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Game of Thrones (spoiler-free zone)
A few have suggested it, might as well test the waters. The idea is to give people who haven't read the books a safe place to talk about the show.
A few quick ground rules:
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05-13-2014, 03:37 PM | #2026 |
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Did you notice they played the "Red Wedding" music as the credits rolled?
Just saying Legal notice: no spoilers. The books don't ever mention music as a for-boarding vehicle to promote drama.
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05-13-2014, 03:42 PM | #2027 |
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If I remember right, the Rains of Castemere was about the destruction of a competing house by the Lannisters. So my interpretation was that the song's playing there was emblematic of the Lannister House's self-destruction during the last few minutes of the trial that we'd just seen. Thought it was pretty ingenious.
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05-13-2014, 03:47 PM | #2028 |
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(I should probably add that there's no spoiler there, I'm just referring to the events of the trial as they were portrayed Sunday, Lannister plotting/turning against Lannister...)
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They rose up in rebellion against the Lannisters after young Tywin's father had died. Tywin taught them that the Lannisters, who had declined under his father, were under new leadership, and his grisly destruction of the entire house of Reyne stood as a testament to that fact. The song, not originally written "FOR" the Lannisters, became their unofficial theme song, with the tacit approval of the family, who didn't mind having a semi-official reminder of the consequences of rising against them. The above is the book version of things. I have no idea if it has been discussed in the TV series, but by now it certainly should have been. I'm only through season 2 of the show at this point.
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That was the kind of performance that locks in an Emmy for an actor. Dwarf/Half-man whatever, the dude can act with the best of them.
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Soooo ideas for the Trial by Combat participants....
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His fake accent is like nails on a chalkboard at times though..
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He's doing okay for someone from Jersey.
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He's def my fave actor on the show
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05-13-2014, 09:28 PM | #2039 |
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You have to wonder how much of that venom in the trial scene came from real life. "I'm on trial for being a dwarf." It's not exactly like there are many roles available for a man like him... serious roles, anyway.
The fact that he's an amazing actor will open things up, though. Dinklage is awesome. I'd like to buy him a beer. |
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I read in an interview that he went through a time when he was really angry about his height, but he deals with it much better now. Apparently.
Now, he's getting roles that aren't necessarily written for someone that short - like Bolivar Trask in the new X-Men movie, for example. |
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