A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think the show also wanted to remind people about the impending threat from the far North. The better question is how they'll do it in the upcoming seasons.

[Dinner]

At least in the books there was a more logical and believable build up to the events in the north. HBO seems to have just ran out of minutes in the show and had to cut everything down to just two minutes which precludes much in the way of build up found in the books.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I think you'll find my version is funnier, and therefore correct.

[OzzyKP]

It was pretty obvious. If he wasn't sure what happened he should have said so, instead of acting like a giant tool.

[Guynemer]

whoa whoa whoa, slow your roll there, guy. No need to start flinging around insults; there was just the one scene about sparing any IIer other than Theon, and it was a couple weeks ago, with Blackwater as the intervening episode. Easy to forget, especially if one doesn't see the "previously on".

[OzzyKP]

2- While we're on the subject of Gollum, I marvel at the ingenuity on display. He's completely surrounded by forces totally focussed on finding him, personally, and killing him. So how do they get him out? They put a bag over his head. Forget about the option of secret tunnels they completely failed to find out more about before impaling the source of the secret info- go for the old bag-over-head option. It never fails.

"Hey you Iron Islands marauders! We need to check if Gollum's with you. Who's that completely featureless bloke with you?"

"This? Oh, that's just Baghead. He doesn't look anything like Gollum, does he?"

"No, you're right. Nothing like him at all. Be off with you, and your fabric-faced friend immediately!"

Wow, you're dumb. Robb offered to spare the life of all the Iron Islanders except Theon. So his own men handed him over, or so we (those of us actually paying attention) are led to believe. I marvel at the ingenuity on display.

[Wezil]

4- "Bugger. We've closed off too many unresolved arcs and have no cliffhanger ending. Time to bring back characters who've done nothing for half he series and throw zombies at them in the last two minutes of screen time, completely out of the blue!"

Oh well, Breaking Bad returns soon.

[Krill]

I'm agreeing with you.

[kittenOFchaos]

The scene with Theon in Winterfell is actually pretty funny.

Who said it wasn't?

[Krill]

The scene with Theon in Winterfell is actually pretty funny.

[kittenOFchaos]

Uh, what?

A few rather pressing questions present themselves-

1- One minute Gollum Greyjoy is besieged in Winterfell by an army 25 times the size of his own forces, and preparing to go charging out onto their swords in a final blast of glory. The next minute Winterfell is completely deserted. And burned to a crispy cinder. Are we to conclude that the besieging army of Stark allies sat around going "Oh no. If only we had a bucket or some other means of fighting fire. Let's all go and find new homes and not bother about salvaging anything or checking for survivors"?

2- While we're on the subject of Gollum, I marvel at the ingenuity on display. He's completely surrounded by forces totally focussed on finding him, personally, and killing him. So how do they get him out? They put a bag over his head. Forget about the option of secret tunnels they completely failed to find out more about before impaling the source of the secret info- go for the old bag-over-head option. It never fails.

"Hey you Iron Islands marauders! We need to check if Gollum's with you. Who's that completely featureless bloke with you?"

"This? Oh, that's just Baghead. He doesn't look anything like Gollum, does he?"

"No, you're right. Nothing like him at all. Be off with you, and your fabric-faced friend immediately!"


3- That world's crappest evil sorcerer. "Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha! I trick you all with my mysterious magic disappearing acts and make entire worlds from your memories appear at the top of my multi-dimensional tower of Wow! And make chains magically appear on your wrists! Nothing can stop me! OH ****, THE DRAGON BREATHED FIRE!!! I HAD NO IDEA THEY COULD DO THAT!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! I STOOD TOO CLOSE TO THAT DRAGON AND BY SOME ASTOUNDING AND UNFORESEEN EVENT IT BREATHED FIRE!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"


4- "Bugger. We've closed off too many unresolved arcs and have no cliffhanger ending. Time to bring back characters who've done nothing for half he series and throw zombies at them in the last two minutes of screen time, completely out of the blue!"

1. I think HBO wanted to put the audience in the same position as the rest of Westeros - not knowing who burnt down Winterfell. This will become clear later on.

2. I can understand the confusion. Perhaps they didn't want Theon knowing that they betrayed him. In an earlier scene Rob said that any Ironborn that surrendered would get to return home, except for Theon. Theon is being handed over...it isn't some ruse involving a man with a bag over his head. I did enjoy your interpretation of events.

3. Yup, that was unconvincing. He also appeared to wear particularly flammable clothing.

4. Totally agree.

However, I loved Theon's speech and his response to the horns being blown to keep them awake.

[Fistandantilus]

The fall of Winterfell part is very different from the books and presents loopholes, I agree.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Uh, what?

A few rather pressing questions present themselves-

1- One minute Gollum Greyjoy is besieged in Winterfell by an army 25 times the size of his own forces, and preparing to go charging out onto their swords in a final blast of glory. The next minute Winterfell is completely deserted. And burned to a crispy cinder. Are we to conclude that the besieging army of Stark allies sat around going "Oh no. If only we had a bucket or some other means of fighting fire. Let's all go and find new homes and not bother about salvaging anything or checking for survivors"?

2- While we're on the subject of Gollum, I marvel at the ingenuity on display. He's completely surrounded by forces totally focussed on finding him, personally, and killing him. So how do they get him out? They put a bag over his head. Forget about the option of secret tunnels they completely failed to find out more about before impaling the source of the secret info- go for the old bag-over-head option. It never fails.

"Hey you Iron Islands marauders! We need to check if Gollum's with you. Who's that completely featureless bloke with you?"

"This? Oh, that's just Baghead. He doesn't look anything like Gollum, does he?"

"No, you're right. Nothing like him at all. Be off with you, and your fabric-faced friend immediately!"


3- That world's crappest evil sorcerer. "Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha! I trick you all with my mysterious magic disappearing acts and make entire worlds from your memories appear at the top of my multi-dimensional tower of Wow! And make chains magically appear on your wrists! Nothing can stop me! OH ****, THE DRAGON BREATHED FIRE!!! I HAD NO IDEA THEY COULD DO THAT!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! I STOOD TOO CLOSE TO THAT DRAGON AND BY SOME ASTOUNDING AND UNFORESEEN EVENT IT BREATHED FIRE!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"


4- "Bugger. We've closed off too many unresolved arcs and have no cliffhanger ending. Time to bring back characters who've done nothing for half he series and throw zombies at them in the last two minutes of screen time, completely out of the blue!"

[EPW]

30k and its not even made of steel? bah

[Dinner]

So, which one of you is going to be the first to buy one of these?

June 5, 2012, 9:00 am
In ‘Game of Thrones,’ You Win or You Buy: HBO Offers $30,000 Iron Throne Replicas

By DAVE ITZKOFF

One way to obtain the Iron Throne, the ceremonial seat of power in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” that has been made from the swords of hundreds of surrendered lords, is to defeat your rivals in battle and unite the Seven Kingdoms at the cost of thousands of lives and countless treasure. Or if you’re squeamish about the sight of blood and entrails but still have some extra treasure to spare, you could simply buy one for $30,000.

HBO announced on Tuesday that it would start selling life-size replicas of the throne from “Game of Thrones,” its epic fantasy adapted from George R. R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” novels. The replicas are made not from molten steel but from hand-finished, hand-painted fiberglass and fireproof resin, weigh 350 pounds and measure 7 feet, 2 inches tall; 5 feet 11 inches deep; and 5 feet 5 inches wide. HBO, which also offers artifacts and memorabilia inspired by its other original series, said in a news release about the throne that “calling it impressive is an understatement” but offered no advice on how to sit in a seat constructed from so many sharp and pointed instruments.