Stone Cold Bastard

1. This show is fan fiction garbage. Benioff and Weiss are hacks. Of course Jon is dead. He will be revived. Can't wait for TWOW.

Thank you. http://media.tumblr.com/d7f9f0c63d922f6da5c00cdb6fa1a667/tumblr_inline_nkbe5dJ8t71qfwhgs.gif

Yeah I do. Right. Meanwhile ASOIAF Stannis wants Shireen on the throne.

He's not a co-producer. The show is strictly Benioff and Weiss. Martin was adamant in the commentary for S03E07 that he had no part in the Theon mutilation scene, and hated it. Didn't air on HBO Canada.

Could Benioff and Weiss hate Stannis any more? Could the flying away scene on Drogon be anymore anti-climatic? Could Dorne and the Sand Snakes be anymore of a disaster? The fights in the pit were alright, Jorah was a champ, and seeing Wun-Wun again was cool. Still, a big huge 1.

How did he allow it to happen? He has no control over the HBO adaptation whatsoever.

Homophobia much?

I gave it a 10. I loved it. The intro with Ice was melancholic to the max. It was kind of like the final farewell to poor Ned. And the burning of the wolf pelt with a gloating Tywin - the symbolism was through the roof. So much awesomeness: Jon Snow burning Slynt, Jaime standing up to Tywin, Oberyn making Lannister soldiers shit their pants, Sansa's grief and turmoil, the epic darkness and badassness of the Thenns, and of course the little killing spree by the Stark and the Hound, with Arya getting some sweet revenge. I was cheering. The only aspect I didn't enjoy was the new Dario. So far the recasting blows. The previous actor was physically imposing, looked like a badass, walked and talked like a badass, exuded confidence and poise, and seemed so natural. So far the new actor seems very timid and meek.

8 The negatives: The ending was campy. No supernatural/fantasy/cliffhanger (LS would have been epic). No LS! No CH! (hopefully CH and LS in Season 4) No magical talking Blackgate! No Baelish, lunatic Lysa, annoying Robyn and the Vale - what happened? I thought they were going to be appear in an episode this season? Robb's mutilation - it was absolutely necessary but very horrifying to see, moreso than the last week's RW (which I thought was much tamer than ASOS's RW, ie Dacey getting decapitated). Fucking Frey cunts! Stannis is written as too evil now, or at least in this ep. In the books you can't help but root for him. The Jon and Ygritte scene wasn't that bad. Just their lines were. Writing fail. No dumping Cat's naked body in the river to disrespect the Tully funeral customs. Not a huge deal though, I guess. Couldn't agree more. Iwan Rheon isn't horrible, but rather just meh and underwhelming. Book Ramsay is a total menacing sadistic psycho loon freak. Rheon just comes across as a spolied sadistic brat or hobbit lol who deserves a serious beatdown and impaling. What doesn't work (for me anyways) is that Alfie Allen is physically larger and appears much stronger than Iwan Rheon, and even if you were strung up for days without food and water etc, you'd figure that with those big ass arms, he'd be able to overpower scrawny Rheon. (And just how are they going to make Allen look like he's lost loads of weight, like a decrepit old man etc? Not sure they can pull off that much CGI et al). The positives: Jaime returning early to King's Landing is very WTF but Nikolaj kills every scene he's in now. Season 4/AFFC Jaime is so goddamn amazing. Tyrion/Tywin and slapping down Joffrey. Splendid. Charles Dance rules. Roose and Walder. Walder is repulsive but the actor nails it. "The Blackfish escaped!" :D I love it how Roose looked very concerned - more evidence of his legendary badass epicness. Fucking love the Blackfish. Arya getting some revenge. As previously suggested, this made up for her Harrenhal killing and hopefully we'll get her epic killing in Season 4. Bran, the Reeds, and more SUMMER! :D Love the new storyline for Asha. Gives her and Ramsay something to do next season. Would be pretty cool if Asha and the Ironborn infiltrate and raise some hell in the Dreadfort in Season 4 (but not expecting a Theon rescue). No Tyrells and their general douchiness! :D (not that I don't enjoy the Queen of Thorns and the Knight of Flowers, but their scenes in King's Landing this season have been soooo meh and boring, especially Margary's). Sam, Pyp, Maester Luwin, Jon returning to Castle Black. Stannis deciding to go to the Wall to defend the realm and HBO spelling it out for the non book readers that the real war with the White Walkers is coming. Now we have to wait ten months. :bang: