GAME OF THRONES + Season 3

[Farrell]

"then you'll be fucking your own bride with a wooden cock!". bad. ass. i laughed and laughed.

And seeing him master himself after Tywin gave him an opening, the dialogue as he and Sansa left..that whole scene was gold.

[Jay Tomio - Part Deux]

And seeing him master himself after Tywin gave him an opening, the dialogue as he and Sansa left..that whole scene was gold.

Tywin is just the game. I hate to harp on this too, but the dude playing Joff is amazingly good in this role - there's a lot going on there. There seems to have been a series of great Tywin to family interaction in recent episodes. Called Cersi stupid, called Tyrion a disgrace to his house (though still of his house), and told Joff he could have him carried to meetings.

The only early introduction I saw was that of Tywin, when he was cutting up game, which I watched because it was so amazingly effective and interesting  (and set a precedence for the characters always doing something while talking - which is why I thought he was going to whip Joff in the throne room a couple of weeks ago) because was also a scene that was originally so similar to the book debut of Samwell Tarly's father (who we will meet later, if he hasn't appeared yet on the TV show, I don't know).

The whole straight up MAN/father cutting up meat intro was just class though, and so appropriate for the head of the most powerful family.

[the other mike]

Tywin is just the game. I hate to harp on this too, but the dude playing Joff is amazingly good in this role - there's a lot going on there. There seems to have been a series of great Tywin to family interaction in recent episodes. Called Cersi stupid, called Tyrion a disgrace to his house (though still of his house), and told Joff he could have him carried to meetings.

The only early introduction I saw was that of Tywin, when he was cutting up game, which I watched because it was so amazingly effective and interesting  (and set a precedence for the characters always doing something while talking - which is why I thought he was going to whip Joff in the throne room a couple of weeks ago) because was also a scene that was originally so similar to the book debut of Samwell Tarly's father (who we will meet later, if he hasn't appeared yet on the TV show, I don't know).

The whole straight up MAN/father cutting up meat intro was just class though, and so appropriate for the head of the most powerful family.

and it wasn't just any kind of game, it was a stag! haha!
and yeah, that's tywin's first appearance. charles dance could be the nicest man in real life, but he always scared me a little bit. ever since 'last action hero' when he had the interchangeable fake eye...

and with regards to jaime, you're right that the show SHOULD have cemented jaime being a bad ass. other than the fight with ned in season 1, i don't think i've seen him cut loose. well, he does kill his cousin and karstark's son but that was while he was chained.

basically, his rep in the show is mostly inferred from the plot and the dialogue. (people saying "jaime was blah-blah-blah" etc.) and it might not be obvious to the casual viewer other than being "important person from an important family". which, for the purposes of the TV show, is good enough IMHO.

and that's probably a thing with bringing ASoIaF to TV: we don't get all the nuances of POV characters in the novels. in the book, a character's adventure is riveting stuff. in TV form, non-readers complain its boring. a lot of inner monologues and detail is lost.


-mike

[Farrell]

and it wasn't just any kind of game, it was a stag! haha!
and yeah, that's tywin's first appearance. charles dance could be the nicest man in real life, but he always scared me a little bit. ever since 'last action hero' when he had the interchangeable fake eye...

I watched a short interview with Dance, and he'd never done anything like that before shooting that scene, either.  You would never have guessed it by watching him.

[Kenney]

I know we all already hate Joff, but I wanted to MURDER HIM in this episode. Such a little shit! I cannot wait until someone gets hands on him.

That actor is amazing as being unlikeable. That little sneer he did when he went to walk Sansa down the aisle? Such. A. Little. Shit!

[Jay Tomio - Part Deux]

The Joff performance is just nuanced to me because I don't feel he's over the top at all, but he's still extreme. His reaction to Tyrion at his wedding is what? A spoiled brat? Yes. Yet always in fear? Yes. Scared. But also the son "the thinks" of a Warrior King who took a kingdom and whose mother think people exist to do her bidding. Joff's feeling for his "father" alwasy interested me because in the TV show before he walks Sansa down the aisle he states to her she is finally getting a Lannister. Joff should consider himself the "rightful" Baratheon, which is technically the ruling family - the Royal family is Baratheon, and Joff is its heir. Lannister avarice is well documented even in the books, where Joff holds both sides of his origins equally, but I did think it was an interesting comment by Joff.

Great scenes a couple of weeks ago with Joff walking Margaery (who I think is excellent) and talking about the Targaryens - a HUGE piece of this story.

and it wasn't just any kind of game, it was a stag! haha!

I like that as tidbit, but when thinking about it beyond that for a minute, it bothered me a little because Tywin did not plot Robert's death or the fall of Baratheon. Robert's continued existence benefited Tywin greatly.

[Kenney]

All I'm saying is that little fucker taking Tyrion's stool was the last straw. I WANT TO SEE JOFF MURDERED IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!

 

It is pretty amazing how many wonderful actors have been crammed into this show. I'm sure the meaty material helps in elevating the performances, but there really isn't a weak spot in the show. Everyone brings it in their own way.

[Farrell]

All I'm saying is that little fucker taking Tyrion's stool was the last straw. I WANT TO SEE JOFF MURDERED IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!

 

It is pretty amazing how many wonderful actors have been crammed into this show. I'm sure the meaty material helps in elevating the performances, but there really isn't a weak spot in the show. Everyone brings it in their own way.

S'truth.  It's a more than solid cast.  Although, must be said, I'm least happy (and always have been) with the casting of the Stark kids (including Theon.)  They're okay, but not (IMO) up to the level of most of the rest of the cast.  I also pretty much hate every time that bumbling Crow guy is onscreen, but I think that's more the character, and not so much the acting.

[T-Three6ty]

I know we all already hate Joff, but I wanted to MURDER HIM in this episode. Such a little shit! I cannot wait until someone gets hands on him.

That actor is amazing as being unlikeable. That little sneer he did when he went to walk Sansa down the aisle? Such. A. Little. Shit!

i never hated anyone on tv so much. the acting is perfect he comes of as the most morally corrupt person possable and thats saying alot in a world like game of thrones. i will take great joy in seeing him killed ( i hope he dose ).