Author Topic: Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st (Read 58170 times)

Himu · « **Reply #180 on:** April 22, 2013, 08:57:09 AM »

I agree Phoenix. AFFC will be better in the show.

I fucking love TV Margaery.

Himu · « **Reply #181 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:01:28 AM »

I'm looking forward to seeing Jamie's transformation on screen the most and yesterday we got a wonderful hint of it. That's my kingslayer.

I still hate they made him a kinslayer and how light they made the act of kinslaying. Shit is flat out stupid and will walk them into a pool of plotholes later.

Diunx · « **Reply #182 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:19:27 AM »

The Scene with danny was fantastic, I usually roll my eyes when Kelly C starts going on about blood of the dragon, fire and blood bla bla bla, but in a weird in comprehensive language she sounded totally badass.

The lighting lord sucked, don't like the actor.

Beezy · « **Reply #183 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:54:16 AM »

Quote from: helios on April 22, 2013, 08:53:58 AM

Should you really be clicking on spoilers without abandon in a thread like this?

Can't help it. When you guys say "book spoilers" or name a future book though, I avoid them.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #184 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:04:23 PM »

All spoilers should be tagged bros. While I think it's good in general for new viewers not to click any spoilers I could see someone assuming a non-tagged one was safe.

I like the actor who plays Beric, I just don't like that he wasn't discussed earlier. The Brotherhood is mentioned a couple times in S2 but there was no build up for the leader; odd decision IMO.

Himu · « **Reply #185 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:08:21 PM »

Yeah, non book readers.prolly don't have an inkling of the lightning lord or why they should give a shit, but to be fair, they will next week after ASOS SPOILERS

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he's resurrected by Thoros

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so it evens out anyways.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #186 on:** April 22, 2013, 12:42:06 PM »

Awesome episode. Kind of makes Dany's whole crappy story arc in S2 worth it.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #187 on:** April 22, 2013, 01:39:07 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on April 22, 2013, 12:42:06 PM

Awesome episode. Kind of makes Dany's whole crappy story arc in S2 worth it.

I spent all season last season telling my wife how awesome Dany's story was gonna be

only to realize at the end I was thinking of her plot from S3 the whole time

oops

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #188 on:** April 22, 2013, 01:44:00 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on April 22, 2013, 12:07:06 AM

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #189 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:21:21 PM »

fire and blood time

It's an interesting tv/book dilemma. Dany barely has any chapters in the second book, but the character has become so popular among TV fans that the writers felt they needed to give her extra screen time. I would have taken the risk of having her in fewer episodes and just building up to a big payoff (House of the Undying). I can't say I liked anything about how she was handled in S2, especially the WHERE ARE MAH DRAGONZ new stuff. And while I understand why they had to change the House of the Undying, it could have been more memorable imo.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #190 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:38:19 PM »

Her story in S2 was just so anti-climactic, and it wasn't interesting to begin with. It felt like they could have left her out of the first 6 or so episodes instead of trying to fit her sitting in the desert every episode.

cool breeze · « **Reply #191 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:38:30 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on April 22, 2013, 11:54:16 AM

Quote from: helios on April 22, 2013, 08:53:58 AM
Should you really be clicking on spoilers without abandon in a thread like this?
Can't help it. When you guys say "book spoilers" or name a future book though, I avoid them.

yeah, people hide jokes and other stuff in spoiler boxes. if it's marked as a book spoiler, at least you know that it's a book spoiler to be avoided.

and this is a question for book readers, but I don't want spoilery answers, if possible

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I read that season 3 covers half of book 3 and parts of book 5?

what part of this season are book 5, exactly? the Bran storyline?

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Human Snorenado · « **Reply #192 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:46:08 PM »

fryinghigh (no spoilers, for serious)

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Season 3 covers half of book 3, and Season 4 will be the other half of book 3. The book is the longest in the series to date, and lots of stuff happens, so the decision was made to split it into multiple seasons.

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Himu · « **Reply #193 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:49:13 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on April 22, 2013, 01:39:07 PM

Quote from: Steve Contra on April 22, 2013, 12:42:06 PM
Awesome episode. Kind of makes Dany's whole crappy story arc in S2 worth it.

