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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #360 on: May 09, 2013, 01:05:04 AM »
"That Greyjoy stan straight abandoned this thread with this turn of events. "

omg :lol
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #361 on: May 09, 2013, 01:44:47 AM »
Greyjoy fans before introducing Victarion and the Crow Eye? what is this nonsense?
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« Reply #362 on: May 09, 2013, 01:47:56 AM »
TV watchers, obviously. ::)
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #363 on: May 09, 2013, 01:51:21 AM »
Theon was amazing in season 2, hush now child.  I'm excited to see how Alfie Allen handles being Reek.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #364 on: May 09, 2013, 01:53:23 AM »
TV watchers, obviously. ::)

I know which is even more baffle since they didn't even get cool funny Asha.
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« Reply #365 on: May 09, 2013, 01:53:56 AM »
I was talking to Diunx, whose book preference is starting to border on anal absurdity.
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« Reply #366 on: May 09, 2013, 01:54:32 AM »
TV watchers, obviously. ::)

I know which is even more baffle since they didn't even get cool funny Asha.

Asha is fine dude and most of her characterization comes in AFFC anyways.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #367 on: May 09, 2013, 01:55:34 AM »
Asha was fucking terrible in the show.
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« Reply #368 on: May 09, 2013, 01:56:25 AM »
I was talking to Diunx, whose book preference is starting to border on anal absurdity.

...starting?
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« Reply #369 on: May 09, 2013, 02:03:43 AM »
Doesn't Asha have the scene in season two where she makes a total fool of Theon and saying her knife is her husband and being a general badass? She even mocks him for trying to get at her pants when they first meet. Asha is fine, and is barely in ACOK to begin with, and all of her best shit comes from Feast where she owns it all up.
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« Reply #370 on: May 09, 2013, 02:09:29 AM »
Anyways, enough book talk.

I still think this is overall my favorite scene in the series (tv series that is).



They've fucked up on Jon, Sam's has been kinda fucked as well, but Jaime. Mannnnnnnn they've nailed Jaime. This scene :heartbeat

Next week :heartbeat
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« Reply #371 on: May 09, 2013, 02:14:09 AM »
Please mark spoilers and remember that confirming a current character will appear in a later season=a spoiler.
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« Reply #372 on: May 09, 2013, 04:10:23 AM »
There have been gay European lords, kings, etc who managed to get women pregnant/have heirs. I think the assumption is that Loras can at least have sex with his wife once every year or two.

Well Margaery's grandmother was pretty clear about his preferences. Obviously she couldn't really say what she was thinking about Joffrey not being Robert's legitimate heir.

How is it that Tywin can bitch-slap his own children so much (forced incest, forced marriage, screwing over Tyrion constantly) but has never said a stern word to Joffrey? I have a hard time believing he could actually be afraid of him considering he's bankrolling his armies. Maybe he's trying to keep him on his good side so he can be impressionable? It would be unsurprising that this causes the Lannisters to be the only family completely wiped out after the war.

And how does he expect any babies to be made with big mama Tyrell's grandkids considering the match-ups.

I dunno? Keep watching?

Also being gay does not mean you don't want a child and many gay men have sex with women.

I didn't say anything about wanting children, I'm sure he could find a very handsome and understanding woman to inject his seed into one day. But for a guy who's going to be the future lord of Riverrun, you would expect Loras to be a little bit more discreet yet everybody knew about his relationship with Stannis and apparently he's powerless to the charms of dashing squires. I think it would be several years before he's ready to put on a fake marriage.

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« Reply #373 on: May 09, 2013, 01:38:49 PM »
Loras is lord to Highgarden, not Riverrun. Edmure is now lord to Riverrun. And Renly, not Stannis.

A big problem here is that this is just another case of the tv show deviating from the book but it has a lot of reason to do so. In the book, Loras has two older brothers. Loras is the youngest, and likely has no claim to any lands nor titles. Willas, the oldest Tyrell son, is crippled like Bran. The man cannot walk. He is the one promised to Sansa, and he lives in Highgarden. Sansa sees it as a good thing because it's potential to get away from the Lannisters and the King's Landing. Thus continuing the tradition of Sansa being matched up with monsters and people with physical ailments (Joffrey, monster; The Hound, physically burned; Willas, crippled; Tyrion, dwarf). In the book, Willas is heir to Highgarden, the second brother is also already married. Since Loras is the youngest without lands and titles, and the man he loved is DEAD, he becomes Kingsguard. In the show, it is unlikely for Loras to become Kingsguard, especially after last week, since he is the heir to Highgarden, and they have no other sons.

