Game of Thrones (TV series) excitement

[MinionZombie]

...I always start watching it (& any program I really like) at least 15mins late... so simply FF through any adverts anyway Yeah, I do that too, and even when fast forwarding through them at 30x I can still see what's being advertised (and 99.9% of it is worthless to me) ... otherwise I watch whatever it is the following day. Oh, it airs with commercials in the UK...that hadn't occurred to me as a likelihood, but of course it makes sense. In the UK it airs on Sky Atlantic, which is one of the standard channels with a basic subscription to Sky ... so I suppose that might be why they're not so fussed about showing adverts, but even still, when they aired the likes of Boardwalk Empire or The Sopranos they'd routinely put adverts in throughout the episodes. Sky Atlantic do end up showing stuff from a variety of American channels - so you can get stuff sourced from HBO or Showtime, as well as stuff from "basic cable" or even network channels in America.

[Neil]

Hmmm! If the next episode is like this weeks, I'm giving up the series! I mean there wasn't even a single boob!

[MinionZombie]

Hmmm! If the next episode is like this weeks, I'm giving up the series! I mean there wasn't even a single boob! Talk about getting slack, right?

[Neil]

Have to say I was worried about this season before it started, but thus far I've been pretty impressed!

[MinionZombie]

Have to say I was worried about this season before it started, but thus far I've been pretty impressed! Is that because your fave gal got stripped off to do some seducing? Lots of setting things up at the moment thus far, for the most part, but setting up of tantalising things. I think watching it one episode per week now has affected my perspective of the show's pace a little, but on the other hand it does afford time to ponder things over the next six days ... although we are now half way through the season, so time does fly.

[Neil]

... although we are now half way through the season, so time does fly. I know... Wow! And no Bran either!

[MinionZombie]

I know... Wow! And no Bran either! So far anyway, but to be honest that was probably the story I enjoyed the least out of all of them - just lots of walking about with strange people who never give any sodding answers, just a bunch of vague statements that throw up even more questions. It was a sideplot that really felt a bit plodding to me. No doubt there'll be something with that eventually, but perhaps they're waiting until the end of the season to do something with it - perhaps a cliffhanger? I've not read the books, so I'm purely going on what the TV adaptation is telling me week-to-week.

[shootemindehead]

Bran is as boring as hell. It's a slower burn this year, but still enjoyable.   Happy that Jorah Mormont is back, but it looks like he's buggered now.

[kidgloves]

Tonight's episode

[AcesandEights]

I know, right!? The last 20 minutes were insane. I wonder what percentage of the season's budget they went through on that episode.

[MinionZombie]

Pretty full-on episode this week, wasn't it? Blimey! Only two left, and apparently the finale is proper good.

[Neil]

I know, right!? The last 20 minutes were insane. I wonder what percentage of the season's budget they went through on that episode. Another great episode! Game Of Thrones meets The Walking Dead That herd of dead kids! Eeeeek! Only issues I had were:- 1) Why did the dead bother with the gate/wall and not just come off the cliff in the first place? 2) Can't they swim? What's the difference between a person 1 minute before they're dead (when they can swim) and 1 minute after they're dead, when seemingly they can't swim?

[MinionZombie]

Another great episode! Game Of Thrones meets The Walking Dead That herd of dead kids! Eeeeek! Only issues I had were:- 1) Why did the dead bother with the gate/wall and not just come off the cliff in the first place? 2) Can't they swim? What's the difference between a person 1 minute before they're dead (when they can swim) and 1 minute after they're dead, when seemingly they can't swim? Some very creepy moments - such as the dead kids, yes - them taking down that woman (who then came back) was chilling as all get-out! As for the water issue - I was watching Thronecast last night and they mentioned that Melisandre had referenced the seas freezing over (in her introductory scene in season two) - so the white walkers would then be able to just have a merry jaunt around the wall on the ice and have at it. Shit's getting real, folks! Jon's sword killed one - so Valerian steel works as well as dragon glass ... so, I wonder if: THEORY from the viewpoint of someone (such as me) who's not read the books:   Ser Jorah will be tasked with going back to Valeria - which was over-run with Stone Men when him and Tyrion passed by on the boat a couple of episodes back IIRC - to get some steel from there, being that he's now infected ... quite possibly not, but what with Khaleesi having dragons - and their fire for forging - it could be a possibility to start arming up with the appropriate weaponry. An audience member on Thronecast also theorised that Bran is 'warging' Khaleesi's one free dragon - training it for the inevitable combat with an army of white walkers. We shall see...

[Moon Knight]

Masterpiece.

[clanglee]

Tee hee!!! Good to see my longest thread is still going strong! Had to check back with you guys after this last episode. Hmmmmm. . . . Maybe we should move this thread to dead discussion now? ;-)