A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Lorizael]

I don't think I can read this thread anymore until I finish the books. Damn Feast of Crows slowing me down.

[DinoDoc]

[kittenOFchaos]

I agree 100%. The nudity in Game of Thrones annoys me--it makes it inconveniently inappropriate to watch in certain company in a way that gratuitous violence does not, and it's not like it's difficult to find other, better sources of gratuitous nudity.

It's not like it's difficult to find other, better sources of gratuitous violence. Just wonder into most British city centers on a Saturday night.

I am always amazed that violence is tolerated on screen far more readily than nudity as it makes no sense whosoever. That most of us are unembarrassed watching torture or disembowelment and yet cringe if we see genitalia in the company of others is daft. Desensitising (English) violence is far more dangerous than making us less awkward about our own bodies.

Less violence and torture and more nudity is the way forward for our society.

[kittenOFchaos]

On another topic, I'm disappointed by the failure to maintain a consistent portrayal of Gregor Clegane. I am aware that they had to change actors, but the portrayal and appearance couldn't be much difference.

This latest version is a complete joke. He looks like a gym monkey who has spent much time on the beach and not a sadist killer who spends his life outdoors. He certainly bears no relation to Sandor Clegane. It isn't his fault, he is probably a really nice guy who hasn't the imagination to be play the role of a sadist and that is probably to be celebrated. However, in terms of portraying 'The Mountain' this is not a good thing. His slaughter of unarmed prisoners was too quick, there was no torture involved. The mental image of him raping anything is also laughable...

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Fae9fad44cb9b801edadf04c84cf06a97%2Ftumblr_msrdwiJMyw1qis07wo1_500.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftumblrofthrones.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F60541571518%2Fthorbjornsson-shave-beard-or-not&h=501&w=500&tbnid=w-1-hUMbx3M4AM%3A&zoom=1&docid=GypPBokn4SU9LM&ei=A2Q5U425FIfYtAadkIDYDA&tbm=isch&iact=rc&dur=1844&page=1&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=0CHIQrQMwCA

No doubt everyone will disagree with me once again.

[Dinner]

Yeah, the problems with portraying the mountain go beyond having three different actors in four years and I really don't think they go deeply enough into the whole sadism side. They show him being a dick and a bad dude but not the total sadist which we see in the book. Part of that is the nature of film media though because in a book you can have long internal dialogues about what characters are thinking where as in film you have to figure out another way to get the point across.

[Berzerker]

a couple questions, did I miss a week? The last I saw the wife of that Bayless(?) went flying

and is this mountain dude the brother of the hound?

I thought they were damn near identical twins

[regexcellent]

Mountain is the Hound's older bro.

[Dinner]

Berz, they took the holiday weekend off because supposedly ratings always suck on a holiday.

[Dr Strangelove]

That's what I thought, but you guys were getting way ahead of the TV series. I wasn't certain that it was speculation of future events instead of a recounting of recent events.

[rah]

Yeah, the problems with portraying the mountain go beyond having three different actors in four years and I really don't think they go deeply enough into the whole sadism side. They show him being a dick and a bad dude but not the total sadist which we see in the book. Part of that is the nature of film media though because in a book you can have long internal dialogues about what characters are thinking where as in film you have to figure out another way to get the point across.

I think that is why they show the scene on the show where the Hound explains again his aversion to fire near his face. It really had no other point then to highlight his sadism.

[Nikolai]

That's what I thought, but you guys were getting way ahead of the TV series. I wasn't certain that it was speculation of future events instead of a recounting of recent events.

Where did they do that? Last posts have all been on the mountain. Stuff that has been aired.

[Dinner]

I think that is why they show the scene on the show where the Hound explains again his aversion to fire near his face. It really had no other point then to highlight his sadism.

Mostly, yeah, but there was one slight additional point.

Spoiler:

Arya mentioned that without having his wound cauterized it would become infected. As you know, in the books he dies of his wounds from the fight in the bar (where Arya gets her little sword back) but it seems in the TV show they're going to have him die from one of Biter's bites. Still, it's not a bad compromise as it wraps up a two different strings in one scene.

[Dinner]

Where did they do that? Last posts have all been on the mountain. Stuff that has been aired.

Yeah, no one has been ahead of the series. There was discussion about the scene where the mountain is stabbing peasants, discussion about Lady Arryan getting to "fly", and some talk about the hound but that's all I've seen.

[Guynemer]

OERDIN IS ALWAYS WRONG

Spoiler:

THE HOUND ISN'T DEAD. HE'S THE NOVICE GRAVEDIGGER ON QUIET ISLE.

[Imran Siddiqui]

OERDIN IS ALWAYS WRONG

Spoiler:

THE HOUND ISN'T DEAD. HE'S THE NOVICE GRAVEDIGGER ON QUIET ISLE.

Indeed.