2x02 The Night Lands
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netgirl_y2kYou know, I thought I was pretty immune to the amount of sexposition in this show, but, blimey, that was a lot of sex.
-Hang on, did they just kill Rakharo? Wait, no, you can't do that. The only reason I can cope with this show at all is that I know which deaths to expect. You can't just start killing off characters when I don't know to brace myself, it isn't fair. Oh, Rakharo, you were the finest of the Dothraki.
Although I did like Dany's reaction. Has anyone else noticed a similarity between Dany and Stannis here?
Dany/Stannis: I will kill them all.
Jorah/Davos/Someone else with a firmer grip on reality: But we're vastly, vastly outnumbered.
Dany/Stannis: KILL THEM ALL.
Jorah/Davos: But... But...
Dany/Stannis: THEM ALL. KILL.
-"You can't steal her. She's a person, not a goat." And with that line Samwell Tarly becomes the person with the most enlightened gender views in Westeros. Well done, Sam, ILU.
-You know, I may be getting ahead of myself here, but I think those Greyjoys look slightly suspicious and I'm not sure we should entirely trust them.
-When I read the books the moment that I decided that Theon was irredeemably awful and I wished only bad things to happen to him was that scene with the captain's daughter and that's true of the show too. But then there was the scene at Pyke with his father. It's actually why I think Alifie Allen makes such a good Theon, he manages to be both a sad little puppy who only wants to be accepted, and, you know, utter, utter scum.
I do not enjoy the feelings you make me feel, Theon, but I feel them anyway.
-I don't think there was a way to film that scene on the horse without it being skeevy and weird, but I have to applaud Asha (Yara? Yarra?) for being the biggest troll in Westeros who isn't Jaime Lannister.
-Okay, so that's Asha. I can has a Brienne now?
-I'm sorry, but I did really love her "Anything with a cock is easy to fool." More of her please.
-Although, everyone who is saying that Gemma Whelen isn;t hot enough to play Asha, two things 1) Shut up, 2) Alfie Allen.
-Hang on, did they just kill Rakharo? Wait, no, you can't do that. The only reason I can cope with this show at all is that I know which deaths to expect. You can't just start killing off characters when I don't know to brace myself, it isn't fair. Oh, Rakharo, you were the finest of the Dothraki.
Although I did like Dany's reaction. Has anyone else noticed a similarity between Dany and Stannis here?
Dany/Stannis: I will kill them all.
Jorah/Davos/Someone else with a firmer grip on reality: But we're vastly, vastly outnumbered.
Dany/Stannis: KILL THEM ALL.
Jorah/Davos: But... But...
Dany/Stannis: THEM ALL. KILL.
-"You can't steal her. She's a person, not a goat." And with that line Samwell Tarly becomes the person with the most enlightened gender views in Westeros. Well done, Sam, ILU.
-You know, I may be getting ahead of myself here, but I think those Greyjoys look slightly suspicious and I'm not sure we should entirely trust them.
-When I read the books the moment that I decided that Theon was irredeemably awful and I wished only bad things to happen to him was that scene with the captain's daughter and that's true of the show too. But then there was the scene at Pyke with his father. It's actually why I think Alifie Allen makes such a good Theon, he manages to be both a sad little puppy who only wants to be accepted, and, you know, utter, utter scum.
I do not enjoy the feelings you make me feel, Theon, but I feel them anyway.
-I don't think there was a way to film that scene on the horse without it being skeevy and weird, but I have to applaud Asha (Yara? Yarra?) for being the biggest troll in Westeros who isn't Jaime Lannister.
-Okay, so that's Asha. I can has a Brienne now?
-I'm sorry, but I did really love her "Anything with a cock is easy to fool." More of her please.
-Although, everyone who is saying that Gemma Whelen isn;t hot enough to play Asha, two things 1) Shut up, 2) Alfie Allen.
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Date: 2012-04-09 11:46 pm (UTC)My Theon feelings can currently be summed up as: THEON YOU HORRID, REPULSIVE, PUNCHABLE LITTLE SHIT. COME TO MY BOSOM WHERE NO ONE CAN HURT YOU.
I don't know why Rakharo's death his me so hard, except that I was all braced for Doreah to snuff it and then they switched it up and it hit me totally from left field. Although, I suppose it's unavoidable that there'd be some things like that, if only for reasons of actor availability and other external factors.
I know a lot of people have a problem with the way the Robb/Cat dynamic has changed and think it does a disservice to Cat's character. But, honestly, I think it's the inevitable result of Robb being older, and frankly that leaving Robb as underdeveloped as he was in the books for the sake of Cat's arc would have been worse? I think the GENERIC FANTASY HERO thing would be more annoying me more if I didn't know about the upcoming Red Wedding.
I also think there's some other storylines (HI, JON SNOW! HI!) that could have done with being altered to take account of the new character ages. Jon is one of my favourite book characters, but there are lots of things that are understandable and sympathetic in a fourteen year old boy that are ridiculous when applied to a grown-assed-man. Although, as you say, at least there's Sam.
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Date: 2012-04-10 09:26 pm (UTC)I think that's why it annoys me so much. I won't have as much emotional tramua over it. Although maybe that's a good thing. I don't need to cry for three days straight again.