Game of Thrones Season Four (TV Show Only-- no book spoilers, please!) (Page 4)

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn

Originally posted by Kido

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn I can't belive I have to wait two weeks for the Trial By Combat. That's going to be awesome. (Btw, you can find a link online of the actor playing The Mountain dressed as The Hulk, tossing a washing machine about 30 feet. It's pretty cool.) Have two people ever taken as long to get anywhere as Arya and the Hound? Danerys has circled Slaver's Bay, conquering whole cites as she goes, Theon's sister has sailed to try to save him, Sansa has fled from King's Landing to the Aerie (which is apparently far enough away that it's winter there), the Mountain has ridden all the way back from wherever he was busy raping and pillaging, Jon Snow and the Rangers have gone to Craster's Keep and back, and Arya and the Hound are still miles from anywhere. Every time I start to root for Jaimie Lannister, I'm reminded that he's a guy who pushed a ten-year old kid out a tower window. The great thing about Game of Thrones is that anyone, at any time, can go sailing through the Moon Door. As soon as he made her smile, I knew she was going through the hole, but I didn't see it coming until the second before it happened.

I know this is coming from an engineer, but I have a hard time figuring out how they have an entire courtroom of stone building over air.  I suppose it cold be cantilevered over the edge, but probably it bridges a canyon - HOWEVER, you don't see any canyon walls when looking down.  Great for TV, but not sure it could be built like that. 

Pfft, everyone knows that if you mix dragon-bone powder into the mortar it increases the strength exponentially, so that you can easily cantilever a whole castle over a ravine. Where'd you get your engineering degree, Dothrak? (snerk)

lol, I'm not a structural engineer but I have a lot of the same thoughts when I see the various architectural structures in the series.  Can you imagine the amount of steel you'd have to use to suspend that kind of weight over a cliff like that.  Not to mention, how the heck did they get all that stone up there in the first place to build it?  Dragon's doing the heavy lifting perhaps?

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn he actor that plays Tommen is a replacement as well. I think both of the two previous actors looked more like they could have been The Hound's brother than the new one does. I know that The Mountain has to be this terrifying, larger-than-life figure, but I think the new guy, as awesome a physical specimen as he is, seems almost cartoonish. Hopefully, we'll only have to worry about it for one more episode.

Yeah, he's going down after a good fight.  Unless he yields?

That's a PREDICTION, not a spoiler.  Martin could have him winning, he surprises me all the time with his twists...

As a side note.  Jamie's lack of mourning for the loss of his son seems a little odd.  Unless everyone hated the little snit except Cersie, who still had her doubts aboutt Joffry.

Originally posted by Kido

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn he actor that plays Tommen is a replacement as well. I think both of the two previous actors looked more like they could have been The Hound's brother than the new one does. I know that The Mountain has to be this terrifying, larger-than-life figure, but I think the new guy, as awesome a physical specimen as he is, seems almost cartoonish. Hopefully, we'll only have to worry about it for one more episode.

 

Yeah, he's going down after a good fight.  Unless he yields?

That's a PREDICTION, not a spoiler.  Martin could have him winning, he surprises me all the time with his twists...

 

As a side note.  Jamie's lack of mourning for the loss of his son seems a little odd.  Unless everyone hated the little snit except Cersie, who still had her doubts aboutt Joffry.

Ha! Yeah, he didn't morn the loss of his son AT ALL. 

Originally posted by KSH

Originally posted by Kido

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn he actor that plays Tommen is a replacement as well. I think both of the two previous actors looked more like they could have been The Hound's brother than the new one does. I know that The Mountain has to be this terrifying, larger-than-life figure, but I think the new guy, as awesome a physical specimen as he is, seems almost cartoonish. Hopefully, we'll only have to worry about it for one more episode.

 

Yeah, he's going down after a good fight.  Unless he yields?

That's a PREDICTION, not a spoiler.  Martin could have him winning, he surprises me all the time with his twists...

 

As a side note.  Jamie's lack of mourning for the loss of his son seems a little odd.  Unless everyone hated the little snit except Cersie, who still had her doubts aboutt Joffry.

Ha! Yeah, he didn't morn the loss of his son AT ALL. 

 

In fact, not only did he not mourn him, he um well.... you know... um...  "had pizza" with his sister by his body.  

Originally posted by tuwood

Originally posted by KSH

Originally posted by Kido

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn he actor that plays Tommen is a replacement as well. I think both of the two previous actors looked more like they could have been The Hound's brother than the new one does. I know that The Mountain has to be this terrifying, larger-than-life figure, but I think the new guy, as awesome a physical specimen as he is, seems almost cartoonish. Hopefully, we'll only have to worry about it for one more episode.

 

Yeah, he's going down after a good fight.  Unless he yields?

