HBO's Game of Thrones Season 3 (EXTREME SPOILERS FOR ALL ASOIAF BOOKS!!!)

[chris777]

KGED, That is creepy, and unnerving!(Though I'm sure he's a nice kid in real life, right?)

Loerwyn, what the ....

I am a couple episodes behind I believe. So I was watching the last one. With Dany buying the slaves and I said to my wife, "This is a pretty cool part, but I bet it isn't as good on screen as it was in the book".(When Dany commnads her black dragon to attack) Boy was I wrong! That was pretty freaking awesome. Probably at this moment my favorite scene of the whole series, so far.

Is Bran the same actor? How did he age 4years in one off-season? Did he hit puberty or something?

 

[Loerwyn]

Loerwyn, what the ....

... yes?

Is Bran the same actor? How did he age 4years in one off-season? Did he hit puberty or something?

Yes, he is. And he hasn't aged four years or whatever, he's going through puberty. Growth spurts and all that lot.

 

[Loerwyn]

S3E6 - Blah blah blah blah

1. Here we are again.
2. I've still haven't shut up, and doubt I will anytime soon.
3. 'ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go.
4. Sam & Gilly! Hurrah!
5. Sam trying to look sheepish, and it kinda works.
6. Gods, they're made for each other, aren't they? But they look a bit like Brother & Sister.
7. You can see the confidence Gilly gives him, which is great.
8. Oh, that's lovely, whatsyourface
9. Osha is awesome.
10. "Oh, are you going to punch the rabbits to death?"
11. HODOR
12. Go Bra-an, Go Bra-an
13. Meera?
14. Creepy Boy having a sleeping fit. I like Jojen, but I hate the actor.
15. Bran needs a haircut.
16. WILDLINGS!
17. Aww, man, no "I'll climb you though, Jon Snow" joke? Pfft.
18. "No, I didn't kill him... but I bet his balls are still bruised". Oh, Ygritte.
19. lol Ygritte <3
20. "... but I'm scared of naked girls!" lol
21. Ygritte is awesome. And I like how she's self-sure, 'empowered', and intelligent.
22. Tormund!
23. Arya!
24. Sersee? Cersay? Gah.
25. "Face? Tits? Balls?" rofl, Oh, Ary!
26. Melisandre? WHAT
27. Well, this is a new bit.
28. Melisandre looking... scared?
29. And a bit peeved.
30. Eh. This scene is a bit weird.
31. ARGH NO STREAMING ISSUES
32. did this happen either i forget
33. No, it didn't? No, wasn't it Arya they were gonna sell?
34. Meh. Break.
35. Wall time. Oh, wasn't this a Nintendo game?
36. Okay, I officially call BS on this bit.
37. IT'S ARSE DANG IT.
38. Lol Snow knows nuffin
39. UGH THEON
40. CHINFLUFF GO AWAY ALREADY
41. Oh he can't he's tied up but go away chinfluff
42. Chinfluff looks like a fish out of water. That fish would be more interesting, however.
43. Yawn
44. More yawns.
45. I really don't care.
46. Frays? Ew.
47. Blackfish not getting married, then?
48. My memory is pretty rubbish, so y'know.
49. Brutus has to get married, then.
50. Rofl, go Blackfish!
51. I love how blunt the Blackfish is in this.
52. Rob(b) wasn't that angry for once.
53. Brienne in a dress? Ew
54. Poor Jaime.
55. Wait, did I just say that?
56. QUEEN OF THORNS YUSS
57. Oh, she's awesome. I love how she's being rather frank.
58. Tywin's outmatched, easily.
59. BOOM BOOM MICHAEL BAY MOMENT BOOOOOOOOOOOOM
60. BOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
61. Back to yawning a bit.
62. Lord of Bones was not impressed.
63. SANSA
64. I hate Loras he's so boring and smug and stuff.
65. Okay, I do genuinely feel sorry for Sansa in this. She's so genuine.
66. And Loras is so fake, and she's buying it up - hook, line and sinker.
67. How come everyone in this seems to have super-long necks?
68. Cersei vs Tyrion. Eh.
69. Joffrey is an idiot? Duh
70. Cersei is being... nice to Tyrion? What?
71. In a way I can't wait for a lot of this to be over, as I think the show could (ironically) handle the later story aspects better than the books.
72. Argh, no, Sansa's gonna end up the Lady of Boobs at this rate.
73. Ah, Tyrion was gonna give that speech.
74. Varys! Littlefinger!
75. Bit prophetic there, showing Joffrey for that spe...
76. Okay, was that necessary? She had visible nipples AND WAS DEAD.
77. Pooor Sansa!
78. oh they finally reached the top.
79. Okay, that's a pretty view. But it should have ended there.
80. Snow ends rather suddenly, don't it?
81. UGH EW NO GAH STOP ITTTTTT
82. DON'T RUIN THE EPISODE LIKE THAT
83. Mind you, it couldn't have been ruined much more, truth be told.

