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Dash Rendar posted:CLEGANE BOWL GET HYPE 
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May 3, 2019 05:13
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I still lowkey think Brienne and Jaime will be the ones to fight Gregor in the books. Bran's vision is of a hound faced figure and a golden armoured figure facing off against a giant with no face. Brienne has possession of Sandor's helm and Jaime would obvs be the golden sun boi
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May 3, 2019 05:16
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hobbesmaster posted:Sandor and Gregor are going to get within 50ft of each other, look at each other and the one of the dragons will strafe Gregor denying us Cleganebowl. Sandor will just shrug and walk off screen, and the camera will pan to show him just walking through the film crew telling the production cunts to gently caress off.
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May 3, 2019 05:41
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When King Stannis Baratheon of Dragonstone sits the Iron Throne, he will make the  CLEGANEBOWL a four yearly event like the World Cup. Truly the king we need. But yeah, considering D+D are fully on the The Last Jedi school of subverting expectations now, I reckon the Robert Strong Cersei has is actually a bloated Bobby B in the armour, not Gregor. WHAT A TWIST! (even though the show is not trying to hide it and repeatedly calls him the mountain, he is now bobby b) Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 06:19 on May 3, 2019 |
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May 3, 2019 06:16
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Zombie Clegane removes his helmet to reveal that he is actually Khal Drogo, Daario the faceless man who was actually Jaqen all along, but this is after Arya mortally wounds him mid-Cleganebowl fight so it's really tragic.
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May 3, 2019 06:25
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There's no Clegane bowl. They never paid to have the actor playing Gregor learn to fight with swords and they won't for that one fight so the whole thing would be pathetic. Arya is probably going to stab him in the eye with dragon glass.
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May 3, 2019 07:30
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Katt posted:There's no Clegane bowl. They never paid to have the actor playing Gregor learn to fight with swords and they won't for that one fight so the whole thing would be pathetic. Arya is probably going to stab him in the eye with dragon glass. lmao you just reminded me how bad he was in the Mountain v Viper fight
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May 3, 2019 07:36
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Katt posted:There's no Clegane bowl. They never paid to have the actor playing Gregor learn to fight with swords and they won't for that one fight so the whole thing would be pathetic. Arya is probably going to stab him in the eye with dragon glass. counterpoint: they were willing to pay for an entire hour of CGI zombies that were completely invisible because of how dark the episode was
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May 3, 2019 07:38
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esperterra posted:lmao you just reminded me how bad he was in the Mountain v Viper fight I like the idea that he kind of doesn't know how to fight. He's just so big and strong that he just swings his sword really hard and knocks the other guy around. He uses a "greatsword" which afaik is not really a thing, but he uses a greatsword one-handed.
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May 3, 2019 07:49
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pseudanonymous posted:I like the idea that he kind of doesn't know how to fight. He's just so big and strong that he just swings his sword really hard and knocks the other guy around. He uses a "greatsword" which afaik is not really a thing, but he uses a greatsword one-handed. Yeah, I have no problem really with the idea that Gregor is just so loving big and strong he never needed to learn how to fight.
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May 3, 2019 07:51
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pseudanonymous posted:I like the idea that he kind of doesn't know how to fight. He's just so big and strong that he just swings his sword really hard and knocks the other guy around. He uses a "greatsword" which afaik is not really a thing, but he uses a greatsword one-handed. gregor's jousting prowess (he pulls off an assassination at the beginning of book/season 1 by delivering a lance straight into the 1 loose spot on a kid's armor) suggests he's meant to have some finesse something from the books that doesn't come across in the show - due to the physical limitations of human actors - is that both clegane brothers are supposed to be quick and very fast bjornson's a monster of a man, but to get book-accurate gregor you'd have to use CGI PupsOfWar fucked around with this message at 08:02 on May 3, 2019 |
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May 3, 2019 08:00
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The Hound is going to win the Cleganebowl so easily. He witnessed the greatest fighter in the history of Westeros, Arya Stark, sword fight so by osmosis, he's one of the greatest ever. Makes me think how a fight between Arthur Dayne (prime) Vs Arya (gut stabbed 6 times by a pro assassin) would go. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 08:06 on May 3, 2019 |
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May 3, 2019 08:03
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They really gotta stop doing the after episode D&D interview thing. After the episode with Arthur Dayne those dimwits are like "Oh yeah, we thought it would look cooler if Dayne had two swords, so thats why we got him duel wielding"
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May 3, 2019 08:54
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I'm honestly surprised we've never had some anime rear end video game character dual wielding sniper rifles as much as the venn diagrams for gun perverts, weebs, and loving silly displays of goofy prowess meant to be cool overlap.
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May 3, 2019 09:11
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in spite of this enormous dumpster fire of an ending im legit thankful those "Tyrion is going to be the 3rd dragon rider" poo poo never panned out as that was at least 10x dumber than anything D&D (but not dave hill) have come up with
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May 3, 2019 09:16
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Goddamn I would watch the hell out of a Schlocky HBO Shadowrun series 
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May 3, 2019 09:26
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Am I wrong in thinking that Maisie Williams' butt was the highlight of this season?
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May 3, 2019 10:38
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Tahirovic posted:Am I wrong in thinking that Maisie Williams' butt was the highlight of this season? Not at all but please have a seat.
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May 3, 2019 11:11
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Katt posted:Not at all but please have a seat. My client would like the avail of the Hal Jordan defense sir, her planet revolved around the sun at a slower speed, so her years had many more days than an equivalent Sol year.
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May 3, 2019 11:24
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SMH that we never had a Night King sex scene.
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May 3, 2019 12:27
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Sam is the last of the Night's Watch. He should change the name to Wight Watchers and only hire fat people to make them thin.
