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[Solo]

That's not the golden rule, you just want to see some boob.

No, that is the golden rule in film/TV. When a scene is cut in such a way that you never see the actor's face at the same time as the nudity, 99.9% of the time it means they've used a body double.

 

[Chuckie]

No, that is the golden rule in film/TV. When a scene is cut in such a way that you never see the actor's face at the same time as the nudity, 99.9% of the time it means they've used a body double.

Very true.

What I've also noticed is that very often you see someone elses hands when they zoom in. What the fuck is up with that :/

 

[aku:jiki]

No, that is the golden rule in film/TV. When a scene is cut in such a way that you never see the actor's face at the same time as the nudity, 99.9% of the time it means they've used a body double.

That episode of Eastbound & Down (you all know which) taught me that. I was sad for a while.

 

[endre]

The lesbian scene shouldve been with Irri or Doreah, not Ros. Ros is not hot.

Among the three, she is on second place in my book.

 

[methane47]

I'm still bummed on that ending. I was looking forward to HOTU and they fucked it up

Home of the Underdogs?

 

[3rdman]

Home of the Underdogs?

Not sure if serious... House of the Undying.

 

[methane47]

In other news... SHAE was a porn Star?!?!!?

Wow

 

[agrajag]

All three of them are well within my tastes, but Doreah was easily the best. Irri always bothered me with her annoying "it is known" and sour look on her face.

I think Dothraki women just aren't for you.

 

[Ark]

I think Dothraki women just aren't for you.

It is known.

 

[fallengorn]

I hope they answer who the actual wealthiest man in Qarth is in Season 3.

 

[Kosmo]

In other news... SHAE was a porn Star?!?!!?

Wow

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Stop the car.

 

[YianGaruga]

In other news... SHAE was a porn Star?!?!!?

Wow

Yep, German porn star, before she became an actress. Big scandal in Germany when people found out after she was in some successful movie.

 

[Ezio]

Sorry if this has been mentioned but the part with the Warlock in the finale. When Dany speaks to the dragons does she say "Drogan" like, calling for the red one to attack? If so, makes me wonder if he won't be the "leader" or alpha of the 3 dragons then.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Stop the car.

It's true and explains her acting ability.

 

[YianGaruga]

Sorry if this has been mentioned but the part with the Warlock in the finale. When Dany speaks to the dragons does she say "Drogan" like, calling for the red one to attack? If so, makes me wonder if he won't be the "leader" or alpha of the 3 dragons then.

She says "Dracarys" which means dragon fire. It's a command she taught the dragons to breathe fire.

 

[1138]

Sorry if this has been mentioned but the part with the Warlock in the finale. When Dany speaks to the dragons does she say "Drogan" like, calling for the red one to attack? If so, makes me wonder if he won't be the "leader" or alpha of the 3 dragons then.

She said "dracarys", the valryian word for dragonfire.

Edit: Argh, too late.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Quick question;

Spoiler

Rob did marry the girl he loves right? I forget her name. The camera angles were really weird in that scene and I couldn't get a good look at her face.

 

[Ark]

Sorry if this has been mentioned but the part with the Warlock in the finale. When Dany speaks to the dragons does she say "Drogan" like, calling for the red one to attack? If so, makes me wonder if he won't be the "leader" or alpha of the 3 dragons then.

Drogon is the black dragon, the biggest and most powerful of the three. I think the Green one is Rhaegon and the Golden one is Visceron, I always get those two mixed up.

Quick question;

Spoiler

Rob did marry the girl he loves right? I forget her name. The camera angles were really weird in that scene and I couldn't get a good look at her face.

Spoiler

That was Lady Tulisa/Oona Chaplin, yes.

 

[Kwhit10]

Sorry if this has been mentioned but the part with the Warlock in the finale. When Dany speaks to the dragons does she say "Drogan" like, calling for the red one to attack? If so, makes me wonder if he won't be the "leader" or alpha of the 3 dragons then.

She says 'Dracarys' (sp?) I think it's a valyrian word for fire or something. She mentioned it in the show that she uses that as a training word to get them to use their fire.

 

[JGS]

I hope they answer who the actual wealthiest man in Qarth is in Season 3.

Wouldn't it have been the #2 guy who was killed?

I don't even get how you can fake being the #1 wealthy guy and everyone accept it.

 

[bengraven]

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Stop the car.

Yes, and not to be tactless, but it's strange to watch someone acting in your favorite book series adaptation that you used to jerk off to in the early 2000s.

 

[Ezio]

She says 'Dracarys' (sp?) I think it's a valyrian word for fire or something. She mentioned it in the show that she uses that as a training word to get them to use their fire.

Thanks for clearing it up guys! I guess that makes a bit more sense.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Wouldn't it have been the #2 guy who was killed?

