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Degag · 07-06-2011 12:20PM

3 Questions.

Who is the bird in post 720? Know she was captured but can't remember why, when or by whom

Who is Rickon? A son of Ned?

Who was the bloke that was with Robb when the news of his fathers capture came? Thought he was his brother but when Robb's mother came she said she wanted to talk to her son alone and he left with the others.

Mr Freeze · 07-06-2011 12:24PM

Degag wrote: »

3 Questions.

Who is the bird in post 720? Know she was captured but can't remember why, when or by whom

She was in the group that attacked Bran and Robb in the woods a few episodes ago.

Who is Rickon? A son of Ned?

The youngest in the litter.

Who was the bloke that was with Robb when the news of his fathers capture came? Thought he was his brother but when Robb's mother came she said she wanted to talk to her son alone and he left with the others.

Theon Greyjoy, he is Ned Starks ward, and is the last living son of the Greyjoy family I believe, they were on the wrong side in the rebellion or war, and Ned took him in as a ward instead of killing him.

Answers in bold above.

stesaurus · 07-06-2011 12:26PM

Degag wrote: »

3 Questions.

Who is the bird in post 720? Know she was captured but can't remember why, when or by whom

Who is Rickon? A son of Ned?

Who was the bloke that was with Robb when the news of his fathers capture came? Thought he was his brother but when Robb's mother came she said she wanted to talk to her son alone and he left with the others.

Not paying much attention???:D

Osha, she was part of an attempt by wildlings to take Brans horse. They gave her mercy and she's now a prisoner of sorts.

Rickon yes, you guessed correct. He's the youngest Stark.

That's Theon. Hmmm I had thought they managed to call him Greyjoy in every episode and also mention that he's a 'ward'. Basically his house started a rebellion a few years back(seperate to the rebellion that gave Robert the throne) and after it was crushed Ned took Theon as a ward to keep his family quiet.

Degag · 07-06-2011 12:41PM

s.welstead wrote: »

Not paying much attention???:D

Oh no, i am. I thought it was Theon but he looked alot like Robb so thought he might have been his brother - even when thinking about it, he didn't have another brother of that age apart from Jon

Nah, i've started to read the book and with the amount of characters it's hard to keep up. Loving it though:D

stesaurus · 07-06-2011 12:44PM

Degag wrote: »

Oh no, i am. I thought it was Theon but he looked alot like Robb so thought he might have been his brother - even when thinking about it, he didn't have another brother of that age apart from Jon

Nah, i've started to read the book and with the amount of characters it's hard to keep up. Loving it though:D

I'd like to say it gets easier but as soon as you start to get to grips with who's who then along comes the 2nd book and more houses and history gets thrown at you.

Stick with it though, well worth it.

Richard Dower · 07-06-2011 01:14PM

This thread will soon beat The Walking Dead in views/posts :-)

Killme00 · 07-06-2011 02:44PM

Tenger wrote: »

So you slogged through 7 episodes?

Strictly as a passenger originally, now as a fan

TheFullDuck · 07-06-2011 02:59PM

What happened to the dance instructor/sword master, do we presume the kings guard killed him?

_blank_ · 07-06-2011 03:02PM

TheFullDuck wrote: »

What happened to the dance instructor/sword master, do we presume the kings guard killed him?

I wouldn't presume anything we don't explicitly see happening on screen.

Th fact that Arya seems to be missing still, I would think that dude has something to do with that.

TheFullDuck · 07-06-2011 03:03PM

Des wrote: »

I wouldn't presume anything we don't explicitly see happening on screen.

Th fact that Arya seems to be missing still, I would think that dude has something to do with that.

Ah I see, thanks. Hope he won't be killed, I like him :pac:

Mr Freeze · 07-06-2011 03:06PM

TheFullDuck wrote: »

Ah I see, thanks. Hope he won't be killed, I like him :pac:

Same as!

I think it's too much to hope for that he still lives!

Degag · 07-06-2011 03:28PM

Des wrote: »

I wouldn't presume anything we don't explicitly see happening on screen.

Th fact that Arya seems to be missing still, I would think that dude has something to do with that.

Yeah, hope he's still alive. It was a great scene, if rather unbelievable, when he knocked out all the guards with the wooden sword.

kowloon · 07-06-2011 03:53PM

If the swordmaster is dead I'll be very angry, I want to see him in combat with a real sword.
At least the noise we heard after the scene left the room was of fighting and not just a single slicing noise, but I'm thinking he's most likely giblets.

MayoForSam · 07-06-2011 03:55PM

Question I had on the scene with the wight's at The Wall - I didn't seem to notice that the bald dude's eyes were blue and what happened the second wight?

Other than that, pretty solid episode. Most enjoyable bits were Tyrion's whistling in the woods and his attempts to quench his thirst at Tywin's table

Peter Dinklage has him down to a tee.

mikemac · 07-06-2011 04:01PM

How do the Ravens know where to go with their messages?

Unless you train the Raven for one destination only. I would think that's how it's done

I'm definitely overthinking it

Mr Freeze · 07-06-2011 04:03PM

mikemac wrote: »

How do the Ravens know where to go with their messages?
Unless you train the Raven for one destination only. I would think that's how it's done

I'm definitely overthinking it

I think that is how its done. Thought the same myself last night.

Degag · 07-06-2011 04:04PM

MayoForSam wrote: »

Question I had on the scene with the wight's at The Wall - I didn't seem to notice that the bald dude's eyes were blue and what happened the second wight?

Other than that, pretty solid episode. Most enjoyable bits were Tyrion's whistling in the woods and his attempts to quench his thirst at Tywin's table Peter Dinklage has him down to a tee.

