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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 5 - Sundays on HBO
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Askherserenity
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Margaery and Cersei scene from early on in the episode was so damn good.
TheChewyWaffles
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2/3 of the stuff in these eps is just filler.
The unsullied picked up the nod without an issue.
I had to rewatch it to see if he even nodded, they made it way too subtle I think.
edit: EW interview w/ the showrunners on the Sansa adaptation: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/26/game-thrones-sansa-ramsay-interview
BobTheFork
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Ahhh,and there it is.
I feel like I've been waiting for Slint to die for two seasons.
Alister's turn to him was great too.
I feel like I've been waiting for Slint to die for two seasons.
Alister's turn to him was great too.
I never thought I'd see this thread complaining about the show not being obvious enough, hah.
Anyway, great episode this week.
I think it is more of a sort of. We are starting to get episodes where almost everything was changed or didn't happen at all in the books. By the end it's going to be the adaptation version of Rashomon. We'll know who is ultimately dead, but the story explaining how we got to that point will be radically different.
dsp
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Yeah, the "you pitiful moron" expression was fantastic.
SpaceHorror
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I think this is a bad idea, though I can't say I blame you.
You'll be fine for the next few seasons, but I think it'll be a different story once they get into A Dream of Spring material. Regardless of how different the journey will be from the book, I expect overall the ending will be the same.
And it's going to be everywhere.
Personally I'd rather just watch the show and whatever it spoils I'll take it on the chin with the knowledge that I'll still get a different, and likely better, experience once all of the books are out.
For me, that's better than having the ending spoiled by some random clickbait article that pops up on Facebook: "GUESS WHO WON THE GAME OF THRONES" with a giant picture of Benjen/Daario/Euron.
cj_iwakura
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Sums up my feelings perfectly. All the changes may seem like blasphemy as far as staying true to source material, but for adapting the core ideas and making them more interesting for a TV audience, I think they're brilliant. I can't wait to see where they take it.
I'll miss certain new characters, but they seem more than capable of using existing ones to deliver the same outcomes.
maisie nailed it when she tries to put the steel face on and then starts breaking down into almost tears. A moment that can never compare to GRRM's writing but still very well acted
cj_iwakura
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Also, despite there not being any nudity(or maybe because of it), Margaery looked stunning.
Really interesting to read that they've had this planned since season 2. I had started to think that maybe they knew as far back as season 3, when they introduced the Myranda character, but it's interesting to get confirmation. I wonder if there were any little hints back then that no one caught.
badcrumble
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Strong indication is that it'll be about Loras based on trailers.
At first I was wondering why he would give a shit about revenge on the Boltons, then I remembered it made sense because they killed Cat. I don't remember reading anything about him reacting to Cats death in the books.
Steelyuhas
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After this episode i'm the only one who thinks that Brienne is going to kill Mannis this season?
Maybe not this season, but her scenes convinced me that at some point that she'll kill Stannis or die trying.
cj_iwakura
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After this episode i'm the only one who thinks that Brienne is going to kill Mannis this season?
I suspect she's going to go after him and wind up being 'hung', a la the Stoneheart scene.
Except that Petyr is pretty much responsible for her death. I highly doubt LF gives two shits about Cat.
After this episode i'm the only one who thinks that Brienne is going to kill Mannis this season?
Her need to save Sansa will overcome her desire to kill Stannis. Probably.
It would be a badass duel though.
Cat wasn't supposed to die at the RW.
Stannis would get absolutely fucking wrecked without his Red Mage support.
He's known for being good at being hungry, and not for his sword skills.
adamsappel
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I don't mind the change to Sansa marrying Ramsay, but it's going to be pretty depressing if they do to her what happened to Jeyne Poole. I'd like to see a little redemption for Theon instead. I thought the Slynt scene was alright, but it felt rushed. I told my wife how the Internet was going to howl for losing the "block" line. It feels like DandD think the audience will not understand anything but the most literal words. "Fetch me a block? A block of what? Ice? Who's Cat?" Is friendly old Jonathan Pryce going to do a proper heel turn as the High Sparrow? I didn't think they were going to have Arya selling oysters for many episodes, but I feel like they're going to breeze through her training.
Here's a petty nitpick. GRRM's describes everyone's clothing as being ridiculously colorful. I mean, House Bolton's color is pink. I realize they can't have all the characters on the show as dandied-up as the books, but nobody in the books wears black except the Night's Watch, and yet that's all anyone in the show wears.
Here's a petty nitpick. GRRM's describes everyone's clothing as being ridiculously colorful. I mean, House Bolton's color is pink. I realize they can't have all the characters on the show as dandied-up as the books, but nobody in the books wears black except the Night's Watch, and yet that's all anyone in the show wears.
