My take on HBO's Game Of Thrones (Spoilers)

by **VeggieBoy** on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:49 am

We watched the first two episodes last night. Good stuff, but I have to say that Craster is not at all the way I pictured him - he's much cleaner and composed (and less scary) than I anticipated. I had more of a hillbilly, Deliverance, skanky idea of him and his keep (which is also much nicer than I pictured it). Am digging it very much overall.

by **Evilyn** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:05 am

So much happened last night I think I need to watch again before I can process it all.

Again, there is soooo much that needs to happen and I think they're doing a good, if not sometimes head-spinny, way to capture it all.

All I can say is that they actually, totally, graphically went there in that last scene! In the book that was by far the most WTF moment in the entire series...as in what the hell did I just read? Really? And HBO lovingly depicted it in all it's awful glory. Well played, bitches.

by **littleidiot** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:11 am

I loved Tyrion going all Crocodile Dundee - 'that's not a threat, that is a threat!'
Charlie Chaplin's grand-daughter showing up a lot earlier than I expected with some exposition which was not in the book but needed to be. Looks like Rob may fall for a commoner! Nice.
That's not the same Mountain from season 1 is it?
And it wasn't Tywin that Arya became cup bearer for either was it?
Harrowhall looked great.
Qarth looked crap. 'We all speak the Queens English here you know'

by **jenskot** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:22 am

I miss all the parts they left out.

But I like all the additions or changes they made!

They are merging many scenes, merging some characters, and adding lots of foreshadowing. The benefit of hindsight!

by **Evilyn** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:51 am

[quote="littleidiot"]And it wasn't Tywin that Arya became cup bearer for either was it?
Harrowhall looked great./quote]

While that character in the book was interesting and all (pale, soft spoken in that creepy way, really into leeches), subbing Tywin means more Tywin, who is scary/awesome. I loved the HFS faces of the torture-droogs when Tywin shows up...and he wasn't even that pissed off, yet.

by **faust** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:41 am

It's Roose Bolton in the books. The Leech Lord.

And not a minor character at all, in later books.

by **Saif** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:51 am

Yeah, the Boltons become major players later, but I think they don't need to set him up yet, they have time to get it done later.

Tywin is a very smart character to move into the slot here, otherwise he's too off-the-screen in the books and I don't think it'd work as well for TV for him to be "doing stuff.... somewhere!"

by **TheBauhausCure** on Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:53 pm

I didn't think it was possible, but the show has made me hate Joff MORE than the books! What a little dirtbag!

by **chrisg** on Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:42 pm

I loved the ending of S02E04. It was different than I'd imagined it when I read the book, but in a good way! Also, I love Stannis's right-hand man there, whose name I've forgotten.

by **TheBauhausCure** on Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:16 pm

chrisg wrote:I loved the ending of S02E04. It was different than I'd imagined it when I read the book, but in a good way! Also, I love Stannis's right-hand man there, whose name I've forgotten.

Davos Seaworth, or, more affectionately, The Onion Knight. /nerd

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