It's a complication created by the simple fact that Willas and the other Tyrell brother never appear on screen, and tv viewers have as much ADD and small attention span as it is with the current characters, fuck bringing up characters they can't even SEE and who may not show up anyways.

Anyways, I dislike how they continue to play up Loras' homosexuality, as if for laughs. Loras Tyrell is supposed to be a gallant young knight, equal in swordsmanship only to Jaime Lannister. With Jaime's hand gone, Loras is now THE knight in the Seven Kingdoms in terms of gallantry, jousting, and swordsmanship. And yet they playing at LOL cigarillo shit because homoerotic storylines are so funny!
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« Reply #374 on: May 09, 2013, 01:50:29 PM »
Speaking of Willas

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How will they give the Martell and Tyrell feud credence without Willas who was crippled by the Red Viper?
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« Reply #375 on: May 09, 2013, 01:50:40 PM »
I'm fine with the brothers being taken out of the show. They have mentioned Mace Tyrell many times so far this season, so I had thought he would be the marriage match for Cersei; they could just say his wife died or something. Which would have created a rather funny dynamic of Cersei potentially becoming Margery's mother AND mother-in-law :smug

I should be writing this show.  :rejoice
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« Reply #376 on: May 09, 2013, 01:55:52 PM »
:lol

I'm fine about the brothers as well. Just stop playing up Loras' homosexuality, brehs.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #377 on: May 09, 2013, 03:33:09 PM »
Speaking of Willas

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How will they give the Martell and Tyrell feud credence without Willas who was crippled by the Red Viper?
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Maybe the Red Viper Fucked Loras up the arse turning him into a fabulous flowering knight.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #378 on: May 09, 2013, 03:41:28 PM »
Spoiler that plz.
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« Reply #379 on: May 09, 2013, 04:33:52 PM »
Important personal judgement post:

I'm pretty much giving on with this, every fucking scene has to end with a mini-cliffhanger. It's (Asif is the name of my fictional Indian almost friend) as if the makers regard the viewers as ADD mongols. With their magic tablets and wireless mystery.

The Snow thing still has a guy playing who'd look more comfortable in a pair of furry speedos in his mouth doing naked dances to a large mirror or a bunch of rich old powerful homosexuals.
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« Reply #380 on: May 09, 2013, 04:37:14 PM »
That's because the books work exactly that. You'll have a 20-30 snippet of what the character is up to, and then it'll move to the next character. It creates an addictive reading formula where I personally HAVE to read a characters chapter before I put up for the night. I have to read it in one sitting. Then you get to the next character and I have to do the same thing.
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« Reply #381 on: May 10, 2013, 07:41:03 AM »
I guess you're kinda right, but the TV format has seemingly exacerbated that quirk. Don't get me wrong, I blitzed the first four books in a week so compelling were they. But the show is basically a white sliced crustless bread version of the books, obviously limitations had to be imposed due to time and money. And also it's blatant that the show will finish at the same time as the books.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #382 on: May 12, 2013, 09:03:05 PM »
Here we go fellas. Hopefully I'll get home around 10PM

tonight is for Himu :rock
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #383 on: May 12, 2013, 09:33:00 PM »
i'm scared that the two week break will be interminable :(
i don't think i'm spoiling but those debates are tiring so i'll tag my post.
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sam's first scene in the last episode must be relevant this week right? i thought they were going to use it last week.
melisandre taking gendry is the first time i've been really happy with a change from the book. it makes total sense (and also implies that grrm has nothing planned for the character beyond what he's already written) to eliminate edric storm. also how do y'all pronounce his name? with a hard g or a soft? i heard it with a soft g for the first time last week and it sounded hell of wrong. but apparently GIF is pronounced with a soft g so maybe i just cannot pick where they're appropriate.
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« Reply #384 on: May 12, 2013, 09:34:40 PM »
that montage with littlefinger's voiceover was so heavy handed and gross last week. i didn't like littlefinger in the books but i never read him as a smarmy twat. also could do with less adolescent sexy jokes between jon/ygritte.
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« Reply #385 on: May 12, 2013, 10:03:40 PM »
"Lord of Tralalaleda" is probably my favorite line so far this season.
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« Reply #386 on: May 12, 2013, 10:10:10 PM »
Martin didn't write the pit scene, and it was moved up an episode. Weird
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« Reply #387 on: May 12, 2013, 10:24:50 PM »

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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #388 on: May 12, 2013, 10:34:46 PM »
pit scene didn't really work for me.  really hard to try to make a trained animal seem genuinely threatening without some cheese slipping in. 