So, anyway, to finish? Ros/Roz is dead. This will be pleasing to some, but her death was really unnecessarily depicted. It was clear from Littlefinger's speech she was dead, and sexifying her corpse was just beyond distasteful. I'm also getting a bit fed up of all these inserted scenes that weren't in the books that just confuse matters or come across as entirely pointless.

I mean, yeah, we had some good lines that episode, and some fair acting, but I think it's getting a bit... ahead of itself?

 

[SisterChristian]

26. Melisandre? WHAT
27. Well, this is a new bit.
28. Melisandre looking... scared?

What is going on????? I don’t remember Gendry being taken away from the Brotherhood at all, much less by Melisandre herself! I really don`t understand where they are going with this! Are they replacing Edric Storm (is that the name of Robert’s bastard they took from Storms End) by Gendry? I want answers NOW!

52. Rob(b) wasn't that angry for once.

And they didn’t include his horrible wife in the scene. As far as I’m concerned that’s a big win.

59. BOOM BOOM MICHAEL BAY MOMENT BOOOOOOOOOOOOM
60. BOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
61. Back to yawning a bit.
62. Lord of Bones was not impressed.

I don`t know if the wall-crumbles-take-my-hand-scene or the last scene on top of the wall was worse. Both of the absolutely ruined the episode for me. Could they have included more clichés and more Holywood-like scenes? Are we suddenly watching a sappy romantic action movie? Please, please, please, don’t ever do that again or I might come to hate the show.

So, anyway, to finish? Ros/Roz is dead. This will be pleasing to some, but her death was really unnecessarily depicted. It was clear from Littlefinger's speech she was dead, and sexifying her corpse was just beyond distasteful. I'm also getting a bit fed up of all these inserted scenes that weren't in the books that just confuse matters or come across as entirely pointless.

I am very glad that Ros/Roz is dead. I never understood why they introduced her (i.e. made her so much more important than in the books). I agree that it wasn’t really necessary to show her dead semi-naked body but I guess the writers just want the viewers to hate Joffrey even more.

Up until yesterday I liked every episode of the show although there were scenes I didn`t very much care for. Episode 6 definitely changed that! Even the great scenes (including the Queen of Thorns, of course) couldn`t make me like the episode. It was boring, sappy and altogether like a mixture of various bad movies. And the special effects looked very unreal. Are they running out of money for decent backgrounds and effects?

 

[Loerwyn]

S3E7 Thoughts, Or; Katie is Really Really Really Starting to Get Fed Up of Game of Thrones

