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shapinglightI just watched ep 2 of Game of Thrones.
Thoughts within, and I've never read the books so please don't spoiler me, except I'd be grateful if someone could tell me, just how long are the seasons supposed to last in this place?
Well, one thing's for sure, there still isn't a lot of humour in it, and what there is revolves around my favourite character so far, Tyrion Lanister (see icon). Not that the character is humorous in himself, but I love his dry wit and the fact that he sees so clearly through people. We didn't see much of the horrid blond prince in ep 1, but you could tell just from his face that he'd be very slappable, and given what happens in this ep, I'm glad someone did actually slap him, and I'm also glad it was Tyrion. Much more humiliating to be slapped by someone shorter than you.
A lot happened in this episode to make the characters more rounded. For instance, the horrid queen's horrid behaviour about her horrid son was sort of balanced (sort of) by her confession to Catelyn about the loss of her baby. Meanwhile Catelyn's heroic defence of her own son was balanced out by her nasty treatment of Jon the bastard. In fact, so far the only people who come across as thoroughly decent all the way through are the bastard himself and Eddard Stark, so I suppose it'll be their turn to do something dodgy next week?
Lots of very good scenes, including Jon's farewell to Arya (love that character) and Catelyn's defence of Bran against the assassin, and everything at the end to do with the horrid blond prince, Sansa, Arya and the poor dire wolf was just very well done. There were also lots of hints about stuff we don't know about yet. For instance, why did the other horrid blond prince (the long haired one) and his sister (Danyrys) go into exile? What is up with the Lanisters? What is lurking the other side of that wall? Just how long will winter last for? Who is Jon Snow's mother? Etc, etc. It feels a little like watching a very intricate tapestry being woven, which I love.
I also think that so far the show is managing to skate the fine line between high fantasy and 'it's all a bit silly' very successfully, mainly because the acting is so good, so the actors can get away with saying things that taken out of context would seem daft (not that the scripts are bad, but it's all in the delivery). I hope they can keep it up.
However, the Danyrys plot is still unlikeable bordering on icky. This episode was better than the first one, in that at least Dany made an attempt to get some agency and at least the only one who got naked was Khal Drogo. Also, Iain Glen's character (whose name I've missed repeatedly) is quite interesting. Could have done without the almost-hot-lesbian-sex-scene, though, even if it did have a point. Also, I think it'll be easier for me to get along with this part of the plot if Danyrys and Khal Drogo ever have an actual conversation (assuming he knows any words other than 'no.')
One final thing: what's happened to Jon Snow's dire wolf? Did it die? And how come the others grew up so quickly? I'm sure when Bran was pushed off that tower his wolf was still a puppy. Now, suddenly, it's all grown up.
Hmm, just re-read what I've written. I think I must have enjoyed it.
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flake_sake tells me that in the book, Jon Snow's dire wolf (the white one) is supposed to still be around. Wonder where it's got to?
Thoughts within, and I've never read the books so please don't spoiler me, except I'd be grateful if someone could tell me, just how long are the seasons supposed to last in this place?
Well, one thing's for sure, there still isn't a lot of humour in it, and what there is revolves around my favourite character so far, Tyrion Lanister (see icon). Not that the character is humorous in himself, but I love his dry wit and the fact that he sees so clearly through people. We didn't see much of the horrid blond prince in ep 1, but you could tell just from his face that he'd be very slappable, and given what happens in this ep, I'm glad someone did actually slap him, and I'm also glad it was Tyrion. Much more humiliating to be slapped by someone shorter than you.
A lot happened in this episode to make the characters more rounded. For instance, the horrid queen's horrid behaviour about her horrid son was sort of balanced (sort of) by her confession to Catelyn about the loss of her baby. Meanwhile Catelyn's heroic defence of her own son was balanced out by her nasty treatment of Jon the bastard. In fact, so far the only people who come across as thoroughly decent all the way through are the bastard himself and Eddard Stark, so I suppose it'll be their turn to do something dodgy next week?
Lots of very good scenes, including Jon's farewell to Arya (love that character) and Catelyn's defence of Bran against the assassin, and everything at the end to do with the horrid blond prince, Sansa, Arya and the poor dire wolf was just very well done. There were also lots of hints about stuff we don't know about yet. For instance, why did the other horrid blond prince (the long haired one) and his sister (Danyrys) go into exile? What is up with the Lanisters? What is lurking the other side of that wall? Just how long will winter last for? Who is Jon Snow's mother? Etc, etc. It feels a little like watching a very intricate tapestry being woven, which I love.
I also think that so far the show is managing to skate the fine line between high fantasy and 'it's all a bit silly' very successfully, mainly because the acting is so good, so the actors can get away with saying things that taken out of context would seem daft (not that the scripts are bad, but it's all in the delivery). I hope they can keep it up.
However, the Danyrys plot is still unlikeable bordering on icky. This episode was better than the first one, in that at least Dany made an attempt to get some agency and at least the only one who got naked was Khal Drogo. Also, Iain Glen's character (whose name I've missed repeatedly) is quite interesting. Could have done without the almost-hot-lesbian-sex-scene, though, even if it did have a point. Also, I think it'll be easier for me to get along with this part of the plot if Danyrys and Khal Drogo ever have an actual conversation (assuming he knows any words other than 'no.')
One final thing: what's happened to Jon Snow's dire wolf? Did it die? And how come the others grew up so quickly? I'm sure when Bran was pushed off that tower his wolf was still a puppy. Now, suddenly, it's all grown up.
Hmm, just re-read what I've written. I think I must have enjoyed it.
ETA:
flake_sake tells me that in the book, Jon Snow's dire wolf (the white one) is supposed to still be around. Wonder where it's got to?