Game Of Thrones Season 3 - March 31st

[Phoenix Dark]

My problem is that all these distinguished mentally-challenged changes they have been making to Stannis's storyline have nothing to do with the runtime of the show of the budget is just shitty writing.

And Davos is the only person that Stannis listens to besides Mel so him letting him die is a big deal and an unecessary change in Stannis's personality imo.

I figure we don't know yet what is going to happen with Stannis. Maybe he's just trying to let onion-knight stew a little.

Exactly. Dunno why Diunx is acting like this is some major change. You don't have to read the books to realize what's going on, it's pretty much a TV/movie trope

[Human Snorenado]

My problem is that all these distinguished mentally-challenged changes they have been making to Stannis's storyline have nothing to do with the runtime of the show of the budget is just shitty writing.

And Davos is the only person that Stannis listens to besides Mel so him letting him die is a big deal and an unecessary change in Stannis's personality imo.

I figure we don't know yet what is going to happen with Stannis. Maybe he's just trying to let onion-knight stew a little.

Exactly. Dunno why Diunx is acting like this is some major change. You don't have to read the books to realize what's going on, it's pretty much a TV/movie trope

Remember, he doesn't have tv/movies in Turdlandia or wherever he's from

[Barry Egan]

why did King Joffrey kill the whore? 

[fistfulofmetal]

why did King Joffrey kill the whore?

because he's a cunt

[Human Snorenado]

Uh... maybe I'm forgetting since it's been like five years since I've read SoS, but the whole Melissandre/Gendry thing didn't happen in the book, right?

Also, poor Ros

[fistfulofmetal]

Uh... maybe I'm forgetting since it's been like five years since I've read SoS, but the whole Melissandre/Gendry thing didn't happen in the book, right?

correct

[Himu]

Didn't mind the book changed and my Jon Snow is actually cool and confident now. My bastard.

[Himu]

why did King Joffrey kill the whore?

Because she's a shitty extraneous character and it is about fucking time.

Joff

[Human Snorenado]

You just hated her because her boobies were better than yours!

[Phoenix Dark]

Triumph: They're replacing Edric Storm with Gendry, which makes sense.

Gotta say I'm baffled at the Ros stuff. Glad she's dead obviously, but given how long they dragged her story on I figured the payoff would be bigger. I thought

ASOS spoiler:

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She was going to go to the Eyrie with Littlefinger, replace the role of Marlillion and be blamed for Lysa's death.

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[Human Snorenado]

Ah, yeah that makes sense.  Also, maybe it's because the actor playing him is pretty good, but there seems to be a much better set up for Littlefinger's story on the show.

[Phoenix Dark]

Yup I like the actor who plays Gendry, plus from what I've seen online he's quite popular among female fans. Introducing a new character/actor would be overkill IMO, when you can just use someone viewers are familiar with.

However the thing I'm wondering about:
(ASOS, AFFC)

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This means Davos will save Gendry, and after that...what does Gendry do? In AFFC he's still a member of the Brotherhood and saves Brienne. So I'm guessing Davos will sail Gendry back to mainland Westeros, at which point he'll wander around...I guess. Or perhaps they could have him join Brienne's search party in the AFFC season. She had a pretty shitty POV, but having Gendry and sexual tyrannosaurus Podrick Payne as companions could be interesting.

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[Diunx]

Ugh I hope that Green eyes shit with Arya wasn't a future books spoiler also surely Mel knew Arya had King's blood as well.

[Groogrux]

That did seem like a future book spoiler...

[Himu]

That wasn't a future book spoiler

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she means that arya will don different "eyes" or names then lose herself. Which is required of a faceless man. More than that, it could be literal considering arya goes blind.

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[ZephyrFate]

It is most likely some foreshadowing though for future books

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given Arya's connection with the FM and their connection with the Red God

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not liking the book changes as usual but

the end scene was quite nice. Excited for

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Brienne's AFFC adventures

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[Phoenix Dark]

well

series spoiler

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Cersei has green eyes 

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[Himu]

[Himu]

I'm most interested in

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Sam and the dragon glass

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[Diunx]

Too bad we'll have to wait for season 5 for Fat Pink Mast.

