Game of Thrones

[Calliander]

I could've sworn in the books, both Jon Connington and Tyrion get infected with greyscale. Is that correct or not?

The scene in question actually played out very much the same as in the book, even considering the changing/lack of characters, size of the boat, different time frame, and location difference.

In the book the sequence is:

1) Stone men attack by leaping off of the bridge in The Sorrows.

2) People not in the show fight the stone men.

3) Tyrion tries to fight, gets knocked overboard, and the chapter ends with a stone man dragging him down. He drowns.

4) Tyrion wakes to find he's been saved.

5) Later, a person not in the show pulls up his sleeve/takes off his glove to check on the greyscale he got saving Tyrion. (EDIT: Just not immediately afterward.)

6) Tyrion checks his fingers and toes a lot but as of ADWD ending displays no evidence of greyscale.

#6 has actually lead to all kinds of theories the show hasn't bothered to do any leg work for, so if they are true we'll probably get telegraphing for it the same way they are hitting us over the head with Rhaegar and Lyanna this season.

[Jed]

#6 has actually lead to all kinds of theories the show hasn't bothered to do any leg work for, so if they are true we'll probably get telegraphing for it the same way they are hitting us over the head with Rhaegar and Lyanna this season.

They really are laying it on thick with the R+L = J thing this season. Is it still called foreshadowing if they just come straight out and tell you? Subtlety is not their strong point.

[Calliander]

Lol, nope. If they'd taken the time to lay the groundwork through the previous seasons beyond Fat Bob imagining his turkey grease fingers on Wylla's tits maybe they wouldn't be scrambling to make sure TV viewers are wondering why Ned's sister and this Rhaegar guy are so important all of a sudden.

I wish Vulture hadn't spoiled that for a majority of the fans, but at least the events of ADWD are under wraps in the media.

I think there's a possibility that Joanna Lannister may have been mentioned by name once but I don't think there's even been one mention of how much the Mad King was into her, and how that helped motivate Tywin during Robert's Rebellion. If she gets mentioned at all next season then we can probably safely assume that theory's gonna get "subtly" exposed.

[Jed]

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[Chux]

Fucking HBOGo didn't have this up in time for me to watch it before Mad Men. Womp womp.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I had to immediately google when someone may die, and was saddened that in the books the person is still alive. But since this already diverges from the books quite a bit, I'm hoping death comes sooner rather than later.

[Jed]

The sand snakes just need to go. That shit is sooooooo bad. So so bad.

I'm almost 99% certain HBO GO put some fake buffering in during that sword fight with Jamie and Bronn. The episode streamed smooth as butter the entire time, and then got VERY choppy during the fight scene. My wife and I were cracking up at how shitty it was, and rewound it for laughs. It buffered in the exact same spots and then completely disappeared when the scene was over.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

That was the corniest fight scene this show has ever had. Felt like I was watching some garbage ABC show for a minute.

[Calliander]

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Fuckin' spot on, Bevan.

I had to immediately google when someone may die, and was saddened that in the books the person is still alive. But since this already diverges from the books quite a bit, I'm hoping death comes sooner rather than later.

Loras? I think it's headed that way. He's actually kind of a throwaway by this point in the books and is supposed to have sustained a life-threatening injury already so…

OR

Bronn? I think showing the cut he got on his arm is the, "OH SHIT FORESHADOWING," part. Someone has to take the role of the "Arys Oakheart" character.

The sand snakes just need to go. That shit is sooooooo bad. So so bad.

I'm almost 99% certain HBO GO put some fake buffering in during that sword fight with Jamie and Bronn. The episode streamed smooth as butter the entire time, and then got VERY choppy during the fight scene. My wife and I were cracking up at how shitty it was, and rewound it for laughs. It buffered in the exact same spots and then completely disappeared when the scene was over.

Two quick things about it:

1) The Sand Snakes were shit in the books so of course they translate poorly to the screen. If I were in charge I'd have removed the Dornish plot from the show entirely. Since it's in, if I had a say, I'd make T=fA and also roll that into Kingmaker.

2) In one of those videos behind the scenes, the guy in charge of Alcazar filming mentioned being like SUPER deathly afraid of even harming the plants there. I looked around for it and couldn't find it quickly but I definitely remember him saying it. I wonder if that had any effect on that … choppiness. My girl went to school for film so she was like, "Wow, that's some really poor editing." Especially that one super visible editing flub, too. I think it was one of those parts with Bronn stepping on the whip.

So here's some stuff I didn't expect:

- Calling up Margaery to testify. I thought they were shifting her AFFC stuff with Loras.
- Littlefinger telling Cersei about Sansa. (Actually, I kind of suspected it but I didn't count on the whole "riding to war" with the Vale thing, which I think was the whole point of leaving Robert with Bronze Yohn but we'll see.)
- Seeing the hall of Faces.
- Those guys in the background of Sansa during the wedding sure do look like Umbers…

Some nitpicking:

- Adebisi can only help so much in a poorly written scene.
- I wish there was a way to "empower" women without raping them.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

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Ramsay