Game of Thrones - TV Series (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

[zinfamous]

I kneel and swear fealty to the fruit fly sigil of House Zinfamous.

Just so you know: it's 12 daylight hours for pillaging, then 12 hours of darkness for the sexing and random distribution of progeny.

That's just how we roll.

 

[Ichinisan]

Good episode.

No ta-tas though.

 

[CZroe]

Other than the booths the place Brienne found Sansa appeared to be the same one The Hound was in when he got his sudden craving for chicken.

Arya is looking very different this season. Not nearly as drastic as Bran's transformation, so I don't think it's time to recast her yet.

Jon Snow. Always the reluctant leader who takes charge eventually. Will this put him against Stannis even after Stannis showed mercy?

 

[Ichinisan]

I thought it was strange that Podrick suddenly lost his ability to control a horse.

 

[zinfamous]

Other than the booths the place Brienne found Sansa appeared to be the same one The Hound was in when he got his sudden craving for chicken.

wherever Varys and Tyrion were hanging out first episode of the season, the house of "his friend," (which, iirc, would be the same dude from the very first episode that introduced/sold Daanayaewrs to Kal Drogo? and the one that he was talking to some episodes later in season 1, in the Stark tomb?), was the very same garden set, supposedly in King's Landing, where Old Lady Badass Tyrell/Ms James Bond and her granddaughter, Queen Sidewaseface, were meeting with Sansa back in season 3.

Never waste a good set.

Decent episode. Wonder what troubles Tyrion and the Eunuch will face, stumbling into a desert city in the midst of angry peasant revolt...and potentially hungry dragons on the loose (to, you know....quell the peasants)

Will Ser Friendzone return to save the day?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

aaawwww yeeeeeeeaaaahhhh! game of thrones is back at full speed, so it's time for another scene-by-scene breakdown! this is a long one.

braavos, pt 1
the colossus of rhodes, i mean titan of braavos lets out a big triple fart announcing the arrival of ninja girl! the way she's turned away at the door reminded me of the french legionnaires - would-be legionnaires were turned away at the door and those that remained after several days without food or water would be accepted.

the inn at somewhere
pod is all about that waitress, until he spots sansa and baelish! DUN DUN DUUUNNN! they have the corner booth, mobster style. maybe baelish wants to keep an eye on his car in the parking lot? anyway, i love the way he's picking a something out of his bowl of whatever. it takes a lot more than that to ruffle this bird's feathers. so brienne of fail approaches and addresses the sith lords, and baelish must have total recall or something because he's all over her. sansa has a tough decision to make - piss off the most powerful man in westeros which she's beginning to influence, or tell brienne to FO. hmmm..... in the words of lord humungus, "what a puny plan!"
at least we get to see some valeryan steel in action. pod has an excellent point in that the stark girls don't want anything to do with brienne, so maybe consider the deal off? no, she'll save her against her will...yeah.

by the way, does anyone else thing sansa's face looks really fat since she turned to the dark side?

king's landing, pt 1
the martells send a reminder that they have myrcella. that box does not look suitable for shipping at all - if it were amazon i would be furious! at least it does get jaime and cersei to work out some family issues.

castle stokeworth
"good news! i've fucked you out of the castle you're stealing!"

dorn
in a youtube video they said this was the first time anyone has had exclusive use of the water gardens, and they look stunning. this episode didn't show it off at all.

"we do not mutilate little girls for vengeance here. not while i rule."
pretty radical thinking for westeros.

"and how long will that be?"
the conservative base is not ready for the non-mutilation of little girls for vengeance policy. maybe another 20 or 30 years?

mereen, pt 1
daario know exactly where to stab a guy in the leg through a wall. and how did he get in the wall anyway? the former slave pleads for instant execution, but ser embarassing cellmate convinces danerys to hold a trial.

the road to volantis
an excellent scene! an all-time great game of thrones line:

"are we really going to spend the entire road to volantis talking about the futility of everything?"

"you're right. no point."

king's landing, pt 2
the scenes opens from a typically great segue. and quyburn says the head "might prove useful" holy shit!

in the hand's office / small council chamber, shit gets real. cersei seeks to assert her authority by taking the head of the table and issuing titles and orders, and the stooges are licking it up. her uncle, however, is having none of it. tywin takes no shit from bitches, and neither does tywin's brother.

castle black
more reading lessons, and we learn greyscale turns people into animal things. mrs. stannis breaks up the party, however. her mistrust of wildlings and fear for her daughter is justified, even if it's gilly. hannah murray is actually cute, kind of a mousey hotness.

stannis just doesn't get it. wildlings are not going to kneel to him or anyone else, whether he's the king of westeros or the king of burgers. there was a line i didn't quite get - northerners were hard to control, even with jon's father's help, and jon winces. stannis is taking a dig but i'm not sure how it's meant. stannis offers jon the stark name and winterfell (pretty sweet deal!) but jon puts bros before snows and keeps his oath to the night's watch.

it's election day and a very impressive speech by rep. sam tarly (D - the reach) sees jon elected as lord commander. more importantly, he totally calls out vaginas lint! i thought maester aemon casting the tie breaker was a bit cheesey and feel-goody for this show.

