Game of Thrones SHOW thread for people who are confused by the book thread

[OK_Cat]

Lady Tyrell being awesome until the bitter end.


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[Pete]

Lady Tyrell being awesome until the bitter end.


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Yep.  That was great.

[Pete]

Man, tough ending for the sand snakes tho.  Ouch.

[Belvis Noland]

the ending for the sand snakes was pretty awful.  but, I was hoping for something a bit more gruesome - assumed Sir Gregor would explode some heads or something. 

also, pretty stupid question, I'm sure, but why isn't Sansa automatically the Queen of the North?  Or, notwithstanding Bran being a complete weirdo/creepster now, shouldn't he automatically be King, whether he wants to or not?  isn't that way monarchy back then worked?   

[Rage Against the McKee]

the ending for the sand snakes was pretty awful.  but, I was hoping for something a bit more gruesome - assumed Sir Gregor would explode some heads or something. 

also, pretty stupid question, I'm sure, but why isn't Sansa automatically the Queen of the North?  Or, notwithstanding Bran being a complete weirdo/creepster now, shouldn't he automatically be King, whether he wants to or not?  isn't that way monarchy back then worked?

They both have strong claims, but neither would get the throne unless the sitting king decided to give it to them or they managed to get enough support from local nobles to defeat the sitting king in war. Possession was 90% of the law then, too.

[Belvis Noland]

the ending for the sand snakes was pretty awful.  but, I was hoping for something a bit more gruesome - assumed Sir Gregor would explode some heads or something. 

also, pretty stupid question, I'm sure, but why isn't Sansa automatically the Queen of the North?  Or, notwithstanding Bran being a complete weirdo/creepster now, shouldn't he automatically be King, whether he wants to or not?  isn't that way monarchy back then worked?

They both have strong claims, but neither would get the throne unless the sitting king decided to give it to them or they managed to get enough support from local nobles to defeat the sitting king in war. Possession was 90% of the law then, too.

yeah, but how did the sitting king (Jon Snow) get it in the first place - other then being a leader/warrior, etc?  as long as the blood line was alive, seems like it would go to the oldest male heir or, if presumed non existed, to the oldest female heir. 

[Rage Against the McKee]

the ending for the sand snakes was pretty awful.  but, I was hoping for something a bit more gruesome - assumed Sir Gregor would explode some heads or something. 

also, pretty stupid question, I'm sure, but why isn't Sansa automatically the Queen of the North?  Or, notwithstanding Bran being a complete weirdo/creepster now, shouldn't he automatically be King, whether he wants to or not?  isn't that way monarchy back then worked?

They both have strong claims, but neither would get the throne unless the sitting king decided to give it to them or they managed to get enough support from local nobles to defeat the sitting king in war. Possession was 90% of the law then, too.

yeah, but how did the sitting king (Jon Snow) get it in the first place - other then being a leader/warrior, etc?  as long as the blood line was alive, seems like it would go to the oldest male heir or, if presumed non existed, to the oldest female heir.

He took it from the acting warden of the north on the battlefield.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

The Dany/Jon meeting was realllllly talky. This is arguably one of the most important events in the series so far, and it detracted from the scene that they had to vocalize all of their motivations.

Tyrian is finally getting some quality screen time.

Cersei is at her best as a character when she's enjoying a steaming hot plate of revenge. Holy Cersei! Ditto for Lady O - what a finish. Oh and Euron is definitely getting way better as a character!

So Bran decides to trigger some extremely painful memories for Sansa just to prove he can see stuff? I would have gone with "btw, Jon and Meera are half-Targaryan twins."

And damn - time and space is starting to get realllly flexible in this series. Jon traveling from Winterfell to Dragonstone, Greyworm and Euron sailing their navies to the other side of Westeros, Jorah all healed up. All in the blink of an eye. And the battles in this episode were both extremely underproduced for their significance. Everything feels kind of rushed and slopped together this season - more like checking off boxes.

