The jousting scene cracked me up... guy gets up pissed and lops off his horse's head.. now that is a sharp ass sword right there.
I know, I know. But IJR knows my taste, as we've talked about movies/shows in other threads -- I'm not trying to be critical to go against the popular concensus, but the show is quite slow. I remember being way more intrigued with Rome than this. I'm not going to give up on the show yet, but I'm extremely disappointed. The politician from the Wire who plays the bordello owner, is the man.
Actually the sword fighting in this show is as realistic as it can be...do you really think swords swing so swift and fast? Swinging swords is incredibly difficult...Star Wars, it is not.
I've held a broad sword (like the one the guy used on the horse) and they can way 20-40 lbs. Yeah, there's no way you are waving that around like a kitana. I wasn't specifically referring to the "slow" combat but rather, each guy sort of waited (or anticipated) the clashing of swords. Bean did a spin move and hesitated for a moment to find Lannister's sword. Completely whack.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Those swords were heavy but the men wielding them were strong too. Take the scenes from Braveheart, those were done very well. Nothing unrealistic just better choreography.
Can someone explain that scene to me? Why was the Mountain so pissed off? Just because he lost? And did the flamer-knight intentionally get DQed or something by running out of the ring? That sequence kinda confused me, mind you I'm not an expert on the rules of jousting... Great show though, I'm very much enjoying it.
I could've done without that scene, that was friggin disgusting. It's not the horse's fault the due weighs 250 plus another 100 for the armor.
He killed his horse because of its frisky nature (I think), and it also introduced us to Lorus (the poofy knight). He didn't run out of the ring, Mountain knocked him down. I've been to real enactment of jousting, and quite often, after the knight has been knocked off his horse it will go to hand to hand combat, which in this scene seem to be what was happening. The blow job scene I could have done without, slurp slurp slurp , YUK :sad:
LOL A movie called gentlemen broncos, where a kid writes a sci-fi book called Yeast Lords and that is from the movie about the book. It's on demand I think, but is playing on HBO right now. No SiriusXM but it does have a iPod hookup.
I do have to agree there, the slurping was fukin hilarious though... Reminded me of interview w/a vampire when she was taught to drink... "slurp...slurp... not a drop spilt"
What I'd like to know is how that skinny-cum-sucking-little-shit managed to pick up a lance and wear armour, there was absolutely no meat on him.
If a Lannister can murder men unprovoked inside the King's castle without reprocussions, I will be pretty annoyed. Great episode. The names are still confusing to me (just sort of an overwhelming amount of characters), but most of their storylines are coming along well. I was disappointed there were no scenes at The Wall, but only so much you can do in an hour I guess. The best indication that I am watching a great show... The credits started rolling when I thought I was only like 30 minutes in. As for the gay scene... Whatever. Homosexuality was as rampant back then as it is now. I guess if they are going to have explicit hetero sex in every episode, a little implied BJ is only fair. Honestly, I could do without the sex scenes altogether. The story in the show doesn't really need it to succeed, but I guess softcore porn is is a prerequisite to getting a show on HBO or Starz these days...