braavos, pt 2
the pigeon scene from season 1 is repeated but this time arya slices the bird's head clean off, showing her growth as a killer. reinforcing that point, she's confronted by 3 thugs and she's down for a rumble without even blinking. watch it again - no blinking! "nothing's worth anything to dead men, so if you'd excuse me i'm going to paint my room black and listen to the cure." the faceless man decides that's exactly what he wanted to see and welcomes her to the dojo.

mereen, pt 2
in a scene echoing the carstarks killing the lannister kids against rob's wishes, the former slave kills the son of the harpy against danerys' wishes. she upholds her law and executes him against popular demand. things get ugly and it looks like danerys has lost her mass approval, the last thing she had going for her. just then, drogon returns and reaffirms her ability to nuke this place into ashes and dust. that's what constitutes a happy ending in game of thrones, people.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Arya is looking very different this season. Not nearly as drastic as Bran's transformation, so I don't think it's time to recast her yet.

they're not recasting her part. this isn't daario neharis we're talking about

 

[Newbian]

Who was the fourth name arya was saying in her list?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Who was the fourth name arya was saying in her list?

meryn trant - king's guard and cersei's #1 goon

 

[JEDI]

meryn trant - king's guard and cersei's #1 goon

what did he do to her?

 

[CZroe]

the colossus of rhodes, i mean titan of braavos lets out a big triple fart announcing the arrival of ninja girl! the way she's turned away at the door reminded me of the french legionnaires - would-be legionnaires were turned away at the door and those that remained after several days without food or water would be accepted.

I so called that. I said to those around me "Oh! watch this be like Fight Club where they test your dedication by making you wait outside for days."

 

[PottedMeat]

what did he do to her?

trant killed syrio

 

[Phoenix86]

Other than the booths the place Brienne found Sansa appeared to be the same one The Hound was in when he got his sudden craving for chicken.

Arya is looking very different this season. Not nearly as drastic as Bran's transformation, so I don't think it's time to recast her yet.

Jon Snow. Always the reluctant leader who takes charge eventually. Will this put him against Stannis even after Stannis showed mercy?

The king has no rights over those the Night's watch. The king is essentially not in his kingdom.

 

[Phoenix86]

trant killed syrio

or did he... :sneaky:

 

[CZroe]

The king has no rights over those the Night's watch. The king is essentially not in his kingdom.

Well, he asserted himself over the wildlings and threatened to punish Jon for breaking the king's law/word when he showed mercy to Mance, so something tells me that Stannis wants to change that status quo.

 

[nageov3t]

I don't see any of the Starks being recast short of offscreen death or contract drama.

I actually like the fact that Arya looks significantly older than she did at the start; it makes her storyline a bit more believable (as opposed to the books, where she's like 10 when journeying across the sea)

 

[Phoenix86]

Well, he asserted himself over the wildlife and threatened to punish Jon for breaking he king's law/word when he showed mercy to Mance, so something tells me that Stannis wants to change that status quo.

He has the might, and he's flexing it, but I suspect that was just a ploy to push Jon into taking the title/land. If he were to truly try to rule the Night's Watch I expect the rest wouldn't be so happy about that. They were in the midst of electing a new leader, aka, not the king. That the new leader is Jon really gums up Stannis plans.

Ultimately I expect the white walkers to shit all over everyone's plans for the north, I'm guessing by/at the end this season.

 

[zinfamous]

He has the might, and he's flexing it, but I suspect that was just a ploy to push Jon into taking the title/land. If he were to truly try to rule the Night's Watch I expect the rest wouldn't be so happy about that. They were in the midst of electing a new leader, aka, not the king. That the new leader is Jon really gums up Stannis plans.

Ultimately I expect the white walkers to shit all over everyone's plans for the north, I'm guessing by/at the end this season.

I was thinking that Stannis had this in mind, anyway, and figured that whoever is in charge up North isn't really his concern. Jon likely being the best/most capable leader to slow down the White Walker advance is all he's really looking for. The politics of the north wouldn't matter all that much to Stannis, so long as some capable (if temporary) buffer exists.

 

[zinfamous]

this thread is so dead these first weeks....I assume this means that the majority of normal participants are thieves that already watched the first 4 episodes?

:hmm:

 

[poofyhairguy]

this thread is so dead these first weeks....I assume this means that the majority of normal participants are thieves that already watched the first 4 episodes?

:hmm:

I am avoiding the thread until episode 5 to avoid sneaky leaks.

 

[nageov3t]

this thread is so dead these first weeks....I assume this means that the majority of normal participants are thieves that already watched the first 4 episodes?

:hmm:

I didn't steal them, I just borrowed them until HBO releases them :sneaky:

 

[SMOGZINN]

Anyone else notice that Jamie is going to attempt a Monty Pythonesque storming of the castle to rescue the princess?

 

[smackababy]

Anyone else notice that Jamie is going to attempt a Monty Pythonesque storming of the castle to rescue the princess?

I was thinking more of a James Bond type of maneuver. Charm his way into some ladies bedroom and then bludgeon her to death with an iron fist!

 

[Drako]

Danys' lack of good judgement is getting rather repetitive. :\

 

[smackababy]

Danys' lack of good judgement is getting rather repetitive. :\

Isn't that why she is in Mereen in the first place? Govern some city to the ground to learn the ropes before fucking up her own country?

And, I don't know if executing the slave for murder was not good judgement. If all are to be treated equal, all must be punished equal. The fact the slaves don't see this isn't her fault.