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

The unsullied entered through a perpendicular passageway and were then capped in the middle by the harpy. Couldn't they have backed out of the same passage they entered from and taken the fight out in the open?

seems like brothels are the worst place to go in westeros these days.

the faith militant are legit scary.

they are only a background presence in the books -- i like them getting more attention in the show

idk why I watch this anymore tbh but I do appreciate them foregrounding religion more. for a show/series extrapolated from medieval history the prior lack of an explicit political role for religious institutions was a headscratcher. Ditto the economy although that's a little more understandable (no one wants to see a bunch of talking heads blathering about interest rates and trade agreements)

no one wants to see a bunch of talking heads blathering about interest rates and trade agreements

if they were disembodied and set on spikes, sure, why not?

lots has been made of the lannister's economic powers, and social classes, masters vs slaves, and etc. maybe finance is in the background, but economy is truly present in GoT.

previous rulers on the show (robert, tywin) have made numerous offhand references to needing to keep religion in its place, robert couldn't care less and tywin was a secularist. it makes sense that with the war winding down and its refugees seeking solace in something/anything and blaming everyone but the gods for their probs, that religion would take a firmer hold.

it gives the show a chance to have some allegorical relevance that it has not necessarily had in the past, as does the mission-accomplishedesque occupation of meereen by daenerys

xp absolutely, by the third episode of the first season budget meetings are happening!

makes me think of my favorite tyrion line about money when tywin names him master of coin: "a lifetime of enormous wealth doesn't mean i've had success managing it!

Characters that’ve disappeared:

Anguy
Balon Greyjoy
Benjen Stark
Beric Dondarrion
Brandon Stark
Brotherhood Without Banners
Brynden Tully
Edmure Tully
Gendry
Hodor
Ilyn Payne
Meera Reed
Osha
Rickon Stark
Thoros
Yara Greyjoy

Balon died last season, did he not?

balon greyjoy is still alive afaik, i would also be really surprised if we never saw the other greyjoys again

xp absolutely, by the third episode of the first season budget meetings are happening!

makes me think of my favorite tyrion line about money when tywin names him master of coin: "a lifetime of enormous wealth doesn't mean i've had success managing it!

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#occupykingslanding afaic

Brynden Tully whereabouts is the least excusable loose end imo

Tyrion singing through the gag was hilarious. His best moment of the series so far.

I don't have the faintest clue how many Harpy people there are. I mean, did they just kill the majority of them?

I wonder how many days it takes each cast member to shoot all of their scenes in a season. Like a week? Each actor probably has about 20 minutes of screen time total each year.

Jaime and Bronn's task seems more impossible than it did before, I thought they were going to go openly and talk. It's a bit too crazy.

I'm really anxious about Varys. How is the poor guy coping with this?

I hope they cut to him knocking on a bathroom stall door back at the brothel "you almost done, buddy? you alright?"

a guy with varys's weight could well have digestive issues its tru

I meant that he thought Tyrion was still pissing in one.

I don't get how Cersei is summoning Littlefinger, and thus obviously knows where he is and what he is doing, and is therefore somehow cool with him having spirited Sansa away?

nah i don't think she knows the extent of his plans. would also not put it past baelish to ignore her summons if he thought it was necessary

Jamie finally twigs that having a solid metal hand can be of some use in combat.

Intense episode, especially all of the swift, out-of-nowhere bad guy attacks. Though I would have expected Ser Lloras and his men to put up more of a fight.

Cersei stepping up and playing the game - using Tommon's ineffectual leadership to undermine Margery was a pretty good power play, though empowering a puritanical army to stamp out sinners is a preeetty risky strategy for her.

The Jon Snow/Melisandre scene was just weird. "I'm going to show you something", "not one of your visions", "nope" *whips out tits*

The Jon Snow/Melisandre scene was just weird. "I'm going to show you something", "not one of your visions", "nope" *whips out tits*

ha ha my wife fell asleep for a split second during this scene and woke up thoroughly confused.

it's game of thrones, and boobs were exposed. seems pretty straight forward to me!

economy of westeros is a murder + boobs-based economy

jon snow if anyone needs 2 fuck its u

i mean u killed yr girl in tribal warfare its time to move on

^^^^real talk

Surely it's clear that Cersei doesn't know about Sansa?

ya its a secret

one wld think the word wld get back to her after the wedding tho

My brother thought that Littefinger's involvement in the marriage deal is a secret between him and the Bolton family even if the Lannisters know his basic whereabouts. But when everyone finds out that Sands is getting married who will they think handed her over?

Sorry Sansa, not Sands

where does cersei think sansa is? just on the run by herself?

i mean u killed yr girl in tribal warfare

no he didn't

whatever man idc

I doubt that Cersei has thought out the consequences of her actions. She is gaining control over King's Landing at the cost of the city and whatever other areas it controls. Gutting her government's top ranks means that there are fewer qualified people in control. I doubt that giving power to a guy who can't control his own followers was a good idea.

Pretty convenient that the one guard she sent to Braavos was the one on Arya's list.

queen Margaery is cute

I thought that Cersei letting the Moral Majority tear up Littlefinger's brothels meant that she'd turned against him

cersei doesn't know where lil pete is, in the episode before this bolton gave him a note that had been sent by raven to the eerie (where he's supposed to be) and had been brought to winterfell by a rider.

This thread might be the most unwieldy one on all of ILX. God help you if you want to load all messages to refer back to anything.

Also: This show is confusing!

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I wonder why we didn't do a new thread for each season

because we still haven't answered the question in the thread's title

however, no spoilers please, so any answers to whether the show will be for nerds or not should be posted as an image with a completely black background with your text answer that is only slightly less black on top, so that the text is only visible when you tilt your laptop screen waaaaaaaaay back

this show is for one particular nerd, who will be revealed in the final episode when his name is pulled out of a hat and he receives a bag of dragon bones

will this show be just for nerd?

will this show be for one lucky nerd

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The Jon Snow/Melisandre scene was just weird. "I'm going to show you something", "not one of your visions", "nope" *whips out tits*

Friend predicted this approx half a sec before it happened.