jon snow's is, right?
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
These are the weapons the wiki mentions:
Blackfyre (lost), Dark Sister (lost), Oathkeeper (Brienne), Widow's Wail (Tommen), Longclaw (Jon Snow), Brightroar (lost), Heartsbane (Samwell Tarly), Lady Forlorn (House Corbray), Petyr Baelish's dagger
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
The Stark sword Ice begat Oathkeeper and Widow's Wail
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 May 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Oh ok no idea where I got the thoguht needle was in that list lol
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
just catching up... continuing GOT beyond its intended conclusion (whatever that is) would be a sad, JOEY-level coda to what is otherwise a significant cultural event (even if I'm bored now)
anyhoo GRRM has already solved this for them with the ADVENTURES OF DUNK AND EGG, which gives them a FEAR THE WALKING DEAD-style companion/successor.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:42 (eight years ago) link
Natalie Dormer should at least get a boost from "attractive woman seen briefly on-screen" to "romcom lead's kooky best friend." Although she deserves more!
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Tuesday, May 31, 2016
hey, never forget!
http://peliculasenrmvb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Forest.jpg
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
I do t really understand how Daeny got her dragon back. Did I miss some linking scene explaining that or was it just like ok, Daeny's got her dragon back and she's riding it?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:06 (eight years ago) link
she had a somewhat prominent role in the last couple of hunger game movies
there were ways they could have made the show last longer but my guess is that the success of the show is enough to keep it on but not so much that hbo would really try to milk it like they did w/ the sopranos or like showtime does w/ any show that anyone ever watches at all. deadwood got canceled cuz it was too expensive w/ the sets and the large cast (and this show is more expensive on both those counts), rome had cofinancing w/ another network (the bbc or itv i think) and even then only got two seasons (and you wanna talk rushing thru storyline, look at season two of rome). got does better than either of those shows, it's a phenomenon and the biggest hit hbo has had since the sopranos (though really that only means 'bigger than true blood'), but when you consider it has all the expenses those shows that basically got canceled for being too expensive to produce had plus it has cgi to deal w/ in every episode (albeit often kinda poorly done - jaime going up the steps on his horse this week was bizarre) plus usually at least once a season some big battle (rome hilariously pretty much always skipped those) and i can imagine it's a crazy expensive show to make. the walking dead isn't nearly as expensive to make.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
lol true blood
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
Surely Kit Harington's metamorphosis into the new Orlando Bloom is already well advanced?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 08:03 (eight years ago) link
Dragons can fly and are really big and noticeable and this one has probably been actively looking for her.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 08:06 (eight years ago) link
There was some huffing and puffing some way ahead of her, no? They made a point out of her noticing it and then going off on her own.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 08:22 (eight years ago) link
What was the story on the initial separation between Dany and the dragon?They both flew into wherever the Dothraki happened to be straight after they'd escaped from the arena where they'd had several spears thrown at them. The dragon was wounded wasn't it? But it disappeared and didn't get attacked by the Dothraki or would they have thought of it as sacred or something?Anyway, dany got taken by a bunch of Dothraki and left a ring behind for Jack Taylor to find but there was no sign of the dragon . Or am I remembering that wrong?
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:29 (eight years ago) link
some shit happened, you know. it happened and then more stuff happened while they cut to Arya having a miserable time and stuff.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:31 (eight years ago) link
xpostSounds about right. Obviously the Dragon is the mastermind behind everything that happens. We're just too dumb to understand it.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:31 (eight years ago) link
Speaking of Arya, I'm kinda hoping she'll not just run away with the theatre crü but also use them as a means to get to the different places where there are names to be struck off her list. No one will suspect the stupid actors.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:34 (eight years ago) link
Loving Uncle Dayus Echsmakina coming in and saving Bran at last minute. When he took his mask off there was this whole climactic silence before I realised he hadn't been in the show yet, despite somehow knowing everything Bran had been up to by that point. Way to go, Uncs, where were you when hold the door was kicking off?
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:37 (eight years ago) link
He was in the first season.
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link
If we're talking about ppl not pulling your weight, in that opening scene you'd have thought Bran would have had it in him to warg into a horse or something actually useful.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:45 (eight years ago) link
Yes, he was there for two episodes of the first season and his miraculous «return» was what the assassins of Jon Snow used to lure him to them so it had been foregrounded. In terms of timing it came off as terribly clichéd though.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:45 (eight years ago) link
thought as much.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, but at least they didn't kill Meera (xpost)
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:48 (eight years ago) link
he was already warged out of it - his eyes were rolling back in his head, he had taken too many wargs.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 10:58 (eight years ago) link
who do u think will have the best post-got career?
