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Lycus posted:"He can gently caress" wasn't the reveal. The reveal was that he's pretending to be pathetically weak so he seems like a non-threat. yeah but what kcroy said, why? i guess it sets him up to play Drinking with Tyrion
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There wasn't a big plot reason for it. It was just to show he was cagey in contrast to his "helpful old man" shtick throughout S1.
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And the only real payoff it got, aside from him bitchslapping a couple of those kids Qyburn sicced on him was cut from the show because it was too on the nose. Bit of a shame too, because Charles Dance and Julian Glover own the gently caress out of that scene regardless.
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I don't think was payoff, just making it more explicit. More Charles Dance is always welcome, though.
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nine-gear scarecrow posted:And the only real payoff it got, aside from him bitchslapping a couple of those kids Qyburn sicced on him was cut from the show because it was too on the nose. Bit of a shame too, because Charles Dance and Julian Glover own the gently caress out of that scene regardless. i just realized he's killing fish here, so tully, much like his gutting a stag for bobby b. 
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syscall girl posted:i just realized he's killing fish here, so tully, much like his gutting a stag for bobby b. And much like he's taking a poo poo when he dies, showing what the show as a whole was turning into.
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nine-gear scarecrow posted:And the only real payoff it got, aside from him bitchslapping a couple of those kids Qyburn sicced on him was cut from the show because it was too on the nose. Bit of a shame too, because Charles Dance and Julian Glover own the gently caress out of that scene regardless. thats too bad they cut that scene, it at least gave us some payoff there.
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Solice Kirsk posted:And much like he's taking a poo poo when he dies, showing what the show as a whole was turning into. https://giphy.com/gifs/supa-hot-fire-super-AJwnLEsQyT9oA
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This remains one of the best threads on these boards, amazing given that it's for a dopey series that will never be finished. Are there any other fantasy series worth checking out these days? I heard some good things about Bakker, but reviews on Goodreads for fantasy are restricted to people who got all the way through. The people who hated the book don't bother.
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Snowman_McK posted:This remains one of the best threads on these boards, amazing given that it's for a dopey series that will never be finished. Bakker Black demon seed. Giant alien penis demons Barbarians loving holes in the ground Flying helicopters Atomic bombs Cannibalism Not so much incest though. This can both be seen as a recommendation or the opposite.
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Cardiac posted:Bakker I see that after I pointed out that Bakker's prose is terrible, his fans can only recommend his books based on how WACKY AND VIOLENT they are.
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Would this thread recommend I start reading the books? I just bought the first one from an op shop.
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Lampsacus posted:Would this thread recommend I start reading the books? I just bought the first one from an op shop. The first book is legit good, but it’s all down hill from here. Stick to the show otherwise.
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nine-gear scarecrow posted:The first book is legit good It's really not. The first book is as bad as the later books.
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Goons hate all books. They wouldn’t be so popular if they were that bad.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:It's really not. The first book is as bad as the later books. All books are bad, friend. Only read traffic signs. That’s all the literature one ever needs in life. E: on second thought, don’t even read those. Live on the wild side.
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Tramp stamp iconography is the only literature that is really worth your time.
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Lampsacus posted:Would this thread recommend I start reading the books? I just bought the first one from an op shop. The books are mostly great tbh. The first three (up to storm of swords) get progressively better and then theres sort of a slump with the next two - imo they don't have much a story being told, instead they're just setting up the rest of the series if that makes sense. I still enjoyed them though, but with caveats. Have fun!
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Lampsacus posted:Would this thread recommend I start reading the books? I just bought the first one from an op shop. The first three books (Storm of Swords is split into two so first four if you’re reading paperback) get progressively better and better with a series of particularly amazing resolutions to storylines. I read them all in pretty quick succession without them being spoiled by TV and enjoyed them. Then as others have said the remaining books start setting up plot lines that have been shown on TV but not and probably will never be shown in book world.
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Naomi Watts is starring in the dumb prequel show so now I have to watch it my winter (of discontent) is never ending
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Lampsacus posted:Would this thread recommend I start reading the books? I just bought the first one from an op shop. It's pulp. Good pulp. Martin has two real skills as a writer: he writes a medieval voice really well (his books are full of nobles who don't fall over themselves being nice to pages and servants and there's an obsession with devices and lineage) and he's really good at making you turn the page, hardly surprising given he came from TV.
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esperterra posted:Naomi Watts is starring in the dumb prequel show so now I have to watch it
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:It's really not. The first book is as bad as the later books. You don't say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkQ5oARNxLU 
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TK-42-1 posted:they already started casting? lmao i was hoping it’d die on the shitter Four of the five spin offs they pitched did. This was the one that survived the filter.
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precision posted:Actually why does anyone still want Cleganebowl anyway? The Mountain is dead already. There's no indication he's anything more than a zombie. Also the character arc of the Hound should end with him renouncing violence, not triumphing via the use of it I dunno, The Hound leaving The Mountain's head nailed to a Sept door with his sword and just walking away from it for good would be pretty poetic.
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Liquid Cannibalism posted:I dunno, The Hound leaving The Mountain's head nailed to a Sept door with his sword and just walking away from it for good would be pretty poetic. Gurm things Dany making GBS threads in a field is poetic.
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Snowman_McK posted:It's pulp. Good pulp. Martin has two real skills as a writer: he writes a medieval voice really well (his books are full of nobles who don't fall over themselves being nice to pages and servants and there's an obsession with devices and lineage) and he's really good at making you turn the page, hardly surprising given he came from TV. I wonder how little you've read that Martin seems like good pulp to you or that you mistake his expressly modern voice for a medieval one.
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Please read Frans G. Bengtsson's Long Ships instead if you want an approximation of medieval voice. Or you know, medieval literature.
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twerking on the railroad posted:Can't believe this wasn't posted here Website is blocked in the EU due to GDPR (lol really) what does the article say ?
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Some dude at an Antarctica station stabbed a fellow researcher because he spoiled a book.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Please read Frans G. Bengtsson's Long Ships instead if you want an approximation of medieval voice. You did it in original language? Cause I did that. Medieval voice in general has a rather terse prose a la Hemingway.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Please read Frans G. Bengtsson's Long Ships instead if you want an approximation of medieval voice. 
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Cardiac posted:You did it in original language? There wasn’t any standardized spelling pre-Johnson dictionary either so it also reads like everyone is piss loving drunk too. Funny as poo poo, unintentionally so.
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Intel&Sebastian posted:nerd alert Where?
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