The Boston Dangler
Lifer
- Mar 10, 2005
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i'm glad this episode is more cohesive and not bouncing back to the same settings 2 or 3 times
the beach, somewhere
ser jorah gets all grand theft auto on a fisherman. i love the way he chucks tyrion like a sack of laundry.
a boat
jamie continue to construct his own reality, denying myrcella is his daughter. this continues with "varys set him free" and "i'll split him (tyrion) in two". whatever's convenient, guy.
small council
lord tyrell is just the biggest oaf. a title he will not have much longer, thanks to ser meryn. "the small council grows smaller and smaller" is said once again, now it's down to pycell and qbert, and pycell is already on his way out.
religious nuts run amok!
cersei establishes an armed force to act as her muscle, but how long before they turn on her? i'm reminded of egyptian president anwar sadat, the father of modern terrorism.
tommen looks painfully weak and stupid, paralyzed by the conflicting manipulation by his women. who's running this show? when tommen, the fucking king, is refused entry to the sept it's clear the answer is "nobody"
castle black
melisandre is all about the manipulation today - first mrs. stannis, then mr. stannis, then lord snuh. i like the way she just barges into the lord commander's office. jon craves the flesh, and who could blame him?, but he still loves ygritte. "you know nothing, jon snow". haven't heard that line in a while. she should watch it, because every time someone says that jon snow goes on to kick more ass. it's like an involuntary superpower. "don't make me stupid. you won't like me when i'm stupid."
shireen wants some daddy time. when asked if he's ashamed of her, stannis tells the story of how they cured her grayscale instead of sending her away. but the moral of the story isn't "stannis loves you", it's "stannis' family is stannis' property." check out how long it takes him to half-ass a hug.
winterfell, or is it moat cailin?
not only does baelish know stannis is coming, but proceeds to explain how he's hanging the boltons out to dry, as if the boltons aren't in the damn building??? this scene is clumsy and is padded around baelish saying "bye sansa, i'm going back to king's landing (maybe)" for the viewers' benefit.
another boat, another beach
bronn killing the snake is symbolic of house martell. check out the look on bronn's face when jamie starts lying about sharks. "dude, shut up!"
sand snakes
imo, this scene sucked. short and dumb, very clumsy, very forced. in seasons 1 and 2 this scene would have had tons of style!
grand theft mormont, pt 2
tyrion finally gets jorah to remove the gag, unwittingly giving tyrion back his greatest weapon. jorah's got crazy in his eyes, and tyrion pushes him too far. jorah nearly backhands him all the way to danerys' court.
mereen
as danerys hears pleas to reopen the fighting pits as a mean to heal her people, the sons of the harpy are trapping unsullied. notice how you don't care until one of the unsullied loses his helmet, and it's grey worm. why is the military commander doing foot patrols? anyway, the conservation of ninjitsu is in full effect here, because these elite unsullied are useless until there's only a couple left. notice how you still don't care until ser embarassing cellmate comes wandering in, on his only afternoon off from work. selmy has a pretty good fight scene, you can tell they wanted this legendary character to go out in style.
goodbye, selmy! your death is the death of chivalry, virtue and honor in this world.
the beach, somewhere
ser jorah gets all grand theft auto on a fisherman. i love the way he chucks tyrion like a sack of laundry.
a boat
jamie continue to construct his own reality, denying myrcella is his daughter. this continues with "varys set him free" and "i'll split him (tyrion) in two". whatever's convenient, guy.
small council
lord tyrell is just the biggest oaf. a title he will not have much longer, thanks to ser meryn. "the small council grows smaller and smaller" is said once again, now it's down to pycell and qbert, and pycell is already on his way out.
religious nuts run amok!
cersei establishes an armed force to act as her muscle, but how long before they turn on her? i'm reminded of egyptian president anwar sadat, the father of modern terrorism.
tommen looks painfully weak and stupid, paralyzed by the conflicting manipulation by his women. who's running this show? when tommen, the fucking king, is refused entry to the sept it's clear the answer is "nobody"
castle black
melisandre is all about the manipulation today - first mrs. stannis, then mr. stannis, then lord snuh. i like the way she just barges into the lord commander's office. jon craves the flesh, and who could blame him?, but he still loves ygritte. "you know nothing, jon snow". haven't heard that line in a while. she should watch it, because every time someone says that jon snow goes on to kick more ass. it's like an involuntary superpower. "don't make me stupid. you won't like me when i'm stupid."
shireen wants some daddy time. when asked if he's ashamed of her, stannis tells the story of how they cured her grayscale instead of sending her away. but the moral of the story isn't "stannis loves you", it's "stannis' family is stannis' property." check out how long it takes him to half-ass a hug.
winterfell, or is it moat cailin?
not only does baelish know stannis is coming, but proceeds to explain how he's hanging the boltons out to dry, as if the boltons aren't in the damn building??? this scene is clumsy and is padded around baelish saying "bye sansa, i'm going back to king's landing (maybe)" for the viewers' benefit.
another boat, another beach
bronn killing the snake is symbolic of house martell. check out the look on bronn's face when jamie starts lying about sharks. "dude, shut up!"
sand snakes
imo, this scene sucked. short and dumb, very clumsy, very forced. in seasons 1 and 2 this scene would have had tons of style!
grand theft mormont, pt 2
tyrion finally gets jorah to remove the gag, unwittingly giving tyrion back his greatest weapon. jorah's got crazy in his eyes, and tyrion pushes him too far. jorah nearly backhands him all the way to danerys' court.
mereen
as danerys hears pleas to reopen the fighting pits as a mean to heal her people, the sons of the harpy are trapping unsullied. notice how you don't care until one of the unsullied loses his helmet, and it's grey worm. why is the military commander doing foot patrols? anyway, the conservation of ninjitsu is in full effect here, because these elite unsullied are useless until there's only a couple left. notice how you still don't care until ser embarassing cellmate comes wandering in, on his only afternoon off from work. selmy has a pretty good fight scene, you can tell they wanted this legendary character to go out in style.
goodbye, selmy! your death is the death of chivalry, virtue and honor in this world.
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