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

I was worried about that too. I think they were intentionally teasing us to think that might happen with all the mentions of the sword in the ep.

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the sword should have magically flew out of joffrey's hands and beheaded him

flown, even

so obv tywin is still in control, the little brother is the technical king, but is margery queen? or is cersei queen-regent still?

i could see a million reasons to kill joffrey for pretty much anyone but it seems like if cersei is queen when joffrey dies, why did they tyrells wait until the marriage was official? or was it even official if they didn't consumate it?

unrelated, but I noticed with some amusment that margery's wedding dress was the least booby thing she's worn in the entire show

don't want to distract from that perfect snot/blood rivulet draining out of joffrey's head

"perfect snot/blood rivulet"... may have to consider a new username

that was one of the truly great tv deaths imo

is this one of those murder mysteries where i get dinner

I don't understand how literally anyone watching this would think Joffrey was killed by one of his own family. Regardless of how evil/insane he is, the fact remains that he's their evil/insane guy and everyone else has to suffer him. Killing him in a safe venue at the height of his power doesn't gain the Lannisters anything. It makes them look vulnerable.

Tommen stands to gain, he prob. did it.

well this blond kid claiming to be tommen is clearly not tommen from the last season, so if he has disposed of and replaced the original tommen, it is not hard to believe he would similarly remove his only obstacle to the throne

it's clearly the sigur ros guy

lol i am 100% pro changing everything so sigur ros become major characters

New Tommen fed original Tommen to his kittens.

entire season just jaime chasing after those sneaky icelandic villains

When someone shouted "stormbringer" to name the sword, surely that was a Moorcock/Elric reference? I can't recall the other suggested names.

and we learn the national was killed off-screen

Tommen: Have the Rolling Stones killed.

Matt Berninger's head on a pike next episode, iirc.

When someone shouted "stormbringer" to name the sword, surely that was a Moorcock/Elric reference? I can't recall the other suggested names.

I (of course) lol'd at this too, seemed unusually meta. I did wonder if the other names were from other fantasy series.

Let's not forget Ned Stark. He had the most motive, and his alibi is a little too perfect.

the other suggestions were Terminus (from The Book of the New Sun), Wolfsbane (which I assume is just a Stark reference), and there's another one that shouted over which I can't quite hear

I think reading the books before watching the show is probably not the best way to appreciate the show.

Martin is some kind of master of pulling off contradictory feelings in his readers of "nothing is happening / everything is happening."

He settled on "Widow's Wail", didn't he? Something like that anyway.

choked on pigeon's pie? murder most fowl ; )

When someone shouted "stormbringer" to name the sword, surely that was a Moorcock/Elric reference? I can't recall the other suggested names.
--Robert Adam Gilmour

GRRM wrote this ep so my money's on yes

He settled on "Widow's Wail", didn't he?

And then the episode ended with one

http://junkee.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/JoffreyClap.gif

Terminus might be the coolest name for a sword I've ever heard. I assume those references weren't in the book. I'm generally not fond of fannish references but somehow I didn't mind it in the show.

It's "Terminus Est" to be precise

they have latin in Westeros?

I hate this show sometimes

I mean, the season thing makes no sense fr instance

oh wait you were referring to Wolfe. dude's a whole different ballgame from Martin imho

yeah I guess in the Game of Thrones universe it's just some drunk guy screaming gobbledygook

entire season just jaime chasing after those sneaky icelandic villains

sigur ros are white walkers iirc

white wankers more like

my greatsword U DAED

I call mine STABBY

they have latin in Westeros?

They speak English, which is influenced by latin

anyhow as someone who knows whodunit i thought they did a good job of being honest enough about who actually dunit while at the same time providing plenty of red herrings

I mean, the season thing makes no sense fr instance

― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its magical fwiw

Latin is also magical fwiw

otmious

it's magical! "fwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiw"

also these fuckn dragons amirite? i mean COME ON

You can do some hand wavey stuff about dragons and magic and I wont mind too much. When u posit that a world with irregular seasons would still have regular plants and animals as we know them I think you're just being stupid. Maybe this is handled more explicitly in the books or something.

Shakey Mo Collier Draws Line In Sand

i'll permit this much magic but not a drop more