OFFICIAL Game of Thrones Thread - Page 116

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Originally Posted by Lel 

IIRC it's pretty clear that the forces would take the city, which is why Aegon allowed Tywin Lannister inside in the first place (he assumed he had come to help him defend the city). Instead by the time Ned arrived the city had already been ransacked.
But you do have a point, I was expecting some siege or artillery but the most I saw was a battering ram.

Maybe. Haven't read it in a while. But Davos did say that the walls had never been breached. There was a hell of a lot more strategy and planning on both sides in the books then "let's land and storm the gate." 

In retrospect, probably less to do with money and more to do with time constraints. I may have tried to open it up a little more. 

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Originally Posted by AR_Six 

You can tell by his armor it's one of the Kingsguard. Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

Not really a spoiler I guess, but it's supposed to be Mandon Moore. Except I don't think Moore has had any screen time in the show, so I have a suspicion they will change it so that it's Meryn Trant, since he had that great scene in the throne room where Tyrion humiliated him.

Not sure viewers will pick up on that. Could have been dealt with by Tyrion putting his hand out and saying, "Moore, your hand," indicating that he was a friend. 

lefty

^ Maybe. I was distracted by how Tyrion and 30 guys managed to sneak up on the Stannis' forces and overthrow them in about 10 secs.

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Originally Posted by indesertum 

prolly cuz stannis had 30 guys as well

Didn't Joffrey wet his small clothes when he saw the size of the opposition?

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Originally Posted by javyn 

Great episode, only prob I had was they didn't explain the lack of scouting on Stannis' side (the Lords were just too arrogant since they had superior numbers). Not a big deal, but that part in the book was great for showing how smart Ser Davos is for kind of smelling the trap. I guess that was shown when he was talking to his son before the battle though - although that seemed to serve showing how stupid his son was versus how smart Davos was heh
Although the chain was great in the book, I wasn't missing it in the show.
You people are just a bunch of nit-picky whiners.

The battle in the books went down a lot differently. As I remember, Davos wasn't in charge of the fleet and though he saw the chain houses and tried to warn the others, but he was shut down by the knight who led the battle. Stannis landed on the other side and didn't make the castle, though his men were picking their way across the wreckage of the ships to get to the castle. Tywin snuck up behind Stannis and attacked with Loras in Renly's armour. When the men who were formerly Renly's saw Loras they abandoned Stannis and rejoined with Tywin.

The more I think about this the less I like it.  I think Tyrion got shortchanged here. There was little to no planning other than the wildfire which was Cersei's idea here in the show. Varys' maps came at the last minute. In the book Tyrion saves the city with strategy and courage after The Hound bolts. And as Kunk said, the scale was really off.

Yes, I am a nit-picking whiner. You want an hour of my life and my money? Entertain me.

lefty