Of the actors who were not already established, I'd bet big money on it being Maisie Williams.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:02 (eight years ago) link
It's weird how in the Bran-storyline they've held back on introducing so many big characters. Reek/Ramsay, the Reed siblings, Coldhands/Benjen Stark. In every case the show has introduced them later than the books, and in every case viewers have complained that they ended up underdeveloped and that introductions were clumsy.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:11 (eight years ago) link
Totally forgot about Natalie Dormer being in the Hunger Games movies.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, June 1, 2016 6:34 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The reverse of that OG Star Trek episode where the former war criminal is hiding out among a Shakespeare troupe . . . OF THE FUTURE.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 12:54 (eight years ago) link
The showrunners have probably dealt with many fanboys begging to find out what happened to Benjen and the Brutus guy from Rome but the answers seemed to make most viewers wonder who those guys were
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
ask the maester column is back on an actual web site:
https://theringer.com/ask-the-maester-game-of-thrones-blood-of-my-blood-bran-samwell-benjen-mad-king-c2f4aeb058ee#.syf5bdi9y
In the article, wildfire is briefly mentioned and it made me wonder whether wildfire could be used against the white walkers
― silverfish, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
x-post: Book readers really wanted to know whether the dude was Benjen Stark, but it isn't really so much because they miss Benjen, as it is because the dude enters the scene in book three, riding on a giant zombie-elk, and is just an all-round mysterious character. Introducing him now, and immediately saying he is Benjen, perhaps misses the point a bit...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
Doesn't the show introduce "Reek/Ramsay" at the exact same point the books do? He's not a terribly developed character in the books IIRC.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
Nah, Ramsay, under the guise of Reek, is hanging out with Theon as early as book 2.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
OTM
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
Does Cold Hands keep his face covered all the time?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
But we have seen cold hands on the show before. Didn't he save Sam and Gilly? Or was that just in the books? I can't remember any more.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
p sure that was just the books
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
"Nah, Ramsay, under the guise of Reek, is hanging out with Theon as early as book 2."
Isn't he in Season 2 of TV show?
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:57 (eight years ago) link
ssn 3
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
It's funny how Tobias Menzies is never gonna not be Brutus
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
Hmmn I guess they skip the Reek part in Winterfell. Meh.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
yeah benjen is somewhat interesting, mainly ppl were interested in cold hands, who is mysterious and awesome and has been around awhile so if he does pop up here in some similar scene in the books definitely not deus ex machina. martin has said that benjen isn't cold hands though so who knows what's going on, they've definitely gone that route in the show. they gave some of strong belwas' stuff to daario (sadly) and daario doesn't look remotely like how anyone pictured him so god knows there's precedent.
btw, and i say this as someone who had little interest in fantasy prior and has little interest in reading fantasy now tbh, but i really do recommend the books. super fun and as quick to read as any popular fiction (i'd say you can read a book covering a season or two seasons in less time than it would take you to watch it). ppl rag martin's prose but it's at least as well written as say harry potter ie it's not stendhal but it's good enough. if you're looking for some beach books to read i'd highly recommend the first three, the third one in particular is one of the most entertaining books i've ever read. the last two are fine, alot of the hate they get is due to structural issues and the relatively long delay in getting them out. they don't move the plot forward as much as you might want, very much cleaning up what went before and setting up what's ahead, but if at that point you're enjoying it enough to nerd out on the wider world etc you'll enjoy them i think.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
Jaime said Bronn's name in the last ep so I assume we're gonna see him soon. I miss the Bronn and Tyrion hijinx, but I'll take what I can get.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
idg what martin's plan for benjen was/is if he isn't helping out bran.
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
Iwan Rheon is either going to be in everything or he'll never work again
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
sophie turner is very pretty and she's jean grey now which means she'll get enough steady blockbuster work to do other things, could see her in keira knightly type roles in a few years or taking roles emma watson passes on. if she can sing i could see her being ariel whenever disney gets around to making a live action version of little mermaid. kit harington had a shot w/ some kind of swords and sandals pic a couple of years back and it tanked. i can see jaime lannister (i'm not trying to spell that dude's name from memory) doing more romcom type stuff, popping up as a villain in some other movies. varys would be my go to for any sydney greenstreet type roles in the future.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
varys was in that "salmon fishing in the yemen" movie (or whatever it was called) and it took me half the movie to recognize him.
― ryan, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
ppl rag martin's prose but it's at least as well written as say harry potter
No way dude. I'm no Potter 4 Life fan, but I have read all those books, and wanted to read all those books (along with my kid), and those things are models of creativity, clarity and concision, even when she goes long (and especially compared to most kid-lit). The most indulgent it gets is the last book, but there she's on a clear mission to wrap things up at least. I'd put Martin somewhere on par with Stephen King: not incompetent, per se, but badly in need of editing, imo, and more indulgent. He's so tied up in the details of world building (which is cool), but he also keeps expanding said world when he should be working more on characters that go deeper than cartoons. Then again, when you keep killing people off it's hard to develop your characters. And when you keep bringing people back from the dead it's sort of tricky, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link
kit harington had a shot w/ some kind of swords and sandals pic a couple of years back and it tanked.
That was the Pompeii movie, right? He seems like a bigger deal now than when that came out.
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
He was in that funny tennis riff with Andy Samberg.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link
http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2015522/rs_560x415-150622112142-1024-7-days-in-hells.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
o man i forgot that, yeah i loved 7 days in hell and he was pretty great in that. i can never gage who's gonna have the careers after these things anyway, i thought for sure sawyer from lost was on his way to big time stardom of some sort.
― balls, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link