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Azure_Horizon posted:The levity of her kills and any of the nuance they had (especially pointing out how naive she is about the powers she has) seem mostly lost when her first kill was taking out the Tickler thus destroying a future Emmy-winning scene for Arya's actress. Her second kill was all-around sloppy -- no other guards attempted to stop her, and all she had do was run ten feet and the guy didn't even bother to follow. The scene where she utters Jaqen's name has none of the weight to it since they cut out Jaqen's fantastic lines about killing kings, and so it seems rushed. Ya, it was butchery pretty much.
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Mrs. Badcrumble posted:Weird given that GRRM consults for the writers and is actually a writer on the show. Uh, no he isn't. They may say that he is, but the Mountain Who Doesn't Write doesn't write despite what the medium is. It's just another way to finance his lemoncakes and underaged prostitutes. The writer credit he gets goes a long way of getting him enough cash to keep those addictions running. In the past he may have shouted something on the telephone between all the eating and fat loving, judging that the first season was vastly superior to what we have been getting in the second. But it's obvious that anything anyone hears now when calling his number is unintelligible sounds of him snorting and stuffing food to his gaping maw with periodic high-pitched sobbing coming from the background. So you know, they kind of have to do their own thing now.
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RED WED REDEMPTIONsmart thred posted:* What exactly are the consequences going to be if Robb reneges on his agreement to marry the Frey girl? Absolute worst case scenario, this could piss the Freys off so much they go over to the Lanister side could it not? And without the Freys, there is no way Robb can march back North. He would be totally trapped in the south. If I remember right Robb also has about 2,000 Frey troops in his army (originally anyways, I'm sure several died by now). Wonder what will happen here. loving this doctor chick is clearly bad news for Robb. There will most definitely be consequences. The same dude goes on to talk about "wild cards" so i'm dubious...
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It gets better  a smartie posted:It'll depend whether Robb decides to marry her or not. Lord Frey I'm sure wouldn't begrudge Robb a bit of nookie on the side as long as one of his daughters still gets to be Queen of the North. Though he probably wouldn't be pleased if Robb brought back his own little Jon Snow. a einstien posted:Yeah I guess the Frey reaction totally depends on the outcome of the Battle for Kings Landing. Hes gonna do whatever is in his long term best interest. If the Lanisters loose the battle then there is no way that the Freys will go over to them. He will probably just ask for more concessions. "You have to have Arya AND Sansa marry my sons! my sweet summer child posted:There's not much Waldor Frey can do if Robb tells him to gently caress off with the daughter thing. His army isn't big enough to fight anyone and closing his bridge again just invites a full on siege later. He's probably still getting a son married to Arya when she shows back up, the war is done, and Robb sits in peace as King in the North. So at least he's still getting something.
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May 21, 2012 14:09
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savinhill posted:The calendar or a Goon drawing of a GRRM spice worm? Both, I guess. I'm now behind 3 episodes and I'm not sure when I'll muster the energy to actually catch up. I am disappointed to hear of how Arya's been handled.
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Tony Danza Claus posted:The Hobbit is pretty loving terrible. The Hobbit's ending is the metaphorical equivalent of if Luke Skywalker spent the whole movie getting the Death Star Plans to Yavin 4, only to have him hang out while Wedge goes off to destroy the Death Star. Having some random human dude we've never met before fire the shot that kills Smaug is the kind of sloppy emotionless storytelling you'd expect from a guy who's writing stories as an excuse to talk like an elf. I can't even imagine how Jackson can fix that one, though the way he un-hosed the character of Arwen gives me a lot of hope. Other than that, I really like the Hobbit, bear shapeshifter and all.
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May 21, 2012 15:00
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Bilbo's personal victory isn't killing Smaug, that would not be appropriate for him. He goes on an adventure and sets things in motion, returning home a different man. It's still a classic run of the monomyth.
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May 21, 2012 15:22
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Bilbo's personal victory isn't killing Smaug, that would not be appropriate for him. He goes on an adventure and sets things in motion, returning home a different man. It's still a classic run of the monomyth. I didn't say I wanted Bilbo to do it, but I see no reason why it couldn't be Balin or any one of the dozens of characters introduced up to that point. Some nameless characterless dude taking down the bad guy is just clunky, even if Bilbo delivered the "aim for the glowing orange part like he's a Zelda boss" heads-up.
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May 21, 2012 15:40
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Bard totally has a character! He's good at shooting a bow.
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Azure_Horizon posted:The levity of her kills and any of the nuance they had (especially pointing out how naive she is about the powers she has) seem mostly lost when her first kill was taking out the Tickler thus destroying a future Emmy-winning scene for Arya's actress. As cool as that scene is I rather doubt that the average TV viewer will remember that two seasons from now.
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I just got done with finals, so I did what I normally do, be bored and play a lot of video games. When my eyes were too bloodshot to look at an LCD screen, I looked at a different LCD screen, in this case my ipod, where my books and porn are. There's a bit of a succession crisis brewing over the Stark inheritance. Robb naming Jon his successor, Robb probably having a child off of Jeyne Westerling, Davos looking for Rickon the Cannibal King, and the Sansa/Harry thing. I wonder if this was a planned occurrence, or just coincidence of over a decade of writing. It's all kind of moot with everyone starving to death and/or being turned into Aryan zombies, and that the next book is never coming out.* Interesting nonetheless. *Obligatory statement as per the conditions of posting in the Bad Thread.
