Game of Thrones

[phattymatty]

i am happy that the books are over. first off, the book nerds can now shut the farg up. why anyone wants movies or tv shows to be exactly the way they are in books is odd to me. secondly, i feel like they've progressed as much in 3 episodes as they sometimes do in a whole year. keep it up.

[smeags]

wonder if the book sales will suffer. that is assuming the final books ever come out.

[Eagles_Legendz]

I'm glad it seems like they're finally advancing Arya's story

[smeags]

that other girl annoys me for some reason. I was hoping arya would actually beat her to farging death.

[Eagles_Legendz]

Don't get complaints (by some) about the season so far.  Def better than last year through 3.  I think the second half of the year (starting episode 5) is going to be excellent.  Not sure about next week with Dany/Meereen/Jorah etc taking a bunch of screen time but I expect big things starting wk5.

On a side note, from an article:

While talking about the prospect that Bran may be able to influence the past rather than just seeing it (remember what happens when he calls his father's name?), Wright described the possibility as "massive."
"For Bran, it presents a humongous kind of challenge, because we all know from Doctor Who that if you start messing with time, things go wrong," he said. "I think the temptation now is definitely there. Who's to say Bran couldn't go back in time and stop himself from getting pushed out of that window?"


Bran gonna farg shtein up in the past?

[Eagaholic]

It was clear that the 3ER intercepted Bran when he ran toward Ned and then brought him back, basically telling Bran he yet had 'everything' to learn. It suggested a possibility of a parallel universe kind of thing in which there can be multiple pasts or ability to recreate futures. (This is also reminiscent of how Bran first saw Jojen in his dreams, but Jojen explained it was he himself entering Bran's dream, not just a vision of his own dream world). It could be interesting and GRRM has a lot of Sci Fi themes in his past writings, but I'm not sure I want to see the show go to much down the parallel uni road. I'm curious how much GRRM and the show runners/writers confer about the story lines as they develop, and how much latitude the show will take. Maybe I'll find out when I go to sleep tonight.

[smeags]

So the show could take a man in the high castle path ?

Hmmm, not sure how I'd feel on that for this show, but it would certainly allow grrm to take the book series on a different route.

[Susquehanna Birder]

If they start screwing around with time paradox crap, I might be done with it. That nonsense has been done to death, and it's no longer entertaining.

[Eagles_Legendz]

I can't imagine they're going to get too in depth with it.  The only thing I read from ep1 that I think might be kiiiiind of interesting is if some shtein happens while Bran is in the past and tries to warg into Hodor for some reason and that's what causes his brain to get fried.

[smeags]

yeah, that would be an interesting twist, just showing bran tickering with the idea of changing something but when he tires it's an epic fail, ie hodor.

possibly he's shown after that, a prior mistake that allowed time to be altered which led the starks and everyone else to where they are now. maybe the fact that the night's king even exists ?

[QB Eagles]

There's a good Hodor theory going around right now. In fact, it's so good, and matches so much of what we've seen, that I think it's legit. And if it's not legit, it should be.

I'm not going to spoil it here. I wish I hadn't seen it, because it's something I wouldn't have seen coming but makes perfect sense in retrospect. If you want to see it anyway google Hodor theory.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I think he influences Hodor to prevent the killing of Robert Baratheon, who then wakes up in the shower, only to find his wife waiting in bed:

[smeags]

I think he influences Hodor to prevent the killing of Robert Baratheon, who then wakes up in the shower, only to find his wife waiting in bed:

[smeags]

There's a good Hodor theory going around right now. In fact, it's so good, and matches so much of what we've seen, that I think it's legit. And if it's not legit, it should be.

I'm not going to spoil it here. I wish I hadn't seen it, because it's something I wouldn't have seen coming but makes perfect sense in retrospect. If you want to see it anyway google Hodor theory.

I couldn't resist. had to look.

agree with you 100%. if it's not, it should.

[Eagaholic]

Not sure I buy one or two of the premises it is built on [spoiler]ie that just because he's from the north means he might have warging abilities - only an extremely small percent of northerners have it anyway so I think there needs to be more of a foundation than that [/spoiler] but I suppose if he has giants blood, like how the farg did THAT happen, anything is possible (also just as possible it is only a joke, and obviously Old Nan doesn't share his stature).