AT the end of tonight's episode Lord Peter Baelish was in the throne room with Lord Vaerys and was speaking about the motivations that some people have for what they do. His speech became a voice over as we were shown scenes of people he was speaking about. One of the scenes was King Joffrey (the insolent little s**t, I hope he gets what's coming to him in a nasty way) sitting in his bed chamber with a crossbow in his hand pointed toward the foot of his bed. The camera pans and we see a young woman sitting on the bed with her hands bound above her head and an arrow sticking out of her chest. Her head is slumped as though she is dead. Who was that? I couldn't recognize who it was. Was it the chick he was supposed to marry?
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Another Game of Thrones Question
- Thread starter Landman
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I hope that when Joffrey finally gets what it coming to him that they do it in a way that makes us shout, "Yes, Yes, get that little !@##$%^"
On another note is it just me or does it appear that the young lady to whom he is betrothed is going about getting herself aggrandized in the eyes of the people so she can set Joffrey up to take a fatal fall and take the throne with the full support of the masses while playing the poor innocent victim. I haven't read the books.
On another note is it just me or does it appear that the young lady to whom he is betrothed is going about getting herself aggrandized in the eyes of the people so she can set Joffrey up to take a fatal fall and take the throne with the full support of the masses while playing the poor innocent victim. I haven't read the books.
Ros was never specifically in the books, there was a "red headed whore" mentioned.
But the actress who portrayed Ros, Esme Bianco, as I understand it, became a series production staff and fan favorite, and she was written further into the series.
Ros was an amalgamation of a couple characters.
As George R.R. Martin has said, many characters have been combined for the sake of the TV series production.
Well, after watching two and a half seasons, you should know better than to second guess the plot by now.
I will say...
Oh dear! Off in the distance I see a passenger train coming down the track.
It has characters from "Game of Thrones" onboard!
They must all be going to the various weddings about to occur.
They must not know the bridge is out over the ravine!
I can't tell yet how fast it is traveling, or when it will get to the ravine.
Maybe this season, next season for sure...
But, the carnage that will surely ensue when it gets there!
Oh, I can't wait. Toot! Toot! :icon_twi: :icon_twi: :icon_twi:
But the actress who portrayed Ros, Esme Bianco, as I understand it, became a series production staff and fan favorite, and she was written further into the series.
Ros was an amalgamation of a couple characters.
As George R.R. Martin has said, many characters have been combined for the sake of the TV series production.
Well, after watching two and a half seasons, you should know better than to second guess the plot by now.
I will say...
Oh dear! Off in the distance I see a passenger train coming down the track.
It has characters from "Game of Thrones" onboard!
They must all be going to the various weddings about to occur.
They must not know the bridge is out over the ravine!
I can't tell yet how fast it is traveling, or when it will get to the ravine.
Maybe this season, next season for sure...
But, the carnage that will surely ensue when it gets there!
Oh, I can't wait. Toot! Toot! :icon_twi: :icon_twi: :icon_twi:
What colour might this wedding train be?
Oh it's crimson red.
As red as the color of House Lannister's banner ... :icon_twi:
Signed in to get the Dino repaints. Didn't expect a GOT thread, although I know there are nerds here.
I don't think I'm revealing to much by stating weddings tend not to go well in Westeros. GREAT seeing Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna. While reading the books I had her pictured as Sian Phillips, but c'mon, EMMA FRAKKING PEEL!!! How cool is that?
JAMES
I don't think I'm revealing to much by stating weddings tend not to go well in Westeros. GREAT seeing Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna. While reading the books I had her pictured as Sian Phillips, but c'mon, EMMA FRAKKING PEEL!!! How cool is that?
JAMES
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All things considered, and I must say I was prepared to be underwhelmed at the beginning of the series, the casting and production values are excellent and have remained so from day one!
Diana Rigg and Charles Dance conspiring???
Excellent!!!!!!
Agreed.
Having George R.R. Martin as an executive producer has definitely helped, IMHO.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss constantly show a great love for the material.
Even though I know certain events are going to happen in the series, when they do occur I always react more that I figure I will.
Ned's execution still leaves me verklempt.
Even though the Wildfire sequence in the Battle of the Blackwater is CGI, I still exclaim out loud every time I see it.
Daenerys' Sack of Astapor this season had me exactly quoting that famous video clip of Alain de Cadenet getting buzzed by that Spitfire years ago (You know, at the end when he gets buzzed by a few feet).
Oh that look Emilia Clarke gives at the slave master, and you know right then the "gig is up" and things are going to go oh so badly for him....
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And how about that look on his face when he realizes who she is and what is about to happen to him. It was great. When he got fried by the dragon I literally let out a big "YESSS, MWAAAH ha ha ha ha ha ha." I am anxiously waiting for those dragons to grow up and make more dragons and start frying entire armies.
And that old lady is Emma Peel? That is cool. I didn't know that. This show is in my list of the top three television shows of all time. The other two being Lost and Breaking Bad. Okay I'm starting to ramble now. I'll shut up.
And that old lady is Emma Peel? That is cool. I didn't know that. This show is in my list of the top three television shows of all time. The other two being Lost and Breaking Bad. Okay I'm starting to ramble now. I'll shut up.
I get misty when Ned dies too. I liked the character in the book, and I'm a big Sean Bean fan. He tends to get killed a lot in his various roles. It was in line with Martin's thinking though. I read an interview with GRR in Rolling Stone and he mentions he was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War and - I think - was in some sort of medical unit. Anyway, he said what stayed with him from that experience was unlike Hollywood movies, ANYONE could get killed. It didn't matter how many push ups you could do, if you were in the wrong place at the wrong time; if you got caught in an ambush; if your fresh out of ROTC Lieutenant called in short rounds on an arty strike, you got killed, even if you were a good soldier doing what you were supposed to do. I remember Gwynne Dyer writing something similar about Israeli Tank Corps training; impressing upon young commanders that you can do everything right, and still get killed. In Ned's case, as much as I liked the guy, I thought he was abysmally stupid to tell Cersei what he was going to do instead of just busting her psychopathic bottom. It's been a few years since I read Game of Thrones now, and I lent all my Martin books to one of my cousins, but I don't remember Cersei from the books being as self-aware as she is in the series. As I remember it, in the books, she never gets that there might be something wrong with Joffrey. Tyrion does, but she won't hear it. Anyway, I know precisely what scene I'm looking forward to seeing, but I can't say what without revealing a major spoiler.
JAMES
JAMES
Yes, I'm aware of this. I have footage of both Gore Vidal and Stephen King saying once the writer signs the contract allowing the studio to adapt the work, he has very little control over what they do with it. I loved Stanley Kubrick's filmed version of The Shining, which I think is King's best work, but King never cared for Kubrick's take on the source material, which is supposedly one of the reasons he supported SyFy's 1997 televised version, which I saw and also liked. I have a pass to go see Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby tomorrow, and I'm already convinced even if it turns out to be a cinematic masterpiece, literary purists will detest it. The most vocal of these, in my experience, will be those who won't have seen the film, but have decided beforehand to hate it in principle. I don't know how many literary events you get to, but that guy is always in the audience.
JAMES