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May 21, 2012 16:30
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The war of three boring pricks, and Rickon.
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May 21, 2012 17:41
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Robb's child was aborted, I'm pretty sure.
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May 21, 2012 18:37
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DarkCrawler posted:Robb's child was aborted, I'm pretty sure. I'm a fan of Jeyne Westerling being switched. Dem hips.
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DarkCrawler posted:Robb's child was aborted, I'm pretty sure. An offscreen death you say???
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May 21, 2012 18:51
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Intel&Sebastian posted:An offscreen death you say??? Oh my god that would be the most retarded thing ever, I hope they do it.
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May 21, 2012 19:00
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The Sherlock Einstein thread is moaning that Dany never seems to do anything. 
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May 21, 2012 19:10
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Tony Danza Claus posted:The Sherlock Einstein thread is moaning that Dany never seems to do anything. SOMEONE SAVE MAH DRAGONS 
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May 21, 2012 19:39
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She just needs to go to the House of the Undying for her BABIES. I also like how Jorah said they didn't suckle at her breasts. Didn't that happen in the books? I remember something Gurmy like that at least.
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May 21, 2012 20:39
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Meanwhile, in Qarth.... "My dragons got stolen 2 episodes ago." "Whatever it's not like they popped out of your vag or anything" "Well they might as well because ain't nothing coming out of there anymore" "..." "yeah"  BEST SCENE EVER
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May 21, 2012 20:43
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Urdnot Fire posted:She just needs to go to the House of the Undying for her BABIES. I also like how Jorah said they didn't suckle at her breasts. Didn't that happen in the books? I remember something Gurmy like that at least. Yep.
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May 21, 2012 20:47
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I also distinctly recall her lactating when she walked into the fire at the end of AGOT. Where was that in the show, huh? What a horrible adaptation.
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Aurubin posted:It's all kind of moot with everyone starving to death and/or being turned into Aryan zombies, and that the next book is never coming out.* Interesting nonetheless. Everyone in this thread is Cato the Elder. "The next book is never coming out." is our generation's "Carthage must be destroyed."
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May 21, 2012 21:11
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Waffle Ho posted:As cool as that scene is I rather doubt that the average TV viewer will remember that two seasons from now. It depends. Had they given the Tickler more screentime and established his presence as a hosed-up dude, I'm betting that viewers would remember who he was.
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May 21, 2012 21:13
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I should probably stop drinking with lunch :
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Xiahou Dun posted:I should probably stop drinking with lunch : I disagree. Be sure to post the enraged responses!
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May 21, 2012 21:27
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Your profile picture is Patrick Bateman holding Pinkie Pie?
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May 21, 2012 21:31
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What the hell else should it be? It's some old Photoshop Phriday from when I was in undergrad : it's been my picture for so long I can't change it.
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May 21, 2012 21:38
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The show is only like 1.5 years old...
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Xiahou Dun posted:What the hell else should it be? I uh, I have Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken. My social life is already dead. 
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IRQ posted:The show is only like 1.5 years old... The picture has one of the 80's toys. Might be Pinky Pie or whatever, I have no clue : I've seen one episode and those fuckers are color-coded, which is pretty annoying for the colorblind dude. All I know is it ain't the dragon fucker or whatever. Also, he's apparently pissy :  Why did someone spoil me on a 10 year old plot twist \/\/\/\/\/You don't really get this thread, do you? Xiahou Dun fucked around with this message at 22:08 on May 21, 2012 |
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May 21, 2012 21:57
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It's not a ten year old plot twist if someone is only watching the show or reading the books because of the show, there's no need to be an antagonistic dick about it. edit: considering your defense is just picking on his lack of commas it sounds like he has you pegged.
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May 21, 2012 22:04
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It's also not Robbs wedding.
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Chunk posted:It's not a ten year old plot twist if someone is only watching the show or reading the books because of the show, there's no need to be an antagonistic dick about it. Um...what the gently caress are you doing in here? Do you have any idea why this is The Bad Thread? This is Xiahou Dun living up to our best traditions.
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Chunk posted:It's not a ten year old plot twist if someone is only watching the show or reading the books because of the show, there's no need to be an antagonistic dick about it. You must be new here.
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I like the idea behind "It's not 10 years old if we start time at an arbitrarily different reference point". Because him having just opened the books made them newer. Somehow.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:It's also not Robbs wedding. Edmure's wedding, but that presupposes that Tullys are people and can thus be wed.
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I just love how he cusses you out on Facebook for spoiling a lovely fantasy novel series for him.
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Xiahou Dun posted:I like the idea behind "It's not 10 years old if we start time at an arbitrarily different reference point". Man, little evangelicals must be really pissed on Easter, because they get spoiled on Jesus dying and coming back to life before they've ever started to read the drat books.
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I've spoiled these books for a lot of people on the internet because I don't give a poo poo if some guy in Ohio is mad at me. Spoiling your friends is terrible though. The story being 10 years old doesn't somehow justify you. I can talk about The Sixth Sense in public, and if you happen to overhear, bad for you, no spoiler tags. If I see my roommate watching it for the first time though, I'm not going to ruin the ending for him. Unless I want to be a dick. You're posting spoilers on facebook because you're a dick and you enjoy that. At least own up to that in this thread.
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