Karsa Orlong Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 Little Maisie Williams is really holding her own against Charles Dance. Best scenes again this week were the Arya/Tywin ones. She should get an Emmy nom, she's so good in the role And big YAY for The Hound Quote
Timstar Posted May 8, 2012 Author Posted May 8, 2012 Little Maisie Williams is really holding her own against Charles Dance. Best scenes again this week were the Arya/Tywin ones. She should get an Emmy nom, she's so good in the role And big YAY for The Hound Yeah she's doing really well! Possibly my favourite episode so far last night. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Aw, she's so sweet. Love her reaction to being told Charles Dance had said she's his favourite actor on the show Quote
Timstar Posted May 9, 2012 Author Posted May 9, 2012 Yeah she is great! I watched the first episode of this and couldn't stand the presenter. He is so patronising it's ridiculous. He's acting like he is doing interviews and commentary for Harry Potter or something like that. Watched that and he is still annoying, I know she is young but he asks stupid questions and talks down to her then keeps interrupting her! Really irritating. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Yeah. I watched the Charles Dance interview (won't post it, cos there are major Storm of Swords spoilers in it - the silly arse for coming out with them!) and he can't even remember Maisie/Arya's name, just calls her 'that wonderful little girl'! Much prefer Kelly-Anne Smith doing the interviews Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 15, 2012 Posted May 15, 2012 Sheesh, Grace Dent interviewing George RR Martin after last night's episode: Dent: "George, I just wanted to say that I think you're marvellous, fantastic, a genius!" Martin: "I know I am." Okay, I may be exaggerating, but still the sycophancy was a bit much Quote
Timstar Posted May 15, 2012 Author Posted May 15, 2012 lol I didn't think he came across as big headed, he doesn't like being compared to Tolkien yet everyone keeps doing it. Brilliant episode though, great to see some more of Jamie. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 15, 2012 Posted May 15, 2012 Best bit for me, apart from Arya and Tywin, was Ygritte saying "You know nothing Jon Snow" for the first time Quote
Dori Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 I really don't like Ygritte, to be honest! She irritates me for some reason, no idea why exactly. Arya and Jaqen scenes are my favourite this season, I just love Tom Wlaschiha in his role. I'm glad we get to see Arya quite often, especially compared to Sansa. She doesn't seem to be getting much screentime lately, does she? Not that I miss her arc too much. Quote
Kell Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 I adore Jaqen - excellent character - I hope we see a lot more of him, but I suspect he may have played his part... for now! My favourites are definitely Arya and Tyrion, although I did also like Ygritte getting the upper hand with Jon Snow - brilliant! Another firm favourite of mine is Brienne of Tarth - she is just so awesome on every level - so statuesque. And lastly, Bronn - he's so straight forwardly ruthless and always makes me smile. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Can't wait for tonight's episode, 'Blackwater'. If they've done it right it should be the best episode so far. If they haven't ... Quote
Maureen Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 We watched all of season 1 a forthnight ago, and season two up to date last week. Great show - looking forward to reading the books. My favorite characters are definately Tyrion and Arya. Quote
Timstar Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Brilliant episode! The Wildfire was amazing. Written by G.R.R. Martin and directed by Neil Marshal it was always going to be good. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 I was a bit disappointed. Guess my expectations were too high. The Cersei scenes, even though they're from the book, killed the pace of the episode a little, imo. Good to see some battle scenes at last, though! Quote
Timstar Posted May 29, 2012 Author Posted May 29, 2012 Was it better in the book then? We didn't get to see what happened to Davos or Bronn... Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 (edited) Was it better in the book then? The ship battle is much longer and more involved in the book, but I doubt they could've done that on a tv budget. It's just that the episode felt a little disjointed to me. I never really got the feel of any tension in the Cersei scenes, it was just her getting drunk and lecturing Sansa, which was a bit boring, whereas in the book I just wasn't sure where it was leading. I think they've softened Cersei up a bit too much for the show, tbh. Edit: It's not that I didn't like it, I was just a tad disappointed due to overly high expectations. I think what this episode proved most to me is that when Benioff and Weiss stop doing the writing this show ratchets up several levels. Okay, so that was always going to be the case with this one with GRRM on duty, but I also thought earlier in the season that episodes written by others were noticeably better. The B&W episodes jump around far too much, and theirs have usually been the eps that include the most gratuitous stuff, like last week's sudden discovery of the 'c' bomb. They're like a couple of adolescents who think these things are grown up, when really it's just them being adolescents. Someone needs to tell them to stick to producing and leave the writing to others, IMO. Edited May 29, 2012 by Karsa Orlong Quote
Cookie Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 I was expecting there to be more to the battle scenes but agree that they probably couldn't afford it. I do think Ygritte is a bit irritating in the show though which I didn't in the books and I really wish Sansa would grow a back bone though I know she doesn't. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 I thought the season finale veered wildly between being good and an unholy mess Quote
Kell Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Is it a long wait until the next series. Don't quote me on this, but I think I heard somewhere that season 3 will be on near the end of the year. If that's true, we only have a few short months to wait. Fingers crossed! Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Hope you're right - I'd heard February 2013 at the earliest. Quote
BloodyNine Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 I thought the TV show was good, but the book was much better. TV Cersei does not do the book Cercei justice (she is super mean). He will have to jazz up sesons 4 and 5 quite a bit - just to stop the snores Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 I thought the TV show was good, but the book was much better. TV Cersei does not do the book Cercei justice (she is super mean). He will have to jazz up sesons 4 and 5 quite a bit - just to stop the snores Agreed on all counts Quote
Kell Posted June 11, 2012 Posted June 11, 2012 Hope you're right - I'd heard February 2013 at the earliest. Well, look at it this way - even if we DO have to wait till February, at least it's not a whole year like you'd have to wait for most other shows. Quote
Ben Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 April 2013 is the next series I believe. I've just finished watching Season 2 of Game of Thrones and I thought it was fantastic. I hate to be predictable but my favourite characters were also Arya, Tyrion and Jason H'ghar - I hope we get to see more of him. Also, what happened to Bronn? I hope he hasn't disappeared entirely, he was one of my favourite characters as well as the others I mentioned. All in all, I thought it made for fantastic television and even though I enjoyed not knowing what happened next, because I haven't read the books, I'm now very tempted to start reading them. Quote
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