Game of Thrones Review: Half Man, Full Hero Comments (Page 3)
70 Comments
confused
May 28th, 2012 8:07 AM
i thought tywin was going after rob ..?? and that the gay guy was going with stannis...??? as amazing as the episode was it was hard to tell who was on what team
its not the hard to tell the hound is scared of fire (i havent read the book)
ok so this Ser Mandon Moore of the kings guard...?? huh...??? did tyrion piss him off....??
@blingerz: He was one of the Kingsguard. I find that their armor isn't as distinctive as described in the books, so it's hard to distinguish them in the show unless you're really looking.
@Elle542: Yeah believe it or not I learned that on a Halloween tour of Philly last year. It wasn't so much a "ghosts and goblins" tour as it was a "crime and STDs" tour. Still scary though... :)
anon
May 28th, 2012 7:49 AM
@blingerz
Sorry..... who is mandon moore? is it casts name or why cant I find it in hbo website on game of thrones.
Could you remind me where this charecter comes anytime before slashing elfs face? The only 2 I remember to be built that big is that lady in armour who fights like a knight and the hound.
@Pratni: haha, it was expected. I understand that people have favorite storylines/characters and that I'm not familiar with what happens in the future.
All I can do is express my opinion as a viewer of the TV show and hope others do the same in a respectful manner.
@Elle542: "the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable"
In Philadelphia back in Washington's day (1700's) at least some prostitutes used to shave themselves bare...to keep crabs, lice, etc to a minimum. Some men of that time didn't like it so the women wore merkins (fake public hair) made of beaver pelts (hence the slang for beaver).
Just saying it's not as far fetched as you might think...
anon
May 28th, 2012 6:42 AM
who slashed tyrion the elfs face??? the bloke in full armor, who is in it?
Commentator
May 28th, 2012 5:34 AM
@Elle542: "the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable"
What "century"? This doesn't take place in any point of Earth history, this takes place in a fantasy world. That's like saying that the show is unrealistic because in real life there were no dragons in the middle ages.
Commentator
May 28th, 2012 5:31 AM
@Briar: do you think the battle of Waterloo was decided by Deus ex machina as well, then? It was similar to this in the way that Napoleon was beating Wellington's army until late afternoon, when the Prussian army led by Blücher arrived at the scene, crashed at Napoleon's right wing and routed the French army. Nothing unordinary there.
leannne
May 28th, 2012 5:30 AM
i was thinking this season hasnt been a good as last season but wow this episode made up for the few episodes that were boring
cassie
May 28th, 2012 5:11 AM
i don't think that people saying there should be more male nudity are upset that there is nudity... your logic is flawed there. I WISH there was some more male nudity (I know we've seen theon and Hodor's "downstairs" but I'd like some Snow!) I do understand that a girl showing her tits is less weird for them than a dude showing his wiener because they might not be as "big" as we imagine but it would be nice. Either way, nudity or not, I LOVE GoT.
poopsie
May 28th, 2012 2:53 AM
This episode was excellent! The wildfire scene awesome.
`there needs to be an equal amount of male nudity`:
Why??? Yea, let`s stop them swearing too, tone down the violence, and make the characters more appealing too. To the whiners on this thread, if you don`t like seeing naked women, then don`t watch. Go and watch Twilight.
@Matt - How does it feel taking so much heat for a single line of this review - "I don't care very much about events outside King's Landing."? Were you expecting it when you wrote that.....Did you purposely do that?
Before I forget, I should add that I loved both the episode and the review. Don't worry, just like everyone else who is more apparently more sane than you, I too missed Arya, Robb, Jon, Jaime etc
I also want to thank Hbo for capturing the wildfire so well. I am sure CW would make me cringe at such scenes by not spending any cash on the graphics.
Also, @Briar - The "we have to show naked women all the time because that's just the world we've built" is really getting old. It crosses the line from "sexist world" to "sexist showrunners". Totally agree - the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable and like other's have said, there needs to be an equal amount of male nudity because it's getting ridiculous.
Kristen
May 28th, 2012 2:14 AM
The reason Tywin was able to stroll in and end the battle is because he had all the power of Renly's army behind him. Not a spoiler, if you happened to notice Loras (the knight of flowers) was with him.
Guest
May 28th, 2012 2:11 AM
@ Briar:
Sexy does not equal sexist (Yes, I know they said that in Spinal Tap). They never said which way Tywin was marching, Robb Stark isn't the only one who can amuse the enemy, and it's a quick march south along the God's Eye and down the Blackwater by Barge to get to King's Landing from Harrenhall. Also Lord Tywin's army hasn't lost a battle yet, only the replacement armies in the west have, and incompetent or not there are a hell of a lot of them.
fortyseven Rank: Regular Character
May 28th, 2012 2:08 AM
Dany, Jon, and Robb are a lot less interesting than King's Landing recently.
fortyseven Rank: Regular Character
May 28th, 2012 2:05 AM
Besides the wildfire explosion and Tyrion the battle wasn't good. Tywin's not just going to win like that. Cersei, Hound, Sansa were good. Tyrion's in shock?
