Game of Thrones - HBO part 2 - Part 9

[The Navigator]

Love is the death of duty. Robb chose love. Jon chose duty.

Both got shot by arrows.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Love is the death of duty. Robb chose love. Jon chose duty.

Both got shot by arrows.

If this was Dungeons and Dragons, Jon could at least tell people he was shot by a Ranger, one of the best character classes.

Robb got shot by what were essentially Bards, the most mocked character class.

 

[The Navigator]

Red Wedding was just a big case of: Bad roll, redo.

 

[Thundercrack85]

If this was Dungeons and Dragons, Jon could at least tell people he was shot by a Ranger, one of the best character classes.

Robb got shot by what were essentially Bards, the most mocked character class.

Would have been funny if someone had wondered why the music was so bad.

Find out all the bards are really crossbowmen who can barely play.

 

[squeekness]

Would have been funny if someone had wondered why the music was so bad.

Find out all the bards are really crossbowmen who can barely play.

LOLs.

 

[Sawyer]

Would have been funny if someone had wondered why the music was so bad.

Find out all the bards are really crossbowmen who can barely play.

Or they were just musicians with no morals and really good crossbow aim.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Actually, it's somewhat consistent with the Bard character in practice: a substandard musician, substandard warrior and substandard rogue all rolled into one.

 

[Sawyer]

This isn't D&D, Pink. This is the story that an overweight, middle-aged man thought of while *********ing, eating a pork pie.... and playing D&D.

There's a difference. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!!!

 

[Pink Ranger]

This isn't D&D, Pink. This is the story that an overweight, middle-aged man thought of while *********ing, eating a pork pie.... and playing D&D.

There's a difference. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!!!

That's true: the difference being the pork pie.

 

[Marvolo]

This isn't D&D, Pink. This is the story that an overweight, middle-aged man thought of while *********ing, eating a pork pie.... and playing D&D.

There's a difference. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!!!

Thank you for searing that image into my head.

 

[Sawyer]

It wasn't there already? Pffffft....

 

[Pink Ranger]

Thank you for searing that image into my head.

Let me guess: in that mental image, George is still wearing that hat.

 

[Marvolo]

It wasn't there already? Pffffft....

We're not all blessed with your vivid...disturbing imagination.

Let me guess: in that mental image, George is still wearing that hat.

LMAO yeah he is actually.

 

[chamber-music]

Robb got shot with arrows by the drummer from Coldplay.

I can't wait until next season when Jon gets stabbed by the base player from U2.

 

[jonathancrane]

I am still waiting for Slash to appear in the background as a customer at a bar or brothel.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I am still waiting for Slash to appear in the background as a customer at a bar or brothel.

"Man, I didn't even know that was a TV show!"

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well, the highlight of my Sundays is gone.

 

[Kane52630]

Same here, but Breaking Bad is coming up soon.

 

[Poeman]

Time will fly by for me I think

Mad Men
Newsroom
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Walking Dead

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

True. Littlefinger is a freaking creep.

He really is. Literally, the only times he actually seems like anything close to a human being is whenever he would talk to Cat. Which I think I've seen maybe like twice.

Why have they added so much violence and gross imagery in this series from an already violent book. Was this necc.

Not really. They choose to hint at things that are implied in the book for maximum reaction like Theon's castration, but they also do that with revealing that Renly and Loras are explicitly gay or that Margaery is just as scheming as Olenna.

Simultaneously they do choose to cut things when they think Martin goes too far. You complain about the Red Wedding, but as I recall they showed neither Cat mutilating her face or her body being stripped naked and thrown into the river. Those both would have been far more graphic than what we got in the battle. In the same vein, they chose not to have Tyrion's nose totally cut off like in the book.

It is the give and take for adaptation.

As for Talisa's womb stabbing, the point you really seem to be harking back on, I would argue it was done as a character moment. In the books, Jeyne Westerling is just a dangling plot thread that is left hanging by Martin. Probably indefinitely. Beyond wrapping up that plot thread by killing her off, it maximizes the loss for Robb Stark (and thus we the audience) of not only knowing that he dies, but that his hope for the future with a Stark heir in Winterfell seemingly die. In short, it makes the scene sadder and maximizes the punch while also surprising book readers who felt cocky in knowing how it'd play out.

I actually think it was a wise addition to the show.

****....really? I'd heard about Cat's body being stripped naked and thrown into a river, but didn't know about the face mutilation.

Man, and I felt bad for Tyrion on the show. I'm happy he kept his nose, honestly.

He gave up his right to the Throne. He was older than his brother, Aegon, but refused it and joined the Night's Watch so he couldn't be the Grand Maester of the King's council either.

The only way to win at the game, is to not play, I suppose.

And just as something I kinda saw looking back a couple pages, I don't think the violence is all that extreme. I mean, the acts being committed...and the form in which they are being committed within the story (ie: the joy in which the castration is gone through with by Ramsay is like an extra oomph to the already ****ed up act), but as far as what is literally shown...it's not that extreme. I've seen plenty of gory scenes, and just messed up stuff happen onscreen, but they don't match up to Game of Thrones because I actually care about the characters. Even Jaime, which I still can't believe. How they actually managed to make me feel bad for him is kind of amazing to me...because after the first episode of the series I considered him to be about as vile a character as can be.

I think the well crafted character arcs, and execution on getting people to care about these characters is why people get so up in arms.

 

[Teelie]

Tyrion's nose was also kept from a practical standpoint I think. Imagine the extra detail work they would have to do in order to make it look like Dinklage had no nose? And how gruesome it would look every time we saw him?

I haven't read the books yet but like with True Blood, The Walking Dead and any other adaptation, you have to make certain cuts, changes and additions for the audience and budget.

I do definitely intent to start reading the books before the next season begins though.

 

[BatmanBeyond]

Even Jaime, which I still can't believe. How they actually managed to make me feel bad for him is kind of amazing to me...because after the first episode of the series I considered him to be about as vile a character as can be.

This, right here. I'm really interested to see where they take Jamie's character next. I HATED his guts in season 1 and thought of him as merely a sister-****ing, child-throwing a-hole. They've definitely given him more layers in the meanwhile and actually made him sympathetic to a certain degree. I loved the moment when (and the way in which) he saved Brienne from getting raped by Locke's men.

I think the well crafted character arcs, and execution on getting people to care about these characters is why people get so up in arms.

This, as well.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Tyrion's nose was also kept from a practical standpoint I think. Imagine the extra detail work they would have to do in order to make it look like Dinklage had no nose? And how gruesome it would look every time we saw him?

Hey, if Daniel Day Lewis had that role, he'd have had his real nose cut off for the duration of the series and have it re-attached after the DVD release.

But, I guess Peter Dinklage won't sacrifice for his craft. That untalented hack!

 

[Lord]

How much more seasons do you all think the show will go before reaching the end of the 5th book? I thought it would be some 3 seasons but most said it would be only 2 some pages back, i thought Books 4 and 5 were big, do they have that much filler?

 

[chamber-music]

Time will fly by for me I think

Mad Men
Newsroom
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Walking Dead

I'll watch the two in bold as well as Continuum and The Returned which are pretty good