So, am I alone in thinking that the overall tone of the show as well as individual characters shifted significantly since the previous season into this one?
Like what's up with the Dothraki suddenly becoming so vocal... and not just vocal, chatty! ("I like to talk afterwards")
A lot of the tonal shifts were towards really forced humor like that, and I'm thinking that the lack of source material might be coming to bare. There was an over-reliance on cursing for its own sake rather than to serve the story. (As was usually the case before) The whole Jaime and Cersei scene where Jaime is saying "%^& everyone" really came out of the blue in terms of language, and overall there was just a more casual tone to most of the dialogue. There was another scene where it seemed like they substituted some profanity for writing, but I can't recall which offhand. On top of that a lot of the performances felt REALLY shallow. I won't point fingers but there were some characters that I could normally count on to knock it out of the park, who just felt like they were given the sides 5 minutes before being pushed in front of the camera and performing them.
...and I really feel like I'm taking crazy pills because no one else seems to have mentioned it here or in any reviews. haha
Still hopeful for next week since this was really the first time I can recall disliking an episode.
-Nick