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

I believe the whole liberation of Winterfell was just as ambiguous at this point in the book as it was at the end of season 2. I think what we are supposed to assume from the tv show is that Theon's men were allowed to walk out of Winterfell since they were handing it over and leaving Theon to the liberators, but this isn't really spelled out.

There was a discussion at one point in s2 between Robb Stark and Roose Bolton concerning what to do about Winterfell.

Stannis and Melisandre are two of my favorite characters from the books so I think I'm a bit biased toward them. I'm always happy when they show up, but I haven't watched the new episode yet.

the expression that flashed across his face when he finds out Davos survived cracked me up.

Thinking about it, Davos is a bit crap at everything, isn't he?

Onions. He's good with them

Trying to think how to phrase this without spoiling anything for the guys who haven't read the books, but I don't Stannis should be written off yet, although I do kinda agree about the tv show depiction not being too enthralling.

But srsly, being a merciless, dead-behind-the-eyes and entirely unbending monomaniac who is not only in a position of power and influence but, more importantly, believes 110% in the validity of that position - well it can make for some interesting developments in a world where basically everyone else is either a craven little bitch or a treacherous backstabber.

they did paint him as quite a fierce warrior in the battle at the end of the last season.

I've enjoyed Stannis's characterization for the most part.

^^^ stannis stan

they did paint him as quite a fierce warrior in the battle at the end of the last season.

― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, April 2, 2013 5:30 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark

i think this is important to his depiction overall. like even in that big battle i remember him having a determined stoicism that was quite powerful so the flipside of him being just kinda subdued during everyday life works for me

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^looks like he's using that Klaus Kinski trick w/ his feet to make that turn

just thinking the same thing

Maybe he can make that his outstanding feature

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yeah i think cos literally everyone else in the cast has rich thespy presence then stannis' total lack becomes striking and intriguing. imagine if you had someone else doing proper actor ~brooding~ instead, it really wouldnt be that interesting

also they over-egg the melisandre context around him so much he doesnt need to add to it, not til some plot develops anyway

anyway this ep pleased meh (despite having forgotten loads)

hope it wasnt just me that jumped back from killer iridescent scorpion thing scuttling @ u face

show got the official season 4 pickup today btw.

re: destruction of Winterfell. I haven't read the books, but it seemed pretty crucial to me that Robb was persuaded not to go back to Winterfell but to let one of his bannermen's relatives take care of it.

When I re-watched it I seem to remember the Iron Island folk just grabbing Theon and fleeing when they were surrounded by said bannerman's relative. Don't know if I'm just misinterpreting it though.

that's m/l what the show wants you to think right now if i read the scene correctly.

bummer about this show is that i'm terrified of googling minor questions so i'm asking here: the guy who saved Dany's life at the end and begged for forgiveness, was he the guy that Tyrion fired as the Kingsguard last season?

That's Barristan Selmy, who got relieved of his duties by Joffrey et al in season 1 ("naked knight"), not by Tyrion.

He's regarded as a legendary knight in Westeros ('Barristan the Bold'), which the show has stressed less than the books.

Ah, right. I knew I recognised him.

still haven't seen this ep yet, but just wanted to chime in with the "bite me, Stannis is awesome" crowd

he's one of the actors who really nailed how I envisioned the character when I was reading the books

yeah he gets stannis down pretty much as i imagined him. he could be even more reserved and bitter even!

stannis is such a grim singleminded mfer, i love it. the depiction on the show is i feel vv otm.

I think Stannis is being played quite subtly too, like he seems deep within some mental prison of his own construction, and only occasionally is he roused, usually by a glimpse of power, or really clearly by the battle.

stannis is my fav book character and the guy who looks like james nesbitt does a great job playing him, but i feel like the show's kinda giving him short shrift, esp his relationship with davos

Stannis is fine as the taciturn, pensive still figure in the centre of the tug-of-war between Davos and Melisandre, but he's not that compelling a character on his own. In the TV series, anyway.

It's never really clear what his motivations are re: Melisandre, which comes across as a writing weakness. But then he might be playing a long game, so who knows I guess?

Basically I think Patrick Malahide should play both roles in different wigs.

lolled at hopelessly in love jorah's face at the end when dude he was bigging up declared heroic fealty

is there any reason i'm forgetting not to think iain glen's had a terrible waste of a career considering how great he looks in this

stannis is my fav book character and the guy who looks like james nesbitt does a great job playing him, but i feel like the show's kinda giving him short shrift, esp his relationship with davos

― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:06 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

ya and i feel like the sexy melisandre thing kind of makes him less interesting, his monkishness disinterest in anything sexual is a big part of his character imo

I don't know about all of you, but Barristan the Bold in the show does not seem like a fierce, legendary guy. They could have casted a more interesting looking actor couldn't they?

lolled at hopelessly in love jorah's face at the end when dude he was bigging up declared heroic fealty

This was the best part of the episode!

they might as well have ended it with him turning to camera and saying "oh bugger" like a fast show sketch

Evan, yeah, the show hasn't done much to establish his credibility, though in the books we mostly only hear about his feats second or third hand.

I mean the guy doesn't really emit "legendary warrior" at all to me.

Even if they haven't emphasized it in the script.

they might as well have ended it with him turning to camera and saying "oh bugger" like a fast show sketch

it's quite rare for a show to do unrequited love in this teenage "she can never know" way. though maybe they had one brief chat about it last year and she silenced him swiftly? seem to remember him making a cack-handed move which he's probably turned over in his mind a hundred thousand times since...

xpost it's not that Barristan looks boring, just basically that he looks like a dad's drinking buddy or one of the more socially well-adjusted priests.

Exactly, I couldn't think of a good comparison myself but that's exactly what I mean.

god I can't tell you how happy I am to see this show again

a season of The Walking Dead has made me grateful for amusing dialogue + things happening

I too am just obsessed with the zombie apocalypse world and could really give a shit about the characters in that show, if you agree.

I thought w/the robe especially the show was going for an old Ben Kenobi look with Selmy.

yeah I thought that too

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