A Game of Thrones (contains spoilers)

[Future Celtics Owner]

Can we all admit that as traumatizing as any GoT death is, it still pales in comparrisson to Wallace's death in The Wire.

Is this the death you are talking about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hor_gOBU_GU




because the death i saw tonight has me shaking as i write this now. I don't know why, I have seen normal amount of tv deaths. I think it just seemed so real, and the humanity of crushing someones face in and the pain that was caused....scares me. It makes me think "that has happened sometime in the history of the world"...and thats scares me

Has nothing to do with the mode of killing, but the human drama behind it.

I think I'm gonna start watching the wire tonight on hbo go

[pokeKingCurtis]

Poor Oberyn ...

I don't have much sympathy for him though. He broke the #1 rule in a "Until Death" fight. Don't be a showboat - just finish your opponent off.

It's annoying when in movies/TV shows characters don't maim their opponents when they have the upper hand. There's literally no reason not to.

[Sixth Man]

Wallace's death was worse...


Edit: Too many Wire spoils. Some still haven't seen it, despite it being the greatest series ever.

If you haven't seen season one of The Wire at this point, then I don't know what to say to you.

Tremendous series, all five seasons are a must-see...

[Eja117]

Not sure if you saw this yet

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2094056-game-of-thrones-nba-edition-game-of-zones-episode-2

[Moranis]

solid season finale. 

[AngryAndIrritable]

That. Was. Epic.

How long till the next series? 

[Celtics4ever]

Bah, I wanted to see Coldhands.

[Future Celtics Owner]

That. Was. Epic.

How long till the next series? 

Only 41 weeks!!!!!!

[Future Celtics Owner]

So did Shea ever love him? I did not read the books, although I plan on starting, and I can't tell if she was ever truly in love with him or just a ho of sho.

[Future Celtics Owner]

Wallace's death was worse...


Edit: Too many Wire spoils. Some still haven't seen it, despite it being the greatest series ever.

If you haven't seen season one of The Wire at this point, then I don't know what to say to you.

Tremendous series, all five seasons are a must-see...

Im on ep4 and its somewhat slow.

[Future Celtics Owner]

Bah, I wanted to see Coldhands.

This is why I need to read the books. I have heard something about Nights King and thought he may be in this ep. Dam i just need to read the books.

[KCattheStripe]

Wallace's death was worse...


Edit: Too many Wire spoils. Some still haven't seen it, despite it being the greatest series ever.

If you haven't seen season one of The Wire at this point, then I don't know what to say to you.

Tremendous series, all five seasons are a must-see...

Im on ep4 and its somewhat slow.

It's a slow build every season until the halfway point and then you're crying your eyes out.

[obnoxiousmime]

Are there spoilers from the books in this forum? I'm afraid to look into the thread.

It might be helpful to have two separate threads much like AV Club does reviews, one for "newbies" (show only) and one for "experts" (show + books).

[AngryAndIrritable]

Did anyone else spot the irony of Tywin Lannister dying by his son's hand (crossbow) on Father's Day?

Also, this seems to be a thread for the television series and book spoilers should be confined to another thread for those who have read the books.

Finally, does anyone else know where the conclusion of the series puts us book-wise? I like to read the books after the series but not sure how they synchronise at the moment.

[obnoxiousmime]

Did anyone else spot the irony of Tywin Lannister dying by his son's hand (crossbow) on Father's Day?

Also, this seems to be a thread for the television series and book spoilers should be confined to another thread for those who have read the books.

Finally, does anyone else know where the conclusion of the series puts us book-wise? I like to read the books after the series but not sure how they synchronise at the moment.

I haven't read the books but I know that season 3 and 4 are primarily based on the third book, however it includes some "elements" from books 4 and 5.

From Wiki:

It is adapted primarily from the second half of A Storm of Swords, along with elements of A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons, all novels from the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin.[2]

Also, I know from accidentally reading a spoiler from the A Storm of Swords book page that they didn't get to every little detail in that book yet.

I guess the answer is the show is starting to follow its own tangled timeline and it'll probably only return to conforming with the books at the end (assuming Martin even finishes the books on time). One of the complications is that the third book is structured as separate first-person narratives, so in order to maintain a similar show narrative to previous seasons they needed to cut and paste stuff from future books. Otherwise, certain characters that weren't seen in the third book (e.g. because one of the dedicated characters did not interact with them) would have just disappeared from seasons 3 and 4.