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Tosk posted:I'm only 3 episodes in but really enjoying this so far. I read ASoIaF but nothing else, and I watched the first five seasons of GoT before I bailed. No, don't remove the spoiler free line from the title? There's a sister thread where people can go hog wild posting about the ~*book lore*~ all they want, leave us illiterate unwashed masses to our ignorance and shame 
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My bad, I thought it was regarding show spoilers which are obviously discussed pretty freely here, but that makes more sense Relevantly then, I'm really enjoying this so far but a friend mentioned the quality takes a nosedive after episode 6, is that anyone else's experience?
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Oct 5, 2022 12:35
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It jumps into a different gear. I don't think it's a dive in quality at all, but it does take some adjusting to.
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Oct 5, 2022 12:37
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Yeah no, if anything the last two episodes were arguably the best so far.
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Oct 5, 2022 12:41
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Yeah, show was okay if a little rocky at first but the last couple of episodes it has really found its groove and the latest episode in particular was great.
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Oct 5, 2022 12:46
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We’re only on episode 7, so I don’t really think you can say it’s taken a nosedive since the previous episode. Also because it hasn’t and the last two episodes are actually great. What’s your friend’s issue with the latest episode (aside from not being able to see it)?
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Oct 5, 2022 12:47
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Presumably the pacing. He just mentioned that all of a sudden it had become severely boring. A slow-burn fantasy series with a slightly more involved plot than RoP or later GoT sounds great to me though, but I'll report back in when I finish my binge :P
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Oct 5, 2022 12:52
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Tosk posted:My bad, I thought it was regarding show spoilers which are obviously discussed pretty freely here, but that makes more sense Probably means all the mutant little kids that showed up recently. Things will improve once the show starts thinning the herd. mweber fucked around with this message at 13:04 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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Oct 5, 2022 12:57
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Tosk posted:Relevantly then, I'm really enjoying this so far but a friend mentioned the quality takes a nosedive after episode 6, is that anyone else's experience? I'm guessing this is because episode six is the first episode with the aged up actors and IMO that's only been an improvement.
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Oct 5, 2022 12:58
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No last 2 episodes are loving bonkers. Pre time jump I would say the best episode is the Joffrey wedding one. So much tension.
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Oct 5, 2022 13:24
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Tosk posted:My bad, I thought it was regarding show spoilers which are obviously discussed pretty freely here, but that makes more sense Not even remotely
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Oct 5, 2022 13:28
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IMO the series just keeps getting better with each episode. The crab war was the low point of the season.
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Oct 5, 2022 13:37
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TeaJay posted:IMO the series just keeps getting better with each episode. The crab war was the low point of the season.  It's too bad they messed up some shots in the latest episode for some teevees  I could at least see what was happening.
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Oct 5, 2022 13:40
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TeaJay posted:IMO the series just keeps getting better with each episode. The crab war was the low point of the season. Yeah in retrospect the crab war felt the most like a latter season GoT subplot. Instead of Daemon on the beach, it would have been Jorah desperately proving he's still relevant.
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Oct 5, 2022 13:55
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Did they show who they actually killed instead of Laenor? Was it the guard that Daemon killed? Is he's actually a good man that didn't wanna kill a decent guy just to marry his niece?
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Oct 5, 2022 14:13
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I assumed there was an offscreen moment where he defeats him and says "come with me if you want to live" and they both turn and stare devilishly at the 3rd guy
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Oct 5, 2022 14:18
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Robobot posted:Did they show who they actually killed instead of Laenor? Was it the guard that Daemon killed? Is he's actually a good man that didn't wanna kill a decent guy just to marry his niece? It's a good guess because just before the really dumbly ignited fight scene we get a snippet of Metal Gear Daemon just randomly offing some dude.
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Oct 5, 2022 14:18
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Crab War was worth it just for that one scene of Corlys with the warhams map and Daemon landing on Caraxes, reading the message from his bro, and beating the poo poo out of the royal messenger.
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Oct 5, 2022 14:21
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TeaJay posted:It's a good guess because just before the really dumbly ignited fight scene we get a snippet of Metal Gear Daemon just randomly offing some dude. Honestly, I kind of find that worse than just killing Laenor. What a dick move. Maybe they'll kill both of them on the boat to tie up loose ends like Larys or Varys or probably any other -arys would do.
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Oct 5, 2022 14:21
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I think the issue with the Daemon war sequese is that it is too long and too..."anime like". They just need to cut down on the number of shots of Daemon going dynasty warriors on the fools and also add some budget on the dragon scenes. Dragon fighting in board daylight in cheesy cgi took me out of the show. I mean they should just shoot a fight scene between Daemon and the crab king. I really like the character design of the crab king. Those are real hollywood magic, not some korean render farm slaves working crunch time on last minute changes. stephenthinkpad fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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Oct 5, 2022 14:35
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stephenthinkpad posted:I think the issue with the Daemon war sequese is that it is too long and too..."anime like". They just need to cut down on the number of shots of Daemon going dynasty warriors on the fools and also add some budget on the dragon scenes. Dragon fighting in board daylight in cheesy cgi took me out of the show. I don't think there would by any fight between them. The crab king obviously wasnt a fighter and was falling apart; the fight would be Daemon swinging once and killing him.