1. *Hums the X-Files theme*
2. Gosh, even the theme didn't seem to have its heart in it, there.
3. Oh, it's the Beardy Martin episode.
4. You Know Nothing, Jon Snow
5. Ygritte is kinda cool, still.
6. But so much talking
7. Talk talk talk
8. Waffle Waffle Waffle
9. Ugh. Rob(b) and his wife.
10. His wife is fawning over him
11. Still worth it the Blackfish's comments.
12. Brutus is not happy.
13. Sex. SIGH.
14. By the nine, this is just getting ridiculous.
15. Highly appropriate and tasteful dialogue there. Referring to sex as "attacking".
16. Rob(b) has very good eyesight, doesn't he?
17. Eyes on the job, Rob(b), not on the prize.
18. Oh she is pregnant what sigh what the hell is the point
19. Rob(b) looks angry.
20. Mind you, Rob(b) always looks angry
21. UGH THIS IS VOMIT WORTHY
22. HUUUUUUURGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
23. AH LUVVE YEW
24. Huuuuuuuurghhhhhhhhhh
25. And now to sex talk
26. How bloody immature is this episode?
27. More wildlings. Sigh.
28. Okay a fairly good moment for Ygritte.
29. A crying Sansa. Joy
30. See, this is how much the show is peeing me off.
31. Sansa made so much progress and now she's just whimpering.
32. I know that's unfair. But I'm getting fe-
33. Ugh. Queen of Boobs showing off her boobs boobingly
34. Oh, wait, I remembered what's going on.
35. So I'm still on Sansa's side, but all this WAH WAH WAH is annoying me.
36. sex talk
37. sex talk
38. CAN WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT SEX
39. WHERE IS MY BUCKET
40. I need someone to hold my hair back
41. Huuuuuuuuuurghhhhhhhhhhhhh
42. And I hate the Queen of Boobs. She's so fake.
43. Yay Bronn. But boo, sexy talk.
44. Lord Tywin.
45. UGH JOFFREY I WANT TO THROTTLE HIM
46. Tywin don't take nothing.
47. Still not taking nothing.
48. Joffrey having a strop.
49. Mother of Boobs time. Ugh.
50. Someone please, please, please take a hammer to Dany's attitude.
51. Someone really needs to tell her to stop with this.
52. Slave of Boobs.
53. Some bloke who I forget.
54. STOP LOOKING SO SMUG DANY
55. GO GET EATEN BY YOUR DRAGONS OR SOMETHING
56. WILL THE NOBL... ugh. Whatever
57. Oh they're trying to buy her.
58. See, thing is she could do this and get somewhere
59. But nooooooooooooooooo she's going to be stupid.
60. Ser Jorah was obviously lying there.
61. Shae. Ugh.
62. *Chews on the egde of her desk*
63. Trying to get sympathy for Tyrion.
64. 25%... 50%... Error. Resetting progress...
65. Blackwater Bay, full of broken ships. I think?
66. Gendry looking very happy for being a prisoner.
67. Blah blah blah blah blah blah
68. Gendry told who daddy was.
69. Melisandre is okay at this point.
70. Arya.
71. That bloke. And the other.
72. UGH EATING AND TALKING AT THE SAME TIME
73. Oh another nod to Arya's upcoming story arc.
74. Hound! Huh.
75. Oh yeah, I know what happens now with those two.
76. Brienne. Jamie. Hm.
77. Brienne trying to hold herself up with dignity.
78. oh this is sad they are splitting up
79. And now to Theon, obviously.
80. Ugh. Theon.
81. Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh chinfluff
82. Chinfluff being tempted by two girls.
83. OH A SEX COMMENT
84. Ugh.
85. I DON'T WANT TO SEE CHINFLUFF'S... IRON PRICE
86. oh girl on girl action probably.
87. Game of Thrones almost resorting to the cheapest trick in the book.
88. Good shot of her breasts.
89. Oh yeah, this is getting pathetic.
90. Gods, one of The Bastard's thugs is genuinely scary. He looks like a washed up '80s action flick extra.
91. Ygritte mocking Jon Snow. There's something new.
92. Good point, Ygritte.
93. Ygritte in a silk dress? Ew
94. UGH. MORE SEX TALK
95. Jon turning back into a crow for a moment.
96. DUN DUN DUH
97. WHAT
98. Ugh. I need a new bucket...
99. whisper whisper i have no idea what's being said whisper whisper
100. MEEEEEERAAAAAAAAAAAAA
101. hodor
102. hodor.
103. Starting to find Osha almost unbearable now.
104. This wasn't in the book.
105. Why does everyone in this show talk like they've got a sore throat?
106. Oh lovely.
107. Jaime is okay, ish. He's getting okay-er.
108. Jaime going to go save Brienne now.
109. Now it's THAT moment.
110. Well, scene.
111. Bear does not look happy. Nor does Brienne.
112. Gosh, that was bad.
113. Yeah, the book did this bit better too.
114. The bear is now not happy. More so than earlier.
115. Poor bear. Almost. No.
116. Brienne managed to look badass there.
117. Heh. Fairly boring episode, all told. Too much sex, not enough plot.

