Game of Thrones begins....

[KRonn]

Finally, GoT is starting the second season!    After what seems years, just as if the show was being produced at the same pace RR Martin writes the books.   

[Grallon]

'Power is power' - Quote of the week.  Just watched episode one - was last Sunday the 1st or 2nd episode of the season?



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[Habbaku]

Finally, GoT is starting the second season!    After what seems years, just as if the show was being produced at the same pace RR Martin writes the books.   

[LaCroix]

'Power is power' - Quote of the week.

disagree. didn't sound quite as dumb in the show due to the scene and decent acting, but it is a pretty damn silly quote in text 

anyway, @episode: i'm no purist by any means, but i do think they probably should have had the prologue scene be at the beginning, and introduced those new characters better--especially melisandre. having talked to people who have only seen the show, her appearance was one of the more confusing aspects of the episode

also, that littlefinger-cersei interaction was sort of laughable and really against his character. as if baelish would openly ruin relations with the most powerful woman in the kingdom over a petty comment re: his past, and in such a blunt and obvious way

otherwise i enjoyed it. thought the last scene was very well done

[Admiral Yi]

Just watched episode one - was last Sunday the 1st or 2nd episode of the season?

In the US they showed the first episode yesterday.

LaCroix: I didn't interpret that scene as payback for the putdown, rather as an attempt to make Cersei concede Littlefinger's leverage.  Cersei's response was surprising and cool because she showed she is willing to fuck convention or appearances.

[LaCroix]

LaCroix: I didn't interpret that scene as payback for the putdown, rather as an attempt to make Cersei concede Littlefinger's leverage.  Cersei's response was surprising and cool because she showed she is willing to fuck convention or appearances.

the scene was put there to both give littlefinger a role (he's not very prevalent in the second book, iirc) and to sow the seeds for the gestapo assault at the end of the episode. that interaction, and the on-screen murder of robert's bastards, never happened in the books. it was implied, and i do like how they took that implication and showed it on screen, but i felt the way they explained how cersei & co. discovered the location of the bastards was silly

instead of showing this by having littlefinger use the situation to further some goal of his, which is more keeping to his character of being possible the most skilled manipulator on the continent, they had him blow up and directly threaten someone who he never would have directly threatened in such an open way--and proceed to get utterly dominated by cersei like a little bitch

[Josquius]

'Power is power' - Quote of the week.

disagree. didn't sound quite as dumb in the show due to the scene and decent acting, but it is a pretty damn silly quote in text 

anyway, @episode: i'm no purist by any means, but i do think they probably should have had the prologue scene be at the beginning, and introduced those new characters better--especially melisandre. having talked to people who have only seen the show, her appearance was one of the more confusing aspects of the episode

also, that littlefinger-cersei interaction was sort of laughable and really against his character. as if baelish would openly ruin relations with the most powerful woman in the kingdom over a petty comment re: his past, and in such a blunt and obvious way

otherwise i enjoyed it. thought the last scene was very well done

I think she rhiled him up a bit with mentioning his Catlyn relationship. That is his big weak spot which pushes him into irrationality.

[LaCroix]

I think she rhiled him up a bit with mentioning his Catlyn relationship. That is his big weak spot which pushes him into irrationality.

yes, that is what the show was saying, but that would never happened with book-littlefinger. his weakness for cat is one of the many reasons behind some of his plots and schemes, but no where does it suggest he couldn't hold his tongue and know his place when mocked by literally one of the most powerful people in the kingdom

[jimmy olsen]

Looks like Episode 2 is on the internets, anyone seen it?

[viper37]

Finally, GoT is starting the second season!    After what seems years, just as if the show was being produced at the same pace RR Martin writes the books.   

9 months is an eternity.

[viper37]

she is willing to fuck

yes, that, she is.

[viper37]

instead of showing this by having littlefinger use the situation to further some goal of his, which is more keeping to his character of being possible the most skilled manipulator on the continent, they had him blow up and directly threaten someone who he never would have directly threatened in such an open way--and proceed to get utterly dominated by cersei like a little bitch

that was possibly put there to explain why he really doesn't care about the Lannisters anymore once he gets to marry Sansa's aunt and becomes lord of Harrenhal and the Eyrie.  He gets all this with Lannister's help, yet he seems to betray them.
It could be hard to understand his motivations, so introducing this scene dumbs down the requirements of understanding that Littlefingers plays for Littlefingers only.

[LaCroix]

that was possibly put there to explain why he really doesn't care about the Lannisters anymore once he gets to marry Sansa's aunt and becomes lord of Harrenhal and the Eyrie.  He gets all this with Lannister's help, yet he seems to betray them.

i don't see it, especially since (imo) the show has already more than demonstrated that littlefinger cares only about littlefinger.. cats aside

[Martinus]

The end with the guard taking over the city like that- wow. Just how busy was Robert? Every other house it seems holds one of his bairns.

Episode 2 gives a satisfying conclusion. 

[Martinus]

Looks like Episode 2 is on the internets, anyone seen it?

I did. It's pretty cool. Tyrion-in-King's-Landing scenes really stand out. Especially his little supper with Lord Janos Slynt.