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« Reply #389 on: May 12, 2013, 10:47:52 PM »
two week break
what
i thought it was after today's episode but it's after next weeks.
ie. leading up to episode 9.....
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #390 on: May 12, 2013, 10:48:43 PM »
two week break
what

No, there will be a new ep next week. After that there will be a break for Memorial Day.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #391 on: May 13, 2013, 01:39:23 AM »
I thought it was a pretty good episode, but it felt more like an early episode than the seventh episode; lots of heavy lifting in terms of exposition and character development, some of which being more interesting than others. There were quite a lot of "aha" moments throughout the episode to me, but I fear by now new viewers are confused where all this is going, which is a bad sign at ep7. It solidly built up, scene after scene, and I was expecting a big climax and was quite disappointed. I suppose it's hard to actually do a bear fight because...well, a bear is a bear. I probably should have known a show probably couldn't do what happened in the book.

IMO the episode was funnier than many of the previous eps. Finally we got the raunchy, charismatic Tormund Giantsbane we've been expecting; Hodor's "line" was perfect; and I thought Ygritte was pretty funny throughout the episode.

And once again Dany had a stunning scene. The CGI is pretty fucking impressive, that looked quite expensive. The colors of the other two dragons made them look at bit weird for a second when the emissary entered the tent, but that scene of her tossing the meat... wow.  :rejoice

I've noticed some people saying the Tywin/Joff scene was disappointing, but I thought it was great; I never expected Tywin to dress down the king like he has dressed down his children. But I think it was pretty clear that Joffery is afraid of Tywin, and that Tywin runs the realm.

-Stuff I didn't like: Theon continues to be puzzling. The scene wasn't bad overall, but it just points out how much time has been wasted on his story. IMO this should have been his third episode of the season, at best. One showing the initial torture, one showing the escape/re-capture, and tonight's events. There's so much solid stuff to show, why add stuff like this.

-Arya's escape. Reminded me of that ridiculous scene last season where she runs through the Lannister camp and no one stops her.

-Talisa...no comment. Just, bleh. Nice ass though...
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #392 on: May 13, 2013, 03:32:34 PM »
OKAY.

THAT EPISODE WAS GREAT.

Let's get down to it.

- Fucking Tormund Giantsbane is ACTUALLY TORMUND GIANTSBANE in this episode and not an imposter.

- Tralalalalalaladay omg :rejoice

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Building up Talisa and Robb relationship is WONDERFUL. Making her pregnant is GREAT. She is going to the Red Wedding? OMG. Jeyne Westerling was just a puppet, an excuse to have Robb dishonor Frey, but Talia being with child, and going to the wedding as well fucking SEALS IT. I'm on board especially since there's no Dacey Mormont to get the axe to the stomach. Instead, Talisa will be the first to go, with an axe to her pregnant stomach. Shit will be REAL and emotional and I already know what's coming and it's making this even BETTER. I feel the same way about Jon and Ygritte. I said before that they did a bad job forming their relationship prior to the cave, but they're doing a great job now of establishing their relationship and it will be really sad when she dies.
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- DAENERYS STORMBORN IS AT YUNKAI'I,

- They fucked up with the bear scene. Also,"I only rescue maidens" and "It's Jaime, not kingslayer" were noticeably absent. The bear pit scene was one of my anticipated scenes this season and I was disappointed. Not by the bear part, that was good. But Jaime leap. The book passage contains my favorite piece of writing in the series, and they failed to translate it on to the screen. More shots of Jaime staring at the pit, not sure what to do, and his jump should be accentuated. It's the leap of change in Jaime fucking Lannister and they botched it. YOU CUNTS.

“Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"

Her broad homely face turned red. "Yes."

"Oh, good," Jaime said. "I only rescue maidens.”

