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A Game of Thrones (Full of spoilers!)

Started by Sandra Craft, May 28, 2012, 10:48:05 AM

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I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


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I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Crow

Liked the first episode, saggy tits an all.
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Sandra Craft

Random thoughts on epi 6.1:

* Glad it opened on Davos Seaworth, and Jon's few remaining friends.  I've been thinking mainly of them since season 5 ended.  Davos rapidly becoming very high on my favorites list. Also thought having Ghost howling thru most of the opening scene was very effective. 

Favorite line:  "Does the wolf know you?  You need all the help you can get."

* If I had jumped from anything like the height Sansa and Theon did, and managed to survive, I'm quite certain I wouldn't be able to walk, much less run.  If the show explained how they managed to survive their fall, I missed it.

* Yay for Brienne of Tarth and the multi-talented Podrick!  Yay also for Theon managing to get enough balls back to help out in the fight.  Loved the scene of Sansa and Brienne exchanging vows, esp. the cute moment when Pod needed to prompt the inexperienced Sansa.  I think Christie did a wonderful job of expressing with just her face Brienne's relief and happiness at realizing her dream of being a real knight for a worthy lord or lady who actually took her seriously.

* Sigh.  I keep waiting for Jaime and Cersai to have a falling out but they're still together, and it's getting worse.  On the other hand, I think the Sand Snakes deserve Jaime and Cersai at their worst.

* Oh, those Sand Snakes!  I knew from the beginning that Dornan was headed for a nasty killing, that was apparent from Ellaria's attitude, but I still resent the hell out of those snakes.

* Not nearly enough of the Tyrion and Varys show.  Better than nothing tho.

* It's very fortunate that the Dothraqi have rules about not touching Khals' widows, but a real shame they lock them away.  That's a spanner in the works.  And I suppose Dany's dragon is still recovering from the wounds he received during their escape, which is why he wasn't around being a spanner himself.

* I'm glad to see that the Faceless Men are still training Arya, blind beggar tho she's become.  I wonder if the merciless trainer girl is another face of Jaqen's?

* "And some mutton."  Not much of a hunter, is he?  Oh, I am so looking forward to watching this fight!

*  The Red Witch -- maintaining that much of a change in her physical being must take a lot of power.  Did she give up using all that power for the night in order to reserve it for something really momentous, like bringing Jon back from the not-so-recently dead?
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Pasta Chick

I don't like Jon being dead. The story line of the upcoming war with the white walkers is the one of the more interesting ones for me at this point. If he's gone, I feel that will end up on a back burner while the kingdoms bicker amongst themselves some more. Which is goddamn tiring, especially with so few likable characters left. And if they are bringing him back... Maybe I'm pessimistic but I don't see how they can without it coming off forced and weird.

I took the mutton question to be a test - they offered him a horse, implying that he'd be cared for if he surrendered. He asked for real supplies, and they weren't prepared to answer. Ergo they are not actually planning to accept surrender, but to slay them all.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on April 25, 2016, 11:20:38 PM
* If I had jumped from anything like the height Sansa and Theon did, and managed to survive, I'm quite certain I wouldn't be able to walk, much less run.  If the show explained how they managed to survive their fall, I missed it.

I think they jumped into water? But even so, jumping into a river from that high up would kill them just the same.

Quote* Yay for Brienne of Tarth and the multi-talented Podrick!  Yay also for Theon managing to get enough balls back to help out in the fight.  Loved the scene of Sansa and Brienne exchanging vows, esp. the cute moment when Pod needed to prompt the inexperienced Sansa.  I think Christie did a wonderful job of expressing with just her face Brienne's relief and happiness at realizing her dream of being a real knight for a worthy lord or lady who actually took her seriously.

This was the best scene in my opinion.

Quote* Oh, those Sand Snakes!  I knew from the beginning that Dornan was headed for a nasty killing, that was apparent from Ellaria's attitude, but I still resent the hell out of those snakes.

Me too. Tristan probably deserved to die, though, being as stupid as he was. The moment he turned his back on one of them I just knew what was going to happen. 

Quote* Not nearly enough of the Tyrion and Varys show.  Better than nothing tho.

