I'm gonna start by stating that George R.R. Martin wrote this episode for tv, it says so in the opening credits.
"What's your name?" Ramsey Snow, bastard son of Roose Bolton yells at Theon Greyjoy who is tied to posts that served as instruments in his torture that have been occurring for several days now. Theon reels from the stinking warmth of the bastard's breath on the skin of his face as he shakes from pain and fatigue, he had been resistant up to a point but now he could feel himself breaking under the wrath of the North that he so justly deserves.
"Reek," Theon finally admits as he hoped that giving in to the name change would free him from his pain.
IT'S SO OBVIOUS, WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS BEFORE? IT'S THE SCENE FROM ROOTS, HIS NEW NAME IS TOBY!
Does anyone remember season 3 of Avatar the Last Airbender when Zuko joined the group and they were hanging out on Ember Island and Zuko mentions the Ember Island Players that his mother used to take him and Azula to see when they were kids? Now do you remember the details of that episode, how the play was actually just a recap of the entire series up to that point? I always thought that was a clever way to do a recap episode, it was funny, fresh and new to have the characters watch parodies of themselves as the actors conveyed the story to refresh the audience's memories (us at home) of previous events. Recap episodes are dreadfully boring I find but Avatar found a way to make me enjoy it. I remember asking my friend why everyone couldn't do a recap episode in similar fashion and he gave me a very good reason.
Then George R.R. Martin did the same exact thing at the end of the episode when King Joffrey had the little people parody the War of The 5 Kings and I did not find it as amusing. The little parody with the little people in essence is a clever sneak in of a recap of the events of season 2. What I don't find amusing about it, is that Avatar the Last Airbender did a clever/parody/theater play recap. So my issue is, it's been done before, find another way to get that recap in the episode while insulting Sansa's family and Loras Tyrell's love for Renly. This is the second ATLA reference in the show, taking ideas from a kids show, really now? This episode was specifically written by the author for HBO in the year 2014 so Nickelodeon's got you beat with a copyright dated in 2005. Just saying.
What the fuck, Oberyn only gets one scene per episode, is that's how season 4 is going to be? These three things disappoint me and nearly ruins the entire feel of the show and the rest of the episode. Stop referencing other movies and cartoons so I can enjoy it again.
Aww Theon thought he was hardcore until he met Ramsey Snow. He does deserve it, but Bolton thinks he's hardcore? Someone has to kill him whether it be Yara, Theon himself, Bran or hell even Osha. I see Bolton sending his man to find Bran and Rickon as a pointless endeavor and I have no interest in that turn of events. Oh man, the feels between Tyrion and Shae! It's hard to push away the only person who cares for you. I don't think that is the last time we'll be seeing her though.
Now what happened to Bran, I find very interesting and it has renewed my hope and faith in his character development. I'm counting on Bran turning into Itachi Uchiha, sharingan and all once he gets to that raven. Say what you want about Stannis, but he was able to sit down to dinner with his wife and mistress Melissandre and have a pleasant conversation without hostility nor violence. Ragnar Lothbrook couldn't do that. Stannis gets a point in my book but I've always liked Stannis. Now for the actual wedding of Joffrey and Margery. A lot of pleasant threats going on. I love how Oberyn reminded Cersei and Tywin how Marcella is in his country and practically at his mercy. I knew what was coming at the end of the episode but I was still a bit surprised to see it, all I have to say is poor Tyrion and if this doesn't push Sansa into being the wolf she was born to be, then I don't know what will. I hope Jaime defends his brother against Cersei's accusation.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Game Of Thrones Season 4 Episode 1
UnBowed UnBent UnBroken bitches, long awaited House Martell makes their entrance.
don't read if you haven't watched the episode
Let's skip all the way back to season 1 when Catelyn Stark left Winterfell to deliver the knife that was supposed to have been used to kill Bran to her husband in King's Landing. Bran is outside watching Theon practice archery while the Maester has a map of terribly named Westeros (it's in the west, we got the fucking hint. Give it a real name) and is drilling Bran about the important Houses, their sigils and mottos. He points to Dorne and Bran recites their things flawlessly. Epically bad foreshadowing 101, the Houses Bran recited have come into play whether in a minor or major way so I've been waiting for the mysterious Martells to enter. The fact that their name kept being mentioned (when Tyrion shipped off Princess Marcella to Dorne) told me they would come in eventually, or else there would be no point in mentioning them. The actress with Oberyn has been in a lot of series and movies, and I am happy to see her again so there is a bit of ethnicity in Westeros so not all of them are European based.
Moving on-----> the season starts as if it never stopped so I don't recommend starting the series from Season 4. Episode 1 actually seemed to be fast pace and with an exception of Stannis & co, Osha & Rickon, Bran & co., Gendry, Theon & Yara, everyone gets a scene which I enjoyed. It begins with Tywin having a blacksmith melt down a long Valyrian sword to make two new ones. Yay the art of smithery! I'm assuming that was Ned or Robb Stark's sword since Robert used a war hammer, right?
