A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

and again you seem to ask for details that there are no time for nor needed.

No. I'm asking for the copious points that are already there, and are variants of "horse", to be occasionally varied with something less equine.

it really comes of as "everyone likes this so i have to find faults".

Another one. "OH THIS SHOW IS SO MANIFESTLY BRILLIANT THAT NO MAN CAN HONESTLY FIND FAULT WITH ANY ASPECT OF IT!!!! AND ANY ATTEMPT TO DO SO WILL BE CONSTRUED AS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ME PERSONALLY!!!"

[Docfeelgood]

- pp. 489-90

Very kind of you, thank you very much

[a.kitman]

As for your next point? Try actually reading about the horse-based nomadic civilisations, such as the Mongols. Their religion, for example- Tengriism. It's a rich array of elemental pan-animism, with a complex mythology. "Great Stallion" my arse. It says a lot that this "fantasy" looks underwritten and dreary when compared to mere real-life equivalents.

horses are still a big part of the mongol culture. i didnt know a thing about tengriism but a quick google tells me they called the human soul "wind horse".

and again you seem to ask for details that there are no time for nor needed. it really comes of as "everyone likes this so i have to find faults".
ill give you that it isnt very logical to eat a horse heart nor have them as your main source for food. but in a good show like this there is no need to get hung up on details like that.

also charles dance is gona play tyvin lannister so iam guessing we are gona see alot of him.

[Lord Avalon]

The Stark kids- really good performances.

Stark's sons- Having trouble telling them apart. Both annoying.

Contradiction? Also, there are four Stark sons, three significant: Robb, bastard Jon Snow, and Bran, with little Rickon not much in evidence.

Meltyface Scowler and Big Angry Scowler- You know. The ones who show up at the jousts. Not sure what they're for. Don't have dialogue to speak of, but scowlling is nice. Scowling works.

Sandor Clegane, called the Hound, is the bodyguard of Prince Joffrey, who calls him Dog. I was disappointed that he didn't get to tell Sansa the story of how his brother, Ser Gregor, burned his face. In the book after a feast after one of the days of jousting, Joffrey asks Sansa if she needs an escort back to her chambers. She accepts, thinking her betrothed will accompany her, but he calls his Dog. He's a bit drunk and gets angry with her.

... Sansa could not bear the sight of him, he frightened her so, yet she had been raised in all the ways of courtesy. A true lady would not notice his face, she told herself. "You rode gallantly today, Ser Sandor," she made herself say.

Sandor Clegane snarled at her. "Spare me your empty little compliments, girl ... and your ser's. I am no knight. I spit on them and their vows. My brother is a knight. Did you see him ride today?"

"Yes," Sansa whispered, trembling. "He was ..."

"Gallant?" the Hound finished.

He was mocking her, she realized. "No one could withstand him," she managed at last, proud of herself. It was no lie.

Sandor Clegane stopped suddenly in the middle of a dark and empty field. She had no choice but to stop beside him. "Some septa trained you well. You're like one of those birds from the Summer Isles, aren't you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty words they taught you to recite." pp. 301-2

He goes on to talk about how his brother deliberately killed Ser Hugh, former squire of Jon Arryn whom Lord Stark wanted to question. Newly knighted and with no squire, his gorget wasn't fastened properly, and Ser Gregor targeted his throat. Then Sandor makes Sansa take a good look at his face. "No pretty words for that, girl?" And he tells her what happened. She feels sad for him, loses her fear, and says, "He was no true knight," which amuses the Hound. Finally, when they part ways, he threatens to kill her if she tells anyone.

[VetLegion]

Stark's sons- Having trouble telling them apart. Both annoying.

I'm having trouble telling apart that guy from the Iron islands who is not part of the family
and the oldest brother. In the scene in which they save Bran, I couldn't remember which
is which. This usually happens to me in WW II series. Took me halfway into Band of Brothers
and the Pacific to start telling actors apart.

[Lord Avalon]

TY, I just thought that it may have been explained in the book.

... The heart of a stallion would make her son strong and swift and fearless, or so the Dothraki believed, but only if the mother could eat it all. If she choked on the blood or retched up the flesh, the omens were less favorable; the child might be stillborn, or come forth weak, deformed, or female.

Her handmaids had helped her ready herself for the ceremony. Despite the tender mother's stomach that had afflicted her these past two moons, Dany had dined on bowls of half-clotted blood to accustom herself to the taste, and Irri made her chew strips of dried horseflesh until her jaws were aching. She had starved herself for a day and a night before the ceremony in the hopes the hunger would help her keep down the raw meat.

- pp. 489-90

[Docfeelgood]

She would have had to wear the Saddle Of Shame. Probably.

TY, I just thought that it may have been explained in the book.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

what would have happene if she could not hold down the horse heart?

She would have had to wear the Saddle Of Shame. Probably.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Who is Miss "only there to keep the ratings up"?

