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Question from last night. Did Baelish really recognize Arya and was telling Sansa the truth about her? Or was he lying to play her?
 
Deepster said:
Question from last night. Did Baelish really recognize Arya and was telling Sansa the truth about her? Or was he lying to play her?
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I think he was lying to play her because that's what his character does. He lies and manipulates for his own gain.
 
Deepster said:
Question from last night. Did Baelish really recognize Arya and was telling Sansa the truth about her? Or was he lying to play her?
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phillionaire said:
I think he was lying to play her because that's what his character does. He lies and manipulates for his own gain.
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It's both. As a man who keeps all options open. Baelish is playing both sides of the fence. Still pining for Mama Stark, he can be the hero if he thinks it would win her over. As the new lord of Harren Hall, he can betray the Starks again if he needs to.

I think he recognized her. More interested to see what happens if/when Jamie Lannister reaches KL.

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Deepster said:
Question from last night. Did Baelish really recognize Arya and was telling Sansa the truth about her? Or was he lying to play her?
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I think he definitely recognized her.
 
SubbaBub said:
It's both. As a man who keeps all options open. Baelish is playing both sides of the fence. Still pining for Mama Stark, he can be the hero if he thinks it would win her over. As the new lord of Harren Hall, he can betray the Starks again if he needs to.

I think he recognized her. More interested to see what happens if/when Jamie Lannister reaches KL.

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I am just going to have to finish the books. I simply can't wait for next week.
 
ZooCougar said:
So I started readin "American Gods". Pretty good.

One thing that scares me about HBO doing a series on it, is that I am afraid they might make like "True Blood" which is a terrible show.
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The problem with true blood is that the books started off interesting, but then after a few really dropped off. To me, the series has in that way been truthful to the novels
 
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businesslawyer said:
The problem with true blood is that the books started off interesting, but then after a few really dropped off. To me, the series has in that way been truthful to the novels
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I had no idea True Blood was also based on the Novels.
 
ZooCougar said:
I am just going to have to finish the books. I simply can't wait for next week.
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I may have to as well. Started season 1 off Netflix, five dvds in five weeks in time for season 2 dvd release. Couldn't wait for Netflix so I bought the season set. Finished that in a week. Couldn't wait for the Season 3 dvds so I ordered HBO on a 6 month discounted rate.

I've targeted buying the books for vacation in June.

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SubbaBub said:
I may have to as well. Started season 1 off Netflix, five dvds in five weeks in time for season 2 dvd release. Couldn't wait for Netflix so I bought the season set. Finished that in a week. Couldn't wait for the Season 3 dvds so I ordered HBO on a 6 month discounted rate.

I've targeted buying the books for vacation in June.

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Lately I have been buying books and reading them on the IPad, but I think I may want actually own hard copies of these. You can't lend books on Kindle to friends.

Watching the first and second season on Blu Ray really spoiled me.
 
SubbaBub said:
I may have to as well. Started season 1 off Netflix, five dvds in five weeks in time for season 2 dvd release. Couldn't wait for Netflix so I bought the season set. Finished that in a week. Couldn't wait for the Season 3 dvds so I ordered HBO on a 6 month discounted rate.

I've targeted buying the books for vacation in June.

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I wouldn't take the books on vacation with you. They're so good that you won't put them down and you'll spend your entire vacation read them.
 
phillionaire said:
I wouldn't take the books on vacation with you. They're so good that you won't put them down and you'll spend your entire vacation read them.
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Have a couple 12 hr flights followed by a couple fistfuls of days on the beach. I won't mind.

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SubbaBub said:
Have a couple 12 hr flights followed by a couple fistfuls of days on the beach. I won't mind.

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I buying the whole set tomorrow. Going all in; Edsall style.
 
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UConn990411 said:
Game of Thrones is terrific - I'd probably rank it the second best show on TV right now after Breaking Bad.

If you're thinking about watching it, I'd suggest waiting until the end of each season. There's so many storylines going on at once that it makes it easier to watch every episode in a row.
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It's a great show, but I like Justified even better. Best show on TV.
 
phillionaire said:
I wouldn't take the books on vacation with you. They're so good that you won't put them down and you'll spend your entire vacation read them.
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Interesting. I don't like Martin's writing style. It's like he's channeling Tolstoy or something. The pacing is awful. I like the show much better (which is unusual for me). Dresden Files series...that I can't put down.
 
ZooCougar said:
I buying the whole set tomorrow. Going all in; Edsall style.
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Book 4 is a little masturbatory by Martin. The book isn't terrible, just really, really slow. He could use an editor.
 
junglehusky said:
I hope the writers can find some excuse for Danearys to take her shirt off. She managed to keep it on all of season 2, right?
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Bad news my friend. Ms. Targaryen signed a no-nudity clause after Season 1.
 
