt get him.

[Dimitrius]

I think the TV show dropped the ball on that, the one behind the attempted stabbing of Bran was ....

Spoiler:

Joffrey.  I dont recall why he did that, maybe because he didnt care for Bran and now that he was crippled I guess he just wanted him dead?

He overheard Robert telling Cersei(?) that keeping Bran alive is not a mercy and he, Robert, would put him out of his misery. So he sent the catspaw to try to get a pat on the head from his "father"

[gmillerdrake]

This is pretty friggin cool.....

https://www.buzzfeed.com/424hannah/game-of-thrones-theme-song-on-wine-glasses-pans-a-gho5

[cramx3]

Very cool, that theme song is so awesome.  My best bud have a violinist play it at his wedding for when he walked down the aisle and it was so bad ass. Especially since from standing at the top (I was in the bridal party) I could see the looks on everyone face when they either noticed what the music was or were wondering wtf is this?

[BlackInk]

Good thing he didn't start playing the Rains of Castamere, people would've freaked.

[snapple]

Hey Podaar. Stop. Fucking. Spoiling. Put that shit in small, unreadable text. It's really fucking annoying since this topic has been discussed in like, the last two pages.

[masterthes]

Can we just give Peter Dinklage an Emmy now?! That man has been through the ringer this season

[hefdaddy42]

Great episode last night!

Also:

[Dimitrius]

Was it just me or did any of you thought Oberyn got the biggest boner when Tyrion demanded the trial by combat?

[hefdaddy42]

Was it just me or did any of you thought Oberyn got the biggest boner when Tyrion demanded the trial by combat?

Yes. 

[Super Dude]

Pretty much.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Can we just give Peter Dinklage an Emmy now?! That man has been through the ringer this season

Amen to that! He's one of my favourite characters in the show which is a dumb thing to have btw. 

[senecadawg2]

I can't stand Theon's story- it's straight up torture porn (last season physical, this season mental). Apart from that though, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, particularly the trial. As for Oberyn and his boner- he has been a great addition thus far and I hope he plays a more prominent role moving forward. I particularly liked when he asked Shae if she 'fucked him like it was his last night…'

[Zydar]

[snapple]

I can't stand Theon's story- it's straight up torture porn (last season physical, this season mental). Apart from that though, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, particularly the trial. As for Oberyn and his boner- he has been a great addition thus far and I hope he plays a more prominent role moving forward. I particularly liked when he asked Shae if she 'fucked him like it was his last night…'

It's a grim show

[cramx3]

I liked the intro to Hizdar.

The trial played out well and Oberyn is great.

The scene with Yara and Theon didnt do much for me but finally getting some more ironborn shown.

[masterthes]

Theon's certainly the poster child for Stockholm Syndrome

[senecadawg2]

I can't stand Theon's story- it's straight up torture porn (last season physical, this season mental). Apart from that though, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, particularly the trial. As for Oberyn and his boner- he has been a great addition thus far and I hope he plays a more prominent role moving forward. I particularly liked when he asked Shae if she 'fucked him like it was his last night…'

It's a grim show

Yeah, but there's plenty of other grim, and far more interesting, material that they could be focusing on. That's my only complaint- it feels like wasted time.

[cramx3]

I can't stand Theon's story- it's straight up torture porn (last season physical, this season mental). Apart from that though, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, particularly the trial. As for Oberyn and his boner- he has been a great addition thus far and I hope he plays a more prominent role moving forward. I particularly liked when he asked Shae if she 'fucked him like it was his last night…'

It's a grim show

Yeah, but there's plenty of other grim, and far more interesting, material that they could be focusing on. That's my only complaint- it feels like wasted time.

I think they are just doing this to keep Theon on TV as well as show how sick Ramsay is and also to build the Boltons up as serious bad guys.  But otherwise I agree, everything with Theon since last season has been more filler for me.

[Podaar]

Hey Podaar. Stop. Fucking. Spoiling. Put that shit in small, unreadable text. It's really fucking annoying since this topic has been discussed in like, the last two pages.