JM

The one who was showing her vagina while being shagged from behind over a table, and who appeared in the next episodes showing her vagina while riding out of Winterfell on a cart full of parsnips.

[Docfeelgood]

what would have happene if she could not hold down the horse heart?

[Docfeelgood]

Quick round-up of the acting so far-

Sean Bean- Good. Then again, he's playing much the same character as he's played many times before, so you'd expect him to be good.

Mrs Sean Bean- Meh.

King Shoutybeard- Doing well, but I can't help getting the impression the part was specifically written for Brian Blessed. Wouldn't you just fork out your life savings to see that? He'd not just steal every scene- he'd eat it, gob it back out, and then bellow at it.

The Stark kids- really good performances.

Richard Dinklage- Epic. The little guy's going to be a star, because he's stealing every scene effortlessly. By series 3, he'll be demanding a million per episode.

Blonde Incest Fop Man- Crap. Try a different facial expression, for the love of Odin.

Blonde Incest Queen Woman- Good one. A more nuanced performance than many are delivering.

Mayor Tommy Carcetti- Great. Then again, he always is.

Iain Glen the "What The **** Is Going On?" Man- Good actor in a horribly underwritten part.

Stark's sons- Having trouble telling them apart. Both annoying.

Princess Blondie Perkytits of Horseland- Gamely doing her best in the crap sub-plot, and almost making it bearable.

King Stallion of Horseland- He's there to look hard, and not say much. Might as well be replaced with a side of Aberdeen Angus.

Miss "Only There To Keep The Ratings Up"- She's been in the last couple of episodes, fulfilling no obvious purpose beyond displaying her vagina. Can't really comment on the acting, but thanks for the mimsy anyway.

Stragglybeard- Shags Miss "Only There To Keep The Ratings Up", and I've completely forgotten who he is, or what he's supposed to do.

Meltyface Scowler and Big Angry Scowler- You know. The ones who show up at the jousts. Not sure what they're for. Don't have dialogue to speak of, but scowlling is nice. Scowling works.

I could have sworn I saw Charles Dance too. Another good actor, so let's hope they use him.

[Jon Miller]

Who is Miss "only there to keep the ratings up"?

JM

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Quick round-up of the acting so far-

Sean Bean- Good. Then again, he's playing much the same character as he's played many times before, so you'd expect him to be good.

Mrs Sean Bean- Meh.

King Shoutybeard- Doing well, but I can't help getting the impression the part was specifically written for Brian Blessed. Wouldn't you just fork out your life savings to see that? He'd not just steal every scene- he'd eat it, gob it back out, and then bellow at it.

The Stark kids- really good performances.

Richard Dinklage- Epic. The little guy's going to be a star, because he's stealing every scene effortlessly. By series 3, he'll be demanding a million per episode.

Blonde Incest Fop Man- Crap. Try a different facial expression, for the love of Odin.

Blonde Incest Queen Woman- Good one. A more nuanced performance than many are delivering.

Mayor Tommy Carcetti- Great. Then again, he always is.

Iain Glen the "What The **** Is Going On?" Man- Good actor in a horribly underwritten part.

Stark's sons- Having trouble telling them apart. Both annoying.

Princess Blondie Perkytits of Horseland- Gamely doing her best in the crap sub-plot, and almost making it bearable.

King Stallion of Horseland- He's there to look hard, and not say much. Might as well be replaced with a side of Aberdeen Angus.

Miss "Only There To Keep The Ratings Up"- She's been in the last couple of episodes, fulfilling no obvious purpose beyond displaying her vagina. Can't really comment on the acting, but thanks for the mimsy anyway.

Stragglybeard- Shags Miss "Only There To Keep The Ratings Up", and I've completely forgotten who he is, or what he's supposed to do.

Meltyface Scowler and Big Angry Scowler- You know. The ones who show up at the jousts. Not sure what they're for. Don't have dialogue to speak of, but scowlling is nice. Scowling works.

I could have sworn I saw Charles Dance too. Another good actor, so let's hope they use him.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

annoying or godawful? make up your mind. i dont see why the horses get to you. they are basicly a warrior tribe that base there tactic around horses, its isnt far fatched at all that horses would be at the center for there culture aswell.

"Godawful" is good. That works for me. That sub-plot is the Jar-Jar Binks of the show. Cue "OMG IF YOU'VE GOT NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT JAR-JAR THEN DON'T TALK ABOUT STAR WARS AT ALL!!1one!!!".

As for your next point? Try actually reading about the horse-based nomadic civilisations, such as the Mongols. Their religion, for example- Tengriism. It's a rich array of elemental pan-animism, with a complex mythology. "Great Stallion" my arse. It says a lot that this "fantasy" looks underwritten and dreary when compared to mere real-life equivalents.

[OzzyKP]

Laz, your smug superior cynicism is getting a tad boring. Obviously us untermench vermin who are actually enjoying this thing aren't fit to clean your boots, but if you find it that bad, just ****ing switch it off, yeah?