CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
AND SO IT ENDS for another year (well, just under ten months really.) At least we'll have the season four CASTING NEWS thread soon!
Game Of Thrones 3.10 'Mhysa'
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AND SO IT ENDS for another year (well, just under ten months really.) At least we'll have the season four CASTING NEWS thread soon!
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
SHOULD BE FUCKING FULL OF PAIN OH GOD.
Enkephalen
My Stars!
Who's next?!!
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
Good be good!
(except for the crocheting, which will display an absolutely slovenly appreciation for accuracy)
(except for the crocheting, which will display an absolutely slovenly appreciation for accuracy)
curiousa2z
Be patient till the last.
so I was telling someone on fb about the series and how well it was written, acted & produced, to get them to watch it....
TRAP!
TRAP!
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
The finale's always a bit of a comedown after the HUGE EVENTS of episode nine. They always try to show every character and also set things up for next season. They have the added problem this season of book three being divided between seasons 3 and 4, so they don't have as many natural finale type moments to include. THAT SAID they made some ODD CHOICES with this episode and there were some things they could have done to make it more dramatic and finale-like. Dany body-surfing on some brown people was a pretty anti-climactic end. They could have actually shown the battle this week instead of just having it happen offscreen last week. And there was SOMETHING ELSE (book people know!) that they could have included right at the end to make a truly memorable ending but...they didn't. So it felt flat.
I wondered why they spent so much time talking about Joffrey's wedding at the start of the season when I knew it wouldn't happen until season four. It would have surely made non book readers think that the wedding would be this season. And they featured Margaery and her gran a lot at the start of the season but they were strangely absent in the last few episodes.
I like that Sam was acting a bit more confident after his experiences. I liked when he met Bran but it felt too brief. They could have had them still there at the end of the episode, but I guess they needed to get Sam back to Castle Black to send the message (FUNNY HOW that message reached Dragonstone before the message of Robb dying!?)
We finally finally find out who Ramsay is so that's good. OF COURSE I much prefered the book origin for "Reek" rather than just "you smell bad."
Davos and Gendry scenes were good...maybe didn't feel like "seaosn finale" scenes but WHATEVER AGAIN. Stannis still comes across as too evil. I didn't like him CACKLING when Davos was saved. In the book it was his decision to go to the Wall and he thanked Davos for reminding him of his duty to the realm...in the show he just does whatever Mel says.
Why didn't they just have Ygriette shoot Jon as he was escaping (as she does in the book) rather than have her use Littlefinger's Magical Transporter to suddenly appear next to Jon and shoot him?
I liked the Arya going psycho scene.
Tyrion/Tywin is always good. I did think Joffrey was a bit...much in that scene though. Don't know.
I thought Tyrion telling Sansa what happened would have been a good scene but I guess they didn't have time.
SO YEAH I think they could have done this episode better.
I wondered why they spent so much time talking about Joffrey's wedding at the start of the season when I knew it wouldn't happen until season four. It would have surely made non book readers think that the wedding would be this season. And they featured Margaery and her gran a lot at the start of the season but they were strangely absent in the last few episodes.
I like that Sam was acting a bit more confident after his experiences. I liked when he met Bran but it felt too brief. They could have had them still there at the end of the episode, but I guess they needed to get Sam back to Castle Black to send the message (FUNNY HOW that message reached Dragonstone before the message of Robb dying!?)
We finally finally find out who Ramsay is so that's good. OF COURSE I much prefered the book origin for "Reek" rather than just "you smell bad."
Davos and Gendry scenes were good...maybe didn't feel like "seaosn finale" scenes but WHATEVER AGAIN. Stannis still comes across as too evil. I didn't like him CACKLING when Davos was saved. In the book it was his decision to go to the Wall and he thanked Davos for reminding him of his duty to the realm...in the show he just does whatever Mel says.
Why didn't they just have Ygriette shoot Jon as he was escaping (as she does in the book) rather than have her use Littlefinger's Magical Transporter to suddenly appear next to Jon and shoot him?
I liked the Arya going psycho scene.
Tyrion/Tywin is always good. I did think Joffrey was a bit...much in that scene though. Don't know.
I thought Tyrion telling Sansa what happened would have been a good scene but I guess they didn't have time.
SO YEAH I think they could have done this episode better.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
HERE IS MY QUICK RECAP of book Reek for anyone who is interesting. All of this happens in book 2, when Bran is the Lord of Winterfell. It's also woth noting that Meera and Jojen were staying in Winterfell then too. ANYWAY.
Ramsay Snow, the bastard of Bolton, is well known in Winterfell for being an evil shit. His constant companion is a servant named Reek, who is said to never bathe and to be as sadistic as Ramsay himself. There's rumours that they even hunt peasant girls together for sport. Roose claims that he and Ramsay are estranged.
Ramsay kidnaps Lady Hornwood and forces her to marry him, then calls himself the Lord of Hornwood. She starves to death.
Ser Rodrik and his men hunt down Ramsay and Reek. They seemingly kill Ramsay and capture Reek. Reek is thrown in the dungeon in Winterfell.
Theon takes Winterfell as in the show. Reek promises to serve him so Theon releases him from the dungeon.
Theon hunts for the escaped Bran and Rickon with Reek. It's Reek who encourages him to kill the orphan boys and pass them off as Bran and Rickon.
Ser Rodrik and his men return to Winterfell after fighting the IronBorn somewhere or something and surround it. Theon's in trouble. Reek says he has friends who can help so a desperate Theon lets him leave Winterfell, not really expecting to see him again.
