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Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Remember when Bronn laughed at Dickon's name lol

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esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back





"We had an assistant named Dave Hill," said Benioff and Weiss. "One day last summer he walked into our office and said, 'You know that kid (Olly) whose family gets massacred by the wildlings? The one who runs to Castle Black to let them know the wildlings are nearby?' 'Yeah?' 'Well,' said Dave, doesn't it make sense that he'd stay at Castle Black and become a Night's Watch recruit? Where else is he going to go?' 'You're right,' we said. 'That does make sense.' 'And what if during the battle for Castle Black, he's the one who ends up killing Ygritte?' This year, Dave Hill is a writer on the show."

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!
ok but olly killing ygritte was hilarious

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

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Intel&Sebastian posted:

ok but olly killing ygritte was hilarious

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

hobbesmaster posted:

I think its more that hes face to face with the daughter of a "mad king" that killed his father. He seems somewhat accepting after the initial shock when he says at least his brother will let him go home again. Then the knife really goes in.

Jon Snow is 100% correct though, they were traitors and execution was warranted for betraying the Tyrells.

Randyl Tarly 100% deserved to die for a billion reasons, chief among them he was a traitor against both his liege lord and her sworn queen. So yeah, light that fucker up. Dickon Tarly’s death was his own making because he was too stupid to listen to Tyrion, Randyl AND Dany try to talk him out of not dying too. Kid was an idiot.

It’s suddenly my pet theory that if Sam is indeed actually the narrator of this whole shitshow looking back on events from years later than he’s probably an unreliable narrator painting Dany as insane and unstable because he’s still salty that she executed his traitor family and wants to make her look bad to history.


Also one great joke I missed on my first viewing: if you listen to what the whores are chattering about before Qyburn shows it, they straight up say that Ed Sheeran got his face burned off. That made me laugh more than any actual joke in this episode.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




TK-42-1
Oct 30, 2013

looks like we have a bad transmitter




lmao

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Beautiful.

bloom
Feb 25, 2017

by sebmojo

:lol:

Syncopated
Oct 21, 2010

lol

e: could someone do Bran watching Charles Dance dancing in hotpants or whatever from that Ali G movie? tia

Syncopated fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Apr 15, 2019

PupsOfWar
Dec 6, 2013

people always give dave hill poo poo, but let us never forget that dave hill is, at the absolute most, only the third-worst writer working on the show

Dr. Video Games 0112
Jan 7, 2004

serious business
Bran's got the right idea. There's only 6 eps and the Night King is taking forever to arrive, better tell Jon some scandelous poo poo and get the some infighting started asap as appetizer for the epic CGI LOTR/Marvel battle.

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything
I was reminded that Cersei and Bronn's actors cannot be on screen together.

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

Ague Proof posted:

I was reminded that Cersei and Bronn's actors cannot be on screen together.

???

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

Before they were cast, they used to be in a relationship but had a bad break-up. They are kept apart on set.

It's noticeable when you know to look for it. The show used Qyburn as an in-between in the last episode.

TeaJay
Oct 9, 2012



Does the Dave Hill meme ever get old? I hope not.

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




TeaJay posted:

Does the Dave Hill meme ever get old? I hope not.

what is dead may never die

Evil Fluffy
Jul 13, 2009

Scholars are some of the most pompous and pedantic people I've ever had the joy of meeting.
Highlight of the first episode is the Bran memes. Also Jaime's reaction to seeing Bran is just sitting there waiting and staring him down.

Bobby Digital posted:

Imagine Rome with GoT-level funding :allears:

Yes please.

nine-gear crow posted:

If that one turns out to be true it's going to be amazing because I can't wait to see how literally everyone reacts to the show throwing out Tyrion's entire 8-year character arc for the sake of one dumb twist at the end of all things. I know David and Dan are pretty Galaxy Brained, but that one takes the cake.

The first episode had multiple scenes of "wow Tyrion you believed Cersei? What the gently caress is wrong with you, you're supposed to be one of the smart less stupid ones." His entire reason for believing Cersei is dumb as hell too.

Trivia
Feb 8, 2006

I'm an obtuse man,
so I'll try to be oblique.
So...Jamie's not blonde anymore? Or was it just the lighting?

Or maybe it's me mis-remembering this awful show.

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Trivia posted:

So...Jamie's not blonde anymore? Or was it just the lighting?

Or maybe it's me mis-remembering this awful show.

He hasn't really been since Season 2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has naturally dark blond hair and dyed it lighter for the Season 1 Prince Charming From Sherk version of Jaime. After Jaime gets captured at the end of season one they stopped bothering to dye it because Jaime just gets progressively grubbier and more rundown as the show goes on. Same with Peter Dinklage, his hair gets darker as the show goes on.

The only one who's been consistently golden blond has been Lena Headey. I guess you can make the argument that it's an artistic choice or whatever because as the brothers become better people and less Lannister like they lose the gold colour from their hair. Meanwhile Cersei has made no effort to improve as a person and is the more purestrain Lannister left and she's still golden blond.

Damo
Nov 8, 2002

The second-generation Pontiac Sunbird, introduced by the automaker for the 1982 model year as the J2000, was built to be an inexpensive and fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive commuter car capable of seating five.

Offensive Clock
lmao it kind of owns how this show went from a fairly decent adaptation all things considered seasons 1 through red wedding, to like complete schlock since then

that fuckin dragon flying scene lol

we love to see it, folks

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

Damo posted:

lmao it kind of owns how this show went from a fairly decent adaptation all things considered seasons 1 through red wedding, to like complete schlock since then

I hate to break it to you about the books, but...

