I can't wait for the next episode.
I really hope they show some batle scenes and don't screw it up.
Hmm.
I wanted to write THEY SCREWED IT UP !
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But technically they didn't. They just didn't show the battle. That's my biggest disappointment with the show until now. This is exactly the old TvTropes definition of Epic Fail (a failure to be epic).
I really would have loved to see Tyrion in the battle. Instead they went with a slapstick excuse to keep in him out of the fighting. Worst of all: This might have been justified in the books, but the series has abandoned the POV format.
Yes, yes, bugdet...TV..other priorities...story that counts.
I get that. I have started to rationalize seconds after after the scene. I'm still disappointed.
Apart from that, excellent as always. No, I have another complaint: Walder Frey looks too young. Shouldn't he be bald and more wrinkled ? Nah, details I can usually get over. All the characters who don't look like I imagined them have more than compensated that with the characterization and acting (with the exception of Cersei).
The Twins and the river on the other hand look very impressive, and Sibel Kekilli was never hotter.
It's really interesting how much this show tries to redeem fan-hated characters by leaving out their most despised acts (Catelyn, Sansa ...).
I mean, I never hated Catelyn, so theoretically I approve of portraying her in a positive light, but this incidents still made her character rounder and more believable.
I don't know if they try to redeem characters, it looks more like a consequence of the change from written first person to filmed third person. Jaime Lannister is much more affable in the show than he was in the books where he's mostly shownt hrough the eyes of Starks who don't like him. He still isn't above killing children, but he's more charming.
I also never understood the Sansa hate. She's a naive child and she pays for it. Catelyn on the other hand deserves all the blame in the world for not realizing that only an imbecile would arm an asassin with his own blade.
What was the most despised act of Catelynyou meant ? The dumbest thing she does is kidnapping Tyrion, but they obviously didn't leave it out.
Oh, another thing I liked but forgot to mention: Tywin Lannister looks like Magneto.
