Any chance of a beeping clock version?
― nashwan, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
robert jordan RIP but sanderson finished up 'the wheel of time' like a pro ace coming in in the 7th inning and saving a game. the 300-page final battle in the last book is completely fucking awesome, the battle of the pelennor fields on mushrooms. fingers crossed benioff / weiss kick it into sanderson's gear next season as the finale approaches
not really the thread for this...BUT YOU COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG
Sanderson mostly sucked, and in a very similar way to Benioff & Weiss. Yeah, he got the job done and he excised a lot of the tedious stuff (and weird obsessions) that Jordan had become mired in but the last couple of books (and especially the final battle) were just rote tying up of loose ends
I mean fair play to the guy, it was an impossible job, but I honestly wish they'd just left it unfinished
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
my girlfriend thought the final scene of last week's ep would improve immeasurably if set to a different score, so for fun I synced it up with some ultra-dramatic music from LOST.
nice work. never remember the lost music being so retro and campy - that brass part wouldn't be out of place on the original star trek.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
now do the curb your enthusiasm version
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/desperate-bid-george-rr-martin-tweeting-about-how--6502
― DJI, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
I'm really annoyed nobody seems to have enjoyed my Ned Stark Is Still Alive (original mix) joke.
― Tarly Noise (El Tomboto), Thursday, 24 August 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
wanna see something wicked fucked up? pic.twitter.com/4dqlNmfe9C— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) August 24, 2017
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 August 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
I'm halfway through S5 (and watching weekly now), rewatching clips from the first season (after the Cersei/Robert exchange above) the dropoff in quality is shocking. Entire episodes in the middle season are passing without a single memorable thing happening. All of Dany's plotline in Esseros is a big 'who cares.'
― louie mensch (milo z), Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
just like the books
― 龜, Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
Yeah I found myself glazing over in those bits in the books. Cept for that weird bit with the priests where she's in some kind of labyrinth with endless doors... did they even do that bit in the show? I dont recall it.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
Yes, that was in season 2 where Drogo made a surprise cameo.
― Leee Media Naranja (Leee), Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
I actually think that Ryan Broderick tweet isn't "fucked up" at all, it's kind of adorable tbf
― Tarly Noise (El Tomboto), Friday, 25 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
I watched seasons 1-4 in a binge over a month or so, so I forget a lot of the early stuff.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 25 August 2017 00:04 (six years ago) link
All of Dany's plotline in Esseros is a big 'who cares.'― louie mensch (milo z), Thursday, August 24, 2017 4:02 PM (one hour ago)
― louie mensch (milo z), Thursday, August 24, 2017 4:02 PM (one hour ago)
It's Essos, and also, you're rong.
― sansa riff (sarahell), Friday, 25 August 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
It's so easy, you're Ronstadt
― Evan, Friday, 25 August 2017 05:26 (six years ago) link
on the next, very special, episode of game of thrones:
Daenerys Targaryen: I have dragonsThe Night King: Bitch me too! The fuck #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/P5rDToQuoS— la loba (@vickto_willy) August 21, 2017
― Karl Malone, Friday, 25 August 2017 15:45 (six years ago) link
tattoos are horrible
― Max-Headroom-drops-a-deuce-while-shredding (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 25 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
Kind of missing Theon and Yara now. Alfie Allen deserves a bit more credit.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 August 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link
Yara kinda disappeared completely, no? Are we supposed to assume she dead?
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 26 August 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
I think we're supposed to be shocked and pumped up when she appears again in the next episode or sometime next season. But I'd guess there's almost no chance that she's just dead. If they did, that was an awful ending for her character!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 26 August 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
she's with euron somewhere, getting tortured probably.
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Saturday, 26 August 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
end of this season will be a big ol' battle w/Euron vs the unsullied and--from the sea--a small but surprisingly effective fleet guided by Theon. maybe a dragon will show up?
― nomar, Saturday, 26 August 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
they gotta clear the decks a bit more to have some focus on the night king/night dragon/wight calvary vs everyone thing.
― nomar, Saturday, 26 August 2017 02:56 (six years ago) link
poisoned sand snake daughter makes an amazing recovery and kills everyone to take the iron throne, remember i called it
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 26 August 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
does the fact they didn't show them actually dying mean there's a chance they're not dead? seems unlike got to imply a grizzly death when it could show it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 26 August 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
I really doubt they're dead
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 26 August 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
There's no way sand snake daughter is alive. Sand snake mother is probably alive.
― Evan, Saturday, 26 August 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
Ded inside tho.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 August 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
Hercules will save her
― Evan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
even when they show people dying they bring them back! everybody's a marvel universe style schrodinger's cat
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 27 August 2017 01:36 (six years ago) link
Remember- she wasn't dying though. Just the daughter.
― Evan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
i think i can guess but just to confirm - benjen's not going to come back as a whitewalker, right? because he's already dead? or something? because if he winds up as a zombie mini-boss in the final season that's gonna add a whole layer of wtf-ness to his sudden appearance and pointless death
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 27 August 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
what i wanna know is, why didn't benjen get on the horse with jon, what did he hope to achieve by staying behind
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 27 August 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
holding off the horde ?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 27 August 2017 10:42 (six years ago) link
i want to know more about this ice king and his friend. they have cool clothes. who made the clothes? do they eat?
― akm, Sunday, 27 August 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
I said it way back but I'm disappointed they gave the white walkers clothes and made them show emotions etc. Now they're just the "bad guys". I wouldn't be surprised if the first sound the night king made was an evil laugh during the wall collapse.
I wish they stayed this alien, humanoid personification of a deadly storm that was set on mindlessly wiping out humanity via an undead horde.
I liked when they looked more like this:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Pjs9HxQ8H0/hqdefault.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f5/72/de/f572de7cf3f71c40b35a19e1211d4932.gif
This is corny to me:
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/7/7d/WhiteWalker_s5e8.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150602122300
― Evan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
Oops those were way bigger than I thought they'd be
OTM tho, I forgot they were topless nutters initially.
Benjen should reappear as a wight alongside Hodor, would be more interesting.
Hopefully get to see the Night King just fly over the wall and south for a bit doing some damage but the Wall magic probably extends upwards into space. Watching them test this out for a while from greater and greater height might be funny.
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
they def dark crystal-d the walkers out and it doesn't helpthat x-men armor doesn't look very useful, show them desiccated pecs
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 27 August 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
in sort of related vibes
https://deadline.com/2017/04/eliza-dushku-star-the-black-company-series-adaptation-david-goyer-im-global-1202076367/
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 27 August 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
OTM re Walker Fashion. imma guess it's mostly a concession to budget but yeah, night king has gotten hella corny.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 27 August 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
If you're going to dress them up, at least make them look like they're wearing human armor that was forged thousands of years ago. That would make more sense.
― Evan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
it is extremely important that the character called the Night King have a sensible wardrobe and not be too corny
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 27 August 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link
Does he even know that is what he's called? "Bahaha, to these cunts I'm just Gary."
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 August 2017 23:21 (six years ago) link
the theon sequence in this episode was insanely bad
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 28 August 2017 02:23 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itv0SoMFZ7E
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Monday, 28 August 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
― 龜, Monday, 28 August 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
well. I guess we're getting there. one way or another
― 龜, Monday, 28 August 2017 02:36 (six years ago) link
...several other sequences were just as bad, it turns out
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 28 August 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
I gotta say finally seeing baelish get it and and end of the sibling rivalry is really satisfying.
― dan selzer, Monday, 28 August 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link