Game of Thrones
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He didnt get the Transporter movie until after Daario had been recast. The original explanation was he wanted to go on tour with his band. Lately there have been little murmurings that he was difficult on set.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Maybe with Emilia Clarke saying she's done with nudity on the show he lost interest in filming any sex scenes that may be coming?
Seriously though, the new guy is growing on me. He's still not pretty enough to get Dany's teenage girl lizard brain overruling her rationality though.
Seriously though, the new guy is growing on me. He's still not pretty enough to get Dany's teenage girl lizard brain overruling her rationality though.
Kerr Avon
Master Member
Boring episode.
Quite frankly, I've read the books, and I think Martin mostly peaked at the Red and Purple Weddings. There's nothing quite as good or shocking after that in the books. Not to say there aren't good scenes still left, just that with all the writing currently available the quality or intensity is downhill from here.
Quite frankly, I've read the books, and I think Martin mostly peaked at the Red and Purple Weddings. There's nothing quite as good or shocking after that in the books. Not to say there aren't good scenes still left, just that with all the writing currently available the quality or intensity is downhill from here.
SmilingOtter
Master Member
We watched different episodes, methinks. Starting with Tywin's discussion with Tommen, and ending with the scene outside Mereen, I thought it was all good.
Edited to add: my only real disappointment was the catapults at the last scene. I didn't see the first sign of recoil from them. The Romans didn't call them "Onagers" (wild donkeys) for nothing.
Solo4114
Master Member
Crap! Sorry, guys. I fixed it, though. I really should just use the spoiler tag in the chat box editor instead of typing it out.
Also, figured I'd leave this here. It's Martin's comments on the scene change, from his blog. You can find the original here.
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Can't kill off a major character every week
The last episode was so epic that anything short of killing a major character or some huge battle scene this week probably feels "boring"I didn't find it boring either. As far as intensity going downhill from here, I don't agree. There's plenty to keep interest and at least a couple pretty shocking things still coming up this season. If anything the TV show has the advantage of shortening and condensing some of the lesser subplots which some people may have found tedious reading in books 4 and 5.
Kerr Avon
Master Member
Name one scene the books from this point on that is anywhere near as shattering to Martin's world as the Purple or Red Wedding. I can't think of anything. Sure, there's a few things here and there that are interesting, but nothing that had the impact of those two events. Martin needs to step it up in the next book.
Spoiler tag it or PM me with it, but there really simply is nothing as big as those events left in the existing published books.
Spoiler tag it or PM me with it, but there really simply is nothing as big as those events left in the existing published books.
SmilingOtter
Master Member
No argument there - the two weddings and Eddard Stark's execution are the biggest events (to the reader anyway) in the entire series. Maybe the battle of Blackwater in fourth place.
booksandcorsets
Sr Member
There's the scene I'm looking forward to at the end of this season.
The Red Viper vs the Mountain!! And I suppose Lady Stoneheart too, though she hasn't DONE anything yet.
in addition to what's above...
what happens to Tywin? That changes a hell of a lot. It is just as pivotal if not more so than the death of Joffery
Lysa's "confession" about Jon Arryn's death followed by her trip out the moon door? We assumed it was Cersei/Jamie because of her fear of him exposing them
Jon Snow's cliff hanger
Dany's cliff hanger
to a lesser degree
Young Griff
Quentyn Martell
Lysa's "confession" about Jon Arryn's death followed by her trip out the moon door? We assumed it was Cersei/Jamie because of her fear of him exposing them
Jon Snow's cliff hanger
Dany's cliff hanger
to a lesser degree
Young Griff
Quentyn Martell
Books 4 and 5 have a lot of reorganizing from the events that happened in book 3 and set up some real game changing things
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God, I hope not. We'll be waiting 15 years or so for the end of the story at this rate
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Kerr Avon
Master Member
Ok, I'll give you that one as pretty major, though even as good as it is, I don't think that it's even close to the weddings.
Solo4114
Master Member
The thing is, that scene takes place in Book 3. As does one other scene.
The one with Petyr and Lysa at the Moon Door.
I'd say those scenes have a real "WHOA!!!" quality to them.
booksandcorsets
Sr Member
^ Okay that I'm looking forward to
PotionMistress
Sr Member
Boring? Are you kidding?
I just have to call you out on this.
A well written story should not have to cater to the crass mentality of an explosion, car chase or gruesome death in every scene to accommodate the 10-second attention span of bottom-feeders. (Not that I’m calling you that)
A good story builds suspense and intrigue before the climaxes; the whole damned thing doesn’t have to be one!
There hasn’t been one boring scene in the Game of Thrones show at all. Not one! (The books do have a few lagging chapters IMO though, I’ll give you that.)
And besides that, to paint such a broad brush of ‘boring’ to something is just so dismissive and simplistic. Jeez, if Game of Thrones is boring, what the heck isn’t boring to you?
How does having such a jaded perspective contribute in any way?
I just have to call you out on this.
A well written story should not have to cater to the crass mentality of an explosion, car chase or gruesome death in every scene to accommodate the 10-second attention span of bottom-feeders. (Not that I’m calling you that)
A good story builds suspense and intrigue before the climaxes; the whole damned thing doesn’t have to be one!
There hasn’t been one boring scene in the Game of Thrones show at all. Not one! (The books do have a few lagging chapters IMO though, I’ll give you that.)
And besides that, to paint such a broad brush of ‘boring’ to something is just so dismissive and simplistic. Jeez, if Game of Thrones is boring, what the heck isn’t boring to you?
How does having such a jaded perspective contribute in any way?
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