[Diunx]

lol at Tywin Calling Cersei the most beautiful woman in the kingdom , Lena looks like a dead junky cheeseburger on this show.

[Phoenix Dark]

Awesom-O: all spoilers need to be tagged.

lol at Tywin Calling Cersei the most beautiful woman in the kingdom , Lena looks like a dead junky cheeseburger on this show.

I thought the scene was largely the same point that Littlefinger made with his "chaos is a ladder" comment. The world is built on various lies, from Aegon's 1000 swords to the incest origin of King Joffery, and naturally the idea that the queen is the most beautiful woman in the world. Obviously book Cersei is different from show Cersei, and Tywin's comment worked in that light.

[Groogrux]

Isn't Cersei's character in the books only in her late 20's/early 30's? 

[ManaByte]

Isn't Cersei's character in the books only in her late 20's/early 30's? 

Everyone in the books is younger because GRRM is a pedo.

[Himu]

Isn't Cersei's character in the books only in her late 20's/early 30's? 

Everyone in the books is younger because GRRM is a pedo.

Cersei is in her 30's.

[Mr. Gundam]

Where are they going to split the season in half?

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Red Wedding? Doesn't really seem that there's enough after that in the book for another 10 episode season.

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edit: Nevermind, I can see them totally stretching it out to make it work.

[Himu]

That event happens exactly halfway through a Storm of Swords. You are forgetting how content is in that book.

[TakingBackSunday]

I think Lena is pretty hot 

[Mr. Gundam]

That event happens exactly halfway through a Storm of Swords. You are forgetting how content is in that book.

Yeah, I remembered just how much stuff happens in that book and edited my post. Besides, if they don't split the seasons, they'll catch up to Martin.

[Himu]

They have to split the seasons for quality as well. This season is notably better than 2.

[Human Snorenado]

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Judging from the name of episode 9 and 10 ("Rains of Castamere" and "Mhysa") I'd expect we'll get through the Red Wedding and Dany's next liberation

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[Human Snorenado]

@himumu- I fundamentally disagree with that... they can just get rid of so much out of the fourth book, since it sucked hardcore.

[Himu]

Fourth book is great. Just slow and boring halfway but once you get to a certain point It will adapt WAY better to the screen than in books. More than that half of DWD takes place during Feast so they'll splice DWD into Feast season. It is possible to read Feast and Dance interchangeably at the same time. The seasons will likely do just that.

[Mr. Gundam]

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Judging from the name of episode 9 and 10 ("Rains of Castamere" and "Mhysa") I'd expect we'll get through the Red Wedding and Dany's next liberation

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I'm just curious what they'll end the season with.

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Seeing Robb murdered and Catelyn thrown into the river would be a great final scene, but it sounds like they'll move past that if the episode titles are any indication.

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[TakingBackSunday]

maybe ending the season on

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The mute, "dead" Catelyn leading the brotherhood?

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[Mr. Gundam]

maybe ending the season on

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The mute, "dead" Catelyn leading the brotherhood?

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Yeah, that would work as well.

[Phoenix Dark]

The finale will be

ASOS spoilers and minor AFFC spoiler

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Dany capturing Yunkai and marching for Mereen, Jon returning to the Wall (Queenscrown is in ep9), Bran and company entering the Nightfort/perhaps meeting Sam, and Davos reading Mormont's letter.

Next season will be the Purple Wedding, Tyrion's trial/escape, Dany conquering Mereen, the battle at Castle Black, Coldhands, Sansa arriving at the Eyrie/Lysa Arryn murder, etc. It will also add some AFFC material, which IMO will translate well. So far the show has done a great job with all the King's Landing scenes, which bodes well for the Cersei v Margery stuff in Feast.

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Next season should be even better.

[Human Snorenado]

Fourth book is great. Just slow and boring halfway but once you get to a certain point It will adapt WAY better to the screen than in books. More than that half of DWD takes place during Feast so they'll splice DWD into Feast season. It is possible to read Feast and Dance interchangeably at the same time. The seasons will likely do just that.

