Ser Smirky McSmirksalot/Alliser Thorne -- is he the Lieut. Commander that Jon is going to steward for?
― Doctoral Who (Leee), Monday, May 30, 2011 2:57 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
nah, hes a knight but he just trains recruits. Jeor Mormont, the Lord Commander of the entire night's watch, is who jon's gonna be fluffing pillows for
― a thong of ice and fire (Princess TamTam), Monday, 30 May 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
littlefinger scene was Very HBO, but i liked the way he said 'play with her arse'
i thought tywin lannister's introduction was gangster as hell. skinning a stag - kinda groanworthy as a premise but in execution it was awesome. nice way to get across how methodical and unflinching he is, and from a staging perspective it was a lot more interesting to watch than just a static conversation.
― a thong of ice and fire (Princess TamTam), Monday, 30 May 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the sort of classical feel of khal drogo waging war purely because they tried to assassinate the khalisi...thus ensuring they bring about their own worst fears.
― Suggest Banter (Local Garda), Monday, 30 May 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit this show. i really think i hate ned stark.
― Mordy, Monday, 30 May 2011 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
enjoying this ALOT more now than i thought i would after the first episode, would probably enjoy it more if more static expo scenes were filmed w/ field dressing in the foreground rather than some whores. are the books quick/fun reads? ie something i could plausibly pull off this summer? very very very wary of fantasy in general (very happy to leave lotr to watching the movies and that's that). also should i be rooting for the klingons this much? basically am read to see all the white people die and snow zombies isn't really the way i want to see it done, much rather barbarian hordes.
― balls, Monday, 30 May 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, now that the jackass has had his head melted I'd be totally up for Drogo/Daenrys winning.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 30 May 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
The littlefinger scene was prob the first time I was annoyed by the gratuitous sex/nudity HBOness of it. I really hated that part and Laurel also otm about it earlier.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Monday, 30 May 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
balls: after some extreme wariness about fantasy writing I have been enjoying the first book quite a bit. Definitely has helped me understand what's going on, but also a good breezy read.
Unlike other people here I am not going to read ahead of the show, though.
― polyphonic, Monday, 30 May 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I might read ahead of the show if the cliffhanger is excruciating enough. Might just jump straight in on vol 2 though, sure I'll pick up any extra plot bits and pieces.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
it reminded me of the first three seasons of the wire when they'd throw in a quick sweaty sex scene every now and then out of nowhere. only if instead they'd also had mcnulty thoroughly describe a flowchart of the barksdale organization while banging that waitress. every other week.
― balls, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
The show is good. The books are better. And i don't see why anyone who's enjoyed the show so far wouldn't enjoy the books even more.
― Number None, Monday, 30 May 2011 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Because you'd have to periodically look at the internet while reading them to get your lesbian fix.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
books are great! i read all four over about 15 or 20 days, though i have a lot of free time. and yeah, number none otm, if you like the series i cant imagine you wont like the books
― ☂ (max), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
also chap no spoilers but the cliffhanger will be excruciating
max otm
I'll have done 4books in about a week but I'm sorta crazy like that
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 30 May 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Aww damn, Amazon has a 4-vol. box for $20! http://www.amazon.com/George-Martins-Thrones-4-Book-Boxed/dp/0345529057/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306804364&sr=8-1
― Doctoral Who (Leee), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not going to ask if I should get, because I just assume everyone is going to say yes.
― Doctoral Who (Leee), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― a thong of ice and fire (Princess TamTam), Monday, May 30, 2011 9:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
otm
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
finished the first book last week. damn, what an ending!
really psyched to see the hbo-style season finale ending with each story line getting capped off while jeff buckley's hallelujah plays in the background
― ☂ (max), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
will be off the chain
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't do the HBO GO thing last week so I just saw ep 8, which was bad-ass. Needed more Arya tho.
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
People who have read the books: where do you side concerning the balance between experiencing the plot cliffhangers for the first time by watching the show versus having already read the books and knowing what the darn is going on.
― Doctoral Who (Leee), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
if you haven't read them yet, I'd wait until the end of this season at this point
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
btw finished feast for crows and am sorta ~pissed~ I have to wait for the next one
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Laurel otm abt Carcetti's pr0n scene...stared at the ceiling til it ws over. Ffs surely there is a better way to deliver exposition. (yes yes boobs n arses is better I know)...he is so fucking crepey I cant stand it. Great, but creepy.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not that he's gross, it's that there's something gross abt staging an exposition scene (with a long-ass intro before the exposition even starts) around leering shots of prostitutes learning to finger one another. i mean, i hate to use a word like "gratuitous" in this day and age, but come on. at least the skinning in that pther long info-dump served a purpose, developed character in a useful way. we already know that baelish is a sleazebag whoremhonger, we hardly need spend five minutes watching him mong whores to get this point across.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if they established that whore from the north over the last couple of episodes just to have her in this scene.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 09:44 (thirteen years ago) link
roz q. exposition, the whore from the north
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
sort of hoping she'll show up nude in every lengthy exposition scene
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaai thought this scene was hilarious!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe they can have her field dress a deer while nude
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
also that scene is really going to screw with the TBS edit
Maybe there is some kind of nude quota imposed & they had to make up the quota in a hurry
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
the thing I took away from that scene is that Littlefinger is going to use Expositho as his pegging specialist
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gukbe, Wednesday, June 1, 2011 4:44 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
wondered the same thing, tbh
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
five minutes watching him mong whores to get this point across.
Not so much monging as polishing his wares. Even from the pov of pure, gratuitous titillation, the scene was too long and too flat. But like the Tywin scene (mentioned above) it served to underline that we're not supposed to like him. Don't know the books but the show is rather cartoonish though not in an entirely bad way.
― For one throb of the (Michael White), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
he's not particularly trustworthy in the books either from what I remember
my wife spent a good 5 minutes after the episode ranting along the theme of "why would you trust anyone who was in love with your wife? stupid ass"
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ned is really, really dumb
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
one of the things I loved about Martin's story was how he took the archetypal "honorable knight" of fantasy stories and showed how that character just would not work at all if up against anyone who acted even halfway rationally
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
(this comment is in the context of what's already been shown in the show btw)
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
SPOILER WARNING
can't wait until we get to see ned and jamie form crazy-haired pop sensation Jeddard
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
tbh that was where the books jumped the shark for me
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
im going to wait for dance of dragons to see how that pans out
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
pissed i have to wait two weeks
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
must be a role somewhere in the books for paz de la huerta
― this you irl http://i.imgur.com/v3kw8.gif (cozen), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
NO
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I checked - nothing for her. Nothing at all.
check paz de la hater here
― this you irl http://i.imgur.com/v3kw8.gif (cozen), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link