“Winter is Coming” are the words of House Stark. Winter is here, y’all! I’m so excited about the arrival of Game of Thrones that I can’t make a coherent review. So I shall post a lot of random thoughts!
View Spoiler »I already saw the first fifteen minutes about a dozen times. But how about those credits, huh? I liked the weirwood growing in Winterfell.17 Minutes In: Direwolves! Puppies! Snuggly! I hate Theon for wanting to kill them. (That’s Theon, by the way, no one said his name all night.)
21 Minutes In: Catelyn and Ned speak in the godswood. I’m impressed by how much the set looks like Michael Kormack’s calendar art. Way to go, set people!
23 Minutes In: Robb, Jon and Theon are all shirtless for no reason. This must be why I want to watch. Since I’m a girl. And only care about such things.
24 Minutes In: Anvil alert! Bran, stop with the climbing already!
25 Minutes In: The King, et al, arrive. Arya is too cute wearing her too-big helmet to get a better look. And I love Sansa’s shrug as answer to the question where Arya is. HOW SHOULD SHE KNOW?
27 Minutes In: “Where’s the Imp?” asks Arya. I know right?
28 Minutes In: “Where’s the Imp?” asks Arya, again. “Where is our brother?” asks Queen Cersei. But do we get to see him? No, we get Robert angsting over Lyanna which isn’t nearly as fun.
30 Minutes In: There he is! Dinklage’s blonde wig is kind of bad, but not nearly so bad as some we’ll see coming up, so I’ll let it slide. Oh and look, Jaime brought him whores, whores, whores! He must’ve read my cheat sheet!
33 Minutes In: Speaking of bad wigs, it’s time to meet the Targaryen siblings: poor scared Daenerys, and whacked-out crazy Viserys. I have to give Harry Lloyd props for making Viserys even more crazy-like than he reads in the book. I didn’t think it was possible. That takes serious skill.
39 Minutes In: Dany finally gets the power of speech. “I don’t want to be his Queen.” Oh, Dany, no one cares what you want. Meanwhile, just a minute later, Sansa wants handsome, lovely Prince Joffrey to like her. Oh, Sansa, no one cares what you want.
44 Minutes In: The Feast. Stay classy, Robert. Ned and Benjen both say “Winter is Coming.” Sean Bean is way better at it. I don’t know. Something about how he says it just makes you go, “Winter!? Fuck! That sounds bad!” and when other people say it you’re like “Tee hee, what a stupid motto.” Awkward conversation time for Cat, Cersei and Sansa. Menstruation is a good topic for a feast.
45 Minutes In: Jaime and Ned don’t like each other, did you guys catch that? Subtle. Also I’m sort of sad Robert didn’t see Arya throwing food and be like, “That’s an awesome idea!”
48 Minutes In: Ned and Cat are in bed together. In the book, they are doin’ it, but HBO apparently decided they didn’t want any sex that wasn’t icky in this episode. (You know, for the ladies.)
50 Minutes In: Apparently at Dothraki weddings, a box of snakes is an appropriate gift. Someone tell Emily Post. Also, apparently Dothraki men can still hump women from behind with their pants on. Impressive.
53 Minutes In: Dany gets her eggs, so it’s time for sex-in’. In the books, Drogo manages to win Dany over before riding her, but again we can’t have sex that is not icky. (What would the women think!?)
58 Minutes In: Everyone leaves Winterfell for a hunt. And the scene that everyone knew was going to be the end of this episode begins. Bran goes climbing, with his tiny direwolf protesting from the ground (direwolves are smarter than people).
… and he discovers the Lannister twins going at it. Could this be what Jon Arryn discovered before he so mysteriously died? You bet your ass. Now, Bran might meet the same fate.
I think Isaac Hempstead-Wright and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau are pretty good in this scene. We all knew it was coming, but they manage to make it still surprising. « Hide Spoiler
See you next week!
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