So... Beardy Martin's episode was actually - surprisingly - one of the worst for me. It felt like an hour+ of constant sex, sexy talk and sexy things. So much so that it genuinely went beyond a joke. And a quick discussion on Twitter made me realise something - half of the 'bad guys' in this are comedy villains. Constantly talking and dragging things out. Why not just kill Theon and save everyone a world of pain, for example? It's this constant dragging-things-out and so on that make half of the plot points in this utterly ridiculous. Add in Dany's inability to make a sensible choice and it's getting... well, pathetic.

But, hey, at least Tywin is still grooving.

 

[SisterChristian]

117. Heh. Fairly boring episode, all told. Too much sex, not enough plot.

So... Beardy Martin's episode was actually - surprisingly - one of the worst for me. It felt like an hour+ of constant sex, sexy talk and sexy things. So much so that it genuinely went beyond a joke. And a quick discussion on Twitter made me realise something - half of the 'bad guys' in this are comedy villains. Constantly talking and dragging things out. Why not just kill Theon and save everyone a world of pain, for example? It's this constant dragging-things-out and so on that make half of the plot points in this utterly ridiculous. Add in Dany's inability to make a sensible choice and it's getting... well, pathetic.

For me, it wasn't the sex, but the constant talking about emotions. If I wanted that, I'd read a romance novel or watch an angsty TV show for teenagers. I have to say that I am rather disappointed in what GRR Martin did with this episode. I expected action, I expected character depth, I expected something more like the book - instead all I got were sappy "I love you so much" scenes. But at least it wasn't as bad as last week.

I did like the Joffrey/Tywin scene.
And even though I don't like Melissandre I do love her red hair and clothes. So beautiful!

 

[chris777]

What happened to the spoiler and non-spoiler threads? Now we just have one spoiler for all, and one extreme spoiler for the books?

Does anyone else find themselves avoiding spoilers out of habit if they are an episode behind? Like I think "oops, I don't want to read this I haven't watched the ep yet." Then I realize there should be no spoilers for me since I read all the books! But then I think, maybe they did something different....so I will continue to avoid spoilers. =)

 

[Loerwyn]

What happened to the spoiler and non-spoiler threads? Now we just have one spoiler for all, and one extreme spoiler for the books?

Does anyone else find themselves avoiding spoilers out of habit if they are an episode behind? Like I think "oops, I don't want to read this I haven't watched the ep yet." Then I realize there should be no spoilers for me since I read all the books! But then I think, maybe they did something different....so I will continue to avoid spoilers. =)

To be honest, I don't think we've bothered with a show-only topic this season because last season the only person who really used it was myself, and even then I think I spent time engaging in the book-spoiler topic - so this time I didn't even bother creating a show-only topic as I didn't believe it would get used by anyone as I've since read the books, so I engage in the full-spoiler topic.

I do my best to avoid spoilers from the night before (US broadcast is Sunday, UK broadcast is Monday), but the odd one doesn't bother me too much.

 

[chris777]

To be honest, I don't think we've bothered with a show-only topic this season because last season the only person who really used it was myself, and even then I think I spent time engaging in the book-spoiler topic - so this time I didn't even bother creating a show-only topic as I didn't believe it would get used by anyone as I've since read the books, so I engage in the full-spoiler topic.

I do my best to avoid spoilers from the night before (US broadcast is Sunday, UK broadcast is Monday), but the odd one doesn't bother me too much.

What I meant was there used to be a spoiler and spoiler free topic. I don't really care, was just curious. This area doesn't seem active enough for it anyways.

