A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Guynemer]

Which one is that again?

Dany

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Yes, her. The one I moaned about all the way through season 1.

[Guynemer]

Well, we all moaned about her, with tissues and whatnot, amirite?

[DinoDoc]

Well, we all moaned about her, with tissues and whatnot, amirite?

Galnemer is more awesome now.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't necessarily follow all of Bugs's dumb nicknames. And the story revolves around Dany basically, so I'm sure that in the cards is a 'proper' story arc for Daenerys.

[regexcellent]

I bet Imran also thinks Darkstar is cool.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Gerold Dayne?

[Berzerker]

Right, time to stop reading this threads since some tools really can't be arsed to use spoilers tags.

Spoiler:

sorry bout that

[Guynemer]

I bet Imran also thinks Darkstar is cool.

**** that ****ing ******* right up the ****ing nose.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I don't necessarily follow all of Bugs's dumb nicknames.

It's OK. I don't follow GRR Martin's dumb nicknames, so we're on the same side really.

In fact, I only discovered "GRR" is initials. I've spent three years calling him "Grr!".

[Cort Haus]

Tickled as I am to learn that we can look forward to more emus in the show (you can never have too many), I'd be happier if one of the multitude of things he threw in was a proper story arc for Perkytits.

Spoiler:

Don't hold your breath. Dreary Daenerys peaked when she nicked that army and it's all downhill from now on as far as interest goes. Though I expect HBO will find a way to make it less boring to all except extreme detail enthusiasts.

[Guynemer]

It's OK. I don't follow GRR Martin's dumb nicknames, so we're on the same side really.

In fact, I only discovered "GRR" is initials. I've spent three years calling him "Grr!".

Speaking of, I'm curious as to your opinion (if any) and nickname (if any) of Tormund, the magnificently-bearded redhead leading the wildling raiding party.

[Bosh]

It's pretty much just Oerdin doing that.

Indeed. He should really stop, it's getting annoying. The only reason I log into Apolyton anymore is to hear Laz's thoughts on Princess Perkytits.

Edit: waaaaaaait a second, the ignore list now lets me ignore all of BK's idiocy in quotations as well as his own posts? Damn, that probably triples my enjoyment of reading poly.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Speaking of, I'm curious as to your opinion (if any) and nickname (if any) of Tormund, the magnificently-bearded redhead leading the wildling raiding party.

I hadn't named him yet. This show throws a multitude of new characters at the viewer, and most of them simply vanish again- so it takes a while before they get considered memorable.

He's not a bad character. Nothing's irritated me about the character or the acting, and the beard is nothing short of magnificent. So, prompted by your query, he is now The Mighty Bushface.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

It's pretty odd that the Perkytits arc is weak. All of the political scheming in the show is, without exception, excellent- so they can do dialogue and plot and do it well. Meanwhile the Arya BoyGirl arc shows they can do bildungsroman well too. That's a strong story arc.

It's not weak acting. She's doing pretty well with the material provided and is surrounded by quality support actors. But the writing is repetitive and paper-thin. I moaned for Britain in season 1 about how unconvincing the horse-riding, horse-eating, horse-worshipping Horse People of Horseland were, but they're matched by the Nameless Hordes of No-balls in this season. Everything taking place on that continent is coming across as filler written on the back of an envelope on the drive into the studio, and only the occasional sighting of dragons or boobs keeps it alive.

The show really wouldn't have suffered much if she'd only appeared when actually relevant to the rest of the plot.