Jaime argues with his father which must be hard for Tywin, having his golden boy tell himno for a change. I'm going to go ahead and say it........Jaime is Darth Vader! A new golden hand similar to the Midas touch? I have to say, I miss his long hair and dirty beard. Jaime is becoming a better character and I don't want to like him, he started this mess and he deserves the worst of it for it. Jaime is the first to actually mention the Doom of Valyria, and I'm going to say it again and again, it's a Fantastic Four reference. Not even cleverly hidden, know what happened to Valeria in Fantastic Four? DOOM HAPPENED TO HER!! Joffrey disrespects his uncle/father while he discusses safety for the wedding with another knight. I bet he never realized what a real bastard he had. What disappoints me is that Brienne knows that Catelyn Stark is dead and is so bland about it, in the presence of the enemy, I understand that she can't rage the fuck out but I expected more emotion from her seeing how she respected Catelyn but she is pushing Jaime to keep his promise to protect the Stark girls. I can see Brienne and Jaime becoming strictly good platonic friends but if Cersei keeps pushing him away.....he may leave for another woman.
Some people may have mixed feelings about the changing of Daario's actor, but I'm not one of them. I find the new actor more attractive. He was quite sweet to give her the three flowers while teaching her about them. You can tell that she doesn't want to like him but then again.....Khal Drogo never gave her flowers, no, he gave her a horse. Is that better? Does a horse trump flowers? She's on her way to Egypt version.fantasy with her troops and it seems like she's deviating from her true cause. I don't want to see Khaleesi as a tyrant but she seems to be heading in that direction. I still respect her though.
Tyrion is having issues juggling his wife Sansa's discontent and his lover Shae's amorous attention. I hope he can work it out as much as I want Sansa to become the Stark she was meant to be. The man who's life she saved on Joffrey's Name Day gives her a gift, at first I thought he was upset that he was demoted from knight to fool but quite the opposite. I think if Sansa puts her mind to it, she could be like Daenerys, saving people from the Lannisters and gathering a cult following. Tyrion is the first to meet Prince Oberyn and they reveal information about the origin of the hate the Martells have for the lions. Reasonably understood. I wonder if he hates the Starks as well. To be of a different ethnicity from other people in Westeros, they have a really bland surname.
While off on the Wall is the ever whiny Jon Snow just learning of Robb's death. He has no reason to feel sorry for Catelyn except that she was still the mother of his siblings. Georgie and HBO has failed in making me care about Jon as a character, he's whiny, he's emo, he's naive, Arya has been through worse and she is stronger than Jon emotionally.
"Something something the free folk-"
"You talk like a wildling."
"Of course I talk like a wildling! I lived with the wildlings, I ate with the wildlings, I laid with a wildlings girl."
That line was the only one I liked in all of Jon's scene. He reminded me of Robb when he said to Tyrion, "I'm not your boy Lannister." I'm waiting for Jon to man up and mature. Why is Janos Slint at the Wall? I forgot. Did Tyrion sentence him there? While Ygritte is being a bit emo herself over what happened to Jon. Her love for Jon Snow is ruining her character, she's a strong female character who doesn't need the help of a man yet she will be demoted to a Disney princess who will never be able to really hurt him. That disappoints me because she is capable of so much more then simply being his Westside Story love interest.
To the tiny magnificent Arya. Is everyone getting older but Maisie Williams? She still looks the same. Someone steal Arya some new clothes! The most mature of the Stark children, hanging out with the Hound. She gets her sword back! So I'm hoping this foreshadows the return of her wolf as well. Arya has killed four people now? In a lot of ways I respect her more than Daenerys because she doesn't need an army, all she needs is a Hound and a Baratheon bastard. I hope Gendry returns to her. I have high hopes of them restoring the Stark-Baratheon bond. I was disturbed by the implication that the Hound was fucking Arya, that was just disgusting but it works in this world. I don't think Arya was really concerned about the dangers lurking out there for her because she is female since she was always with boys and men that she trusted and simply had more honor until she saw the Lannister men harassing the woman in the tavern. In this regard, she reminds me a lot of Daenerys who stands up for slaves and mistreated women. Arya can easily slip into the role of a villain being blinded by vengeance but like Robb, her father's sense of justice is deeply ingrained in her so I doubt it.
I'm looking forward to learning more about Oberyn and watching his scenes. We nee more people who don't give a fuck about the Lannisters.
Oberyn Martell, I find him attractive.
don't read if you haven't watched the episode
Let's skip all the way back to season 1 when Catelyn Stark left Winterfell to deliver the knife that was supposed to have been used to kill Bran to her husband in King's Landing. Bran is outside watching Theon practice archery while the Maester has a map of terribly named Westeros (it's in the west, we got the fucking hint. Give it a real name) and is drilling Bran about the important Houses, their sigils and mottos. He points to Dorne and Bran recites their things flawlessly. Epically bad foreshadowing 101, the Houses Bran recited have come into play whether in a minor or major way so I've been waiting for the mysterious Martells to enter. The fact that their name kept being mentioned (when Tyrion shipped off Princess Marcella to Dorne) told me they would come in eventually, or else there would be no point in mentioning them. The actress with Oberyn has been in a lot of series and movies, and I am happy to see her again so there is a bit of ethnicity in Westeros so not all of them are European based.
