Originally Posted by renth (Post 10729788)

The map changes? How many Robs are there? they should wear numbers so people like me can keep track. I'm not the only one who finds it confusing:

"...Viewers also have to keep track of 44 other characters, according to HBO's website, and follow the storylines relating to past instances of incest, beheadings, betrayals, allegiances, and dragon births. Has the show gotten too complex for its own good? "

http://theweek.com/article/index/226...cated-to-enjoy

Originally Posted by renth (Post 10729788)

The map changes? How many Robs are there? they should wear numbers so people like me can keep track. I'm not the only one who finds it confusing:

Originally Posted by renth (Post 10729788)

"...Viewers also have to keep track of 44 other characters, according to HBO's website, and follow the storylines relating to past instances of incest, beheadings, betrayals, allegiances, and dragon births. Has the show gotten too complex for its own good? "

http://theweek.com/article/index/226...cated-to-enjoy

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10729821)

Yep, the map changes - if a city/fortress is in the story, then it tends to be in the episode's title sequence. So, for instance, Riverrun has popped up, Dany's journey means whichever city she is currently besieging is in the title, and Winterfell is a smoking ruin currently.

There's one Robb (Stark) and there was the King Robert Baratheon in the first series. IIRC that's the sum total of 'Robs' you've seen.


It's much less taxing that the books - multiple characters get compressed into one, and whole storyline elements are chopped out. When you consider at each location there are usually less the 7 main characters, it should be perfectly possible for the brain to remember them.

Of course, if you aren't remembering the locations, then you can't remember the characters by their location, so it would be harder.

Originally Posted by Swerv-o (Post 10729829)

I read a very interesting, and quite well thought out article that suggested that the Game of Thrones world was actually within a Dyson Sphere, as suggested by the opening titles. It went into quite some detail on the matter, but failed to consider the fundamental truth that it still gets dark in GoT, which of course wouldn't really be possible in a DS.

Let me see if I can find it...


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Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10729821)

Yep, the map changes - if a city/fortress is in the story, then it tends to be in the episode's title sequence. So, for instance, Riverrun has popped up, Dany's journey means whichever city she is currently besieging is in the title, and Winterfell is a smoking ruin currently.

There's one Robb (Stark) and there was the King Robert Baratheon in the first series. IIRC that's the sum total of 'Robs' you've seen.


It's much less taxing that the books - multiple characters get compressed into one, and whole storyline elements are chopped out. When you consider at each location there are usually less the 7 main characters, it should be perfectly possible for the brain to remember them.

Of course, if you aren't remembering the locations, then you can't remember the characters by their location, so it would be harder.

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10743563)

I take it most people watching have seen the Red Wedding by now - no comments?

I seems to have gone down as expected in the US

http://youtube.com/watch?v=78juOpTM3tE

Originally Posted by ROMFT_WO2RN (Post 10743602)

no I bloody haven't :frown:

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10743623)

Sorry, but I did give it at least 4 days, and you only have a title (which gets mentioned everywhere anyway)

Originally Posted by ROMFT_WO2RN (Post 10743746)

right just watched it :thumbup: was not expecting that :eek:

zero nudity count offset by top gore :)

Originally Posted by GarryP (Post 10743776)

As you can see, all those people videoing were expecting it, from reading the books. It's why the producers originally wanted to adapt the books.

There's also something known as the Purple Wedding coming up...

Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 10745427)

If you have read the books it wasn't a surprise. I thought it was quite well done, apart from the lack of blood. If your throat is slit the blood, (which would be much redder due to the carotid artery carrying oxygenated blood to the brain) would fountain out up to a distance of 6 feet and keep pumping out in spurts for at least 15 seconds before subsiding to a dribble.