Game of Thrones

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #20 (isolation #0) » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:01 am

Discovered the series through the TV adaptation (which is excellent, and should be running away with the Emmys this year), and have now got into the books due to not being able to wait a whole year for season two (I am aware I will have to wait much longer for books six and seven, though). Just finished A Clash of Kings and will get my hands on a copy of A Storm of Swords soon.

Love it.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #40 (isolation #1) » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:10 pm

Albert B. Rampage wrote:
ChannelDelibird wrote:Discovered the series through the TV adaptation (which is excellent, and should be running away with the Emmys this year), and have now got into the books due to not being able to wait a whole year for season two (I am aware I will have to wait much longer for books six and seven, though). Just finished A Clash of Kings and will get my hands on a copy of A Storm of Swords soon.

Love it.

Was it a page-turner?

I raced through Clash of Kings, yeah.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #95 (isolation #2) » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:10 am

Bought A Storm of Swords today, already blasted through 260 pages since getting home. Going back to it in 2 mins.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #179 (isolation #3) » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:11 am

Holy fucking shit A Storm of Swords was good.

Jesus fucking Christ why did I not buy A Feast For Crows at the same time.

Will now go and get that and the new one ASAP.

OM NOM NOM

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #202 (isolation #4) » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:27 am

Yup. Sometime toward the end of A Storm of Swords I realised that Jaime is possibly my favourite character.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #315 (isolation #5) » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:36 am

Yeah, obviously it loses something, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not going to hurt you. Pretend Robin is a nickname for Robert if it helps.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #708 (isolation #6) » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:44 am

This season is getting so good. That is all.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #715 (isolation #7) » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:04 pm

I thought it was Garrus from Mass Effect actually.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1399 (isolation #8) » Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:58 am

Hell yes zoraster that is awesome.

I ordered me a couple of brilliant fanmade T-shirts t'other day. This is probably my favourite.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1433 (isolation #9) » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:29 pm

In post 1424, Tierce wrote:Extended version of the s3 trailer.

My brain goes into full "want this
now
" when I watch that trailer.
Soon.

Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I cannot process how excited I am about this

ChannelDelibird · Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:51 am

It's the subtext to, like, everything, obv

ChannelDelibird · Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:07 am

I can't wait any longer. I actually just can't. I need it now. OH MY GOD.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1758 (isolation #12) » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:32 am

Hot DAMN that was good. Saw someone somewhere say that the jarring nature of the song choice was intended to prolong the "WTF"ness of the final scene and I'm on board with that.

Spoiler:

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1772 (isolation #13) » Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:20 am

I liked the song choice at the end of the episode but I did laugh quite a lot at this.

Spoiler:

ChannelDelibird · Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:46 pm

Glorious.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1853 (isolation #15) » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:14 am

Enjoyed that very, very much. Love Nicolaj Coster-Waldau. And Cersei's double-take...

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1891 (isolation #16) » Fri May 03, 2013 7:57 pm

I started reading the books after eight episodes of season 1 and picked up from where I was in the show because I just couldn't wait to find out what happened next. I didn't have any trouble at the time but it was interesting going back after getting fully caught up on all the books and realising the bits I'd missed before.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #1941 (isolation #17) » Mon May 06, 2013 2:40 am

Sheeeeeeeeit. Didn't expect to like the Littlefinger monologue/montage but the shock of Ros's fate floored me even though it should have been obvious in retrospect and Sophie Turner broke my heart. I like that they're willing to try new things on this show as well (monologue montage this week, punk song over the credits in ep 3...).

Tyrion's "this is awkward" was superb, as well. The whole episode grew on me a lot as it went on.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2273 (isolation #18) » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:45 am

I enjoyed that although I was a little thrown when there was no spoilery scene after the last one. Great to see Patrick Malahide back as Balon!

Liam Cunningham alone is reason to love this show.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2275 (isolation #19) » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:07 am

In post 2274, Iecerint wrote:She might have a little bit of familial loyalty to Theon, but I don't think she has enough of it to justify endangering her best men like that.

I would have bought it more if her speech had been about showing their enemies that it was unwise to mess with their family rather than about wanting to save her little brother.

I thought she was reacting directly to Balon's disregard for Theon; realising that if she'd been born male it could just as easily have been her being cast aside like that. That coupled with the affection she already had for Theon tipped her over the edge. How it played to me, anyway.

ChannelDelibird · Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:48 am

Davos for King!

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2500 (isolation #21) » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:58 am

thatsthejoke.jpg

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2587 (isolation #22) » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:39 am

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2591 (isolation #23) » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:45 am

MY HOUSE LANNISTER KEYRING JUST BROKE

SPOILER-AWARE MERCHANDISE CONFIRMED

NEVER SLEEP AGAIN

ChannelDelibird · Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:52 pm

Y'all have put it better than I could. I'm really angry about that scene in a whole bunch of ways. Among other things, I'm definitely changing my avatar.

ChannelDelibird · Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:55 pm

In post 2623, absta101 wrote:This thread got ruined fast. Good job guys.

Talking about the show? How awful.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2640 (isolation #26) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:19 am

Agreed on all counts, Reck. I'm pretty hetero but, man, Oberyn.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2641 (isolation #27) » Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:20 am

In post 2639, Korts wrote:
Spoiler:
He explicitly told her that he hates her

Spoiler:

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2702 (isolation #28) » Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:19 am

Jaime/Cersei original shoot script leaked

http://imgur.com/gallery/9iCHB/

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #2748 (isolation #29) » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:22 am

I may have to stop watching this show earlier than planned.

