Game of Thrones Open Thread: A Golden Crown
So what’d everyone think of A Golden Crown? I actually haven’t watched it yet because I don’t get HBO so I have to wait a day for bootleg versions to show up online but, having read the books, I have an idea what happens. Karma’s a bitch.
UPDATE 5/24/2011:
Okay so I finally saw the episode and it was truly awesome. One of the best episodes of any t.v. show I’ve seen in quite a while.
I have to say that one of the most surprising and stark differences between the books and the show, for me, is how different a light is cast over Theon. From the very beginning of the books there is something ominous about him. From other point of views he’s very commonly described as having a constant smirk. The show’s story is much more sympathetic to him. It’s pretty clear that he’s torn between new loyalties and old and he feels like an outcast as a ward at Winterfell.
Anyway, I really did like this episode. Writing about it right now makes me want to watch it again, if not only for some of the best one liners and Tyrion’s scenes. Bronn’s fight wasn’t as good as it was in the books but it was still pretty sweet.
It was AWESOME. Seriously, the show just keeps getting better and better.Report
So I take it I do need to find money for HBO?Report
Yes. You do. At least while this series is running…Report
Sigh. That is a frustrating answer, Mr. Kain.Report
Don’t listen to E.D. I watch the series online a day after it airs and like it fine. Try sidereel if you’re trying to find a site that offers it.Report
Yes, but that’s because you’re stealing it.Report
Yes, that’s true, I am. But until my housemates loosen their purse straps I have no other choice.Report
That came out harsher than I meant it to. The thing is, for those of us unwilling to watch it illicitly, the choices are getting HBO or being patient. (Or finding a friend with HBO who likes the same kind of beer we do.)Report
It sucks.
On the other hand, GoT is a very expensive series to make. The CGI, sets and especially location shots must be steep and it’s only going to get worse as the series progresses.Report
Mike:
Don’t apologize, sometimes the truth hurts unless you rationalize it with new and improved evolved moral standards.Report
It really was awesome. Tyrion’s confession was everything I hoped it would be, but Viserys’ crowning was so much more than I could have ever imagined.Report
I thought it was by far the best episode yet.Report
I must say that this series has really improved my opinion of screenwriters and their ability to translate large books to television. I wonder if the True Blood book fans felt similarily? The Hubby and I bought HBO for TB but GoT is turning out to be quite good news for us too.Report
Very much impressed, with both Golden Crown and Win or Die, which is available on HBOGO (and presumably bootleg, too) a week early. In the first few episodes, I was disappointed by Jason Momoa as Drogo, but he makes up for it in these episodes. The trial by combat at Tyrion’s trial looked much more real to me than Jaime and Ned’s fight last week. They’re both contenders for best episode of the series so far.Report
Yeah I’ve been kind of dissatisfied with Jason Momoa too. I just pictured Khal Drogo as something a little different.Report
Odd, he worked pretty well for me except for the makeup which looked a bit too obvious initially. But then I never had envisioned him much in my head (I initially found Daenerys’ chapters terribly uncompelling and hurried through them).Report
I also found the Daenerys’ chapters tedious at first, but found the early ones interesting AFTER the later books came out, as she becomes such a fascinating character.Report
I probably am severely overdue for a reread.Report
I had not pictured him this way at all I’d had a picture of him being wiry more than a hulking Conan. Of course, I could have glossed over a description of him or something.Report
My mental image was completely the opposite of that. My beef with Jason Momoa is that despite all the wardrobe and makeup he still looks like a cast member of Baywatch Hawaii. I pictured Drogo to be a little more gruff and hulking and ugly.Report
See now I want to go watch it again.Report
I’m not particularly enjoying the Theon scenes, but I think they’re necessary given that I honestly didn’t really notice him or his motivations in the book until he became a POV character. It’s much the same with Renly. Their actions came out of nowhere for me, (I read the books very quickly) and it’s not so easy for a TV series to rely on mere suggestion for character motivations.Report