New topic
Printable
| |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
I haven't been watching GoT so I have absolutely nothing to contribute to this thread. By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
i haven't been watching the show either, but i watched the red wedding episode clip on YouTube just to see what the fuss is about. it was not shocking to me. grisly yes, but not as shocking as I had expected given the reactions everywhere. clearly one has to bond with the cahracters first to care. oddly, catelyn (the older gal, robb's mom) seemed raw and coarse to me, and her unjustified slaughter of the bystander wife gal seemed crudely done. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I've only seen one episode of this show -- the very first. And it didn't grab me. Seeing the reaction of fans, though, makes me want to revisit the series. Clearly, it must be something special. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
Lamma it is an OUTSTANDING show, but I will say, it's a bit of a builder. Stuff happens, stuff happens, stuff happens....BOOM!!! * Thing is, for me, even when stuff is just happening I love it. The dialog is excellent. The characters are excellent and the storylines are excellent, even if there are a couple too many of them. * I can't wait for the season finale on Sunday and I will MISS THIS SHOW for the 9-ish months following. I'm firmly planted in denial |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
* * Oh yeah, if you were invested in the characters and had been watching the season, the scene had infinitely more impact. To see that after the gut wrenching slaughter of her son and pregnant DIL, with just a slight second hesitation of shock and dispair, LADY CATELYN, raggedly slit an innocent bystander's throat and then had her throat slit (in a very Sweeny Todd style)! * *
I'm firmly planted in denial |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
It was the best show on TV in its first season. I had to watch the S1 E1 twice, myself, to get a feel for what was going on. It is well written, well acted, unflinching, at times gratuitous, and unconventional ("Baelor" may be the best episode of television in a decade). Fans of the show have invested in the characters and the "Game" itself. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Though it is not quite an equal comparison but I'd figure if you saw a clip of Juliet stabbing herself in the chest with a dagger without the context of the storyline, the family feud, the things they did to try to be together, everything, it would lose something and maybe kind of look like an over dramatic teenager committing a gruesome suicide. It wasn't the deaths (especially give all the stuff we see regularly) that were shocking it was all the stuff that lead up to them, it all came out of left field basically, which makes it classically tragic. It's like how in the heck did all this spin so far out of control, all the minor little missteps. I'm at the first book reading when Catelyn went after Tyrion, all of that and more lead to this. . You can't predict or forsee a thing with this story, unless you've already read the books. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
X, I agree with morningsong. Knowing what brought the story and the characters to the Red Wedding makes all the difference. I'd feel the same way if I were you, but having seen what Robb, Catelyn, Talisa, Blackfish and others had to endure to get to that point, and knowing Bolton role to that point, turned a violent, overwrought scene into a tragic, at times poetic, one. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
| |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I think it is one of the best television series ever. repeat of s3 ep9 on tonight I'll watch. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
yes. clearly. has anyone checked out how the author of these books is gloating over the way fans are reacting??? | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
Yes, LOL! I watched him on Conan. "They'd have known if they had read the books." * A bit of a smart ass, but I like him. I'm firmly planted in denial |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Nothinbutjoy said: Yes, LOL! I watched him on Conan. "They'd have known if they had read the books."
* A bit of a smart ass, but I like him. 
Love him! When I introduce ppl to GoT I just tell them not to get too attached to any x character [Edited 6/9/13 16:48pm] She Don't Speak..But She Remembers | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |