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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 5 - Sundays on HBO
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Basileus777
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What is she going to do if she is suspicious? She has no power in the North or Vale.
Have him declared an enemy of the crown? She seems able to convince her son of pretty much anything.
That's because if it was like the books they wouldn't be able to sail through it. Valyria basically looks exactly the way the ancient cities on the Rhoyne are described in the books. I'd complain but like I said they had to find a non-boring way to explain Valyria to show watchers so the only way to do that was to sail through it. Too bad Tyrion wasn't reunited with his long lost Uncle Gerron.
Have him arrested while he's in King's Landing?
He means if Littlefinger just ignored the raven and kept going about his business.
BrightLightLava
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Best ep of the season so far. I'm glad things are actually starting to happen.
Couldn't help but think this though:
Couldn't help but think this though:
Orbis Tabula
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I don't mind moving the Stone Men to Valyria too much. Makes sense for TV show reasons. However, I'm not totally happy about it because 1) I imagined Valyria being grander, and 2) I expected smoking seas and all kinds of terribleness. Not just an old ruin.
Basileus777
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That's a lot less dangerous than what she could do to him in King's Landing. Being made an enemy of the crown might not even upset his plans.
She has too many enemies to want to rile the Vale as well though. Not that they particularly care about Littlefinger.
This show's soundtrack is a huge missed opportunity all around, imo.
The way it just reuses house themes over and over just gets on my nerve snow.
bengraven
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As far as anyone knows in KL Littlefinger is innocent and hasn't done anything. He's just been gone a long long time.
I was more distracted by the spastic editing. "Blurry arm" "blurry face rawring quick cut away" "something incoherent splashed".
The only thing soundtrack wise that bothers me is that the Winterfell motif is really really short. You get a very short, but brilliant piece of it in the pilot and it goes no where. Whereas something like Rains or the theme song has a longer more recognizable melody. Winterfell is literally five or six brilliant bars, then blah fantasy music.
I was more distracted by the spastic editing. "Blurry arm" "blurry face rawring quick cut away" "something incoherent splashed".
The only thing soundtrack wise that bothers me is that the Winterfell motif is really really short. You get a very short, but brilliant piece of it in the pilot and it goes no where. Whereas something like Rains or the theme song has a longer more recognizable melody. Winterfell is literally five or six brilliant bars, then blah fantasy music.
badcrumble
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This episode's Brienne scene suggested that everyone's keeping it a secret that Sansa is in Winterfell, even if the Boltons know about it. That point wasn't communicated very well before, and I still don't buy the idea of Cersei straight up not finding out about it, but yeah, that at least more sense than just sort of openly parading her into Winterfell.
m_shortpants
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Oh man, I am not looking forward to the Ramsay Sansa wedding night >_<
Especially with all the warnings all these actors have been giving
Especially with all the warnings all these actors have been giving
Lol nobody in all of Planetos would refer to Littlefinger as "innocent". I'm sure the show's Faith Millitant wouldn't have any trouble at all to justify giving Littlefinger a solid thwacking on the head, if only for running brothels -- which feature GAY SEX!!!, no less.
Dusk Soldier
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I noticed that when they toasted to the wedding she had nothing to say. She just kind've sat there, not even bothering to raise her glass.
But when the pregnancy was announced, she immediately congratulated Roose and Walda.
The wheels were definitely spinning in her brain.
bengraven
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Hypothetically she could still be going by the name Alayne in Winterfell. No one in the castle proper are left over from Ned's time and I doubt she's able to leave the keep itself and go into the winter town. Like you said, it's a secret to some, hence the scene with Brienne and the man.
But I don't think anyone who knows she's there wants to tell King's Landing because they're either Bolton or Stark supporters and neither team can afford Cercei to find out.
I mean innocent of conspiring. Or successfully conspiring.
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Hizdahr is another totally different character from the books, so I'll call him Hugh. Hugh is a weepy kid, totally different from the smiling backstabber from ADWD.