:rejoice :bow


Still, one of the best this season. :rejoice
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #393 on: May 13, 2013, 03:43:09 PM »
Also, all the characters had a semblance of personality. Talisa had personality, Robb had personality, Tormund, Ygritte, we learned about Melisandre, and motivations were made clear in regards to many things. George wrote a fantastic episode. It actually felt like A Storm of Swords on screen despite the changes. LOVED IT.
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« Reply #394 on: May 13, 2013, 04:21:39 PM »


- Tralalalalalaladay omg :rejoice

I really loved the line. It perfectly encompassed her character.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #395 on: May 13, 2013, 04:27:37 PM »
Sansa is still stupid, though.  Margaery tho :noah
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #396 on: May 13, 2013, 04:28:48 PM »
Also, all the characters had a semblance of personality. Talisa had personality, Robb had personality, Tormund, Ygritte, we learned about Melisandre, and motivations were made clear in regards to many things. George wrote a fantastic episode. It actually felt like A Storm of Swords on screen despite the changes. LOVED IT.
Elio at westeros.org pointed that out last night, and I agree. Especially the Ygritte stuff.
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« Reply #397 on: May 13, 2013, 06:26:52 PM »
Next week it's back to one liners and five second clips.

:fbm

Who is writing next weeks episode?

PD: Rinku?

Sansa is still stupid, though.  Margaery tho :noah

Margaery's characterization is amazing on the show. She's way better than she was in the books.

I liked that he had Sansa admit that she has a thing for fairy tales. What I don't like is that Sansa is still being portrayed as stupid and trusting. I felt so fucking bad for Sansa reading the books, and seeing it from her eyes and her thoughts and watching the show, I think she's just a fucking idiot. No character development to be seen despite seeing her father's head chopped off at Baelor's Sept and her naivete being a big reason as to why.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #398 on: May 13, 2013, 06:58:24 PM »
Rinku?

Sansa works better as a 13 year old girl; her mistakes and...mentality are forgivable. But on the show it's weird seeing a 17yo act like that lol. Same with Robb.
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« Reply #399 on: May 13, 2013, 07:00:33 PM »
Link.
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« Reply #400 on: May 13, 2013, 07:05:48 PM »
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When Martin writes the characters on the show, it often feels as if they are nearer to the characters from the book, which is another way of saying that they seem richer and more complicated than the versions of the characters the show has managed. In some way there often seems to be more legitimacy to these depictions of the characters, and they enrich the experience of watching them on screen. Case in point: the scenes between Jon and Ygritte. Of particular note was Jon’s impassioned argument that the wildlings were doomed, and Ygritte’s refusal to accept it. “All of us,” she tells him before she pushes him back and kisses him, and then—perhaps as a way to meet him half way, and as a way to admit that life is always chancy—she tells him that they may die, but first they’ll live. It is, of course, drawn straight from the novel… but it gives Kit Harington and Rose Leslie something really meaty and emotional to play with, and they both rise to the challenge. I’ve noticed, lately, increasing concerns about Harington’s performance by viewers of the show, but I suspect this episode will quell them and reveal that it’s really a matter of material, not acting, that may have held the actor back. This season, Jon’s story has been quite underwritten by the writers, who have pared it down heavily by investing less time than A Storm of Swords gives him, and this has left the character aimless. This is the kind of romantic note, as well, that feels more in tune with the novels, rather than the saccharine final image from “The Climb”.
http://www.westeros.org/GoT/Episodes/Entry/The_Bear_and_the_Maiden_Fair/Book_Spoilers/#Analysis

Elio & Linda Garcia are the fanboys who run westeros.org and essentially "keepers of the keys" for the series; they work alongside Martin, helping him edit and remember the series lore. They're also writing a lore book with Martin, coming out next year.

tldr: obsessive types. Elio is cool IMO but his wife is the definition of a ridiculous mouthbreather fan. Complaining about every minor change (including eye colors); luckily Elio writes the reviews lol
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« Reply #401 on: May 13, 2013, 07:44:31 PM »
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When Martin writes the characters on the show, it often feels as if they are nearer to the characters from the book, which is another way of saying that they seem richer and more complicated than the versions of the characters the show has managed. In some way there often seems to be more legitimacy to these depictions of the characters, and they enrich the experience of watching them on screen. Case in point: the scenes between Jon and Ygritte. Of particular note was Jon’s impassioned argument that the wildlings were doomed, and Ygritte’s refusal to accept it. “All of us,” she tells him before she pushes him back and kisses him, and then—perhaps as a way to meet him half way, and as a way to admit that life is always chancy—she tells him that they may die, but first they’ll live. It is, of course, drawn straight from the novel… but it gives Kit Harington and Rose Leslie something really meaty and emotional to play with, and they both rise to the challenge. I’ve noticed, lately, increasing concerns about Harington’s performance by viewers of the show, but I suspect this episode will quell them and reveal that it’s really a matter of material, not acting, that may have held the actor back. This season, Jon’s story has been quite underwritten by the writers, who have pared it down heavily by investing less time than A Storm of Swords gives him, and this has left the character aimless. This is the kind of romantic note, as well, that feels more in tune with the novels, rather than the saccharine final image from “The Climb”.
http://www.westeros.org/GoT/Episodes/Entry/The_Bear_and_the_Maiden_Fair/Book_Spoilers/#Analysis