 

[Loerwyn]

What I meant was there used to be a spoiler and spoiler free topic. I don't really care, was just curious. This area doesn't seem active enough for it anyways.

I could be wrong, but the 'spoiler' status was a reference to the books, not the show, IIRC. So the 'spoiler' topic would spoil the books, 'non-spoiler' would just discuss the show.

 

[Michigan]

The show has gotten to the point where i dont even watch it sunday night, dvr it instead and catch up later. This weeks episode was probably the worst yet. And what is the point in the theon scenes? Granted i have only read through sos but i just assumed he was good as dead. If you want to build up the character torturing him you should have last season like they did in the book where it actually meant something.

 

[KatG]

I don't think we've ever had a spoiler free thread for the t.v. show, just the books because many people starting on the show hadn't read the books. It's a little tricky, since part of the show discussion relates to the books. I agree that this episode from Martin wasn't stellar, compared to last season. On the other hand, they've been doing more and more deviations from the books, so having the guy who wrote the books at least tackle the deviations wasn't the worst thing. But on the further hand, having the creator do a set up for the big action episode was perhaps a waste.

Yes, Gendry, who in the books mostly hung out with the Brothers and didn't do much, has been combined with Edric Storm as a plotline. Which means Melissandre plans to sacrifice him for his king descendent blood/heart. And Davos will somehow save him? They've done a great number of changes to the Stannis storylines, so who knows where it's going. It didn't make a lot of sense that the Brothers sold him to Melissandre. If he was that valuable, they'd want to find out why. But the show's Brothers are definitely more ragtag, outlaw and religious to the Red Lord than in the books, so it worked well enough. Also, the big issue in the book series was whether Rob's bride was pregnant, meaning a kingly heir. Here, they've gone out and flat stated that alternate wife is pregnant. Theon's torture comes from the books and is actually semi-important to the overall story, so there will be scattered scenes related to Theon and Ramsey's time together for the next three seasons.

I thought the dragons looked lovely. The bear was supposed to look motheaten and instead had a beautiful coat. I thought the book version was better too, but they did it okay, and the line about the sapphires was very nice. I think they are also doing a nice job with setting the stage on Shae. She's a much more complex character in the show than in the books. I find it a bit annoying that the show keeps making Jaime, Tyrion and Cersei more and more cuddly while making Joffrey far more evil than he needs to be. But while I came to sort of enjoy Roz, I'm not unsorry she's gone. She was unneeded in the first season and I think that they figured that out. Also, her death was made to mimic Theon's torture hanging. They do follow Martin's approach of repeated symbols. Which lead to all the sex talk -- the various scenes are to mirror and contrast each other -- Rob and his wife on a couch versus Theon and the henchgirls on a couch, etc. But while I got what they were doing, I think that even those of us viewers who most like the naked fun get a little weary when it's the central spoke of an episode. Be that as it may, all the pieces are now in place for the big closing numbers of this season. So I suspect the last three episodes will be packed and pretty good.

I am amused that Loerwyn is warming towards Sansa. Where did you get that gif?

 

[Loerwyn]

I am amused that Loerwyn is warming towards Sansa.

'cos I was so "omg sansa uuuuuuughhhhhhhhh" in Season 1/2? Yeah, I see your point. But I like her upcoming storyline in the books (particularly... was it Mya Stone or something?), and unless she starts bawling, I think the S3 Sansa is an improvement.

Where did you get that gif?

The interwebs It's not the one I wanted, but I managed to find out where it was from in the first place (Ali G Indahouse) and after that it was easy. It'd cropped up previously in my tumblr feed after the episode where the Queen of Thorns questions Tywin's younger days, which is how I knew of it.

 

[KatG]

'cos I was so "omg sansa uuuuuuughhhhhhhhh" in Season 1/2? Yeah, I see your point.

Because I told you that she was going through things and that you'd probably like her better as the series progressed and you did not believe me. So you might want to hang in there on Theon too.

It's not the one I wanted, but I managed to find out where it was from in the first place (Ali G Indahouse) and after that it was easy.

