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Game of Thrones - Season 2 - George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire - Sundays on HBO
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Basileus777
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It's neverending.
HiroProtagonist
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edit: never mind.
pelicansurf
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Where is the second episode available? HBOGO?
The Lamonster
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Nowhere legally. Just wait until Sunday!
It was dark.
Seriously, he can come across as charming so he can play good guy roles. That said, he was perfectly picked as an evil son.
Neffarias_Bredd
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Episode 2 talk:
Asha/Yara didn't seem as energetic or playful as she does in the books, more badass I guess. I'm cool with this, just wondering why they decided to change her character up
pelicansurf
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Oh, cool. I was freaking out. Thanks.
bengraven
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I like her a lot in the show. (ep 2)
I was shocked, since she's got a butterface and walks like a man. But the Asha in the books comes off as an Errol Flynn like swashbuckler and on the show she seems more down to earth and grittier, while still retaining the ability to mock and have fun. Like...a lot of fun. With family.
Neffarias_Bredd
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yea, I can dig it
Dominican Power
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I still haven't finished the first book. Major procrastination.
I've loved the acting, I think they did justice to their characters. With regards to Jon, well I can see how people would come to that opinion. The truth is when you are an idealistic young teenage hero with all your "complex emotions" it will often come off as bland on screen. We got to be in Jon's head which is what made it interesting. I think Kit has a certain kindness to him that works very well for Jon.
I think the guy who played Viserys totally outdid the book character. He did a good job with what little screen time he had.
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That was my assumption. But they'll probably recast if they use the character going forward.
Also, Renly isn't right!
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People talking about Arya being nominated for supporting role. As much as I like the character... I think the guy who plays Joffrey is just too damned good to passover. He needs to have his nomination. Seriously. No one has been hated as much on television in a long time. He's a damn good actor.
Yep, but only if you're in the netherlands or whatever.
He will have a rough time getting nominated in the best supporting actress category.
Peter Dinklage will be up for best supporting actor.
I disagree. I feel like when your character is written to be so radically evil, it's easy to play the part. There is no subtlety involved, you just act like an evil asshole. Not to say anything against the actor, he does a great job and I'm not saying anyone could play that part, I just don't think his performance is that stand out.
Can somebody explain what this is?
I think he does a decent job too, and the stoicism fits how the character grew up trying his best to not be in the way while still wanting to be someone of value. The way he reacted to Mormont's reprimand was good in showing that imo.
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And yeah, most of what we get from him in the books goes inside his head, it will be particularly difficult to portray his feelings during his time with the wildlings depending on how they write his scenes.
In the King in the North scene in the season one finale, one of the actors adlibbed the line "Renly is not right!" in reference to his claim to the throne. It's just kind of caught on as a meme around here.
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Good points.
Arya is still my favourite young character. Gendry is slowly creeping up the top of the list though.
on the bluray commentary you can hear that the writers never wrote that line. and were surprised at how it got to the final version of the episode. turns out it that the guy who shouts 'renly is not right' didn't even have a line. he just said it in the heat of the moment.
Arya is still my favourite young character. Gendry is slowly creeping up the top of the list though.
it happens during the ''king in the north'' scene in the finale.
on the bluray commentary you can hear that the writers never wrote that line. and were surprised at how it got to the final version of the episode. turns out it that the guy who shouts 'renly is not right' didn't even have a line. he just said it in the heat of the moment.
Lactose_Intolerant
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episode 2: attack of the HBOGO
No one has mentioned the intros to Podrick Payne and Jaqen H'ghar. Pod's was short but was funny. I liked Jaqen's but the other 2 actors in the cage really didn't do it for me.
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Do they say the latter character's full name? If so please tell me how the last name is pronounced.
Wow my original analysis behind why people were saying "Renly is not right" was so wrong. I thought people were saying it since it was ironic considering he is gay and Westerosi culture probably looks down on that as being wrong. That lord said it for the line of succession issues but in that world that line would have been equally applicable to his sexuality so there is a double meaning to it, one that only the viewer can pick up on. But I was 100 percent wrong, it was just something on the commentary that I haven't watched yet.
Lactose_Intolerant
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he says his full name.
I'm not even sure it's really looked down upon. At least not as much as it is in our culture. Whenever I've heard homosexuality mentioned in the books it's always in a mocking manner, like how kids on a playground make fun of a kid for being different, not in a "GOD HATES FAGS" type of way. And GRRM has also mentioned in interviews that in the ancient cultures that inspired a lot of the cultures in his books, it was fairly common for upper class people to take on lovers of the same sex, like Alexander the Great.
bengraven
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Dolorous Edd has the funniest moment in the show. I literally lolled.
Watch it again. Biter is totally CGI for some reason. I know they hired one of them later on, but apparently the schedules didn't match up and they have to film the scenes seperately.
Seriously, look at Biter. He looks like a fucking Force ghost from Jedi.
Sounds like "Hagkar" or "Haggar" actually.
I'm not impressed with the actor.
Yeah he seems more like he's recording the character for an audio book than actually acting the part. But he was only in one scene so I guess we'll see.
I would imagine homosexuality in Westeros is still seen as "wrong" but acceptable for high lords to do as long as they don't publicize it. I don't think a King could ever come out as having a male lover. The average person and probably a lot of the lower lords would have seen it as wrong.
bengraven
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I'm hoping so. He doesn't really look the part, so acting like he's doing an audition on Youtube isn't winning me over.
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Some of us are fairly certain she's basically going to be the Chataya part. So many roles are being cut from the books of minor and minor-minor characters that it makes sense.
Also, they really liked her in episode 1 and wanted her back and she was also willing to simulate sex acts for their sexploitation shots.
Also, that scene with Littlefinger was worth it because he probably has his most evil moment in the entire series...
Also, they really liked her in episode 1 and wanted her back and she was also willing to simulate sex acts for their sexploitation shots.
Also, that scene with Littlefinger was worth it because he probably has his most evil moment in the entire series...
Cornballer
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Please make sure to spoiler tag any Ep 2 discussion. Thanks for your help.
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Amazing how beautiful Shae is when she's not trying to act like a whore.
Supermanisdead
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Lol, was that line not part of the script? They all looked so shocked.
Just for comparison's sake.
I see it! Your gif is slowed down.
Cornballer
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Plywood, I'm not sure any of these will be useful, but these are potentially gif-able moments from Episode 2.01:
- the Hound smacking that guy over the wall
- Mormont throwing Jon against the wall
- The shot of Melisandre after the poisoning
- The profile shot of Grey Wind going after Jaime
- the Hound smacking that guy over the wall
- Mormont throwing Jon against the wall
- The shot of Melisandre after the poisoning
- The profile shot of Grey Wind going after Jaime
Cornballer
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Thanks. If they look like crap or you're not feeling it, don't worry about it. It wasn't an episode with a ton of moments that looked like they'd be great gifs.
bengraven
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You know she's a porn star, right?
Forceatowulf
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The honorable man known as bengraven... he does not speak lies.......
The honorable man known as bengraven... he does not speak lies.......
Maybe it's already been done by someone else, but my favorite moment in the episode might be Tyrion's reaction to Cersei's clarification that they have one Stark, not two. Dinklage manages to play really broad comedy very naturally. It's wonderful.
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