Game of Thrones (tv show thread)
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The first 4 seasons cover only the first 3 books actually.
And it's note like they didn't pick and choose and leave out a ton of stuff and characters. I have no doubt that what he dumped on them was legit five more seasons worth of things to see and do. The problem is when they made the choices to leave out or drastically alter the scenarios or characters used they end up with their back against the wall. Now maybe one could argue that those choices were neccesary for the flow off the show, maybe book Euron wouldn't work or maybe they didn't like the detours for instance. But the choices were made by the showrunners so they dug their own hole, and can at this point not yell up from their selfdug hole that hey George you didn't tell us how to get out of here. You were in charge, it was on you to bring it home and you were found lacking
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Wonder if they had any real incentive to work on the last season properly. Because they already got what they wanted and more from the show. All the fans were going to watch last season anyway. And will probably flock to all the other spin offs as well. When you have no serious competition you become complacent easilly.
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They removed Quaithe after one showing, changed the warlocks, didn't want to do Marwin or Salera, changed Moqoro for that other woman priestess of the red god, merged the kindly man into Jaquen (and didn't try to play up the "is it trully him" aspect).
All the while buffing Dany (being 100% fireproof instead of sometime fireproof) and Mel.
I dunno what they wanted with the mystical aspects of the story.
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One thing that really irked me about the election of the king (that whole scene was a ridiculous mess, and I otherwise enjoyed the finale):
It should be King Brandon. Not Bran. Just like it's Lord Eddard, and not Lord Ned.
I guess the showrunners simply forgot the character's full name. Or didn't care to check. They probably just didn't care.
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Naming him Bran the Broken seemed like a petty move lol. Why not Bran/Brandon the Knowledge or something? Bran the 3 Eyed Raven? Or was he supposed to have a long string of titles like Dany lol.
I really don't get how people easily accepted the "he is our history." Did he ever have tangible proof? I can't remember him really do anything that seemed obvious to important characters.
I'll say that overall, the show was alright to watch. I haven't read the books. I wasn't a super fan. I mostly liked the discussion around it. But I wanted to know what the deal actually was with the Night King and the Children of the Forest. Not having that answered was the biggest let down for me.
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I liked it that they brought back the 'love is the death of duty' quote, didn't like they had to recall it came from Aemon, that one part felt a bit forced.
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Naming him Bran the Broken seemed like a petty move lol. Why not Bran/Brandon the Knowledge or something? Bran the 3 Eyed Raven? Or was he supposed to have a long string of titles like Dany lol.
I really don't get how people easily accepted the "he is our history." Did he ever have tangible proof? I can't remember him really do anything that seemed obvious to important characters.
I'll say that overall, the show was alright to watch. I haven't read the books. I wasn't a super fan. I mostly liked the discussion around it. But I wanted to know what the deal actually was with the Night King and the Children of the Forest. Not having that answered was the biggest let down for me.
Assuming there is a reason to speculate about in the first place, which is a big if with these writers, you could argue Tyrion was trying to make Bran more accessible to the people while also pointing out how respectworthy Bran´s journey was.
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Naming people for their most obvious physical deformity seems pretty accurate as far as history goes.
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Naming people for their most obvious physical deformity seems pretty accurate as far as history goes.
Right off the top of my head, the Franks had two Charles, one the Fat, one the Bald.
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Sweden had a ruler called erik the lisp and lame.
And don't forget Ivar the boneless
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And don't forget Ivar the boneless
Who was possibly A. Also unable to walk, B. infertile, C. Very thin.
And very bloodthirsty no matter what the reason for his sobriquet was.
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I would imagine that a certain need to to overcompensate comes with a nickname like that
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Didn't you guys have a Harald nicknamed after his pretty hair as well? Harald Fairhair… Wait, Fairhair, as in fair, as in blonde? The Hungarian translation literally says Beautiful-haired.
Wiki says:
in English 'fair-haired' means 'blond', whereas the Old Norse fairly clearly means 'beautiful-haired'
Language and history is wonderful~
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Yeah he literally is namned pretty hair. Maybe not a great name for a viking.
One king has a name that i could best translate as womb king.
Well i guess it depends on the interpretation of it but it's the most fun one.
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I read somewhere, that when vikings went plundering good ol' England, the women there were impressed by their hygiene. The anglo-saxon guys were pissed that the viking dudes were taking their women with their fancy cleanliness.
