Game of Thrones begins....

[Martinus]

I liked Dany in last night's episode. I had forgotten some of the details from the book but I was waiting for her to act, as I knew she wasn't giving up any dragons. I had also forgotten that she could speak Valyrian but I was figuring she could and knew all along what was being said. Very cool all around, she's one of my favorite characters from the books. I like the actress playing her.

can't remember the books, if we knew from the beginning, but in the tv series, it was kinda noticeable that she understood the guy but was trying not to show it.

As I said before, in the books we are inside her head so it is kinda obvious we knew from the beginning.

[Grey Fox]

I liked Dany in last night's episode. I had forgotten some of the details from the book but I was waiting for her to act, as I knew she wasn't giving up any dragons. I had also forgotten that she could speak Valyrian but I was figuring she could and knew all along what was being said. Very cool all around, she's one of my favorite characters from the books. I like the actress playing her.

can't remember the books, if we knew from the beginning, but in the tv series, it was kinda noticeable that she understood the guy but was trying not to show it.

As I said before, in the books we are inside her head so it is kinda obvious we knew from the beginning.

I was wondering how they handle that in the book. I had figured it out as a quirk of the TV show.

[Solmyr]

[Martinus]

Apparently, this screencap is currently very popular on deviantart.com. So I've been told.

[KRonn]

The show also had to make up a few new languages for the actors to use and be consistent with.   

[Martinus]

I think Emilia Clarke's delivery of Valyrian was flawless. While the guy playing the slaver sounded a bit like he was declaiming, there was real emotion in her KILL BURNINATE MWHAHAHA.

[The Larch]

I like how the legend of Pod the stud keeps growing.  Great comedy relief.

Btw, Sansa keeps getting tricked...this girl will never learn.

[Valmy]

Btw, Sansa keeps getting tricked...this girl will never learn.

Oh for Godsake she is still a kid.  I mean she literally has nobody she can rely on and this is a nest of vipers where even Tyrion gets tricked.

[Martinus]

I like how the legend of Pod the stud keeps growing.  Great comedy relief.

Btw, Sansa keeps getting tricked...this girl will never learn.

Well, there could be worse fates for her than getting hitched to a relatively harmless gay scion of one of the wealthiest families in Westeros.

That being said, as my friend pointed out, she would be a far greater risk for Loras as she just cant keep her mouth shut.

[Neil]

Btw, Sansa keeps getting tricked...this girl will never learn.

I think she'll start to learn in the near future.

[Josquius]

Valryian sounded cool. Suitably semi-latin but different.
I had forgotten that the slavers spoke quasi-valryian.

Did things go that way at Craster's in the books? I can't recall that.....what happened to the other women?

Raped?

And then what? What of the other Nights Watch men?


Really can't remember what happened in the book...this doesn't ring a bell at all. Weren't the others involved somehow. hmm.

[Grallon]

Great episode.

Really it's amazing how they managed to distill such a punch from a 5 minutes scene.  In the books her sections dragged on but here they've synthesized it so well as to make it better than the text.  Daenerys truly is worthy to rule over Westeros.



G.

[Neil]

That said, the best scene of the night was Tywin and Cersei.

[Berkut]

That said, the best scene of the night was Tywin and Cersei.

+1

All the best scenes are either

1. Really powerful moments, or
2. Some of the really exceptional dialogue.

Tywin slapping Cersei down was just excellent. I would really like to see him take on Joffrey.

[Martinus]

That said, the best scene of the night was Tywin and Cersei.

Olenna and Varys for me. Can't wait for that Olenna / Tywin scene that is coming in one of the next episodes. Finally, each will meet their match.