The guy's face is half burnt off, was scared by a naked flame on a stick, had a word about the fire arrows coming anywhere near him to the soldier in charge and then stood still in panic when a guy on fire came running towards him after he (the hound) had just slaughtered a fair amount of men - it was pretty clear that it's fire that scares The Hound to his core.
I did not see the ships being blown up coming though - I knew they had the liquid and things were suspicious with the ships but jesus that was good!!
As for "I don't care very much about events outside King's Landing. Did anyone miss Jon Snow? Dany? Robb Stark?" Yes, it was a great episode but I still found myself thinking about Jon Snow, Daenerys, Robb Stark, Arya and Gendry. I love these extra characters because they all bring something different to the series as well as each having various storylines to follow.
Would've liked to have seen Joffrey killed off and I hope Tywin lives...
Jasmin
May 28th, 2012 1:19 AM
Yeah... The Hound was afraid of the fire, he even mentioned how the river was on fire.
SerDisappoint
May 28th, 2012 1:05 AM
I was referring to your comment about Kingslayer 2.0. I tried to quote it with an italics tag, but it got clipped out. Same happened to Ned's sword, Ice.
SerDisappoint
May 28th, 2012 1:02 AM
I'm not sure what you mean here. The Kingslayer is the nickname given to Jaime. Might you mean Eddard Stark's sword ? If so, the parallel is not so much the same. But I agree with the sentiment. Rotten little shit, he is.
Briar
May 28th, 2012 12:58 AM
...beginning with Bronn and the prostitute warrants a mention. The "we have to show naked women all the time because that's just the world we've built" is really getting old. It crosses the line from "sexist world" to "sexist showrunners".
That said, the episode did do a lot of things right. The wildfire effect was stunning. Cersei's drunken antics were mightily refreshing. Tyrion was brilliant as usual. Joffrey clearly realized just how out of his league he was when the Hound turned on him and he had no idea what to do. And the scenes of Sansa escaping to her bedroom & cradling her doll and Cersei cradling her son in the abandoned throne room were absolutely haunting.
Ygritte: Is that a palace? Jon Snow: It's a windmill. Ygritte: Windmill…
May 28th, 2012 8:07 AM
i thought tywin was going after rob ..?? and that the gay guy was going with stannis...??? as amazing as the episode was it was hard to tell who was on what team
its not the hard to tell the hound is scared of fire (i havent read the book)
ok so this Ser Mandon Moore of the kings guard...?? huh...??? did tyrion piss him off....??
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 7:54 AM
@blingerz: He was one of the Kingsguard. I find that their armor isn't as distinctive as described in the books, so it's hard to distinguish them in the show unless you're really looking.
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 7:50 AM
@Elle542: Yeah believe it or not I learned that on a Halloween tour of Philly last year. It wasn't so much a "ghosts and goblins" tour as it was a "crime and STDs" tour. Still scary though... :)
May 28th, 2012 7:49 AM
@blingerz
Sorry..... who is mandon moore? is it casts name or why cant I find it in hbo website on game of thrones.
Could you remind me where this charecter comes anytime before slashing elfs face? The only 2 I remember to be built that big is that lady in armour who fights like a knight and the hound.
Rank: Staff Member
May 28th, 2012 7:38 AM
@Pratni: haha, it was expected. I understand that people have favorite storylines/characters and that I'm not familiar with what happens in the future.
All I can do is express my opinion as a viewer of the TV show and hope others do the same in a respectful manner.
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 7:28 AM
Huh, that's interesting @Richard3 and I am wrong with trying to place GoT into 'a century' but regardless, more male nudity is needed.
May 28th, 2012 7:24 AM
@ anon "who slashed tyrion the elfs face??? the bloke in full armor, who is in it?
it was Ser Mandon Moore of the kings guard. Tyrion initially thought he was safe, but then was attacked by surprise. I wont go into detail further.
Also the hound was afraid of the fire. Understandably so considering half hes face is burnt off.
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 7:16 AM
@Elle542: "the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable"
In Philadelphia back in Washington's day (1700's) at least some prostitutes used to shave themselves bare...to keep crabs, lice, etc to a minimum. Some men of that time didn't like it so the women wore merkins (fake public hair) made of beaver pelts (hence the slang for beaver).
Just saying it's not as far fetched as you might think...
May 28th, 2012 6:42 AM
who slashed tyrion the elfs face??? the bloke in full armor, who is in it?
May 28th, 2012 5:34 AM
@Elle542: "the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable"
What "century"? This doesn't take place in any point of Earth history, this takes place in a fantasy world. That's like saying that the show is unrealistic because in real life there were no dragons in the middle ages.
May 28th, 2012 5:31 AM
@Briar: do you think the battle of Waterloo was decided by Deus ex machina as well, then? It was similar to this in the way that Napoleon was beating Wellington's army until late afternoon, when the Prussian army led by Blücher arrived at the scene, crashed at Napoleon's right wing and routed the French army. Nothing unordinary there.