He's a good sport. I'm looking forward to your reaction to last night's episode.

 

[Loerwyn]

Because I told you that she was going through things and that you'd probably like her better as the series progressed and you did not believe me. So you might want to hang in there on Theon too.

Having read the books... No. I cannot stand Chinfluff and whilst the upcoming developments perhaps... shall we say, make me feel an emotion other than blind rage, I still absolutely hate him and I'm not looking forward to the show using him ad nauseam.

I'm looking forward to your reaction to last night's episode.

Well, look forward no longer! But it was "tonight's episode" for me. UK is a day behind the US (you get it Sunday night - works out as the early hours of the morning in the UK - and we get it Monday night. Difference of less than 24hrs, mind you. More like... about 18, I think?)

S3E8
Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

1. *Hand-farts the theme*
2. Today stuff will happen in this episode.
3. A rock. A boy. Or a girl. No. A girl.
4. A girl and a rock.
5. Go on. Hit me.
6. HIT ME WITH YOUR RYTHMN STICK
7. "He once killed a man for snoring" - I get like that on the bus.
8. The Hound is.. almost a good guy in his own way.
9. Almost.
10. Mention of the Red Wedding there. I bet the show will mess tha...
11. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
12. whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
13. blah blah blah blah blah
14. blah blah blah i am dany blah blah blah
15. We are a bunch of men who want money blah blah blah
16. Yawn.
17. Obscene gestures. Yawn.
18. oh a pretty man with long hair i dont think hes that pretty he looks like karl urban in a wig
19. LOOK AT HIM MANPOUT.
20. blah blah blah
21. Gods above, any need for that line?
22. Well. That scene was beyond a joke.
23. Melisandre. Gendry. This will probably suck.
24. Oh no it's Fake Stannis
25. Ugh this is not stannis
26. DAVOS!
27. Poor Davos. But it's great to see him trying to read.
28. Fake Stannis being fake I hate this it doesn't work at all.
29. Fake Stannis waffling now. Shut up Fake Stannis.
30. This is definitely Davos, though.
31. Oh this is just what the show needs three men talking about their willies
32. Sansa. Tyrion.
33. This is going to lead into a scene I don't really want to see (probably later in the episode/season).
34. Tyrion's genuinely human moment here?
35. But I'm so glad Sansa got that line in. It was sad, yes, but shows her true strengths (IMHO).
36. Ugh Queen of Boobs. Cersei.
37. Ugh Loras posing and posturing.
38. Watching the ball bounce back and forth between Cersei and Queen of Boobs.
39. Unusually blunt for Cersei, there.
40. UGH JOFF SWAGGERING
41. What a little... *snarls*
42. Was that Bronn bowing there?!
43. Ugh. Someone hit Joffrey, please.
44. This isn't funny. But it is one of the scenes done better in the show than in the book. Well. Not scenes. That one little bit.
45. Priestess of Boobs?
46. Wow that sounded so not innocent.
47. OH SHE HAS A RESISTANCE TO THE POISON THIS HAPPENED IN THE BOOK LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
48. Saw through that one.
49. Unless it's a curveball.
50. Blah blah blah lord of light blah blah blah
51. oh seduction blaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
52. Silent Sisters were...
53. Hello again c-word
54. Right. Anyway. The Silent Sisters were t...
55. UGH really what is the point of this. I'm focusing on ranting not watching.
56. Someone tell Priestess of Boobs about undergarments please.
57. RIGHT ANYWAY the Silent Sisters in the books were really interesting and SUPER underplayed in this.
58. Ugh. I'M TRYING TO RANT STOP HAVING REALLY BAD PSEUDO-KINKY SEX
59. Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeches
60. Lol she put a leech on his willy (I think)
61. Nooooooooooo the poor leeches
62. Wonder if they'll do what the books did and kill Balon off-camera. Saves bringing him back for pretty much a non-scene.
63. Poor Sansa.
64. Lol Queen of Thorns
65. Yay she got rid of bloody Loras.
66. Poor Sansa.
67. this feast looks so exciting and fun
68. They totally should have got Corvus Corax into this scene to make up for not using them in S1.
69. Lol drunk Tyrion.
70. ew ew ew ew ew ew joffrey
71. ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew
72. I like how the music changed to creepy music
73. UGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH scary. Joffrey is talking about raping Sansa. Ugh.
74. YESSSSSSSSSSSS TYRIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.
75. BEST LINE EVER
76. omg lol Tyrion
77. lol
78. Oh, Sansa has turned into a wet blanket again.
79. Awkward coversation.
80. Ouch, Sansa. That was a little harsh. I think it was harsher than it was meant to be.
81. Lol. FLOP.
82. Dany in a bath. Ugh.
83. Slave of Boobs bathing the Mother of Boobs
84. she is so boring
85. oh it's one of those blokes
86. Ah, Wiggy.
87. Mother of Nipples now.
88. Why is she...
89. Meh. Looks like they have all-over body waxing in this show.
90. GODS SHE LOOKED LIKE CERSEI THERE
91. And Wiggy sounded like Ser Jorah of Useless
92. Shae was very unsupported there. Maid of Boobs.
93. Oop Norf na'.
94. Sam and Gilly. Godswood.
95. Ravens. CAW. CAW. CAW
96. Sam going WAIT WHAT OMG CLOSENESS
97. Lol. They both looked like rabbits.
98. Poor Sam. He tries.
99. The baby is VERY unprotected from the cold, isn't it?
100. OH SHUT UP SAM
101. SAM IS SO POSH
102. I JUST REALISED.
103. POOR POSH SAM
104. Posh Sam trying to be brave.
105. Wow. It's a premonition of ravens.
106. THAT IS VERY NOISY ON MY HEADPHONES.
107. WHITE WALKER(S)
108. ZOMBIE TIME.
109. It's not just a Zombie. It's THE zombie!
110. Ooow, that was a HORRIBLE scream. My poor ears.

