[Smithy]

Youtube video

[Locke.]

"I broke Stannis" very true Joffrey

[Novo]

You can't break a man that is still breathing, which says a lot about a certain stark

[Locke.]

Someone that went to the premiere has written a write-up on the first episode

Spoiler:

So I got to go to the premiere and see S4.E01. It's a treat. It moves fast. There is a lot crammed in, but it flows well. This is a brain dump, so I may be slightly out of order, but I'll do my best. I've only listed what I saw on screen, however the significance of certain scenes may be greater for those who have read the books or novellas and I expect discussion will go into further detail, so READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
At the start, we see Ice being melted down and used to forge two swords. I don't think the names Oathkeeper and Widow's Wail were specifically mentioned. Tywin gives one to Jaime (and tries to order him to quit the Kingsguard, but Jaime isn't having any of that).
There's a scene with Jaime and Joffrey and the Kingsguard book. This scene made it obvious who the book readers were in the audience. Joffrey thumbs through it, noting Arthur Dayne's entry (and mentions the Sword of the Morning) and that there are four pages for Duncan the Tall, who he notes must have been a very impressive knight. He mocks Jaime for having so much blank space under his name.
Tyrion tries to help Sansa, but Sansa doesn't want any part of it. She goes off for some solitude in the godswood and is found by drunk Dontos the Fool. He gives her a piece of jewelry that he says belonged to his mother, with some pretty purplish stones.
Margaery and the Queen of Thorns are picking out jewelry for the wedding when they are approached by Brienne. It's a great moment, Brienne is bracing herself for abuse and instead gets a very complimentary reception from them.
Tyrion goes back to his room and finds Shae waiting and very ready for him. He's not in the mood and she's not happy about it. She brings up diamonds and he starts putting it together that someone tried to get her to leave behind his back.
There's a scene with Jaime and Cersei. Qyburn is just leaving and she thanks him for some unnamed prescription that ended some unnamed symptoms. Jaime asks what that means but she won't tell. He also notices she's drinking a lot more. He starts coming on to her, but she has something in common with Tyrion in that she's not having any of that. She's pissed at Jaime for leaving her alone so long and doesn't take being captured and de-handed as a valid excuse.
Daenerys lines up her soldiers but Grey Worm and New Daario are missing. They're gambling. The bet itself is funny and how Daenerys deals with it is funnier. She starts off not taking any crap from New Daario but he offers her some advice and she warms up a bit. He's smooth, but not annoying so far.
The free folk get some reinforcements. Some very hungry, creepy reinforcements. Styr is... unsettling. They went with both scarification and cannibalism for the Thenns. There's an "eating crow" joke explicitly made.
Jon Snow warns the Night Watch of the impending attack. He explains Halfhand's death and his own oathbreaking.
Arya and the Hound are on the road. This is my favorite part of the episode, they are golden together. Arya wants her own horse. There's an encounter at an inn with someone Arya has run into before, and he still has something she wants back. This part of the episode got not one, but two spontaneous cheers from the audience. It's a brutal fight and Arya gets her Needle back... then returns the favor.
Tyrion and Bronn go to meet the Martell contingent, but the prince isn't there and the other Martells give them the cold shoulder. Instead, Oberyn and his paramour are at the brothel, picking out a girl together. Oberyn also pulls the male attendent into the mix. It's all very sexy... until some jackass in the next room starts singing a damned song about rain. Oberyn barges in to deal with a couple of drunk Lannisters. He doesn't kill anyone, but what he does do establishes him immediately as a badass. Tyrion gets there just a tad too late to prevent all the damage, but takes Oberyn aside. We get the story of what happened to his sister Elia and that he has Gregor Clegane on notice for it.
Daenerys' road trip comes to a halt when they get to a nasty road sign - a dead kid, pointing ahead, to mark each mile.
That's all I can recall right now. I'll do my best to elaborate or answer any questions.
EDIT: added Styr info EDIT: fixed spelling of Oberyn because I figured out why it looked wrong

[Locke.]

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[Novo]

That second scene is so bad, the new actor who plays Daario looks like a tramp version of AVB

[Smithy]

How far along are you in writing the next book, The Winds of Winter?
Ideally, I should have finished it two years ago, but I haven’t. One page at a time. I’ve given up making predictions about these things. I’ll be done when it’s done.

