pop connection I had not expected
Need a cure for your #GameofThrones katzenjammer? How bout a look back at when Brienne of Tarth aka Gwendoline Christie donned rabbit ears for @goldfrapp's Strict Machine single release? pic.twitter.com/xCjzw1wOEU— MuteUSA (@MuteUSA) April 15, 2019
― mh, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
https://imgflip.com/i/2yqckg
― mick signals, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
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― mick signals, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
Hilariously bad dialogue.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
I think they're allowed one 'the gang's all back together' episode without major developments, and it was a very enjoyable example of that genre. They better hit the ground running next ep though.
Hopfully the final major conflict of the series will be Dany vs Jon, as seeded in this episode - much more scope for genuine drama than everyone against the zombies.
― chap, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
you could replace any of the other leads (except perhaps Maisie Williams) with other actors and lose nothing of the character.
Costa-Waldau is good imo.
― chap, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
i don't hear enough praise for liam cunningham as davos. i tell people he's my favorite character and they think i'm crazy
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
Can't really imagine anyone else as The Hound. And don't want to.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
Heady is tops (as was the actor who played Robert Baratheon in the first season) and most of the character actors are pretty great. But they whiffed big time on almost all the younger cast—aside from maybe Samwell.
― ryan, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
whatever the intent w/Daenerys is at this point in the story, Emilia Clarke was playing her up as more arrogant and cold, and the dialogue demanding loyalty and recognition as queen seems to at the very least be laying the groundwork for a shift into crazy Targaryen territory. I do think some of the awkwardness between her and Jon in the romantic scenes was fairly intentional, though if anyone found the scenes awful nonetheless i'm not going to make an argument in their favor beyond this.
and the previews of next week's confrontation w/Jaime suggest we'll again be reminded of the apparently quite good reasons why he killed the Mad King...
― omar little, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
come on man Rickon was outstanding, huge hole in the show now that he's peaced out
― omar little, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
huge hole in his chest too
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
Cunningham, Headey, Coster-Waldau, Christie, McCann are all great imo. Iain Glen has his moments, he's a likable presence. I like the dudes who play Beric and Gendry a lot. Maisie Williams has had to carry a lot of the narrative load and i think she's done a great job. Carice van houten has a ridiculous character to play but i think she's generally done well with it.
out of the RIP characters: Bean, Fairley, Dance, Dormer, Dilanne, dude who played Roose, a couple others I'm forgetting...all really excellent.
most of the ones I'm not a huge fan of I don't even mind that much, the only time i had to grit my teeth was when the sand snakes were still a thing.
― omar little, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:32 (five years ago) link
otm, don't forget diana rigg
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
For whoever's interested - I put this mix together (featuring a shedload of GoT samples):
https://www.mixcloud.com/metalmaester/game-ov-thr0nes-the-metal-mixtape/
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
Maisie Williams has had to carry a lot of the narrative load and i think she's done a great job.
Agreed. She should have a great future ahead of her, though I really hope that her height and older-than-she-looks-like appearance won't doom her into being typecast kid characters, or eternally young ones (like she did in Doctor Who), for the next 15 years.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
Conleth Hill is great imo. I agree that Onion Knight is great. I guess some of the really strong actors had other shit to do so weren't around long, eg Ciaran Hinds or Bean.
― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
Most of these characters (Davos, Varys, the Hound, Gendry, Friendzone Guy) are what I meant by second-tier characters and yeah the actors playing them are all good, great it some cases. The Kingslayer is one of the leads and Coster-Waldau is excellent in the role, but I don't think there's as much subtlety in his performance as Lena H's.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
kinda wanna more deeply extrapolate my thinking behind zombie queen cersei (she's already got a zombie army and a necromancer; presumably the night king has been in touch) but i have other shit to to do; even so, this is one easter egg i missed that I'm deeply amused by
“that boy eddie, the ginger, came back with his face burned off. he’s got no eyelids now.” pic.twitter.com/Sq7oBnbhWd— dunk my donuts (@og_hapsburg) April 15, 2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
tbf I'm not sure the extremely fragmented scenes help the actors much either.
― FernandoHierro, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link
I guess some of the really strong actors had other shit to do so weren't around long, eg Ciaran Hinds or Bean.
Bean was quite good in this episode playing Euron and two of the prostitutes.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
The Kingslayer is one of the leads and Coster-Waldau is excellent in the role, but I don't think there's as much subtlety in his performance as Lena H's.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
another standout actor whose character is now dead: Charles Dance
tywin was maybe my favorite character on the whole show
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
"Not you..."
― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
can't believe I didn't spot that Sheeran reference.Brienne is a great character but I thought Christie was a bit wobbly to start off with.When Lena's on-screen she totally raises the bar, agreed.
― kinder, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 22:26 (five years ago) link
Wait, was Brienne even onscreen? I must've missed her.
