Game of Thrones - No spoilers

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Asterix said:

westtra said:

irocfan said:

Bronn's back!!! Yay!!

Im not sure I like the way this is going with the bron and jamie story. Its a fair departure from the books.

What books? Hahahahhahahhhhahahahahhah!

I like the way that the show is going - looks like they have dropped a lot of the dull plotlines from the books.

[irocfan]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Asterix said:

westtra said:

irocfan said:

Bronn's back!!! Yay!!

Im not sure I like the way this is going with the bron and jamie story. Its a fair departure from the books.

What books? Hahahahhahahhhhahahahahhah!

I like the way that the show is going - looks like they have dropped a lot of the dull plotlines from the books.

apparently this season is where there are radical departures from the books

[Asterix]

irocfan said:

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Asterix said:

westtra said:

irocfan said:

Bronn's back!!! Yay!!

Im not sure I like the way this is going with the bron and jamie story. Its a fair departure from the books.

What books? Hahahahhahahhhhahahahahhah!

I like the way that the show is going - looks like they have dropped a lot of the dull plotlines from the books.

apparently this season is where there are radical departures from the books

Maybe it's because George RR Martin has told the producers how it's going to end and they're having to start to develop story arcs that are a bit different to meet the agreed conclusion.

[Mafffew]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

I like the way that the show is going - looks like they have dropped a lot of the dull plotlines from the books.

They also seem to have dropped some good stuff though


LSH, The Greyjoys Victarion & Euron are what I miss the most.

[MartG]

Calza said:

Is the king / prince / whatever of Dorne in a wheelchair?

Hardly recognised Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( aka Alexander Siddig ) in the role - I remember him like this

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Mafffew said:

jesusbuiltmycar said:

I like the way that the show is going - looks like they have dropped a lot of the dull plotlines from the books.

They also seem to have dropped some good stuff though


LSH, The Greyjoys Victarion & Euron are what I miss the most.

I warmed to Victarion by the end of ADWD but most of the IronBorn crap bored me especially with each of them having multiple names (Aeron/Damphair/Wet-blanket etc)

[chris watton]

MartG said:

Hardly recognised Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( aka Alexander Siddig ) in the role - I remember him like this

He also did an excellent job of portraying Hannibal Barca and is also good in da Vinci's Demons...

[DervVW]

MartG said:

Calza said:

Is the king / prince / whatever of Dorne in a wheelchair?

Hardly recognised Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( aka Alexander Siddig ) in the role - I remember him like this

I thought he looked familiar! Totally different!

[Asterix]

I remember him from Syriana and Kingdom of Heaven too.

[PeteB0]

Raify said:

I'm pretty sure that was filmed at the Real Alcazar in Sevilla, not Granada.

Indeed, pointed it out to the other half and the web confirms Seville as a filming location

[ZesPak]

chris watton said:

MartG said:

Hardly recognised Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( aka Alexander Siddig ) in the role - I remember him like this

He also did an excellent job of portraying Hannibal Barca and is also good in da Vinci's Demons...

Damn that's where I know him from as well! Knew he looked familiar but didn't find why in his bio...
Wasn't that some sort of doctor on DS9?

[MartG]

ZesPak said:

chris watton said:

MartG said:

Hardly recognised Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( aka Alexander Siddig ) in the role - I remember him like this

He also did an excellent job of portraying Hannibal Barca and is also good in da Vinci's Demons...

Damn that's where I know him from as well! Knew he looked familiar but didn't find why in his bio...
Wasn't that some sort of doctor on DS9?

Yes - Dr Julian Bashir

[FourWheelDrift]

DervVW said:

I thought he looked familiar! Totally different!

He was 26 there, he's 49 now.

[Halb]

confucuis said:

I take it you liked it then
Really liked the way Tywins brother knew what Cersei was at and told her to fk off. However Cersei really is whittling down the small council, big power play there?
Also my brother made a good point, did the dragon return because Dani killed a man instead of showing mercy?

Yeah, I loved how they showed the superiority of Brienne's sword.

MartG said:

That's brilliant. I opened it on my phone and it didn't load the full screen...I wondered, and had to scroll to the right then laughed my tits off...ace.

[DervVW]

FourWheelDrift said:

DervVW said:

I thought he looked familiar! Totally different!

He was 26 there, he's 49 now.

how time flys!

[Mafffew]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

I warmed to Victarion by the end of ADWD but most of the IronBorn crap bored me especially with each of them having multiple names (Aeron/Damphair/Wet-blanket etc)

True, a lot of the Greyjoy sections can drag on, Damphair should be cut (as he seems to be). But no Victarion or Euron is odd, especially when you consider where Victarion was at the end of ADWD. But the show is really beginning to chop and change from the book now, much more so than before.

[Calza]

Halb said:

Yeah, I loved how they showed the superiority of Brienne's sword.

Thing is though, that was a knight she struck at? So presumably didn't have a crappy sword anyway.

Is the valerian steel really that strong that it can just shatter normal swords?!

Also ... do we know how Ned wound up with it?

[FourWheelDrift]

Calza said:

Thing is though, that was a knight she struck at? So presumably didn't have a crappy sword anyway.

Is the valerian steel really that strong that it can just shatter normal swords?!

Also ... do we know how Ned wound up with it?

A Stark heirloom, passed down through the generations.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Mafffew said:

jesusbuiltmycar said:

I warmed to Victarion by the end of ADWD but most of the IronBorn crap bored me especially with each of them having multiple names (Aeron/Damphair/Wet-blanket etc)

True, a lot of the Greyjoy sections can drag on, Damphair should be cut (as he seems to be). But no Victarion or Euron is odd, especially when you consider where Victarion was at the end of ADWD. But the show is really beginning to chop and change from the book now, much more so than before.

What has happened to Balon in the show? They had the Melisandre magic ritual with the kings blood that was suppose to kill off Joffery, Rob and Balon but Balon hasn't been mentioned since

[TREMAiNE]

Calza said:

Also ... do we know how Ned wound up with it?

From what I can remember that I've read online, Valyrian steel is in extremely short supply, I think one of the Targaryens gave every major house a Valyrian steel sword many years (centuries, maybe) ago. SO that's how Ned got his...

IIRC, Tywins father actually lost the Lannisters sword - and a Valyrian steel sword is the one thing the Lannisters didn't have and couldn't obtain... Ice (the name of Neds sword) being re-smelted at the start of Season 4 means so much to the Lannisters and its at that point where they're at the very top of their game...


I'm sure I've got some of that wrong, book readers, do your worst!