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Collateral posted:Will a giant stand on someone? This isn't the She-Hulk thread. 
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In anticipation of the premier tomorrow, I dug through the Social Security Baby Names data set to see if GoT had any noticeable impact on baby names. I suck at data viz, and after way too much time trying to figure out charts, I present this. GoT premiered in 2011 and we can see a noticeable increase in babies being named after characters. Arya dominates, with Kit and Daenerys following. Jamie actually continued to decrease, maybe because he was a villain for part of the series.  If anyone else wants to explorer the dataset, it can be found here.
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I maintain that Arya is just a nice name and it's a shame that it's tarred with the same brush as people who name their kids loving Khaalisee.
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Ya I named my son after a fictional psychopath whose legacy died about a week before he did, by making GBS threads himself to death while also being murdered by his son
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stev posted:I maintain that Arya is just a nice name and it's a shame that it's tarred with the same brush as people who name their kids loving Khaalisee. It didn't even cross my mind to look for Khaleesi because who would name their kid that... 
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I'm here for more tits and dicks. The Red Witch should be around in this, so I'm expecting some good horny scenes going on in every episode between the dragons burning everyone alive.
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you know what fellas, i think it's time a woman took the reigns and burninated everyone, burninated all the people
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Hughmoris posted:It didn't even cross my mind to look for Khaleesi because who would name their kid that... How are there still literally hundreds of children being named that for several years after the finale of that show? Did the parents just quit watching after the first couple of seasons…? 
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sticksy posted:How are there still literally hundreds of children being named that for several years after the finale of that show? Did the parents just quit watching after the first couple of seasons…? Still plenty of Alexanders/Alexandras, Juliuses/Julias, Victorias...honestly, most people who name kids after rulers could be criticized the same way. Khaleesi is still a really dumb name
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runaway dog posted:looks like they made Paddy Considine king, just noticed. https://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/1561139973121839104?s=21&t=rF0DaSFanA9rV-DkrfgNSA
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I worked at a hotel that would have celebrities staying fairly regularly and about late 2013- early 2014 almost every woman celebrity suddenly started using some form of Kelly Cee as their check in pseudonym.
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i have no idea who that is, but i'm glad you had fun
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Kelly Cee is phonetically similar to "Khalleesi," which is a title for a female Khal (or I guess a Khal's wife, I forget which), or head of a kind of warrior clan, in the fictional television show Game of Thrones.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Kelly Cee is phonetically similar to "Khalleesi," which is a title for a female Khal (or I guess a Khal's wife, I forget which), or head of a kind of warrior clan, in the fictional television show Game of Thrones. Khal's wife. The Dothraki are super patriarchal and misogynistic because they are based on racist tropes regarding Mongolians and the indigenous Americans of the Great Plains, rather than on those actual cultures.
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The first episode leaked on a couple places an hour or so ago so watch out if you care about spoilers
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there's a lot of lovely brains that go into 'i'm stupid' does that help
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MagusDraco posted:The first episode leaked on a couple places an hour or so ago so watch out if you care about spoilers I remember when an HD version of Episode 7x06 "Beyond the Wall"(that big "event" episode where the Night King kills one of Khaleesi's Dragons) leaked online a few days early and a 1080p version was constantly being uploaded on Pornhub and other porn sites. Good times.
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Matt Smith is hilariously awful in the first episode Otherwise it’s fine but dull. Far from bad. Some cool violence and an emotional bit Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Aug 21, 2022 |
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Escobarbarian posted:Matt Smith is hilariously awful in the first episode It's just the weirdest loving stunt casting, I don't know why they keep trying to sell him as an action hero But having said that, his character was at least interesting. I really struggled to give a gently caress about any of the other characters
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I don't usually notice stuff like this but I think all the Targaryen characters have awful looking wigs.
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I really, really enjoyed it. Might have more thoughts later.
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Deakul posted:He... is aware that this is based off of a book right? He doesn't seem to have much faith in the general viewing audience being able to distinguish between characters because of names and wigs when GoT itself had many characters with samey names and just as many wigs! But yeah, there is some insane children murder and metal cover style dragon fights later in this season but "GOOD LORD THOSE AREN'T ENGLISH NAME, ME CONFUSED"!!! Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 13:51 on Aug 21, 2022 |
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Aug 21, 2022 13:49
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I mean it’s an issue many many people have had with the books so I’m not sure why y’all are considering it so egregious
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gently caress. That was actually an awesome first episode, Matt Smith is great... I don't know what the other poster's problem with him is. These names are going to take me a minute to learn but I was like that with GoT for the longest time too, I think that the characters are all different enough that it won't be an issue. I'm already invested in Rhaenyra and Allicent's relationship too. I've never personally cared about the Targs much so I didn't read the Fire & Blood book but this is making me reconsider.
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Aegregious Targaryen
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Philthy posted:I'm here for more tits and dicks. I hope they bring back Kinvara, just to make Glidus' day
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Deakul posted:gently caress. If you read Fire and Blood as an unimpeachable lore guide, then you'll be bored and given the wrong idea. If you read it as you would an old, unreliable history source as it's meant to be, there's some intrigue to be had. The problem is that even with that unreliable narrator, it's an extremely dry read.
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Matt Smith could play Odo without makeup if there was ever a reboot of DS9.
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Super Deuce posted:Matt Smith could play Odo without makeup if there was ever a reboot of DS9. He definitely sells the 'my parents are brother and sister' look.
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I'd say that was a good first episode. It's going to be interesting to see a show that is basically GoT but very focussed in its setting/storyline. A strength but also sometimes weakness of GoT was how it's story was spread over so many places, characters and storylines (it's certainly one of the reasons why many had doubts if GoT/Asoiaf could ever work as a TV show). This show is (or at least seems to be) the complete opposite of that. There is of course always the potential to further open up the setting to more places etc. but it's definitely a contrast to GoT and even its first episode who had to do A LOT more legwork. Also I really like Emilia Clarke as a person and she grew a lot as actress over the course of the series but I gotta say that I like what I have seen from Emma D’Arcy (Rhaenyra) and she is definitetly ahead of (early GoT) Emilia though just as usual with HBO the cast is overall as good as you expect from them. It's obviously too early to call out any performance as "great" but this sort of consistency in HBO shows is what sets them apart.
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Pennsylvanian posted:If you read Fire and Blood as an unimpeachable lore guide, then you'll be bored and given the wrong idea. If you read it as you would an old, unreliable history source as it's meant to be, there's some intrigue to be had. The problem is that even with that unreliable narrator, it's an extremely dry read. I'd have really enjoyed it as a 300 or so page book that focuses on the main, actually interesting Targaryans. But there's another 400 pages or so of boring shite.
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I appreciate the effort they've made to dress people better for sure
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Vichan posted:He definitely sells the 'my parents are brother and sister' look. lmao
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Matt Smith's real voice sounds exactly like Iwan Rheon's fake voice
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Don't be scared. It's just Matt Smith in a wig.
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stev posted:I maintain that Arya is just a nice name and it's a shame that it's tarred with the same brush as people who name their kids loving Khaalisee. Arya is a really nice name, yeah.
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I love how all the royals look like they stepped out of a trailer park. Otherwise the episode came off as all setup, so I'll probably wait a couple more until i decry it as being trash garbage. Gotta let the characters breathe!
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