Merrith
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Well I think the point is, we'll take more naked Cersei so we can see that body double more.
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Well I think the point is, we'll take more naked Cersei so we can see that body double more.
kegkilla
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Loser Araysar
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no one gives a fuck anymore. all pretense at scale was disregarded several seasons ago. just accept it already. like a finger in the bum. shh, shh, shh, not now - we'll talk later.
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I do
And not because I "care" or something stupid like that. It's still entertaining tv far better than most shit. I give a fuck because it makes me think that GRRM, despite his meandering last 2 books, could have written these episodes better. And I hate having thoughts like that because we're never getting those books.
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Merrith
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I do
And not because I "care" or something stupid like that. It's still entertaining tv far better than most shit. I give a fuck because it makes me think that GRRM, despite his meandering last 2 books, could have written these episodes better. And I hate having thoughts like that because we're never getting those books.
I don't see writing a better episode as showing a bunch of clips explaining all the time spent sailing around Westeros over to Casterly Rock. People already complaining about too much filler, and now we want more random scenes looking at coastal landscapes or some "X weeks later" description. It's not a difficult concept at all.
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I guess I give them the benefit of the doubt on this one because everyone traveled far at once, except for Jaime.
Jon - Dragonstone from Winterfell, long sea travel
Unsullied - Casterly Rock from Dragonstone (started previous episode), probably the longest journey
Euron - Kings Landing, probably the shortest
The only one that doesn't jive is Jaime as he was there with Euron, but then managed to march his army to Highgarden. Then again, that one could've taken place further into the future too as it was the last scene.
If we forget that it seems like no time has passed and just assume it has, it's probably not so bad.
Actually, thinking about it, the only scene that seems out of place is Sam's. It looks almost as if it was supposed to be overnight since his treatment, but it's jarring to show out of sequence like it was. Every other scene has the understanding of long travel, but his is between scenes of long travel and was supposed to be almost instantaneous in the scheme of things.
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some minor quibbles you could make, especially with Euron the Invincible and his fleet constantly sneaking up on everyone in broad daylight or Cersei the master war strategist, but overall a big step up in quality and story from the last episode and I hope they can keep it up. They are doing the same buildup of Cersei as they did with Joffrey, constantly giving her wins and evil "damn I can't believe the bitch did that" moments, I think the season ends with her death. Her torture setup with the Dorne girls was flawless, really glad they didn't try to do a head-smash thing again that shit was nightmare fuel.
only 4 more episodes this season I think, its a bit crazy in that everything COULD be wrapped up in 2-3 episodes so it's gonna be interesting to see how they drag it out.
only 4 more episodes this season I think, its a bit crazy in that everything COULD be wrapped up in 2-3 episodes so it's gonna be interesting to see how they drag it out.
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Xarpolis
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I really enjoyed this episode. Lots of scenes were great.
Cersei describing how the mother would have to watch as her daughter died and her skin slowly rotted away. That was brutal.
Tyrion being intelligent about Jon and giving him some wisdom. That was good. And Dani agreeing to let him harvest the Dragon Glass. It's a good show of faith, without actually doing anything important.
There's little finger giving wisdom to Sansa. Then Bran being creepy as well.
But the best was Olenna telling Jamie that she killed Joffrey. That shit was very deep. Plus, they kept the conversation civil the entire time, which I was surprised at. It seemed like Jamie would snap and make her death more painful.
Cersei describing how the mother would have to watch as her daughter died and her skin slowly rotted away. That was brutal.
Tyrion being intelligent about Jon and giving him some wisdom. That was good. And Dani agreeing to let him harvest the Dragon Glass. It's a good show of faith, without actually doing anything important.
There's little finger giving wisdom to Sansa. Then Bran being creepy as well.
But the best was Olenna telling Jamie that she killed Joffrey. That shit was very deep. Plus, they kept the conversation civil the entire time, which I was surprised at. It seemed like Jamie would snap and make her death more painful.
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That could be spent with clever dialogue and character building! Show Euron is a shadow of book Euron.
I never minded the slower pace of the earlier seasons. The character interactions you're enjoying now were built by them.
It's not that I want them to slow down to show the passage of time. I want them to respect it. I'm pretty sure cersei is paying her debts via pilfering Highgarden. In two fucking weeks!
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Lena's body looked like hers from 300. I don't think it's a body double (and her using one before means nothing, really, since Lena has multiple nude scenes in movies). Obviously not too long to make a great judgement, though.
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Merrith
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Frankly I'm on board with your idea...but hate to break the news, show Euron is the man in most jaded watcher's eyes.
Also, the fact there's only 4 more episodes left this season, and 10(?) total in the show kind of leave little time for any time wasting. Of the characters complaining about "porting" around, the only one we haven't had a good bit of character development on is Euron, and he seems best in his small doses anyways.
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zzeris
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I do
And not because I "care" or something stupid like that. It's still entertaining tv far better than most shit. I give a fuck because it makes me think that GRRM, despite his meandering last 2 books, could have written these episodes better. And I hate having thoughts like that because we're never getting those books.
I don't know how you expect a meandering series that suddenly has to end in a season and a half to be written at the same level as the original author who has taken almost 25 years to realize his original 'trilogy'
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I wanna see them bitches marching on Kings Landing. The North is a lost cause and Daenerys becomes the new ruler of nothing cause those dumb shits can't march right up on top of Dragonglass or they'll just die. I've been thinking about this more lately because that vision she had in the House of the Undying where she's walking the throne room covered in snow/ash. I feel like White Walkers are gonna manage to make their way to Kings Landing and just fuckin wipe everyone out and the only people left are gonna be those on Dragonstone or weird little alcoves like cavemen during the Ice Age.