Game of Thrones

[Pessimism]

They just started the tourney, so it will definitely be in the next episode. Episode six is when Viserys gets his crown too!

I agree with the Hodor statement Dak. His manhood better be gigantic or my immersion will be ruined

Apparently the guy who plays Sandor recited his origin, drunken slurs and all, during the auditions. They might have given it to Littlefinger in order to stress the importance of the fight between Gregor and Sandor for the next episode. I for one would still like to see him tell her himself though.

 

[Pessimism]

 

[Dak]

Yeah I think I pictured Hodor as a gigantic, less fat version of Sam Tarly.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Really like this show but it's hard to follow. So many damn characters!

 

[Dak]

Read the books motherfucker.

 

[Onder]

Silly faggot gay fantasy crap bullshit.

(I still watch it though, I don't know why).

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Read the books motherfucker.

I'm not really into fantasy, especially books, but maybe I'll give it a shot.

lol I never really understood why you sigd that. I was being such a dickhead/tool. Ah, whatever. Either way (not like it matters) my apologies Onder.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Last nights episode was my favorite, ya know, because of all the gay.

 

[Valerie]

This show has everything!

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

 

[Pessimism]

EP 5 MOTHERFUCKERS

 

[Dak]

Lisa Arryn was poorly cast. She is supposed to be pudgy and pale with a ponderous breast. At least she does crazy well.

 

[Pessimism]

I find emaciated or fat works well for the crazy. Good lord both Tyrion's and Cat's faces were awesome when they sat before her.

Fucking breastfeeding a god damn 6 or 8 year old (however old he is in the show), I mean what the christ. I laughed when that knight appeared at the vale, because I know Bronn is going to kill him.

Also, FUCKING BRONN. Very happy with him.

 

[Valerie]

Imagine how the little boy actor and actress felt. They probably used a fake boob though.

God damn that kid is a brat.

 

[Pessimism]

It was a fake breast, but even then...

"Hey, we need you to... ugh... suck.. on her breast... a lot... while we videotape it"

 

[waif]

I did not like this episode at all. I felt they overdid the entire thing with the Eyrie and Lysa Arryn. I also felt the gay scene didn't belong at all, as the books don't indicate a homosexual relationship between the two and there's certainly no indication that Renly meant to follow Robert before the fallout from his death started. Also, while the scene between Cersei and Robert was very well done, it also doesn't square with the books. Basically, this is a very different story.

Minor annoyances:
No kingsguard outside the meeting of the small council. By tradition one should be present even if it's just the council, and the king was there as well, so...
Theon said that House Greyjoy was the equal of any other house. Actually, they were stewards until the Targaryens wiped out the previous kings of the Iron Islands, so while they might be equal to say the Tyrells, also up-jumped stewards, their blood is not as awesome as the Starks and others.

 

[Pessimism]

Dude they were TOTALLY gay in the books.

Proof

More proof

Renly is “gay in the books, too,” says George R.R. Martin, the author of the bestselling novels. But online chatter suggests that not every reader picked that fact up.

“I never meant to make it a mystery,” Martin says. “I like to handle things subtly. I couldn’t ever actually say, ‘such-and-such is gay,’ because, as I’m sure you know, the word wasn’t invented until the 60s. And I’m talking medieval times, and I’m not going to say, ‘so-and-so is gay.’ But I thought it was pretty clear in context.”

 

[Dak]

Bronn is doing a pretty good job in character but not really how I imagined him visually. They put in the "I'm willing if she is" bit, but it didn't really convey the significance of the interchange.

And FUCK YEAH for Sky Cells!

 

[Einherjar86]

I also felt the gay scene didn't belong at all, as the books don't indicate a homosexual relationship between the two

Um... yeah they do. Big time.

My annoyance was with Loras raising the Hound's hand after he saved his life. So poorly done, it was so performative and theatrical. I mean, I know it's a damn tourney, but at least make it look like Loras was actually in danger. The way the scene went made it look like it was planned out from the start.

I enjoyed the scene between Cersei and Robert. The show isn't the same as the books, that much is clear. They're taking liberties and risks, and so far I think they're working.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

The short Clegane fight was awesome though. I really like the Hound.