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pinata242 05-16-12 10:15 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by Defiant1 (Post 11234548)
This is the 2nd episode so far this season with no nudity. Take out the swear words and this could have aired on ABC or something! :lol:

It did have very minor brief nudity with the ass of the man the masked woman was painting for his trip near Valyria.

wishbone 05-16-12 10:33 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 
Meh, Dennis Franz cracked that on NYPD Blue years ago.

pinata242 05-16-12 10:35 AM

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Haha, I totally left that part out about ABC I meant to finish with.

CRM114 05-16-12 10:39 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by dalbowski (Post 11232154)
Seriously, where the heck did Ghost go?

It seems the wolves are less significant in the show than readers made them out to be.

:shrug:

CRM114 05-16-12 10:44 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by Thrush (Post 11232536)
She is certainly a lot less likable since she got those Dragons. Shes become more like her brother. Lusting after the throne, angry, thinks everyone owes her something, somewhat delusional.

Shouldn't she? She stood in a fire and was left untouched. She has dragons.

I'm still curious as to whether Dany has superpowers. They never really extrapolated the whole stood in fire overnight thing.

pinata242 05-16-12 10:48 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234615)
Shouldn't she? She stood in a fire and was left untouched. She has dragons.

I'm still curious as to whether Dany has superpowers. They never really extrapolated the whole stood in fire overnight thing.

Off the top of my head, I can think of two scenes in season one that showed she wasn't affected by heat/burns like others are. Then she flat-out said Viserys wasn't the dragon because fire cannot kill the dragon after Khal Drogo "crowned" him. Of course, that's just hearsay.

superdeluxe 05-16-12 10:51 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234604)
It seems the wolves are less significant in the show than readers made them out to be.

:shrug:

:bow: We could talk about the wolves and if they are important, but we wouldn't want to spoil anything.

wishbone 05-16-12 10:51 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234604)
It seems the wolves are less significant in the show than readers made them out to be.

:shrug:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4...lfargument.jpg

I imagine it has more to do with the forced perspective or digital work that is required.

A direwolf can make its presence known very quickly. ;)

CRM114 05-16-12 10:53 AM

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Based on what book readers say, I keep waiting for these wolves to have some momentous role in the show. And here I am, still waiting.

pinata242 05-16-12 10:57 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234629)
Based on what book readers say, I keep waiting for these wolves to have some momentous role in the show. And here I am, still waiting.

Well Bran's wolf did tear the throat out of an assassin meant to kill him. Also saving Cat's life.

Robb's wolf has been talked about tearing down Lannister men in battles we don't see, though we did see one eviscerated a few episodes ago.

Jon's wolf, Ghost, did help save Lord Commander Mormont's life when they brought a "zombie" back to Castle Black.

Nymeria saved Arya by The Trident when Joffrey was attacking her and Micah (the butcher's boy).

superdeluxe 05-16-12 10:59 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234629)
Based on what book readers say, I keep waiting for these wolves to have some momentous role in the show. And here I am, still waiting.

They already have had a major important role on screen.

wishbone 05-16-12 10:59 AM

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Saved Bran from a would-be assassin, bit Joffrey's hand protecting the Stark girls, saved the Old Bear from the White Walker zombie, scared the beejezsus out of Bran et al in the Stark tomb... what more do you want? ;)

aktick 05-16-12 11:10 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 11234509)
Ned Stark was absolutely perfect too. Casting has nothing to do with longevity.

Oh, and remember that the show isn't necessarily sticking with the books. People that "shouldn't" be dead (yet or to-date) are and vice versa.

Nah, it was just everybody comparing her to the book that made it obvious she plays a more important role than has been suggested in the show thus far. And you're right, I realize anybody can die at any time. I guess all of us non-book readers simply have our little nitpicks about things.

superdeluxe 05-16-12 11:14 AM

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Not to mention Bran seeing through the eyes of his wolf

CRM114 05-16-12 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by superdeluxe (Post 11234674)
Not to mention Bran seeing through the eyes of his wolf

That has not been established. He's had dreams, AFAIR.

The wolves have not been established as always-present protectors of the Starks. It seems they are there at convenient times.

wishbone 05-16-12 11:21 AM

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Stark Secret Service.

superdeluxe 05-16-12 11:27 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234683)
That has not been established. He's had dreams, AFAIR.

They seem established from Bran's point of view, remember he was talking about that it felt more real/more than just a dream, and Luwin basically said Old Nan just talks about wild stories.

Mordred 05-16-12 11:40 AM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by superdeluxe (Post 11234696)
They seem established from Bran's point of view, remember he was talking about that it felt more real/more than just a dream, and Luwin basically said Old Nan just talks about wild stories.

He also had the weird prophesy about the sea flooding Winterfell and a bunch of people dying, which was proven true when Theon took the castle. I think it's pretty well established that he's not just a regular dreamer.

hahn 05-16-12 11:52 AM

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Is it safe to come into this thread now? :)

Good chemistry between Jon and Ygritte. I'm guessing we're going to meet Mance Rayder pretty soon.

Not feeling it between Robb and Talisa but maybe some more story development would help with that.

Good episode overall. Though not my favorite because of not much plot development, the character development (some great dialogue) was a good setup for the remaining episodes. I like how the story is taking apart some of the pre-conceived notions that we've had about whether a character is good vs evil. Cersei and Tywin both showed more depth than before and were actually characters you could support, if only temporarily. I even felt badly for Theon. He's well past the point of no return but now he's screwed no matter what he does.

Tywin's in for a big shock. :)

wishbone 05-16-12 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by hahn (Post 11234732)
Tywin's in for a big shock. :)

They're serving mutton again!

hahn 05-16-12 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wishbone (Post 11234759)
They're serving mutton again!

:lol: Actually, at times, I wonder if Tywin's a little bit suspicious. Either he simply enjoys the intellectual conversation with Arya, or he's probing because he senses there's something more to her than meets the eye. Either way, I suspect Arya will come out of this alive. While the author does have a penchant for killing off just about anyone, if there is any protagonist to this story, Arya would be a good candidate.

superfro 05-16-12 12:43 PM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234629)
Based on what book readers say, I keep waiting for these wolves to have some momentous role in the show. And here I am, still waiting.

[SPOILER]Shaggydog eventually becomes King. With the cat that Arya was chasing in Season 1 becoming the Hand of the King. [SPOILER]

MikahC 05-16-12 01:34 PM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234615)
I'm still curious as to whether Dany has superpowers. They never really extrapolated the whole stood in fire overnight thing.

You can conceive of other options to explain walking into a towering inferno, sitting there until it burns itself out, and remaining unharmed?

CRM114 05-16-12 01:40 PM

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Of course, but she certainly hasn't used those powers to her advantage. It could have just been a one-time phenomenon for all the viewers know.

Draven 05-16-12 01:42 PM

Re: Game of Thrones -- "A Man Without Honor" -- 5/13/12
 

Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234629)
Based on what book readers say, I keep waiting for these wolves to have some momentous role in the show. And here I am, still waiting.

That's a straight-up budget issue. All Martin has to do in the books is write about the wolves. They are almost always standing right next to their characters in nearly every scene. It's completely unrealistic to expect the show to do the same.

That said, so far...the wolves have been there on the series when they needed to be.


Originally Posted by CRM114 (Post 11234925)
Of course, but she certainly hasn't used those powers to her advantage. It could have just been a one-time phenomenon for all the viewers know.

Do you think she should be jamming her hand in fires all the time? She hasn't had a ton of screentime since the dragons were born anyway...especially not where being impervious to fire would be helpful.


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