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I'm quite satisfied with the ending. Although the first third of the episode felt like a perfect stunningly slow visual depiction of something that just waits to get overlayed by the latest Depressive Black Metal Band
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I recall being hyped about Nymeria coming in with her wolf pack into the fight(either against the White Walkers or Cercei) I had nothing instead.
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If Arya wasn't using her facechanging, then she wouldn't use her warging. I Think that she doesn't have it in the show.
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Never meant Arya would use warg thing, just Nymeria coming in into fight out of loyalty.
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I've had some time to think about this one problem I've had. And that's Edmure's scene during the great council. Edmure was portrayed as a clumsy man, not a great warrior, not a great leader. That's fine. After the Red Wedding, the next time we see him is during captivity when Jaimie visits him. And I really got the sense that this is a changed man. Not necessarily a better warrior or leader, just changed. Matured.
And then he has the balls to put himself forth as a candidate for king. And when Sansa shoots him down, he clumsily tries to sit back down, hitting his sword against some poll or whatever. What was the point of this scene? Look at old Edmure being clumsy again?
Boy that scene bothered me. It was unecessary.
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I've had some time to think about this one problem I've had. And that's Edmure's scene during the great council. Edmure was portrayed as a clumsy man, not a great warrior, not a great leader. That's fine. After the Red Wedding, the next time we see him is during captivity when Jaimie visits him. And I really got the sense that this is a changed man. Not necessarily a better warrior or leader, just changed. Matured.
And then he has the balls to put himself forth as a candidate for king. And when Sansa shoots him down, he clumsily tries to sit back down, hitting his sword against some poll or whatever. What was the point of this scene? Look at old Edmure being clumsy again?
Boy that scene bothered me. It was unecessary.
Last time we saw was when he surrendered his castle and shamed his father. I don't think we are supposed to believe he became better afterwards.
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I've had some time to think about this one problem I've had. And that's Edmure's scene during the great council. Edmure was portrayed as a clumsy man, not a great warrior, not a great leader. That's fine. After the Red Wedding, the next time we see him is during captivity when Jaimie visits him. And I really got the sense that this is a changed man. Not necessarily a better warrior or leader, just changed. Matured.
And then he has the balls to put himself forth as a candidate for king. And when Sansa shoots him down, he clumsily tries to sit back down, hitting his sword against some poll or whatever. What was the point of this scene? Look at old Edmure being clumsy again?
Boy that scene bothered me. It was unecessary.
Edmure, in general, really had been given a bad rap. In the books, he does make mistakes, but is a competent warrior and truly brave, and cares for his people. The show made him out to be like Lord Percy Percy or someone like that. Just a total twit.
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Last time we saw was when he surrendered his castle and shamed his father. I don't think we are supposed to believe he became better afterwards.
Jaimie threatened to catapult his child, and to slaughter the entire garrison. And his father died in season 3. He surrendered the castle only then.
Book Edmure actually allows Blackfish to escape in secret. Show just wanted to get rid of another character.
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Jaimie threatened to catapult his child, and to slaughter the entire garrison. And his father died in season 3. He surrendered the castle only then.
I thought Blackfish was his father. Book isn't really relevant since we are talking the show.
I don't think he was ever presented him as a strong leader so I'm not surprise he wouldn't make strong enough of an impression to win over the lords.
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I thought Blackfish was his father. Book isn't really relevant since we are talking the show.
No, he's his uncle.
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I just remembered that I spent about three years waiting for Lady Stoneheart to appear on the show. Okay, byeee~
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here we go
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Directed by a screenwriter for the Rampage movie?
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I nearly forgot that House of the Dragon premieres tonight. I'm interested but… not hyped?
I mainly want it to succeed for Matt Smith to get some recognition in something that isn't Doctor Who or terrible movies (Terminator, Morbius). -
14 minutes left into the episode. Feels like i've watched almost 3 episodes in 1.
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this episode was really good considering how mid the source material is
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The overall direction was better than most of Game of Thrones. Just lots of interesting visual choices elevated it and some great acting overall. Also... the jousting area + seats were shaped like a vagina.
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Ozzy gives us a good review.
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I've really enjoyed all three episodes. I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion here about them. The dynamic between Rhaenyra and Alicent has been fascinating.
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I need something to top "tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me" in this series. The bitterness and vitriol in that line was legendary.
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I have finally found how to express my feelings when I watch this show. I feel like I'm watching a filler arc of One Piece. I still watch it because it's about my beloved characters, but I'm bored as hell because of its lazy writing and there nothing particular to enjoy.
