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Finally got time to watch the second episode last night. I think they're still dealing with pacing issues. Some things seem entirely too rushed. I do have the feeling that I would be somewhat lost if I hadn't read the book. The acting has been fairly good all around, except for the kid that played Micah. The few lines he had were painful to listen to.


Edited, Apr 29th 2011 9:24am by Turin

I didn't like the way episode 2 ended. Unless they go more into it in the 3rd episode, one of the set-ups for things to come wasn't shown.

** SpoilerI'm talking how Bran just woke up. No 3 Eyed Bird dream. That dream is important :o**

I thought it was fine for what it was, but it is definitely a character development-heavy episode. Introduction of Varys and Petyr, as well as Jon Snow and Tyrion interacting up on the wall. I thought it was fine, but it's not the most interesting material ever.

Thought it was a pretty decent episode, but definitely the main purpose was to introduce more characters. I find my favorite scenes are of the Wall so far. Then again, it's the same way in the books, so maybe I'm biased

I thought Varys would have been fatter. I thought they got Little Finger about right, though. Renly didn't look like what I had imagined, though.

Some good and some bad with this episode. Pretty much all of Tyrion's scenes were well done, though I thought the scene at the inn was a bit rushed. Dany standing up to her brother was another good bit. But the actor they hired for Sam seems to have been picked more for his size than his acting ability. All of his scenes were just awkward. I'm hoping he'll get better with practice. Ser Alisor is a bit of a surprise, the speech he gave to Sam and Jon when they were cleaning the tables was probably my favorite part of this episode.

I thought Sam was suitably awkward. Although Sam's character did remind me a little bit of Samwell in LOTR, the Sam in GRRM's books was obviously one of those really awkward people, the type that would be hugely ostracised and picked on in school. He's not just fat, he's not just a coward, he's unattractive in face and manner. He's a nerd, he's a geek, he's whatever name for the bottom of the heap there is these days.

His own father couldn't bear the thought of him inheriting from him, and would KILL him to stop it. That's a LOT of shame about his son. Really, you could put up with cowardice in a son if he was attractive and had a suitable guard.

After having seen episode four, there's at least one thing the series have in common with the books, I definitely do not care at all for Sam. I hate his character in the books, from his first sighting forth.

Another great episode, the Mountain doesn't seem big enough though.

It's going to be exciting. We've got a couple of noobs in our watching group, so I'm excited to see their reactions.

By BIG EVENT I'm assuming you mean the scene Spoilerwhere they go down a deep shaft and move the 7 kingdoms through time.

Didn't see episode 5 yet, but episode 4 was kinda "Meh." A lot of the new characters didn't look like I thought they would:

1. The mountain was too small.
2. Sam I thought would be fatter.
3. Hodor was too small and older than I thought

The scene with Viserys was "Meh" and only really useful for more background. Tyrion was great as always, but the inn scene I felt should have ended with him saying something like "Oh, sh*t" (even if it wasn't in the books, haha). I also thought Gendry would be a bit bigger, but I'll have to rewatch the episodes with Renly - Renly is supposed to be identical to Robert in his prime, and his bastards are supposed to look similar.

I'm going to have to agree that the scene between Cercei and Robert was the best part of this episode. Actually, it may be the best scene of the whole series so far. Then there was the scene in the Eyrie with Lysa which just didn't work. Lysa was a bit too manic, a bit too off. The bit between Loras and Renly was unexpected. Their relationship was only hinted at in the books, but Loras going down on Renly sort of cleared things up rather quickly for those that didn't pick up on it.

Those two scenes share a common problem, one that I've noticed for a lot of the side characters. It felt like the writers were trying to jam twenty pages of subtle build up into too short of a time period. The result are characters that come out as being decidedly one dimensional, something that never really happened in the books.

Oh, and the Mountain was definitely too small. He was supposed to be able to swing that massive sword around with one arm and it looked like he could barely handle it with two.

Edited, May 16th 2011 10:03pm by Turin