tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post1039960081007236283..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: Game of Thrones 3.03: "Walk of Punishment"Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-78683411791700107572017-07-19T14:23:37.214-04:002017-07-19T14:23:37.214-04:00There's an exclusive new opportunity that is g...There's an <b>exclusive new opportunity</b> that is gaining rapid popularity online.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://opinion-surveys.syntaxlinks.com/r/Click4Surveys" rel="nofollow">Major companies are paying</a></b> regular people for sharing their opinions!<br /><br />You can get anywhere up to $5 - <b>$75 per survey!</b><br /><br />And it's available to anybody in the world!Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-53223899760035805472013-04-21T15:15:47.883-04:002013-04-21T15:15:47.883-04:00Love the list, paleoblues!
I wonder if they just ...Love the list, paleoblues!<br /><br />I wonder if they just sped up or slowed down the title theme a teensy bit to compensate for the added time...Sagacious Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300030494408133540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-75157807281961825202013-04-18T00:48:20.302-04:002013-04-18T00:48:20.302-04:00Since nobody mentioned that Riverrun was shown for...Since nobody mentioned that Riverrun was shown for the first time in the title sequence I've prepared a little chart. (If it comes out right?)<br /><br />Kings Landing, Winterfell and The Wall appeared in every title sequence. For the first 13 episode they returned to Kings Landing before crossing the narrow sea. After that, they did not.<br /><br />Episodes 1-4 and 9-10 were about 1:34. When they showed the Eyrie in 5-8, it was 5 seconds longer. Starting with Season 2 the sequence has been about 1:41.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />EP Time<br /><br />1 1:34 KL WF W KL PENTOS<br />2 1:34 KL WF W KL VAES DOTHRAK<br />3 1:34 KL WF W KL VD<br />4 1:34 KL WF W KL VD<br />5 1:39 KL EYRIE WF W KL VD<br />6 1:39 KL E WF W KL VD<br />7 1:39 KL E WF W KL VD<br />8 1:39 KL E WF W KL VD<br />9 1:34 KL TWINS WF W KL VD<br />10 1:34 KL WF W KL VD<br /><br />11 1:41 KL DRAGNSTN WF W KL VD<br />12 1:41 KL D PYKE WF W KL VD<br />13 1:41 KL D P WF W KL VD<br />14 1:41 KL HARENHL P WF W QARTH<br />15 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br />16 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br />17 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br />18 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br />19 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br />20 1:41 KL H P WF W Q<br /><br />21 1:41 KL D H WF (Burning) W ASTAPOR<br />22 1:41 KL D H WF W A<br />23 1:41 KL H RIVERRUN WF W A<br /><br /><br />KL=Kings Landing; WF=Winterfell; W=The Wallpaleoblueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098848867397221344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-43968121239851269202013-04-17T23:41:55.815-04:002013-04-17T23:41:55.815-04:00@Jessica: @Blam, As a dorky book reader, I’ll atte...<br>@Jessica: <i>@Blam, As a dorky book reader, I’ll attempt to answer your questions, while being as spoiler-free as possible</i><br /><br />I appreciate it, Jessica. 8^) My questions were of various types — the one about Daenerys was mostly rhetorical, others called for viewer speculation; only with the last, about Castle Black, was I really asking in case I missed something. So I'm glad you avoided spoilers. I don't want to know anything we're not supposed to know at this point in the show's narrative (unless I get to read the books, which isn't likely anytime soon). <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-45811580923381946042013-04-17T20:50:55.161-04:002013-04-17T20:50:55.161-04:00It's funny -- this is easily my favorite show ...It's funny -- this is easily my favorite show since LOST, but somehow knowing that future events are already public knowledge makes the prospect of speculating seem somehow moot :)<br /><br />Guess that's why I tend to read about it more than discuss it. Still I love your posts each week as always, Nikki and Chris. <br /><br />Having ZERO knowledge of future events from the books (halfway through the first) -- here are my top five wants based on the contents of this episode!