Poète Lauréat Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Holy shit these are funny reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUIS4dV0wdk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1GxhTqMGy0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 That is a feature of the world in the books as much as the show. Even in the books, she's queen regent, not Hand. Cersei's plot is a bit tricky in the books. At first, you kinda feel bad for her because, yes, indeed, society won't let a woman rule. Also, her whole speech about how it's "her time" is something you want to believe. And they you realise the fact she's not allowed to rule had little to do with sexism but with her being an idiot and people knowing it, and her ideas of how she deserved to rule are nothing but entitled notions she has made up after her father told her thirty years ago that she should have married a Prince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsc Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yeah, but how is that going to work? No redemption for Theon? Or Brienne and Theon are going to help Sansa escape after Brienne is flayed a little? But, for real. The thug would take one look at Theon in his current state, verbally abuse him and then kick him down a flight of stairs. She probably pledges her sword to Ramsay thinking he is pretty swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 tbf, i cant remember much of Dorne outside of the cool stuff like Arianne. Its kind of a blur. I honestly cannot remember the separate characterization of the Sand Snakes. Obara loves to smash things. Nymeria loves girls. Sarella loves knowledge. Tyene loves... to speak like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToTheWolves Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 How come brienne didn't tell sansa that she seen Arya?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne's Shadow. Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Cersei's plot is a bit tricky in the books. At first, you kinda feel bad for her because, yes, indeed, society won't let a woman rule. Also, her whole speech about how it's "her time" is something you want to believe. And they you realise the fact she's not allowed to rule had little to do with sexism but with her being an idiot and people knowing it, and her ideas of how she deserved to rule are nothing but entitled notions she has made up after her father told her thirty years ago that she should have married a Prince.Exactly. It wasn't about sexism as much as it was about Cersei being downright idiotic and cruel. Those reasons are all deleted on the show, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Olenna Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I don't even know wtf I'm watching anymore and this is only episode 2. I'm afraid to keep watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixfromAshes Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Thumbs down for these: - the hissing of the slaves. Couldn't they think of other ways to react than that? - Ellaria Sand's character change. - Jaime being bullied by Cersei. He looks like a beaten dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandslegate Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Right? But how did that happen? Even discounting her personality change, her acting was badish and I thought she was good last season. She wasn't playing off of Pascal? Oberyn not only owned every scene he was in last season but made everyone in them with him better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I didn't mind the hissing actually, it was kind of interesting. Jamie, yikes. I can't decide if it's a total overreaction/overcorrection to the sept scene so they're making her totally powerful and him a useless sidekick, or they're going all out to get Lena an Emmy, or they're stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Exactly. It wasn't about sexism as much as it was about Cersei being downright idiotic and cruel. Those reasons are all deleted on the show, however. It pains me that they're making Cersei a victim or an icon of feminism in the show. People like Cersei hurt the cause more than anything, as they believe they are entitled to things for the fact they are women, not because they are capable women. Women should be given equal chances and opportunities, not free things without deserving them. At least, that's how I see it :dunno: But she's not the only female literary character who has been so drastically changed when portrayed in live media. I think Maleficent is the same, although I haven't yet seen the movie (nor I want too). She's the embodiment of evil but now she's supposedly a victim of sexual violence, so, we should understand :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Obara loves to smash things. Nymeria loves girls. Sarella loves knowledge. Tyene loves... to speak like this. So they are the Avengers without the depth. Gotcha. The hissing was kinda cool tbh. Like, really captured Dany fucking up there. My mum kept going on about how Dany should have asked the people what to do with that guy. Because it was clear Dany was hella conflicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Stokeworth Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 So apparently there's no problem with the Vale Knights, the innkeepers and the patrons of the Inn and just about freaking everybody to know that Alayne is really Sansa Stark, considering how they're all okay with saying it out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 So apparently there's no problem with the Vale Knights, the innkeepers and the patrons of the Inn and just about freaking everybody to know that Alayne is really Sansa Stark, considering how they're all okay with saying it out loud. Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 So apparently there's no problem with the Vale Knights, the innkeepers and the patrons of the Inn and just about freaking everybody to know that Alayne is really Sansa Stark, considering how they're all okay with saying it out loud. It's ok. Her hair is dark. Cersei's guards: Girl, people are calling you Sansa Stark! You're coming with us Sansa: What? I'm not her. Look, I have dark hair and an attitude. CG: Oh, right... ok, you can go. It's like Superman's glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Pod knew it was her right away. What is the point of the dark hair? :lol: Also, yes, everyone knows Pod knew it was her because he knows her. The Vale lords know she's Sansa, not because she had red hair, but because she told them. The Vale knights know she's Sansa, the whole inn knows she's Sansa, because she's out in public and people who know her are calling her Sansa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashless Society Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Also, since when did Mace have such a deep voice? I jumped a bit because I thought that the scene had transitioned to Roose talking before the camera focused on Mace.He's voice does keep changing. It's really jarring in "The Laws of Gods and Men." When he argues with Oberyn over titles, it's kind of deep and then it become softer when he responds to Tywin. And then it gets really deep when he questions Cersie during the trial. And it becomes soft when he asks shae if she's a prostitute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bran's Legs Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 There's a bit of Monty Python in ol' Brienne and Pod and their quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashless Society Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Pod knew it was her right away. What is the point of the dark hair? :lol:To be fair, Pod spent nearly 3 years around Sansa so he should be able to recognise her despite dyeing her hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 It's ok. Her hair is dark. Cersei's guards: Girl, people are calling you Sansa Stark! You're coming with us Sansa: What? I'm not her. Look, I have dark hair and an attitude. CG: Oh, right... ok, you can go. It's like Superman's glasses. With that stupid ass necklace she should tell them she's a dark priestess from Asshai beyond the smoking sea, because they have sure as hell never seen anything like it in Westeros. I can't be Sansa fools, look at this jewelry. I'm a foreigner, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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