A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Guynemer]

I agree for the most part, though #6 worked for me, and as far as #7 goes, that dude is an employee of Baelish, so...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Things that didn't suck about episode 6.

The acting was good, like always, and there was some really snappy dialogue. And it looked great too.

Things that did suck about episode 6

1- The capture of Tyrion and Ser Friendzone was possibly the single stupidest event in all five seasons. "Oh, look! There's a slaver's ship! We'd better be careful or they might spot us and....OH MAN! THERE WAS A MASSIVE GROUP OF THEM STANDING JUST OVER THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT AND WE TOTALLY DIDN'T NOTICE THEM! DOH!". Idiots.

2- Dornish security. I think we can all hug and agree that the lush secret gardens where the king hangs out is going to be guarded quite heavily, right? But it looks like Jamie "Stumpy" Lannister and Bron can just waltz through it through the cunning trick of wearing ethnic frocks.
3- While we're on the subject of the Dornish king, I think it's time he did something other than stare enigmatically at his shrubbery as if his head has been nailed in position. A gesture would be nice. Possibly even a facial expression or two.

4- And that fight scene was shocking. The dreaded Sand Snakes effortlessly held off by one able-bodied man and a cripple. I get that Bron's supposed to be arse-kicking, but that was so unlikely that it verges on gross sexism. If all those sand snakes do is hang around being an ethnic minority trio making pointless noises, I'll be rebranding them as Sister Sledge.

5- I think Jamie Lannister has now been apprehended and tied up more than any fictional character, with the possible exception of Daphne from Scooby Doo.

6- Arya's arc is still sub-Karate Kid bollocks. It's a waste of good actress. We've seen this "Ooooo, learn our mysterious ways while we be all enigmatically nasty to you" thing many, many times before.

7- The inquest was crap. Why is it always "Ooooo, he has a little birthmark somewhere in the groin vicinity"? Who doesn't? It's hardly conclusive evidence, is it? It would be far more entertaining if there was no birthmark, leaving the grass having to awkwardly explain that from certain angles Ser TokenGay's knob looked a bit like Lenin. And that grass was crap too. Why would anyone look so suspiciously un-tortured and smug while casually admitting to having committed a capital offence? Either he's a Cersei plant so obvious that it buggers the bounds of credulity that nobody spotted him as a plant instantly, or it's appallingly lazy writing.

[Proteus_MST]

After a good run of strong episodes, episode 6 balanced the karma by sucking big dangly donkey balls.

Those of Ramsay Bolton?
(hanging 2 episodes behind ... Amazon Instant Video in Germany is currently just at episode 4)

(well, IMHO it will be interesting if Ramsay Bolton will be as successfully in training Sansa, as he was in training Theon Reek Greyjoy )

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

After a good run of strong episodes, episode 6 balanced the karma by sucking big dangly donkey balls.

[DinoDoc]

The internet has predictably exploded over Sansa's rape scene.

I don't understand how the internet made it past episode 1, season 1 then. Were they all in the bathroom for the Drogo raping Daenerys scene?

[regexcellent]

The internet has predictably exploded over Sansa's rape scene.

[OzzyKP]

I have no idea if it's true to the books or not, but that whole "Oooooooo, if you want to join our super Ninja secret order you have to be refused entry and left on the doorstep for days, before being admitted to sweep the floor, and question your lack of fighty training in order to receive suitably enigmatic responses, young Grasshopper!" thing is one of the biggest cliches in popular culture of the last 50 years. If they dick up the (so far, excellent) Arya arc with that tired old tripe I will be sorely vexed.

I was incredibly bored of the several season long meandering road trip of Arya & the Hound. If we had a season of her sweeping floors at least it'd be something different.

[Dinner]

warning

born

I get why spell check changed warging into warning but I don't understand why it changed bone into born.

[Proteus_MST]

A girl doesn´t want to sweep the floor all day

[N35t0r]

warning

born

[Dinner]

I mostly root for Jon Snow especially if it involves warging into a dragon and/or getting to borlne Auntie Dany.

[Dr Strangelove]

This season has done a much better job of fleshing him out and making him likable.

Which, honestly, just can't mean good things for his future.

Fixed.

[Guynemer]

This season has done a much better job of fleshing him out and making him likable.

Which, honestly, just can't mean good things for the future.

[Dinner]

Many of the book people think Stannis is the man and over at Westeros.org people call him Mannis.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Stannis totally belongs on the interwebs .

(I still wish he was as awesome as he was in the books, but the show people seemingly aren't fond of Stannis )