Re: Game of Thrones

by magpie Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:45 pm

Sushi Master wrote:
magpie wrote:
Sushi Master wrote:
magpie wrote:
alfredandrew wrote:Yeah... Winter doesn't come for like 4 books lolll.
Oi, if I wanted spoilers I'd ask.

Winter better come soon, dammit, I only have access to HBO through a friend... and for like 6 more months...
Don't they show them through the online HBO channel?

Also, there are... other ways

I think you have to sign up for the online stuff... and yes, there is always pirating. Sometimes, though, I like being able to shit down five minutes before the show with a bowl of popcorn and not have to worry about torrenting it.
But... but then you can get the popcorn anytime you like!

I already substitute popcorn for at least two meals a week... I shall survive. Wink

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:37 pm

magpie wrote:
alfredandrew wrote:Yeah... Winter doesn't come for like 4 books lolll.
Oi, if I wanted spoilers I'd ask.

Winter better come soon, dammit, I only have access to HBO through a friend... and for like 6 more months...

Lol, my apologies Very Happy

Reviews by some of the critics I follow (spoilers of ep 8, obviously):
Alan Sepinwall: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/game-of-thrones-the-pointy-end-cold-wind-rising
Mo Ryan: http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/06/game-of-thrones-season-1-episode-8-recap/
James P. : http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/06/game-of-thrones-watch-the-quality-of-mercy/

by magpie Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:41 pm

alfredandrew wrote:
magpie wrote:
alfredandrew wrote:Yeah... Winter doesn't come for like 4 books lolll.
Oi, if I wanted spoilers I'd ask.

Winter better come soon, dammit, I only have access to HBO through a friend... and for like 6 more months...

Lol, my apologies

Reviews by some of the critics I follow (spoilers of ep 8, obviously):
Alan Sepinwall: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/game-of-thrones-the-pointy-end-cold-wind-rising
Mo Ryan: http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/06/game-of-thrones-season-1-episode-8-recap/
James P. : http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/06/06/game-of-thrones-watch-the-quality-of-mercy/

No worries. I've never been the one to care about spoilers. Plus the gf has been reading them while she was away and we've been comparing notes. Things are bound to get spoiled.

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:40 am

Episode 8 is probably the best one by far, GRRM wrote the script himself. So intense, although the sword fight left something to be desired

by magpie Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:58 am

Twoism wrote:Episode 8 is probably the best one by far, GRRM wrote the script himself. So intense, although the sword fight left something to be desired

Yeah, but it just confirms my theory that nice people south of the wall are going to die. Period. End of story. They have to do something mean spirited to survive.

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:03 am

Yeah Westeros is no place for decency and honor.

by magpie Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:10 am

That's really my only problem so far. It has been kind of predictable in who dies and who lives. Or maybe that is just me. I love the series as a whole, definitely the feudal aspect of it, but I know that Dany is going to have to undergo some change soon... or she will not make it to season 2.

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:25 am

Don't want to spoil you but out of all characters Dany will surprise you the most. There are still other honorable men around they just don't fit well with King's Landing and the cunning of house Lannisters. Like you said, GRRM loves to kill off the characters at their peak where readers root for them the most.

I just watched couple of eps of Camelot and The Borgias, gotta see bad to appreciate the good.

by magpie Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:35 am

I assumed something would happen (or why bring up the Targaryen's story at all?). If he didn't plan for her to be something... he would have used any number of other elements to drive the Dothraki to Westeros. This is an expansion of the idea of Chekhov's Gun.

For those of you who are not in the know, Chekhov's Gun is an assumption that because an item was mentioned, it is important. If the author goes through the trouble to describe something or show you something they means to do something with it. In film this is a bit different, but the idea is basically the same: if the director makes a big deal out of something it is important. It seems like common sense, but almost always in hindsight. By the way, if you apply this: you'll ruin every Encyclopedia Brown book ever... Crying or Very sad

The previews leave little to imagination of a writer. Wink

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:46 am

Good one sir to mention Chekhov's gun, "if you want to learn how to write short stories, read Chekhov" can't remember who said that.