<br /><br />5. Tywin to show his badass zero-bullshit ruleing moxy. He really hasn't done much since taking the seat of power and after having enjoyed his no-nonsense ruthless leadership tactics in previous seasons, I'm dying to see him give the 7 Kingdoms a taste of his scorn from King's Landing<br /><br />4. Stanis to grow a pair. I want to see him be a legit threat again. I loved how truly powerful a warrior he seemed in S2E9 last year and right now he seems like such a random wishy washy wildcard. Maybe Davos can put some zing back in him while Melissandre's off doing whatever.<br /><br />3. Crastor lit on fire. <br /><br />2. Dany to order the unsullied to destroy that entire damn town and walk away with all three of her dragons like a bad ass.<br /><br />1. Arya to find her wolf since they're apparently right near where the Hound killed the butcher's boy back in S1E2.Sagacious Penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300030494408133540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-3125672020973005072013-04-17T16:19:46.227-04:002013-04-17T16:19:46.227-04:00Great discussion, guys. Your points about how Jami...Great discussion, guys. Your points about how Jamie views rape through his gender in particular were very insightful. <br /><br />My thought process as Jamie was led to that stone table: hmm, are they going to cut off his hand? No, maybe take an eye? Oh, okay, I guess they aren't going to do any-HOLY CRAP THEY CUT OFF HIS HAND! <br /><br />@Joan: <i>Old Weirdo Nipple Slicer,Baldly Blackmouth</i><br /><br />As always, your names for people are awesome. <br />Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-76619984142524156662013-04-17T14:22:21.007-04:002013-04-17T14:22:21.007-04:00This episode was definitely my favourite so far th...This episode was definitely my favourite so far this season. It was one of the more simply entertaining episodes of this show so far, even if there wasn't a large amount actually happening until the last few minutes.<br /><br />The scene at the beginning of the episode with the meeting of the Small Council was great, seeing the various characters making their decisions of where to sit. I particularly enjoyed the looks on Varys's face throughout the scene, particularly when regarding something Littlefinger did. In the books we don't get to see that much rivalry between them, but in the TV series it is very clear how frustrated Varys is getting with Littlefinger going up in the world, especially considering they started Season 1 at a similar level. It also makes Varys's conversation with Ros at the end of last season make more sense, as he clearly wanted to get back at Littlefinger.<br /><br />I think Tobias Menzies was well cast as Edmure, although as you say Chris it does feel somewhat like typecasting. Being from the UK, I've seen him in various one-season-long British dramas, and he does often play a similar character as he does here: a proud, self-important man who isn't half as clever as he thinks he is. He was also in this week's Doctor Who, alongside Liam Cunningham (Davos).<br /><br />Tyrion being made Master of Coin was also done very well; it could easily have seemed uninteresting, as just an excuse to keep Tyrion in the capital, but once again the show has succeeded in the depth behind the decision. We've seen several times in the series so far that Tyrion isn't very good at managing money; for example, a couple of episodes ago Bronn asked for double his current pay, and Tyrion had no idea what his current pay was, and similarly in this episode he had no idea that he wasn't paying Podrick as he was a squire. In making Tyrion Master of Coin it seems like Tywin is trying to teach him some humility; giving him a task that he knows Tyrion will struggle with as a response to his demands for Casterly Rock for his successes in the last role Tywin gave him.<br /><br />The Podrick plot was also great fun this week, and led to that great scene at the end with Tyrion and Bronn trying to find out what Pod did that let him get away without having to pay. Taking it at face value (and it was played as though we are supposed to) it is it bit hard to believe; are we supposed to believe that Littlefinger would have no problem with letting his prostitutes give Pod a 'freebie', no matter how good he was? Still, it doesn't really matter, as it was funny enough to make up for any doubts about its likelihood.