HBO's adaptation of Game of Thrones - Thread 2. There are a lot of nerds.

xp to akm: I think of last season (which i mostly hated) as a mulligan to rearrange the playing field and get away from all the worst elements of Martin's storytelling.
i hope they stick to the "a little bit from every storyline" method of programming each episode; i get tired of individual plotlines when they decide to do full eps for one splinter... annual tradition of the super-expensive sfx heavy full hour battle sequence aside of course.

also i agree on the mountain helmet, very cool
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god the ed sheeran scene was even worse than i could have imagined, and not just due to sheeran either, the entire casting for it was like he'd got permission to choose some stage school mates to join him.

mostly a good ep. i liked the stuff with the hound and the fire etc. poor old leper jorah still can't quite get the hint about dany. sam is still generally annoying, but the scene with the maestyr was good. i guess they're finally doing something with dany, even tho yet again she's just moved to another place to sit around for a while. also those montages they keep doing with her arriving in a place and sweeping around in a majestic manner are way overdone by now, that must be like the 10th one with the same "what if enya had been a man" soundtrack.

the pedant in me was like 'ok dragonstone is nice but where you gonna put all the horses'

"what if enya had been a man" soundtrack

so good

it's some fairly heinous grandstanding to just bung ed sheeran into an episode. i also thought the scene with that child ruler was such blatant attempts at getting gifs/retweets. been noticing that more and more with tv shows.

yeah she's dope but they're leaning on her a little too hard

I didn't mind the actors in the Sheeran scene as much as I did the scene itself. "Gee golly gosh, when I get home from the war I'm going to finally get the chance to open that charity for abused puppies. I love my wife and I love my parents and as long as I think positive and work hard, absolutely nothing will graphically murder me next episode!" We get it! Arya is learning about how some people are good! OK already! Fuck!

It's pretty unbelievable that she didn't murder Sheeran on sight after hearing him sing

If there was a tradition of murdering annoying musicians in Westeros, Sigur Ros would never have left that Joffrey wedding celebration in one piece.

Jaime could get with some other woman and father more Lannisters ... he only lost a hand, right, or did I miss something?

God that Sheeran/soldiers bit was terribly clunky, why did they keep laughing after everything they said?

With Cersei being the ruler, and having basically eliminated the judicial branch of the government, ...

THE REIGN OF TERROR WON'T END

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Jamie is presumably still in the Kingsguard so he has vowed never to marry. He will never father a legitimate heir (openly). Cersei isn't supposed to be that old, though, and I can't remember why she can't have more kids.

I reckon she must be coming to the end of childbearing age. Lana Heady is mid 40s iirc.

I think she still can (have kids) which is why shes trying to get at Euron even though alliance wise its a completely shit match.

Jaime's also remained faithful to his sister iirc, which is sweet of him

Lena Headey is 43. But Cersei is younger in the books, though she probably has been aged up for the show, as pretty much everyone has been.

Jamie is presumably still in the Kingsguard so he has vowed never to marry.

Considering his sister just burned hundreds of people to death and is now the monarch, I think she can easily release him from those vows, if she really wanted a Lannister 1000 year reich

im finally used to Big Bran

little bran -> big bran -> cosmic bran

is this show just going to be Mission Impossible now

Apologies if this has been covered here already but is there an explanation for why this (apparently) strategically critical dragon castle is just sitting there vacant all these years?

so far away, too dusty to clean

feared as much

it's the same place that stannis was hanging out

re: dragonstone stannis was airbnb'ing it but now he's not. left his big chessboard for the next guest.

dammit xpost

xp - It became Stannis' property after he successfully defended it during Robert's Rebellion. Then Stannis converted to the lord of light and executed non-believers, eliminating a lot of Dragonstone's residents. Then Stannis went north with assumedly everyone who was left on Dragonstone. Most of them died. The rest are with Jon.

Though it is a bit odd that he didn't leave behind a custodian or two to take care of things while he was away.

Thank you all. Re-suspending disbelief. Does seem lazy of Lannisters though. How long ago was all this supposed to have occurred? It's a big, titty blur from here...

i thought we were trying to get past all that

It's not supposed to be that long ago. But yeah, in the books the Lannisters lay siege to Dragonstone pretty soon after Stannis leaves.

still, a bit odd that anyone could just waltz on in and see the big board.

That's gotta be Tom Turgoose's worst performance in a thing to date. Probably should've quit while he was ahead like yer Joffrey lad. Pete Postlethwaite's son also among Ed's feebros.

Excitement at finally recognising Jim Broadbent made up for the excessive turd montage.

still, a bit odd that anyone could just waltz on in and see the big board.

― sarahell, 18. juli 2017 00:59 (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's one of those things that's definitely going to take at least four chapters to explain in the books.

I thought Melisandre was gonna be waiting for them at Dragonstone, just drunk in a corner.

Where is Melisandre now anyway?

God that Sheeran/soldiers bit was terribly clunky, why did they keep laughing after everything they said?

I know you're talking about the acting, I think, but if this was in the script, it's spot on.

Soldiers who haven't been in combat yet laugh at everything because they're all anxious as hell.

After the baptism of fire, the ones still in one piece barely laugh at anything. It's a sign that these rookies, despite the plate mail, are about as far from Arya as you can get in terms of experiences (and privilege)

But they're nice to her because they haven't abandoned manners yet and she's younger than them and she is a woman. They're all fucking doomed.

Thats a fair point! the first bit I mean.

So they were basically meant to be innocents. It didnt come across clearly, I guess is my gripe. I just assumed they were all rubbish actors/had bad material to work with. It was the only part that really clanged.

On an aside, had not made the connection before now that Beric Dondarrion is Sherrif Dan from Fortitude.

...and on another aside, I feel like Dondarrion's constant Jesus-ing is going to be important to the story now, somehow.

He was wielding a flaming sword in the trailer, for the book people it hardly gets more signifying iirc

oh shit I just realized that kid with Sheeran was from This is England!

Excitement at finally recognising Jim Broadbent made up for the excessive turd montage.

― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 00:04

Always good to see Broadbent but I loved that montage.

Totally forgot about the possibility of Sansa having Ramsay's child.

Euron's gift will be Tyrion?

I did wonder about what/who Euron would kidnap and hand over (assuming thats what he meant). Tyrion makes sense. I'd thought Arya too, tho I dont suppose anyone knows where she is now.

Oh god and that citadel montage made me all pukey :( I cant stand the sight or idea of shit.

I think it was Vulture that suggested it'll be the head of Ellaria Sand - I'm buying that

Ooh yes that makes sense given she offed Myrcella (?)