Kit's got it at last. Just like Lena he finally has the character by the balls and plays the part perfectly. It's going to hurt when they stab him.
Hizdahr is another totally different character from the books, so I'll call him Hugh. Hugh is a weepy kid, totally different from the smiling backstabber from ADWD.
Kit's got it at last. Just like Lena he finally has the character by the balls and plays the part perfectly. It's going to hurt when they stab him.
bengraven
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"these big...strong hands..."
"It doesn't matter...you're my daughter and a princess..."
it's supposed to have volcanoes still erupting making impossible even for wildlife to survive, also Valyrian's architecture was supposed to be a lot more grandiose in scope and technique, not just some Angkor Wat-like ruins (which I love but make no sense with what Valyria was supposed to be)
m_shortpants
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Sure. I always imagined it like a burning wasteland with Warcraft like fel demons walking around. I guess this was more accurate.
I dug the overgrown ruins, but the sky was a real disappointment. Missed a real chance with that, would've made the place look a lot more sinister and foreboding with some dark red hues.
Sickboy007
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So many funny quips about Jorah in the other place.
Geodude, Georah, Forever A-Stone, Lord Friendstone. I'm dying.
Geodude, Georah, Forever A-Stone, Lord Friendstone. I'm dying.
I thought Valyria looked great. Making it totally Roman would've been too on the nose.
The trip didn't really justify why everyone's so superstitious about it though. The only danger was Stone Men. But Stone Men aren't endemic to Valyria, they get shipped there by the Free Cities...
The trip didn't really justify why everyone's so superstitious about it though. The only danger was Stone Men. But Stone Men aren't endemic to Valyria, they get shipped there by the Free Cities...
I didn't like how they made the Stone Men look.
They were just normal dudes with shit on their face.
The books made them sound like animated statues, their whole bodies petrified, their singular task being to grab onto people and drown them in the river.
The shaky cam also pissed me off. What's going on? They'd rather you not see because the choreography is shit!
They were just normal dudes with shit on their face.
The books made them sound like animated statues, their whole bodies petrified, their singular task being to grab onto people and drown them in the river.
The shaky cam also pissed me off. What's going on? They'd rather you not see because the choreography is shit!
bengraven
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Fairly certain that's basically what it is supposed to be. Though the demons like Asshai might be more subtle horrors.
Budget reasons I guess.
And yeah, they didn't want us to see them completely hence the shitty camera work during that scene.
Right? He's been so much better this season as Jon. Doing a great job in his role
Moff
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valyria looked completely else than I imagined it, I always expected volcano landscapes, liefeless. but it was full of life. I didn't mind it though, I think it looked fantastic. and drogons appearance was just majestic. the stone men were indeed a bit goofy. but I never expected to see tyrion drown in this season, it is really odd to see few small scenes from the books in storylines that have departed so much from them. but I am actually fine with most of the changes.
m_shortpants
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Maybe he's been okay from the start? I mean he's played the confused kid with misconceptions about the NW to leader of the NW fairly convincingly.
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He's always been good in his role IMO. This season he took a huge step as an actor
The thing about Valyria is that people say it's hell because of all the legends surrounding it, but no one goes close to it. I don't remember anyone but Euron saying they have seen Valyria with their own eyes. And Euron might be lying.
I always thought George would pull something with Valyria in the end with people living there or something.
I always thought George would pull something with Valyria in the end with people living there or something.
I'm not a book reader but from what I read about fake Arya everyone had their way with her because she was a low born and no one really cared what happened to her, so I feel Sansa is not really occupying her story arch, am I way off? Even when Jeoffrey tortured Sansa he just beat her and even mentioned to "leave her face", and he responded to no one, not even her mother, Ramsey at least hears his father and he already reprimanded him for scaring Sansa at dinner.
m_shortpants
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I will always rag on him for his confused dumb look but I'd say he's a solid actor.
Hopefully Ramsay isn't terrible to her.
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