But David and Dan know what’s coming, in case they catch up to you, right?
They do, they do. They know what’s coming. They’ve even seen part of it, certain chapters that are finished.

x

This man

[Roy Mars III]

The problem is with the Storm of Swords he created too many different plot lines and he has no idea how to actually bring all together

[Roy Mars III]

can't wait for the return of the true king of westeros

[Locke.]

I've given up waiting for the book, probably won't be out for years.

[Niamh.]

[Locke.]

Game of Thrones season 4's first episode will be simulcast in the UK and US.

The news was confirmed by Sky tonight (March 25) at the launch of the new run, with the broadcaster revealing that the show will be screened in the middle of the night on Sky Atlantic, coinciding with the US East Coast airing.

Game of Thrones begins its fourth season on HBO on Sunday, April 6 at 9pm ET, meaning it will air in the UK at 2am on Monday, April 7.

The episode will also still be shown at 9pm on Monday as usual.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s15...-atlantic.html

Amazing news, they did this with the Lost finale aswell

[Roy Mars III]

spoiler free review Den of Geek

Game Of Thrones season 4: Two Swords spoiler-free review

Review Louisa Mellor 26 Mar 2014 - 06:45 Share on printShare on emailShare on stumbleuponShare on twitter

Two Swords is as good a season opener as Game Of Thrones has ever had. Here’s our spoiler-free review…

4.1 Two Swords

It spoils nothing to reveal that Game Of Thrones’ season 4 opener begins with an act of forging. The glossily directed, wordless sequence is typical of the series’ visual power, and a symbol of what showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have achieved by this point in their adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire. A weighty object is melted down, remoulded, hammered, and finessed into something new. Its forgers are experts in their craft, and their toil creates something magnificent from what once was; something handsome, deadly and legacy-making.

Two Swords, written and directed by showrunners David Benioff and D.B Weiss, is as good a season opener as Game Of Thrones has had. It’s a packed 58 minutes that still manages to devote ample time to its introductions and set pieces. We’re introduced to new characters - vipers and savages - and catch up with old ones, some newly reunited after seasons apart.

The newcomers are broadly drawn, admittedly, but subtlety and nuance has never been Game Of Thrones’ purview. Sex, violence, intrigue and world-building is where it continues to flourish. (Incidentally, the new face of Daario Naharis, Michael Huisman, fits in seamlessly and is a vast improvement on last season’s Tyroshi lothario.)

As you’d expect from any returning episode of a plot-heavy drama whose stories span centuries, there’s a fair amount of recapping going on, but in the mouths of characters like Tyrion and Cersei Lannister the exposition trips off the tongue. In the capable hands of Charles Dance, Diana Rigg, Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage, the dialogue whips along as it ever did.

A series of two and three-hander scenes with fan favourites quickly establishes this season’s rivalries and threats, capped off by an exhilaratingly bloody brawl and interspersed with lofty, vast shots of the Targaryen army across the narrow sea.

When it does epic scale, Game Of Thrones still looks like nothing else on television. It’s a triumph of investment; its creators have dug into HBO’s deep pockets to give audiences sweeping landscapes, convincing dragons, and armies thousands-strong. Wherever Weiss’ camera lingers in Two Swords, the resultant image could (and, knowing the size of the PR machine and fandom behind the series, likely will) be repackaged as a beautifully composed poster or digital wallpaper.

In its more contained moments too - a bar-room fight or a chase through the woods - the episode’s action and tension are well-honed, and the violence is as bloody as ever. However many slit throats and decapitated heads we’ve witnessed thus far in the Seven Kingdoms, there’s a death in Two Swords sure to make you audibly wince.

Humour too, is a strong suit for the series. Two Swords is sunnier and lighter-hearted than many Game Of Thrones episodes - necessarily so in light of what’s gone before and what’s on the horizon. There are visual gags, banter, and laugh-out-loud obscenities across the episode. After what fans were put through with The Rains Of Castamere, it’s only fitting that we’re given some laughter and triumph at this point.

