ot: game of thrones

[husky99]

Great episode...great series

 

[babysheep]

Hate that I don't have HBO! Hate even more that my Charter internet is so sh-tty that I can't even watch it on some free streaming website.

Luckily, since I'm staying at UConn over the summer, I will be able to use library internet (which is awesome compared to mine) to stream it and catch up. I can only hope that Joffrey eventually dies in a way as satisfying as dude who had molten gold poured on his head in season 1.

 

[jfuchs91]

I've been waiting for someone to post something about this show. Also, I please ask that anyone who has read the book series not post any spoilers!

But yes, great episode and this series is steadily climbing to one of my favorites of all-time. I actually enjoyed season 1 a bit more, but this season has been wildly entertaining as well. The war scenes from this episode were fantastic. You'd have no idea that these scenes were not from an expensive movie.

Overall, love the show and can't wait to see how things end in the finale next week. Still a lot to be settled!

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Haven't watched it yet, no spoilers please.

 

[babysheep]

I have not seen any of season 2 yet.

That being said, I feel like season 1 was a giant build-up for season 2. The only thing that gets somewhat resolved in season 1 is blonde chick finding out she gives birth to dragons after big barbarian dude dies.

Other than that, Boromir (the only surefire way I remember him) dies and Joffrey takes over, and the walkers or whatever are killing people up at the Wall are barely addressed at all.

 

[phillionaire]

that episode last night was great. i just wish that next week wasn't the last episode.

 

[husky99]

that episode last night was great. i just wish that next week wasn't the last episode.

tons of talking this season, which is fine. last nights battle scenes looked like a movie. HBO is pour a ton of money into the show

 

[Catsailor]

tons of talking this season, which is fine. last nights battle scenes looked like a movie. HBO is pour a ton of money into the show

Agreed 99

Season 1 got me to read the books. Once started I was totally hooked.
If you like the HBO series you'll love the books even more. That said the HBO production quality is great. The sets superb. I have an issue with a few characters/plot diversions from books however I guess that's to be expected in such a massive undertaking. Love to see the visual interpretation of each castle (and there are more to come) each is uniquely fantastic.

 

[GavinEdreamy]

Other than that, Boromir (the only surefire way I remember him) dies and Joffrey takes over, and the walkers or whatever are killing people up at the Wall are barely addressed at all.

I don't think it is spoiling much if I tell you that book 2 (which season 2 is based on) barely deals with the Walkers at all, so you won't see much out of them this season.

Also, anyone who loves the show has got to read the books. Before ever seeing the show or knowing anything about the series, I read the first book in just 2 days while I was bored in the hospital last summer and I've been hooked ever since. The show does a great job covering the vast expanse of material that is in the books.

 

[babysheep]

So what was the point of the Walkers in the first season? Literally nothing comes from that side story (if you can even call it that)

 

[GavinEdreamy]

So what was the point of the Walkers in the first season? Literally nothing comes from that side story (if you can even call it that)

I've read all of the books so far...and honestly, I'm still not sure. I'm hoping book 6, which comes out in 4-5 years, will provide more information. Hints and clues (and even a couple of encounters) are dropped along the way in the series, but nothing really substantial has come of it yet. The title of the next book though ("The Winds of Winter") hints / suggests that there will be more involvement with the Walkers and other...things...north of the Wall.

 

[StoweD210]

I've been waiting for someone to post something about this show. Also, I please ask that anyone who has read the book series not post any spoilers!

But yes, great episode and this series is steadily climbing to one of my favorites of all-time. I actually enjoyed season 1 a bit more, but this season has been wildly entertaining as well. The war scenes from this episode were fantastic. You'd have no idea that these scenes were not from an expensive movie.

Overall, love the show and can't wait to see how things end in the finale next week. Still a lot to be settled!

That was one of my quibbles with the show so far. Until this episode, all of the large scale battles have been shown the same way: A main character is shown just as a battle is about to begin, the scene fades out, they return to that storyline in the aftermath of the battle.

That definitely was not the case in the most recent episode. That was some impressive stuff.

 

[babysheep]

Well, you have to remember that the series is at heart a DRAMA series and that they only have an hour to portray dozens of pages of text. That being said, I can't wait to see it! I only wish Ned (remembered his name finally!) was still alive to participate.

 

[ZooCougar]

This is a great show. I can't decide what I like better, this show, Dexter or Mad Men.


I normally can't stand anything remotely "fantasy". But this show is like the Sopranos set in "Lord of the Rings" land.

 

[TheRogers]

The last episode was unbelievable.

One of the characters that I hope will play a larger role later on is that soldier who granted the younger Lady Stark three lives.

