Game of Thrones, Season four, episode 1
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marinessGame of Thrones, Season Four, Episode One
Yes, this is up a bit late. It's not my fault: the Lannisters crashed HBO. (Really. This even ended up on the news.) Anyway, general, partly snarky reactions on the episode:
1. So, the show had to miscast one person along the way, I guess, and once again, it's Daario. I'm not sure what's going on here or how this managed to be now two seasons in a row of miscasting the character, but…sigh.
2. However, we are not with Daenerys to see Daario seducing her into bed! We are here to see dragons! Which are all large! And feisty! And dragons, so they can't be tamed, even though they can put their huge heads into your laps and start cuddling. GO TEAM DRAGON!
3. I forgot the crucifixes. GO TEAM DRAGON! EAT EVERYBODY THAT USES A CRUCIFIX!
4. Though, seriously, this show is not leaving me convinced that anyone wanting to rule the Seven Kingdoms should. Still, I am going with Dany as the least bad of a terrible group so GO TEAM DRAGONS!
5. Since I mentioned it, this show has cheerfully kept up with the death count, with bodies like EVERYWHERE, not to mention the KILL KILL KILL scene at the end.
6. Speaking of which, I have to agree with the general consensus: if the Hound says he wants to eat a chicken, BRING THE DUDE A CHICKEN.
7. I liked that this show twice had to remind Tyrion that really, his family does seriously awful things to people like arranging to have the throat of his wife's mother cut before tossing her into the river and arranging to kill two cute little children, as if he could possibly forget.
8. Speaking of, go, Red Viper, go. I know I won't be able to cheer you on for long, so, go, Red Viper, go.
9. Ah, Jon. Nice to see that your emoness is still with us and will never ever go away. This will be Jon's last scene:
Show: We are nearing the end!
Jon: EMO!
Show:….no, the dragons are burning things up and other people are burning up the dragons and there's drum music. Exciting, Jon, not emo.
Jon: EMO! EMO! EMO!
Ghost: I can't take this anymore. CRUNCH.
10. Cannibalism, show? We really had to go there? Especially since some tastier meat was available?
11. Oh, Sansa. It's perhaps not as bad as taking candy from a baby, but taking necklaces from drunken knights and agreeing to wear them, especially when said drunken knight just nearly scared you to death?
12. What I also like about this show is just as you think Joffrey can't possibly get any worse, he….gets worse. Joffrey, I get that you've happily rewrriten all of your memories to make yourself look amazing, but insulting your relatives? Perhaps not the best move.
13. Oooh, the Sword of the Morning was namedropped. Let's see where that goes.
Yes, this is up a bit late. It's not my fault: the Lannisters crashed HBO. (Really. This even ended up on the news.) Anyway, general, partly snarky reactions on the episode:
1. So, the show had to miscast one person along the way, I guess, and once again, it's Daario. I'm not sure what's going on here or how this managed to be now two seasons in a row of miscasting the character, but…sigh.
2. However, we are not with Daenerys to see Daario seducing her into bed! We are here to see dragons! Which are all large! And feisty! And dragons, so they can't be tamed, even though they can put their huge heads into your laps and start cuddling. GO TEAM DRAGON!
3. I forgot the crucifixes. GO TEAM DRAGON! EAT EVERYBODY THAT USES A CRUCIFIX!
4. Though, seriously, this show is not leaving me convinced that anyone wanting to rule the Seven Kingdoms should. Still, I am going with Dany as the least bad of a terrible group so GO TEAM DRAGONS!
5. Since I mentioned it, this show has cheerfully kept up with the death count, with bodies like EVERYWHERE, not to mention the KILL KILL KILL scene at the end.
6. Speaking of which, I have to agree with the general consensus: if the Hound says he wants to eat a chicken, BRING THE DUDE A CHICKEN.
7. I liked that this show twice had to remind Tyrion that really, his family does seriously awful things to people like arranging to have the throat of his wife's mother cut before tossing her into the river and arranging to kill two cute little children, as if he could possibly forget.
8. Speaking of, go, Red Viper, go. I know I won't be able to cheer you on for long, so, go, Red Viper, go.
9. Ah, Jon. Nice to see that your emoness is still with us and will never ever go away. This will be Jon's last scene:
Show: We are nearing the end!
Jon: EMO!
Show:….no, the dragons are burning things up and other people are burning up the dragons and there's drum music. Exciting, Jon, not emo.
Jon: EMO! EMO! EMO!
Ghost: I can't take this anymore. CRUNCH.
10. Cannibalism, show? We really had to go there? Especially since some tastier meat was available?
11. Oh, Sansa. It's perhaps not as bad as taking candy from a baby, but taking necklaces from drunken knights and agreeing to wear them, especially when said drunken knight just nearly scared you to death?
12. What I also like about this show is just as you think Joffrey can't possibly get any worse, he….gets worse. Joffrey, I get that you've happily rewrriten all of your memories to make yourself look amazing, but insulting your relatives? Perhaps not the best move.
13. Oooh, the Sword of the Morning was namedropped. Let's see where that goes.