Don't know, maybe he didn't come back to life at the same time as the first guy. Pretty sure he's burned now if he didn't.

Agree with you on Tyrion. One of the best things about the series.

TheFullDuck · 07-06-2011 04:07PM

kowloon wrote: »

If the swordmaster is dead I'll be very angry, I want to see him in combat with a real sword.
At least the noise we heard after the scene left the room was of fighting and not just a single slicing noise, but I'm thinking he's most likely giblets.

Aye, especially cause all the kings guard were in the scene where the old guy (his name escapes me) is fired. Doesn't look good for our swordmaster

Mr Freeze · 07-06-2011 04:08PM

Shamelessly robbed off another forum.

In the real world, the way homing birds work is that if you raise certain types of birds in a place, they will always return to that place. So Maester Luwin would raise 30 ravens and send 3 on a cart to the Wall, 3 to King's Landing, 3 to the Eyrie, etc. Then Maester Aemon would keep the Winterfell ravens in a marked cage and when he needs to send a message to the Starks he would specifically use one of those ravens and not one that homed to, say, Casterly Rock. In the books not much attention is paid to the way the system works, and you sort of get the impression that you can just grab a raven out of the one giant cage and send it wherever you want, but I think it's likely that Westerosi ravens operate similarly to real world homing pigeons and we just haven't been shown the details of how it works

mikemac · 07-06-2011 04:10PM

Ah that makes sense, can sleep tonight so

Biggins · 07-06-2011 04:10PM

I like the show so far and its good solid acting.
I know the books have a lot of detail and the TV series can't include everything - but still - the show still appears to be terribly dragging.
This is I fear will cause it to lose viewers over time and thus bring about cancellation.
I hope I'm proved wrong but does anyone else think it just drags too much for its own good as a show?

For the record, I'm sticking with it and have enjoyed each part so far.

5starpool · 07-06-2011 04:13PM

What do you mean, 'dragging'? The only thing that might count against it in the long term is the number of different strands there are to the story, including those that haven't even been touched on yet.

Mr Freeze · 07-06-2011 04:16PM

Biggins wrote: »

I hope I'm proved wrong but does anyone else think it just drags too much for its own good as a show?

For the record, I'm sticking with it and have enjoyed each part so far.

I don't think it drags at all to be honest, especially the last few episodes.

I am reading the book at the moment too, and they seem to squeeze a lot of chapters into a single episode, and I think they are doing a great job of pacing it.

That said, I do get where you are coming from though, I expected it to all boil over a few episodes ago, but its only really happening now.

Cunning Alias · 07-06-2011 04:17PM

TheFullDuck wrote: »

What happened to the dance instructor/sword master, do we presume the kings guard killed him?

We see the kingsguard he was fighting in the scene later where barresten is fired so im guessing hes gone.

SuperInfinity · 07-06-2011 05:32PM

I thought it was brilliant.

Equal to the best shows of the series so far which is saying something, definitely 10/10+++.

I now consider Game of Thrones to be in a league of its own as regards tv, now just for Fantasy genre but unmatched by any other show of any time. Don't you ever ever end you beautiful show!!!

One thing: When they let go of Ser Barristan Selmy, I almost felt on the side of Joffrey and the Queen Mother, which I doubt is how we're supposed to feel.

I would have imagined Ser Barristan Selmy as more muscular, fitter, like he really could take all of them. It couldn't be that hard to find such an actor. Then I would have imagined Queen Cersei and Joffrey to be quite nonchalent and careless in their dismissing of him, like how Cersei asked for the killing of Lady. And I would have imagined a big hushed wave of shock coming from the crowd as they were going to take Ser Barristan Selmy from his life. It was still done realy well though, I am just nitpicking.

I think the actor playing Tywin Lannister is really coming into his now. He's shown as a fierce, cunning, calculating, disciplined individual who you wouldn't want to cross if at all possible.

Another nitpick: Why wasn't there more sex shown? For example when the Dothraki were raping the women they had plundered, why didn't we see any of that? It's not for prurient wont that I would like it to be shown, it's just for bring us into it more. Like we didn't see any women being raped, it was hard to see what was going on at all. They could have done something like how it was in Cannibal Holocaust, it would hardly be "worse" than what they've already shown.

dr gonzo · 07-06-2011 05:39PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

Another nitpick: Why wasn't there more sex shown? For example when the Dothraki were raping the women they had plundered, why didn't we see any of that? It's not for prurient wont that I would like it to be shown, it's just for bring us into it more. Like we didn't see any women being raped, it was hard to see what was going on at all. They could have done something like how it was in Cannibal Holocaust, it would hardly be "worse" than what they've already shown.

Im pretty sure the mound of decapitated heads gives a pretty clear message. The point of that scene is to show Denaryas (however you spell that) trying to, in some small way, reconcile her desire to return home with the consequences of now being attached to such an animalistic group. I dont need to see on screen rape to know that when those guys walk into a town its bad news and thats going to be a problem for her.

miniPhil · 07-06-2011 09:30PM

Did someone say the show is dragging? It's not exactly

L O S T

If anything it ends too quickly! It may be an hour but I find not long after I've switched it on and am on the edge of my seat than the titles appear. Then my window smashes as my chair flies through it.

It really is getting expensive replacing these windows.

geeky · 07-06-2011 09:54PM

Book Chat Snipped.

SuperInfinity · 07-06-2011 10:06PM

Book Chat Snipped.

Tenger · 07-06-2011 10:17PM

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Sorry, but I can't take that actress playing the wilding girl seriously.

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