Ganzlinger
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"So, we love Sophie Turner so much that instead of Sansa's boring arc in the Eyrie we had the brilliant idea to have her raped by Ramsay".
Seriously, I won't give a fuck anymore...
Sansa was raped this episode?
Ganzlinger
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No, but she will probably be. At least if the so commented scene by Alfie Allen happens like the way it happens on the book with fArya.
I made my peace with that shit ages ago. I agree that the show is way too dressed down in comparison to the show, visually. I imagine HBO was afraid of alienating mainstream viewers.
Steelyuhas
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After this episode i'm the only one who thinks that Brienne is going to kill Mannis this season?
They didn't remind viewers of Brienne's oath this episode for no reason. Sansa is at Winterfell. Stannis wants to take Winterfell. Brienne is going after Sansa and still wants to kill Stannis. All roads are going to intersect at one point. That said, I don't think Stannis will die this season as the show won't have any major Winds spoilers.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure this person wasn't the Dany cosplayer in Volantis.
Ganzlinger
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Yeah, it can always be worse. lol
Citizen_Insane
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Should be familiar territory for Natalie Dormer then since she played Anne Boleyn.
Sansa will get saved last second by Theon or Brienne. It's TV. They are not going to show a character who is supposed to be like 16 years old, getting raped by a torturing serial killer.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Jonathan Pryce is great.
Jon's execution of Slynt is one of my favorite chapters in the books, here it was whatever.
I wonder how long they're going to keep Sansa's hair dyed. At this point anyone who gives a fuck already knows who she is. And I hope Littlefinger has something else planned than just the marriage. The whole thing seems like a bad idea that any competent person would not do.
Jaqen and his hair crack me up when he's wearing the white robes.
Brienne better not kill Stannis, even though the show version (good actor aside) is pretty shitty. He really needs the cart before the horse line.
Jon's execution of Slynt is one of my favorite chapters in the books, here it was whatever.
I wonder how long they're going to keep Sansa's hair dyed. At this point anyone who gives a fuck already knows who she is. And I hope Littlefinger has something else planned than just the marriage. The whole thing seems like a bad idea that any competent person would not do.
Jaqen and his hair crack me up when he's wearing the white robes.
Brienne better not kill Stannis, even though the show version (good actor aside) is pretty shitty. He really needs the cart before the horse line.
PhoenixDark
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I understand why the show isn't as elaborate color wise, but sometimes I do wish for some of the flair you see in some Shakespeare adaptions.
One of the interesting things about the period of history Martin was/is inspired by is that color was really a privilege of the rich, as well as knights. A normal person could go their entire life seeing only brown, black, and other dreary colors. So seeing a royal in flowing, bright colors must have been surreal. Likewise seeing a knight with colorful banners would be equally surreal and also terrifying depending on which side he was on.
One of the interesting things about the period of history Martin was/is inspired by is that color was really a privilege of the rich, as well as knights. A normal person could go their entire life seeing only brown, black, and other dreary colors. So seeing a royal in flowing, bright colors must have been surreal. Likewise seeing a knight with colorful banners would be equally surreal and also terrifying depending on which side he was on.
The stereotype is that Medieval clothing was all drab and dull, despite every shred of historical evidence pointing to the contrary. HBO just didn't have the balls to dispel that myth, same with all the peasants being dirty and filthy.
Hopefully Roose will ask for him to send troops to aid him against Stannis and LF will bring legions of Vale soldiers to crush the Boltons while they're most vulnerable.
Or he'll just go back to King's Landing and leave Sansa to rot. One or the other.
Citizen_Insane
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Yeah, I got the feeling that Littlefinger's plan is for the Red Wedding sequel to happen to the Boltons once Stannis is at the gate. Like the way Tywin opened the gates for Robert's army.
But plans that hurt bad people in this universe always go awry. :/
Jibbajabbawockky
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What's so bizarre to me about them bothering to dye her hair this season, is that it makes next to no sense since everyone knows who she is. At least last season it would have made some amount of sense to have Sansa have her hair dyed when she was first getting to the Vale.
Heh. I wonder if we'll get that line. So far, the show seems to almost be going out of its way to purposefully avoid some of the more iconic lines from the books ("Only Cat." "Edd, fetch me a block.")
Ganzlinger
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It's just me or the tv series is going too fast with the storyline? We are still in the 3rd episode and we are discussing things like the Bolton vs. Stannis war that still didn't happen on the books.
Basileus777
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It's not going to end 1:1 where ADWD ended, especially not with how many of these subplots are completely different.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
7 seasons. It's going to be like this to the end.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Why not just stop watching the show?
They're going for ~ realism ~ or some other such nonsense.
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