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MrBims posted:_________/ A fantastic post, this.
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Ballz posted:How do we know anything more with Yara is "in for sure"? Have there been publicity photos released showing her up to anything else? A good point. I would add a bit more gravity to the whole thing if she returned and found her father dead, her uncle Euron returned and a kingsmoot called at the start of Season 5.
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Jun 2, 2014 17:29
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Doltos posted:A fantastic post, this. please stop making noise with your stupid internet face, thanks bunches i'm sort of hoping the later plot twists with certain people coming back from the dead will be axed, when i saw the catelyn twist in the leper's colony i had to go wiki-walking because i scarcely believed something so silly could be real
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So I had to go spoil myself on what happens to Jorah as of last night, and holy gently caress. What a lovely turn of events for the dude. Iain Glen is a fantastic actor and made me love what is really a small supporting role, and if it's filmed like it's apparently written, I'm going to be sad as gently caress .
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Jun 2, 2014 17:45
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Hey book readers, when you post things in the other thread like "you should just get used to GRRM screwing with your favorite characters," or "stick around, you get some catharsis," you are, in fact, spoiling things. The same when you say "this character is done for now," etc. Not spoiling things directly doesn't mean even a mildly intelligent person can use the process of elimination to figure out if certain characters are safe or not. Just in the last day of reading reader responses over there, I could figure out that Dany won't die next season, no matter what kind of danger she's in, more fan-favorite characters will (fake) die, etc. It's best to just not talk about characters + future at all - if you do comment on characters there, only mention things that have happened on the show itself, because people generally aren't as clever at not spoiling as they think they are.
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zoux posted:Well I didn't know that Salon, the ultimate arbiter of quality, had weighed in and confirmed your bad opinion. Salon is the Bleacher Report of culture sites (along with Huffington Post) and I wish people would stop reading them for anything other than entertainment purposes. Most of the legit critics I've read quite liked the beetles thing even if it ran on a bit. There were also quite a few winks to book readers in that conversation, if I remember correctly. Darko posted:Hey book readers, when you post things in the other thread like "you should just get used to GRRM screwing with your favorite characters," or "stick around, you get some catharsis," you are, in fact, spoiling things. The same when you say "this character is done for now," etc. There's a common thread that people who do things based only on honor or based only on vengeance are usually screwed in the end. tadashi fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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MrBims posted:_________/ Yeah, when doltos comes out as the sane poster you know some bad poo poo is going on.
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Aurain posted:There's a very short and quite quiet exchange between Cersei and Tywin early in the season, perhaps episode 2, where Cersei says "I've found Tyrion's whore" and Tywin says "have her brought to my chambers". The more attentive people will recall that and realise that she's also had Tywin Lannister ordering her to do or say certain things regarding the trial. It's Cersei's doing. She knew she had a slam-dunk case against Tyrion, she just wanted to humiliate him before he died. e: I think in the books she even goes out of her way to interupt the trial because before it ends, that there's one more witness they need to hear from. e2: Also, I think at one point Shae goes to Cersei afterwards and asks to be paid for her false testimony, but Cersei just tells her to get lost and consider herself lucky she doesn't hang her for sleeping with her brother. Narmi fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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Jun 2, 2014 17:50
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Darko posted:Hey book readers, when you post things in the other thread like "you should just get used to GRRM screwing with your favorite characters," or "stick around, you get some catharsis," you are, in fact, spoiling things. The same when you say "this character is done for now," etc. Honestly if you want the full experience, don't read that thread. There are so many book readers in there posting "theories" that are straight up spoilerific that are already ruining it for you.
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Next season is going to be weird with so much of the original cast now dead and gone. I wonder if they're going to up Doran's screen time so we have a Tywin replacement.
