Season 3: Episode 8 * Have NOT read the books*MOD NOTE POST #1

K_user wrote: »

I would agree. Davos is a "good" man and very loyal to Stannis. So he must see something that we, the viewers, dont.

I'd recommend the folklore videos on youtube from the DVD extras. There's one with Liam Cunningham narrating and explains the respect Davos has for Stannis when they meet during the siege of Dragonstone.

Davos through his life of smuggling had never known justice, not until Stannis.

Bacchus wrote: »

Didn't she mention the Lord of Light leading her to him. When in doubt, the Lord of Light did it



We (the non-book readers) do know what happened. Any blanks are fairly easy to fill in. The Greyjoy men betrayed Theon (we saw this) and handed him over to the Boltons (pretty much a dead cert that who has him given the banners we've seen). Now, either the Boltons or the Greyjoys ransacked Winterfell. I suspect it was the Boltons, initially searching for the Stark kids and then burning the place down in anger... or cos they're d*cks and that's what d*cks do. They'd be safe to blame the Greyjoys and Rob Stark would be none the wiser.

If you are alluding to any further twists/shocks in the events at Winterfell due to having read the books, kindly stop posting in the non-book threads.



Huge facepalm moment there. You left behinf the weapon you just found out kills the formidable White Walkers. I guess, panic took over at what he just saw and all the crows chasing them.

I know everyone's paranoid about spoilers but I thought it was pretty clear by now I haven't read the books and that I was referring to the very-publicly stated fact that season is covering about half the third book. By this stage of the season it's easy to see we've had too much milling about and build-up for what I am to assume will be pay-off in season four.

If the showrunners took in more of that assumed pay-off from the third book and removed some of the endless travelling of characters this would be a much more satisfying season as the moment-to-moment of the show remains almost completely entralling.

If the show ran better covering most of third book and season four covering odds and ends from it and then a big chunk of the next book I'd have gladly sacrificed the symetry and space afforded to the third book being covered in halves by two season. What works for books doesn't always work for film and the shoe could do with manipulating the books timeline even more than (I assume) they already do.

Syferus wrote: »

I know everyone's paranoid about spoilers but I thought it was pretty clear by now I haven't read the books and that I was referring to the very-publicly stated fact that season is covering about half the third book.

Fair enough. I don't follow your posts, so when you wrote "Really starting to feel like they could have covered far more than half the third book in one season...." it seemed to me like you've read the books and therefore your subsequent comments seemed a bit "all knowing", as though something was going to be revealed about the sacking of Winterfell

You right though, this season has been all build up so far. As long as the pay off is worth it (on all threads of the story), that's fine with me cause season 3 has been great to watch so far. I hope the pay off will be before season 4 comes around though mind you.

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Just as a heads up, the Inside the Episode catch ups they do with Benioff & Weiss for every episode are very good, they give background and explain their thinking on the various character's motivations, and they are filmed for the non-reading viewers. You can get them all on youtube.

Is that youtube or a podcast?

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Youtube.

Just don't read the comments underneath the videos :pac:

Don't read any comments on any GoT related youtube videos actually, alot of arseholes out there.

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Don't read any Youtube comments full stop!

Or imdb.com, or reddit the day after an episode airs

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Don't read any Youtube comments full stop!

For the night is dark and full of spoilers.

PopePalpatine wrote: »

For the night ish dark and full of spoilersh.

FYP;)

DeepBlue wrote: »

I'd argue Tywin doesn't give a sh1t about his family but rather the prestige and legacy of House Lannister means everything to him.
After all he's happy to marry off two of his children despite their obvious displeasure at the proposed unions.

He's not omniscient either as he dismisses the threat Dany poses as just a curiosity in the East when she's far more dangerous than that. Even Joffrey sees that.

To be fair, Joffrey doesn't see anything. He hears rumours of dragons and gets terrified, it's not him being a wise farseeing sage.

Yeah last year the pivotal 9th episode in series 2 got lousy( the lowest of all the 10 episodes) ratings on memorial weekend - so it's been decided to shove it back a week.