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Glenn Quebec posted:As we get closer to the season we start getting more effort posts, earnestly like this and we are truly damned now poo poo, man, you're right. let me try this again dragon show bad, so what lol. a warg who warg into he own poo poo a shameful warg
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Away all Goats posted:Arya is awesome. Shame about her magic assassin storyline though The same show that made a poignant point about how skill doesn't beat armor, size, and numbers had her do a kip up and fight one of the best, if not the best, fighter in the entire show to a draw with no armor and a sword the size of a corndog.
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CarpenterWalrus posted:poo poo, man, you're right. let me try this again Heh... nothing personnel brienne of tarth
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Solice Kirsk posted:The same show that made a poignant point about how skill doesn't beat armor, size, and numbers had her do a kip up and fight one of the best, if not the best, fighter in the entire show to a draw with no armor and a sword the size of a corndog. They're totally bringing Syrio Forrell back at this point why not, it's not like anything you've established over the last 9 years matters
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Apr 2, 2019 18:51
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The show ain't over until Zombie Robert kills Zombie Rhaegar on the Trident.
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Apr 2, 2019 18:53
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Tinfoil Papercut posted:You know what? I'm just going to say it: poverty goat posted:If only someone had killed all the kids in game of thrones a few years ago the show would be much better now
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Apr 2, 2019 18:58
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The Stark Kids are boring fuckers which is why I'm rooting for Cersei or the Iceman to win the whole thing
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Apr 2, 2019 19:00
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Short hair Cersei is an ersatz long haired Cersei
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Apr 2, 2019 19:08
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im rooting for the zombie bug army to win it all
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Apr 2, 2019 19:09
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I'm rooting for Cersei. Zombie man promised us ice spider and where the heck are my goddamn ice spiders D&D??? 
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Apr 2, 2019 19:14
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Tinfoil Papercut posted:You know what? I'm just going to say it: I remember watching season 1 in 2011 and thinking "Hey, even if the fat man doesnt finish the books I think D&D know what they're doing and they'll be able to stick the landing if the show doesnt get cancelled. But lol it probably will be and I'll never get a loving ending" That feeling trended downward with each passing season and plummeted like pets.com stock starting in season five. And now here we are folks, monkeys paw style, we have an ending
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Apr 2, 2019 19:47
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ice spiders are too interesting, you get an undead ice-breathing dragon because this show needs castoff WoW bosses.
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lezard_valeth posted:I'm rooting for Cersei. Zombie man promised us ice spider and where the heck are my goddamn ice spiders D&D??? Found em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn1ogMJXOyU
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Apr 2, 2019 20:06
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I think that the main problem with the books, aside that Storm of Swords was a hard act to follow, was that instead of sticking with what characters he had left or maybe incorporating 1 or 2, GRRM decided to incorporate a whole new cast of characters and PoV so late in the game. Like what consequential action can Euron Greyjoy have with only 2 books left where the Sparrows, the Boltons, the Wall and Daenerys coming to Westeros plot have still not been resolved? There is a reason why the Euron = Daario theory even acquired momentum and it's because without it Euron is loving boring and inconsequential. Likewise in the show, Euron was introduced even later and is a cartoon villain, which is why people were eager for the "kills Daenerys and have peasants throw poo at her, then self destructs killing all major characters" leak to be true. It would at least give him something
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lezard_valeth posted:I think that the main problem with the books, aside that Storm of Swords was a hard act to follow, was that instead of sticking with what characters he had left or maybe incorporating 1 or 2, GRRM decided to incorporate a whole new cast of characters and PoV so late in the game. I distinctly remember — specifically during Feast and Dance — getting the feeling that Martin didn't really have any ending in mind. He had put together this political medieval drama together and it worked really well when it was tightly wound around about 10-20 various characters with different motivations and ideologies. But then he realized that he had to pad out another four books and didn't know what to do or how to end things, so he started throwing in new plot threads and all kinds of generic fantasy bullshit (and audiences eat that poo poo up because the average person hasn't played Warcraft or Dragon Age) and that threw the whole trajectory and tone of the story off by miles. And as I've said before, he's got too many plates spinning now to even consider finishing the next book Lady Stoneheart, the Dornish uprising and fake Targaryen heir, Tyrion and Bronn paling around Old Valyria, Cersi's power struggle in KL, Sam's trip south, Sansa and Littlefinger among dozens of others that all he could do was say "well here's the general direction, D&D, have fun." And that's how we get to where we are today.
