A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[grumbler]

I had some problems with the idea of the ice storm at the start of the attack that killed everyone outside the palisade but was somehow stopped by the logs of the wall. It made for great drama, but didn't make much sense.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's completely a fanwank. You are inventing dialogue that never happened to advance your pet theory.

And considering the previews for next week, it seems very likely that the background for my reason is going to happen next episode, which IMO makes it more likely that was the reason Tyrion brainfarted.

[Guynemer]

I had some problems with the idea of the ice storm at the start of the attack that killed everyone outside the palisade but was somehow stopped by the logs of the wall. It made for great drama, but didn't make much sense.

It wasn't the ice storm. It was the wights.

[Dinner]

I had some problems with the idea of the ice storm at the start of the attack that killed everyone outside the palisade but was somehow stopped by the logs of the wall. It made for great drama, but didn't make much sense.

When the others come it gets extremely cold and often an icy fog forms. So it wasn't an ice storm and instead way the others attacking.

[DaShi]

Are the zombies supposed to be as fast as they were depicted in the last episode?

How was it in the books?

I believe they were established as pretty quick in the first episode.

[pchang]

They were also established as pretty flammable. Why was the Giant the only one using fire against them?

[Dinner]

Yeah, I mentioned that earlier and no one had an anwser.

[Ming]

Creative license!
Why let their own facts get in the way of a good fight scene

[rah]

Especially how high they are in using fire everywhere else in the show/book.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Because, faced by a charging horde of the living dead, would you grab a sword or suitable hitty thing, or start messing about with a tinderbox and kindling?

[rah]

"FIRE ARROWS"
You're living in the arctic. There should be a fire near by. (or you'd be dead already)

[Dinner]

The next episode is called the dance of dragons so I expect it will mostly be in Mureen and feature Dany's wedding.

Spoiler:

It will be interesting to see how they change this since they killed off Ser Baristan. I am guessing they will have Tyrion take over the role Ser Baristan had in the books.

[Dinner]

Because, faced by a charging horde of the living dead, would you grab a sword or suitable hitty thing, or start messing about with a tinderbox and kindling?

As Rah said, they are living in the subartic so they are all going to have fires just to keep warm. Also, as someone else said, while the zombie army jumping off the cliff made for good tv but the reality is they would have been smashed into dozens of pieces and thus would be a lot less combat effective.

Lastly, why didn't the undead horde just charge into the water (what is cold water to them?) and just attack the ships? Hell, couldn't the white walkers just freeze the water and walk out to the ships that way?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

The next episode is called the dance of dragons so I expect it will mostly be in Mureen and feature Dany's wedding. It will be interesting to see how they change this since they killed off Ser Baristan. I am guessing they will have Tyrion take over the role Ser Baristan had in the books.

Spoiler it.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

As Rah said, they are living in the subartic so they are all going to have fires just to keep warm.

And, naturally, a big, readily available pile of pitched torches and fire arrows?