another awesome episode lastnight... the scene with tyrion getting married and that doucebag joffrey taking his stool? i know, as if you needed another reason to want to kick his teeth in... so many great characters in this show, mang.
crap, only two more episodes?!?
Varys and Littlefinger may seem to be minor players — but the maneuverings of the noble families of Westeros often seem to come back to their ongoing chess game. Also, in last night's Game of Thrones, Varys and Littlefinger articulate two very different philosophies, which help illuminate the divided loyalties you're seeing all over.
Spoilers ahead...
So Varys really seems to believe in "the realm," even after he acknowledges it's a fictional construct. It all goes back to the parable he told Tyrion last year, about the sellsword trying to decide whether to serve the rich man, the king or the priest. He knows that all these things are just shadows on the wall, but they still matter.
That's why Varys was so keen to stop Stannis, the worshipper of the Lord of the Light, from taking the throne, and why he worked with Illyrio Mopaitis, the merchant who sold Daenerys in marriage to Khal Drogo. And that explains Varys' concern for the well-being of the people, who after all make up the realm. Varys is a schemer, who gains influence by learning secrets and worming his way into people's confidence — but he doesn't want to live in a world that's entirely governed based on who's the best at scheming or fighting. And the only other way to wield power is through abstractions, like "the realm" or "the throne."
nice write-up of last nights episode... definitely a spoiler filled recap if you haven't seen it yet, so be warned... anywho, the one thing that really starting to show as this season progresses are the changes and differences between the tv show and the books – practically don't even know where to start, but for example, i don't even remember the Red Priestess and Thoros having a meeting like that in the books... or her taking Gentry for that matter. *blink*
loved the exchange between Varys and Littlefinger, and the old grandmother of High Garden talking to Lord Tywin was effin awesome.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."
Spoilers!
another good episode lastnight... would have to agree, probably not the greatest so far – last weeks was pretty damn good – but it had it's moments... the sword fight between Beric and his flaming sword against the Hound, seeing the red priest bring him back to life (creepy), and the look on Arya's face? damn.
speaking of creepy, the part with Stannis and his deranged wife and ...seeing the still born babies floating in the big jars of formaldehyde? damn.
the only part that made me uncomfortable was the gay Knight of Flowers doing his guy-on-guy sex thing... just happened to be the perfect time for me to get up and go to the kitchen for a refill. *blink*
Jon Snow finally gets some action, and was happy for him... thought it was funny to see him drop and go straight for the pussy. heh.
"You know nothing, Jon Snow..."
p.s. awesome season finale of Vikings on the history channel, too.
pretty badass, if you ask me... yeah, i decided to bite the bullet and went ahead and ordered HBO, at least for the next couple months just so i can get my fix and won't have to go through the trouble of finding a decent BT to rip/stream.
a friend told me that they're splitting the 3rd book of the series into two seasons – dunno if it's true, but it makes sense, especially since i have a hard time imagining them fitting so much that happens into 10 episodes (they really should extend it to 16 or so).
i remember a couple of my co-workers raving about this show awhile back, but g'damn... this was only a few minutes into the episode and i was kinda floored.
only seen this one episode, but i can see why people dig it... was getting a "west wing" kinda vibe from it, probably due to the dialog.
anybody into the show?
so what did you guys think of the Walking Dead season finale?
'enuff said.
happy easter!
only a couple more weeks, mang!
p.s. i just started re-reading book 3 of the series.
to be honest, i'm kinda shocked that there hasn't already been some Game of Thrones porn parodies... i mean, really?
amazing amount of footage and sneak peeks in a one minute trailer, but they somehow managed it... seeing one of the baby dragons grown up and flying is pretty awesome... also get our first glimpse of Mance Raydar and The Unsullied (oh yeah).
season 3 starts up on March 31st, can't fucking wait.
p.s. the oscars tonight, but who really cares?
season finale?!? fuck man, didn't the show just start back up in january?!
i remember hearing something about it coming back in the summer, but seriously... wtf... that was the shortest damn "season" ever.
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i was kind of excited to chill out lastnight and watch some new Walking Dead, especially since it feels like it's been quite awhile since the season left off – a lot's happened since then, least that's the way it feels to me at the moment... watched the previous episode re-run right before it, so i was all back-up-to-speed... but i dunno, wasn't all that enthused with last night's episode.
was really bummed out to see Daryl go with his brother, though i'm assuming that he'll somehow find his way back to the group... and what the fuck was up with Rick at the end there?