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TheRogers said:
What the fruck just happened!
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I think a lot of people who did not read the books are going to have a big problem with how Season 3 ends.

In the book, then the events of tonight's episode occur, it is a "holy **** I can't believe the author just did that" moment. It was still shocking to me tonight, and I had read the books. If I was watching on TV, and hadn't read the books, I would be thinking to myself right now: "I just invested 3 years into this incredibly complex swords and sorcerers TV show, and the mofo writers just did that to me? Forget them", and move on to a show that doesn't try to punch me in the face.

There are certain aspects of the plot that just do not translate well from the books to TV, and this is one of them. I think the show producers have done a very good job of emphasizing a lot of over characters and plotlines so that it doesn't seem like they lit the entire plotline on fire tonight. Just most of it.
 
TheRogers said:
What the fruck just happened!
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Totally brutal episode. It's so weird to be watching something that continuously does not have happy endings. But tonight's episode was seriously a shot to the gut. I already know I'm going to be running over the details in my head for days and trying to figure out how things 'recover' for lack of a better term.

I actually just started watching the series about 2 weeks ago. I downloaded the first episode on a whim. In my mind, I thought this was basically a kids story kind of like Narnia. Obviously that went out the window in the first 10 minutes or so. I just caught up on Thursday so this is the first time I'm on the same page with everyone who hasn't read the books and I can't stop talking to people about it. Great series. Not looking forward to waiting for season 4.
 
Can't believe what went down tonight. Nuts.

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nelsonmuntz said:
I think a lot of people who did not read the books are going to have a big problem with how Season 3 ends.

In the book, then the events of tonight's episode occur, it is a "holy I can't believe the author just did that" moment. It was still shocking to me tonight, and I had read the books. If I was watching on TV, and hadn't read the books, I would be thinking to myself right now: "I just invested 3 years into this incredibly complex swords and sorcerers TV show, and the mofo writers just did that to me? Forget them", and move on to a show that doesn't try to punch me in the face.

There are certain aspects of the plot that just do not translate well from the books to TV, and this is one of them. I think the show producers have done a very good job of emphasizing a lot of over characters and plotlines so that it doesn't seem like they lit the entire plotline on fire tonight. Just most of it.
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I've been thinking the same ever since I watched that episode tonight. If I hadn't read the books I would probably turn the damn thing off and not go back - all the show does is punch you directly in the balls - again and again and again. However, after watching that episode it reminds that the books also do this to the reader, and are continuing to do so. All I can say is, something non-ball punching better happen in the next book (not that at anything terribly devastating happens in 4 or 5 - they're just kind of...slow.)
 
There are some big stunners from Book 3 still to come, but it looks like those will shift to Season 4 of the TV show.

I read the first 5 books back to back to back, and I have to say that when I got to the Epilogue of Book 3, the crap heard around Westeros, I actually wondered if that was the end of the series, and what the other books would be about.

It appears that Martin wasn't so sure himself with Book 4, although Book 5 gets him back on track. I thought Book 5 was the second best book of the series after 3.
 
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Was watching last night with the family & some friends. The Mrs. & my friend's wife were so stunned by the events that they're not sure if they want to invest any more time in the program. I looked at it as a compaction of characters. If this is really a GAME of Thrones, eventually there has to be finalists vying for the ultimate prize.
 
coachcap said:
Was watching last night with the family & some friends. The Mrs. & my friend's wife were so stunned by the events that they're not sure if they want to invest any more time in the program. I looked at it as a compaction of characters. If this is really a GAME of Thrones, eventually there has to be finalists vying for the ultimate prize.
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You are absolutely right. I think this season flirted with spiraling out of control because there were so many disparate plot lines. One of the things the show does not do is provide any segue between say Jon and the Wildlings and Tywin, Sansa, Joffrey, Cersei and Tyrion at Kings Landing and Robb, Kat and Edmure at Riverrun and the freakshow at Harrenhall and Theon and Yunkai and Brienne/Jaime and Samwell/Gilly and Bran's motley crew and Arya/Hound. There is nothing on the screen to tell you that you are somewhere else which gets a little confusing. You are just supposed to know where they are when a scene starts.

Well, there is one less major plot line after last night.
 
I wish roose had said Jamie lannister sends his regards instead of the lannisters send their regards.
 
I tried to see the positive and here it is: when the leading cause of death in your kingdom is murder you don't have to worry about second hand smoke. Man that was just deflating, reasonable in terms of the climate the show has built but the opposite of entertaining.
 
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