Overall: An improvement on last week's episode. But then again that's like saying being stabbed is an improvement on being disembowelled. Some good moments to be sure - Tyrion again stealing the show, the final scene with Sam & Gilly was actually done well, but for the most part I was either bored or getting really fed up. The show is just *so* reliant on sex this season it's unbelievable - whether it's sex comments, sex jokes, sex references or sex sex.

On top of that, I think good scenes are spoiled by bad aspects. I'm thinking of, in this episode at least, Davos reading and learning, only for that scene to be spoiled by Fake Stannis. It's really starting to affect the show, for me at least.

 

[SisterChristian]

Did they really just give away all the upcoming deahts??????

But I can't complain, while reading the books I could never imagine Daario as a handsome man (with his gold thooth and the blue hair).

 

[KatG]

I thought it was terribly funny. It's like, wait, where are the mustaches? The colored hair? Who is this romance cover model they've substituted for Dario and why are his clothes so bland? He looks like he wandered over from an Ambercrombie & Fitch catalog. He did okay, though. A little stiff in performance, but I'm sure many, many folk will hate him, just as they do with the books.

If a person wants to learn who dies, it's extremely easy to find out. At this point, if you don't want spoilers, then you have to wall yourself away from those parts of the Internet. Although my daughter says it's hard to do.

 

[Loerwyn]

I've forgotten who dies. All I can remember is, sadly, it's not Dany.

 

[raggedyman]

Ravens ! I hope Coldhands makes an appearence!

 

[Loerwyn]

S3E9: And now, for something completely bloody...