I spent all season last season telling my wife how awesome Dany's story was gonna be

only to realize at the end I was thinking of her plot from S3 the whole time

oops

To be fair the house of undying is bad ass.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #194 on:** April 22, 2013, 02:49:25 PM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on April 22, 2013, 02:38:30 PM

Quote from: Beezy on April 22, 2013, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: helios on April 22, 2013, 08:53:58 AM
Should you really be clicking on spoilers without abandon in a thread like this?
Can't help it. When you guys say "book spoilers" or name a future book though, I avoid them.

yeah, people hide jokes and other stuff in spoiler boxes. if it's marked as a book spoiler, at least you know that it's a book spoiler to be avoided.

and this is a question for book readers, but I don't want spoilery answers, if possible
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I read that season 3 covers half of book 3 and parts of book 5?

what part of this season are book 5, exactly? the Bran storyline?
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You're right, this season is half of book three plus one arc from book five.

In response to your question (no spoilers:)

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The Theon stuff doesn't happen until book five. Book three does note that he is being tortured by someone, but you don't actually see any of his ordeal until ADWD. By that time in the books he's been in captivity for about a year or so

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Steve Contra · « **Reply #195 on:** April 22, 2013, 03:15:31 PM »

Also Varys and Tywin had great episodes for the small bits they had. I can't wait to see what Tywin is up to.

Vizzys · « **Reply #196 on:** April 22, 2013, 03:26:42 PM »

being theon is suffering

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #197 on:** April 22, 2013, 03:33:47 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #198 on:** April 22, 2013, 03:48:05 PM »

http://www.the-coli.com/3991776-post2597.html

Himu · « **Reply #199 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:01:10 PM »

Steve Contra · « **Reply #200 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:06:23 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #201 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:08:24 PM »

That entire page has me

http://www.the-coli.com/arcadium/60634-game-thrones-season-3-niccas-%2Astorms-swords%2A-174.html#post3991776

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #202 on:** April 22, 2013, 05:30:41 PM »

"Valyrian Rosetta Stone"

Beezy · « **Reply #203 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:12:12 PM »

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #204 on:** April 22, 2013, 09:25:41 PM »

Fuck. What a great episode.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #205 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:00:35 AM »

Man this season really sucks as far as keeping arcs flowing each episode. Only a few minutes got spent on Tyrion, Bron, Theon, Samwell, etc. Just a slow trickle of exposition leading up to their probably most important events so far. And yeah, Arya had a scene too (two actually) but it wasn't enough time to actually see what happens.

They really need to take a break from anybody closely related or engaged to Joffrey. He hasn't had anybody tortured or killed this season which is the only thing of any consequence that he does.

chronovore · « **Reply #206 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:33:34 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on April 22, 2013, 12:03:33 AM

Overlooked in the end of episode awesomeness was that the Queen of Thornes is BAD ASS. Also, Tywin's interaction with Cersei was FUCK AWESOME. The guy they got to play Tywin might be my favorite actor in the entire show.

Charles Dance brings quality to anything he's in. He was the redeeming part of even crappy things like Alien3 and The Golden Child. He's awesome.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #207 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:14:16 AM »

Dance is indeed awesome as Tywin; you can tell he loves the role. He's very passionate about the show in interviews and seems quite excited about the good material he has to work with.

Himu · « **Reply #208 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:35:13 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on April 23, 2013, 07:00:35 AM

Man this season really sucks as far as keeping arcs flowing each episode. Only a few minutes got spent on Tyrion, Bron, Theon, Samwell, etc. Just a slow trickle of exposition leading up to their probably most important events so far. And yeah, Arya had a scene too (two actually) but it wasn't enough time to actually see what happens.

They really need to take a break from anybody closely related or engaged to Joffrey. He hasn't had anybody tortured or killed this season which is the only thing of any consequence that he does.

There's not much for Tyrion to do early in the story. Bron isn't a focal character and never has been. The Theon story is mostly just being stretched out and most of us have no idea where it is going. But you're right on Samwell's scenes.