That's a PREDICTION, not a spoiler.  Martin could have him winning, he surprises me all the time with his twists...

 As a side note.  Jamie's lack of mourning for the loss of his son seems a little odd.  Unless everyone hated the little snit except Cersie, who still had her doubts aboutt Joffry.

Ha! Yeah, he didn't morn the loss of his son AT ALL. 

 

In fact, not only did he not mourn him, he um well.... you know... um...  "had pizza" with his sister by his body.  

Jamie doesn't seem to really like kids... does he? Ha! 

Originally posted by 3SpokeFan

Originally posted by jmk-brooklyn

Originally posted by Kido

Daario Was replaced:

 

The Mountain was replace twice.  The picture below is from Season 1 to 2 (I think) and the bottom picture is the NEW Mountain.  I guess I don't like change, so the original (that cut off the horse's head after losing the joust) was my favorite.  Just seemed grittier/dirtier...

 

The actor that plays Tommen is a replacement as well. I think both of the two previous actors looked more like they could have been The Hound's brother than the new one does. I know that The Mountain has to be this terrifying, larger-than-life figure, but I think the new guy, as awesome a physical specimen as he is, seems almost cartoonish. Hopefully, we'll only have to worry about it for one more episode.

He's 6'9" 400 lb in real life, of course he's cartoonish. He's swinging a sword that's literally Cersei-sized. I think he kills Oberyn, mainly because RR kills pretty much anyone with redeeming qualities when they face someone without redeeming qualities. But I haven't read the books, so I'm just guessing.

That's one thing that's really interesting about several shows these days.  It used to be that you always knew the "main characters" were always safe in every series, but with shows like Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and others you never know what is going to happen.

Traditionally, the good guy always wins and we'd automatically know that the mountain would lose and Tyrian would be set free.  However, with the way things go in this series we have no clue.  The mountain could win and kill Tyrion immediately afterwards for all we know.  doh

I'm still going through withdrawals from no show Sunday.  

Yeah, you should have seen the wife's face when she excitedly exclaimed "We have a Game of Thrones to watch tonight!!!!!" and then see it go through the changes when I told her they skipped a week for some reason...  Maybe the holiday?  Confused, then crestfallen, then frustrated/angry.

This was one instance where I felt like seeing it was way better than reading it. I knew it was coming, and was still upset. Ugh. HE HAD IT!!!! HAD IT! Dang it. 

Otherwise, the whole "smashing beetles" conversation Jamie and Tywin had was long. It could have been shorter. 

The Mountain does die. At least he did in the books (right?). It's who dies first I believe. ? 

I liked the monologs also.  For me I could've done without the unsullied scenes.  Seemed like a total waste of time.  From what a coworker told me who read the books is the mountain dies later in the books from that fight but from poison on the blade of his spear.  So I would guess he's dead in the show.

Next two epsidoes look good, a lot on the wall and hopefully more action.  I feel like there's been a lot of filler this season.

I'm not even sure what all the unsullied scenes are about... specifically the one with Grey worm and the gal. FILLER! 

My only thought on Arya laughing was that she was laughing at the Hound because he brought her all that way for a ransom and wasn't going to get it.

I could be over simplifying it though.

My wife and I call it the cable network series obligatory ti**y scene...  You know, the one time an episode where some brothel girl, or stripper, or bedroom/bathing scene (depending on the era) has some naked girl showing the goods for no particularly important reason other than for male, 20-35 demographic.  (OK, maybe then entire male demographic!)

We were also talking about the typical "take your eye off the "dead/dying' guy that is SO overplayed and aggravating to me.

I mean COME ON.  How many times are they going to that?  It's so absurd.  The hero that instead of putting two extra bullets into the bad guy which would take about 1 extra second instead TURNS THEIR BACK COMPLETELY TO THEM to care for the love interest.  The guy could have EASILY did the interrogation about his sister at the end of the spear with the other end in the Mountains throat.  But NO...  He's got to walk around gloating/celebrating within arms reach.  Seriously  - just finish them off like 99.9% of people would actually do in that situation.  but I guess you can't take on of the most overused dramatic crutches away from writers...

I also thought the beetle monologue was a bit wordy and I usually like everything that comes out of tyrion's mouth...

Arya laughing was awesome.  I replayed it 3 times just to hear it and watch her face.  Classic.  I bit weird it was about her aunt and her chance for "freedom" and to be home again.  Maybe she figured she was there regardless, and the Hound wouldn't get his coin.  She never met her aunt either.  I will be interesting to see if she stays or goes with the Hound.

I agree, not sure why we suddenly got into the book spoilers.

I wasn't sure the Mountain was dead or dying and was waiting to find out.  The book spoilers just given discuss that...