Television Game of Thrones

[psood0nym]

Well the show just made a big deal of resolving the very issue we were discussing in tonight's episode so at least we're on point.

 

[malakaix]

Jesus christ, i feel like I've been waiting all season for that episode.

Tormund makes me laugh so much.

 

[StarOceanHouse]

winter came

 

[David Wooderson]

Don't want to spoil the current epeisode BUT....

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Was I the only one who thought this episode was like game of thrones zombie mode?
I did not like the skeletons that went after brandon stark in the final episode of season 4, biology really kills the idea of a skeleton doing anything besides rotting for me and that is why I have such a hard time with the walking dead, but this episode really was hard to digest because...do the reanimated skeletons wake up, and then find a weapon before being led into battle by the white walkers? What if they can't find one, do they scour the earth until they find one?

I was cool with white walkers, but what is up with the skeletons?
Why did the wildling's that were killed eye's turn blue?
The skeletons didn't have blue eyes, and they weren't killed by white walkers.
The scene looked cool, but there were more plot holes than swiss cheese.

Glad to see Cersei didn't talk or hump her way out of her cell The scene where she was licking the floor was very fulfilling.

 

[jpgrdnr]

Great combat scenes, felt more like a movie or something. Last 2 episodes will be awesome if this is the case.

 

[ColtDan]

I thought the same David

Fairly decent episode, made a change from the dullness before

 

[Bardeaux]

"Lannister, Targaryen, Stark, Tyrell, they're all just spokes on a wheel. This one's on top, then that one's on top, and on and on it spins, crushing those on the ground..... I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel."

righteous

 

[malakaix]

"Lannister, Targaryen, Stark, Tyrell, they're all just spokes on a wheel. This one's on top, then that one's on top, and on and on it spins, crushing those on the ground..... I'm not going to stop the wheel. I'm going to break the wheel."

righteous

Amen. - That whole scene between Tyrion and Daenerys was perfect.

 

[ColtDan]

Was interesting to see those two together, brilliant meeting of characters

 

[ColtDan]

 

[Jibult]

Don't want to spoil the current epeisode BUT....

NSFW:

Was I the only one who thought this episode was like game of thrones zombie mode?
I did not like the skeletons that went after brandon stark in the final episode of season 4, biology really kills the idea of a skeleton doing anything besides rotting for me and that is why I have such a hard time with the walking dead, but this episode really was hard to digest because...1do the reanimated skeletons wake up, and then find a weapon before being led into battle by the white walkers? What if they can't find one, do they scour the earth until they find one?

2I was cool with white walkers, but what is up with the skeletons?
3Why did the wildling's that were killed eye's turn blue?
The skeletons didn't have blue eyes, and they weren't killed by white walkers.

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I absolutely agree that this episode had a very different feeling to it, but I loved every second of it. I've never picked up the books but I figured I might try to answer some of those questions for the sake of discussion.

1. I'm under the impression that the re-animated corpses (are they White Walkers, or slaves in service to the White Walkers for the entirety of their afterlife?) reanimate with weapons in hand. If they weren't killed in battle, they'll kill without weapons until they obtain one. It seemed to me (and I know "science" tells us this doesn't make sense) that the reanimated corpses retain most of their physical prowess and, somehow, even get a "boost" with regards to speed and strength. They seem so damn comfortable with any kind of weapon, it's intense.

Seems to me it'd be pretty easy for a weaponless walker to find him- or herself a weapon on a battlefield, though.


2 and 3. I didn't really notice much of a difference amongst the Walkers, other than the horseback, more lively looking leaders who looked pretty fucking bad ass.

This brings me back to my last question, though: Are the reanimated corpses really White Walkers, or are they simply slaves? A kind of necromancy, if you will? There may be a point where a body is rotten past the point where they're able to become White Walkers and are simply pawns, a warrior caste that does absolutely nothing else.

Maybe the change in eye color denotes a certain kind of Walker? I would never have thought it before this last episode but there very clearly are at least two different kinds of White Walkers... who knows what other secrets they hold?

 

[ColtDan]

I think theres walkers, and then white walkers. kinda like slaves n then white walkers. and yeah necromancy. nancy fancy pantsy necromancy

 

[mal3volent]

This last episode came closer to perfect than any other in recent memory.

 

[GenericMind]

Finally got around to watching this past Sunday's episode. Talk about dope(kids still say dope right?). I loved everything about that episode. You finally got a glimpse of what kinds of things Arya might start being asked to do for the many faced god. The Khaleesi and Tyrion chat was great and I can't wait to see what they do together. Tyrion is the exact experienced voice of WISE council she's been missing this whole time. And man, that whole battle scene with the white walkers?? The very least scene where the white walker leader stares down Jon Snow and slowly raised his arms up totally gave me goosebumps. I can't freaking wait to see how this season ends.

 

[psood0nym]

The episodes have really diverged from the (published) books now. One has to wonder about Benjen Stark at this point.

 

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Well I've certainly never seen that happen on TV before.

Game 2 is just as good as that final scene though.

 

[psood0nym]

Well I've certainly never seen that happen on TV before.

Right?! As unpleasant as it was, it's also a relief to see that the show with perhaps the highest mainstream profile of anything out there doesn't shy away from making an audacious point about power lust, religious fanaticism and other touchy issues. That said, more layers of complexity are added when we consider that, in the mythos of Game of Thrones, Melisandre's horrific crusade is to some degree metaphysically justified. The "Lord of Light" actually is an extant supernatural force that grants Promethean power to the agency of mortals. ... and that's seemingly what was demanded in return.

 

[StarOceanHouse]

that was the hardest thing to watch on GoT. At least it ended on a good note.

 

[David Wooderson]

Episode 9 was the best episode of the season imo.

So does everyone think Stanis is a jerk, or just super dedicated?

 

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That said, more layers of complexity are added when we consider that, in the mythos of Game of Thrones, Melisandre's horrific crusade is to some degree metaphysically justified. The "Lord of Light" actually is an extant supernatural force that grants Promethean power to the agency of mortals. ... and that's seemingly what was demanded in return.

This is the most compelling argument for child immolation I've ever heard.