Game of Thrones

holnrew

That has to be the episode of the series so far. Possibly the best of every series.

thumpingrug

Sure was a good un.  

The best????    I dont know.

The battle of Backwater Bay was pretty good.    Ed Stark losing his head was a shocker, as was the Red Wedding, 

Then of course there was the sheer joy of watching Joffrey die.

jd0272

Hmmm. I've just started on series 5, so I shall eject meself from this thread.

breakstuff

Yes,note to self.Must not read any further until seen said episode.

holnrew

thumpingrug said:

Sure was a good un.  

The best????    I dont know.

The battle of Backwater Bay was pretty good.    Ed Stark losing his head was a shocker, as was the Red Wedding, 

Then of course there was the sheer joy of watching Joffrey die.

True, true. It was an overreaction because this series has been slow so far.

I'm becoming quite enamoured with Sophie Turner/Sansa Stark.

Axe_meister

But no tits.

lloyd

Great episode, definitely the best of this season, we got an extra few minutes too which was great, kept expecting it to end and we had a bit more. Amazing TV.

axisus

I have never seen it. As a kid I was mad on Fantasy, but it just doesn't appeal any more. I might try it at some point, but I have never seen any series through that was more than about 8 episodes!

d8m

axisus;656456" said:

I have never seen it. As a kid I was mad on Fantasy, but it just doesn't appeal any more. I might try it at some point, but I have never seen any series through that was more than about 8 episodes!

I avoided watching it for ages as I thought it would be awful, and I'm not really into the fantasy/dragons stuff.

I was engrossed after one episode.

Axe_meister

GOT is less about fantasy, more about politics, power, sex, violence.

The dragons/white walkers are really just a small element,

lloyd

Yeah I'm not a huge fantasy fan but really enjoy this.

d8m

Less tits in it since Joffrey died.....

I haven't seen season 5 yet though.

I tried reading the books from scratch a while ago but could get into it as I was just reading what I had already watched, hence I knew the story.

Does anyone know where I need to to start from in the books to carry on from the end of series 4?

holnrew

I think you'll still miss out on a lot of things. I couldn't start reading a series from the middle, the thought makes me very anxious.

Axe_meister

And this series is diverging from the books alot

LoFi

Axe_meister said:

And this series is diverging from the books alot

Yup - enough to keep it interesting if you've already read them (given the general decline in boob levels).

And I must agree with Holn (though I'm a fair bit older) - over the last couple of series, I must admit to looking up the actress playing Sansa to work out if she's old enough to perv over.

english_bob

d8m said:

Does anyone know where I need to to start from in the books to carry on from the end of series 4?

You can't really. The first series of GOT was very close to the first book but still altered or completely left out a few important elements. From series 2 onwards, plotlines have been simplified or completely changed and several characters amalgamated. As a result, stuff that happens in books 3, 4 and 5 all happens in series 4, and from what I've heard, series 5 is pretty much making it all up as it goes along with little reference to the plot of the books.

Clarky

thumpingrug said:

Sure was a good un.  

The best????    I dont know.

The battle of Backwater Bay was pretty good.    Ed Stark losing his head was a shocker, as was the Red Wedding, 

Then of course there was the sheer joy of watching Joffrey die.

and the big battle at the wall with the giants and mammoths and stuff was cool too

Clarky

Axe_meister said:

And this series is diverging from the books alot

I'm only 2/3 through book 1..

Flanging_Fred

A giant twating zombies with a flaming tree. What's not to like?

imalone

I'm not clear whether the giant made it or not, and if so, how he got into a boat. Lots of good moments, the finish of the Jon Snow fight was cool, had to re-watch it for the look of surprise on the other guy's face.

thumpingrug

Flanging_Fred said:

A giant twating zombies with a flaming tree. What's not to like?

The bit with the giant stamping on the zombies was also very good.  Yep this series has drifted off from the books. It will be interesting to see if Mr Martin catches up with the TV series or goes in a different direction with the books.