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Game of Thrones *Spoiler* Thread
There's been some recent confusion with the old spoiler thread, so I'm kicking off a new one for tonight's premiere. This is going to be the one for folks who've read all the books. So anything anybody might want to talk about is in bounds. Suffice to say, if you haven't read the books, you'll probably want to stay out of here until you do...
I'll bump the old spoiler-free thread shortly in case anybody's interested. For future reference the link to that one is here |
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04-02-2012, 11:01 AM | #16 |
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I liked Melisandre, but I agree about Stannis. I'm hoping he'll get better. And I hope that Renly will be better now that he's king.
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Renly is a shadow of his former self.
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It's funny to think about King Robert slapping her and now it's her rebuttal of choice. Another thing about changes I didn't like. In season one Jaime said the line, "The king shits, and the hand wipes." But in the book it was, "The king eats, and the hand takes the shit." I just like the book line so much more. So many things in these books should be word for word. Last edited by KChiefer; 04-02-2012 at 11:15 AM.. |
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04-02-2012, 11:05 AM | #19 |
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My theory on Stannis is that if we like the character, they're doing it wrong.
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04-02-2012, 11:14 AM | #20 | |
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And Stannis was BORING, although he's described as such when Loras said "Stannis has the personality of a lobster." |
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She seems much more dark in the book, they also skipped a lot of that scene. Stannis didn't have any interaction with Master Cressan. In the book Stannis seems much more outspoken and dark, that just me? |
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04-02-2012, 11:26 AM | #25 |
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Agreed. My complaint isn't that they don't portray Stannis as likeable (he isn't supposed to be), my complaint is the old "he isn't what I pictured when reading the book" which isn't really valid but nonetheless it is there.
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04-02-2012, 11:29 AM | #26 |
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I don't know why, but I always envisioned Stannis as bald for some reason.
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04-02-2012, 11:30 AM | #27 |
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For some reason, I had it in my brain that Stannis was the oldest Baratheon, and RObert was middle kid. I could have sworn they said Stannis was the middle son in the show.
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04-02-2012, 11:32 AM | #28 | |
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04-02-2012, 11:48 AM | #29 |
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I'm pretty sure Stannis is the oldest. And speaking of how his pictured in your mind's eye, I always pictured him as a younger version of Christopher Lee's Count Dooku. No idea why, but like Vailpass said, it's probably why I'm not entirely on board with this actor yet.
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04-02-2012, 11:56 AM | #30 |
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http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Stannis_Baratheon says he's the "elder of Robert Baratheon's younger brothers". (That's the older wiki that was originally for the books, not the newer wiki for the tv series).
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