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Intel&Sebastian posted:You're losing focus. Arya's storyline is shorter, which means less time needed to get to the Red Wedding. The only storyline that we should cheer being fleshed out is Robb, Robb getting naked, Robb being happy, Robb winning, generally anything that increases the viewers (re: girls) fandom of Robb and Robb related happenings and the impact of his poo poo getting wrecked. Everything else is icing on a lemoncake that should hurry up and get to the fireworks factory. I particularly love all of the non-bookhavers saying, "Oh, good for Robb, he found love. Frey can gently caress off, Robb's his liege lord, besides, he wasn't betrothed to a particular woman, it's not like he's cheating or anything." Oh yes, I'm sure this won't have any consequences. 
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It bums we out we have to wait 2 more years to see that though. By then I bet a lot of them will have broken down and read the books. And then, they shall gaze into the abyss that is
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May 22, 2012 22:42
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IRQ posted:It bums we out we have to wait 2 more years to see that though. Isn't it only 1 at this point? Surely that's where they would choose to end Season 3, don't you think?
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May 22, 2012 22:44
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Ah poo poo I forgot they said they were splitting SOS into two seasons. I hope they come to their senses and make the RW the split or something.
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May 22, 2012 22:48
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If the RW isn't the split then HBO be crazy. I imagine right now all their logistics are devoted on how to recoup the massive amounts of potential customers they lose every week due to the lack of digital downloads without a preexisting cable subscription.
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May 22, 2012 22:52
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mind the walrus posted:If the RW isn't the split then HBO be crazy. Nah their solution to that is and will continue to be "buy a cable subscription."
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May 22, 2012 23:39
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The media companies love to talk about "lost sales" as though every single fuckwit who downloads their product would have been a guaranteed sale otherwise, while one of the few companies who is unquestionably losing a ton of potential sales if they sold GoT for like $3-5 an episode (making the equivalent if not more than the cost of a cable TV subscription) refuses to do jackshit about it other than say "no customers, you change."
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May 22, 2012 23:53
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HBO is kind of a different animal. They really, really do not care. You ever notice how their DVD sets are also crazy expensive? They want subscriptions more than anything else.
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May 22, 2012 23:59
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IRQ posted:HBO is kind of a different animal. They really, really do not care. I'd give them $20 a month to be a subscriber and only have HBOgo, rather than paying for it through Comcast.
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May 23, 2012 00:15
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mind the walrus posted:The media companies love to talk about "lost sales" as though every single fuckwit who downloads their product would have been a guaranteed sale otherwise, while one of the few companies who is unquestionably losing a ton of potential sales if they sold GoT for like $3-5 an episode (making the equivalent if not more than the cost of a cable TV subscription) refuses to do jackshit about it other than say "no customers, you change." The other threads got into this, but basically HBO isn't a lone actor. Even ignoring all the other constraints, it's owned by Time Warner, which also owns a bunch of basic cable channels. Their money is derived from total number of cable subscribers, and HBO cutting out the middleman of cable would make the more important set of cable channels TW owns worth less.
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May 23, 2012 00:38
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Without the Bloody Mummers what will they do with Brienne and Jaime, and where will Dr. Qyburn the Reanimator come from? Volantis?
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May 23, 2012 00:39
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bigmcgaffney posted:Without the Bloody Mummers what will they do with Brienne and Jaime, and where will Dr. Qyburn the Reanimator come from? Volantis?
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May 23, 2012 00:51
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Ah poo poo I forgot they said they were splitting SOS into two seasons. I hope they come to their senses and make the RW the split or something.
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May 23, 2012 00:57
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whowhatwhere posted:The other threads got into this, but basically HBO isn't a lone actor. Even ignoring all the other constraints, it's owned by Time Warner, which also owns a bunch of basic cable channels. Their money is derived from total number of cable subscribers, and HBO cutting out the middleman of cable would make the more important set of cable channels TW owns worth less. I have heard that. It's a bloated and inefficient enterprise that probably makes a better profit margin than the direct digital alternatives, and likely even employs way more people than a direct digital alternative, but it's going to be viewed by media history as yet another example where the current cartel had to be killed or dragged by their nails and teeth into the next era.
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May 23, 2012 00:59
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It's a very efficient enterprise. They deliver tons and tons and tons of programming for a very small amount of money per cable subscriber (due to ads, natch). HBO (although obviously it spends way more money as well) costs 1/3 (:asspull:) of the basic cable subscription to each subscriber. Its possible doom is due to the rise of cheap broadband, but since broadband subscription rates are rather low in the USA that's not a worry for some time to come. Really, with the rise of mobile broadband there might not ever be a challenger to cable TV as a delivery mechanism for high-quality audiovisual entertainment. whowhatwhere fucked around with this message at 01:13 on May 23, 2012 |
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May 23, 2012 01:08
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I had to look this up to make sure I wasn't going crazy, but Podrick was actually in the last episode. And bonus, making an incredibly awkward, goony face. Yesss, Podrick, you adorable little gently caress-up.
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May 23, 2012 01:35
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empty sea posted:I had to look this up to make sure I wasn't going crazy, but Podrick was actually in the last episode. And bonus, making an incredibly awkward, goony face. Yesss, Podrick, you adorable little gently caress-up. He actually has been in two episodes, he was in one earlier as well although I don't think we were able to see his face.
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May 23, 2012 01:37
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Yeah, I read he was. But we never saw his face. I found a gif and I can't stop laughing at his expression. It's like they're holding a gun on him off-camera.
