Game of Thrones (TV Show)

[tented]

RE: Game of Thrones

I think you'd appreciate the acting more if you read the books. Even the bland characters such as Sansa are played very well.

Do you mean "appreciate the acting even more"? Because I love the actors.

Yep

The casting, and therefore the acting, is top-notch. Usually in a film or TV show there's at least one actor who's noticeably inferior to the others. Honestly, I can't think of even one example of that in GOT.

Dinklage and Headey have a great relationship. Their scenes are always some of the best.

SPOILERS:



I was sad to see the Hound get killed, because I loved the journey he and Arya were on. Their camaraderie was special, and provided some of the best laughs.

The death of Tywin also upset me. He's a great actor, and the role was so instrumental in forwarding multiple plot lines.

During the first season, I thought Jon Snow was going to be a side note, at best, and therefore get killed off by season's end. Wrong! And I'm glad I was wrong. He's another terrific actor, whose character became increasingly complex over the four seasons. His scenes with Mance/Ciaran Hinds (another great actor) were always superb, especially their meeting in the tent right before Stannis and his troops arrived.

Geez, I could go on and on. Some many great actors/actresses, so many complex and intriguing characters, so many well-written scenes ...

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

I think you'd appreciate the acting more if you read the books. Even the bland characters such as Sansa are played very well.

Do you mean "appreciate the acting even more"? Because I love the actors.

Yep

The casting, and therefore the acting, is top-notch. Usually in a film or TV show there's at least one actor who's noticeably inferior to the others. Honestly, I can't think of even one example of that in GOT.

Dinklage and Headey have a great relationship. Their scenes are always some of the best.

SPOILERS:



I was sad to see the Hound get killed, because I loved the journey he and Arya were on. Their camaraderie was special, and provided some of the best laughs.

The death of Tywin also upset me. He's a great actor, and the role was so instrumental in forwarding multiple plot lines.

During the first season, I thought Jon Snow was going to be a side note, at best, and therefore get killed off by season's end. Wrong! And I'm glad I was wrong. He's another terrific actor, whose character became increasingly complex over the four seasons. His scenes with Mance/Ciaran Hinds (another great actor) were always superb, especially their meeting in the tent right before Stannis and his troops arrived.

Geez, I could go on and on. Some many great actors/actresses, so many complex and intriguing characters, so many well-written scenes ...

Agreed. It was going to be a great show no matter what but the acting is what makes it special. I do wonder how the show will do without the boss (Lord Tywin) around. He was the straw that stirred the drink in King's Landing the past couple seasons. I will miss the father-son/daughter conversations.

I too was saddened by the Hound. He is an awesome character, one of my favorites on the show. I will hold out some hope in that his death was implied. All other major character deaths you know 100% that they are dead.

 

[the AntiPusher]

RE: Game of Thrones

I think you'd appreciate the acting more if you read the books. Even the bland characters such as Sansa are played very well.

Do you mean "appreciate the acting even more"? Because I love the actors.

Yep

The casting, and therefore the acting, is top-notch. Usually in a film or TV show there's at least one actor who's noticeably inferior to the others. Honestly, I can't think of even one example of that in GOT.

Dinklage and Headey have a great relationship. Their scenes are always some of the best.

SPOILERS:



I was sad to see the Hound get killed, because I loved the journey he and Arya were on. Their camaraderie was special, and provided some of the best laughs.

The death of Tywin also upset me. He's a great actor, and the role was so instrumental in forwarding multiple plot lines.

During the first season, I thought Jon Snow was going to be a side note, at best, and therefore get killed off by season's end. Wrong! And I'm glad I was wrong. He's another terrific actor, whose character became increasingly complex over the four seasons. His scenes with Mance/Ciaran Hinds (another great actor) were always superb, especially their meeting in the tent right before Stannis and his troops arrived.

Geez, I could go on and on. Some many great actors/actresses, so many complex and intriguing characters, so many well-written scenes ...

