HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

GAME OF THROOOOOOONES

yeah, it was too hectic

there was just too much going on there, they should have slowed things down there and made it less exciting, maybe split that scene out over a few episodes, or maybe have a character hide behind a table for a few minutes and talk about what was happening and why it was so unexpected and scurry

smh at the way they did that

My wife, not in the book reading contingent but probably a more rabid fan of the TV series than I am, had a pretty great reaction. At the shot of Caetlyn looking up at the band, her hand shot over and grabbed my arm with a white knuckle grip, "what the fuck is going to happen?". Then she let out a muted scream when the guy went after Talisa. Later she claimed it wasn't as "devastating" as the Ned Start season 1 scene, but it seemed to get a pretty visceral reaction from her.

Somehow, despite all the groundwork they did with the song "The Rains of Castamere" (Cersei's discussion of it, Thoros singing it, playing it at the end of the battle of Blackwater episode, Tyrion talking about it, using it as the Lannister leitmotif in the score, using it as the TITLE of the episode ... I still didn't know what song they were playing. Haha.

Mr Veg was laughing at me by the end, I yelled NO when robb & catelyn were first hit, then a series of NNOOOOOOs when Robb's wolf and Robb got it, and then just a quiet mournful 'oh no' with Catelyn's ending

I cannot wait to find out how the bedding went.

great-uncle's absence...

Only one more episode this season, sigh

Grey Worm has sick fighting skills and he moves with such grace. I hope there is more of him in the next season.

sick epi

http://i2.cdnds.net/13/15/618x411/odd_you_know_nothing_jon_snow.jpg

You know, leave it to TMZ

http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/03/game-of-thrones-throat-cutting-oj-simpson-witness-michael-baden/

On the bright side, at least Gareth from The Office got offed.

^aha!

For real, I don't know what they were expecting rolling up into Walder Frey's castle like he would be all nbd that Robb dissed him. Still, the slaughter was shocking. I expected hostilities and draw swords, but...damn. Catelyn's desperation at the end was affecting. At first I found her annoyingly long-suffering & righteous, but reading the first book made me appreciate her a lot more.

It will never happen, but part of me wishes Tyrion will turn Sansa into sex freak. I mostly just want to see more Tyrion sexy scenes. I fear for he & Shae, though. Also, please more Petyr Baelish & Viserys.

omg i can't begin to imagine what kind of kinky sansa/tyrion fanfic is out there. or if there is none, you need to write some.

there are not enough NOs in the world

I want to see Littlefinger hanging out in the Eyrie with Cat's sister and the milky lad.

http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Tyrion%20Lannister*s*Sansa%20Stark/works

;_;

oh god some of those stories are truly revolting ;_; i can tell w/o even reading them

I want to see Littlefinger hanging out in the Eyrie with Cat's sister and the milky lad.

― polyphonic, Monday, June 3, 2013 5:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes

http://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search[query]=littlefinger%2Flysa

this is truly the work of Satan

I think maybe it's just that I want Sansa to become interesting and stop being such a dumbo.

sansa is pretty much a typical teenaged girl. she was soooo stoked at the promise of being betrothed to loras. she's wising up slowly. in season 1 she was truly awful.

isn't gareth an eagle now? like, do wargs stay in the animals if their bodies get offed?

i far prefer the joffrey/sansa/tyrell/tywin stuff to this week's gang, though now most of them are dead i guess there won't be as much about them.

still obv a good episode, i think the hype had made me expect something weirder, or an entire episode of shocks, i wasn't spoiled beforehand but knowing something crazy was going to happen deflated it a bit.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/oh-shit-i-totally-forgot-that-happens,32673/

lol

love all the jorah pining loser scenes btw

https://vine.co/v/b3XZMHmxzxh

Re: All these videos of people live-reacting to the episode ... what kind of savage records themselves watching television?

lol yeah jorah is gold with comedy princess bride cheeseball hunk on the case now

it's probably book-readers who know what's coming recording their unspoiled friends? xp

lol yeah jorah is gold with comedy princess bride cheeseball hunk on the case now

he's slowly taking on an "old gill" from the simpsons physicality. also that bloke looks ridiculous, i thought wwe wrestler, but princess bride cheeseball is a good description.

i think she even likes the silver fox more than jorah.

i'd thought the big scene i'd been bracing myself for was jon snow getting his eyes pecked out at first. bit confusing

all the pure interweb shock seems a teensy bit exaggerated considering the overegged marital bliss + doors shutting + caetlyn ruh-roh scene before

roose bolton was superb as said. i don't even know how well he tallies with the book character but he always seemed like great casting the first moment you laid eyes on him

also STOP HODORING

i wonder if michael mcelhatton realises he will be booed in the street now for the rest of his life

Just rewatched the last ten minutes. Another great detail is a shot of Frey relishing a gulp of wine as the slaughter unfolds.

And then there's

http://gawker.com/arya-starks-game-of-thrones-red-wedding-reaction-vid-511123345

gyac posted it ned, come on

Even I am imperfect.

Has that big ol army of white walkers from the end of season 2 been walking around in circles or what

Ned Wedding

https://vine.co/v/b3XZMHmxzxh

― gyac, Monday, June 3, 2013 3:51 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dying at this, wkiw maisie williams

it's the eye crossing that did it for me

i wonder if michael mcelhatton realises he will be booed in the street now for the rest of his life

Somewhere Jack Gleason is breathing a sigh of relief.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/1268ed86376c445825dbf04767a536c5/tumblr_mnuq1k18db1qcziuco1_500.jpg

Grey Worm has sick fighting skills and he moves with such grace. I hope there is more of him in the next season.

http://tybe.tumblr.com/post/52037481805/so-if-weve-recovered-from-this-red-wedding