The Bolton men arrive and turn against Ser Rodrik's men. They ride into the castle, led by Reek...
Reek reveals that he's really Ramsay! He swapped places with Reek when he was being hunted down and has been pretending to be Reek ever since. His men kill the IronBorn and set Winterfell to the torch, probably just for fun. He captures Theon...
In book 3 we don't see Theon at all and only know he's still alive because Ramsay sends his flayed skin to Robb.
When we meet Theon again it's revealed that Ramsay has been torturing him all this time to turn him into his new Reek to replace the dead Reek.
ANYWAY I just think it works better when Theon and Ramsay already have this established relationship where "Reek" was once Theon's servant who was actually manipulating him all along and there's more to it than just what I've typed but it's getting late!
Ramsay Snow, the bastard of Bolton, is well known in Winterfell for being an evil shit. His constant companion is a servant named Reek, who is said to never bathe and to be as sadistic as Ramsay himself. There's rumours that they even hunt peasant girls together for sport. Roose claims that he and Ramsay are estranged.
Ramsay kidnaps Lady Hornwood and forces her to marry him, then calls himself the Lord of Hornwood. She starves to death.
Ser Rodrik and his men hunt down Ramsay and Reek. They seemingly kill Ramsay and capture Reek. Reek is thrown in the dungeon in Winterfell.
Theon takes Winterfell as in the show. Reek promises to serve him so Theon releases him from the dungeon.
Theon hunts for the escaped Bran and Rickon with Reek. It's Reek who encourages him to kill the orphan boys and pass them off as Bran and Rickon.
Ser Rodrik and his men return to Winterfell after fighting the IronBorn somewhere or something and surround it. Theon's in trouble. Reek says he has friends who can help so a desperate Theon lets him leave Winterfell, not really expecting to see him again.
The Bolton men arrive and turn against Ser Rodrik's men. They ride into the castle, led by Reek...
Reek reveals that he's really Ramsay! He swapped places with Reek when he was being hunted down and has been pretending to be Reek ever since. His men kill the IronBorn and set Winterfell to the torch, probably just for fun. He captures Theon...
In book 3 we don't see Theon at all and only know he's still alive because Ramsay sends his flayed skin to Robb.
When we meet Theon again it's revealed that Ramsay has been torturing him all this time to turn him into his new Reek to replace the dead Reek.
ANYWAY I just think it works better when Theon and Ramsay already have this established relationship where "Reek" was once Theon's servant who was actually manipulating him all along and there's more to it than just what I've typed but it's getting late!
Tisiphone
Elitist Redheaded Trollop
After the violence and awesomeness of the last episode, I can't quite say the word I'm looking for is disappointed with the season finale. More like a bit of a letdown.
Still a great episode.
Ah, Arya...GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOOOOOOOOON
I was watching this with some friends and they thought Ramsay might be eating Theon's dick when they showed the pork sausage. It was a nice little transition.
Varys' face when Joffrey is having his titty fit: Priceless.
Poor Tyrion/Sansa. She was just starting to warm up to him. FUCKING LANNISTERS (except for Tyrion, of course).
Still a great episode.
Ah, Arya...GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOOOOOOOOON
I was watching this with some friends and they thought Ramsay might be eating Theon's dick when they showed the pork sausage. It was a nice little transition.
Varys' face when Joffrey is having his titty fit: Priceless.
Poor Tyrion/Sansa. She was just starting to warm up to him. FUCKING LANNISTERS (except for Tyrion, of course).
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
JUST POSTING BOOK QUOTES Y'ALL
Fuddlemiff
Is this real life?
Wow, I really have to read the books.
It was a good episode, but the only letdown was the closing scene. In one sense it was nice to end on a cheerful, uplifting note, but it didn't have the feeling of momentum that last year's did. It didn't offer up anything new or surprising, instead it was more or less a repetition of what we'd seen throughout this season with Dany. There was even a similar shot at the end of the episode where she gets the Unsullied, only much more impressive than this one.
Anyway, great Tywin/Tyrion.
It was nice seeing Sansa making the best of her marriage and actually seeming relatively happy... for a time.
Joffrey was a bit much, but he always is. Of all the characters he's always the most caricaturish. It's because of the guy's face as much as anything.
Cersei and Jaime being reunited was very understated.
It was a good episode, but the only letdown was the closing scene. In one sense it was nice to end on a cheerful, uplifting note, but it didn't have the feeling of momentum that last year's did. It didn't offer up anything new or surprising, instead it was more or less a repetition of what we'd seen throughout this season with Dany. There was even a similar shot at the end of the episode where she gets the Unsullied, only much more impressive than this one.
Anyway, great Tywin/Tyrion.
It was nice seeing Sansa making the best of her marriage and actually seeming relatively happy... for a time.
Joffrey was a bit much, but he always is. Of all the characters he's always the most caricaturish. It's because of the guy's face as much as anything.
Cersei and Jaime being reunited was very understated.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETER DINKLAGE! MY HOW YOU'VE GROWN LOLOLOLOL!
(Don't mind me, carry on...)
(Don't mind me, carry on...)
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
That's their emmy submissions...why the fuck would they submit Sibel Kekilli (Shae) but not Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner (and Rose Leslie actually)!? No Charles Dance? Ciarán Hinds for guest star when he was pretty generic as Mance, but not Gwendoline Christie? I DON'T GET THINGS.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Here's the Facebook thing OKAY.
http://www.happyplace.com/24434/game-of-thrones-facebook-recap-season-3-episode-10
http://www.happyplace.com/24434/game-of-thrones-facebook-recap-season-3-episode-10