Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

[PROVOST]

[drone]

Ayra's laugh was the best.

[Beskar]

Ayra's laugh was the best.

I think they were turned away at that point.

[Hax]

Captain Crunch.

[Hooahguy]

Looks like Sansa finally learned how to play the game of thrones...

[Visor]

I've been waiting to hear the Mountain say those words for quite some time.

[Spoonska]

So that really big awesome chain thing that swung across the wall in last nights episode...Someone mod that into Shogun 2 please.

[Myth]

In the books Lollys was stupid, fat, and pregnant from her mass rape during the King's Landing riot. Bronn marries her and then promptly trolls Cersei endlessly. My comment was more about the acting, the scenes with Bronn and Tyrion were some of the best, but something was missing from their last meeting.

Bronn is one of the more intriguing characters in the books. He is the epitome of egoism backed up by skill and a natural cunning. He is one of the top 5 fighters still alive in the books IMO. I'd love to see him face off the Hound, Garlan Tyrell or ser Baristan.

[Hooahguy]

Damn, Grenn holding the gate and that speech gave me the chills.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Didn't particularly like the

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final meeting of Ygritte and Jon; too melodramatic for my taste, the book version was much better.

Even after reading all books (as they exist) my appreciation of the series has not diminished in general.
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[naut]

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Didn't particularly like the

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final meeting of Ygritte and Jon; too melodramatic for my taste, the book version was much better.

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That bit was so hilariously tacky. I laughed hard and heartily. Some the Room level terrible screenwriting.

[The Stranger]

ye didnt like it either. the holding the gate part was pretty good. tho i wished the fighting would be more like early viking episodes and less like every hollywood movie ever made :P

[PROVOST]

[drone]

No Arianne? I was looking forward to that eye-candy...

[Greyblades]

6 episodes into the new season and we havent resurrected this thread? For shame!

[Beskar]

Surprised at how fast they seemed to come out at. It is weekly but it only feels 2weeks ago or so it started.

[Greyblades]

Well the first 4 episodes were leaked on the first week, so maybe it was that.

[Greyblades]

Winter has come.

[Crandar]

Well, it was about time, if I may say so. However, winter continually looks less and less frightening, with various metals gradually being added to the list of whitewalkericides.

I wonder if the wights murdered by a fiery chap can be resurrected again by the White Walkers. Or is Lazarus just a one-time trick?

[Greyblades]

I dont think that the wights being killable by regular metals are a problem, them being replacable yet dangerous cannon fodder and all. The WW themselves still seem immune to everything that isnt related to dragons, be it dragon glass or valyrian steel, and as long as they survive a theoretically infinite amount of wights can be made.

I think the ability to resurrect directly corresponds to the body itself; if the skeleton is still intact they can be resurrected but if the skull is smashed or enough limbs are removed the WW either cannot bring them back, or wouldnt want to bother making crippled troops. The question I have is: without craster still giving them children can the WW still replace thier own losses?

[Ice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyX1pw2Phh8



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DFojKwVfq4

[Hooahguy]

Im fairly certain they blew their entire special effects budget in that last, awesome battle scene. Great episode!

[drone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DFojKwVfq4

Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained?

[Hooahguy]

Was I the only one who was rooting for that Wildling woman to survive? I was thinking at first they would bring her in as a Ygritte 2.0, but my hopes were soon dashed upon the rocks.

[Crandar]

Those were exactly my thoughts, so I was really relieved when she was murdered by the creepy children. Hollywood-style romance has no place in Game of Thrones, in my opinion.

Also, I know it is more probable that Martin just forgot him, but I have a feeling that Benjen Stark is going to play an important role, later. It is rather suspicious that he hasn't been seen to be a member of the wight army. The director would love to force Jon to "kill" his uncle in a desperate and tragic fight.

[ReluctantSamurai]

I haven't been as glued to the set as previous seasons. Don't get me wrong...this season has still been very good, IMO, but there's far more jumping around and less grab-you-by-the-throat episodes (think "Mountain and The Viper"). In all fairness, there's more characters to follow, and it's difficult if not impossible to cover everything in 10 one-hour episodes.

Yep, the Hardhome battle was good, but.....can't touch the drama of "The Watchers on the Wall" battle (which I would put in the same class as Peter Jackson's "Battle of Helm's Deep").

All-in-all, still high class viewing.

[GeneralHankerchief]

With 20 minutes to go in the episode tonight:

"Nope. Screw it. I'm out. I draw the line at this. Goodbye, show. "

With the episode finished:

"Now THIS is why I watch the damn show!!! "

Why must you torture me such, D&D?

[Greyblades]

Goddamn the unsullied are useless at thier jobs.

[Visor]

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I stopped watching this season as I felt it was getting a bit ridiculous and I heavily disagree with some of the book changes (read em all).

My brother says to me that stannis burns shireen in the show and I was very disappointed. Stannis is my favourite character in the books and he would NEVER burn Shireen. It saddens me that they do this to such a great character in the books.

[ReluctantSamurai]

I can sympathize with a favorite 'book' character being totally rewritten by screen writers (I haven't read any of the Song of Ice and Fire books), as it happened with a book series I am quite fond of..."The Sword of Truth" where the central character was completely rewritten from start to finish including his personal appearance (apparently, having the central character be a slender, ripped-looking swashbuckler instead of the burly, soft-spoken woodsman in the books, was more appealing to the ladies). However....

.....what sells books and makes for good reading, doesn't necessarily make for ratings when moved to the screen. Thrones needed to introduce a bit more "shock" factor that's mostly been missing this season, and Shireen was it.