"Game of Thrones" - HBO Series Coming in 2011

[wurwolf]

Holy shit that was a good episode. I really enjoyed that one, liked the introduction of new characters, too. I love what they're doing with Margarey -- she is a force to be reckoned with, as opposed to the books where that part of her was hinted at but never really displayed to my satisfaction. That added scene between her and Joffrey was amazing. It made my flesh crawl. She is playing that motherfucker.

I am going to spoiler this next part. This has to do with Theon's story so if you haven't read A Dance With Dragons and don't want to be spoiled, don't click.

In between seasons 2 and 3 Iwan Rheon was cast only as "Boy",  and that lead to a lot of speculation that he was Ramsay Snow, Roose Bolton's bastard. In fact, that was a sure bet that he was Ramsay. Yet when I watched this episode, I recognized Iwan Rheon as the guy who came along after the torturers bagged and left Theon on his cross, telling Theon that he was from the sisters and that he'd help him escape. So I think that was brilliant work on the part of the show, to not give away exactly who Iwan Rheon is and not introduce Ramsay Snow right away. We still don't know exactly who "Boy" is.

I am really curious to know what is going to happen here. The scenes from next week show Theon escaping and riding away on a horse, so I am wondering if they're changing Reek's story on us or if this is a mind game and that Boy really is Ramsay and he's fucking with Theon's mind (because Lord knows he breaks Theon into a thousand different pieces and puts him back together again as Reek), and that he lets Theon think he's helping him escape only to recapture him again and put him through more torture.

[Rainbow Dash]

Show knocked it out of the park with new introductions. 

The new Wildlings, the Reeds, The Brotherhood, and man, if that isn't perfect casting of the Queen of Thorns.

[wurwolf]

APGIL said before the show started that Diana Riggs was purely stunt casting, but after her scene he said, "She just dropped the mic and walked out."

[Bob]

Wait, there is a family of people with the last name of "Reed"?

Now how will I remember that?

[wurwolf]

Also I was kind of displeased by the added scene with Cat and Robb's chick (Jeyne replacement, I can't remember her name). The writers/creators/producers really hate Cat, don't they? They just love heaping the blame on her. Now she's taking responsibility for the entire downfall of the Winterfell clan, because she didn't like Jon Snow. Shit. Like she doesn't get enough hate.

[wurwolf]

APGIL said before the show started that Diana Riggs was purely stunt casting, but after her scene he said, "She just dropped the mic and walked out."

I don't understand what this means. Is it good or bad?

Good.

[Bob]

Now THAT helps.

Danke.

This Reed enjoys.

[Tripe]

Could be worse, she could want to be Cersei.

[Ortega]

Well, it does rhyme with freak.......

[Rainbow Dash]

I'm like 99% sure that this is how the series ends.

more random cast pictures.
http://imgur.com/a/uXPYY

[Rainbow Dash]

Raise your hand if you liked tonight's episode.

[The Lurker]

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[Bob]

So, I'm guessing you can use a sword with just your left hand?   Ouch.

[Rainbow Dash]

"So... Hot pie is gone then? "

"Should I take a cast of his head for the beheading"

"No, he's just going to end up as a baker at an inn sympathetic to the Brotherhood"

"But then someone shoots him with an arrow?"

"Nope, works at the inn."

"So, then they burn him alive, and serve him in meat pies?"

"Nope, he's a good cook"

"Then he screws up someones meal and is drow-"

"NO, he lives happily ever after."

"How the hell does that fit with this show?"

[Rainbow Dash]

I'm kind of meh to that.  He never shows those feelings in the books (least not as far into ADWD as I've gotten).  The show is trying to make him much more sympathetic than in the books.  While what happens to him is terrible, he freely made the choice himself, and never showed any regrets until everything falls apart.  Overall, I'm wondering what they're going to do with Theon the next two seasons.  I think they missed a good opportunity to fool the audience by just not having him appear for the first few episodes.   But that just brings up a problem with the series, in that they're afraid to skip some of the "main" characters for an episode or two.  Like Tyrion.  He doesn't do much in the first half of ASOS, yet they make sure he still has a scene every epsode, needed or not.


This needed a fist bump.