Tyrion Lannister Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I REALLY hope they keep Roose Bolton in. He's probably my favorite creepy character of all time. :love: Don't they pretty much HAVE to keep Roose? I don't see how they can adapt the 3rd book without him, unless they transfer his actions to someone else. And I don't see who else could even do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I can't wait until Shae and Ros act out the battle at the ToJ. Maybe next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron Greyjoy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 * not because of the jokes or anything other than it was pretty bad extra work trying to look like they were hitting him hard while not actually hitting him hard.Just watched again. Looks like someone getting hit by a chair in WWE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamTam Rapley Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I completely disagree. Troy's battles were terrible. They took a bunch of CGI's characters, lined them all up in one line and made them charge each other with 100s dying every second. War in the ancient world did not happen like that at all. Flanking? What's that? Let's just have one big army charge another big army head on and have them slaughter each other by the 1000. It was as if every arrow killed someone. If the real battle for Troy occured like that, it would have been over in 1 day not 10 years. Again, watch that youtube clip of the Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky. That's how you properly portray a battle. But the capability to make a movie like that no longer exists so it might be better not to even waste money trying on a tv show. Even if HBO gave GoT 100 million dollars for the Battle of Blackwater, it would look like crap compared to the naval engagement in Ben Hur.Gladiator had decent battles compared to Troy but even then they were garbage compared to Spartacus.Spartacus was decent, and I was judging Troy based on the quality/massiveness of the battle, not it's accuracy to the Illiad. And to be fair where could the Greeks flank? The walls of Troy in the moview were like this /-\ The walls prevented any flanking maneuver. And that Battle on Ice clip, it had maybe 30 riders, and 50 spearmen. Hardly a great portrayal of a 8000 person battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asarlai Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I can't wait until Shae and Ros act out the battle at the ToJ. Maybe next season.Littlefinger would have to be Lyanna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing tree knight Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 were the Frey's who are to be Catlyn's Wards the nasty little shits. were they mentioned as part of the terms? I heard his squire mentioned and arya promised to marry? was that big or little walder?maybe the character who dies from the second book that will die in the finale is the Stannis's 1st Maester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I don't think people understand how much a battle with actual people vs a battle with spaceships actually costs. This show doesn't exactly have the biggest budget in the world(although it certainly isn't tiny). Plus having to do a battle for actualy gore ups the budget even more. Sure they could use cgi, but then you get something that looks like a crappy history channel video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahimiron Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Very proud of everyone. I was expecting explosive sperging over them changing Aemon's relationship to Aerys by shortening the family tree a generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 were the Frey's who are to be Catlyn's Wards the nasty little shits. were they mentioned as part of the terms? I heard his squire mentioned and arya promised to marry? was that big or little walder?She didn't mention them, but neither is the one Arya is to marry. That is a Waldon, and he is squiring to Bolton(?) at Haranhall when he gets the news that he will no longer be marrying a princess. He's in tears and Arya insults the princess (not knowing it was her). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Steel Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Spartacus was decent, and I was judging Troy based on the quality/massiveness of the battle, not it's accuracy to the Illiad. And to be fair where could the Greeks flank? The walls of Troy in the moview were like this /-\ The walls prevented any flanking maneuver. And that Battle on Ice clip, it had maybe 30 riders, and 50 spearmen. Hardly a great portrayal of a 8000 person battle.Pay closer attention to the editing. Eisenstein was a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asarlai Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 were the Frey's who are to be Catlyn's Wards the nasty little shits. were they mentioned as part of the terms? I heard his squire mentioned and arya promised to marry? was that big or little walder?Neither. One who was serving as a squire with the Freys of Bolton's force when he took Harenhall. Kind of funny when he encounters Arya and brags that he gets to marry a princess, yells at her, eventually cried that he won't be marrying the princess, and gets in a little scuffle with Arya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamTam Rapley Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Rome did manage to include one battle in its 22 episode series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQ_6cVXTQkAverage, but it was at least tolerable for a fight scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Very proud of everyone. I was expecting explosive sperging over them changing Aemon's relationship to Aerys by shortening the family tree a generation.lol...I noted it in my first post but I just found it intersting. It just eliminated Jaehaerys who only ruled a few years anyways. As you said, it shortens the tree and ages Aerys up a bit. Not a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing tree knight Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Neither. One who was serving as a squire with the Freys of Bolton's force when he took Harenhall. Kind of funny when he encounters Arya and brags that he gets to marry a princess, yells at her, eventually cried that he won't be marrying the princess, and gets in a little scuffle with Arya.that's right, I laughed at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Spartacus was decent, and I was judging Troy based on the quality/massiveness of the battle, not it's accuracy to the Illiad. And to be fair where could the Greeks flank? The walls of Troy in the moview were like this /-\ The walls prevented any flanking maneuver. And that Battle on Ice clip, it had maybe 30 riders, and 50 spearmen. Hardly a great portrayal of a 8000 person battle.massiveness =/= quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 She didn't mention them, but neither is the one Arya is to marry. That is a Waldon, and he is squiring to Bolton(?) at Haranhall when he gets the news that he will no longer be marrying a princess. He's in tears and Arya insults the princess (not knowing it was her).In the show they called him Waldron. In the books his name was Elmar Frey and we do see him at Harrenhal. He's Lord Walder's youngest sons.Though in the books, the Freys aren't ugly and Catelyn doesn't care about ugly, she's more concerned about character and child-bearing.lol...I noted it in my first post but I just found it intersting. It just eliminated Jaehaerys who only ruled a few years anyways. As you said, it shortens the tree and ages Aerys up a bit. Not a big deal.Almost required since Aemon is clearly not 100 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asarlai Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 lol...I noted it in my first post but I just found it intersting. It just eliminated Jaehaerys who only ruled a few years anyways. As you said, it shortens the tree and ages Aerys up a bit. Not a big deal.Plus, children born before Robb having a living great-great-great-uncle seems kind of a stretch. Especially one who just looks 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 In the show they called him Waldron. In the books his name was Elmar Frey and we do see him at Harrenhal. He's Lord Walder's youngest sons.Though in the books, the Freys aren't ugly and Catelyn doesn't care about ugly, she's more concerned about character and child-bearing.I started my CoK reread today. I was going to wait until next Monday, but I got impatient. Been 6 years since the last reread.The thing about the looks of the Frey women was so immature from Robb---he handled that better in the books. Sucked it up and accepted it as his duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing tree knight Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 ok if Shae isn't a low born whore anymore. then why won't Tyrion be able to bring he KL later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Ok, after such a heartbreaking episode, it was good to have LOL moment. That right there was funny.someone please explain this joke to me :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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