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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #402 on: May 13, 2013, 07:51:59 PM »
Yup that's him. Can't wait, everything I've read about the book sounds awesome if you're into the lore/history.
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« Reply #403 on: May 13, 2013, 07:58:01 PM »
How big is it? Mostly interested in the Andals and Dornish (Nymeria in particular) history.

Also want a vast catalogue on the religions of the world, including ones not introduced that the Faceless Men seem knowledgeable about.

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Last night I couldn't  help but think that Dany's sacking of Yunkai'i was an error, especially as I read ADWD side by side with watching this season. Then again, I seem to be the only one who likes Dany's arc in ADWD. In book three she learns how to be a general, but in book five she learns to become a politician and realizes that simply burning everything in your path isn't the way to be a good ruler. She should have spared Yunkai'i and possibly Mereen and she learns more and more of her errors. Anyone who expected or wants Dany to go to Westeros is missing the point, I think.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #404 on: May 13, 2013, 08:21:35 PM »
spoiler critique:
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Mentioning a character is in a later book could be perceived as a spoiler. Although IMO I think even new viewers can see the title "A Dance with Dragons" and know Dany must still be alive. Still to be safe
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It has been delayed to add more stuff, so I'm guessing it's pretty big. So far we mainly know it's going to have a lot of Targ stuff. The concept is that it's a history book written by multiple maesters, each with different styles and opinions that influence their writing.
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/2013/05/asides/george-r-r-martins-the-world-of-ice-and-fire-delayed-until-fall-2014/
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #405 on: May 13, 2013, 08:31:02 PM »
spoiler critique:
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Mentioning a character is in a later book could be perceived as a spoiler. Although IMO I think even new viewers can see the title "A Dance with Dragons" and know Dany must still be alive. Still to be safe
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It has been delayed to add more stuff, so I'm guessing it's pretty big. So far we mainly know it's going to have a lot of Targ stuff. The concept is that it's a history book written by multiple maesters, each with different styles and opinions that influence their writing.
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/2013/05/asides/george-r-r-martins-the-world-of-ice-and-fire-delayed-until-fall-2014/

:noah cannot wait. A Silmarillion take on A Song of Ice and Fire. :noah Once again another opportunity for Martin to prove himself to be the better. Now finish Winds of Winter! :maf
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #406 on: May 13, 2013, 08:39:58 PM »
I really lime they're writing Kit as the Jon I love from the books more often btw. Now that they're south of the wall maybe we will get more Jon scenes. :)
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #407 on: May 13, 2013, 09:12:15 PM »
How big is it? Mostly interested in the Andals and Dornish (Nymeria in particular) history.

Also want a vast catalogue on the religions of the world, including ones not introduced that the Faceless Men seem knowledgeable about.

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Last night I couldn't  help but think that Dany's sacking of Yunkai'i was an error, especially as I read ADWD side by side with watching this season. Then again, I seem to be the only one who likes Dany's arc in ADWD. In book three she learns how to be a general, but in book five she learns to become a politician and realizes that simply burning everything in your path isn't the way to be a good ruler. She should have spared Yunkai'i and possibly Mereen and she learns more and more of her errors. Anyone who expected or wants Dany to go to Westeros is missing the point, I think.
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She learns nothing.  She learns that she should have trusted her dragons and that she can't be everybody's mama... MAYBE.  HOPEFULLY.  That's never been my problem.  The problem is that he took what was, to that point, an interesting character and made her into an idiot that was boring to read.  I used to love seeing Dany chapters next; in book five I quickly got the point where it was "oh great, another fucking chore of a chapter to get through with 'I'm just a stupid teenage girl' and Capt. Daario.  Shit was poorly written, breh.  End of story.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #408 on: May 13, 2013, 09:14:39 PM »
I really lime they're writing Kit as the Jon I love from the books more often btw. Now that they're south of the wall maybe we will get more Jon scenes. :)

