HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

i know.
BUT WHAT IF IT ISN"T?!

also, it was an intense thing to lay eyes on - orphans or no.

definitely. theon is so out of out his depth.

bran, not bronn. bronn is tyrions sellsword bodyguard.

Maester Luwin's howl as the end there just killed me too.

good scenes with cat and jamie and cersei and sansa. i guess the writers finally found a couple parts of the book they thought worth throwing in. winterfell scenes also strong. alfie is a pretty terrible actor but it kind of works because theon is pretty terrible at what he does too. although still very enjoyable in its own right, that was surely one too many tywin-arya scenes now. just reinforces the feeling that nothing is actually happening. they opened the coin purse for that shot of harrenhal tho, very cool. way too much jon and ygritte wandering. could've achieved the same "character development" with just one scene between them on top of last episode's. not sure what the hell they are doing with that part of the story either. altogether too much screen time for robb's nurse, their relationship another thing that would've been better served if handled more sparingly. qarth continues to baffle. very bored of hearing the same characters repeat themselves for the fourth episode straight. glad they decided to kill everybody for some reason.

2 episodes left i think? should be a barnstorming finish to a somewhat meandering season.

should be 3 more left, there's 10 total

agree that it's been treading water for several episodes. arya & tywin talk, jon wanders the wastes, and repeat. kingslayer finally escaping only to wind up in what looks like the same cage only moments later did not help.

i thought the dude playing theon did a pretty good job!

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Great line from the RS recap, re Ygritte: "It was like trudging through the tundra with a living Twitter porn spambot."

I quite want this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Ice-Fire-Official-Companion/dp/0345534492/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336939606&sr=8-2

The lengthy and loving descriptions of food in the books always get my mouth watering.

i thought the dude playing theon did a pretty good job!

agree. he does a damn good job of modulating subtly between related expressions: "what do i do?"/"i have no choice but to do this"/"oh god, i'm really doing this?"

when I read that bit in the book, I bawled!

Yeah Harrenhal was burned by Aegon's dragons & is supposedly cursed isn't it?

I really love Maester Luwin. Just as I imagined him.

multiple xps: it's been very meandering yeah, but necessarily so as they have to cram a load of stuff into ten episodes, wrangle with the timelines and do a lot of setting up of stuff for the next few seasons, all the while ensuring that characters who didn't really get a lot of time in the book (ie Robb) get their airtime. I've been pleased for the most part.

The only thing that's been a bit of a letdown is how they've handled Dany and Qarth, but her thread in the second book is my least favourite of her storylines so far (her thread in the third is incredible).

agreed.

two episodes in a row with no tits I'm pretty sure. Unprecedented.

Who is the woman with the crazy mask? And where can I obtain naked ritual back-painting services on the east coast?

Was it upsetting? Surely it's not Bronn/his brother nobody cares about. It feels quite obvious that it was those two kids on that farm.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Monday, May 14, 2012 6:34 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

did have a feel of the bait and switch about it but the music was so portentous.

always remember the last minute carrier crow didn't save ned stark...

(her thread in the third is incredible).

Can we not talk about who is alive or dead in the third book? I know it seems sort of obvious that Dany will be around for awhile but it's more fun to not know what's going to happen for me. :(

maybe she dies in an incredible fashion in the first chapter, just falling into a bottomless pit while dragons burst out of her organs

oh i just got it, lol, duh

Can we not talk about who is alive or dead in the third book? I know it seems sort of obvious that Dany will be around for awhile but it's more fun to not know what's going to happen for me. :(

yeah, seconded. there's a spoiler thread for people who've read the books. would prefer to hear nothing about what's upcoming or how things were different in the books in this thread.

in the books, Xaro Xohan Daxos is a Chinese guy

lol

only three episodes left!? I have been waiting for some ACTION!!

I hope the finale ends with a title card with something like: "we ran out of time but here is a list of people that died..."

Note: Theon died on the way back to his home planet

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soooooo nerdy
http://io9.com/5906300/5-scientific-explanations-for-game-of-thrones-messed+up-seasons
https://plus.google.com/u/0/100521671383026672718/posts/R3C5xYBxvXn

I keep hearing Xaro Xahon Ducksauce everytime they say it out loud.

Note: Theon died on the way back to his home planet

Theon does have certain Poochie qualities.

arya's dancing is pretty amazing.

unlike ian greyjoy's acting.

alfie is a pretty terrible actor but it kind of works because theon is pretty terrible at what he does too.

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:21 (Yesterday) Bookmark

agree, same goes for daenerys

not sure about her, her scenes are particularly grating apart from that cool illusion freak.

yeah, i was starting to like dany as a character cause clarke did okay with the rising-to-power stuff last season, but god, she's been just awful ever since her arrival in qarth.

agreed

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danaerys is made even more obnoxious b/c the episodes feel so unsatisfying in the way of plot development and then we have to spend a fair chunk of it with her crying about her dragons. qarth scenes are only redeemed by neat visual stuff like the charlatan and the metal-mask lady.

well, everybody's dead now so

karth felt like a whole lotta build up and then the whole GREATEST TOWN EVER had a quick flip to being run by goopy ghoulie and ragged dick.

so hopefully we don't have to see her again until she flies in on top of a dragon and rains fire on stuff

Goopy Ghoulie and Ragged Dick would be a great name for a GoT spin off show.

Qarth is the bit that is especially cringeworthy when I watch this show while stoned

The richest man in Qarth, the house of the undying dude, the merchant, Dany's horrible acting, mask woman.. it's really, really bad

Tyrion is still the most awesome

one thing i'm confused about - the metal-face tatoo-artist girl asked jorah if he would ever betray Daenerys *again*? what was that about? did i miss something?

also, forks - i really like that image!

Jorah was reporting back to Varys (I think) about Dany's movements, etc...

Yeah they did not play it up very much, but Jorah was doing that. His turning point is right before the little rat face dude tries to poison her.

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