<br /><br />In terms of the Jaime and Locke stuff, I don't think it was so much that Locke didn't believe Jaime that the Sapphire Isle wasn't full of sapphires; even if he had, surely he wouldn't have believed that Jaime was lying about his father, as it is well known how rich the Lannisters are and that they always pay their debts. For me, though my thoughts are slightly coloured by my knowledge of the books, I felt it was more that he simply disliked Jaime's attitude of thinking he could do whatever he wanted because of how powerful his father was and wanted to teach him a lesson. <br /><br />Great recap as always guys, and I can't wait for next week's episode.Quarksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-4040007116212760042013-04-17T13:23:18.874-04:002013-04-17T13:23:18.874-04:00I think Mance wants to take the wall in defense of... I think Mance wants to take the wall in defense of what's coming from the North, not the South, ie White Walkers/Zombies/Wights. <br /><br />As he stated, he united all the tribes of wildings by convincing them that if they didn't, they were All going to die.<br /><br />As Osha stated last week, Rob's army was going the wrong way. The real threat was in the North.<br /><br />With all of the gaming to take the throne south of the wall, it appears only the wildings recognize it will be for naught if the situation north of the wall is not dealt with.paleoblueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098848867397221344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-58673260058384233642013-04-17T13:21:44.845-04:002013-04-17T13:21:44.845-04:00I think Mance wants to take the wall in defense of...I think Mance wants to take the wall in defense of what's coming from the North, not the South, ie White Walkers/Zombies/Wights. <br /><br />As he stated, he united all the tribes of wildings by convincing them that if they didn't, they were All going to die.<br /><br />As Osha stated last week, Rob's army was going the wrong way. The real threat was in the North.<br /><br />With all of the gaming to take the throne south of the wall, it appears only the wildings recognize it will be for naught if the situation north of the wall is not dealt with.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />paleoblueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098848867397221344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-85368109875769205942013-04-17T13:11:34.073-04:002013-04-17T13:11:34.073-04:00Thanks Nikki & Chris for another thoughtful an...Thanks Nikki & Chris for another thoughtful and funny recap!<br /><br />@Blam, As a dorky book reader, I’ll attempt to answer your questions, while being as spoiler-free as possible <br /><br />Re: Locke/Brienne<br />Tarth is a fairly tiny and not well-known island. People know it as the “Sapphire Isle”, so it is conceivable that it would get its nickname from the gemstones as opposed to the color of its water.<br /><br />Re: Pod<br />Trying to put myself in the head of whore… whoa… okay back to reality now… I would say, as a whore (snicker) you get used to men playing the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am or perversion/fantasy fulfillment game with your “profitable collection of holes” (sorry, one of my favorite Varys quotes from last year!) So to have the pleasure (gosh…I feel like a 13 year old boy writing this…) of deflowering a young buck, whose timid nature leads him to became a thankful/grateful/eager AND CAPABLE participant, just might have given them a momentary lapse of reason. Either way, seeing two grown men practically fall over themselves to find out Pod’s secret was well worth the suspension of reason here.<br /><br />Re: Dany<br />Can’t. Answer. This. Don’t go asking anyone else either! <br /><br />Re: Theon<br />The play-by-play of this storyline is fleshed out by and created by the show so I’m not sure of the game the “Boy” is playing. But I’m leaning towards the “gits ‘n’ shiggles” vibe as well.<br /><br />Re: Mance<br />While Mance has his own history with the Night’s Watch, the main reason for his attack on them is simply in regards to the fact that the defense of the Wall rests on the members of the Night’s Watch who are stationed at Castle Black. Knowing what we know regarding the Wights and Whitewalkers, it is more important to Mance and the other Wildlings to get on the other side of the Wall as opposed to keeping others out of the North. Remember, “Winter is Coming” and no matter how much Mance may want to work with/or against the Night’s Watch or anyone else south of the Wall, the NW and the rest of Westeros don’t want them coming down. So basically, Mance’s decisions are mostly guided by necessity and survival as opposed to political. <br /><br />Hope I answered your questions without spoiling! <br />Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465366984953974907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-73055682799127199912013-04-17T12:59:57.261-04:002013-04-17T12:59:57.261-04:00Could Danaerys' plan really be as simple as he...