Sephyr
Aug 28, 2012

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Bran has shot up to like 6'+ now so he's a gangly plaster of paris face mold cosplayer.

I remember around Season 2, watching it with friends, me telling tham that Bran had a serious case of "growing up to look like Geddy Lee" going.

Dr. Video Games 0112
Jan 7, 2004

serious business

Damo posted:


that fuckin dragon flying scene lol


I mean if they did a close up of his face in exaggerated comical horror or something silly like losing his boot it wouldn't even feel THAT out of place with everything else.
Maybe he grabs a ticklish spine and the dragon freaks out and bites him while dani giggles. I dont know, kind of thinking about it just about anything would be an improvement.
Especially with the follow up of one of the dragons getting possessive, it feels like a botched comedy relief segment.

Dr. Video Games 0112 fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Apr 16, 2019

The Anime Liker
Aug 8, 2009

by VideoGames
Bran: "I can see everything. Past, present, and future."

Jon: "If only we knew how to defeat the Night King."

Sansa: "Maybe we should try sending away the dragons and the huge army and provoking a war on three fronts."

Arya: "Sansa is the smartest person I've ever met."

Bran:

Damo
Nov 8, 2002

The second-generation Pontiac Sunbird, introduced by the automaker for the 1982 model year as the J2000, was built to be an inexpensive and fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive commuter car capable of seating five.

Offensive Clock

hobbesmaster posted:

I hate to break it to you about the books, but...

i see where what you are saying, but we all know the books went from pretty fun food description based fantasy to complete boring yearning for daario cock, nothing happening, and sunset found her squatting in the grass

did i forget to lambaste a feast for crows in that sentence? my bad. just do it in your head yourself. i believe in you

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

A GLISTENING HODOR posted:

Bran: "I can see everything. Past, present, and future."

Jon: "If only we knew how to defeat the Night King."

Sansa: "Maybe we should try sending away the dragons and the huge army and provoking a war on three fronts."

Arya: "Sansa is the smartest person I've ever met."

Bran:

Bran is a tree now, not a person.

Belome
Jan 1, 2013
What is the importance of the years-long seasons thing in this story? What would be different about it if they were normal?

It seems like after all that build up that the story ends right after winter begins. Which doesn't actually matter since the Others "bring" the cold with them anyways.

The Anime Liker
Aug 8, 2009

by VideoGames
Everyone has visibly aged 10 years.

Despite this, Gilly's baby was born when Arya was 9 years old and Sansa was 12, but the baby is now 2 despite Arya clearly not being 11 and Sansa extremely clearly not being 14.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004




Sansa was 13 in the pilot so she couldnt be 12 in s3 when Gillys baby was born. They should have just left him at Horn Hill and said Sams mom was taking care of him since he adds nothing to the story.

Katt
Nov 14, 2017

The guy playing Bronn is a PETA member. Does his depravity know no bounds? :negative:

Katt
Nov 14, 2017



Taxenema
Feb 17, 2019

by FactsAreUseless

Josuke Higashikata posted:

I really didn't rate that episode much at all.
The dragon flight was awfully green screened and so superfluous to anything.

A year off and the budget to spend more per episodes and that's the best they can do? I'm glad this might be the ending GRRM deserves.

Man all that dragon flight needed was “a whole new world” playing in the background or the music that they played in Avatar when jakesully starts flying that lizard thing. That was the only thing that would have really kicked it up a notch though.

Speaking of Avatar I asked some guy at work if he had seen it and he looks at me funny and goes “man that movie weird man” and I’m like why what’s weird about it ?

And then he looks at me all serious and goes “if you was on that planet... would you be fallin’ In love with one a those... blue things?”.

And I’m like “...I guess not.”

And then he smiles and goes “She be so big she could pick you up like a baby, she’s like twelve feet tall... I don’t wanna be messin’ with no girl like that.”

Katt
Nov 14, 2017

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And then he smiles and goes “She be so big she could pick you up like a baby, she’s like twelve feet tall..
[/quote]

Go on...

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer
Glad they immediately deployed the happy whore trope plus sexposition to get their lady rear end quotient in for the day. Meanwhile bron didn't even get his dick out. HBO has truly devolved into male gaze trash for chronic masturbators and teenage boys too stupid to follow a real plot.

When did things suddenly flop to Starz being the superior cable network out of nowhere?

PittTheElder
Feb 13, 2012

:geno: Yes, it's like a lava lamp.

With Spartacus I think.

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer
American gods is just so head and shoulders above anything else on premium cable right now it's ridiculous. Shameless is in a horrible rut and should be canceled, got is trash and HBO is now basically a porn channel, and Cinemax has never produced a single thing of note.

Starz been hitting poo poo out of the park.

Pump Jockey
Mar 15, 2019

i believe in love
Starz has Outlander though, which makes it the porn channel of choice for middle aged moms

Zenithe
Feb 25, 2013

Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.
Holy poo poo, is Cersei going to cuck Euron?

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nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

Belome posted:

What is the importance of the years-long seasons thing in this story? What would be different about it if they were normal?

It seems like after all that build up that the story ends right after winter begins. Which doesn't actually matter since the Others "bring" the cold with them anyways.

The flashback to the Night King being created straight up confirms that he’s responsible for the seasons being elongated and out of whack in Westeros and if he’s taken out not only will the Walkers and the wights all drop dead too but it will instantly restore the seasons back to normal so nobody will have to worry about winter and poo poo any more. The fight against the Night King is basically a fight against like 10,000 years of history and beating him means the world finally gets to move on from his cycle of death and bullshit.

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