I don't even get how you can fake being the #1 wealthy guy and everyone accept it.

Or why didn't they just kill all of Danys guards and drag her to the house of the undying when they took the dragons? Why wait for her to go on her own? Some sort of magic? Something I missed? Wasting time?

 

[Solo]

Quick question;

Spoiler

Rob did marry the girl he loves right? I forget her name. The camera angles were really weird in that scene and I couldn't get a good look at her face.

No it was just some random he met on a bender.

 

[Cornballer]

A couple items this morning:

- WiC.net's compilation of twitter comments from the finale: Twitter Morghulis
- Via WiC.net: Tom Wlaschiha talks about how they did the face changing and working with Maisie Williams (youtube interview in German w/ English subtitles)

 

[Chuck Norris]

That's Cersei right?

Why was she drunk and/or drinking in 95% of her scenes this season?

She did a good job at acting drunk. Or being drunk. Or whatever.

Dude, she was married to Robert Baratheon

 

[frequency]

Dude, she was married to Robert Baratheon

She hated him.

If anything, I would expect her to hate alcohol because of the type of person Robert was.

But whatever. I wasn't complaining about it. I was just making a note/asking.

 

[Massa]

I don't think anyone hates alcohol in Westeros.

 

[Cornballer]

She probably just caught enough alcoholic fumes wafting off him that she developed a drinking problem.

 

[fallengorn]

Wouldn't it have been the #2 guy who was killed?

I don't even get how you can fake being the #1 wealthy guy and everyone accept it.

Qarth's economic and poltical climate is in shambles. (series)

Spoiler

I guess it's just one more city that Dany screws up now.

 

[Cornballer]

- Rolling Stone Ranks the Best and Worst New Characters From S2

 

[bengraven]

- Rolling Stone Ranks the Best and Worst New Characters From S2

Agree so much on Halfhand.

Edit: agree with all of them. Though really it's not a "worst/best" list, but more of a "this is how I felt about this character and how he/she was played" and is very neutral about them all.

Edit 2: lol @ Stannis being the "villain". I know he was played as such to make things easy on the viewing virgins, but lol.

 

[Dany]

- Rolling Stone Ranks the Best and Worst New Characters From S2

Ygitee #7!?!?!

You know nothing, CROW!!!

 

[Emerson]

She hated him.

If anything, I would expect her to hate alcohol because of the type of person Robert was.

But whatever. I wasn't complaining about it. I was just making a note/asking.

I would imagine the real reason Cersei is drinking so much is because:

1) Joffrey is completely unmanageable and will only be getting worse, it seems
2) Jaime is gone

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

We don't know for sure but why else would the perverts running the show change her appearance in Qarth from the book where she has one breast out the entire time? Because the extras didn't want to be nude? I'm sure they could've filled Qarth with a bunch of porn stars.

What? Is this a joke? How are they going to blur or cut away from an entire city of exposed breasts when they release the show for syndication? I don't even...

Really?

 

[biosnake20]

Interview with "Game of Thrones" Star Alfie Allen by WiC's Simone Boyce

 

[Fuzzy]

What? Is this a joke? How are they going to blur or cut away from an entire city of exposed breasts when they release the show for syndication? I don't even...

Really?

Rewatch Qarth scenes and imagine bare breasts (only really needed during the garden party and when she gets turned down by the Spice King) then go catch an episode of the Sopranos on A&E when they're in the Bing. No breasts in Qarth because of syndication is bullshit.

 

[Cornballer]

- SFX.co.uk: 16 Great Moments From Game Of Thrones Season 2
- Onion A|V Club podcast focuses on GoT this week:

The second season of Game Of Thrones ended Sunday night. Our reviewers, Todd VanDerWerff and David Sims, got together to discuss whether the season was a success, which storylines were most and least interesting, and just what's up with all those ice zombies.

 

[Jarmel]

Wow they really are trying to set up Jon's role pretty heavily with that whole HotU scene. I mean they pretty much smacked you with it repeatedly.

Rest of the episode was fine and a slow finisher to the season. I did have issues though with the whole Halfhand sequence as it was pretty shit in regards to the explanation side.

 

[The Lamonster]

Wow they really are trying to set up Jon's role pretty heavily with that whole HotU scene. I mean they pretty much smacked you with it repeatedly.

huh? Are you talking about how there was snow on the throne?

 

[Lothar]

The following is a conversation in the books between Qhorin and Jon that obviously can't happen now. Non-book readers of the thread, read this to see if you would like reading the books. This is an example of something I think the books handled considerably better and the show dropped the ball on big time.

I'll put it in spoilers if someone thinks I should but I don't see why it would be necessary.

When Qhorin Halfhand told him to find some brush for a fire, Jon knew their end was near.