<i>Could Danaerys' plan really be as simple as her purchasing all the Unsullied and commanding them to kill their old boss, then having her dragons lay waste to the city as a parting gift? That feels obvious enough that I'm not sure why neither of her advisors seem to have caught on.</i><br /><br />I think you're right... Old Weirdo Nipple Slicer, that's "OWNS" to you, there continues to refer to the Mother of Dragons as a "silly bitch" <i>(basically)</i> over and over - thereby making it awesome for Dany to kill him. You know, I don't even think anyone else can own a dragon... which is what Baldly Blackmouth told us last season "the dragons need their mother".Joan Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513335615114222374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-80122638211740963762013-04-17T10:12:11.629-04:002013-04-17T10:12:11.629-04:00More questions:
Why did Locke seem to take Jaime&...<br>More questions:<br /><br />Why did Locke seem to take Jaime's advice about Brienne at face value but end up so obviously deeming the rest of his increasingly bald and ambitious attempt at manipulating his freedom to be total bullshit? Maybe the stuff about Tarth actually made sense to him, or maybe Brienne's in for it now that Jamie's been put in his place; I suppose we'll see.<br /><br />Are we actually supposed to think that Pod's session was free because he rocked the ladies' worlds? I figured at first that he just hadn't gone through with it, although I wouldn't really expect him/Tyrion to get a refund for that. Then I strongly suspected that we, like Tyrion and Bronn, were <i>supposed</i> to think that Pod was so spectacular that the women didn't want him to pay, but that honestly doesn't make sense from any angle (no euphemism intended). We cut away from the scene before any other shoes dropped, though.<br /><br />Could Danaerys' plan really be as simple as her purchasing all the Unsullied and commanding them to kill their old boss, then having her dragons lay waste to the city as a parting gift? That feels obvious enough that I'm not sure why neither of her advisors seem to have caught on.<br /><br />Did Theon just not get to his rendezvous point yet, or was he in the wrong place and/or did his sister wasn't there in time, or did his captors let him get free as a setup just for gits 'n' shiggles? It seemed pretty plain to me that Theon was bewildered not to have found anyone where he stopped right before he was overtaken, but then again I couldn't even tell whether the guy who came to his rescue was for sure the one who set him free (doing the old trick where a seeming nobody tells you that you'll meet somebody important, good luck now, and that somebody turns out to be the seeming nobody). <br /><br />Can someone tell me why Mance Rayder wants to beseige the Night Watch's headquarters? Do the so-called Wildlings have designs on all the Seven Kingdoms or a particular grievance against the Night's Watch (like something to do with Rayder's having left "the black") in particular, or do they want to take the place as a defense against people south of the Wall entering their territory? If they're afraid of being caught up in the unfolding game of thrones, but don't really care who becomes king (or queen), wouldn't they do better to simply keep to themselves or <i>join forces</i> with the Night's Watch to make sure Westeros politics and war doesn't extend beyond the Wall? If and when we learned the answer, I don't recall it. <br /><br />Thanks, both of you (even though I quoted Nikki more than Christopher), for another excellent writeup!<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-29368029290494351682013-04-17T10:08:17.578-04:002013-04-17T10:08:17.578-04:00@Nikki: And Tyrion, the smartest of all of them al...<br>@Nikki: <i>And Tyrion, the smartest of all of them all (and the most brazen and one who cares least about grace), waits for them to all act like clowns before nonchalantly wandering over, grabbing the chair, slowly and loudly dragging it to the head of the table — the only one with the nerve to make himself an equal of Tywin — and then hops up on the seat, reaching down and pulling it forward with one last little “errr” sound.