[star seed 7]

That siege of casterly rock with voice over was the worst scene in the series 

[pissclams]

i wonder if the producers have unlimited $$ to hyper produce all the scenes in the show or if they have to use discretion and leverage their knowledge of what's going to happen in the show when deciding how much time and money to spend telling the story.  who knows, somewhat of a big time mystery i've stumbled upon.

[420seriouscat69]

I won't be satisfied until Daenerys bangs Jon Snow.

[TownieCat]

btw, Jon and Meera are half-Targaryan twins

I understand the logic behind this theory, but there was not a second child in the Tower of Joy scene.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

btw, Jon and Meera are half-Targaryan twins

I understand the logic behind this theory, but there was not a second child in the Tower of Joy scene.

Damn right you understand the logic. And we don't know for certain there wasn't a second child in that scene - they may have only shown us one. Even if the show wusses out, it's gonna be in the books (eventually)!!

[star seed 7]

Smdh

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

That siege of casterly rock with voice over was the worst scene in the series

It was pretty bad.

And I get that they don't have unlimited resources - that doesn't change the fact that it looked very slopped togeher.

Back when they had even less money, they were planning on not showing the Battle of Blackwater Bay at all - just describing it in soldiers' reports to Cersei. Glad they didn't do that.

[TownieCat]

With only about 13 or so hours left in the series, time is more valuable resource than money is at this point. GOT prints cash for HBO.

The siege scene could have been better, but there has been little build up for it compared to the other major battles (Blackwater, Castle Black, Bastards) in earlier seasons. Better to just move the pieces into place and continue moving forward.

[Rage Against the McKee]

With only about 13 or so hours left in the series, time is more valuable resource than money is at this point. GOT prints cash for HBO.

The siege scene could have been better, but there has been little build up for it compared to the other major battles (Blackwater, Castle Black, Bastards) in earlier seasons. Better to just move the pieces into place and continue moving forward.

They would have 20 hours left if they wouldn't have told HBO they only wanted 13, though.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

With only about 13 or so hours left in the series, time is more valuable resource than money is at this point. GOT prints cash for HBO.

The siege scene could have been better, but there has been little build up for it compared to the other major battles (Blackwater, Castle Black, Bastards) in earlier seasons. Better to just move the pieces into place and continue moving forward.

They would have 20 hours left if they wouldn't have told HBO they only wanted 13, though.

Right. And it's the Battle for Casterly Rock. Tyrion storming his own castle! I get not showing the battle for Highgarden - totally unnecessary, but Casterly Rock is this almost mythical place in the books (I know it's all mythical) often mentioned but almost never "seen." Maybe it'll stay that way in the books - who knows - but the show really slopped through it.

[TownieCat]

What if the true Battle of Casterly Rock is the one that hasn't taken place yet?

 

[star seed 7]

I don't care if they show the siege or not but the way they did it was terrible. I mean late seasons of dexter type terrible.

[420seriouscat69]

I won't be satisfied until Daenerys bangs Jon Snow.

You guys are focusing on the wrong things here.

[Kat Kid]

The show runners basically turning Bran in to Rain Man is very lol.

[Kat Kid]

like his sister hugs him and it does not register at all, then he nerds out trying to explain the 3 eyed raven, then he talks about watching his sister get raped and how beautiful she looked. I mean, what in the world?

[sys]

i liked it.  stuff i didn't like were incongruities with previous episodes, where the blame lays more with the previous epis than the current.  and sam not dying of his exposure, of course.

i liked the abbreviated battles.  i hate those chaos of war style battle scenes like in last episode.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I was fine with not showing the battle for Casterly Rock, since they used the explanation of entering through the sewers, plus the Lannisters basically abandoning it as a way to explain how easy it was to take. I was more bothered with how quickly and easily Jaime was able to take Highgarden, really. That is a huge castle that should have at least required a long siege.