HBO's Game of Thrones

[Rico]

Rico, not only are they breaking the rules, but aren't you wishing that a certain kid get killed?

He isn't a kid by any stretch anymore. Plus like I said previously, I've already broken all my normal rules with this show. It's just the grimmest series I've ever seen.

[ChrisMC]

Well, I would guess living in a medieval-like world as this wouldn't be fun. When I read the books I was upset as I have some of the same issues as you do, but in the end it's still so good that I just accept bad crap will happen to ANYONE at any time. I mean, I'm sure everyone thought that [spoiler]Ned Stark[/spoiler]was the hero of the whole show, and after that unfortunate stuff that [spoiler]Robb would be avenging him[/spoiler]. But Martin loves keeping people off balance, and not getting what we expect or want badly is a big part of what makes this show so different.

[Bromptonboy]

As long as..
[spoiler]As long as Tyrion is left alone and survives until book 7 - GRRM and I will not have any problems.[/spoiler]

[Rico]

I can see keeping people off balance, but I keep wondering how entertaining that can be....at least for me. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I do like good to win over evil sometime.  And, yes I know good and evil are relative terms to a degree.  Such as...

[spoiler]I enjoyed the exchange between Tyrion and his father in the finale talking about the lack of honor in killing the Starks at the wedding.  I do like that stuff being mentioned in the show.[/spoiler]

[Bromptonboy]

I can see keeping people off balance, but I keep wondering how entertaining that ca be....at least for me. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I do like good to win over evil sometime.  And, yes I know good and evil are relative terms to a degree.

Yes, no sacred cows so far in this series.  I find it tough to see characters of good moral fiber being defeated.  But some of those that survive follow moral codes of a different feather.

[Praxis]

I had my teeth set for Joff's wedding as the finale..

[spoiler]I guess they will open with that next season - and with Tyrion's trial & dealing with Tywin as the closer for season 4.
I almost felt sorry for Theon!
My biggest disappointment with the episode was how Bran got under the wall.  I wanted to see that door open and see 'cold hands' the guide.  Interesting that Sam wasn't sworn to secrecy about Bran being alive..[/spoiler]

Book spoiler:[spoiler]I guess this means coldhands won't turn out to be very important in the books? Kinda like patchface and other characters that have been omitted thus far.[/spoiler]

[Praxis]

Loved the finale. I feel like the show is making almost every character more sympathetic than in the books. They are doing a great job distilling the plot down to its essence. I am always so impressed by how much they can fit in each episode.

Ygritte's[spoiler]performance was fantastic. A small change from the book but this little scene was powerful and brutal. Loved it.[/spoiler]

[Bromptonboy]

Regarding Ygritte:
[spoiler]Yes, that was a much cleaner way of handling her - although if I recall it was not one of her arrows that wounded Jon in the book.  I imagine they will have Jon killing her in the series.[/spoiler]

Regarding the ending:
[spoiler]I would have loved them to show the Wilding Army led by Mance Rayder approaching the wall - and left off with the bellowing of mammoths & giants.  :)[/spoiler]

[Praxis]

Regarding Ygritte:
[spoiler]Yes, that was a much cleaner way of handling her - although if I recall it was not one of her arrows that wounded Jon in the book.  I imagine they will have Jon killing her in the series.[/spoiler]

It's been a long time since I read it, but
Book spoiler:[spoiler] when Jon was fleeing and got shot in the leg with an arrow, didn't he see by the fletching that it was Ygritte's arrow? Or am I thinking of when Ygritte gets shot and he's trying to see if it's his arrow? Can't remember.[/spoiler]

Regarding the ending:
[spoiler]I would have loved them to show the Wilding Army led by Mance Rayder approaching the wall - and left off with the bellowing of mammoths & giants.  :)[/spoiler]

That would have been epic indeed!

[Bromptonboy]

RE: Ygrette pt 2:
[spoiler]I am pretty certain the color of the fletcing - in the book - showed that she did not shoot Jon as he fled - and he only took one arrow in the leg, not three.[/spoiler]

[Rico]

Hey guys, I'm guessing you are discussing the books in your spoilers so I'm not clicking anything.  This thread gets confusing on the spoiler box thing on whether it's a spoiler about the TV show or about the books with talking about things that haven't happened yet on the TV series.

[billybob476]

I can't recall what our policy is for spoilers. Shouldn't it just be for things that haven't happened yet on the show?

[Rico]

I can't recall what our policy is for spoilers. Shouldn't it just be for things that haven't happened yet on the show?

As long as it's in a spoiler box we are ok.  Maybe it might help if a comment was listed right before the spoiler box that said:  'Book'  or 'TV' so we would know if it's a spoiler for something in the books or just the TV series.

[ChrisMC]

Good idea, I've been thinking "I sure hope Rico doesn't click on some of these..."

[Bromptonboy]

I think we have been flipping between the book & show.  At any rate, duly noted - I'll try to post book or show in front of the spoiler tag.  :)