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Not sure they even needed to burn it since I doubt the average show viewer even remembers Mereen had a fleet. Not sure why the Harpies would burn the fleet either. You'd think they'd want Dany to sail the hell out of there so they can take over the city while she's gone.
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FogHelmut posted:So since the fleet at Meereen has been burned, I'm guessing Dany really has no way to get to Westeros anymore. Unless Victarion happens to show up and marry her and bring her on his own fleet. Maybe is something like that really. They did cast someone that looked like Euron, right? If that is the case, they will probably merge him with Vitarion and have him sail for Essos right after the kingsmoot. And then something will happen and she will get this fleet. I really expect she will be sailing away by the end of the season. It seems quite possible they will end it with that scene exactly.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:33 |
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I'm waiting for the sand snakes to kill Tommen next. Since I guess they're in King's Landing.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:36 |
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Victarion sets out for Meereen with 93 ships, the exact number of ships Daario captured.
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Ague Proof posted:Victarion sets out for Meereen with 93 ships, the exact number of ships Daario captured. The Boltons send 20 good ships out to defeat them.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:37 |
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Yeah, I was only ever looking forward to talking to more people and seeing their reactions to events in the story. I was reading the books in 2013 and the thought never even crossed my mind of telling my show-watching friends about the Red Wedding unless they specifically asked, I wanted them to react to the actual event taking place in the show. I wish characters like Lady Stoneheart were in the show because I'd love to see what the general viewing public makes of her and her storyline, not because I'd feel some smug satisfaction at knowing it was going to happen before they did. My feelings about the show aren't entirely divorced from my feelings about the books, but I want the show to be the best it can be. If I have problems with something in the show it's because it's poorly done, not because of some war between the books and the show. Ironically, the same people who smugly bashed the books for years and acted like the show was going to be A Song of Ice and Fire Done Right are now flipping out over people criticizing the show. If you're willing to eviscerate the books for silly phrases like "words are wind" and "nuncle" or because the plot isn't moving fast enough, don't then expect the show to be beyond criticism. Don't presume that Aegon and Lady Stoneheart are pointless because they don't fit your personal ideas of what the story or plot is supposed to be(especially considering the only plotline that's truly been excised from the show is the Aegon one), but then lament that people in this thread aren't giving D&D time to justify the choices they make. Maybe it's because, as mentioned, I've only been a fan of this series for about three years but I don't see the problem with having an interest in it beyond spite for the author of the books. Beeez fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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I remember complaining in S2 about the shadow baby was magic and I didn't like how much magic was being put in compared to just being a general medieval themed political show
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:42 |
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Demiurge4 posted:That's literally the reason why it burned. So Dany has no choice but to take whatever devils bargain the iron islanders come up with. I still can't believe they gave Dany exactly as many ships as the Iron Fleet had only to decide "wait, actually we want the Iron Islands plot in the show" and torch them all.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:46 |
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FogHelmut posted:So since the fleet at Meereen has been burned, I'm guessing Dany really has no way to get to Westeros anymore. Unless Victarion happens to show up and marry her and bring her on his own fleet. It won't be Victarion, it'll be Yara. You can tell in one of the trailers.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:48 |
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Lycus posted:It won't be Victarion, it'll be Yara. You can tell in one of the trailers. It must be so weird being an actor that gets canned every other season and only gets token roles (lol Theon's 'rescue'). You can't turn down work on loving Game of Thrones though, I hope the actress does well this season and actually does something.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:52 |
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colonel_korn posted:https://twitter.com/hippoiathanatoi/status/724502589941944320 Those two are pretty much the worst people on the internet and I'm glad they are being spoiled, because they were the epitome of book reader douchebags.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:53 |
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drunken officeparty posted:I remember complaining in S2 about the shadow baby was magic and I didn't like how much magic was being put in compared to just being a general medieval themed political show i still don't like the magic poo poo.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 21:53 |
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I must have checked out during last season even more than I remember, because i don't recall any mention of a fleet at all. Was the fleet mentioned last season, or did it really just appear for the first time in this last episode when it was burning? Normally I'd do a rewatch but haha gently caress season 5. Guys, I just solved two the major problems with the episode. The sand snakes actually teleported up to Winterfell, and stole the dogs mid fight, on their way to Kings Landing.
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Darkstar brought the Sand Snakes to the boat in time. He is of the night.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:15 |
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The dogs are missing because the one Bolton soldier who also disappeared fled with them back to Winterfell. This is why Ramsay knows that Sansa's heading to Castle Black in the episode preview.
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counterfeitsaint posted:I must have checked out during last season even more than I remember, because i don't recall any mention of a fleet at all. Was the fleet mentioned last season, or did it really just appear for the first time in this last episode when it was burning? You are not the only one, I had completely forgotten about it until Ive read on this thread. The fleet is mentioned after Daaaario comes back from Yunkai, he got it after retaking the city
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:19 |
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counterfeitsaint posted:I must have checked out during last season even more than I remember, because i don't recall any mention of a fleet at all. Was the fleet mentioned last season, or did it really just appear for the first time in this last episode when it was burning? I watched S5 last week to refresh before tonight and I don't recall any mention of a fleet.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:20 |
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drunken officeparty posted:I watched S5 last week to refresh before tonight and I don't recall any mention of a fleet. "I heard you like ships."
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:22 |
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drunken officeparty posted:I watched S5 last week to refresh before tonight and I don't recall any mention of a fleet. S4.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:22 |
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Daario: I stole a bunch of ships *crunches apple* Dany: You stole a bunch of ships? Daario: *munch crunch* I thought you liked ships. Something like that, if I recall?
