[TV] HBO Game of Thrones - Page 285

Things are great, I'm absolutly blind about what is going to happen next episode. I'm pretty sure we will not see Daenerys until S2 now that we have seen the dragons, or nothing serious.

On June 22 2011 21:03 Carras wrote:
i think we needed at least 1 more scene with robb , to see what the plan is , i mean..they vowed him as king, but he still needs to get her sisters, will he just march to kingslanding and knock ,(at the same time as stannis and renly probably) ? now that lannister army is folding back..

and the nigthswatch scene is kinda weird too ,it doesnt seem that they have enough men to march to war and leave the wall un-manned.. really what do they expect ? they are probably outnumberd,and outclassed by wildlings (wich they migth only talk with to see wtf is going on , they could trade information for opnening the wall for them to leave,and maybe joining forces for the incoming war) but it seems like is just a big scouting crew..

On June 23 2011 00:13 -Archangel- wrote:

The thing you need to know about the wall is that it is so big (700 feet) it defends itself. You don't really need defenders but just patrols that can spot those trying to climb it.

On June 23 2011 00:19 Schnake wrote:
But what about the tunnel? Isn't that the big weakness of the wall? I mean, they are closing it with gates but I feel like the wall is just for decoration when you an pass through the tunnel anyway.

On June 23 2011 00:37 Xenixx wrote:


Except for the wild lings and direwolves, etc. That freely pass through it to the south. They talk about the height being useful against the giants that supposedly dwell in the north still, I don't believe there is any other reason to have it so high.

All walls need a large garrison to man it or its use is lost. See Hadrian's Wall, or the Great Wall.

On June 23 2011 02:45 -Archangel- wrote:

Well the direwolf south of the wall was strange and the only explanation that is logical to me would be a kind of a spoiler from the future seasons so I will not speak of it.

Also the wildlings finding their way south should be explained in future seasons as well as why is the wall such a good defense. So sorry, but I cannot spoil these things for you. Go read the books

On June 23 2011 02:47 travis wrote:


tunnel! tunnel under the wall!

hey everyone they built a tunnel under the wall!!!!!

(i havent read the books so if im right you can't blame me for my tunnel-sense)

On June 23 2011 02:45 -Archangel- wrote:

Well the direwolf south of the wall was strange and the only explanation that is logical to me would be a kind of a spoiler from the future seasons so I will not speak of it.

Also the wildlings finding their way south should be explained in future seasons as well as why is the wall such a good defense. So sorry, but I cannot spoil these things for you. Go read the books

On June 23 2011 00:37 Xenixx wrote:


Except for the wild lings and direwolves, etc. That freely pass through it to the south. They talk about the height being useful against the giants that supposedly dwell in the north still, I don't believe there is any other reason to have it so high.

All walls need a large garrison to man it or its use is lost. See Hadrian's Wall, or the Great Wall.

On June 23 2011 08:23 Headlines wrote:
As spectacular as the episodes were, it was annoying to watch a soldier failing at sheathing his sword (no metaphors). [Very minor spoiler ahead] Take Episode 8 for example, when Barristan Selmy is relieved of his command of the Kings Guard. While he is leaving, the other Kings Guards are sheathing their sword, or at least trying to. If you look again at the far right knight you'll notice that he's yet to sheath his sword by the time the camera is switched - that's almost a full six seconds! These knights are supposed to be the best of the best meaning they're comfortable enough to at least learn how to pull out, wield, and SHEATH THEIR SWORD efficiently, and I'm very disappointed at how poorly the actors portrayed the later part.

The actors in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins did a superb job in this specific area. If you haven't watched 13 Assassins I highly recommend it, it's even been mentioned in the movies forum multiple times on teamliquid. If you do watch it, please watch how smoothly the actors are able to sheath their katanas. They didn't even look at their scabbard. A lot of the actors in Game of Thrones did look and still had trouble putting away their swords.

On June 23 2011 02:45 -Archangel- wrote:

Well the direwolf south of the wall was strange and the only explanation that is logical to me would be a kind of a spoiler from the future seasons so I will not speak of it.

Also the wildlings finding their way south should be explained in future seasons as well as why is the wall such a good defense. So sorry, but I cannot spoil these things for you. Go read the books

On June 23 2011 08:23 Headlines wrote:
As spectacular as the episodes were, it was annoying to watch a soldier failing at sheathing his sword (no metaphors). [Very minor spoiler ahead] Take Episode 8 for example, when Barristan Selmy is relieved of his command of the Kings Guard. While he is leaving, the other Kings Guards are sheathing their sword, or at least trying to. If you look again at the far right knight you'll notice that he's yet to sheath his sword by the time the camera is switched - that's almost a full six seconds! These knights are supposed to be the best of the best meaning they're comfortable enough to at least learn how to pull out, wield, and SHEATH THEIR SWORD efficiently, and I'm very disappointed at how poorly the actors portrayed the later part.

The actors in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins did a superb job in this specific area. If you haven't watched 13 Assassins I highly recommend it, it's even been mentioned in the movies forum multiple times on teamliquid. If you do watch it, please watch how smoothly the actors are able to sheath their katanas. They didn't even look at their scabbard. A lot of the actors in Game of Thrones did look and still had trouble putting away their swords.

On June 23 2011 08:23 Headlines wrote:
As spectacular as the episodes were, it was annoying to watch a soldier failing at sheathing his sword (no metaphors). [Very minor spoiler ahead] Take Episode 8 for example, when Barristan Selmy is relieved of his command of the Kings Guard. While he is leaving, the other Kings Guards are sheathing their sword, or at least trying to. If you look again at the far right knight you'll notice that he's yet to sheath his sword by the time the camera is switched - that's almost a full six seconds! These knights are supposed to be the best of the best meaning they're comfortable enough to at least learn how to pull out, wield, and SHEATH THEIR SWORD efficiently, and I'm very disappointed at how poorly the actors portrayed the later part.

The actors in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins did a superb job in this specific area. If you haven't watched 13 Assassins I highly recommend it, it's even been mentioned in the movies forum multiple times on teamliquid. If you do watch it, please watch how smoothly the actors are able to sheath their katanas. They didn't even look at their scabbard. A lot of the actors in Game of Thrones did look and still had trouble putting away their swords.

On June 23 2011 10:20 annYeong(o11) wrote:
re watching, really like the scene of Tywin and Tyrion in the tent, it was a father finally seeing the value in his son after writing him off for so long.

"They have my son!" After Tywin's speech to Jaime about the family name and how it's the only thing that lives on, it must be really hard for that character to acknowledge he looks weak.

And then later on, when Sam is trying to convince Jon not to leave, Sam is finally not a coward. There's a really theme of transformation in this episode. Sansa finally stop being a whimpering girl and actually tries to do something to change her situation, she fails but it's a decent start at a change.