Agreed. More Tyrion!  8)

Quote*  The Red Witch -- maintaining that much of a change in her physical being must take a lot of power.  Did she give up using all that power for the night in order to reserve it for something really momentous, like bringing Jon back from the not-so-recently dead?

I can't wait to see!
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Pasta Chick on April 26, 2016, 01:29:10 AM
I don't like Jon being dead. The story line of the upcoming war with the white walkers is the one of the more interesting ones for me at this point. If he's gone, I feel that will end up on a back burner while the kingdoms bicker amongst themselves some more. Which is goddamn tiring, especially with so few likable characters left. And if they are bringing him back... Maybe I'm pessimistic but I don't see how they can without it coming off forced and weird.

I took the mutton question to be a test - they offered him a horse, implying that he'd be cared for if he surrendered. He asked for real supplies, and they weren't prepared to answer. Ergo they are not actually planning to accept surrender, but to slay them all.

Maybe the White Walkers are meant to be the only ones left standing after all the Houses destroy themselves? That would be interesting. Anyways I think that Davos and Melisandre have an important role to play in that upcoming battle.   
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Sandra Craft

Quote from: Pasta Chick on April 26, 2016, 01:29:10 AM
And if they are bringing him back... Maybe I'm pessimistic but I don't see how they can without it coming off forced and weird.


They've already established that Red Priests can do this, but not after someone has been a corpse for a day or two as Jon has.  That's what makes me think she was abandoning her youth for the night to store up as much power as possible.  If I'm remembering right, the Red Priest with those Bannerless guys was wiped out after resurrecting the leader after only a few minutes of death, so bringing Jon back should really throw Mel for a loop. 
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Crow

Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on April 26, 2016, 03:08:26 AM
They've already established that Red Priests can do this, but not after someone has been a corpse for a day or two as Jon has.  That's what makes me think she was abandoning her youth for the night to store up as much power as possible.  If I'm remembering right, the Red Priest with those Bannerless guys was wiped out after resurrecting the leader after only a few minutes of death, so bringing Jon back should really throw Mel for a loop.

In the book there is a character that doesn't appear in the TV show and they got brought back after being dead for quite a while. She is  the leader of the red priest and their band and they kill the people they meet and see if they can be brought back to life. It is also suggested that the tone is the source of the witches power, it flashes when she is poisoned, flashes when she took it off and flashes pretty much everytime she does anything.
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Sandra Craft

A couple of things I'd like to see happen in season 6 (not that they will) based on the first episode:

*the Stark forces fight the Bolton forces and take Ramsey captive.  Sansa sentences him to death and, in keeping with her father's teaching, borrows Brienne's sword and beheads him herself;

*without the calm, fair-minded Dornan at the helm, Dorn quickly falls into chaos and corruption.  Correctly blaming Ellaria, she's killed by a disgruntled mob, the Sand Snakes are run out of Dorn and end up all joining different sides in the War of Assorted Kings.

Anyone else?
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

xSilverPhinx

I would like to see Arya go back to Westeros and avenge her family. I think she's more likely to kill the Boltons than Sansa.

It's probably far-fetched, but I would like to see Sansa beat Littlefinger at his own game. He's much better at the game of thrones than her but she is learning. In the end I think they both will be locked in a battle for the North. The Stark family suffered so much that it would be nice to see something good come their way.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Bad Penny II

The butcher's boy will spontaneously reanimate
Not through self serving appeals to cruel gods.
The proletariat yearns for justice, he will rise.
Butcher's boy feeling not up to it slips away.
He resuscitates Roz, moves somewhere nice.
Grows grapes and sells amateur pornography.
                           
Take my advice, don't listen to me.

Sandra Craft

Ok.  That was a lot of regime changes in one hour.
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Pasta Chick

Yeah, I don't really know how I feel about that.

I liked the bit with Tyrion and the dragons though.

Crow

Just hurry up and kill all the religious twats, want to see that big fella fuck them all up. That is all I want from the series at the moment.

I would like them to maybe focus on a few less characters per episode though. feel like everyone is getting their 10 mins and would be nice to see a bit more progression with a few characters. They could probably have done all the John Snow stuff last episode whilst saving Arya and introduction of Crows Eye and re-introduction of Bran to this week and fleshed them out a bit more.
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