It will be good to feel warm again, if only for a little while, he told himself while he hacked bare branches from the trunk of a dead tree. Ghost sat on his haunches watching, silent as ever. Will he howl for me when I’m dead, as Bran’s wolf howled when he fell? Jon wondered. Will Shaggydog howl, far off in Winterfell, and Grey Wind and Nymeria, wherever they might be?

...


The flames were burning low by then, the warmth fading. “The fire will soon go out,” Qhorin said, “but if the Wall should ever fall, all the fires will go out.”

There was nothing Jon could say to that. He nodded.

“We may escape them yet,” the ranger said. “Or not.”

“I’m not afraid to die.” It was only half a lie.

“It may not be so easy as that, Jon.”

He did not understand. “What do you mean?”

“If we are taken, you must yield.”

“Yield?” He blinked in disbelief. The wildlings did not make captives of the men they called the crows. They killed them, except for . . . “They only spare oathbreakers. Those who join them, like Mance Rayder.”

“And you.”

“No.” He shook his head. “Never. I won’t.”

“You will. I command it of you.”

“Command it? But . . . “

“Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe. Are you a man of the Night’s Watch?”

“Yes, but-”

“There is no but, Jon Snow. You are, or you are not.”

Jon sat up straight. “I am.”

“Then hear me. If we are taken, you will go over to them, as the wildling girl you captured once urged you. They may demand that you cut your cloak to ribbons, that you swear them an oath on your father’s grave, that you curse your brothers and your Lord Commander. You must not balk, whatever is asked of you. Do as they bid you . . . but in your heart, remember who and what you are. Ride with them, eat with them, fight with them, for as long as it takes. And watch.”

“For what?” Jon asked.

“Would that I knew,” said Qhorin. “Your wolf saw their diggings in the valley of the Milkwater. What did they seek, in such a bleak and distant place? Did they find it? That is what you must learn, before you return to Lord Mormont and your brothers. That is the duty I lay on you, Jon Snow.”

“I’ll do as you say,” Jon said reluctantly, “but . . . you will tell them, won’t you? The Old Bear, at least? You’ll tell him that I never broke my oath.”

Qhorin Halfhand gazed at him across the fire, his eyes lost in pools of shadow. “When I see him next. I swear it.” He gestured at the fire. “More wood. I want it bright and hot.”

 

[frequency]

Let's be honest here.
As good as that is, seeing another "MOTHER OF DRAGONS" scene and Robb being dumb scene and Cersei being drunk while speaking poorly of her son scene was worth cutting out Jon's development.

 

[The Lamonster]

The following is a conversation in the books between Qhorin and Jon that obviously can't happen now. Non-book readers of the thread, read this to see if you would like reading the books. This is an example of something I think the books handled considerably better and the show dropped the ball on big time.

I'll put it in spoilers if someone thinks I should but I don't see why it would be necessary.

Plus Qhorin foreshadowing the situation by asking Jon, "is your sword sharp" was chilling and awesome. A real shame.

 

[apana]

- Rolling Stone Ranks the Best and Worst New Characters From S2

Allegedly the hardest of the Night's Watch hardcore, this grizzled veteran may know his way around the lands beyond the Wall, but all he's really achieved this season is exchanging some awkward tough-guy banter with rookie ranger Jon Snow, getting captured by the wildlings like a rookie himself, and attacking Jon to make him look like he's left the Watch to become a wildling too. In other words, dying was the best thing he did.

They got a good actor to play Qhorin, it could have been an epic season if the producers did not fuck it up. Oh well Qhorin I'll miss you at least.

It would have been nice to get Qhorin's backstory like we did with Yoren. I'm not sure if they ever mentioned his past life in the book but I always imagined it was something tragic. See producers, that's the kind of added material we wouldn't mind seeing, enhance the story don't butcher it.

 

[Jarmel]

huh? Are you talking about how there was snow on the throne?

Not only that but also her exiting the Throne Room was just like coming out of the Wall(almost shot for shot), another reference to him.

 

[suzu]

I thought the stuff from the House of the Undying was alluding to how "winter is coming", and then we got that ending with the White Walkers.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I thought the stuff from the House of the Undying was alluding to how "winter is coming", and then we got that ending with the White Walkers.

I honestly though in the moment that Ned was going to appear standing somewhere in the throne room and tell her winter is coming.

 

[ezrarh]

I honestly though in the moment that Ned was going to appear standing somewhere in the throne room and tell her winter is coming.

Would have been a better cameo than Jason Momoa.

 

[apana]

I thought the stuff from the House of the Undying was alluding to how "winter is coming", and then we got that ending with the White Walkers.

Yeah that was the idea. It doesn't matter who controls the iron throne, it will all be pointless if the white walkers breach the wall.

 

[Solo]

Viserys would have made a lot more sense to cameo for Dany than Ned.