Game of Thrones

[AF 5353]

I was using the Sandsnakes as an example of poor acting due to not having the budget to cast each character well. When you have so many characters to cast for speaking roles, it's easier to just condense and use existing characters to fill in for those you don't a adapt from the source material. My point is instead of sacrificing quality performance, which I feel has always been the show's strongest element and what has made it so popular for mainstream audiences, just cut Dorne out all together. Many on reddit and other boards I visit, myself included, find the performances by the actresses playing the Snakes to be lacking and throwing off the tone of the show.

[Rhinox]

I was using the Sandsnakes as an example of poor acting

due to not having the budget to cast each character well

. When you have so many characters to cast for speaking roles, it's easier to just condense and use existing characters to fill in for those you don't a adapt from the source material. My point is instead of sacrificing quality performance, which I feel has always been the show's strongest element and what has made it so popular for mainstream audiences, just cut Dorne out all together. Many on reddit and other boards I visit, myself included, find the performances by the actresses playing the Snakes to be lacking and throwing off the tone of the show.

I call bs on that as well. They spent a shit ton of money on hotah's axe, and the hall of faces, and they hired a big name actor to play doran and then wasted him by having him sit there and essentially do nothing. That's money that could have been put to better use.

No, I do not believe not having the budget to hire better actresses for the sandsnakes was in any way part of their problem. Poor writing and execution, mostly.

[Rhinox]

LSH I could see given the Riverlands discussions.

Coldhands, less so. He seems pretty neat, though. It would at least give Bran someone else to talk to.

well... somebody has to rescue bran and meera. Hodor can't holdthedoor forever, and meera won't outrun a zombie horde dragging bran on a sled...

[AniX]

One thing that pissed me off was that Euron doesn't wear an eyepatch. It is one of those changes that improves LITERALLY nothing: It isn't expensive to have an eyepatch. It translates well to screen unlike some other distinctive appearance traits (blue hair or wacky facial hair). Any actor can wear one. It gives Euron a distinctive look. It just strikes me as deviating from the books for the sake of deviating from the books.

[Yosarian2]

Jesus, Bran's ability is freaking terrifying.

After some thought, I've decided that that is how I want Ramsey Bolton to meet his end. Bran has to warg him in the middle of some great battle, breaking Ramsey's mind, and for the rest of his life all Ramsey can do is huddle in a corner and mumble "reek...reeek...reek" to himself.

[Porochaz]

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAY? They have to release that play in full holy shit.

Starring

Richard E Grant as Robert Baratheon

and Kevin Eldon as Ned Stark

If they had done that from the start I probably would have watched more episodes.

[Porochaz]

One thing that pissed me off was that Euron doesn't wear an eyepatch. It is one of those changes that improves LITERALLY nothing: It isn't expensive to have an eyepatch. It translates well to screen unlike some other distinctive appearance traits (blue hair or wacky facial hair). Any actor can wear one. It gives Euron a distinctive look. It just strikes me as deviating from the books for the sake of deviating from the books.

But think of the damage it could potentially do to one's sight in one eye!

[zoraster]

ESSIE DAVIS

[Accountant]

I like the Hodor character but I feel sorry for him since it seems like he has some sort of learning disability, and he's being forced to lug Bran around. Pretty good guy though

[SirCakez]

;-;

[xRECKONERx]

LSH I could see given the Riverlands discussions.

Coldhands, less so. He seems pretty neat, though. It would at least give Bran someone else to talk to.

well... somebody has to rescue bran and meera. Hodor can't holdthedoor forever, and meera won't outrun a zombie horde dragging bran on a sled...

coldands=benjen tho

[Rhinox]

coldands=benjen tho

yes, I believe the show will go that route, even though I don't think it's true in the books.

Since last episode, I've been wondering if the coldhands character in the book is perhaps another instance of future bran interfering in the past. Perhaps in the book, coldhands is actually future bran warging a wight that he sends to help his past self and company head north. Basically, stuff in the book that doesn't seem to have been explained fully, like coldhands, I expect to eventually be explained by bran's meddling in the past.

In the show, I'm guessing that present bran will figure out how to warg a wight in present time when him and meera are about to get caught, and perhaps in doing so he steals control of it from the nights king, essentially turning the wight into friendly coldhands. This would give him and the audience info on how the night king is controlling all the corpses - through powerful corpse warging. And because it's the show, I'm expecting all this happens because bran recognizes that one of the wights is his uncle benjen.

[hasdgfas]

One thing that pissed me off was that Euron doesn't wear an eyepatch. It is one of those changes that improves LITERALLY nothing: It isn't expensive to have an eyepatch. It translates well to screen unlike some other distinctive appearance traits (blue hair or wacky facial hair). Any actor can wear one. It gives Euron a distinctive look. It just strikes me as deviating from the books for the sake of deviating from the books.

Didn't he wear one in the scene he murdered Balon in?

[Iecerint]

Rhinox's idea is rly gud!

[AniX]

One thing that pissed me off was that Euron doesn't wear an eyepatch. It is one of those changes that improves LITERALLY nothing: It isn't expensive to have an eyepatch. It translates well to screen unlike some other distinctive appearance traits (blue hair or wacky facial hair). Any actor can wear one. It gives Euron a distinctive look. It just strikes me as deviating from the books for the sake of deviating from the books.

Didn't he wear one in the scene he murdered Balon in?

I don't believe so. He was wearing a hood but I specifically remember saying to myself "Does he not have an eyepatch?"

[Venmar]

I thought the last episode was very underwhelming. Euron doesn't look anywhere near as viscious as I thought he would and he just looks like a pudgy, out of shape asshole with a couple one-liners.

I rage-quit when they said that the White Walkers were made by the Children of the Forest. Like, FUCK YOU, THAT'S THE LAMEST THING I THINK I HAVE EVER HEARD. The downgraded the most mysterious, dangerous antagonists of the ASOIAF universe into asshole, gone-rogue bio-weapons. Fuck offfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[xRECKONERx]

u seem mad

[Iecerint]

I'm sure the idea comes from GRRM.

[Brandi]

any1 else notice that Ramsay Bolton looks just like Picasso?

[toolenduso]

BENJEN STOCK

[Iecerint]

They even called him CH. )

[Accountant]

Is it just me or does anyone else think the Peter dude is shady af

[x]has evil beard
[x]sarcastically confesses to being evil
[x]runs brothels
[x]shady sort-of grudge against Ned due to crush on his wife
[x]controls money

I mean this is some next level genre blindness

[Accountant]

Don't forget he gave Catelyn a fake lead about the dude that tried to NK bran

[Accountant]

Is Sam ever going to get a rocky training montage and redeem himself or be a useless sack of potatoes forever

[hasdgfas]

This season is awesome. I'm very happy with how it's shaping up.