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

My favorite shot:

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Ice-Age-2-ice-age-627024_1600_1200.jpg

RIP Ygritte, she thought she knew stuff

i dug the long, stylized errol flynn battlescene action throughout and in the lengthy single shot particularly; far prefer the swashbuckling approach over rape/gore/torture/repeat as these huge set pieces go
and single episode location was really welcome
more giants please

here here

That single panning shot that tracked the action inside Castle Black was boss, eff the haters.

i loved it too. it was incredibly videogamey! if i have time this afternoon i might throw in some HP damage indicators and the occasional gleaming "LEVEL UP" rising from particular strikes

This episode fucking ruled

zs, a few hadokens and a contra guy backflipping through the midst would be a nice touch too

lol wtf is jon snow gonna do, h8 jon sno, h8 the wall

actually the wall is v cool but the people there are unchill

it takes a lot of work to be un"chill" at the wall

This is the first time the Wall has been fun! Loved this episode probably because it was virtually all action and low on development of characters I don't care about.

If Samwell hasn't died by now he probably isn't going to but come the fuck on.

i dont really care for action really and that action wasnt too good imo, it was pretty stilted and like too linear, the show and shows in general have a hard time being cinematic when they need to, maybe not a big enough budget

the giant is lifting the door... he is still lifting the door

looking forward to whatever madness they have ready for the finale tho

yeah this was not exactly Kurosawa, I got a little bored but the wall scythe thing was lol and oh surprise surprise Ygritte's dead

rip ygritte u never shldve fd w that feeb jon sno

Gonna miss Rose Leslie

From a fight choreo POV, I actually dug the Jon vs. the (heh heh) Head Thenn fight -- did not get a sense of HUEG that dude was till then -- way more than Mtn Vs. Viper. I dunno if the Mtn's sword was too heavy for the Halfthor or if he was too uncoordinated to swing it convincingly, but it was a very bumbling fight. Big Thenn Whoever though was swinging that axe like a born MF, it was a lot more dynamic and convincing, plus it had the benefit of not having a disgusting climax.

yeah, Yuri Kolokolnikov is gargantuan.

yeah agree the mountain didn't seem as menacing as Head Thenn. tho I supposed part of the point was for Oberyn to own him a bit before it got to his head.

the mountain wasnt actually that cool hes just a piece of shit bully

Hah. GOT is the only tv show where someone gets a hammer through the skull and it's not a disgusting climax at all.

Did anyone else yell out HAMMERTIME, BITCH

Wall scythe was the best bit too

The whole thing could have been easily confused for a Metalocalypse episode

yeah there was something v videogamey about it that made me care less

scythe is a major reason. I think it would have been cooler looking if that scythe was all rusted out for being in that wall all this time (presumably unused).

I had fun with the episode. Nothing particularly bothered me about it honestly.

climbing up the wall seems like a bad plan, especially at the exact point where all the crows are, especially after declaring ur gonna do it by lighting a big fire

also not coordinating w the giants attempting to open the gate

not so sure abt this mance guys leadership ability

how cool a name is mance rayder though

when they voted for king beyond the wall I'm sure it sealed his victory.

yeah thats prob why hes in charge

no wonder u wildlings cant even build a house

They even have a Maester Morbius complaining bitterly about his policies.

The wall scythe was really cool.
My biggest complaint is there wasn't nearly enough dog-killing-humans action. A further quibble is that they seemed weirdly slow to set the giants and mammoths on fire.

Happy to see more of Gilly (two seasons ago when I was less a fan of the show, I was considering only watching to see more Hannah Murray, I love her). Hope Sam gets lucky with her.

Does that leader of the night's watch guy remind any of you of Father Jack from Father Ted?

Also, why didn't Jon take his wolf with him to see Mance?

Does that leader of the night's watch guy remind any of you of Father Jack from Father Ted?

ahahaha yes

feck off, elephant!

I think jon left the wolf in charge

The mammoth was pretty fucking cool.

i think the giants were CGI

The actor is real, just doubled in size

he was too strong for cgi imo u cant get cgi that strong i mean thats 4 inches of cold rolled steel forget about it

if they had a bigger budget they could have shown the mammoth smashing through the wildling lines

did the attacks in the book come at night or is that mostly a way to save cgi moneys?

I was wondering about what was cgi because everything looked much better than their usual cgi creations. Pretty sure the giants were guys in big suits.

A lot of good info about how things were shot here

http://www.vulture.com/2014/06/neil-marshall-game-of-thrones-director-wall-battle.html

couldn't stop laughing at the little nod the kid gave Jon Snow after he iced Ygritte