seams, christ!
― ryan, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
like the only reason why that gif exists is bc someone took the time to pause it and capture it with the intention of being like, "see? SEE?!!! I SHOWED YOU, THRONES GUYS!" like what a brave truth-to-power stance against HBO gif-maker-person has made by isolating a shot that i and many ppl prob barely noticed!
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
I hardly think so. I was watching it last night and caught that sloppy shit.
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
We're mourning the inclusion of Xena: Warrior Princess meetings Ninja Turtles characters/acting/choreography invading our beloved and refreshingly gritty fantasy epic.
― Evan, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
But I liked the Jorah/Tyrion scene. Made me miss old man Mormont. That dude was solid.
tbf it was not a great scene of action but i only really am thinking that upon rewatching, when the moment played for the first time the story situation was of greater import to me - which, for me, is the ultimate barometer for this sort of stuff
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Well again, had I not read the books I would have no real understanding of who the hell the sand snakes are and why they just popped up at that moment. The development of Dorne as a land has been a lot of shorthand, very choppy.
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
that collection of girl ninjas are all pretty uninteresting and their last scene on the show was similarly badly blocked and played.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
that i would agree with, the dorne part - like it's established who they are sort of, but in brief scenes one of which was very basil expositionish, as ppl pointed out
i liked areo hotah getting a baller moment against jaime tho
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
(xp)
totes shit blocking 100%
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
The whole Sand Snakes narrative is terribly acted and written, and a silly gif of awkward larping kind of sums the entire thing up.
― Evan, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
Speaking of Dorne: in the opening credits the little snake climbing up the pole looks so corny and bad. Even worse than the Titan of Braavos.
― polyphonic, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
alexander siddig (great brit charactor actor, what a surprise) has been effective in his brief scenes as doran, but they are really brief.
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Dorne would even benefit from a nice shot of the city, right now it feels like the whole thing is being shot in the courtyard of a nursing home.
― Evan, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Sand Snakes seem like some toy company's attempt to introduce new action figures through the show
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
after the 2nd sand snakes scene i agree with crits of the acting, but the writing is literally no different than any other self serious character on the show, of which there are many
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
New display name, thanks
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
lol
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
More Siddig would be a major help. Most of the Dorne chapters are just his musings anyhow, seems like there's a lot to pull from.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Well again, had I not read the books I would have no real understanding of who the hell the sand snakes are and why they just popped up at that moment.
Wasn't it just last week that they had that long scene with the Sand Snakes getting a pep talk about swooping down on Myrcella and killing her in repayment for Oberon's death?
― DJP, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Maybe - I may have been distracted with a lot of 'what the hell did she just say' or 'why is she talking like that' etc. I guess with a show this big one scene per storyline is all you're gonna get. I just thought it was sketchy.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
Awkward Larping would be a really cool band name, if it wasn't so geeky
― Frederik B, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:02 (nine years ago) link
its redundant
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Wait why wasn't Areo Hotah surprised to see Jaime Lannister? I'm just realizing he didn't seem phased at all by this.
― Evan, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
He's ready for anything.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 18 May 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
areo hotah is a superchill norvoshi warrior dude, basically as close as you get to having unsullied levels of cool calm collected w/o being enslaved, mentally broken and castrated
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
is that the secret to being stress free and confident?
― Evan, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
uh no, grey worm does not seem to be having a good time and not just bc of the stab wounds currently healing, missandei showing up for comfort prob only does so much.
even before that he seemed depressed a lot
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
wld be cool if grey worm turned out to have a hot throbbing peen
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
SURPRISE
tbf i dont think he's said for that reason even, just generally glum, it probably really sucks in meereen and everywhere else in slaver's bay
― slothroprhymes, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:37 (nine years ago) link
*sad
on the plus side, adewale akinnuoye-agbaje is back home at HBO. hope he and his merry band of slavers get a spinoff.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 18 May 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
"The dwarf will live until we find a suitable cockmerchant."
― nashwan, Monday, 18 May 2015 22:30 (nine years ago) link
otm
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
looking forward to us following their saga as they reject dozens of unsuitable cockmerchants
― Merdeyeux, Monday, 18 May 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
i'm sure it won't take long if they're headed for Volantis's famed cockdistrict.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
just ask a local cockfarmer
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, love Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Great to see him in anything. Still wondering when his autobio movie will be out. Maybe if he gets his Black Panther(Marvel) role.
Wow, Theon looked great in those clothes!
Thought either Theon would stop Ramsay, Sansa would slip out a dagger or signal somebody outside. Maybe there's still time?
Please Varys turn up soon and save someone somehow. Or Osha, or Gendry.
I know the characters acknowledge that Bronn and Jaime's trip is an extremely difficult one but it just seems a bit too daft that they're counting on stealthily stealing her. Was this not planned as a more diplomatic meeting that might get rough?
Seemed like way more comedy slipping in this episode.
Some decent music in the episode. I usually don't take much notice of it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:22 (nine years ago) link
Starting to think Littlefinger and maybe Olenna are orchestrating Cersei's death. Probably keeping in mind her "power is power" threat to him. I was sure for so long that he loved Sansa but now I'm not so sure, because she doesn't seem that safe from either Ramsay or the wars that will break out.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
i have little sense of littlefinger's long term plan here but maybe he just enjoys duplicity for its own sake
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
This is prob the worst ep of the show so far
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
The past 3 have been so boring
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
It did feel pretty creaky a few scenes but I think it's getting pretty good.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 00:53 (nine years ago) link
cerseis situation is p dicey and fascinating, kings landing politics are always the best part of the show
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:54 (nine years ago) link
dunno what littlefinger is up to seems like if cersei has offered him the north upon receipt of sansas head thats a p good incentive for him to do it
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:56 (nine years ago) link
cersei fucking over the tyrells good lord what is she thinking!
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:57 (nine years ago) link
maybe littlefinger will go to them looking for a better offer
Clearly she is not. #disappointeddeaddad
― Madison Dumbbarfer (Leee), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link
I've been trying to give this season the benefit of the doubt, but it's really not as good is it? Even the better storylines lack the same heft as before, and the Dorne stuff is a joke pretty much. Hopefully they'll bring it round for the home stretch.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 08:41 (nine years ago) link