A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Bosh]

And people on the Westeros board had been moaning for weeks that the show would RUIN EVERYTHING (again!) because it hadn't given anyone a reason to care about Robb so the Unsullied wouldn't give a **** about the Red Wedding...

[Asher]

The internet is ****ing mad. This is hilarious.

[Guynemer]

I was wondering just how mad the Internet would be, since I didn't think the show nurtured as close a connection to Cat & Robb, and there were fewer Freys around them, and almost nothing at all about guest rights...

And holy hell, it is like Ned times 10. Delicious.

[Guynemer]

The capsule of the newbie review on AV Club:

What the ****?!

[Asher]

I had a couple over to watch with us (they don't have HBO), and one of them curled up into a fetal position as it happened shouting "WHAT THE ****?" and almost covering her eyes. It was glorious.

I'm having my mom over tonight to watch it...she usually needs some explaining as the show goes on. She also hasn't read the books.

[Imran Siddiqui]

some saying they're going to read the books now so this never happens again, etc.

Because reading the RW was less impactful?

[Guynemer]

I also loved how they even managed--amazingly--to pull the rug out from under we book readers as well, what with the Worst C-Section Ever. I was 100% certain that Blackfish was going to manage to get Talisa out of there.

I was, and remain, completely ****ing shocked by that.

[Nikolai]

I like how people on the twitter feed says they will cancel HBO now.

[rah]

It was pretty funny. It had been so long since I read the books that I had mostly forgotten this scene, but about halfway through, my memory started to kick in and the light bulb clicked on. And yeah, Talisa being there was nice since I didn't particularly like her character. Kinda gory though.

[Imran Siddiqui]

How exactly do you forget THAT scene?

[rah]

It's been over 10 years. And I'm getting old. I've read thousands of books. Plots blur over time. And it didn't take long into the scene until it came back.
It is fun reading the hate by those that didn't read the books and know it was coming.

I just makes me appreciate the line
“If you think this has a happy ending, you obviously haven't been paying attention”.
more.

[Imran Siddiqui]

You must indeed be getting old

That is THE scene of the entire series. If nothing else people remember that.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

GOT already had a reputation for underusing decent actors, but they really surpassed themselves.

I was delighted to see Ramon Tikaram appear, and looked forward to seeing him stealing scenes and building up a new fanbase. He got three lines, and then next appeared as a severed head tipped out of a bag. Booooooooo.

[rah]

You must indeed be getting old

That is THE scene of the entire series. If nothing else people remember that.

Different people remember different things. I never was really high on either character and remembered that they bought it, so for me that wasn't THE scene.
The stabbing of Talisa in the stomach multiple times will make the scene visually memorable.

[Felch]

As huge as the Red Wedding's slaughter is, the mortality rate in the series is so high that it feels more like a statistical anomaly than a world changing event. More characters than usual are being killed off all at once, big deal. It's a cool scene, with the build up in tension, and the way it shatters your expectations, but the books are full of that. Its importance is in destroying the Starks as a conventional force. Without a castle or army they have to survive as either hostages or fugitives. I like where the books go from there, with Arya and Bran. I sometimes think I'm the only person in the world who likes the Bran stuff.