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

I feel for Stannis on this one. Dude led the charge. Plus, I think we can all agree that there only is one god and he will return to us once we murder a punch of people and put our guy on the throne.

I loved that Stannis was the first up the ladder, while Joffrey was asking "What did my mother say? Did she say it was URGENT?" while a fucking army comes battering at your gate. Gone from hating Joffrey to just thinking he brings the lolz now.

i was really disappointed that he did not die last night. i haven't read the books, but I have to believe that boy's days are numbered, but now his fucking grandpa's there, so no idea where it'll go next.

it was weird... i *enjoyed* Joffrey in that last ep!

kiss my sword...ugh

little fucker

except that part.

but especially HEARTEATOR!

farteater more like

heart eater is the dumbest name. it's like what a kid would name his imaginary monster truck of death.

it's a sword joffrey it can't eat hearts anyway DUHHHH

farteater more like

lol - literally what i said! (and probably thousands of others)

:D

The lameness of his 'I'll give him a RED smile' joke deffo brought the lolz

There's some, like, dissonance between Joffrey's nerdy-kid vibe and every other actor on the show. His thing seems anachronistic, like a Magic card player who's been displaced. Not that I mind, really.

he's the king iirc

Hahaha oh god I just accidentally stumbled on some Stannis/Selyse porn fic. (Selyse is his wife.)

Why would anyone ever write that? That seems like the most unappealing idea ever.

I love Tywin in the show, I was really happy when he finally appeared in this episode. In the books, he's just a cruel dick.

ya isnt his wife just as shrewish and sexless as he is?

i guess for some people that's a THING

cosign about tywin, i think he's a great baddie in the books too, but in the show he's really come to life. his last moment at the end of this ep was pretty ballin

charles dance is really killing it

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fuck that was a nice explosion

fuck that was a nice citation

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4q72dkoKQ1r00543o7_r3_250.gif

he really is one of those actors who i have seen in a million movies but never really connected the dots

I'm a few eps behind but the Tywin/Arya interaction is just fantastic

for tywin

what happened with the hound though? he went from wanting to rape people with their swords to pacifist pretty quick

he is scared of fire

Was it my imagination or was Tyrion shot by a gold cloak?

Kingsguard

that "why does the hound, who only has half a face due to some tragic fire incident, do a 360 when surrounded by fire?" is even a question for people makes me understand why most mainstream tv shows have flashbacks and scenes of over-exposition

not to sound snarky; that's just what tv has wrought

and by 360 i mean 180, lol math

Yeeeeah. Also fuck you people, read the damn books.

he really is one of those actors who i have seen in a million movies but never really connected the dots

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:19 AM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah and now im noticing him in everything

that "why does the hound, who only has half a face due to some tragic fire incident, do a 360 when surrounded by fire?" is even a question for people makes me understand why most mainstream tv shows have flashbacks and scenes of over-exposition

yeah i really can instantly recall the 3 second mention of this which i last saw in 2011 sometime.

did anyone find the battle intensely confusing? what were they all chanting at tyrion?

"Halfman"

"half-man" but the rhythm of it made it sound more like "man-half" or perhaps sound like nothing at all so it took a while to scan.

xp or that

his face is burned!!
xp

I think the thing w/ the Hound's PTSD scene is that it just happened too damn quickly for me. A little more rubbing our faces in the horror of the situation might have sold it a little better imo

that's what i mean about tv being a medium of rubbing people's facing in the seemingly obvious

at least traditionally

"Halfman"

this is what I thought, cool.

that was a kickass explosion, indeed. loved that beat when the Hound and Tyrion are looking at the carnage/screaming with horror, and then they cut to the Maester-y dude who gives a little chuckle

that was the alchemist

yeah him

all those old guys in robes look the same to me, lol

racist

;_;

i got the fire reference clearly but I will agree that it was poorly handled in the filming. It didn't need a full on "HOW'D IT GET BURNED HOW'D IT GET BURNED" flashback but the scene was more shorthand than putting you inside the hound's head.

not to get too caught up in book vs movie but I have to say I'm really disappointed that they didn't develop the relationship between Hound/Sansa more. That moment with them last night read much more awkward and out of the blue than it should have.