</i><br /><br />That was a classic bit, although the scene overall was just a little too painfully prolonged for my taste (which I get it was supposed to be). I enjoyed the poor funeral-pyre archery more. I'll admit that I expected and hoped Tyrion would just sit there at the other end — to show maturity, both in terms of not giving in to the jockeying for position and not giving in to Tywin's test if test of sorts indeed it was, but also because as you say, Nikki, it provides an implicit visual that shifting perspective would mean that Tyrion could as easily be at the head of the table as Tywin.<br /><br />@Christopher: <i>The crane shot of the horses’ heads had me thinking (and I can’t possibly be the only one) “Holy shit— </i>The Godfather<i> on crystal meth.”</i><br /><br />Yes!<br /><br />@Nikki: <i>notice how one man gets more of Theon’s clothes off in one motion than six men do with Brienne after wrestling with her for a good minute</i><br /><br />Another great point.<br /><br />@Nikki: <i>“Your fires run low, my king.” #burn #flaccidjoke #stinsonrocks</i><br /><br />Does this mean we finally got you into <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>? Last I recall you were laughing at <a href="http://blamken.blogspot.com/2009/11/cut-me-slice-of-that.html" rel="nofollow">the screencap of Marshall's "Cecilia" Venn diagram on my blog</a> but you still weren't watching the show. Of course a lot can happen in, geez, 4½ years...<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-84556040448596402242013-04-17T10:06:27.891-04:002013-04-17T10:06:27.891-04:00I do love that video.
@Nikki: [Brienne] asks what...<br>I do love that video.<br /><br />@Nikki: <i>[Brienne] asks what </i>he<i> would do, comparing herself to the man and not the woman.</i><br /><br />Great point.<br /><br />A cousin of mine said the other day something that Teebore echoed in <a href="http://gentlemenofleisure1.blogspot.com/2013/04/game-of-thrones-3x03-walk-of-punishment.html" rel="nofollow">his writeup yesterday</a> — that you have to, um, hand it to the writers and the actor that we were rooting for, or at least concerned for, Jaime in that moment rather than flat-out happy to see him get his comeuppance. I know that we were being manipulated a bit in that he'd just done Brienne a service with his silver tongue, but he's increasingly been presented as a charming rogue — sure, he's a regicidal mercenary who has sex with his twin sister and will kick a kid down a mountain face to his death to keep the secret, but that's Jamie Lannister for you. <br /><br />The ol' Vader move almost felt like it was becoming too obvious, albeit within the space of a scene that didn't last as long as it felt given that adrenaline was likely making viewers' perceptions speed up as we took in everything. I was also impressed with the effects work as the camera stayed right where it had been through the deed and Jamie holding up his stump afterward leaving the hand on the tree-trunk chopping block.<br /><br />Hmm... First Tyrion was demoted from his position as Hand of the King and now Jamie's lost an actual hand. If Cersei's betrayed by a handmaiden or something that'll be at least a metaphorical hat trick (or glove trick, as the case may be).Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-61974470741999069992013-04-17T09:47:46.725-04:002013-04-17T09:47:46.725-04:00Thank you for the recap - great as always. As Jam...Thank you for the recap - great as always. As Jamie is one of my favorite characters (along with Cersei & Bronn and increasingly Joffrey & Margary) I was hoping that the loss of his hand would be left out of the show (after all - they omitted it in the Walking Dead) but that was INTENSE.<br /><br />How sad to not see any of Joffrey this week - he's so well-acted that he's becoming one of my favorites. I actually think I would like the show better if they left out the Arya, Jon Snow and Bran storylines entirely and focused on only the Lannisters, other Starks & Danerys. I'm sure most others will disagree.<br /><br />Can't wait for the next episode.<br /><br /> -Tim Alan<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-8094886979553249322013-04-17T07:43:18.281-04:002013-04-17T07:43:18.281-04:00Truly excellent post, guys. You've outdone yo...Truly excellent post, guys. You've outdone yourselves. I am re-reading book 3 while watching the show (because I tend to forget everything I read), and your book explanations, Chris, are really shedding light on a lot of things I hadn't really noticed before. Lovely, thanks.EsDeenoreply@blogger.com