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tadashi posted:Salon is the Bleacher Report of culture sites (along with Huffington Post) and I wish people would stop reading them for anything other than entertainment purposes. Most of the legit critics I've read quite liked the beetles thing even if it ran on a bit. There were also quite a few winks to book readers in that conversation, if I remember correctly. There were so many cool ones. Littlefinger's speech to Robyn about people dying in their beds (Shae) or at their tables (Joffrey) or even on the crapper (Tywin). Tyrion talking about different types of 'cides' and specifically mentioning fratricide. Plus Tyrion warned Oberyn to wear a helmet (lol) and Oberyn asking him what experience he has with pit fighting (soon to be in Mereen). Lots of cool winks. TheRat posted:Yeah, when doltos comes out as the sane poster you know some bad poo poo is going on. Man it's easy to still carry on from that Dota thread but all I have to say about that is I like playing Dota a certain way and that the Dota thread was the one who reacted poorly to that notion. I mean I was getting phoenix wright gifs thrown at me. Leaving that thread was the best decision I ever made with these forums, it just wasn't worth it. Bros take their MOBAs way too seriously and leave no room for alternative strategies.
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I think my daughter's mind broke like Arya's last night. Here is her reaction to Littlefinger two weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvhgujTmnRM Her reaction to Oberyn's death (she absolutely adored him): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3mkIAALHcE I couldn't resist during the credits making a couple of comments like "Guess the execution is in episode 9?" and another when she complains that she can't have one good thing happen (at 6:00). Sorry it shakes a little, last night I had to tuck my phone between a cushion and my knee and try to stay still so she wouldn't see it. I was using my iPad so she didn't think I was filming. But I kept giggling every so often watching her, so it does move a bit. She really, really HATES George.
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Apparently Gwendoline Christie has been cast for the new Star Wars movie: http://www.avclub.com/article/lupita-nyongo-and-gwendoline-christie-join-star-wa-205277 Will we be asking "Whatever happened to season 2 Brienne? She was perfect for the role" in a year or two?
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Jun 2, 2014 18:35
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Finally, a female wookiee.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:Apparently Gwendoline Christie has been cast for the new Star Wars movie: Honestly, given how many disparate story lines there are on this show, you don't need to devote as much time to filming on this show as you would on a normal production, and can probably juggle another project along with it, unless the schedules directly conflict.
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So the END of the fight was portrayed kind of perfectly and was probably the worst (in a good way?) thing I've seen on television, but I have mixed feelings on the editing/direction of the actual fight. Really surprised they brought back the director behind the worst fight scene in the show's history - the Hound versus Beric Dondarrion AKA the "What's the 180 degree rule?" fight.Svanja posted:Her reaction to Oberyn's death (she absolutely adored him):
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Max posted:Honestly, given how many disparate story lines there are on this show, you don't need to devote as much time to filming on this show as you would on a normal production, and can probably juggle another project along with it, unless the schedules directly conflict. Makes you wonder how much dedication the Hobbit really needed out of those three scenes Azog was in.
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Jun 2, 2014 18:43
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Doltos posted:Makes you wonder how much dedication the Hobbit really needed out of those three scenes Azog was in. Peter Jackson is a cruel task master.
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I'll be honest, mentally I was prepared for something a lot more gruesome than what we got. I still came away really satisfied. I wish they played up the size difference a bit more. The Sansa scene was totally amazing and I was blown away. There have been a lot of amazing monologs this season and dammit if that wasn't up there.
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You know, I was thinking about how Varys's misdirect in the, "a small man can cast large shadows," line to Tyrion, I think Bronn's line about grappling hooks and impregnation concerning the Vale were also about Littlefinger, albeit, a little less intentional.
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Pron on VHS posted:So what's the 180 degree rule, we're not all medieval warfare cosplayers It's a screenplay thing. When you're filming two characters interacting, you want to keep them on consistent sides of the screen, or viewers end up disoriented. You can sometimes break this rule deliberately, but in a fight scene, doing so just makes the action impossible to track. e: gooby
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Hoooly loving poo poo that was incredibly gruesome. I knew what was going to happen and still reacted with an out-loud "OH JESUS gently caress" just because I wasn't quite prepared for that level of brutality. That view of Oberyn screaming through broken teeth was both horrifying and heartbreaking  Also, 
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Elotana posted:Haha holy poo poo their writeup: Oh my God haha. It's like someone skim read metamorphosis once in school and has decided it means beetles.