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:22 |
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I hate the way many people in this thread seem to agree that books 4 and 5 were pure poo poo. Even if the overall quality was lower, there were individual storylines in those books that were among the best in the series. Just off the top of my head, I found Bran incredibly dull until Book 5, when his chapters suddenly became super compelling. Reek/Theon was also great, and Cersei's chapters were spectacular when GRRM wasn't giving in to his obsession with "huge, dark nipples" or whatever the gently caress. The Walk of Shame was especially good.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:28 |
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I remember it because it was one of the few times Daario having his own men meant anything.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:30 |
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emanresu tnuocca fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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FourLeaf posted:I hate the way many people in this thread seem to agree that books 4 and 5 were pure poo poo. Even if the overall quality was lower, there were individual storylines in those books that were among the best in the series. Just off the top of my head, I found Bran incredibly dull until Book 5, when his chapters suddenly became super compelling. Reek/Theon was also great, and Cersei's chapters were spectacular when GRRM wasn't giving in to his obsession with "huge, dark nipples" or whatever the gently caress. The Walk of Shame was especially good. There are some good parts but the bad boring ones are unfortunatelly a lot longer
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:31 |
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Neba posted:Googled it a bit and apparently Daario captured it in S4. Jesus Christ she really has been dicking around in Mereen a long god drat time. Maybe they thought if they add a bunch of other plot points that literally do nothing at all, it will distracted us from Dorne?
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:32 |
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Since we're on the topic of Daario and it's actually been a few years now. Was it ever revealed why they changed the actor out? Was he just too creepy for a show with loving Littlefinger in it, or did he gently caress a producers wife or what?
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:38 |
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this guy should've been daario:
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:42 |
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FourLeaf posted:I hate the way many people in this thread seem to agree that books 4 and 5 were pure poo poo. Even if the overall quality was lower, there were individual storylines in those books that were among the best in the series. Just off the top of my head, I found Bran incredibly dull until Book 5, when his chapters suddenly became super compelling. Reek/Theon was also great, and Cersei's chapters were spectacular when GRRM wasn't giving in to his obsession with "huge, dark nipples" or whatever the gently caress. The Walk of Shame was especially good. There are several cool things in both books. But they should have been half as long and been one book. If you read the internet re-ordering PDF, you'll still find yourself skipping large swaths of text that just doesn't matter and is boring as hell. So compared to the early books, which had boring poo poo but less of it, and more plot progression, they are a huge dip in quality, because we really aren't that much further two books in, and let's be honest, it's been 15 years now. If you make the reader wait that long for closure or progression, they are going to be harsher on what you release.
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Demiurge4 posted:Since we're on the topic of Daario and it's actually been a few years now. Was it ever revealed why they changed the actor out? Was he just too creepy for a show with loving Littlefinger in it, or did he gently caress a producers wife or what? He left because he got a job as the new Transporter. Kinda like how the original Mountain left to be in The Hobbit, except that old Daario actually did get to star in a movie instead of being replaced by a CGI orc.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:49 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Skrein Skrein states that "behind the scenes politics" had forced him to leave the show.[5]
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:50 |
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Demiurge4 posted:Since we're on the topic of Daario and it's actually been a few years now. Was it ever revealed why they changed the actor out? Was he just too creepy for a show with loving Littlefinger in it, or did he gently caress a producers wife or what? He left to go do movies
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:51 |
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colonel_korn posted:Kinda like how the original Mountain left to be in The Hobbit i hate that guy for leaving he was goddamn perfect.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:52 |
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hanales posted:There are several cool things in both books. But they should have been half as long and been one book. If you read the internet re-ordering PDF, you'll still find yourself skipping large swaths of text that just doesn't matter and is boring as hell. Books 4 and 5 were when it became apparently the grrm no longer gave a poo poo about the original story he wanted to tell, and is just going to add bloat and new characters and world building forever. World building can be interesting, and some of it is in the books, but he should have finished his original god drat story, you know, the compelling one that made all this poo poo popular in the first place. Once the original arc was done he can write all the supplemental poo poo he wants at whatever pace he wants and everyone would still love him.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:58 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:i hate that guy for leaving he was goddamn perfect. The best part is that the hobbit role dried up. Dude hosed up, people loved him and he missed the best mountain scenes
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 22:58 |
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Groovelord Neato posted:i hate that guy for leaving he was goddamn perfect. He didn't leave, he was planning on doing both the Hobbit and Game of Thrones. He first heard his role had been recast from winteriscoming.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Skrein Skrein states that "behind the scenes politics" had forced him to leave the show.[5] Yeah, I think i remember him saying in an interview that there was no interference with Transporter and he wanted to stay on Thrones, and a bunch of the cast have done movies. So I don't know.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 23:00 |
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Lloyd Boner posted:The dogs are missing because the one Bolton soldier who also disappeared fled with them back to Winterfell. This is why Ramsay knows that Sansa's heading to Castle Black in the episode preview. That makes sense, but why not even a momentary shot of him fleeing? Bad ediing.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 23:00 |
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The original Mountain was fantastic. The new one doesn't even pretend to be acting.
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# ? Apr 25, 2016 23:01 |
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From the looks of it, The Mountain is just a guy in an ill-fitting helmet from now on. Is it even Hafthor under there now? I saw his name in the credits but the close-ups don't look like his eyes at all.
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onemillionzombies posted:No it's actually pretty bad writing. I see someone has never read Julius Ceasar.
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