May 28th, 2012 5:30 AM
i was thinking this season hasnt been a good as last season but wow this episode made up for the few episodes that were boring
May 28th, 2012 5:11 AM
i don't think that people saying there should be more male nudity are upset that there is nudity... your logic is flawed there. I WISH there was some more male nudity (I know we've seen theon and Hodor's "downstairs" but I'd like some Snow!) I do understand that a girl showing her tits is less weird for them than a dude showing his wiener because they might not be as "big" as we imagine but it would be nice. Either way, nudity or not, I LOVE GoT.
May 28th, 2012 2:53 AM
This episode was excellent! The wildfire scene awesome.
`there needs to be an equal amount of male nudity`:
Why??? Yea, let`s stop them swearing too, tone down the violence, and make the characters more appealing too. To the whiners on this thread, if you don`t like seeing naked women, then don`t watch. Go and watch Twilight.
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 2:51 AM
@Matt - How does it feel taking so much heat for a single line of this review - "I don't care very much about events outside King's Landing."? Were you expecting it when you wrote that.....Did you purposely do that?
Before I forget, I should add that I loved both the episode and the review. Don't worry, just like everyone else who is more apparently more sane than you, I too missed Arya, Robb, Jon, Jaime etc
I also want to thank Hbo for capturing the wildfire so well. I am sure CW would make me cringe at such scenes by not spending any cash on the graphics.
Can't wait for the finale, and next season...
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 2:25 AM
Also, @Briar - The "we have to show naked women all the time because that's just the world we've built" is really getting old. It crosses the line from "sexist world" to "sexist showrunners". Totally agree - the grooming habits of these women for that century are furthermore laughable and like other's have said, there needs to be an equal amount of male nudity because it's getting ridiculous.
May 28th, 2012 2:14 AM
The reason Tywin was able to stroll in and end the battle is because he had all the power of Renly's army behind him. Not a spoiler, if you happened to notice Loras (the knight of flowers) was with him.
May 28th, 2012 2:11 AM
@ Briar:
Sexy does not equal sexist (Yes, I know they said that in Spinal Tap). They never said which way Tywin was marching, Robb Stark isn't the only one who can amuse the enemy, and it's a quick march south along the God's Eye and down the Blackwater by Barge to get to King's Landing from Harrenhall. Also Lord Tywin's army hasn't lost a battle yet, only the replacement armies in the west have, and incompetent or not there are a hell of a lot of them.
Rank: Regular Character
May 28th, 2012 2:08 AM
Dany, Jon, and Robb are a lot less interesting than King's Landing recently.
Rank: Regular Character
May 28th, 2012 2:05 AM
Besides the wildfire explosion and Tyrion the battle wasn't good. Tywin's not just going to win like that. Cersei, Hound, Sansa were good. Tyrion's in shock?
Rank: Guest Star
May 28th, 2012 2:04 AM
The guy's face is half burnt off, was scared by a naked flame on a stick, had a word about the fire arrows coming anywhere near him to the soldier in charge and then stood still in panic when a guy on fire came running towards him after he (the hound) had just slaughtered a fair amount of men - it was pretty clear that it's fire that scares The Hound to his core.
I did not see the ships being blown up coming though - I knew they had the liquid and things were suspicious with the ships but jesus that was good!!
As for "I don't care very much about events outside King's Landing. Did anyone miss Jon Snow? Dany? Robb Stark?" Yes, it was a great episode but I still found myself thinking about Jon Snow, Daenerys, Robb Stark, Arya and Gendry. I love these extra characters because they all bring something different to the series as well as each having various storylines to follow.
Would've liked to have seen Joffrey killed off and I hope Tywin lives...
May 28th, 2012 1:19 AM
Yeah... The Hound was afraid of the fire, he even mentioned how the river was on fire.
May 28th, 2012 1:05 AM
I was referring to your comment about Kingslayer 2.0. I tried to quote it with an italics tag, but it got clipped out. Same happened to Ned's sword, Ice.
May 28th, 2012 1:02 AM
I'm not sure what you mean here. The Kingslayer is the nickname given to Jaime. Might you mean Eddard Stark's sword ? If so, the parallel is not so much the same. But I agree with the sentiment. Rotten little shit, he is.
May 28th, 2012 12:58 AM
...beginning with Bronn and the prostitute warrants a mention. The "we have to show naked women all the time because that's just the world we've built" is really getting old. It crosses the line from "sexist world" to "sexist showrunners".
That said, the episode did do a lot of things right. The wildfire effect was stunning. Cersei's drunken antics were mightily refreshing. Tyrion was brilliant as usual. Joffrey clearly realized just how out of his league he was when the Hound turned on him and he had no idea what to do. And the scenes of Sansa escaping to her bedroom & cradling her doll and Cersei cradling her son in the abandoned throne room were absolutely haunting.