A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Cort Haus]

Spoiler tag it, please.

Done. Now can you spoiler tag my comment in your reply, please.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

As I said on the book thread, these characters don't tend to fall into binary bad guy/good guy categories.

REDACTED is one of the most interesting character developments in the book.

Spoiler tag it, please.

[Dinner]

Yeth, it'th a pity he'th not in it tho far...

Maybe they didn't want to piss people off with lisps?

Not to mention we missed the whole Brienne biting Hoat's ear off while he tried to rape her as well as the resulting infection and what that leads to.

[Dinner]

On another forum (with a lot more users than this one) I was following the livechat thread for this episode and the comments after Jaime got his hand cut off were absolutely hysterical. They were like "oh what a smooth mother****er talking his way out of this" followed swiftly by cries of horror.

That's the substitute I use when I don't have non-book readers around to watch the episode with me.

The end result was the same, Jaime still had his hand cut off, but in the books there was a huge build up about who Vargo Hoat was, why he was such a sadistic bastard, how he and his mercenary group used to work for Jaime's dad just prior to events but switched sides, and so it was more understandable why he didn't take Jaime's offer. Not to mention with the Arya scenes in Harrenhal we all learned how Vargo Hoat enjoyed maiming people for fun just because he could.

[rah]

The game of "thrones" chairs at the beginning was hysterical.

[Cort Haus]

This week's comment isn't complete without Laz expounding a detailed topographical analysis of the mimsies on display in the brothel scene.

[regexcellent]

This rescue bloke

Spoiler:

is obviously Ramsay Snow.

It's in the casting information, so, yes, you're correct.

[Guynemer]

Theon

Spoiler:

He was in Ramsay's control. He was the one who untied him, put him on a horse. He was the one who shot his would-be rapers. This is all part of his psychotic mindgame.

Mummers

Spoiler:

True enough. That was one of the most horrifying things I've ever read. But her defeat of several other Mummers in her travels (Shagwell, Pyg, that Dothraki one I can't name of the top of my head) is important for her personal arc.

[Cort Haus]

Rescue bloke:

Spoiler:

I thought that in the book Ramsay captured Theon at Winterfell, and took him to the Dreadfort where he turned him into Reek. So surely in this version Theon was also at the Dreadfort so how can he not have already been in Ramsey's control?

Mummers.

Spoiler:

That'll save the various logistical complications of Brienne having her face chewed off. It will spare us all lots of other unpleasantness too

[Guynemer]

This rescue bloke

Spoiler:

is obviously Ramsay Snow.

And yes, the Mummers are out.

Spoiler:

Not sure how that will effect Brienne's story line in future seasons.

[Cort Haus]

They seem to be streamlining out the subplots, which is alright as it helps viewers better follow the main plot line as well as shorten what goes in to each episode, though they have been doing a good job of showing the main events in their proper order. All in all episode 3 was pretty good.

Vargo Hoat seems to have been replaced by another character doing the job of ending Jaime's career. This may have implications for the whole Bloody Mummers thread. Also, Theon's story seems different. I thought he was stuck in the dungeon at the Dreadfort for much longer and don't remember this rescue bloke.

[Cort Haus]

That confused the **** out of me. Also what bugs me is, why the **** am I starting to like Jaime? He's the **** that literally pushed a 10 year old boy out a window because he was caught ****ing his sister. Now he seems nice? God dammit!

Of course I went through the same agony in the books.

As I said on the book thread, these characters don't tend to fall into binary bad guy/good guy categories.

Spoiler:

Jaime's arc of redemption is one of the most interesting character developments in the book.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Yes please. Twitter has been disappointing so far this year because there are too many updates to track.

[Guynemer]

On another forum (with a lot more users than this one) I was following the livechat thread for this episode and the comments after Jaime got his hand cut off were absolutely hysterical. They were like "oh what a smooth mother****er talking his way out of this" followed swiftly by cries of horror.

That's the substitute I use when I don't have non-book readers around to watch the episode with me.

Please direct me to such a forum for the rest of the season, because I think next week we get to the fireworks factory in Astapor. To say nothing of the upcoming episode 9, "The Rains Of Castamere"...

[regexcellent]

On another forum (with a lot more users than this one) I was following the livechat thread for this episode and the comments after Jaime got his hand cut off were absolutely hysterical. They were like "oh what a smooth mother****er talking his way out of this" followed swiftly by cries of horror.

That's the substitute I use when I don't have non-book readers around to watch the episode with me.