tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post2185922418168979514..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Game of Thrones: BlackwaterBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89358454290947835392013-05-03T22:02:12.500-04:002013-05-03T22:02:12.500-04:00Ahhhh! Awesome. The visuals of the wildfire were j...Ahhhh! Awesome. The visuals of the wildfire were just spectacular. I actually gasped and I don't notice stuff like that a lot. I also loved the war drums! So much better than those stupid bells. If you're going to kill people to a musical instrument, make it one with rhythm.<br /><br />Drunk Cersei was amazing. I'm so glad she hit Lancel the Idiot.<br /><br />Also loved the Hound abandoning Joffrey with a "fuck you." Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Btw, the scene between the Hound and Sansa was way less creepy than I imagined it being.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-31705729453207843962012-06-01T20:12:47.958-04:002012-06-01T20:12:47.958-04:00I had been coming up here to see if the review had...I had been coming up here to see if the review had been posted already, and now that it has been it feels it was worth the wait.<br />Saying this was a great episode is surely an understatement, in my humble opinion it is the best one of all the series so far, both by its greatness and the subtlety of some of the characters facing the horrors of war.<br />Sansa surprised me positively. I would surely have felt scared as hell listening to Cersei's drunk remarks about war and women, and she got a hold of herself and lied to the women to calm them down - no, your king is not a psycho chicken shit, he's a hero. (btw, I think the quote you mentioned, Josie, was quite right, lol). Cersei was frightening even in that lovely scene with her cub - she's a maniac that one, but one can't help oving/hating her.<br />And Tyrion, wow, what a motivating speech. His lines are always the best and his speech was great, let's kill them!<br />I'm looking forward to this Sunday, sad it will be the last one and it'll be another year for us to see them again, except in blu-ray - which also took an eternity to get to us! What only makes me less unhappy is that True Blood is coming next. I guess it'll have to make do.Samantha Gomesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-46154363223989088972012-06-01T15:01:30.062-04:002012-06-01T15:01:30.062-04:00Fantastic review of a fantastic episode, Josie. Th...Fantastic review of a fantastic episode, Josie. The wildfire sequence was just spectacular. If that doesn't win the FX team an Emmy then nothing will. Also deserving of some awards love is series composer Ramin Djawadi. I've been listening to the season two soundtrack all week (thanks to iTunes releasing it early) and it is amazing with 'The Rains of Castemere' being one of the standouts.Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-1464873586778827532012-06-01T12:25:11.122-04:002012-06-01T12:25:11.122-04:00Love these recaps, and the quotes. May I posit th...Love these recaps, and the quotes. May I posit that the "red flower that blooms" metaphor is perhaps expressing relief that one is not knocked up with another potential Joffrey, or the like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-66832049700248623712012-05-31T22:37:44.105-04:002012-05-31T22:37:44.105-04:00As someone who loves and adores Jack Gleeson, I th...As someone who loves and adores Jack Gleeson, I thought this episode was marvellous. A lot of people I know who absolutely despise Joffrey were complaining that they were "feeling the feelings" for Joffrey, and I think in large part that's down to Jack.<br /><br />Josie, I cackled at your Joffrey quote. <br /><br />And how luscious did Finn Jones's hair look at the reveal? I may have wept over being reminded that Renly is gone and Loras is pretty much alone.morgan indiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07633124041567701073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-13925741056715606152012-05-31T22:12:56.475-04:002012-05-31T22:12:56.475-04:00What an episode! For the first time in either of ...What an episode! For the first time in either of the two series, I watched it again as soon as it had ended -- not because I had to (to follow the plot and/or characters), but because I wanted to.<br /><br />It was exciting as hell and the shots of the wildfire were magnificent. As I haven't read the books, I knew something was up, but was struck dumb by the beautiful simplicity of Tyrion's plan -- not to mention the sheer beauty of the green fire on my screen.<br /><br />I also loved Tyrion's St. Crispin's Day speech. He was proven right about Joffrey, even though so few people were aware of it and to watch him turn these men around in fewer than 100 words was magnificent.<br /><br />I am a bit confused about Cersei at the end. Was she going to kill herself as well as Tommen? If so, why was she so keen to get Joffrey (little coward on top of being a "psychopathic adolescent blade" -- great metaphor!) back into the Keep? If she were dead, who would protect him? Did she just not care in the face of defeat?<br /><br />As always a great review, Josie. Your three final bullet points all made me laugh.<br /><br />PS -- I second Jess' recommendation of <i>Band of Brothers</i> and <i>The Pacific</i>. Both are well worth the time investment.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76831738220468167842012-05-31T21:19:47.541-04:002012-05-31T21:19:47.541-04:00After looking forward to this episode all week, sa...After looking forward to this episode all week, sadly, the hubby and I accidentally sabotaged our complete enjoyment of it. We've been slowly catching up with <i>Band of Brothers</i> over the last month, and we decided to go all in and push toward the end this weekend. It seemed appropriate for Memorial Day, after all. <br /><br />So by the time we got to 'Blackwater' on Sunday, we had watched 4 episodes of <i>Band of Brothers</i>, including some of the series most powerful and haunting episodes. After seeing those true experiences and horrors depicted, and the words of the real men who survived them, the fictional material in GOT just couldn't pack the same wallop. We enjoyed the episode, and thought it was a very good hour of this series (and I'm very pleased it was solely focused on this one event and location), but it didn't wow us or move us the way I had been anticipating. :(<br /><br />I do agree with you on the wildfire though. That was a great sequence, and even though I've read the book, I didn't quite realize what was happening until Davos saw that the single ship was empty. I actually gasped, "Oh crap!" when I realized what was about to happen. And the shot of the green-fired river was pretty memorable.<br /><br />Nasty, drunken Cersei was rather a delight, too. I like when her characterization more closely matches the way she was portrayed in the book. The softer side of Cersei (boo-hooing to Tyrion about her demon spawn) never works for me. I prefer the scheming lioness and her biting bitterness.<br /><br />(P.S. I highly recommend both <i>Band of Brothers</i> and <i>The Pacific</i> to anyone who's interested in that kind of series. Each is only 10 episodes long, at roughly an hour each, so it isn't a huge time commitment.)Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com