Game of Thrones

[Crazed Rabbit]

Kind of annoying, that. Now she's going to go in there thinking, "I'm going to kill these stupid mages" instead of "I'm going to get help from these stupid mages and then be surprised when it turns out they want to kill me".

I don't like Theon's scenes, but I think that's sort of the point. They do a good job portraying him as a character who you might feel sympathy for if he wasn't constantly being a total jerk. Also annoyed that they never introduced Jojen and Meera, but I guess they ran out of aspiring child actors or something.

I didn't like the dragon stealing change, didn't think it necessary. And I thought Jojen and Meera hadn't joined them yet.

CR

[Arjos]

And I thought Jojen and Meera hadn't joined them yet.

They did already when Bran started to act as Lord of Winterfell...
The Freys also joined the court at that time...

In the last episode, Bran, Hodor, Osha, Rickon, Summer and Shaggydog already escaped; so either they will meet them along the road in season 3-4 or most likely that's the new party going beyond the Wall...

[Sigurd]

I didn't like the dragon stealing change, didn't think it necessary. And I thought Jojen and Meera hadn't joined them yet.

CR

Not only that... They killed off Irri... which to my knowledge is still alive in the books? They just decided to .. the books.. this takes too long.

[Hooahguy]

Not only that... They killed off Irri... which to my knowledge is still alive in the books? They just decided to .. the books.. this takes too long.

It could have been other things. Maybe her contract is up or something. Or maybe she isnt really dead, just injured?

[Sigurd]

It could have been other things. Maybe her contract is up or something. Or maybe she isnt really dead, just injured?

Nah, she was played by a Norwegian actress who confirmed that they just killed her character. "Sorry, we killed you" ...

[TinCow]

I'm not too opposed to the changes they've made from the books. The fact is that there are way, way too many characters in the books to put them all into the television show. The show is already jam packed with so many major characters that it would be hard for people to keep track of them if they hadn't read the books. Could you imagine trying to develop three times as many as we've already seen? It just wouldn't work. So, they've got to strip out some characters for expediency, which also means stripping out some storylines. The important thing, to me, is that they keep the overall developmental purpose of the characters intact. In this sense, I think they've succeeded with almost every change they have made. Despite the changes they have made, the story still feels correct and the characters all seem to act the way they should. That indicates to me that the alterations have been handled wisely. The only exception is the theft of the dragons, which I don't quite see the point of and which could have character development implications for Dany that don't mesh well with the book. However, we haven't seen how it's resolved yet, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until next week.

[rajpoot]

I'm just waiting to see if they cut off Rhaegar and Ellia's cameo in House of the Undying.
That bit is one of the two times 'song of ice and fire' is actually mentioned in the books. Very important IMO.

[rajpoot]

Tywin and Arya, Jon and Ygritte. Going to be the most memorable pairs this season I'll wager. And it's almost sad to Robb and Jeyne, knowing how their story ends.
Also they've changed the Quarth storyline quite a bit, can't wait to see where Barristan Selmy makes his entry.
Also they seem to be going out of their way to make Cersei look like a tragic figure (or atleast less evil then she's portrayed in the books), and I cannot fathom why. If they keep doing this it'll get confusing very soon, as to which side is really the 'evil' side.