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May 23, 2012 01:42
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empty sea posted:Yeah, I read he was. But we never saw his face. I found a gif and I can't stop laughing at his expression. It's like they're holding a gun on him off-camera. You can't say you found a hilarious .gif and not share!
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May 23, 2012 01:46
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Right, time to burn our gang tags, because we clearly don't deserve 'em anymore:twistedmentat posted:I wish I could find it, but years ago, I found on a board someone talking about a Bran/Meera ship, and that spiraled into someone suggesting that Bran warg into Hodor to have sex with her, but then someone said that would be too rapey [therefore] he should warg into Summer to have sex with Meera.
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May 23, 2012 02:37
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That was probably us, because I know we've talked about all those things. Also that poster is a little bit Hodor, so.
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May 23, 2012 02:54
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^ That was totally us. At least, also was us. Also the moment I remembered smug Cersei's whore-capturing assterstroke I knew it was Ros. Poor girl, at the center of every plot.
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May 23, 2012 03:34
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I remember that, but I don't remember the specific inflection that it should be Summer because warging into Hodor would be too rapey.
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May 23, 2012 03:40
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bigmcgaffney posted:Also the moment I remembered smug Cersei's whore-capturing assterstroke I knew it was Ros. Poor girl, at the center of every plot.
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May 23, 2012 03:42
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so they'll cut off her legs and have her pretend to be a dwarf?
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May 23, 2012 03:46
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whowhatwhere posted:I remember that, but I don't remember the specific inflection that it should be Summer because warging into Hodor would be too rapey. It sounds like before rape become a meme with us.
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May 23, 2012 03:49
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whowhatwhere posted:so they'll cut off her legs and have her pretend to be a dwarf?
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May 23, 2012 03:57
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That sounds so terrible and "TV" and I love it.
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May 23, 2012 03:59
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whowhatwhere posted:I remember that, but I don't remember the specific inflection that it should be Summer because warging into Hodor would be too rapey. Are you me? Because the phrase "too rapey" is exactly how I describe the GoT books and show to everyone.
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May 23, 2012 04:10
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That's actually a very apt description. That and everyone dies (but don't worry, there are plenty of characters).
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empty sea posted:Are you me? Because the phrase "too rapey" is exactly how I describe the GoT books and show to everyone. I once had a friend make a drink he could only describe as "rapey". I think I'll start calling it The GURM. It's like one part honey whiskey to one or two parts apple juice. Best served to girls under the drinking age 
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My doctor told me I'm going to have to spend a whole lot of time in bed, so in a fit of Here's the passage for anyone who doesn't recall the story or have the book handy: quote:“Thousands and thousands of years ago, a winter fell that was cold and hard and endless beyond all memory of man. There came a night that lasted a generation, and kings shivered and died in their castles even as the swineherds in their hovels. Women smothered their children rather than see them starve, and cried, and felt their tears freeze on their cheeks.” Her voice and her needles fell silent, and she glanced up at Bran with pale, filmy eyes and asked, “So, child. This is the sort of story you like?”
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May 23, 2012 04:55
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Greatbacon posted:I once had a friend make a drink he could only describe as "rapey". I think I'll start calling it The GURM. It's like one part honey whiskey to one or two parts apple juice. Best served to girls under the drinking age Yeah, that's a girly version of a Stone Fence. Men replace the apple juice with hard cider. It's a great drink if you don't want to do anything with the rest of your day : I often have one at the end of a long day outside.
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May 23, 2012 05:19
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I hope old nan is TWOW's prologue.
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May 23, 2012 10:08
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Mnemosyne posted:My doctor told me I'm going to have to spend a whole lot of time in bed, so in a fit of Ahhh, ice spiders. We hardly knew ye. Seriously though... the books are filled with interesting ideas that GRRM pulled out of his rear end and then forgot about. He should have focused on the others/north/invasion and the books wouldn't have sucked nearly as bad. Instead we got Tyrion the Public Works Administrator, half-assed Vikings and loving Mereen. God I hate Dany's story line.
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Dear HBO, since you're bad at writing tv shows: S03E10: Kill Robb. Kill Cat. Cut to Jojen scouting at the north bank when the fighting erupts outside, he runs back to Bran/Hodor and tells them to run away. Cut to the Hound and Arya on the south bank. Arya sees the fighting and tries to run towards it. Hound says something like "and you're gonna fight those men?" And she says "yes" shakes free, runs off, Hound rides her down and we see him swing his axe at her, it cuts to black as we hear the impact. Cue music and delicious tears.
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May 23, 2012 17:20
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They should just go nuts and start season three with everything exactly the same but slap "neo-" on the front of every location and all Seven Kingdoms are space colonies. Dany is too busy loving around on the Moon and the neo-Dothraki ride cybersteeds.
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May 23, 2012 17:23
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:They should just go nuts and start season three with everything exactly the same but slap "neo-" on the front of every location and all Seven Kingdoms are space colonies. The dragons will be slightly bigger, yet still completely uninteresting. Locked away in a space-dungeon while Dany pines for ~~~Starrio~~~ and eats astro-neeps.
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el_brio posted:The dragons will be slightly bigger, yet still completely uninteresting. Locked away in a space-dungeon while Dany pines for ~~~Starrio~~~ and eats astro-neeps. And then she'll poo poo everywhere and it'll be just like Space Station 13 except nothing will ever happen.
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I can't wait to see Strong Belwas' poo poo move every so slowly across the asteroid belt outside of Neo-Meereen. An entire episode will be framed by following the poo poo making its journey thousands of miles from rock to wall interspersed with dozens of bare asses and mountains of exposition.
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