A GAME OF THRONES - Discussion Thread

intodeep wrote:

Am i being too critical or was last night's show a bit meh. As a book reader i did not mind but i don't think a lot happened for those who have not read to keep the interest level high.

I was highly looking forward to the scene between Janos and Tyrion and even that fell a little short. (looks like they are morphing people as no way in hell Bronn was the nights watch leader although i do like they still kept the question in there about if Bronn would kill a baby for him i think that is important)

Davos as all would expect is the pimp we though he would be

Um how often does Jon Snow go wandering around in the night without his big bad wolf? I don't remember that happening in the book and i'm pretty sure it didn't because Ghost is always there to mess anything that moves up. Whatever though They obviously want to tell th Craster story a little differnetly seems like they are sticking to the most important stuff.

I thought the episode was a bit meh too. And some of it was hard to follow, even if you've read the books. My husband (who hasn't read the books) kept saying, "Who's that?" I don't remember Stannis being so boring in the books either. And I thought the sex scenes - I think there were 3, seemed sort of, "Ha ha, we're HBO, look at us showing sex scenes."

Thought the Arya and Jon Snow stuff was great though.

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Enkidu wrote:

I thought the episode was a bit meh too. And some of it was hard to follow, even if you've read the books. My husband (who hasn't read the books) kept saying, "Who's that?" I don't remember Stannis being so boring in the books either. And I thought the sex scenes - I think there were 3, seemed sort of, "Ha ha, we're HBO, look at us showing sex scenes."

Thought the Arya and Jon Snow stuff was great though.

I agree. I remember thinking that if I hadn't read the books I would have been completely lost.

Nice touch though - I did spot Davos's finger bag. The details are pretty incredible, I'm going to do a rewatch just to catch any little stuff I might have missed.

I haven't read the books, and it was a bit confusing for me at times although I generally understood who was who and people's backstories since I've read about the books. My wife was completely lost and was asking me who everyone was.

Enkidu wrote:

Rats, I meant to post this on Easter. Only people on this thread will get it. My husband makes Easter eggs every year, like paints them and stuff (he blows out all the yolks and gunk inside so they last). This year he did Game of Thrones dragon eggs.

Very cool!! :thumbup:

Enkidu wrote:

Rats, I meant to post this on Easter. Only people on this thread will get it. My husband makes Easter eggs every year, like paints them and stuff (he blows out all the yolks and gunk inside so they last). This year he did Game of Thrones dragon eggs.

Holy crap that is cool!

Enkidu wrote:

I thought the episode was a bit meh too. And some of it was hard to follow, even if you've read the books. My husband (who hasn't read the books) kept saying, "Who's that?" I don't remember Stannis being so boring in the books either. And I thought the sex scenes - I think there were 3, seemed sort of, "Ha ha, we're HBO, look at us showing sex scenes."

Thought the Arya and Jon Snow stuff was great though.

i totally agree.. i keep waiting for the story to really pick up, hope it does in episode 3.. i felt like the sex scenes were wasting my time..
but still, a weaker Game of Thrones episode is better than other shows..

also - cool eggs!

Dr. Delight wrote:

I wish the Daenerys storyline would pick up a little. It seems they are dragging that one quite a bit in favor of introducing all of the new characters.

She kicks ass.

agreed

intodeep wrote:

Dany doesn't do too much in Clash but her storyline at the end of it is pretty rockin.

So i've had 4 friends who have not read the books tell me they are confused as hell after two episodes and havinga hard time following all the plot lines. Most also mentioned they end up wanting more from certain plot lines and feel like they are just getting a snippit. :(

I think they are considering stopping watching because of this. Are my friends just ADD?

when i first heard about the show ... i thought how the heck are they gonna be able to do it? ... it's not surprising really ... and really, it's only going to get worse because there are even more characters to introduce ...

to be honest - i was meh with the first season and i may eventually watch the shows but they hold no interest for me ...

Back from Mexico...

Finished A Storm of Swords, read A Feast for Crows, and am a couple hundred pages into A Dance with Dragons... I pretty much spent all my time on the beach with a drink in one hand, and GRRM in the other

Also re-watched the first season of GoT... much better the second time around after reading the books... a noticed a lot more subplots and stuff going on that I never picked up the first time through...

gonna try and catch up on the new season the weekend... only 2 episodes behind and I have them torrented already, so just need to find two hours...

at work now, but I so wish I was home with my nose burried in A Dance with Dragons... I found FFC very frustrating at first, as I wanted to read about Jon, Tyrion, Dany, etc... not all these new characters, but by the end of the book I was loving it...

All in all I had a very game of thrones vacation... was driving the GF mad with it...

vant0037 wrote:

Anyone else notice that the actor for Gendry looks very different from season 1 to season 2? I haven't been able to find out if its a different actor or not.

That was my thought when I first saw him.

Then I wasn't sure by the end if it was the same guy or not?

Ok...someone who's recently read the second book, help me. Did ANY of the last 15 minutes of the 2nd episode of season 2 happen in the book?

I remember there being an allusion to Stannis and Melisandre, I remember there being an allusion to Craster sacrificing sons to the white walkers (and that's why Craster is still there, unmolested by said walkers), but I do NOT remember Craster actually sacrificing, Jon following him, Jon getting caught, a white walker taking the baby, or Stannis banging Melisandre on the table in the shape of the 7 Kingdoms (to which my wife says, "jeez, wouldn't that hurt? It looks real sharp" ).

Someone help me clarify these apparent inaccuracies. Its been so long since I read book 2...

Disclaimer: I thoroughly enjoyed the second episode. I am NOT going to let my having read the books before hand ruin my experience of the show. Its awesome! I just want to check my recollection of the books against how they play out in the show.