Darth Krawlie Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 but no way in hell can they let him kill Oberyn. I laughed so hard when I first saw you post this. I've been waiting for this episode just to see your reaction. This is the fourth season of this show, you should know by now that NO ONE is off limits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Arya's reaction to the news of Lysa's death was priceless. Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_Muzza Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Man.....Genuinally cheered when the Mountain was on his back, should have known better.That was Red Wedding-esque. I feel sick now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 but no way in hell can they let him kill Oberyn. I laughed so hard when I first saw you post this. I've been waiting for this episode just to see your reaction. This is the fourth season of this show, you should know by now that NO ONE is off limits!But no way in hell can they kill Tyrion, right? RIGHT?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!! F_ck!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shouldve known better goddamnit. He was so cooool and nimble! fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 I was a little disappointed with Ser Jorah's exile, though. I've been waiting for it since I never liked him and wanted to see how they did it, since it was clearly going to be different than the book. It just seemed to have come out of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_Muzza Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Was great acting from Dany though, couldn't even look him in the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Oberyn (my favorite character this season). Only season. Amazing, amazing fight. I'm still shaking. But this episode's standout is without question Sansa. Holy shit, is she learning this Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Shamelessly stolen from a YouTube commenter because it made me lol. I noticed something strange about the name "Oberyn Martell". It has no eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 For Odine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hahahahhaha thanks Cerina! That makes me so happy. Really, made me laugh so much. I have grieved and am ready to continue the saga in reality however. I really hope Tyrion can live. I mean REALLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Had dinner with some more friends who only watch the show. Listening to them painfully recap this week's episode filled me with so much glee. Given that The Mountain was at least as "obscure" as Oberyn, and Tyrion at least seems to be really important, I think I would have expected Oberyn to prevail as well. When I read the book there wasn't nearly as much time to process as in the show. I assumed Tyrion would get out of his predicament somehow, and Oberyn seemed as good a device for that to happen as any, but alas. But yeah, I don't remember being quite as shocked as some of my show-watching friends were this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I mean, if they kill off Tyrian the show is gonna take a hit. He has the best dialogue in the whole programme.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I mean, if they kill off Tyrian the show is gonna take a hit. He has the best dialogue in the whole programme..As far as Tyrion is concerned, he steals every scene! But he will get out of the predicament he is in....it's all in the "HOW." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DESTINY Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 But that ending will most likely prevent what Tyrion will do to his father... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I mean, if they kill off Tyrian the show is gonna take a hit. He has the best dialogue in the whole programme..Nah, anybody still watching this show after all the previous BS deaths are probably staying with it for the duration by this point. A more interesting question is that the way TV actor contracts are structured, whoever is left from season one is due for a huge pay raise after season 5. Which is a big reason TV series start ending once you get to season 5 and beyond. Popular series get one actor contract renewal which takes a show up to season 7 or 8, but after that its done. This begs the question of how many books will actually get covered before the show gets axed for money reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas1138 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I don't think any of the deaths were "BS." And they'll likely be caught up with the books by the end of next year so I don't see your scenario becoming an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Books play by different rules but you can't repeatedly ask TV audiences to invest time and energy into characters who then get killed off before their story plays out and their backstory is fully explored. You can't repeatedly do that on TV and hold an audience. You just can't do it. GOT only gets away with it because it started this with millions of book fans. And yes I know TV shows kill off characters all the time. To explain exactly what I mean would require spitting a long assed thesis nobody has time to read. Just take my word for it, to your average TV audience who hasn't read the books, a lot of the deaths were BS. As far as catching up to the books, I had no idea the series was moving along at a pace good enough to catch up to them that fast. That's good news. The fans of the books deserve seeing it all make it on film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Ratings have improved dramatically each season. That tells me more viewers are dealing with it just fine than are being turned off by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DESTINY Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 That is a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Lol, the deaths were "BS". What does that even mean? Seriously? The deaths aren't there for shock value, none of them are. The thing about the deaths is what they lead to, the situations they create going forward. The story is about a massive continent wide war. People are going to die. It would be stupid otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 https://twitter.com/gameofthrones/status/474693422700593152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Like I said, it has a strong built in fanbase. Other shows that pulled this shit failed because they didn't have that going for them. So this works for them, which is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 The "built in fanbase" is a fraction of the viewership of the show. A Song of Ice and Fire overall has sold about 15 million books worldwide. There have been 5 books, so that comes out to about 3 million a book, world wide. The show is averaging 18 million viewers this season in the US. So even if we assume that those 3 million books sold are all in the US, that comes out to about 1/6th of the viewers having been readers. Then factor in all the people who watch the show illegally and it's far less than 1/6th. Then factor in the people who didn't read until starting to watch the show (who wouldn't be "built in") and its even less. My guess would be at most 10% of viewers have read the books. If anything that is probably high. The reason that other shows that tried to "pull this shit" failed isn't because of a built in fanbase. It's because those shows weren't as good. It's that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 worst episode of the season so far, but i'm not necessarily saying it was bad. snow is a bad ass. nice to see a healthy dose of samwell, i like him quite a bit. big heart. a kind man. about the only person like that in the GoT realm. this definitely sets up what is sure to be an epic finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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