You are right but I guess the element of surprise is "how" in this case. Anyways, I would say by the end of the series if they carry on til the final book, GOT will go down as one of the best among The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:57 am

LOL ASOIAF has been called many thing but predictable is not one of them Wink

Sure you know certain characters will do certain things, but you don't know the twists and turns it will take to get there.

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:03 am

It's much harder to spot anything predictable in the book than the tv series though so that might be what he means, in the tv series.

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:16 am

Really? I find it exactly the opposite. Let's say you're reading a passage in a book where it describes a room and it makes note that one of the many portraits in the room resembles the visitor, foreshadowing that perhaps the person who owns this room and the person who is visiting the room are related. In a series, the portrait would be in the background but there would be nothing to differentiate it from the other ones in the room. It's just another portrait.

by Twoism Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:34 am

I'm talking about grand scheme not exposition, one hour episode the viewers will have firm view of what has happened and what might be. In the book since it's POV, you follow one person's agenda only, some less interesting than others, I tend to lose focus on some characters, Cersei is good for laugh but her story is just too crazy, almost comic relief.

Also visual does help. For example, Joffrey the incest son - you have the hair, the facial expression from Ned, Tyrion. Or the symbolism of Tywin skinning that stag. Littlefinger in the book was a lots more interesting as well but the brothel in episode 7 almost sum him up entirely.

by Sushi Master Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:58 am

If you handn't read the books before watching the TV series... it would be different Smile

I say it's easier predicting something written than something visual, just because you have tons more time to digest the information, and can be more detailed than in visual form.

The opposite happened to me with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I watched the movies before reading the books. The books are just on another level, even with the godly movies showing you most things.

by magpie Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:54 pm

LotR was interesting, I read through them in grade school and in doing so probably missed a lot. I skipped a lot of stuff because I was on deadlines with reports and stuff. I feel that reading class ruined reading for me because it turned reading (something I used to love) into work.

Now I have a ton of trouble reading anything longer than a few pages. The last actual book I read was Yahtzee's Mogworld. I'd prefer to write.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:38 pm

Preview.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:34 pm

So what did you guys think of the last episode?

I'm kind of disappointed they didn't actually show the battles, or gave us Rob's masterplan beforehand. Although I suppose that with a TV budget that would have been asking for too much (Rome also cut to the end of the battles rather than showing them).

by Swanhends Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:03 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:So what did you guys think of the last episode?

I'm kind of disappointed they didn't actually show the battles, or gave us Rob's masterplan beforehand. Although I suppose that with a TV budget that would have been asking for too much (Rome also cut to the end of the battles rather than showing them).

I thought there way of skipping over the battle was clever and quite funny

Although I DO think they should have at least explained Robbs plan

Maybe I missed it, but did they even mention what went on there? It sort of seemed like they just cut to Robb capturing Jaime Lannister without even mentioning the circumstances surrounding the capture or Robbs plan at all

Missed the boat a little there imo

by cyberman Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:27 pm

the most overhyped tv show of all time

a cross between sopranos and the the wire? were the revieers drunk when they wrote that?

maybe for people who like to play star wars, but not for me

by Sushi Master Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:48 pm

Spoiler:

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:29 pm

[spoiler ][/spoiler] Sushi!

by nj Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:11 am

Sushi Master wrote:Damn.

shouldnt spoil for the others who havent seen it yet mate.
thank god i didnt read your post before watching the episode lol.

by Sushi Master Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:29 am

My bad! I was wrong assuming everyone who came in here just came from watching the latest episode Very Happy

Spoilerized it now.

by Soul Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:28 am

Thank god I didnt read that.

What's the latest episode btw? Last one I watched was 8

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:52 am

Roman the last episode that aired is episode 9.

Preview for episode 10, looks kick-ass!

Spoiler:

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