― Audrey Tautoulogy (Leee), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
LOL yeah I missed that ref was to Sheehan as well, fuck if I'dve twigged who "eddie" was tbf
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
My leaderboard of favourite performances (with 'how well the character was written' as a factor')
Main cast
Top tier
TywinOlenna (not main but too good not to rank)CatelynNedHoundMargaery, oddly enough, I feel like her part was really hard to do as well as she didRobert
Excellent
BronnJorahTyrionAryaCerseiJaimeVarysTommen (best of the kids imo)
Good
SansaDavosRobbGendryRooseShae
Whatever
Grey WormYgritteTormundRamsayJon SnowTheonJoffrey
No Thank You
MissandeiBranTalisaSamwell (though the actor is good)BrienneLittlefingerHigh SparrowJaqenDaenerys
Raspberries!
Ellaria SandStannisMelisandreGilly
Supp. cast
Hon. mention: Pycelle, Hodor, Osha (weirdly? odd choice of performance but she committed to it and I liked it), Luwin, Aemon
No mention: Lancel, Alliser, Loras, Beric, Pod, Yara, Qyburn, Meera, Jojen,
Dishonorable mention: Euron
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
i actually kinda liked dillane as stannis. he was so dour that it was funny.
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
Every time I think of anything related to Stannis/Shireen/Melisandre I get a headache, I mean, Euron is the worst but at least he's quotable. I cannot remember a single word that Stannis uttered and am happy about that
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
I gotta give to Joffrey one of my favourite laughs in the series. "I hear that Stannis never smiles." *pulls out his sword about four inches* "I'll give him a red smile. From ear to ear."
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
My favorite voices on the show: Roose Bolton, Beric Dondarrion.
― Conceptualize Wyverns (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 03:19 (five years ago) link
I must be the only person who liked Littlefinger!
Hey, wither Podrick?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
xp jorah mormont has my favorite voice on the show
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:25 (five years ago) link
and yet here i stand
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 04:50 (five years ago) link
Couldn’t care less about Daenerys but something about Jorah confessing his undying love and devotion toward her makes me emotional
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 06:37 (five years ago) link
Jorah was intriguing in the first season but has become probably the most tediously one-note character in the whole show, even if the actor is good. There are characters like Tyrion or Bronn or the Hound where you feel yourself internally cheering whenever they appear on screen, and he's at the other end of the spectrum for me, just an enthusiasm drain. (See also Jaqen, Missandei & Grey Worm, frankly Theon at this point).
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 08:10 (five years ago) link
I just can’t forgive Bronn for his crimes against the pop charts in the 1990s, or Littlefinger for that wandering accent. Robert Barathian has the best past life, having been a Full Monty stripper.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 08:23 (five years ago) link
Considering the limitations coming from the writing, I feel most of the actors in the main roles have given performances ranging from decent enough to excellent, except for Harington, Clarke and the dude playing Euron (Pilou Asbæk). I've no problem believing Asbæk is a good actor, but his performance belons to Pirates of Caribbean, not this series. (Though I guess part of the blame for that goes to the showrunners as well, as I can't imagine he chose this approach to the role all by himself.) And Harington and Clarke are just dull and wooden, which is particularly unfortunate given that Jon and Daenerys become the two biggest characters by now. With Harington it doesn't of course help that Jon Snow is a dull character begin with, being the only classic fantasy hero in a show that otherwise tries to avoid that stereotype.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 09:13 (five years ago) link
Can't forget Asbæk in the Danish historical drama '1864' where he plays a landowner who has sex with a cow.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 09:33 (five years ago) link
https://news.avclub.com/rob-mcelhenney-martin-starr-were-brutally-murdered-in-1834077456
Martin Starr and Rob McElhenney played two of the random House Greyjoy jamokes who got killed during Yara's rescue.
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--h_yAtypl--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/ffsy5sg7gjsq6qtb5mwq.jpg
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 12:32 (five years ago) link
I cannot remember a single word that Stannis uttered and am happy about that
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 15:26 (five years ago) link
RIP Ted Leo the grammar pedant
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 April 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
He's supposed to be a drab middle management type who has somehow become a king, which Dillane sells well.
― chap, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
I just can’t forgive Bronn for his crimes against the pop charts in the 1990s, or Littlefinger for that wandering accent
I never had a problem with that. Littlefinger’s a slippery, shifty guy. Why should his accent be any different?
― Conceptualize Wyverns (latebloomer), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
It'd have been interesting to see Charles Dance reading for Stannis and vice versa I think
I think the scene where Tywin lectures Jaime while skinning the deer is one of my favourite scenes in television tbh!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:44 (five years ago) link
I didn't think anything of him. He has one expression on his face the entire series. The only interesting thing about him/his character is the whole "he's good at fucking" note
I forgot to list Ros but obv she was amazing, love the post-coital scene with her and Pycelle
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
lol @ BBQ Becky of Winterfell
― sarahell, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
this episode was fan service + daddy issues. Kinda feel like the characters that don't gaf about their dads or have moved past that are the best adjusted
― sarahell, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
oh wait, also conflating next episode's preview in there -- looks like we get another daddy issue scene at least
― sarahell, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link