It’s not only the fans still reeling from the Red Wedding. The events of last season’s ninth episode reverberate around Two Swords, just as previous season openers were shaken by the deaths of Ned Stark and the Battle of the Blackwater.

Thematically, Two Swords is about retribution and legacy. Revenge is sought and reputations continue to be built. If season 4 is to be, as reports have suggested, the halfway point in Game Of Thrones, then this episode’s geographical expansion and trek into backstory is a recalibration that paves the way to the saga’s second half.

If seasons 1 to 3 were Game Of Thrones as molten steel melted from George R.R. Martin’s unwieldy source material into spluttering, explosive lava, then season 4 promises to be that steel reforged. Rather than see its blade dull with the passage of time, Game Of Thrones emerges stronger, brighter and every bit as sharp.

Game Of Thrones season 4 starts on HBO and Sky Atlantic on Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th of April.



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[smeagol]

I'm re watching the first 3 seasons again, enjoying it better than the first time. so much you dont see for whatever reason the first time.

I didn't know it was based on books that are still being written, that's very strange to do a show on books that arn't finished. and risky. what if the writer dies , or does he have a ending already planned. or is he watching the show and its now infulencing his writing.
if someone he dont like he could just write them to get beheaded lol.
risky as writing without a audience and then writing with one in mind is very different.
hope he doesn't ruin it.

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by smeagol

I'm re watching the first 3 seasons again, enjoying it better than the first time. so much you dont see for whatever reason the first time.

I didn't know it was based on books that are still being written, that's very strange to do a show on books that arn't finished. and risky. what if the writer dies , or does he have a ending already planned. or is he watching the show and its now infulencing his writing.
if someone he dont like he could just write them to get beheaded lol.
risky as writing without a audience and then writing with one in mind is very different.
hope he doesn't ruin it.

He's works closely with the makers of the show so they know what the plans are for the future. I think they sat down with him last year and went through every characters fate, the ending, etc.

Can remember him saying that one actors portrayal changed his mind about how much they would be included in future books, which was

Spoiler:

Osha

Because he liked the actors portrayal so much. She's really minor in the books but has had a fair bit of screentime on the show. Kind of similar with Bronn.

[smeagol]

Originally Posted by Locke.

He's works closely with the makers of the show so they know what the plans are for the future. I think they sat down with him last year and went through every characters fate, the ending, etc.

Can remember him saying that one actors portrayal changed his mind about how much they would be included in future books, which was

Spoiler:

Osha

Because he liked the actors portrayal so much. She's really minor in the books but has had a fair bit of screentime on the show. Kind of similar with Bronn.

cheers thats interesting. i suspect not just that character. some are played so well that i bet he may of changed a lot more.
if i was him after seeing the dragon lady i would be writing her a lot more naughty scenes lol

[Smithy]

Anyone watching on Sky Atlantic tonight?

[Tom4784]

I'll watch it tomorrow, got the last four episodes of S3 to rewatch first.

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Anyone watching on Sky Atlantic tonight?

Yeah

[Smithy]

No adverts too

They should do it like that all the time tbh

[Josy]

Why is there no adverts?

Is it only this week it's on at 2am??

[Smithy]

Because there's no adverts on HBO, so they're airing it at the exact same time


not too sure, wouldn't have thought so, but we'll be able to check in a couple of hours anyway

[Locke.]

I want a scene of Jon finding out that

Spoiler:

Robb was killed

I always found it really weird that we never got a scene like that in the books when they were both really close and had that farewell scene at Winterfell

[Smithy]

Great episode, set the entire season up

Don't like how the dragons just doubled in size, seeing as it's on,y supposed to have been a few weeks since she left yunkai, but ok

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by Locke.

I want a scene of Jon finding out that

Spoiler:

Robb was killed

I always found it really weird that we never got a scene like that in the books when they were both really close and had that farewell scene at Winterfell

...Close enough I guess.

Very good premiere, that scene in the barn at the end was perfect. The guy playing Sandor is so good.

Jon's voice sounded a lot different though, right? I guess Kit Harington actually getting different acting roles these days and not just playing Jon 24/7 has affected that.

Oberyn is as great in the show as he is in the books aswell, I forgot how much I liked him