Pod The Impaler Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Styr was so cheesy this episode. I do not like the TV portrayal of the Thenns. They could be scary without looking like mutants or something, nor acting as cannibals. It would have been perfect if Styr had said all the same stuff to the scared little boy, to play on the fact the boy might think wildlings are cannibals - that would work, because then the boy goes running off to the wall crying about the wildlings were going to eat his mum and dad. But of course this potential cleverness was ruined by the fact that the Thenns already seem established in the show as actual cannibals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTSTARK Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 i like they way they did it. all we've known about wildlings comes from Ygritte, Tormund and Mance. now we see a whole different kind of wildling come into the picture. just shows that even theyre different clan to clan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reckoner Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I wouldn't call them completely evil. Styr's men butchering the boy's parents in front of him is evil. Tormund and Ygritte dealing quick deaths is a mercy. Not completely evil, but not good either. Besides, as far as the wildlings know, the Northerners are a bunch of bigots. It seems like there's quite a few members that want some of that good old black-and-white morality. It's like you've forgotten what book series the show's based on. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsaharan Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 "Potatoes!"*thunkh* God that scene was so bad it hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairion Lannister Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 It helped characters like Ygritte and Tormund because it paints them as grey characters who we like sometimes, but who can come across as evil savages at other points. Not sure what I thought of the Thenns. Even though it's probably over the top, their butchering of the boys parents and saying they were going to eat them was certainly more disturbing than cheesy, even if it was too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAndFullOfTurnips Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm not really sure taunting a little boy before eating his dead parents can be considered "Cheesy." Pod and Tyrion's farewall is cheesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0bR Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 It was like watching the beggining of The Two Towers. Only the mama got eaten instead of surviving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylin Stark Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I like the wildlings being all savage and ruthless. That's what they are, merciless. Especially Styr, who was creepy as shit. They are that way to scare the villagers. I'd rather they be like this than a bunch of pussies who left them alive. Besides, in 3x09, we already saw that they didn't care about murdering an old man. But when they come to the wildling civilians, I think they'll take a much softer stance on their portrayal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 This is typically how raids by primitive cultures go, more or less. You think the Comanches or Zulur or similar groups showed mercy when they charged into a defenseless village? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Crashing Waves Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 The little kid looked like a mini Conan O'Brien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordeast Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 At first I was like wow they are making the wildings too unlikable and evil that when Jon lets them join up (or whatever I forget the exact details) that it won't be acceptable. But then I thought this is how the 7 kingdom's does war. All sides just bust into an area and drop the equivalent of napalm on the area and kill whoever gets in their ways. What they are doing is really no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scabbard Of the Morning Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 You know what would be great? Have the kid join the NW, and have the kid be one of Bowen's Marsh's group who stabs Jon. That would be brilliant writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
of man and wolf Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 But the actual actions of the wildlings in the scene itself didn't trasmit that there was a strategic purpose, even if afterwards that was how the show justified it. I would have been OK with some plunder and rape, but not the calculated extermination of every single member of a village, with added cruelty and caricauresque comic villains. Tormund and the Thenns are suposed to become reliable allies of the Watch. They shouldn't risk making it seem that the White Walkers are a lesser evil. No worries there. It's obvious the walkers are a larger concern. They are the main reason that there is a wall. Besides, Styr would piss himself if confronted by a walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Besides, Styr would piss himself if confronted by a walker. What makes you say that? Neither the book or show version of Styr is a whimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Abominable SnowOther Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 So further into the season(actually much further into futures seasons) how will they handle the Thenn plotline? Will Jon let them pass, i mean they are pycho murderin' cannibals. Also, yah that kid is gonna kil Ygritte( :crying: ) He's probably the Satin replacement to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konradsmith Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yeah. Guymon, formerly known as "Boy in Hamlet" will get his revenge. They even did the "remember this person to kill them later" slow-mo sortof thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhawk Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Does anyone else think that Styr will take the place of the Lord of Bones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound's She-wolf Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I can't watch Styr without snickering, it's like D&D based his entire character on the Kurgan from the movie "Highlander." Voice, look, black leather, over the top creepiness, just everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Crashing Waves Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 So further into the season(actually much further into futures seasons) how will they handle the Thenn plotline? Will Jon let them pass, i mean they are pycho murderin' cannibals. Also, yah that kid is gonna kil Ygritte( :crying: ) He's probably the Satin replacement to Most likely the Thenns will be annihilated completely and Tormund and his gang will take their place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankbuster Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Most likely the Thenns will be annihilated completely and Tormund and his member will take their place. This, I agree. Anyone think that the scene was as subtle as a blow from King Bob's Warhammer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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