1. So, this is THE episode.
2. No, not that one. THIS one. THE one.
3. I have to confess that the feedback to last night's US showing managed to get me fairly interested in this episode, especially as it pointed out what's going to happen.
4. I have read the books, so I know what will happen. Just not how it will be handled.
5. Rob(b) and Cat.
6. Volume up.
7. Oh, Rob(b), you great big bloody idiot.
8. You. Are. SO. Stupid.
9. Actually, no. You're beyond stupid.
10. Really bad CGI dog.
11. And the home of the Freys.
12. Oh, he's back!
13. Brutus did not look happy next to Cat.
14. "You could have had both for all I care". Ouch.
15. "Fine" lol.
16. Brutus is not happy.
17. Rob(b) is so so so so so stupid.
18. Lord Frey reminds me of my dad.
19. No, he wouldn't come out with (sexist) comments like that.
20. UGH NO DANY
21. Ha, Twitter broked.
22. Ugh. It's Daario. I shall now call him Legolas.
23. UGH DANY
24. UGH THIS SCENE.
25. Oh no he di'n't
26. Ser Jorah should stop brooding.
27. SAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
28. Yay Sam
29. Sam Sam Sam
30. Saaaaaaaaaaam
31. He's a wizard!
32. Sam the Whizz Wizard
33. Ary & t' 'ound
34. One way to find out about the wedding.
35. Lol Ary
36. MEERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
37. Oh oh oh oh oh oh
38. Oh oh
39. Yes I know this
40. Meera yay
41. RICKON TALKS
42. rofl @ Osha's expression
43. It's an army of Wildlings!
44. u no nuffin jons no
45. jon sucks
46. Arya!
47. Wow, they REALLY cut this section of the book down
48. Whoa Ary
49. Poor Hodor Hodor looks so sad
50. Noooo poor Hodor
51. Bran u stupid
52. Does stupidity run in the veins of the Starks?
53. i love meera's hair sorry i just gotta confess it
54. Lots of wet wildlings
55. I bet they smell like wet dogs
56. gods sake jons no do it
57. that is so creepy ew ew ew
58. nom nom nom
59. oh no mackenzie crook is deadified
60. Aww poor Ygritte
61. ugh bloody dany again
62. Well, kind of.
63. Not enough Wilhelm screams.
64. And one would have been perfect in that fight scene
65. Party camp. A brawl.
66. Uh oh. It's THE wedding now
67. Brutus sure looked happy
68. Wait, wasn't it the Blackfish who got married in the books?
69. Oh it's the secret Frey girl
70. Lord Frey's up to something...
71. SAY THE WORDS
72. lmao @ the Blackfish getting attention
73. This... is interesting. I don't think it was ever specified in the books where Osha & Rickon went, was it?
74. See? Dany hasn't got a bloody clue
75. Ugh Daario go away
76. how did dany ever what why gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
77. And now the wedding feast
78. Meh. Should have been damn Corvus Corax
79. Brutus is indeed a fool.
80. Bolton is a clever bastard
81. Oh, Blackfish
82. Rob(b) is a twit
83. Stop existi... oh, yeah. Ahem.
84. Gods, they're a filthy bunch, int they?
85. Brutus is like "imma gonna get sum awwww yissssssss"
86. lol "monster"
87. Ugh vom vom vom vom
88. Rob(b)'s smile faded.
89. Uh oh something is going on
90. RAINS OF CASTAMERE
91. A brutal song with a lovely melody.
92. t' 'ound and Ary arriving... ridiculously late.
93. Oooh, my stomach is all a flutter here 'cos I know what is going to happen
94. Oh ow.
95. Rob(b) is dead
96. Cat just got hit. Ow.
97. Ooooh, so much violence.
98. Eh. That was... short.
99. Oh, no, more violence.
100. Uh oh. Ow.
101. Direwolf down.
102. BAM.
103. Hound proving he's not entirely a bad guy
104. I wonder if Kat is glad she's gone now.
105. And Cat is gone
106. Well... Hm.

What to say? Well... best episode this season (which wasn't hard to be, come on), and it got a lot of reactions both in the US and UK, yet... I've gotta say it was kinda anticlimactic. I didn't get a feeling of chaos, or even of planned violence. It just kinda happened in Generic Slaughter Mode. The most brutal bit was Alyuwehueihruwher or whatever her name is being stabbed in the belly numerous times, which was a *bit* much, but it really wasn't a scene that hadn't been done before in the show.

I think it would have been better for me (personally) if they'd delayed Queen of Boobs to the last episode. That final scene of hers would have made a perfect cliffhanger for S4. And I don't think we'll see Bran again this season. Sam will have one or two more, I reckon.