Agreed. It was going to be a great show no matter what but the acting is what makes it special. I do wonder how the show will do without the boss (Lord Tywin) around. He was the straw that stirred the drink in King's Landing the past couple seasons. I will miss the father-son/daughter conversations.

I too was saddened by the Hound. He is an awesome character, one of my favorites on the show. I will hold out some hope in that his death was implied. All other major character deaths you know 100% that they are dead.

I am hoping the Hound will be back.. Lord Tywin is a huge lost.. Think about it .. Who is gonna be bad enough to stand up the Mother of Dragons and her armies(Don't tell me if you read the book already.).. I still haven't recovered from the Red Wedding.:cry Rob Stark was a proper chap, never did anything wrong to anyone but didnt wont to marry one of Frye's gruesome looking daughters.imo

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

Onto favorite scenes from Season 2:

I would put the whole Blackwater episode here but Tyrion's speech sticks out the most:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVkm60TPKk


A lot of great Tyrion and Cersei conversations to choose from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-a9iEjEM4 - about the only time Cersei gets the better of him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtPtJCFbc5U


Tyrion takes out the trash in great fashion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0VXYz7cjGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wecjshfbo

 

[kskate2]

RE: Game of Thrones

For all you GOT lovers. Sean Bean is starring in a new show on TNT called Legends. It premieres August 13 at 9pm EST.

 

[kskate2]

RE: Game of Thrones

GOT star J.J. Murpy has passed away. He was 86.

http://www.hngn.com/articles/38753/20140811/game-thrones-star-j-murphy-dies-days-filming-scenes-ser.htm

 

[tented]

RE: Game of Thrones

The new season begins tomorrow (Sunday) night, at 9 PM (Eastern).

They're showing a marathon of season 3 beginning at 11 AM.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Game of Thrones

Can't wait! I finally started reading the books as well (in book three right now). That teaser trailer had me jumping up and down.

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

Pretty good opening episode I thought. Covered a lot of different characters and had meaningful action for most of them.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Game of Thrones

Pretty good opening episode I thought. Covered a lot of different characters and had meaningful action for most of them.

Have you read the books?

 

[MashaFan]

RE: Game of Thrones

4 episodes of Season 5 have leaked on the Internet
Leaked Game of Thrones Episodes Trigger Piracy Craze

My fav characters are

Daenerys Targaryen (click on the Youtube symbol down to the right)
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWR8wvqQw8[/video]

Arya Stark
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-gmfGY3fLc[/video]

 

[tented]

RE: Game of Thrones

Pretty good opening episode I thought. Covered a lot of different characters and had meaningful action for most of them.

I agree. I finally watched it last night, after spending most of Sunday night, then several more hours last night, re-watching all of season 4 -- a huge endeavor, but well worth it.

(I have not read the books, so if anyone knows the answers to the following comments, please don't tell me. Thanks!)

- I'm curious what they're going to do with Tyrion, now that he's in exile.

- It's a shame they got rid of Mance Rayder. Not only was he an interesting character, but the actor who portrayed him, Ciaran Hinds, is great in every role I've ever seen. (I felt the same at the end of last season, when they got rid of Tywin/Charles Dance.)

- It will be interesting to see what the future relationship is like between Jon Snow and Stannis Baratheon.

- Littlefinger and Sansa are a creepy couple. Of course, Littlefinger and [insert name] would be a creepy couple, but the character is great.

- MIA from episode 1: Bran and Arya -- after having such terrific cliffhangers for them, I was hoping they would be included, but it's impossible to include everyone in a show with 8,596 characters.

- Please don't get rid of Margaery Tyrell. The actress who portrays her, Natalie Dormer, is so good she makes the character more interesting than she should be. (And is Olenna (Diana Rigg) going to get away with murdering the king? Hmm ...)

- Brienne is another awesome character, with another great actress. I hope they don't write her off yet, but her usefulness is rapidly dwindling.

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

Pretty good opening episode I thought. Covered a lot of different characters and had meaningful action for most of them.

Have you read the books?

