Game of Thrones....

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:52 am

Johnny Hotcakes wrote:I feel like I'm the only person on earth not watching this show.

I've never seen an episode of it; don't have HBO.

Although a buddy of mine in Ontario has a very cool Twitter handle for his curling team. "Game Of Stones".

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:35 pm

AussieDave wrote:So did Edmure "get got" as well?

I don't think so since he is the new default "King in the North," right? But probably since this was a Lannister power play. Good call on the baby being named Eddard being a foreshadow too. (I also called that. /thatguy.)

And the episode was called "Red Wedding?" There another indicator blood was happening.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:45 pm

The episode was named 'The Rains of Castamere'.

Edmure would not be crowned King of the North since he doesn't have any Stark blood. Since everyone assumes all the Starks are dead except Sansa, Sansa's husband (Tyrion) would be the Lord of Winterfell (and not The King of the North since that would be treason against his nephew, King Joffrey).

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:28 pm

Ok then. That makes sense. I just remember the old guy saying that he wanted his daughter married to a king and figured he alluded to that with Robb getting taken out.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:31 pm

He mentioned that as another reminder of Robb betraying House Frey when he married Talisa.

Walder had a long history of being betrayed, so this was the straw that broke the camels back. Frey also wanted to get back in the Lannister's good graces after he had gone against them at the onset of the war (which he only did in order to have his daughter married to a king). The only way to prove his loyalty to the Lannisters (and earn a bit of their trust) was to kill Robb.

BTTG · Post by **BTTG** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:50 am

Scottie wrote:
Johnny Hotcakes wrote:I feel like I'm the only person on earth not watching this show.
I've never seen an episode of it; don't have HBO.

Although a buddy of mine in Ontario has a very cool Twitter handle for his curling team. "Game Of Stones".

Ditto - wasted half of my holiday reading the first book last summer and decided that life was too short to invest any further.

Saying that, this week, I have a new-found respect for the author for having the guts and sense of realism needed to be able to kill off a bunch of good guys. I am thoroughly enjoying the reactions of people who have seemingly invested quite a lot of thought and emotion in a television show.

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:03 am

Calling any character in GoT "good" would be stretching...

He is certainly willing to kill anybody, though.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:49 am

I can't believe you all waste your time on such a ridiculous unrealistic show. When does Walking Dead start again?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:59 am

tennbengal wrote:
garyclark wrote:This is the first time I've ever typed this, but ... OMFG AYFK WTF?
When that happened in the book, I had to put the book down for awhile.

I know they're following the books, but I really kind of wish there wasn't a show next week. That episode was a dropkick in the nuts.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:24 am

devilfluff wrote:He is certainly willing to kill anybody, though.

Joe Bob Briggs first rule of a great horror film--Any character can die, at any time. And does.

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:07 am

We have seen the GRR Martin onion piece regarding the red wedding?

http://www.theonion.com/articles/oh-shi ... ens,32673/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:01 am

BuffloSoldier wrote:https://vine.co/v/b3XZMHmxzxh

This still makes me laugh. Well done to the arya actress.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:56 am

Hodor with the "Hodor" echo was awesome....

I like the Davos character a lot....which means he's probably doomed.

vandwagon · Post by **vandwagon** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:34 am

AussieDave wrote:I like the Davos character a lot....which means he's probably doomed.

No kidding. The reviewer at AV Club compared him to Ned Stark and we know what happened to him. Last night's episode had a lot of ground to cover and I thought it did so pretty well. I wished it was 2 hours to give a little more, but what can you do. Arya as a cold blooded killer was interesting as was The Hound's reaction to her stealing his dagger. Her storyline has a lot of potential.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:52 am

Great little tidy up of everything. The storylines finally overlap as well. I was also wondering if they'd show the body desecration of Robb and they did. They didn't go the extra route and have Caitlyn's body get desecrated as well however.

Also, this moment was hysterical:

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:51 pm

DJ HODOR!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:21 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:06 pm

Just finished A Dance with Dragons. Fucking GRRM may have killed off one of the handful of characters I thought was safe. There are a lot of balls still up in the air, but at least I don't think he added anymore. Well, maybe one big one, I guess. Man...

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:21 pm

The ending of ADwD really pissed me off.

We need a spoilers thread so that we can discuss...I dont want to ruin it for anybody.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:56 pm

The new season won't be out until next year, but this came out yesterday.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:17 pm

Johnnie wrote:Game Of Thrones is back on April 6th.

Teasers for the trailer for the new season, which is itself due to be released on Sunday.

I usually hate the teasers for teasers thing, but there is some cool shit in there.

I'm all caught up on the books, but have not seen past the first season of the TV show. I wanted to get my wife into it, so we grabbed season one from the library this week and got through it in five nights. She had bought me season two at some point, and we started that last night. I need to get her to the end of season three without any of the loudmouths she works with spoiling it for her.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:33 am

Yes.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:51 pm

Pretty awesome...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:58 pm

Trailer 2:

Deleted scenes and extras from Season 3:

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:05 pm

I love the fishing scene with Tywin and Pycelle.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:59 am

rass wrote:I'm all caught up on the books, but have not seen past the first season of the TV show. I wanted to get my wife into it, so we grabbed season one from the library this week and got through it in five nights. She had bought me season two at some point, and we started that last night. I need to get her to the end of season three without any of the loudmouths she works with spoiling it for her.

Red Wedding! Tonight! I'm excited! !!!!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:50 am

One small change from the book made that scene much more vicious.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:35 pm

I'm slacking in this thread.

Trailer 3:

Trailer 4:

Tyrion/Wolf of Wall Street Mash-Up:

Only 3 Sundays left....

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:09 pm

Sunday, bitches.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:49 pm

Re-imagined as a 70's sitcom.

h/t

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:05 pm

Johnnie wrote:Sunday, bitches.

That's great

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:34 pm

I saw this today, and it seemed appropriate for the subject:

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 12:07 am

I have a throner!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:12 am

I'm not reading this thresd, but I did DVR all of the first three seasons during HBO free preview weekend.

vandwagon · Post by **vandwagon** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:39 am

It was interesting to hear The Hound use the phrase "a man's got to have a code" in last night's episode. The Hound is becoming the Omar of Game of Thrones?

ZMan · Post by **ZMan** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:18 pm

Am I that oblivious, or did they change the actor playing Daario Naharis over the break?

OK, just did some research, and the S3 actor dropped out because he'll be starring in a reboot of the "Transporter" series. Who the fuck is this guys agent? Dr. Vinny Boombatz?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:35 pm

ZMan wrote:Am I that oblivious, or did they change the actor playing Daario Naharis over the break?

I hated the uber-douchey Harlequin romance approach they took with the original actor, but re-casting someone so different was jarring.

Thought this was the best season premiere since the first. Especially compared to last season, which kind of dragged until around episodes 4-5. Also:

1. Oberyn (bisexual Inigo Montoya) is going to be fantastic.
2. If/when Joffrey dies, the president should go on TV to address the nation like when we killed Bin Laden.
3. Arya and the Hound should have gotten a feature-length movie spin-off treatment.

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 5:06 pm

I noticed the actor change, but was on full-tilt acceptance mode. I'm kinda surprised it didn't bug me more...

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 1:17 pm

Hat tip to Hood.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:44 pm

Pretty fucking sweet episode.