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Game of Thrones *Tagged Book Spoilers, Please Read OP* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO
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Tumblr should probably just hang itself.
This is really shaping up to be the series best season to date. Not having to cram an entire book into one season has given the material the space it needs to breathe. They have the freedom now to include more intimate character building scenes instead of rushing from one major plot point to the next. I've even enjoyed most of the changes from the book thus far. While it may have lacked the excitement of the fourth and fifth episodes, I can't think of a single complaint I have about this episode.
I liked the new scenes with the BwB and Mel and Tywin and Olenna (a much more memorable character on the show than in the book) and the great effects shots and action at the Wall (again, an improvement on the book IMO). Roose's line about Jaime "overplaying his...position" was my favorite of the night.
A few spoilery observations.
I liked the new scenes with the BwB and Mel and Tywin and Olenna (a much more memorable character on the show than in the book) and the great effects shots and action at the Wall (again, an improvement on the book IMO). Roose's line about Jaime "overplaying his...position" was my favorite of the night.
A few spoilery observations.
Melisandre's vision of Arya seems to foreshadow events which haven't even been hinted at in the books.
Jojen Reed's vision of Jon Snow surrounded by enemies on the wrong side of the Wall may have a less obvious interpretation. Is it a vision of the present with the wildlings, or the future with the White Walkers?
I don't think the books ever revealed who gave the order to Mandon Moore to kill Tyrion.
Jojen Reed's vision of Jon Snow surrounded by enemies on the wrong side of the Wall may have a less obvious interpretation. Is it a vision of the present with the wildlings, or the future with the White Walkers?
I don't think the books ever revealed who gave the order to Mandon Moore to kill Tyrion.
blainethemono
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Have you not actually read the books?ADWD
She's blinded.
Later in (ADWD)
she regains her sight though
the "eyes you will shut forever" line sounds to me like it's prophesying/foreshadowing her becoming an assassin
oneils
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Those people do understand that grrm wrote asoiaf? Right?
You're confusing the names of things. [ASoS]
Red Wedding = Edmure's wedding where Robb and Cat die. Purple Wedding = Joffrey's wedding where Joffrey dies.
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Huh? Red Wedding is happening in the 9th episode. Rob and Cat are dying then. Joffrey's wedding/death will happen sometime in season 4.
Macmanus
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[AFFC] When a
faceless man sheds their appearance, they are gone forever. Jaqen H'ghar said as much. Melisandre was clearly eluding to that. Arya has already killed in the show. Stating she will simply kill more comes off as a limp prophecy by comparison.
Since when are they taking the week off?
They are taking that week off? They didn't last year. That was the week Blackwater was on.
To avoid what happened last year, unless I'm mistaken, where the 9th episode got the lowest ratings of the season due to the long weekend.
And it was one of the lowest (if not the lowest) rated episode that season when it came to initial viewers.
Question about Theon:
I've not read the books but I have been spoiled pretty heavily. I don't mind the spoils and can still enjoy the show. Therefore, I don't know what book these spoilers are from:
edit: guess its not really spoilery, but still
I've not read the books but I have been spoiled pretty heavily. I don't mind the spoils and can still enjoy the show. Therefore, I don't know what book these spoilers are from:
I understand what becomes of Theon in the books, but it seems pretty pointless. Why are they spending so much time on him being tortured? I would have rather watched a Dany scene instead, which there were none.
edit: guess its not really spoilery, but still
Ok, that's great. So they are skipping Memorial day? I just had not heard that up till now.
Great for the ratings, but I want mooooore GOT.
You can't just drop an actor for several years and then ask him to come back. He may be busy doing another job instead. While this is interesting to see unfold I'm not sure for how much longer will they be able to stretch the torturing business though.
Macmanus
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Probably because GRRM has revealed
his import to the story. He plays incredibly heavily in ADWD, and is a POV character in the yet to be published sixth book. The viewers also need a connection (if tenuous) to the Iron Isles because they will be heavily featured in the upcoming seasons.
Ziek said:
If you really want to know (all series)
he's kind of the only one left in the North that can identify Bran and Rickon by the end of ADWD, which makes him incredibly valuable. Not only can he identify them, but he can vouch for the fact that he didn't kill either of them. He's still got a pretty big role to play.
Evolution_1ne
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what episode was this
holy fuck lmao
Season 2 episode 14
thestopsign
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Was probably my least favorite episode of the season. Some of the changes they made from the books are confusing, and I really don't think what is happening anywhere in the north is translating to TV well.
Soderbergh's Liberace movie instead. Makes more sense than premiering it on a Saturday I suppose.
toddhunter
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Torture scene was a bit too much for my tastes. Just showing a ripped off bit of skin as the aftermath would probably have done the trick.
But not forever... So, that just doesn't add up.Have you not actually read the books?She's blinded.
DrForester
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They REALLY should have held off introducing Theon again till halfway through this season. They seem to be moving far to quickly with this stuff.
People thing that was graphic? Oh god.
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They're in for a rude awakening in 3 episodes Particularly if they go full-bore and have the whole wolfs-head thing, which I'm thinking they may not do with the RW.
Particularly if they go full-bore and have the whole wolfs-head thing, which I'm thinking they may not do with the RW.But book change automaically = bad!
cj_iwakura
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People thing that was graphic? Oh god.
[ASOS]They're in for a rude awakening in 3 episodes
ASOS/Season 3
They did. An extra commented on a man's head sewn onto a wolf's corpse.
Oops. I forgot! ;-)
Emerson
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Biting criticism there.
StriKeVillain
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I could actually do with more. The Boltons are the most interesting characters in the book for me.
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