Game of Thrones (book talk edition)

[aenemaTron]

I was surprised by how early they introduced Bran's wolf dreams, but I love that they're wasting no time in exploring it.

No offense but shut the fuck up please.

[Monty]

Uh....have you met his parents? The Stark boys are good because Ned's good. Joffrey is what happens when your parents are power-hungry, manipulative assholes. He's bad because he was never taught sympathy or honor or goodness.

For adults in the modern world, like Ben from Lost, you really do need to an excuse to be so abnormal and fucked up. Joffrey makes perfect sense, though. No explanation needed. Especially since he's still a kid.

But Joffrey wasn't raised by Cersei and Jamie. He was raised by Robert, who seems at least a little bit honorable.

Well, he was probably actually raised by an army of servants, but you know what I mean.

[pollymaepry]

He's also inbred, so his whole being is innately screwed.

Even if I hadn't seen the show none of these spoilers would effect me because now I've watched 11 hours of this show and when you guys use the characters' names I'm still sitting here vacant-eyed going "what? who?". I am dumb and these people have weird names and lots of stuff happens that's what I'm saying.

[Kon Darp]

But Joffrey wasn't raised by Cersei and Jamie. He was raised by Robert, who seems at least a little bit honorable.

Eh, Robert was honorable before becoming king, and right before losing the title. Power didn't do much good for him.

He was raised mostly by Cersei, servants, and a neglectful alcoholic. Prime upbringing for an asshole.

[pollymaepry]

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[aenemaTron]

Robert didn't come across very honorable to me. Maybe he was, once. But even the greatest people can fuck up a kid. You don't have to be an asshole.

[Teaflax]

when you guys use the characters' names I'm still sitting here vacant-eyed going "what? who?". I am dumb and these people have weird names and lots of stuff happens that's what I'm saying.

We rewatched season one this weekend with subtitles ON, for the names alone. So watching without them was almost jarring - for instance, what the hell was the name of the "King beyond the wall"? (I looked it up: Mance Rayder. Sounded like "Manseider" to me).

Epispode 2 leaked online, BTW. Just watched it, and now I have to wait almost two weeks for the next episode. :P

[ArchStanton]

link?

[TimBuktu]

link?

http://www.google.com

[Umlaut]

link?

[anantp]

Episode 2 leaked online, BTW. Just watched it, and now I have to wait almost two weeks for the next episode. :P

Rumor has it HBO GO will release episodes 1 week early. Surely someone will rip it.

[Medibot]

King Geoffrey, the rightful heir to the throne.

[Teaflax]

link?

I use XBMC with the Navi-X plugin, so I am not link capable. I simply check what shows have been updated and then watch the stream. No web browser or torrents involved.

[Finnias Jones]

What DO you feed a baby dragon?

[aenemaTron]

Taking that too seriously, I can't think of anything. If horse meat (I assume) is no good, I would think meat of any mammal might not suffice. I don't know how thought out this is going to be, but dragons seem reptilian, which indicates they predate man- if the big reveal is that they only eat humans or something that would be questionable to me. But live meat, maybe, or fresh blood, or really well done steaks? Either that or it's like fear or some bullshit. Or mackerel. Or magic. Or insects, berries and tender shoots. Or Direwolf eggs. Or Beefy Crunchwraps.

Hey were the Dothraki able to pop that molten gold goop helmet off that one guy's head, or did they have to scrape it out like a waxy candle holder? Or do they not give a fluff about gold even though they could use it and that's stupid.

Or hot lobster rolls with butter.

[Americas Team]

Hey were the Dothraki able to pop that molten gold goop helmet off that one guy's head, or did they have to scrape it out like a waxy candle holder? Or do they not give a fluff about gold even though they could use it and that's stupid.

I don't think they care about money or gold. They take what they want so they don't need to buy shit. They're nomads so they don't really have infrastructure they can invest in.

[isoS]

That is, until they see the Cash4Gold infomercial. That changes everything.

[pissedpissedofferson]

Good episode! Everything feels way less claustrophobic this season, which is amazing because all the tight-shots in season 1 made otherwise grandiose settings seem really small and cheap.

My one complaint: it looks like they replaced yet another non-white role with a lilly-white person. Worse, they replaced her with Ros (the inexplicably reoccurring whore from the first season).

[Kon Darp]

Executions cost money. That one cost that amount of gold.

New episode is good. No spoilers, but the gratuitous sex is really back in force. It's worse than Boardwalk Empire ever was. Very uncomfortable to watch with females.

[jkwall]

This is the only show I've ever actually watched and enjoyed where I couldn't tell you the names of half the characters or what they actually do. I feel like my parents watching The Amazing Race.