Half man character is awesome!

 

[CTGoonie]

A little disappointed that they left out a key strategic point in the initial sea battle (chain across the bay) but other than that it was a great episode. Love the dialogue as well. Bronn vs. the Hound would have been an epic fight. The actor that plays Joffrey is fantastic. I just want to slap that kid in each scene. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) should get best actor at next year's emmy's.

 

[UConn76]

I can't put the books down. Am halfway thru the 3rd book and like to sequence how/when I watch the HBO shows for after I've read the sections of the book that will be covered.
Obviously the story in the books has additional depth and details that the TV can never show (not for a 1 hr show)..
Great stuff.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

A little disappointed that they left out a key strategic point in the initial sea battle (chain across the bay) but other than that it was a great episode. Love the dialogue as well. Bronn vs. the Hound would have been an epic fight. The actor that plays Joffrey is fantastic. I just want to slap that kid in each scene. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) should get best actor at next year's emmy's.

I loved the cat and mouse aspect of the Arya/Tywin scenes in the show this season. Arya never meets Tywin in the books, so the Tywin character in Season 2 is an amalgamation of 3 characters from the book. The actors who play Arya and Tywin both deserve Emmy nominations for this season.

The producers of the show have made a ton of executive decisions in adapting the book to the show, and have nailed just about every one. Martin's books are sprawling, meandering stories where he builds out dozens and dozens of characters, so a lot has to be cut to make it work on the small screen. Some of the decisions, such as Arya/Tywin or adding the scene with Cersei talking to Tommen on the throne in the last episode, have been absolutely fantastic. They have also cut back Danerys from the book, which is the right move. That is a confusing plot line that is unrelated to the more interesting plot lines back in Westeros.

Book 3 is the best of the series IMO. Like Zoo, I generally do not like fantasy and never even finished the first Lord of the Rings book, but Martin is a great writer, and the books are much more about the characters in this very interesting world that Martin has created rather than some epic struggle between good and evil like most fantasy. Actually, in the books and the show it is not clear who the heroes and villains are. Even someone like Cersei is a much more complex character than the typical evil witch/queen in most fantasy. Tywin and Theon certainly do not think of themselves as evil.

 

[Catsailor]

I loved the cat and mouse aspect of the Arya/Tywin scenes in the show this season. Arya never meets Tywin in the books, so the Tywin character in Season 2 is an amalgamation of 3 characters from the book. The actors who play Arya and Tywin both deserve Emmy nominations for this season.

The producers of the show have made a ton of executive decisions in adapting the book to the show, and have nailed just about every one. Martin's books are sprawling, meandering stories where he builds out dozens and dozens of characters, so a lot has to be cut to make it work on the small screen. Some of the decisions, such as Arya/Tywin or adding the scene with Cersei talking to Tommen on the throne in the last episode, have been absolutely fantastic. They have also cut back Danerys from the book, which is the right move. That is a confusing plot line that is unrelated to the more interesting plot lines back in Westeros.

Book 3 is the best of the series IMO. Like Zoo, I generally do not like fantasy and never even finished the first Lord of the Rings book, but Martin is a great writer, and the books are much more about the characters in this very interesting world that Martin has created rather than some epic struggle between good and evil like most fantasy. Actually, in the books and the show it is not clear who the heroes and villains are. Even someone like Cersei is a much more complex character than the typical evil witch/queen in most fantasy. Tywin and Theon certainly do not think of themselves as evil.

I preferred the book version of Cersei as uber bitch. Season one seemed morefaithful to her character than season two.

 

[coachcap]

Happily HBO has picked up the option & signed on for two more seasons of episodes. It was announced a couple of weeks ago.

 

[SkyWalker2011]

 

[CTGoonie]

Happily HBO has picked up the option & signed on for two more seasons of episodes. It was announced a couple of weeks ago.

Yes and the next two seasons will cover just book 3. George R.R. Martin needs to get going on books 6 and 7 already before HBO catches up!

 

[GavinEdreamy]

Yes and the next two seasons will cover just book 3. George R.R. Martin needs to get going on books 6 and 7 already before HBO catches up!

I agree, because if they pick up a 5th season I think it will just have to combine books 4 and 5 into one season - not enough action or particularly interesting things happen in book 4 to make a whole season out of it, not to mention that the vast majority of it takes place in conjunction with book 5 and the two books were mainly split up for length reasons.

 

[babysheep]

Watched half yesterday, left of where Greyjoys are about to invade Winterfell. Gonna try to watch the back half today and possibly tomorrow. Library internet is killing me right now.

 

[rariggidy]

The ending to season 2 tonight was pretty amazing. The extra 10 minutes were worth it.