Game of Thrones - Season 2
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UPDATED: Monday, December 15, 2025 22:18
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Roz flashing her muff... Theon and his sister on horseback (godz!)... Little Finger wiping *something* off one of girl's faces... Joffrey's beating sex scene in ep 4 with what I'm sure the producers/writers want us to thing is a giant dildo that may be used for something else, we're relieved to hear him say, "beat her"... there's plenty of nasty that doesn't propel the story in my opinion. It's like others mention, people expect it from HBO and they can get away with it, "we want you to know your not watching network tv."
Several of those are character building moments. And others are literally just tiny moments, seconds at best - which happen during other events. They're details that add to the whole Sexual, yes - but people are sexual animals, even in fantasy worlds.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Roz flashing her muff... Theon and his sister on horseback (godz!)... Little Finger wiping *something* off one of girl's faces... Joffrey's beating sex scene in ep 4 with what I'm sure the producers/writers want us to thing is a giant dildo that may be used for something else, we're relieved to hear him say, "beat her"... there's plenty of nasty that doesn't propel the story in my opinion. It's like others mention, people expect it from HBO and they can get away with it, "we want you to know your not watching network tv."
Several of those are character building moments. And others are literally just tiny moments, seconds at best - which happen during other events. They're details that add to the whole Sexual, yes - but people are sexual animals, even in fantasy worlds.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
I hear what you're saying, obviously it's a subjective thing and for me it feels like they were just trying too hard. I noticed that the last half of season 2 seemed to have fewer of these moments of extra sex stuff. We speculated that they a). got negative feedback about it b). needed to have some G/PG eps for the young actors to do the commentary for.
And what a finish to the second season, maybe not as eye popping as Ned Stark losing his head, but still pretty gripping. Tyrian and Shea make a great couple, though I have this sinking feeling that his head is about to go to the loppers. Either that or he will outlast all the Lanisters and win the ultimate Game of Thrones.
I assume that the white faced, blue eyed horseback rider was a white walker, just revealed in daylight for the first time - it's different look than from the books but that would have been harder to film. It's also different from the ones shown in mostly shadow early on in season 1 and then getting the sacrificial babies from the guy without sons north of the wall - those all seemed larger and more muscular.
Loved the idea of a Faceless Man - I'll miss that original actor, he was good.
Theon Greyjoy's arc and the actor have been fun to watch, some of the funniest and most inspired so far. "I swear to the old gods and the new, I will kill that son-of-a-bitch with the horn..... *brrrrrrrrrerrrrrrr*...." I think they tried that at Waco. Will he take the Black? I think so - it would lead to some good conflict with Jon Snow.
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Gearing up for Season 3, which is a bit over a month away. I've started reading the books, which I'd highly recommend. The series hews remarkably close to the books (at least so far), but fills in quite a bit of detail, especially with some of the palace intrigues and such.
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One thing I don't remember ever seeing in the series was the connection between Ser Jorah and the Lord Commander of the Nights Watch. It was interesting to find out that little detail.
In some ways, the books are superior to the series, but in many ways the show is better. I'm kind of stunned by how well they cast it and how good it is.
On the "maps" of the Westoros world, if you'll notice in the show's opening credits, the places they highlight (Winterfell, King's Landing, Vaes Dothrak, Pyke, Qarth, etc.) are the places that will figure prominently in that episode. I don't know if the opening credits have won Emmy awards or not, but they damned well should.
Oh, and as mentioned before, there's a great wiki site for the series (book and show):
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/
Beware, though, as it may get a bit spoilery.
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I've seen all 20 episodes and I think the show is very good. Emilia Clarke is mesmerizing. She's the main reason I watch the show. 
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I've seen all 20 episodes and I think the show is very good. Emilia Clarke is mesmerizing. She's the main reason I watch the show.
One of the main draws for me as well. But Peter Dinklage does a fantastic job, as does Maisie Williams too.
Plus, there are a couple top notch sniveling villains who I can't wait to see get what's coming to them.
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Quote:Game of Thrones won the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Main
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I don't know if the opening credits have won Emmy awards or not, but they damned well should.
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Director Angus Wall at Elastic in Santa Monica: "The project started with a conversation almost two years ago. Since the series takes place in a made-up world, we were tasked with creating a map to orient the viewer, similar to how the legend in fantasy books orients the reader. Fortunately, the book series' author, George RR Martin, created a series of 2D maps that we used as our foundation. we ended up creating four versions of the main title, each representing the locations visited in each individual episode.
"I really wanted to create something different. I also wanted to create something that felt like a real physical object, something that would have taken several man-years to build in the real world. I initially thought the map should be shaped like a bowl - so we couldn't see beyond the edges of it - but quickly realized we needed to go further and wrap it inside a sphere. It then made sense to light it from within (hence the astrolabe/sun structure at its center).
"Once the shape of the world was settled, it was a question of how many locations we wanted to show and how much detail the map should have. I wanted to reveal the key locations in a dramatic way, and we settled on having each major location grow out of the floor of the map and build itself mechanically. We referenced Leonardo da Vinci's machine designs for how these mechanical structures should look and operate. After several rounds of concept drawings, we created CG models and started to block out the sequence.
"There aren't any shortcuts to creating a world from scratch, so we ended up creating layers and layers of detail - so much that it's impossible to show all of it in 90 seconds. Hopefully you feel that when you watch. Technically that meant creating a mechanical language and sticking to it. It's a testament to everyone who worked on the project that there is such a granular sense of detail in the sequence."
Design by Elastic www.elastic.tv
VFX by A52 www.a52.com
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
I've seen all 20 episodes and I think the show is very good. Emilia Clarke is mesmerizing. She's the main reason I watch the show.
One of the main draws for me as well. But Peter Dinklage does a fantastic job, as does Maisie Williams too.
Plus, there are a couple top notch sniveling villains who I can't wait to see get what's coming to them.
Dinklage is a great actor. It's hard to know what he's going to do next or what his motivations are. Maisie is cute and I'm anxious to see what's going to happen to her in Season 3.
Now back to Emilia Clarke for a moment. Daenerys' journey and transformation during the series is something quite unique in tv history. The Season 1 finale when Emilia rose from the ashes with the baby dragons on her....well that was something you just don't ever forget. I mean it was almost as good as when Silvio took Adriana for a car ride in The Sopranos.
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Love both seasons. Completely addicted. Just bought both on blu ray. And I am in love with Dinklage. Just sayin'.
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Mostly all Brits on the show. I also learned last Sunday that Rick and Maggie on The Walking Dead are Brits too. What's going on here? I haven't seen a British Invasion like this since the 60's. Jolly good shows, more appropriately bloody good shows!
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Quote:Daenerys Targaryen has invaded Broadway, too.
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
What's going on here? I haven't seen a British Invasion like this since the 60's.
Emilia Clarke on David Letterman The Late Show 12-3-2013
The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two
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