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

For us non-book readers, here's an AV Club list of 15 changes from the novels to the series that isn't spoilery: http://www.avclub.com/article/well-actually-books-15-differences-text-tv-game-th-203713

This episode was mildly frustrating to me. Why they ever wanted to go north of the wall I don't get. Jon isn't fucking there! And yes that story is kinda snoresville. I have't read the books but I know how some stuff plays out this season.

The Jaime/Brianne scenes were pretty rad though.

Only thing I rolled my eyes at this ep was the stuff with bran & co. Like I get it, bran's story is pretty dull (at least until he gets to...a certain place) but I'm not crazy about this little detour.

spoiler

oh come on that's not a spoiler

yah bran's little dream said as much

His dream said this is a detour?

yeah but it said he had to get to some place for some reason so

Didn't Bran learn the last time he was threatened to be made a hostage?? And there's no Theon to save him this time.

"Braaaan...Braaaaaan...go north....spoiler alllerrrttt"

enouuuuuuuugh with the north-going already ugh

Dat Margaery tho

Wish she'd sneak into my room

Braaaaan....now go back South....

braaaan braaan braaaaaan... whatre u doin

Braaaan....I dare you to- I mean, the ancient Gods COMMAND you to- occupy a small animal and jump off a cliff, and then just before you hit the bottom switch into a nearby bird and soar away, and then bring us some small nuts and berries to feast on...Braaaaaan

oh come on that's not a spoiler

it is when you were wondering if Locke was going to go north with Jon and murder Bran.

Haven't seem the latest yet, though I think part of my question gets answered, but what the hell have the snow zombies been up to? We have all these dudes and wildlings and other folks zipping around up north, so the zombies should have made some real headway by now, given they don't eat or sleep. They just lumbering somewhere?

they are very, very slow. they stop every 40 feet to level up their treechopping abilities and play fishing mini-games

they're waiting for winter

im ready for some new castles in the opening, ready to visit new lands

don't worry! image leak from next week's episode:

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/candy-land.jpg

praise the gods new and old

i see they changed the name of castle terror from the books. i guess this makes more sense.

Gorgeous looking episode, from Mireen to the spooky snow fortress.

I wish the white walkers eyes didnt glow

a bit scary huh

*shivers*

man this was boring

It really wasn't.

Yes it was.

no it wasn't

whoever commented on the lack of epic scenes upthread was otm -- I lamented the skipping-over of the meereen slave uprising almost immediately after the scene changed... we only saw one master get shanked! wtf

yeah but then we saw a shit-ton of them get nailed to signposts, which was pretty gnarly

true

so much fun stuff happened this episode

it did feel like another set up ep to me, but you need those too, and there was some cool stuff in it

whats up w baelish revealing his ways to sansa, that was some straight bond villain shit

learn to enjoy the setup the same way you enjoy the rollercoaster creeping up to the top of the hill

yeah i know but still

life can't all be payoffs, youd stop enjoying them

No reason to have an entire episode of setup for every story, followed by a peak for every story, then setups, on and on. It's plagued the series since the beginning; give a payoff to one or two of the many story lines each week while setting up the others. It's really not hard.

This may be extremely petty, but:

- Did this white walker feed the baby and keep it warm during their trek to the white walker lair? OR...
- is the white walker lair extremely close for them to be able to slowly stroll there without the baby starving or sooner freezing to death? ALSO
- Wasn't that the EXACT white walker that Sam murdered? I assume they aren't all clones.
- Which is also the EXACT(?) white walker that we saw for the first time when Sam was hiding behind the rock
- That being said, by the end of THAT scene he was totally surrounded by the undead army/white walkers. How the hell did he slip away again?

I can't think of anything worse than being trapped on a ship with creepy Long John Littlefinger

guh

yeah, writing one of the most popular and critically acclaimed shows on tv that also happens to be an adaptation of a massively involved fantasy series is definitely not that hard

life can't all be payoffs, youd stop enjoying them

― socki (s1ocki), Monday, April 28, 2014 12:22 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gosh i said i know

This may be extremely petty, but:

- Did this white walker feed the baby and keep it warm during their trek to the white walker lair? OR...
- is the white walker lair extremely close for them to be able to slowly stroll there without the baby starving or sooner freezing to death? ALSO
- Wasn't that the EXACT white walker that Sam murdered? I assume they aren't all clones.
- Which is also the EXACT(?) white walker that we saw for the first time when Sam was hiding behind the rock
- That being said, by the end of THAT scene he was totally surrounded by the undead army/white walkers. How the hell did he slip away again?

― Evan, Monday, April 28, 2014 12:32 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was magical prob

I can't think of anything worse than being trapped on a ship with creepy Long John Littlefinger

I'll take it

xp

I am really being worn down by this show's insistence on shorthanding evil via sexual violence. Also I may never be able to watch season two of Torchwood again.

yeah, given all the attention for the cersei/jaime scene last week, it's surprising that few people on the interview seem to have taken issue with last night's episode, especially the part where women are being raped and the really creepy guy is talking about them being raped until they die.

Well, that is largely because the dude doing the raping is supposed to be a mustache-twirling unambiguous Bad Guy and therefore rape is to be expected from him.