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The old Valyrian scipts granted them instant knowledge, remember? Dany rides her dragons in, which happen to be resistant to the photon torpedoes. Jeff Goldblum uploads that virus (through his MAC, wtf, product placement!) and totally owns the Others. Job Snow goes on to win the game.

... I'm remembering this right, right?

Edited, Jun 9th 2011 11:48pm by LockeColeMA

Jesus F'ing Christ! Put some spoiler tags on that. OMGZ!!!

'Ned's Head' jokes are now permitted.

They should have guessed what the outcome would be when Boromir was cast as Ned.

Heh, wait until they get to next season. "Wait, they killed SpoilerALL the popular characters? what the hell"???

This was just a really good episode all around. Lots of action, lots of stuff happening. I hope they don't can the series because of the backlash, but, eh.



I remember when I first read the first four books, I thought to myself "All the best characters die!" But reading through it a second time, I disagree. A number of "good" characters die, but not all.

Characters I like who die
SpoilerNed
Catelyn (but comes back as Stoneheart)
Robb
Renly

Characters I dislike who died
SpoilerJoffrey
The Mountain
The Hound
Tywin

Seems pretty even on both fronts. A lot of my favorites haven't died (SpoilerTyrion, Jon, Arya, Littlefinger after book 3, Dany). A good amount get hurt/mutilated (SpoilerTyrion, Loras, Jaime). Some who seem to have died aren't conclusively dead (SpoilerBrienne, Theon).

Really I think it's pretty even overall.

I know, it's a bit of a no win situation I suppose, boost them with cgi and potentially spoil the setting and mood, leave them regular dog size, but that doesn't quite do them credit imo.

Next week's episode is 2 hours I've read? That final scene should have people on the edge of their seats, begging for more. I truly hope so, SpoilerDani stepping out of the funeral pyre with her three baby dragons, that should be magnificent

As a newbie to the series at the start of the show, I've been completely fine with how it's played out; it makes it more interesting to me because it's a realistic view on how fantasy as a genre should be.

As my brother phrased it to me as I was texting him after the first episode: "there really aren't any good guys and bad guys, just some people who aren't pricks and some people that are". I can definitely see that now after we're eight episodes in, and it's just made me like the series more.

Though it doesn't hurt that the visuals, sounds, and effects are amazing, as well as having some talented actors in the major roles.

This is probably the most accurate overview of the series' characters ever. Pretty perceptive of your brother! Everyone has good sides and bad sides to them (ok, a few are totally evil so far as we know and some are too young to be declared anything but "good," but "innocent" is a better wording for it).

Only really "evil" characters so far have been:SpoilerThe Mountain, the Bloody Mummers, Bolton's *******, and some of the soldiers. Only really innocent characters are Myrcella and Tommen, IMO (figures they're Lannisters, huh?). Everyone else plays a double game, especially the Stark children... or at least the girls. Rickon is practically a feral child, and Bran is relatively innocent but not really "good." Robb is just like his dad, and Jon is similar to Ned, but quite different as well.

Edit: I could say Joffrey is evil, but he's only like 13. He is a *******, however, which is a dangerous trait in a king. I feel if Robert had actually taken an interest in his son, he could have tempered that anger. He might have turned out more like Spoilersay, Roose Bolton rather than Spoilerhis *******. They're both bad, but at least one channels his masochism.

*Oops, thanks Eske.

Edited, Jun 16th 2011 2:28pm by LockeColeMA

Yes, sorry. Was writing too quick. Actually, he hates getting hurt. Pansy

Other characters' storylines pick up, and they go through a lot. Sometimes that leads to personal evolution, and sometimes it leads to devolution. Some characters develop their personal skills or powerbases further. You'll definitely develop new favourites.

Things will go sideways, things will go ghastly, new favourites will be killed or maimed. Anyone still alive at the end of book 4 is doing well.

Edited, Jun 20th 2011 9:31am by Aripyanfar

There are some good general rules of thumb, including these ones
If someone discusses a plan, it will never pan out.
Arya will never end up where she thinks she's doing.
There are seven kingdoms, of which the Riverlands, the Vale of Arryn, Winterfell, and Casterly Rock are but four. The others will be discussed to death later on (Dorne, the Iron Isles, and Dragonstone's territory). By the end of the fourth book, you'll wish there had only been four kingdoms

Edit: Still need to see the last episode, that's my plan tonight.

Edited, Jun 20th 2011 10:07am by LockeColeMA

Yeah...guess it's the looks? I've never found him particularly compelling. He's kind of simple, and you can easily construe him as an evil character who just happens to treat his wife nice (after buying and raping her, at that).

Don't get me wrong, he has some cool moments; it's just that I find Dany's story gets about 10x more interesting once he's out of the picture.