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Was watching with my wife and her Bff last night. I said I don't like Dany because she's dumb, and they were both like 'she's the best character!'. At the time of the Oberyn fight, My wife proclaimed: "I swear if he dies I'm going to stop watching this show". When he died I couldn't stop laughing, and asked if she'd stop watching. "no"
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And people were worried that Oberyn's death wasn't going to be gruesome. GRUMsome maybe? Jorah getting dismissed had such a crazy differences in talent it was funny. Glen was doing amazing job at portraying someone who is having their entire world destroyed and Clarke was, there. Sansa rocked her scenes. I love after the inquest, LF comes to her and asks "Why would you help me?" and she's very pragmatic about the whole thing saying simply "If they executed you, what do you think they would have done to me?" Arya's laugh was just adorable.
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I still think it wasn't violent enough. I wanted Gregor to smash Oberyn's face for like half a minute straight like that scene in Fight Club only with a far more violent outcome.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:I still think it wasn't violent enough. I wanted Gregor to smash Oberyn's face for like half a minute straight like that scene in Fight Club only with a far more violent outcome. Ive watched a lot of gross poo poo in my time (serbian film, saw, irreversible, etc) and this is the first time Ive ever felt physically nauseated from a tv scene. It was absolutely loving brutal.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:I still think it wasn't violent enough. I wanted Gregor to smash Oberyn's face for like half a minute straight like that scene in Fight Club only with a far more violent outcome. I wanted Gregor to start smashing Oberyn's face in then action shot to the crowd's disgusted reactions, then a small time lapse where you keep hearing Gregor smashing Oberyn with people looking a little disgusted, then a larger time lapse where he's still smashing Oberyn and now everyone looks pretty bored.
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Doltos posted:There were so many cool ones. Littlefinger's speech to Robyn about people dying in their beds (Shae) or at their tables (Joffrey) or even on the crapper (Tywin). Tyrion talking about different types of 'cides' and specifically mentioning fratricide. Plus Tyrion warned Oberyn to wear a helmet (lol) and Oberyn asking him what experience he has with pit fighting (soon to be in Mereen). Lots of cool winks. I forgot that a lot of what I was thinking about was actually from Littlefinger but all the "cides" was kind of funny considering Tyrion's soon-to-be purpose in life. Jaime informing Tyrion that there isn't a "cide" for killing your cousin was kind of funny and not unique to book readers.
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Doltos posted:I wanted Gregor to start smashing Oberyn's face in then action shot to the crowd's disgusted reactions, then a small time lapse where you keep hearing Gregor smashing Oberyn with people looking a little disgusted, then a larger time lapse where he's still smashing Oberyn and now everyone looks pretty bored. Perhaps the sun setting and rising in the background?
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You know, before watching the episode I read several comments saying they couldn't imagine such a gory scene would make the cut (or something along those lines), and after watching I assumed they were talking about the horribly flayed Ironborn. I was pretty baffled when it turned out that everyone was referring to Oberyn's face-smash instead. Yeah emotional connection to the character, sure, but in terms of gore I definitely perceived the flayed and tortured corpse, who obviously underwent a long and atrocious agony, as way more disturbing than Oberyn's relatively quick death. Was that just me?
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I enjoyed that the Ironborn, the death-metal vikings of Westeros, once again incapacitated a commander who wanted them to fight to the last man. I hope every siege of an Ironborn holding ends that way from here on out.
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This is the greatest thing. I will now forever imagine Conan O'Brien in the role of Oberyn.
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This got strangely double posted
Mike N Eich fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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PostNouveau posted:I enjoyed that the Ironborn, the death-metal vikings of Westeros, once again incapacitated a commander who wanted them to fight to the last man. I hope every siege of an Ironborn holding ends that way from here on out. That's kinda been their thing. Balon was all gung ho about going back to the old ways then he bowed before Robert after Robert smashed his castle. The Ironborn will always be turds that sack undefended castles but can't stand up to anyone competent fighting them back.
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NihilCredo posted:You know, before watching the episode I read several comments saying they couldn't imagine such a gory scene would make the cut (or something along those lines), and after watching I assumed they were talking about the horribly flayed Ironborn. I was pretty baffled when it turned out that everyone was referring to Oberyn's face-smash instead. Last decade of television has basically been on-going escalation of cadaver gore. I'd imagine most people just automatically tune it out and can't even see it, because really what the gently caress. On the other hand, teeth flying, eye-gouging, screaming and screaming and melon smashing.
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