There'll be Jon stuff in the next however many episodes are left in this season, but next season IMO is gonna be mostly about King's Landing, the Wall and Dany.  Should be fuck awesome.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #409 on: May 13, 2013, 09:16:47 PM »
Second half of ASOS :lawd

Jon Snow :drool
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #410 on: May 13, 2013, 09:18:06 PM »
Second half of ASOS :lawd

Jon Snow :drool

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I wonder who they're gonna cast as the Red Viper?  The whole trial and combat between him and the Mountain SHOULD be fucking awesome if handled correctly.  It will also be interesting to see the Dornish for the first time.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #411 on: May 13, 2013, 09:20:46 PM »
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Red Viper needs to baller and hot as fuck. I hope the Dornish have Spanish accents like I have in my head when reading the books! :drool Also, we need Conan for The Mountain!
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #412 on: May 13, 2013, 10:06:58 PM »
It should be Oded Fehr
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #413 on: May 13, 2013, 11:16:24 PM »
I was about to suggest that guy from the Mummy BUT WHY THE FUCK DOESN'T HE HAVE CHEST HAIR? He might have to get some pectoral merkins for the show.

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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #414 on: May 14, 2013, 01:06:48 AM »
I always imagined the Dornish as moors.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #415 on: May 14, 2013, 07:02:12 AM »
I always imagined the Dornish as moors.
So Spanish, then.  :teehee

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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #416 on: May 14, 2013, 09:09:44 AM »
Every week there's a new scene of Simon screwing with Theon but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.  Doesn't help that Theon isn't interesting enough to care about.

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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #417 on: May 14, 2013, 10:43:55 AM »
Theon is plenty interesting. He is the only character to get into his predicament by his own actions and decisions. Of course, the main problem is that viewers don't know who the character is. In the books, he is revealed on the second book and Theon's story you're watching now takes place during the fifth book so they're adding all this crap to establish just who the guy who is torturing him is.

And it will pay off.

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because Ramsay will be at the wedding and non readers will blow their minds if they haven't realized he's Bolton's son already and having a guy like that on the "good guy side" (viewer binary) will make them flinch. Birdman.gif I want Ramsay to be the one to strike Talisa in the stomach with an axe and his idea to sew Grey Wind's head on top of Robb's decapitated neck.

Viewers are just getting a taste with Theon.
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I always imagined the Dornish as moors.
So Spanish, then.  :teehee

Yup. Like I said if the Dornish aren't Spanish I riot. :maf

Not really.
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #418 on: May 14, 2013, 12:10:19 PM »
Zephyrfate, are you VSrobot on gaf? Because the guy is on point here:

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What do you call it when they, for example, turn the devoted and faithful Ser Loras from the books into a stereotype? "When the sun had set, no candle can replace it." Except some random dude who hits on you after some martial training, apparently. From Gay Slut to Dream Wedding Barbie, Loras has been spectacularly ill-treated.

So they make Loras into a huge Queen for laughs, and leave him alone as the only gay character on the show. The show has this huge opportunity to get into See Bryndon's back-story. He is widely thought to be a gay character in the books (called the Blackfish for his refusal to marry) which they not only ignore, but they turn him into a one-note thug. Why not have him be gay, show they can write a gay character without resorting to cheap stereotypes? Or at least not write him as a mindless thug, who solves every dispute by threatening to punch someone?

So, yeah, Loras and Brynden: from book to screen, turned into one-note characters as complex as a CBS sitcom joke. What else to call it but character assassination?

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It is a gay character being portrayed as promiscuous. What an original and brave choice the show made. Want House Tyrrell secrets? Lure Loras with some casual cock!

I'm also in awe that they came up with the idea to have the only gay character in the show monologue about fashion in a campy way! Truly the writers are breaking new ground with on-screen portrayals of gay characters.

The books choice to be subtle and portray Loras first and foremost as a great knight and LOYAL seems regressive in comparison. Why have a character who just happens to be gay when you can make his homosexuality the centerpiece of his entire characterization?

Though I do think the "character assassination" thing goes too far (as much as it is true :obama).
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Re: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st
« Reply #419 on: May 14, 2013, 12:19:38 PM »
Considering the amount of time they can allot to characters, Loras losing some of his depth is literally the most unimportant change.
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