Florina Laufeyson Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I really am curious because they've whitewashed Tyrion almost past recognition and they've done nearly as much for Carol ... But they keep reminding us that Jaime is not a good person! (I would agree if they'd reminded us of the same thing about Cersei and Tyrion.) Yeah...its a thing. This is the point where people really jump on the Jaime Train, so for them to neuter his character like this smacks of "i hate him because he hates Cersei" and their Cersei (or Carol as you guys call her) is their pet. The most misogynist female character in the series is their pet....makes you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Duncan of Flea Bottom Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Overall it was a decent episode, however: Ramsay uncovers Sansa's escape attempt and flays the loyal servant but doesn't discover Brienne and Pod just hanging out across the way watching the tower for a candle in a snowstorm? Not even a thank you to Ghost for saving the day. I'm surprised D&D didn't have Jon worg into Ghost and stay for the Gilly/Sam show. I did laugh at Obara's eyeroll in the dungeon. Sums up my thoughts on Dorne this season. They never should've cut Arianne. Doran and Arianne made the Dorne plot interesting in the books. They will regret to have cut Arianne and Quentyn. Quentyn also had a nice story and I really enjoyed his chapters. I don't know what they have in store for Trystane, the dude is so lame and he looks like a wax statue, terrible actor. Arianna, Doran and Quentyn are essential. I know Quentyn died and people got pissed his character was there for nothing, but it was part of the Dornish plot and it would cause hate toward Daenerys, Doran won't be pleased to know his son was roasted to death trying to impress her and got rejected after offering Dorne to her. And they mentioned the Storm Crows, that were with Stannis, like, they couldn't make Daario captain of the Storm Crows, they merged him to the Second Sons and now they decided to mention the Storm Crows. Still, we don't have the Golden Company, the most badass and imporant mercenary company in the story. *sighs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larastone Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 unpopular opinion: Lena Headey was great in tonight's episode imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksniffer Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 yeah olly is the Brutus if this series...sad to say was hoping he would be the epitome of "i give up my old life for my new"...sadly not so much...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florina Laufeyson Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I have the feeling that the Tyene scene with Bronn could have ended up with some rapey connotations.... this thread should change its name to Rant and Rave about Rapercussion if the show keeps that rate... ehh...not really? Im not exactly sure how that scene could look rapey tbh. unpopular opinion: Lena Headey was great in tonight's episode imo Ehh again, not really? Headey's acting was never a question of quality. Its how her character is written. Shes almost always good as an actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am a Dragon Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 unpopular opinion: Lena Headey was great in tonight's episode imo Lena Headey is great in every episode though. It's Carol that we don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MordredDayne Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I have the feeling that the Tyene scene with Bronn could have ended up with some rapey connotations.... this thread should change its name to Rant and Rave about Rapercussion if the show keeps that rate...Haha. Probably the one thing that would get this thread locked faster than it usually is. unpopular opinion: Lena Headey was great in tonight's episode imoI somewhat disagree. I think she's a good actress, but in these scenes I felt she was giving the same performance over and over again. Like, she has this bemused smile on her face and an arched eyebrow and then she just says all of her lines really quietly. It's not a bad characterization, but I get tired of it. What I do enjoy are the moments she lets that drop and becomes really angry. I feel that's where she shines, but that there have been far too few of those moments this season. I think she could have done the overwhelming paranoia from AFFC really well, but what they gave her to do was much less interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerMixalot Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 ummm you would think if the red witch was going to ask Stannis to burn his daughter she could at least finish the last promise she made him AND KILL BALONor perhaps Stannis could have mentioned that as a reason not to burn his daughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larastone Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 hmmm but i felt like she was pretty close to book cersei in tonight's episode??? even the tommen scene is very close from a scene in AFFC. its a scene where cersei goes to tommen and starts crying thinking that he's safe now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Guy Garlan Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 unpopular opinion: Lena Headey was great in tonight's episode imoSometimes she's a bit too whispery, but most of the time she's top notch. She was pretty good this episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 The only thing that really distrubed me was that bullshit line of Littlefinger claming Lancel as his gift (only way I can explain this line is if he's trying to make Olenna believe he's behind Cersei's arrest to get into her good graces, when in fact he has absolutely no part in it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I HAVE THE RAVE, HOORAY... The magnificent acting by Jonathan Pryce deserves a special shout-out and for the first time this year, I have something to rave. And now back to the usual rant... 1. Olenna's IQ must have dropped 50 percent during her stay in Highgarden.2. I will just say it... Dorne. Tyene is apparently worse than Darkstar. The level of idiocy in that scene is completely beyond understanding.3. LF's schemes... Again, talking and talking...4. Sansa... We knew where it will go, and they have not failed us.5. Natalie Dormer was really bad tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySoftheart Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Meanwhile, on Pyke, Balon Greyjoy is laughing in the face of prophecy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MordredDayne Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 ummm you would think if the red witch was going to ask Stannis to burn his daughter she could at least finish the last promise she made him AND KILL BALON or perhaps Stannis could have mentioned that as a reason not to burn his daughter D&D have a thing against Balons. First Balon Greyjoy disappears and then Balon Swann does (I guess he could be one of those anonymous Kingsguards.) hmmm but i felt like she was pretty close to book cersei in tonight's episode??? even the tommen scene is very close from a scene in AFFC. its a scene where cersei goes to tommen and starts crying thinking that he's safe now I think there are moments in a lot of the episodes where she touches on aspects of book Cersei, but they are almost always some of the relatively few moments where Cersei is being sympathetic. I don't think they've captured 1% of AFFC Cersei's paranoia or anger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Reynolds Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 1. Olenna's IQ must have dropped 50 percent during her stay in Highgarden. Maybe Mace is the brains in that outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larastone Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I think there are moments in a lot of the episodes where she touches on aspects of book Cersei, but they are almost always some of the relatively few moments where Cersei is being sympathetic. I don't think they've captured 1% of AFFC Cersei's paranoia or anger. i guess we're just going to have to agree to disagree here because cersei has sympathetic moments in the books too imo. i agree though, i wish they had let cersei be angrier this season. when cersei went ballistic near the end and threatened the septas, lena was at her strongest and really shined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am a Dragon Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Meanwhile, on Pyke, Balon Greyjoy is laughing in the face of prophecy ;) Winner of the Wo5K by attrition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shpati Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Seems like the writers are hesitate to take quotes/ideas straight from the books because they don't want to play second fiddle. They should have just done the Davos/Manderly/Rickon "The North Remembers" story. This old lady saying "you still have friends in the North" is a big let down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mladen Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Meanwhile, on Pyke, Balon Greyjoy is laughing in the face of prophecy ;) This is why abandoning side characters as if they never existed is so dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkash Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Oh, and Ghost disapearing like a ghost after 3 seconds of screentime was disapointing as fuck ! Come on ! Give us more direwolves, for fuck's sake ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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