I'm through most of book 3 but stopped before season 4 because I rather see the show first than read it. I will resume reading them eventually but haven't had much time lately.

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

Pretty good opening episode I thought. Covered a lot of different characters and had meaningful action for most of them.

I agree. I finally watched it last night, after spending most of Sunday night, then several more hours last night, re-watching all of season 4 -- a huge endeavor, but well worth it.

(I have not read the books, so if anyone knows the answers to the following comments, please don't tell me. Thanks!)

- I'm curious what they're going to do with Tyrion, now that he's in exile.

- It's a shame they got rid of Mance Rayder. Not only was he an interesting character, but the actor who portrayed him, Ciaran Hinds, is great in every role I've ever seen. (I felt the same at the end of last season, when they got rid of Tywin/Charles Dance.)

- It will be interesting to see what the future relationship is like between Jon Snow and Stannis Baratheon.

- Littlefinger and Sansa are a creepy couple. Of course, Littlefinger and [insert name] would be a creepy couple, but the character is great.

- MIA from episode 1: Bran and Arya -- after having such terrific cliffhangers for them, I was hoping they would be included, but it's impossible to include everyone in a show with 8,596 characters.

- Please don't get rid of Margaery Tyrell. The actress who portrays her, Natalie Dormer, is so good she makes the character more interesting than she should be. (And is Olenna (Diana Rigg) going to get away with murdering the king? Hmm ...)

- Brienne is another awesome character, with another great actress. I hope they don't write her off yet, but her usefulness is rapidly dwindling.

Great questions. I too just finished rewatching season 4 for the first time (I've seen the other seasons 4-5 times each).

As for Brienne, I'd imagine it will somehow involve Jaime.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Game of Thrones

I agree with everything you guys said. So many good story lines and the actors are top notch. A series like this usually has a story line or two where I have no interest in it and it just seems like filler but not in GOT. Every time the scene changes I'm like, Oh yeah! What's going on here?! Ah! I forgot about these guys! etc... The show is just amazing.

I was expecting to see some scenes of Dorn in the opening episode but wasn't disappointed with what I got.

Tyrion is apparently on his way to see Daenerys. That meeting will be interesting. I can imagine Daenerys throwing Tyrion down in that dungeon where she keeps her dragons for a while. And I'm suddenly wondering if Varys was a Targaryen supporter all along. He's so calculating. I can't imagine he just turned around and decided to do this. And seeing he's with the merchant that got Daenerys started on her quest to be queen, I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind it all along. Slick spider.

I love Stannis and Davon. Stannis belongs on the throne and Davos is one smart, loyal guy. The thing that is mucking up their situation is that witch Melisandre. I would love to see her get burned at the stake herself someday but knowing GOT, I'm afraid Davos will get it before she does. That would be upsetting. And for some reason I don't see Stannis making it out of the north alive. Maybe he gets killed by a White Walker or something and Snow takes over his army to take back Winterfell.

In the opening credits, I hated seeing the sigil of the flayed man of House Bolton on the Winterfell tower. It's going to be fun watching Snow take back his home from that warped family. And maybe chop off the other end of Theon while he's at it.

Poor Brienne. Is any one more miserable than her? Or more pitiful? I love her character and the actress who plays her. Somehow I don't think she is going to make it out of Season Five. I hope she does though. Maybe Jaime will ditch Cersei when he has to run for his life some day (just guessing) and he ends back up with Brienne.

Gawd I love to hate Cersei. I'm going to enjoy it so much if she ever gets her reward someday. But if that witch woman's predictions are true, then Cersei will see her kids dead first? I'm supposing that was what that meant. We saw a glimpse of the real Margaery in the last episode. I laughed when she sat on the bed with her brother naked with another man. Everyone is so fracked up on this show. The Cersei-Margaery battle will be very interesting.

I love watching Emergency Awesome and Comic Girl 19's reviews of the GOT shows. They really add to it and fills in the stuff I might have missed.

