Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[Renton]

Yeah this leaders charging first thing irked me aswell. Even after the wildfire bombardment he was in the first boat leading the landing party. That is just dumb, you just make it more likely to get hit by everything and die before you get anywhere. Such things stand out especially because everything else was done so well to make it feel real.

Another thing that made me chuckle was the tough guy in the room with Cersei and all the women. I don't know about anyone else but the first thing I thought when I saw him was "ok he is clearly there to kill all of them incase the war is lost". And then they proceed to act all secretive about his real purpose.. sorry but this particular thing has been done in many other movies before

Stannis charging in makes sense bc a) he's a legit badass and more importantly b) his host is reduced to dregs, given his combat prowess hIs participation could directly mean the difference between winning and losing.

Tywin, meh pretty unrealistic.

Wrt your second paragraph, it's a very common motif in game of thrones to set things up where things are obv to the audience but not to the players. This is a type of irony that I forgot the name of.

[jackvance]

Stannis charging in makes sense bc a) he's a legit badass and more importantly b) his host is reduced to dregs, given his combat prowess hIs participation could directly mean the difference between winning and losing.

So will his death. It is a common movie thing and it makes you look cool and bad-ass, but it is just not realistic to put someone like that in front, when they have to charge through a hail of arrows and rocks to even get to the opposition. You can put your generals and commanders in front to lead, not the guy who is there to become king.

Wrt your second paragraph, it's a very common motif in game of thrones to set things up where things are obv to the audience but not to the players. This is a type of irony that I forgot the name of.

Yes but that is not really what I mean here. It looked they were playing this off as being a surprise to the *audience*.