dve_sovy: переводы

→Tyrion is preparing to go into battle, and Tywin, thinking Robb has 20,000 men ready with sharp blades, puts him and his merry band of rejects right on the front line in what can only be a suicide mission. But Tyrion (looking pretty adorable in a full suit of half-man mail) stumbles, is knocked out, and wakes up when the battle slaughter is over.
Game of Thrones : TV Rules Do Not Apply

→Some of you more bloodthirsty viewers are wondering where the big battle scene was. Well, it wasn't really in the book. Someone out there with more knowledge than me correct me if I'm wrong, but the only real difference was that we got to see more of Tyrion in battle and winning the favor of his new henchmen while clashing with Robb's diversion. Robb's capturing of Jaime was also not seen, with only Cat's perspective of the battle as she stood on a hill trying to make sense of the sea of men and swords raging below. Besides, was the impact of bringing back Jaime Lannister in shackles any less awesome than if we had seen it in battle? They way it was done in the show, we got the one-two punch of "Oh damn, Robb set Tywin up! Oh damn, Robb captured Jaime!" Game of Thrones isn't all about the grand battles; it's the final results that Martin chooses to pay particular attention to. But if you must quench your thirst for violence, don't worry, season 2 should have plenty.

→"Baelor" was more than just another fantastic episode of one of television's great new series. It's THE episode we've all been waiting for: an episode that turns television and fantasy convention on its head. Even knowing what's coming, Game of Thrones still surprises. HBO, the network best known for defying what television is thought to be, has outdone itself with this fantastic adaptation of a fantastic book.

→But Game of Thrones is well prepared to carry on just fine thanks to other characters growing, and that's the way it was always meant to be. Perhaps this was Robb's story all along. His maturity in recent episodes has been nothing short of amazing to watch, and maybe the final step of his ascent to series hero is marching on King's Landing and slicing Joffrey in half. Or perhaps it's Arya's story, that execution scene being the formative moment when she rises up to avenge her father and poke a million holes in Joffrey. Or could Sansa impress us and stand up to Joffrey, sabotaging his reign of terror from the inside, hopefully ending in Joffrey being slowly fed into a meat grinder slick with lemon juice and tiny shards of glass. Or is the Stark house doomed forever, split up in various states of captivity and ready to be picked off one by one? Aye, aye, aye... this show, I tell ya.

→Sean Bean is one of those actors who says more by not saying anything, his face a stage unto itself with his eyes, mouth, and brow becoming actors telling a tale all their own. Combined with Alan Taylor's direction, Bean's final moments after his forced confession were tragic. A look to his right to see his eldest daughter Sansa hysterical. A glance into the crowd to search for Arya, and a brief recognition of relief when he no longer saw her hugging the leg of Baelor's statue. And the final lowering of his head, neck bare to be taken by his own blade (I don't think that's explicitly conveyed in the show, but it's Ned's own sword Ice that does the deed), his acceptance of what is coming his way.

→* Which was more thrilling: seeing Syrio take out a half-dozen of Cersei's henchmen with a wooden sword, or Barristan refusing to do the same with a real sword after the queen pink-slipped him?