I'm only halfway through Book Three up I'll catch up eventually. Apparently they have had to cut a lot since there is so much so the books will be a whole different experience. I also got "The World of Ice and Fire" for Christmas last year and it is awesome. So much back history in it and some of the pictures in the book are just incredible. The castles and how they are different in each region is really interesting. And the whole Targaryen family history is too fracked up for words.

So much to talk about. So little time. :snicker

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Game of Thrones

Season 5 Episode 2

I am ready.

 

[DarthFed]

RE: Game of Thrones

Kind of a slow episode last night though it ended well. We know the drill with this show...it builds and builds and builds and then major fireworks.

I will be especially interested in seeing Jaime and Bronn go to Dorn.

 

[Kirijax]

RE: Game of Thrones

SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE EPISODE.

Jon Snow is The Man, Lord Commander and probably future Lord Stark. I wouldn't be surprised if Jon became the king of the wildings, the night's watch and the whole north region someday. I loved the way Samwell Tarly tore down Janos Slynt. Brilliant.

Oh Cersei, Cersei, Cersei. Great will be the day when someone gets sick of you and puts you out of your misery. She is manipulating Jaime into going to Dorne now. But now we get to see the Jaime-Bronn show for a while. And lol at Bronn. At first he thinks he's going to live in that huge castle with his new bride, and then the next thing he knows, she's marrying someone else while he gets to go off on a suicide mission with Jaime. And he's cool with it. lol

Brienne is so miserable. She's turned down by Sansa now and then they try to kill her. I can't help but feel that her story is going to have a sad ending.

Arya has reached her destination. Who knows what she will be when she comes out of that Black-White house. I also wondered shy Brienne didn't tell Sansa that Arya was alive. If Brienne and Podrick dies, then Arya will disappear completely.

More Dorne please!

So what are all the white walkers doing right now? There was this huge army of the dead walking around at the end of Season 3, but where are they now? Seems to be a very major storyline shoved into a corner.

Daenarys has no clue as to what to do. Varys and Tyrion are heading her way. They could be the ones to help her out of this mess. If that fails. she can just get Drogon to destroy Mereen, now that he's back.

Kind of a slow episode like DarthFed said, but still so good. I hate that one season has only ten episodes.

 

[the AntiPusher]

RE: Game of Thrones

SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE EPISODE.

Jon Snow is The Man, Lord Commander and probably future Lord Stark. I wouldn't be surprised if Jon became the king of the wildings, the night's watch and the whole north region someday. I loved the way Samwell Tarly tore down Janos Slynt. Brilliant.

Oh Cersei, Cersei, Cersei. Great will be the day when someone gets sick of you and puts you out of your misery. She is manipulating Jaime into going to Dorne now. But now we get to see the Jaime-Bronn show for a while. And lol at Bronn. At first he thinks he's going to live in that huge castle with his new bride, and then the next thing he knows, she's marrying someone else while he gets to go off on a suicide mission with Jaime. And he's cool with it. lol

Brienne is so miserable. She's turned down by Sansa now and then they try to kill her. I can't help but feel that her story is going to have a sad ending.

Arya has reached her destination. Who knows what she will be when she comes out of that Black-White house. I also wondered shy Brienne didn't tell Sansa that Arya was alive. If Brienne and Podrick dies, then Arya will disappear completely.

More Dorne please!

So what are all the white walkers doing right now? There was this huge army of the dead walking around at the end of Season 3, but where are they now? Seems to be a very major storyline shoved into a corner.

Daenarys has no clue as to what to do. Varys and Tyrion are heading her way. They could be the ones to help her out of this mess. If that fails. she can just get Drogon to destroy Mereen, now that he's back.

Kind of a slow episode like DarthFed said, but still so good. I hate that one season has only ten episodes.

The show will pick up the pace when the King of evil, :devilRamsey makes his dark appearance. I can't wait til his father gets his head severed.

 

[the AntiPusher]

RE: Game of Thrones

What in the Hell is Little Finger up too, . I know what his end game is but his methods are a bit surprising ..he isn't a man that is driven by just a fresh young hot babe who hasn't been deflowered