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May 3, 2019 13:48
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so uh, are there any theories on what exactly answered the sorcerer who castrated Varys? In both the books and the show Varys says when the old man threw his severed bits in a brazier the flames went blue and a voice spoke from them in a language he couldn't understand. Doesn't quite sound like the red god, who loves burnt sacrifices but doesn't seem to alter the color of the flames or speak audibly like that, afaik. there is one cosmic force in the setting that likes the color blue, of course, but it's not exactly associated with flames.
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May 3, 2019 14:43
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Varys's junk confirmed as the Nightking
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May 3, 2019 14:59
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I’m still confused that we have the children of the corn magicking a Night’s King, a red god that can raise the dead and birth assassin shadows, Bran doing crow puppetry which doesn’t seem to be tied to any religion at all, and yet almost everyone worships The Seven, for which we’ve seen no major supporting evidence of their existence. The religious aspects of ASOIAF have always felt like a bit of a mess.
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May 3, 2019 15:01
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Mike N Eich posted:They really gotta stop doing the after episode D&D interview thing. After the episode with Arthur Dayne those dimwits are like "Oh yeah, we thought it would look cooler if Dayne had two swords, so thats why we got him duel wielding" I can't believe these idiots didn't find a way to put Darkstar in the show.
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May 3, 2019 15:04
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Know what I liked in the show? The "Hodor" reveal about how he went weird and got his name. Has there been any confirmation from GRRM if that was supposed to happen that way in the books?
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May 3, 2019 15:07
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I want to say that came from GRRM but don't have a source.
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May 3, 2019 15:17
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That was one of the three big OMG moments GRRM told D&D.
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May 3, 2019 15:21
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Solice Kirsk posted:Sam is the last of the Night's Watch. He should change the name to Wight Watchers and only hire fat people to make them thin. Based on his stunning personal track record, of course. Dangerllama posted:I'm still confused that we have the children of the corn magicking a Night’s King, a red god that can raise the dead and birth assassin shadows, Bran doing crow puppetry which doesn’t seem to be tied to any religion at all, and yet almost everyone worships The Seven, for which we’ve seen no major supporting evidence of their existence. This is definitely in overthinking territory, but the Faith of the Seven being powerless might be exactly what makes them popular with rulers - as long as they aren't allowed to do silly things like establishing a militant order, they keep the populace happy and defend the status quo. The priests of every other religion have been at best free agents acting with the blessing and supernatural powers granted by their gods, and most of them have been a keystone of opposition to the temporal rulers - the Red God dude in Volantis whom the Triarchs fear, the Many-Faced God allegedly organizing Valyrian slave uprisings, Seaweedbeard or whathisname trying to manipulate the royal election, etc.
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May 3, 2019 15:31
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pseudanonymous posted:I like the idea that he kind of doesn't know how to fight. He's just so big and strong that he just swings his sword really hard and knocks the other guy around. He uses a "greatsword" which afaik is not really a thing, but he uses a greatsword one-handed. Greatswords are definitely a thing. They often make them way too big in movies/TV/video games, however. Historical greatswords that were actually used in combat were frequently about ~5-7 lbs or so (for comparison most swords of more typical size fall within the 2.5-3.5 lb range). Though there are bigger ones, there's nothing approaching the massive, 30lb things you see in entertainment. A reasonably strong, regular sized person *could* wield a greatsword with one hand, but you definitely wouldn't want to, as their huge size would make it awkward as hell. A history/sword guy on youtube even made a video demonstrating that you could, it's just difficult and, more importantly, too slow to be practical in an actual fight. Many of the historical names for them mean "two-hander" for a reason. That's how they were designed to be used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbNL_At0IVw The Mountain is a gigantic man, however, so he could probably do it no problem.
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May 3, 2019 16:00
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Bobby Digital posted:That was one of the three big OMG moments GRRM told D&D. Any notes on what the other two are? I'm guessing one of them is R+L=J?
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May 3, 2019 16:18
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May 3, 2019 16:27
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Aren't real swords about as sharp as butter knives and knights would often grab them by the blade and use the pommel to bash in skulls?
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May 3, 2019 16:44
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No and yes
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May 3, 2019 16:52
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Katt posted:Aren't real swords about as sharp as butter knives and knights would often grab them by the blade and use the pommel to bash in skulls? no, steel holds an edge, a functioning sword is plenty sharp at least at the start of the day. armored knights did grab their weapons by the blade for better leverage to thrust with the point, and might potentially deflect their opponent's weapon at very close quarters (though if you got the angle wrong that'd be a great way to lose, say, all the fingers on one hand), but that's because their hands were protected by gauntlets
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May 3, 2019 16:59
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Katt posted:Aren't real swords about as sharp as butter knives and knights would often grab them by the blade and use the pommel to bash in skulls? If you're expecting to use it two handed, then sometimes the bottom of the blade is left blunt. The business end is kept as sharp as practicable. If you're going to hold the blade and use the pommel to bash your opponent, you're going to wearing mail gloves anyway, and so you can grab a sharp blade just fine. lmao
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May 3, 2019 17:01
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chaosapiant posted:Know what I liked in the show? The "Hodor" reveal about how he went weird and got his name. Has there been any confirmation from GRRM if that was supposed to happen that way in the books? the hodor reveal was actually eerie and disconcerting, so ive always assumed it to be a gurm thing
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May 3, 2019 17:27
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If the actor playing Sandors older brother is going to be played by a baby faced man that's 20 years his junior then they could at least have had him wear armour and a helmet for the fight.
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May 3, 2019 17:32
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pretty wild that the Hound in the books is meant to be like 25 or something
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May 3, 2019 17:42
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book gregor is 34 as of his duel with oberyn meaning he was like 17 when he committed his most famous crimes o_O
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May 3, 2019 17:44
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