I agree that the book will be better adapted to the show, as the show-runners have shown a good skill at making the political maneuvering in KL really good.  Doesn't change the fact that judged on it's own merits, the 4th book is probably the worst of the lot.

[Phoenix Dark]

Worse yes, but I agree with Zeph that it is the best written of the series. However there is a lot of material that I don't think television viewers will find interesting, such as the monologue about war and honor. It also features characters that I can't imagine viewers giving a shit about, to put it lightly. However....

AFFC spoiler

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Victarion and Euron could be fucking amazing if done right. Ray Stevenson as Victarion, Kevin McKidd as Euron. DO IT HBO

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[Human Snorenado]

Their casting has gotten worse generally speaking, although it's pretty tough to maintain the near perfect average they set from the first season. 

[Himu]

This season will end with

ASOS

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Arya/Nymeria pulling Catelyn out of the river. Catelyn will not be revived until the end of next season as one of the best things about Storm is that you end up thinking the Lannister's have won...until the Purple Wedding and Tywin being murdered. If you revive Catelyn this season it gives the audience hope. The audience should not HAVE hope.

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[Uninstall]

fuck you and your book spoilers himuro

also fuck me for having no self control

best part of the show is also its downfall: so much shit happens that entire plotlines dont move at all every other ep

dany where are you :'(

[Himu]

fuck you and your book spoilers himuro

also fuck me for having no self control

best part of the show is also its downfall: so much shit happens that entire plotlines dont move at all every other ep

dany where are you :'(

  why in the world would you read that?

[Phoenix Dark]

Like a pack of wildlings scaling the Wall, the Game of Thrones ratings continue to go up. This week the initial audience hit a series-record 5.5 million, according to TVByTheNumbers. This included a 2.9 rating, also a series high. This puts Thrones only 30k viewers behind True Blood‘s all-time high number of 5.53 million.

The 11 PM repeat added 1.27 million viewers for a total of 6.77 million on the night, which tops the 6.68 million that watched on premiere night. Even more impressive, the season 3 premiere total was accumulated over three separate airings and this new record was set with only two.

Pretty amazing, although I do wonder how many of those viewers were thinking "uh where's Dany"

[Himu]

Next week! Khaleesi! The best plot line in the entire book (that isn't Jon's ) continues!

TEAM TARGARYEN. MOUNT YOUR HORSES.

TEAM JON SNOW, TAKE OUT YOUR WHETSTONES.

Next week, we feast on awesome.

[Flannel Boy]

Shit, you read that?

If there's one fucking series where you don't read spoilers, man, it's this one. I wish there was some kind of internet Dexter who would go out and murder all the trolls who post spoilers on random Game of Thrones Youtube clips and previews.

If you want them murdered in the digital realm put them on ignore.

[TakingBackSunday]

Total team targaryan here himu but Dany's story is not that exciting in the last half of book 3.  I got pretty bored with it.

Now the Lannister/Stark stories, omg

[Himu]

Wrong.

[Phoenix Dark]

Total team targaryan here himu but Dany's story is not that exciting in the last half of book 3.  I got pretty bored with it.

Now the Lannister/Stark stories, omg

[chronovore]

Shit, you read that?

If there's one fucking series where you don't read spoilers, man, it's this one. I wish there was some kind of internet Dexter who would go out and murder all the trolls who post spoilers on random Game of Thrones Youtube clips and previews.

Yeah, I just pulled the same, stupid move myself. We use spoiler tags as punctuation elsewhere on The Bore, and I just kinda forgot which thread I'm in.

[Himu]

Look on the bright side. You don't know how nor the why.

[Phoenix Dark]

Better than my mom calling Jon Snow "Johnny Snowfall" 

[Himu]

Must be adopted is so true because all the tully's suck.

[Human Snorenado]

Blackfish

[ZephyrFate]

Blackfish is badass AND gay, so more badass then.

[brawndolicious]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

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.

[Himu]

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.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.the-coli.com/4127733-post4077.html
 

(the cross dressing thing is a reference to Charles Dance film, not a book spoiler)

[Himu]

"With this season being based on the third book, and the third book being named Storm of Swords, Loras funna feast, my niccas"