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Apr 2, 2019 20:55
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They are going to have to wrap up so many plot threads per episode to not go out like 
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big nipples big life posted:She was cool before she turned into Naruto.
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lezard_valeth posted:I think that the main problem with the books, aside that Storm of Swords was a hard act to follow, was that instead of sticking with what characters he had left or maybe incorporating 1 or 2, GRRM decided to incorporate a whole new cast of characters and PoV so late in the game. Let's have 18 chapters about the character with the least personality, tall knight lady
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Apr 2, 2019 21:43
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ElGroucho posted:Let's have 18 chapters about the character with the least personality, tall knight lady Ahaha I ended up flicking through all them: "Oh look, it's ANOTHER chapter where Brienne rides around on a horse and fails to find the Stark sisters!"
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Apr 2, 2019 21:51
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Pistol_Pete posted:Ahaha I ended up flicking through all them: "Oh look, it's ANOTHER chapter where Brienne rides around on a horse and fails to find the Stark sisters!" same
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I feel for ole GRR. Can you imagine.the pressure?
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Apr 2, 2019 23:54
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If anyone hasn't seen Ripper Street, it's worth checking out to see what almost all the GOT actors did in the off-seasons. While the main guy isn't in GOT, his sidekick is Detective Sergeant Bronn. They pall around 1890s London solving crimes with the occasional help of Chief Inspector Blackfish and butting heads with Commissioner Roose Bolton and evil industrialist Barristan Selmy. The rest are mostly villains including child-kidnapping Hodor, Jorah Mormont robbing banks, and Tommen Baratheon, teenage pimp.
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Apr 2, 2019 23:57
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Mr Luxury Yacht posted:If anyone hasn't seen Ripper Street, it's worth checking out to see what almost all the GOT actors did in the off-seasons. And Detective Benjen!
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ElGroucho posted:Let's have 18 chapters about the character with the least personality, tall knight lady I kinda liked the general idea of what Brienne's story was, this idealistic knight that has to face the harsh reality that the world is poo poo but still stands by her believes of whats right. The problem was that, yeah, 18 chapters is waaay too much walking in circles and navel gazing. I would keep the chapter where she meets her former love interest, the chapter where they arrive at the monastery and the chapter where they encounter Lady Stoneheart and then cut everything else out.
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lezard_valeth posted:I kinda liked the general idea of what Brienne's story was, this idealistic knight that has to face the harsh reality that the world is poo poo but still stands by her believes of whats right. I liked her chapters honestly but yeah
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the brienne chapters were full of backstory and really interesting allusions and the general thematic vibe of her chapters is real good but the actual prose is a loving slog to read and there's so much of it.
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Remember the forgotten characters who will assuredly never be seen again in this bad show: Salladhor Sahn who with any luck will be able to make love to Cersei at some point Edmure Tully Illyrio Illin'Payne Robin Arryn
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jokes posted:Remember the forgotten characters who will assuredly never be seen again in this bad show: Ilyn Payne's actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so it's not a case that he was forgotten (though they probably would have). Edmure Tully is particularly egregious cause they brought him back to resolve an inconsequential plot point in such a terrible manner that they might have as well had Ed Sheeran commenting it to Arya like "Oh yeah, the Blackfish eventually died. It was an awesome battle. Edmure now rules the Riverlands under supervision of the Lannister forces." to the same effect. To your list I would add the warlocks of Qarth, though to be fair that whole storyline seems to also have died at the same point in the books as well. Fingers crossed that Daario Naharis and the whole Slaver's Bay are forgotten as well. Have those 3+ years Daenerys spent dicking around turn out to be nothing but an optional side quest. But Daario will probably return with the Golden Company cause D&D can't resist the "scorned lover" trope.
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lezard_valeth posted:Ilyn Payne's actor was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so it's not a case that he was forgotten (though they probably would have). I think the idea is that the warlocks of Qarth ended when Daenerys spiced him
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jokes posted:I think the idea is that the warlocks of Qarth ended when Daenerys spiced him But then in season 3 they adapted the scene where the warlock child tries to get Daenerys stung with a manticore and Barristan saves her.
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Apr 3, 2019 08:07
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In the books it was the warlocks. The show I don't remember if it's explicitly stated or not
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Man, the Blackfish dying offscreen infuriated me to no end. The show had a habit of dispatching badass characters, who mind you are still alive in the books, in disappointing ways. Barristan Selmy suddenly forgetting all his training and dying like a chump in an alley. Mance Rayder burns at the stake and they drop the whole switcheroo with Rattleshirt like in the book. I guess none of those characters mattered, lol.
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