ChannelDelibird · Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:31 pm

In post 2938, chamber wrote:
Wasn't Tyrion supposed to give a line about seeing if he actually shat gold?

I think that would be very hard to pull off with the right tone in this medium. I'm kinda glad it didn't go that way here, although I am frustrated about the lack of Tysha talk.

I haven't decided yet whether I'll watch season 5 when it happens next season. We're reaching a point where there are bound to be more 'future book' spoilers next year and, with some of my frustrations in their adaptational choices growing this season, I increasingly suspect that I'm going to want to double down and make sure I get everything from GRRM first. I don't think it's been a poor season at all and I've enjoyed a lot of it but it's been distracting more than before.

ChannelDelibird · Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:09 pm

Thoughts on the episode shortly but

Spoiler: Nitpick

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3175 (isolation #32) » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:04 am

In post 3174, quadz08 wrote:FWIW - I highly recommend the podcasts A Cast of Kings and A Storm of Spoilers. They each do an episode per week - ACOK is specifically non-spoilery, and ASOS is specifically very-spoilery.

+1. Discussion like those casts is literally the only reason why I'm watching this season.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3393 (isolation #33) » Mon May 18, 2015 4:43 am

Well, now I wish I'd stuck to my plan not to watch this season. All of Sansa's growing agency completely undercut to make her rape a narrative device to serve the character development of a man. Sophie Turner's performance deserves a hell of a lot better than that.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3499 (isolation #34) » Sun May 31, 2015 4:23 pm

In post 3498, Iecerint wrote:The only part that I didn't like was Sam's lame speech to that kid, which we've already seen like 3 other times this season.

It seemed like a more direct setup for

Spoiler: Dance with Dragons

than we've had before

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3500 (isolation #35) » Sun May 31, 2015 4:23 pm

Also FUCKING CHRIST I NEED WINDS OF WINTER RIGHT NOW I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT THESE THINGS THIS WAY

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3503 (isolation #36) » Sun May 31, 2015 4:36 pm

Oh I agree, season's been shite

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3515 (isolation #37) » Sun May 31, 2015 6:02 pm

Wouldn't go as far as best episode ever but approximately seventy billion times better than everything else this season.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3612 (isolation #38) » Mon Jun 08, 2015 5:58 am

One of the AV Club reviewers put it well in that, while they could still reveal something or other in episode 10 to carry on the story, it's a testament to how insubstantial and uninteresting all the Dorne material this season has been that you could absolutely believe that the scenes in this episode wrapped up the entire country's storyline with naught but a few slaps on the wrist and Trystane + Myrcella going to King's Landing. There's absolutely no 'aw man, wonder what this character's going to do next'. No forward momentum or meaningful conflict. Just a bunch of pretty sets soon to be forgotten.

ChannelDelibird · Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:17 am

Spoiler: Seriously, this is a spoiler, don't click it if you don't want to know a thing about the finale

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3690 (isolation #40) » Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:06 pm

That is one of the greatest ever TV trolls. I'm not even angry.

About Benjen. Everything else I'm reeeeeeal conflicted about

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3705 (isolation #41) » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:11 am

Hey remember when D&D said Sansa would be actively manipulating things in Winterfell this season

Literally nothing is different because of things that she did

ChannelDelibird · Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:57 am

Spoiler:

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3738 (isolation #43) » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:50 am

In post 3737, quadz08 wrote:Kit Harrington has publicly stated that he's not coming back next season

Contract is for two more years

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3770 (isolation #44) » Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:22 pm

brb gonna go watch some Deep Space Nine and mutter about what could have been

I liked a lot of this episode but they had to stick a poisoned knife into the already festering wound that is the adaptation of Dorne

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3773 (isolation #45) » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:15 pm

yesss make it happen

god dammit he was *perfect* casting for Book Doran

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #3785 (isolation #46) » Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:02 pm

In post 3783, AniX wrote:5. Who is the true king of Westeros now that Stannis is missing in action and Shireen is ash? Is there any Bartheons left?

It's very possibly Dany, if I remember correctly. There's some Targaryen blood a few generations back in the Baratheon line.

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #4090 (isolation #47) » Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:25 pm

The opening sequence of this episode was a million times better than 99% of the last three seasons put together.

Also it would appear that Varys has, at last, one-upped Littlefinger in the teleportation stakes.

ChannelDelibird · Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:53 am

Was listening to the soundtrack over and over again today. Just masterful work.

This ended up being a weird and bumpy season but this episode was definitely a real high point for the series, particularly the King's Landing stuff. I've ragged on the show's adaptation of the Jaime/Cersei relationship for a couple of years (they're probably my favourite two book characters) but there's something to be said for having the weakening point be now, when she goes full Mad Queen, than earlier, that makes me open to reconsidering it somewhat. Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau totally knocked all of their scenes out of the park, as well.

In post 4126, xRECKONERx wrote:speaking of which: JORAH WHERE?

Saw somebody suggest that

Melisandre might find him and Victarion him up a smoking arm but that does seem like wishful thinking. I think I prefer his story as just ending ambiguously now, even though greyscale seems like it's kind of a thing in the books

ChannelDelibird · Mon May 06, 2019 12:25 am

This show used to be good.

Spoiler:

ChannelDelibird · Post Post #4671 (isolation #50) » Sun May 19, 2019 9:46 pm

What a grade-A shitshow.