Yesterday was the season 2 premier of Game of Thrones on HBO, which I am a fan of (obviously..). If you haven’t checked out the show or books, I highly recommend. The board game is also pretty great. (Diplomacy x Risk modulo dice).
Some new characters- Melisandre seemed more scheming than in the books. I had imagined her as more of a “True Believer” (tm). Davos Seaworth was underwhelming, but that may just be because he didn’t have much of a role this ep.
I really liked the scene transitions, and not just in the way they used the comet as a unifier. The transitions also seemed to me like a play of opposites to highlight the extremes: Going from Dany in the barren heat, to Jon in the freezing snow, and going from a touching scene with Robb and his mother, straight to a confrontational scene between Joffrey and his mother really highlighted the differences.
Watched it earlier today. I thought it was a weaker episode, mostly thanks to lack of focus—no single character got enough time in the spotlight to build much dramatic tension, which left half the characters with scenes obviously designed as setpieces and no follow-through. Fairly heavy on exposition, too. The pilot had similar problems, if I remember right; I’m starting to think that the series would be better off starting each season with a two-hour entry.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ve done with Asha aka Yara, though. Watching her play with Theon’s head like a cat torturing a gopher was one of the highlights of the second book.
Yesterday was the season 2 premier of Game of Thrones on HBO, which I am a fan of (obviously..). If you haven’t checked out the show or books, I highly recommend. The board game is also pretty great. (Diplomacy x Risk modulo dice).
Some new characters- Melisandre seemed more scheming than in the books. I had imagined her as more of a “True Believer” (tm). Davos Seaworth was underwhelming, but that may just be because he didn’t have much of a role this ep.
I really liked the scene transitions, and not just in the way they used the comet as a unifier. The transitions also seemed to me like a play of opposites to highlight the extremes: Going from Dany in the barren heat, to Jon in the freezing snow, and going from a touching scene with Robb and his mother, straight to a confrontational scene between Joffrey and his mother really highlighted the differences.
Watched it earlier today. I thought it was a weaker episode, mostly thanks to lack of focus—no single character got enough time in the spotlight to build much dramatic tension, which left half the characters with scenes obviously designed as setpieces and no follow-through. Fairly heavy on exposition, too. The pilot had similar problems, if I remember right; I’m starting to think that the series would be better off starting each season with a two-hour entry.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ve done with Asha aka Yara, though. Watching her play with Theon’s head like a cat torturing a gopher was one of the highlights of the second book.
great show, having never read the books I think the storyline seems well thought out enough to learn from