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GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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I laughed when they picked 'WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS !' for the Daenerys quote on 'previously on' at the start heh.
Except in the books it's Tyrion saying he lost his nose, where as in the show it's obvious it was a HUGE scar across his face... a wee bit difference.
Anyways, we only saw Mance for a minute and a half maybe up to 3, it's hard to say whether or not he'll portray Mance correctly. All I know is(as others have posted), I expected Mance to be skinnier and better looking.
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Well in the books he DID lose his nose. The fact that he just has a scar in the show and not a horribly disfigured half-nose is most likely due to prioritizing production costs. So I thought it was a funny little nod to the readers that 'yes we know he's supposed to be much more maimed, but wouldn't you rather see that money spent on dragons?'
Also the fact that no one wants to look at a noseless Dinklage for the next how ever many seasons this shit goes.
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Loser Araysar
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Aint that the truth.
Bunch of asperger's nerds who have been given the greatest quality of D&D jackoff material since the LOTR trilogy a decade ago are complaining about every minor minutiae and then defending it by saying that if they didnt have anything to bitch about, then they'd have nothing to talk about.
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As a non book reader the only thing that actually bothered me about the episode is how the ex-kingsguard who saved princess dragons from the scorpion is "one of the greatest swordsmen in all the realms". It's like fucking everyone in the story is "one of the greatest whatevers of all the realms" unless they're a politician.
And it's not even specifically that, it's a general trend of superfluous exposition which that one line just stabbed me in the face with. It's getting to a point in the story where there needs to be a lot less of that. This thing could easily meander itself into cancellation -- which would be a shame because it IS some of the highest visual quality D&D jackoff material since LOTR.
Like Sansha on the docks. WTF was that scene there for, even. They could have just put her in the background of a different scene where something interesting happened which served to progress one of the many many stories if all they wanted to do was remind us that she's still alive with all her skin/appendages intact. I really don't think the viewing audience forgot that Littlefinger is duplicitous, and I really don't think the viewing audience would scream PLOT HOLE if she heard rumors that her sister is alive offscreen.
And it's not even specifically that, it's a general trend of superfluous exposition which that one line just stabbed me in the face with. It's getting to a point in the story where there needs to be a lot less of that. This thing could easily meander itself into cancellation -- which would be a shame because it IS some of the highest visual quality D&D jackoff material since LOTR.
Like Sansha on the docks. WTF was that scene there for, even. They could have just put her in the background of a different scene where something interesting happened which served to progress one of the many many stories if all they wanted to do was remind us that she's still alive with all her skin/appendages intact. I really don't think the viewing audience forgot that Littlefinger is duplicitous, and I really don't think the viewing audience would scream PLOT HOLE if she heard rumors that her sister is alive offscreen.
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Jaime for one. You only asked for one. There are probably two or three others. I don't commit this shit to memory -- but the Mountain for another. When everyone is the best scary badass ever who can bother to even give a fuck anymore.
Smuggling Sansa out had already been established, and that scene didn't further that plot any. I -don't- commit this shit to memory, and I remember that from last season. That scene served 3 purposes: to remind us Sansha is alive and Geoff hasn't gone all King Henry on her ass, to remind us through his whore-secretary that littlefinger is duplicitous, and to show us Sansha directly receiving rumors that her sister is alive (which I think she already had heard). All of which were superfluous.
That scene was there because Sansha and Shae are pretty and under contract.
I did really enjoy Tywin laying the shit down on Tyrion. For a non-reader that scene was crucial. The show needs more of those types of scenes, and less of the "lets talk about where the boats are going" scenes.
Smuggling Sansa out had already been established, and that scene didn't further that plot any. I -don't- commit this shit to memory, and I remember that from last season. That scene served 3 purposes: to remind us Sansha is alive and Geoff hasn't gone all King Henry on her ass, to remind us through his whore-secretary that littlefinger is duplicitous, and to show us Sansha directly receiving rumors that her sister is alive (which I think she already had heard). All of which were superfluous.
That scene was there because Sansha and Shae are pretty and under contract.
I did really enjoy Tywin laying the shit down on Tyrion. For a non-reader that scene was crucial. The show needs more of those types of scenes, and less of the "lets talk about where the boats are going" scenes.
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Except Jaime himself said Barristan was the best swordsmen he's ever seen. He was like a painter, who only painted in red.
Seriously, the people hating on this particular episode are reaching. Almost all the plots were moved forward (which was a big complaint about season 2) and the script/CGI/acting was all top notch. Hour went by so fast, which I normally don't say. Thought it was only 35-40 minutes in when the credits rolled.
Seriously, the people hating on this particular episode are reaching. Almost all the plots were moved forward (which was a big complaint about season 2) and the script/CGI/acting was all top notch. Hour went by so fast, which I normally don't say. Thought it was only 35-40 minutes in when the credits rolled.
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Wasnt Jaime a teenager when he said that? When he squired for him at the age of 16?
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We've all read all the books and they have been discussed to death. People have nothing left to do but complain and nitpick about every little detail in the TV show. It amuses me that some of your are surprised that this is what we are talking about.
it's either that or continue to speculate that Martin will die before he finishes the series.
it's either that or continue to speculate that Martin will die before he finishes the series.