Moving on-----> the season starts as if it never stopped so I don't recommend starting the series from Season 4. Episode 1 actually seemed to be fast pace and with an exception of Stannis & co, Osha & Rickon, Bran & co., Gendry, Theon & Yara, everyone gets a scene which I enjoyed. It begins with Tywin having a blacksmith melt down a long Valyrian sword to make two new ones. Yay the art of smithery! I'm assuming that was Ned or Robb Stark's sword since Robert used a war hammer, right?
Jaime argues with his father which must be hard for Tywin, having his golden boy tell himno for a change. I'm going to go ahead and say it........Jaime is Darth Vader! A new golden hand similar to the Midas touch? I have to say, I miss his long hair and dirty beard. Jaime is becoming a better character and I don't want to like him, he started this mess and he deserves the worst of it for it. Jaime is the first to actually mention the Doom of Valyria, and I'm going to say it again and again, it's a Fantastic Four reference. Not even cleverly hidden, know what happened to Valeria in Fantastic Four? DOOM HAPPENED TO HER!! Joffrey disrespects his uncle/father while he discusses safety for the wedding with another knight. I bet he never realized what a real bastard he had. What disappoints me is that Brienne knows that Catelyn Stark is dead and is so bland about it, in the presence of the enemy, I understand that she can't rage the fuck out but I expected more emotion from her seeing how she respected Catelyn but she is pushing Jaime to keep his promise to protect the Stark girls. I can see Brienne and Jaime becoming strictly good platonic friends but if Cersei keeps pushing him away.....he may leave for another woman.
Some people may have mixed feelings about the changing of Daario's actor, but I'm not one of them. I find the new actor more attractive. He was quite sweet to give her the three flowers while teaching her about them. You can tell that she doesn't want to like him but then again.....Khal Drogo never gave her flowers, no, he gave her a horse. Is that better? Does a horse trump flowers? She's on her way to Egypt version.fantasy with her troops and it seems like she's deviating from her true cause. I don't want to see Khaleesi as a tyrant but she seems to be heading in that direction. I still respect her though.
Tyrion is having issues juggling his wife Sansa's discontent and his lover Shae's amorous attention. I hope he can work it out as much as I want Sansa to become the Stark she was meant to be. The man who's life she saved on Joffrey's Name Day gives her a gift, at first I thought he was upset that he was demoted from knight to fool but quite the opposite. I think if Sansa puts her mind to it, she could be like Daenerys, saving people from the Lannisters and gathering a cult following. Tyrion is the first to meet Prince Oberyn and they reveal information about the origin of the hate the Martells have for the lions. Reasonably understood. I wonder if he hates the Starks as well. To be of a different ethnicity from other people in Westeros, they have a really bland surname.
While off on the Wall is the ever whiny Jon Snow just learning of Robb's death. He has no reason to feel sorry for Catelyn except that she was still the mother of his siblings. Georgie and HBO has failed in making me care about Jon as a character, he's whiny, he's emo, he's naive, Arya has been through worse and she is stronger than Jon emotionally.
"Something something the free folk-"
"You talk like a wildling."
"Of course I talk like a wildling! I lived with the wildlings, I ate with the wildlings, I laid with a wildlings girl."
That line was the only one I liked in all of Jon's scene. He reminded me of Robb when he said to Tyrion, "I'm not your boy Lannister." I'm waiting for Jon to man up and mature. Why is Janos Slint at the Wall? I forgot. Did Tyrion sentence him there? While Ygritte is being a bit emo herself over what happened to Jon. Her love for Jon Snow is ruining her character, she's a strong female character who doesn't need the help of a man yet she will be demoted to a Disney princess who will never be able to really hurt him. That disappoints me because she is capable of so much more then simply being his Westside Story love interest.
To the tiny magnificent Arya. Is everyone getting older but Maisie Williams? She still looks the same. Someone steal Arya some new clothes! The most mature of the Stark children, hanging out with the Hound. She gets her sword back! So I'm hoping this foreshadows the return of her wolf as well. Arya has killed four people now? In a lot of ways I respect her more than Daenerys because she doesn't need an army, all she needs is a Hound and a Baratheon bastard. I hope Gendry returns to her. I have high hopes of them restoring the Stark-Baratheon bond. I was disturbed by the implication that the Hound was fucking Arya, that was just disgusting but it works in this world. I don't think Arya was really concerned about the dangers lurking out there for her because she is female since she was always with boys and men that she trusted and simply had more honor until she saw the Lannister men harassing the woman in the tavern. In this regard, she reminds me a lot of Daenerys who stands up for slaves and mistreated women. Arya can easily slip into the role of a villain being blinded by vengeance but like Robb, her father's sense of justice is deeply ingrained in her so I doubt it.
I'm looking forward to learning more about Oberyn and watching his scenes. We nee more people who don't give a fuck about the Lannisters.
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