In any case, the episode flowed well anyways because each scene was about revenge and mutilation. Setting up the episode with Jamie's hand necklace (so glad they did it) and then with Varys talking about revenge and patience sets the entire tone for the entire episode. Done extremely well in a thematic sense that the clip theatre shouldn't be too much of a bother.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #209 on:** April 23, 2013, 10:01:56 AM »

IMO this season would be better with less Theon. Thus far this is experiment hasn't worked and only slows down episodes. I know where it's going but I doubt many people care about this story. It seems like his escape and re-capture should have been held off longer to give it some weight, instead it feels trivial. He gets tortured for a couple minutes then "someone" decides to free him, only to bring him back immediately; it would have more dramatic weight if we saw him getting tortured in the first episode, then don't see him again until ep 5 when he's released. Re-capture in the next ep, and don't revisit him until the finale.

He's had more screen time than Jon, which is ridiculous IMO

Himu · « **Reply #210 on:** April 23, 2013, 10:07:28 AM »

Hopefully this is the last we see of Theon till next season. PLEASE ramp up on Jon's arc. One of the best arcs continues to be ruined. Is it because the setting is more expensive to film at? The acting and script in that section has a lot of gaps and miscasts. This isn't a book thing either. Sucks because Jon is my favorite character but he's just an annoying ignorant welp here.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #211 on:** April 23, 2013, 10:33:59 AM »

Ratings were up again this week. First run had 4.87M viewers and a 2.6 in the demo. Details over at TVbtN.

Beat the NBA playoffs in the 18-49 demo, very impressive. These last two episodes have been some of the best buzz creating "water cooler" episodes on television right now. Dany's scene is probably the strongest single GoT scene since Baelor (or Fire and Blood's ending).

Himu · « **Reply #212 on:** April 23, 2013, 10:41:27 AM »

I'm so proud.

Show is gonna create crazy buzz this season.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #213 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:42:07 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 23, 2013, 10:07:28 AM

Hopefully this is the last we see of Theon till next season. PLEASE ramp up on Jon's arc. One of the best arcs continues to be ruined. Is it because the setting is more expensive to film at? The acting and script in that section has a lot of gaps and miscasts. This isn't a book thing either. Sucks because Jon is my favorite character but he's just an annoying ignorant welp here.

The name of the next episode makes me think we'll be spending a bunch of time with Jon.

Himu · « **Reply #214 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:44:23 PM »

Diunx · « **Reply #215 on:** April 23, 2013, 01:26:25 PM »

Hopefully after four episodes The Giants Bane will make his first joke.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #216 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:17:41 PM »

GRRM is an angry Jets fan.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/321271.html

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #217 on:** April 23, 2013, 02:30:21 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on April 23, 2013, 02:17:41 PM

GRRM is an angry Jets fan.

http://grrm.livejournal.com/321271.html

All according to plan. Jets will suck this year, fire Rex; Lions will barely win 7 games this year, fire Schwartz. Lions hire Rex, all is right in the world

brawndolicious · « **Reply #218 on:** April 23, 2013, 03:47:50 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on April 23, 2013, 09:35:13 AM

Quote from: am nintenho on April 23, 2013, 07:00:35 AM
Man this season really sucks as far as keeping arcs flowing each episode. Only a few minutes got spent on Tyrion, Bron, Theon, Samwell, etc. Just a slow trickle of exposition leading up to their probably most important events so far. And yeah, Arya had a scene too (two actually) but it wasn't enough time to actually see what happens.

They really need to take a break from anybody closely related or engaged to Joffrey. He hasn't had anybody tortured or killed this season which is the only thing of any consequence that he does.

There's not much for Tyrion to do early in the story. Bron isn't a focal character and never has been. The Theon story is mostly just being stretched out and most of us have no idea where it is going. But you're right on Samwell's scenes.

In any case, the episode flowed well anyways because each scene was about revenge and mutilation. Setting up the episode with Jamie's hand necklace (so glad they did it) and then with Varys talking about revenge and patience sets the entire tone for the entire episode. Done extremely well in a thematic sense that the clip theatre shouldn't be too much of a bother.

The episode was pretty exciting but everybody's plotline besides Daenerys feels half-developed. I feel like they're going to go in a different direction than the books with Tyrion and Sansa so I don't really know what to expect. I just can't see them shitting all over those two as badly as the books do.

