Post: #201

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.... "they held the gate."

Watching episode 9 put more hair on my chest. Jon Snow is killin' it. And that massive scythe that cleaned the Wall...

Wish I'd read the books beforehand. Maybe I'll join in with "The Winds of Winter".

Post: #202

(06-09-2014 01:20 PM)NomadofEU Wrote:  when the giant charged the tunnel gate I would have fucking shit myself being one of those men. props for making them so real and intimidating, makes the mountain seem like tyrion

The giant was actually played by an actor..a gigantic actor. No CGI.

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Post: #203

(06-09-2014 11:34 AM)Isometric Badger Wrote:  She's actually got a ridiculously posh British accent:

Read somewhere her father is some Scottish aristocrat the head of a clan & that she grew up in the clan's ancestral castle

Post: #204

(06-10-2014 09:55 PM)Lord_Perseus Wrote:  

(06-09-2014 11:34 AM)Isometric Badger Wrote:  She's actually got a ridiculously posh British accent:

Read somewhere her father is some Scottish aristocrat the head of a clan & that she grew up in the clan's ancestral castle

So what?

Post: #205

I think it was out of character for that guy to push her through the moon door.. seemed kind of reckless.

Post: #206

(06-11-2014 11:33 AM)soup Wrote:  I think it was out of character for that guy to push her through the moon door.. seemed kind of reckless.

It's way better carried out in the Book, but the scene is also lengthy there.

What happens is that Lysa is starting to come apart and reveal the entire scheme Baelish has been playing since the start of the series (essentially LF is the Macguffin that has set everything in motion). So it's pretty much a decisive and calculated risk for him to dispose of her as she has outlived her usefulness and turns into a liability.

Post: #207

Season finale this Sunday and 3 world cup games too.

Too much stimulation!

Post: #208

Finale tonight!

Post: #209

(06-09-2014 11:34 AM)Isometric Badger Wrote:  She's actually got a ridiculously posh British accent:

Sexy redheads. That is my type.

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Post: #211

Excellent finale !

Post: #212

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Happy Father's Day from House Lannister.

Post: #213

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They really condensed a lot. In the books, it made a lot more sense for Tyrion to be killing Tywin. Jaime tells Tyrion that Tysha(Tyrion's first wife) was not actually a whore, but tywin turned her into one and had all of his soldiers rape her and pay her a piece of silver because she was low born and married his son. *That* is a reason to kill your father. In the show, they mention Tysha in season 2, but I guess they had Shae take her place. It doesn't really make much sense for Tyrion to be outraged at his father calling shae a whore. She really was a whore.

Post: #214

(06-15-2014 10:44 PM)eradicator Wrote:  They really condensed a lot. In the books, it made a lot more sense for Tyrion to be killing Tywin. Jaime tells Tyrion that Tysha(Tyrion's first wife) was not actually a whore, but tywin turned her into one and had all of his soldiers rape her and pay her a piece of silver because she was low born and married his son. *That* is a reason to kill your father. In the show, they mention Tysha in season 2, but I guess they had Shae take her place. It doesn't really make much sense for Tyrion to be outraged at his father calling shae a whore. She really was a whore.

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Despite leaving the Tysha reveal out, Tywin likely played a large part in coercing Shae into giving her false testimony against Tyrion - condemning him to death. Clearly the two were intimate, since Tyrion found her cooing "my lion" in the hand's bed. That final, twisted act, compounded with all of the other shit Tywin has put his youngest son through made the murder in the privy convincing enough for me.

What I'm curious about, is what Tyrion will be thinking when he's drunkenly ambling through Essos. It's been awhile since I read Dance, but I recall he was always pondering "where do whores go?" as if he was seeking out Tysha.

Regardless, great season.

Post: #215

Sandor

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There is a theory that in the books Varys had already poisoned Tywin, and purposely took Tyrion to Tywin, so that Tyrion could put the bow in, and get the blame for the death.

Post: #217

I can't wait for arya to get to Braavos

Post: #218

Was a decent but not mind-blowing finale. Disappointed that a certain character didn't return after a long absence and that the Daenerys plotline just drones boringly on and on.

Post: #219

Really good Finale in my opinion.

(06-16-2014 02:58 AM)RawGod Wrote:  Was a decent but not mind-blowing finale. Disappointed that a certain character didn't return after a long absence and that the Daenerys plotline just drones boringly on and on.

Yes, Daenerys's scenes have all mostly been really boring this season. However I am sure this will change on next season, as well as with Stannis.

Post: #220

(06-16-2014 02:41 AM)Coldfire Wrote:  I can't wait for arya to get to Braavos

Why did Arya refuse to kill that big guy, the guy who she had been travelling with for such a long time? It's like she was giving him a condescending stare or something and then just walked off leaving him to die.

What was the whole point in Ned Stark's youngest son, the one who can't walk, going to that tree in the far north? Who was that old guy inside the tree?

I guess this is what happens when you try to condense an entire book into a TV show, it leaves you asking a shitload of questions. Either way I am not going to read the books because I don't have time for that.

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@boycottamericanwomen: the answers to these questions are not given in the books either. The further the books go, the more cliffhangers and illogical actions they have. If anything, the show is making it better. It might be the only hope for salvaging the craptastic book 5 in which nothing at all happens.

Fretdancer Wrote:Yes, Daenerys's scenes have all mostly been really boring this season. However I am sure this will change on next season, as well as with Stannis.

Don't hold your breath ;-)

Post: #222

I think I'm finally going to commit to reading the books.

Post: #223

(06-16-2014 01:43 AM)Slim Shady Wrote:  There is a theory that in the books Varys had already poisoned Tywin, and purposely took Tyrion to Tywin, so that Tyrion could put the bow in, and get the blame for the death.

I thought the theory was that the Red Viper did it.

Post: #224

Epic Cunt Punt.

Post: #225

(06-16-2014 06:04 AM)boycottamericanwomen Wrote:  

(06-16-2014 02:41 AM)Coldfire Wrote:  I can't wait for arya to get to Braavos

Why did Arya refuse to kill that big guy, the guy who she had been travelling with for such a long time? It's like she was giving him a condescending stare or something and then just walked off leaving him to die.

The hound kept her alive and helped her, in his own way. He was going to sell her to her aunt lysa, but littlefinger killed her, it would have made sense for him to just ditch her. He didn't.

Quote:What was the whole point in Ned Stark's youngest son, the one who can't walk, going to that tree in the far north?

Bran is a master at warging. They are taking bran to the three eyed raven in his dream.

Quote: Who was that old guy inside the tree?

Bloodraven, the three eyed raven in Bran's dreams who is a Targerean blood magician and another master warg. He is a couple hundred years old.