Sure thing! Reading back through my post I'm not sure what I spoiled so I'll just need to be more careful I suppose.

Great episode last night! I'll just leave it right there...

[snapple]

Hey Podaar. Stop. Fucking. Spoiling. Put that shit in small, unreadable text. It's really fucking annoying since this topic has been discussed in like, the last two pages.

Sure thing! Reading back through my post I'm not sure what I spoiled so I'll just need to be more careful I suppose.

Great episode last night! I'll just leave it right there...

You said something like "which is exactly what happens in the books" in reference to future events.

[Evermind]

Best episode of the season by far. The only stuff I didn't like is Yara-Theon-Reek-Ramsay thing. Felt a bit pointless after such a build-up.

Loved Oberyn and his "not-giving-a-fuck" attitude to everything from small council meeting to the trial. It's just like he's there to troll witnesses (and not only witnesses).

And of course the whole trial has been terrific. Much better than Joffrey's death in my book. Coster-Waldau, Dance and Dinklage performances were all top notch. Loved that immense Tyrion's speech at the end.

It's for those episodes I watch the show. In the last season that was Jaime's speech in the bath that did it for me, and for this season, Tyrion's "guilty-of-being-a-dwarf" speech is surely a contender.

[BlackInk]

Great episode. Awesome to see Braavos and the Titan. I wonder if, since they even showed Braavos in the opening credits, we're going to spend more time there. It doesn't seem so, since they're now leaving again so quickly. But then it would be strange to show it in the credits.

Also, another question I have, how does Westeros or the world keep track of years? With the very pattern-less seasons, summers lasting nine years in this case, how do they tell those different nine years apart. I just read in the book that they count from Aegon's landing, but how?

[cramx3]

Great episode. Awesome to see Braavos and the Titan. I wonder if, since they even showed Braavos in the opening credits, we're going to spend more time there. It doesn't seem so, since they're now leaving again so quickly. But then it would be strange to show it in the credits.

I was wondering myself how the opening credits would work.  I was expecting to see the Eyrie again (havent seen it since S1).  Also was hoping to maybe see Moat Cailin for Yara, but obviosuly they ended up at the Dreadfort so I guess maybe there is a possibility of Moat Cailin for the future since Ramsay is heading there.  I wish they would stop showing Winterfell since no one is there, but I guess we can expect Winterfell to be in every opening sequence, as well as Kings Landing and The Wall.

[soundgarden]

Just saw the episode; man well done Dinklage and Dance!  I love the Tyrion-Tywin confrontations in this part of the books/shows.

Loved Oberyn and his "not-giving-a-fuck" attitude to everything from small council meeting to the trial. It's just like he's there to troll witnesses (and not only witnesses).

The omitted one joke of his.  When Tywin asks if he killed Joffrey; after Tyrion says no Oberyn jumps in "well that settles it then"

Oberyn is a whole lot of awesome.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I was recently delighted to discover that George R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, still writes all of his novels on a DOS computer running WordStar. Martin isn’t a complete technophobe—he maintains an active blog, much to the dismay of fans who might prefer that he spend all of his time on other projects—but remains faithful to what he calls “the Duesenberg of word processing software (very old, but unsurpassed).”

https://nevalalee.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/a-song-of-dos-and-wordstar/

[gmillerdrake]

I've never read the books so for you 'book readers' my postulations may be comical or bore you...but, I think it'd be interesting if now that Tyrion has envoked that right to battle that the council would nominate Oberyn to be the one he'd have to battle....then if he again gets to choose someone to take his place.....he picks Jamie (knowing that he's been training) and Jamie managed to beat Oberyn. That'd be pretty cool. It'd be a bummer because I'm kind of hoping for a cool battle between Oberyn and the Mountain.....but it'd be even cooler if an underdog Jamie would kill a battle tested warrior like Oberyn.

I feel bad for Theon. What a mind fu%k!!