I don't know what to say about Bran, his scenes are just confusing. I just want to see more Hordor.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #219 on:** April 23, 2013, 04:19:42 PM »

To be fair to Tyrion, he went from being the most powerful person in King's Landing to being a glorified accountant. His story hasn't really hit a stride yet, but it has featured one of the stronger scenes of the season (his confrontation of Tywin).

The biggest victim of the season's pacing has been Jon IMO; his story hasn't been developed at all, which is odd considering how much time was spent shooting in Iceland.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #220 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:05:06 PM »

I have a feeling that we'll be seeing a lot more Jon in the next few episodes.

Himu · « **Reply #221 on:** April 23, 2013, 05:26:23 PM »

Also, I'd say most of the story lines are well developed. Big problem with Sam's is they didn't show there was discontent among the ranks of the Watch even BEFORE the battle of the fist of men. course, they didn't SHOW the battle of the fist of men because it is the TV show and dem budget issues breh. But it still communicates what it needs to. They haven't developed Bran's Warg story with the Reeds but that was always going to be hard to develop. The King's Landing plot lines are all spot on. Like I said, there isn't much for Tyrion to DO right now and PD answered that.

Aside from Stannis is scenes I'd say they're all pretty good aside from Jon's. Jon's is awful and has communicated ZERO information to viewers. Why is Mance apparently such a great leader? I thought his host was in the hundreds of thousands but you wouldn't know it by the TV show. Nance said that Snow is Ned's bastard but would TV viewers know how he knows that? The thing is just bad top to bottom. Thankfully as others have said they're going to journey up north beyond the wall more often.

Now I hope you realize the trial of adapting a book series with dozens of pov characters and with more names and locations than Tolkien into a one hour TV show with 10 episode seasons. They've dine a fantastic job so far considering the circumstances. If you want more development, read the books. If not just wait and enjoy television piff.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #222 on:** April 28, 2013, 02:57:18 PM »

Gonna prepare you guys for the next shit-storm rage fest early. Some screens have leaked from tonight's episode...and, well there's this

Episode SPOILER pic (not a book scene)

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http://24.media.tumblr.com/2b22ace576c396ca886c5850fdba7615/tumblr_mlyno1cYHt1rxciqbo1_500.jpg
That is Selyse locked in her room, with a bunch of Stannis' stillborn male babies in jars. Yeah.

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Someone has been watching too much Walking Dead.

Himu · « **Reply #223 on:** April 28, 2013, 04:59:37 PM »

Uhhhhhhh

What is WRONG with the people who write this show? :why

Diunx · « **Reply #224 on:** April 28, 2013, 05:48:59 PM »

The shit rain on the rightful king of Westeros continues, smh.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #225 on:** April 28, 2013, 05:50:12 PM »

I don't care in terms of purism, just in terms of TV in general. That has already been done - this year. I don't see the point lol, but maybe it'll be cool...

Himu · « **Reply #226 on:** April 28, 2013, 06:03:43 PM »

We'll see what happens but it doesn't really fit a fantasy setting. It looks straight out of a sci fi show.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #227 on:** April 28, 2013, 06:17:42 PM »

rightful king/queen of westeros my ass, that shit is all dany's

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #228 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:25:17 PM »

#teamtargaryen

Himu · « **Reply #229 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:27:53 PM »

#TARGSET

Barry Egan · « **Reply #230 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:33:54 PM »

didn't you guys read the books already? don't you all already know who wins

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #231 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:35:38 PM »

#teamsincest

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #232 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:36:44 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on April 28, 2013, 07:33:54 PM

didn't you guys read the books already? don't you all already know who wins

yup, it's Hodor.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #233 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:45:41 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #234 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:46:19 PM »

#TeamFatPinkMast

helios · « **Reply #235 on:** April 28, 2013, 08:08:58 PM »

#diarrheaberries

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #236 on:** April 28, 2013, 08:28:58 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 28, 2013, 07:36:44 PM

Quote from: Barry Egan on April 28, 2013, 07:33:54 PM
didn't you guys read the books already? don't you all already know who wins

yup, it's Hodor.

And Hot Pie.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #237 on:** April 28, 2013, 10:02:09 PM »

that episode

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The seeds of the RW being planted

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Himu · « **Reply #238 on:** April 28, 2013, 10:04:46 PM »

That episode

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #239 on:** April 28, 2013, 10:07:28 PM »

Oh oh oh!

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