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Oct 5, 2022 14:40
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Baronash posted:Those day-for-night shots were appalling, especially when they were juxtaposed with well-done scenes that used GOT/HOTD's normal nighttime aesthetic. The only explanation that makes any sense is that someone decided after the fact that all of those scenes ought to happen at night, and their best idea was to throw in a gray filter and a few cgi torches that don't illuminate anything around them. Haha yeah it's really funny that the first half of the episode was filmed with day-for-night somehow worse than what they had in a bunch of 40-year-old no-budget mst3k movies. Really feels like someone should have looked at the end result and said "okay, this isn't working, take the filters off and we'll just admit that it's daytime." There are visible shadows that look like it's 3 PM, the sun is clearly shining on people's hair, clouds and colors and contrast are all wrong. Fun episode though. Electro-Boogie Jack fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Oct 5, 2022 |
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Oct 5, 2022 14:58
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Darko posted:I don't think there would by any fight between them. The crab king obviously wasnt a fighter and was falling apart; the fight would be Daemon swinging once and killing him. Ah, but you're forgetting about his crab powers. The powers of strafing.
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Oct 5, 2022 15:21
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Open Source Idiom posted:Ah, but you're forgetting about his crab powers.
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Oct 5, 2022 15:34
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TeaJay posted:It's a good guess because just before the really dumbly ignited fight scene we get a snippet of Metal Gear Daemon just randomly offing some dude. We also got a guy singing praises to the sky, "thank you my Lord for coming to save me" moments before the dragon just lands on him. Splat 
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Oct 5, 2022 15:51
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The crab battle wasn't important on its own, it was just used as a backdrop to help establish several things to the audience. - Indecisive king - Tension between the crown and house Valeryon - Daemon being badass and showing his duty to the realm - Stepstones being a major pain in the rear end
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Oct 5, 2022 19:51
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I'll take crab people over generic peasant/mercenary uprise.
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Chemtrailologist posted:The crab battle wasn't important on its own, it was just used as a backdrop to help establish several things to the audience. - Corlys laying about in +3 armor with a vorpal bardiche
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stephenthinkpad posted:I think the issue with the Daemon war sequese is that it is too long and too..."anime like". they shoulda had him in full armor with a lot of arrows hitting him but sparking off, that would be baller
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The world needs more anime battles.
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I can agree with the idea of genres being separate and while I can imagine something that is “too anime”, whenever I encounter that sentiment in the wild it’s being used as some weird value judgement because something is cool and different and it’s coming from someone with a neckbeard you could lose a toddler in. Usually because someone did a cool thing with a sword which is apparently not allowed despite this being a story about cool dudes with swords. What I’m saying is that there were several problems with the beach battle, but if your big problem is “master swordsman with a magic sword is good with sword, kills dudes” instead of like “they didn’t have good stakes and over-arching flow to the action”, I think you’re a weird grog with bad opinions about stories.
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Oct 5, 2022 21:26
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If Aemond had fallen off of the dragon's back when he was just hanging on by his fingernails, no one would've ever had any idea what happened to him
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zoux posted:If Aemond had fallen off of the dragon's back when he was just hanging on by his fingernails, no one would've ever had any idea what happened to him If Vhagar was really ride or die with Laena he would have barrel rolled
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Oct 5, 2022 21:52
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Spoil me book lords: all these dragons have dope names like Meraxes and Vhagar and Vermax and Syrax, and then you have Sea Smoke. Wtf is up with that
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Oct 5, 2022 22:06
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Sea Smoke is a cool name for a dragon though? If Sea Smoke the Dragon was my friend we would have those old BFF necklaces that split in half from the 90s.
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Oct 5, 2022 22:07
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zoux posted:Spoil me book lords: all these dragons have dope names like Meraxes and Vhagar and Vermax and Syrax, and then you have Sea Smoke. Wtf is up with that The ones with the tryhard names were named by Targs
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Oct 5, 2022 22:08
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zoux posted:Spoil me book lords: all these dragons have dope names like Meraxes and Vhagar and Vermax and Syrax, and then you have Sea Smoke. Wtf is up with that twee garbage, the lot of them. true loreheads only like sheepstealer
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Seasmoke > Sunfyre
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i say swears online posted:twee garbage, the lot of them. true loreheads only like sheepstealer Cannibal 
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You steal one sheep…
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