Game of Thrones FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE READ THE BOOKS

Started by NemeBro31 pages

No, it was pretty crappy.

Gregor's actor had no notion of how to swing a ****ing sword (Compare to Conan Stevens' Gregor fighting Sandor). Oberyn's choreography (Possibly because they actually had a stunt double for him, idk) fared better, even if there was a bit more flipping than I'd have personally liked. Oh, and why the **** was Gregor by and large swinging his sword with one hand? Eschewing a shield is fine, but if you choose to do so, why would you wield your sword with one hand lol? It just came off as silly. I wasn't fond of Gregor's choice of flimsy as **** helmet either. Remember how Gregor exploited an improperly-affixed helmet/gorget in his first appearance? Well gee...

For that matter, Oberyn being able to so easily parry and block Gregor's blows in of itself was a bit problematic (In the books, he never parried Gregor, the one time they actually "clashed" he was sent sprawling and nearly died), for reasons Backfire said in the other thread. Gregor popping Oberyn's skull like I popped your mother's cherry comes across as odd due to this.

It wasn't a very good fight. GoT frankly tends to not have particularly good fight scenes, but this fight didn't hold up nearly so well as Ned vs. Jaime, Drogo vs. random brown guy, Jorah vs. other random brown guy, or even Gregor vs. Sandor. Which is a damn shame because the Oberyn vs. Gregor fight was meant to be more climactic than all of them.

I ****ing told you Gregor looked like a chimp wildly swinging a sword hoping to connect.

Originally posted by Nephthys
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He finally went for it 👆

Which is his error, as he can only fall down now 👆

gonna be some butthurt in the non-spoiled thread tonight.

probably the first truly polarizing event, considering how they only brush on his monstrous nature in the show.

I don't think

Spoiler:
Tywin is dying
tonight. This episode seems focused on the siege of the Wall.

Originally posted by NemeBro
I don't think

You don't say...

You seem upset.

Yeah. you just destroyed that perfect image I had of you. You are a sham!

I poo on your sham.

Tywin better ****ing get stabbed tonight.

He won't.

Ygritte, the Thenns, and maybe some of our favorite Night's Watch bros will die tonight. Tywin and Shae go next week.

They'd better just have Tormund captured, I struggle to see him running from a fight and it seems like it would be stupid to kill him off. But apparently Varamyr Sixskins is coming in next season, so... idfk.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Tywin better ****ing get stabbed tonight.

you might want to check the wiki, again.

he gets shot with a crossbow.

Originally posted by focus4chumps
you might want to check the wiki, again.

You'll need to try to troll harder: I've quoted the books so many times now that there's now way that this method of trolling will work. I own all 5 books: deal with it and stop being a baby. 🙂

Originally posted by focus4chumps
he gets shot with a crossbow.

Pretty sure they show will change it to a stab to make it more personal.

🙂

I won't bet money on that but I'm pretty positive the show will use a stab instead of a bolt.

Tyrion is gonna stab Tywin in the dick and remark that Tywin's the real dwarf where it counts.

I'm pretty sure that kid who's village was massacred is going to be the one to kill ygritte.

Tyrions gonna shoot Shae with the crossbow and strangle Tywin. Then he's going to slowly turn to the camera and flip the audience the double-bird.

Well....

Delays. No Tywin death, yet.

🙁

Spoiler:
Goodbye Rose Leslie.

RIP Grenn and Pyp. Be at peace alongside Irri, Rakharo, and Daenerys' silver. I wish Donal Noye had been in the show so at least one of you could have lived, but I remain grateful that, even with all the changes, Dolorous Edd, Tormund, Alliser Thorne, and Janos Slynt weren't taken from me.

+1 giants on mammoths.

+111111 giant archer and The Scythe.

And an honorary "omg" to the brief moment when I, a reader, thought I was going to watch Samwell Tarly die.

edit:

Spoiler:
Can't wait for all the Stannis. Season finale is going to be busy as fuuuuuuuuck.

The giant with the bow was easily the best part.