Game of Thrones, Season 3, episode 2
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marinessShow, I almost wish you'd bring back the nudity!
1. You know, one of the best things about Storm of Swords was that it was an entire book without Theon in it. At all. Seriously awesome.
I like Show!Theon better than Book!Theon but not THAT much, and I am not getting as much pleasure out of watching him get tortured as I should. Mostly because, a AUUGH THAT WAS SERIOUSLY REVOLTING and b I don't like Theon. I was so hoping we'd be spared this for a couple more seasons :(
On a related note I guess this means we can expect other stuff from A Dance With Dragons to pop in as well?
2. As expected, Diana Rigg turns out to be epic as the Queen of Thorns.
3. I rather feel that Catelyn's whole confession that everything that happened since is because she couldn't love a motherless child is a) wrong, and b) thrown in for fans of the book who wanted Catelyn to realize that yes, yes, she SHOULD have been a better mother to both Jon and Theon. (To repeat, I don't like Theon, but his memories, combined with Jon's, suggest that Catelyn was really pretty awful to both of them.)
However, Catelyn, everything that's happened since did not happen because you couldn't love a motherless child. It happened because
- Eddard Stark agreed to be the Hand of the King, leave Winterfell even though Winter Was Coming as we keep hearing and hearing, either at your insistence (book) or because you didn't persuade him not to (show)
- You thought arresting Tyrion Lannister and bringing him to your nutty sister was a brilliant idea.
- You failed to tell Sansa to be on her guard in King's Landing.
- Joffrey thought killing Bran was a good idea.
- Joffrey thought killing Ned Stark was a good idea.
I'm not saying that Catelyn's attitude towards Jon helped any of this, or that it was a good thing, just that in the long, long list of Things Catelyn Did Wrong, that's not the only thing she should be feeling guilty over.
Though it was a pretty good scene, so, rock on, Show.
4. I have to say, out of everyone on this show, I think my greatest pity is reserved for the actors and crew doing the Iceland stuff. This looks cold. And miserable. And cold. And if it isn't actually cold, and miserable, and cold, kudos to the crew for giving it that look.
5. I had to crack up when Gendry yelled at Arya for not giving other names to Jaqen. In the book, of course, Arya's a little younger and considerably more traumatized and we hear her point of view, which clarifies why she doesn't name more critical people – and her regret when she realizes that she didn't. In the show, despite an attempt to suggest that she was trying to spy on Tywin Lannister for her brother, the failure to name Joffrey when pretty much EVERYONE is eagerly but eagerly waiting for the death of Joffrey was like AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!
6. Speaking of Joffrey, you keep thinking he can't get any worse, and then, he insults the tailor putting him in such lovely lovely clothing which is the only thing giving him any air of kingship whatsoever. I mean, really. I give him a slight pass on the "kill all the gays" thing since let's face it having the generally good guys be pro gay or indifferent gay while the currently hands down most evil character on the show (since we're only just getting to know and loathe the Boltons) is anti-gay is not really a bad message.
Also speaking of Joffrey, SOME PEOPLE in this household actually said kindly things about his comment on intelligent women, solely to annoy me, which means that I missed bits of dialogue. We are however still unified on Joffrey needs to die now.
7. BRIENNE N' JAIME 4EVER! Surrounded by little red hearts! Seriously I think this is the first couple on the show I am entirely rooting for, even with the awareness that Martin is not exactly renowned for writing Fluffy and Happy Romantic Endings and that these two are in for a lot of hell in the upcoming seasons. But for now let me dream, k?
1. You know, one of the best things about Storm of Swords was that it was an entire book without Theon in it. At all. Seriously awesome.
I like Show!Theon better than Book!Theon but not THAT much, and I am not getting as much pleasure out of watching him get tortured as I should. Mostly because, a AUUGH THAT WAS SERIOUSLY REVOLTING and b I don't like Theon. I was so hoping we'd be spared this for a couple more seasons :(
On a related note I guess this means we can expect other stuff from A Dance With Dragons to pop in as well?
2. As expected, Diana Rigg turns out to be epic as the Queen of Thorns.
3. I rather feel that Catelyn's whole confession that everything that happened since is because she couldn't love a motherless child is a) wrong, and b) thrown in for fans of the book who wanted Catelyn to realize that yes, yes, she SHOULD have been a better mother to both Jon and Theon. (To repeat, I don't like Theon, but his memories, combined with Jon's, suggest that Catelyn was really pretty awful to both of them.)
However, Catelyn, everything that's happened since did not happen because you couldn't love a motherless child. It happened because
- Eddard Stark agreed to be the Hand of the King, leave Winterfell even though Winter Was Coming as we keep hearing and hearing, either at your insistence (book) or because you didn't persuade him not to (show)
- You thought arresting Tyrion Lannister and bringing him to your nutty sister was a brilliant idea.
- You failed to tell Sansa to be on her guard in King's Landing.
- Joffrey thought killing Bran was a good idea.
- Joffrey thought killing Ned Stark was a good idea.
I'm not saying that Catelyn's attitude towards Jon helped any of this, or that it was a good thing, just that in the long, long list of Things Catelyn Did Wrong, that's not the only thing she should be feeling guilty over.
Though it was a pretty good scene, so, rock on, Show.
4. I have to say, out of everyone on this show, I think my greatest pity is reserved for the actors and crew doing the Iceland stuff. This looks cold. And miserable. And cold. And if it isn't actually cold, and miserable, and cold, kudos to the crew for giving it that look.
5. I had to crack up when Gendry yelled at Arya for not giving other names to Jaqen. In the book, of course, Arya's a little younger and considerably more traumatized and we hear her point of view, which clarifies why she doesn't name more critical people – and her regret when she realizes that she didn't. In the show, despite an attempt to suggest that she was trying to spy on Tywin Lannister for her brother, the failure to name Joffrey when pretty much EVERYONE is eagerly but eagerly waiting for the death of Joffrey was like AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!
6. Speaking of Joffrey, you keep thinking he can't get any worse, and then, he insults the tailor putting him in such lovely lovely clothing which is the only thing giving him any air of kingship whatsoever. I mean, really. I give him a slight pass on the "kill all the gays" thing since let's face it having the generally good guys be pro gay or indifferent gay while the currently hands down most evil character on the show (since we're only just getting to know and loathe the Boltons) is anti-gay is not really a bad message.
Also speaking of Joffrey, SOME PEOPLE in this household actually said kindly things about his comment on intelligent women, solely to annoy me, which means that I missed bits of dialogue. We are however still unified on Joffrey needs to die now.
7. BRIENNE N' JAIME 4EVER! Surrounded by little red hearts! Seriously I think this is the first couple on the show I am entirely rooting for, even with the awareness that Martin is not exactly renowned for writing Fluffy and Happy Romantic Endings and that these two are in for a lot of hell in the upcoming seasons. But for now let me dream, k?