cuevas. PhD.
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I liked the whole epic battle episode but I really would have enjoyed just more story development. I guess 1 battle a season is alright.
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*NO BOOK SPOILERS* Game of Thrones - Season 2 - Sundays on HBO (read rules in OP)
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cuevas. PhD.
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There's like nothing going on over there, let em be.
Hot Coldman
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Man, I want Jean Reno to be in this show now.
But she is the MOTHER OF DRAGONS and Jorah is the man.
Would you settle for Janet Reno?
After all those off-screen battles we really deserved this one.
Hot Coldman
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Standard TV thread practice, I think. Just put it behind a link, so those of us who want to can check it out.
Al-ibn Kermit
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Didn't Joffrey order the murder of the bastards?
He could play a mysterious milk-drinking loner that teams up with Arya and teaches her how to assassinate people!
Pretty much. I'm not annoyed with Dany like so many others, but she hasn't had much to do for weeks and weeks now. Things in Qarth are moving very slowly.
I thought it was the man on fire that rattled him. Maybe it is his weakness because of what happened to him as a child.
cuevas. PhD.
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Holy shit how did I forget about that? And when he warned them to keep those flaming arrows away from him it makes complete sense, the little hounds afraid of fire ahahahahahaha
Dutch Gronk
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Pretty sure it was Jofrey, she said it wasn't her when the Half Man confronted her.
i thought they were pretty clear that this was the case. He even says he is going to go somewhere that isnt burning, like the North
Grimm Fandango
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Jesus guys, just don't fucking do it! How hard is it to follow some simple rules? (regarding that promo gif)
check out the hbo map, it's pretty close (but more than several days have likely passed since we saw Tywin leave). Can probably get a better idea by going back to when they discuss Stannis' advancement. They mention a few times how far away he is
http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/map/locations/
ha, the way it comes across in the show (the seemingly short time it takes for characters to travel from place to place, or the fact that there appears to be only one larger city), you'd think that Westeros is maybe the size of Britain, but I was told it's actually more like NA
ElectricBlue187
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Wow what an amazing episode. Everyone in it acted magnificently especially Tyrion, probably his best performance to date. A real epic battle! Yes!
TDLink
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If you look at HBO's map Harrenhal is not all that far from King's Landing. Based on episode 8 both when Tywin left and the comments by Stannis and Davos on how far out they were it seems Tywin was riding somewhere between 2 and 4 days. I can find it totally believable that he made it there when he did.
Here's the map for reference: http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/map/episodes/
Here's the map for reference: http://viewers-guide.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/season2/#!/map/episodes/
ElectricBlue187
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Didn't Tywin say he was going to catch the wolf off guard? Arya seemed pretty sure he was going north.
FunkyPajamas
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Well, two of those are fighters, the other is an assassin. Can't really compare them. (If Jaqen is some sort of badass fighter as well please don't spoil me, I don't wanna know)
SouthernDragon
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A man can dream of more appearances.
Funky Papa
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ElectricBlue187
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nope
It was their lives or his for the final name.
Funky Papa
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I thought that's what he said too. Maybe he does know who Arya is and was trying to feed her false information to send to her brother. I'm reaching, I know.
Funky Papa
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It's still every bit as impressive after successive views. The way it travels above water and ravages Stanni's fleet is incredible. Even the sound was freaky and oddly different, as if wildfire were something more than just a mix of chemicals (I'm going to go out on a limb and say that pyromancers are actually recreating dragon's breath/saliva).
I've seen a lot (and I mean a lot) of blockbusters with worse explosions.
I had the same thought, I think it's plausible but not probable.
Funky Papa
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No way Tywin would abandon such a tremendously valuable hostage. At very least she'd be caged.
I was thinking he was saying that in connection to his options on hindsight.
He also could have changed his mind. I still can't see by the map how he hooked up with Tyrell in time to go back to King's Landing unless they were coming to meet him or still leaving Renly.
Well he left her in essentially the same position that Sansa is in. Sure she can walk around, but she isn't free to go anywhere.
I'm guessing the Tyrell stuff was set into motion by Little Finger
Presumably, if Robb knew he was on the move, he'd come after him, or use the opportunity to take key fortresses or what have you. The march to King's Landing was done suddenly and without warning, to take Robb off guard and not allow him to take advantage.
I was thinking that but until the last minute he hadn't set a plan in place so his plans could have still changed. From the conversation with his men, there's no indication he was meeting up with Tyrell for a planned attack whether it was against Robb or Stannis
Like I said earlier, it makes more sense for him to rescue his family and retain the throne for his grandkid in Kings Landing than fight off Robb despite Robb apparently surrounding from the north Lannister's House. I imagine they may have to explain this next week anyway for Kings landing to know what happened.
Grimm Fandango
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The sound mixing deserves some credit too. Dat bass sounded amazing.
Conrad Link
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That part was sooo good.
It really really was. I loved it.
Its like in a world where honour and a mans word blah blah and all that crap means so much to everyone. Shes just like like sif I give a f**k bout that stuff? I get results.
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I think helping her escape used up her last name. Not sure, can anyone clear it up?
That's what the whole no honor thing was about. Helping her escape cost more than 3 lives. He had to choose his name as one or the the escape which costs many lives.
They are straight.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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The casting folk on GoT love their adult entertainers.
Bronn's nude girl from "Blackwater" is Sahara Knite.
The girl that Ros brutally spanks in front of Joffrey is Maisie Dee.
Tyrion's girlfriend is Sibel Kekilli.
And Esmé Bianco, Ros, is a Burlesque performer.
Bronn's nude girl from "Blackwater" is Sahara Knite.
The girl that Ros brutally spanks in front of Joffrey is Maisie Dee.
Tyrion's girlfriend is Sibel Kekilli.
And Esmé Bianco, Ros, is a Burlesque performer.
Last Hearth
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Yeah, all Tywin said is that he wants to be on the move for a night before Robb finds out, I think what he feared that if Robb finds out too fast, Robb might march behind him and take his army in the rear before he gets to Kings Landing, and that would be really bad because then he'd lose his forces, and King's Landing will fall too. So even if we wasn't marching at Robb Stark, he still wants his movement hidden from him.
ElectricBlue187
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Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Honestly, they're probably cheaper, easier to find, and more willing to do full nude scenes.
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