Games of Thrones 1x05 review
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ishtar79 -Ned continues to fail at being sneaky and broadcasts “suspicious” with everything he's got. Oh, Starks, and your proto-Gryffindorness.
-That poor little Lannister squire. Serving Robert on a daily basis has got to be the worst job south of the Wall. Though I admit, as horrid as Robert is, the breastplate stretcher joke cracked me up.
-I first thought I imagined the Knight of the Flowers and Renly eyefucking each other over a happily oblivious Sansa's shoulder, but after Littlefinger's comment, it became clear I wasn't.
-WTF HORSE BEHEADING WHAT IS THIS SHIT
-Tyrion is still the best. The calm and logical way he presented his argument about how he's not behind the attempt on Bran's life to Cat (and I love that the crux of his argument was hinging on how he's too smart for such an obvious attempt) was pretty much expected at this point, but the way he chose to save her life instead of making a run for it wasn't.
-Between the the horse beheading (WTFWTFWTF) and gory battle scenes, this was high on the “ew” factor. Did they get some leftover special effects props and buckets of fake blood from Spartacus, or something?
-I could have seriously done without full-frontal Theon (and shirtless Robert, for that matter).
-If the Starks are the Gryffindors of this verse, Varys and Littlefinger are the quintessential Slytherins. These two have so many plots within plots, it's a wonder they remember what they're scheming at any given moment. And Littlefinger still has the managing of his Houses of Whores (get your underage boys, amputees and corpses at half price) which I imagine is a time consuming job, given that this show seems to have an almost Frank Milleresque obsession with prostitutes.
-Oh, Arya, my little-BAMF-in-training! Already ten times sneakier than her father, and her getting mistaken repeatedly for a boy was a nice touch, especially for those of us who've read ahead.
-That Robert is an evil bastard for ordering the murder of Dani and her baby goes without saying (though Ned did say it, albeit more diplomatically), but I'm amused at how even he is completely dismissive of Viserys as utterly irrelevant.
-My patience with Ned is growing thin. It's obvious he lacks the moral utilitarianism to serve as King's Hand, he clearly took Arya's warning seriously enough and Robert practically branded him a traitor, yet instead of grabbing his daughters and hightailing it back to Winterfell, he still fell for Littlefinger's bait and decided to play Nancy Drew some more, deciding his loyalty to a disgusting, womanizing, weak-willed child-murderer of a king is more important than his family's safety.
-Out of the disturbing things in this episode, and there were many, Lyssa breastfeeding a full-grown boy was on top of that list. Freud would have a party.
-Between the listing of Littlefinger's brothel services on offer, the weirdass Oedipal vibe between Lyssa and her son, and the obligatory chest shaving scene, this episode is looking like a particularly twisted kink_meme.
-The scene between Robert and Cersei was kind of amazing. Actually having a real conversation, their wry acknowledgment of their mutual hatred, the odd almost kinship they share after seventeen years despite their hatred...flawless scene. And while it didn't make me sympathetic in the slightest towards Robert, it was nice to see Mark Addy get to act in a different mode than “drunken buffoon”.
-That final scene would have been a hell of a lot more effective if I could concentrate on it over muttering “Ned, you IDIOT.” He knew about Cat taking Tyrion, knew he was in imminent danger in King's Landing, has no conceivable reason to trust Littlefinger...I can't fathom why he stuck around so long. And no “rah, honour, rah!” is not a satisfactory explanation.
-That poor little Lannister squire. Serving Robert on a daily basis has got to be the worst job south of the Wall. Though I admit, as horrid as Robert is, the breastplate stretcher joke cracked me up.
-I first thought I imagined the Knight of the Flowers and Renly eyefucking each other over a happily oblivious Sansa's shoulder, but after Littlefinger's comment, it became clear I wasn't.
-WTF HORSE BEHEADING WHAT IS THIS SHIT
-Tyrion is still the best. The calm and logical way he presented his argument about how he's not behind the attempt on Bran's life to Cat (and I love that the crux of his argument was hinging on how he's too smart for such an obvious attempt) was pretty much expected at this point, but the way he chose to save her life instead of making a run for it wasn't.
-Between the the horse beheading (WTFWTFWTF) and gory battle scenes, this was high on the “ew” factor. Did they get some leftover special effects props and buckets of fake blood from Spartacus, or something?
-I could have seriously done without full-frontal Theon (and shirtless Robert, for that matter).
-If the Starks are the Gryffindors of this verse, Varys and Littlefinger are the quintessential Slytherins. These two have so many plots within plots, it's a wonder they remember what they're scheming at any given moment. And Littlefinger still has the managing of his Houses of Whores (get your underage boys, amputees and corpses at half price) which I imagine is a time consuming job, given that this show seems to have an almost Frank Milleresque obsession with prostitutes.
-Oh, Arya, my little-BAMF-in-training! Already ten times sneakier than her father, and her getting mistaken repeatedly for a boy was a nice touch, especially for those of us who've read ahead.
-That Robert is an evil bastard for ordering the murder of Dani and her baby goes without saying (though Ned did say it, albeit more diplomatically), but I'm amused at how even he is completely dismissive of Viserys as utterly irrelevant.
-My patience with Ned is growing thin. It's obvious he lacks the moral utilitarianism to serve as King's Hand, he clearly took Arya's warning seriously enough and Robert practically branded him a traitor, yet instead of grabbing his daughters and hightailing it back to Winterfell, he still fell for Littlefinger's bait and decided to play Nancy Drew some more, deciding his loyalty to a disgusting, womanizing, weak-willed child-murderer of a king is more important than his family's safety.
-Out of the disturbing things in this episode, and there were many, Lyssa breastfeeding a full-grown boy was on top of that list. Freud would have a party.
-Between the listing of Littlefinger's brothel services on offer, the weirdass Oedipal vibe between Lyssa and her son, and the obligatory chest shaving scene, this episode is looking like a particularly twisted kink_meme.
-The scene between Robert and Cersei was kind of amazing. Actually having a real conversation, their wry acknowledgment of their mutual hatred, the odd almost kinship they share after seventeen years despite their hatred...flawless scene. And while it didn't make me sympathetic in the slightest towards Robert, it was nice to see Mark Addy get to act in a different mode than “drunken buffoon”.
-That final scene would have been a hell of a lot more effective if I could concentrate on it over muttering “Ned, you IDIOT.” He knew about Cat taking Tyrion, knew he was in imminent danger in King's Landing, has no conceivable reason to trust Littlefinger...I can't fathom why he stuck around so long. And no “rah, honour, rah!” is not a satisfactory explanation.
