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Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

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Godholio posted:

Let's not forget baby executions throughout the city.

That was Joeffry and Janos Slynt. Tyrion even shits on her for being unable to control her son.

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Oct 13, 2005

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TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

having watched the long night again, the night king got suckered into that same trap as every other supervillain ever: monologuing.

sure, he didn't speak, but he was taking his time, savouring his victory, knowing that no bastard could touch him, until welp

get rekt idiot

i mean seriously he was standing over bran for a while, he could have just wasted him with an ice javelin and been done but he just had to go for the personal touch and get in close and stare him down



as far as the dragon fight goes i still had a really hard time following who was attacking who

it was pretty clear that the dead dragon got part of its jaw ripped off, but i still can't see what happened to make jon's dragon fall out of the sky


the episode may have been short on tactics but it was long on cool imagery

The dead dragon takes most of the damage. It spends the majority of it’s time trying to bite jon. His dragon gets clawed the gently caress up and gets knocked silly when Dany flies in and smacks the wightdragon.

Jon’s dragon didn’t die. Just got injured and took off without him.

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Oct 13, 2005

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Dead Reckoning posted:

TBF, he's been doing the Michael Meyers/Jason Voorhees slow, inexorable, menacing walk forward for the entire series.

They filmed a lot of (or all I can't recall) of the battle in 96fps. It's deliberately slow motion for effect. It's the only time they've ever done it in the series, but that last scene isn't real time.

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Oct 13, 2005

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TF CURES GENERATOR posted:

bran said something about the night king having been after the three-eyed raven forever, i don't remember much else though

The three eyed raven represents the memory of humanity. The NK has been deliberately trying to kill him forever to erase that memory en route to destroying all of humanity and the children of the forest.

He had the exact same slow and deliberate walk up and swing when he killed the old three-eyed raven in the tree.

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Oct 13, 2005

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My friend was rewatching and just snapped me - if you look at the scene when Tormund is cheering jon and trying to get him to drink, there’s a paper starbucks looking coffee cup sitting on the table in front of Dany.

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Oct 13, 2005

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The Dothraki charge is entirely in character. Those dudes were warrior kings who had ran roughshod over any opposition to date. They're waiting for battle and suddenly their swords all burst into flames? gently caress yeah, god is on our side, LETS GO KILL SOME MOTHERFUCKERS is a pretty appropriate reaction considering the type of fighters they were. They charged into the army of the dead exactly as they charged into the lannister line. They weren't at all ready for the army of the dead and even though it's dumb they survive, the remaining dothraki commander pulls off more tokens of dothraki off the warboard than the other groups lose.

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Oct 13, 2005

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This is how he planned the finish, though. Although some things shifted slightly, D&D made GRRM give them the rest of the major plotpoints he had planned.

There are a lot of things from earlier seasons that foreshadow everything that has happened. Bran saw the lone dragon over king’s landing in season 4, for example.

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Oct 13, 2005

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Internet Wizard posted:

Still curious about what GRRM is planning to do with the third Targaryen he had Tyrion traveling with in the latest book

Fake aegon was one of the dumb plot points I’m glad got the axe.

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Oct 13, 2005

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Vasudus posted:

I just find it funny that they spent the last quarter of season 7, plus one of the major arcs for the entire series, then literally half of season 8 on the Night King fight. Filmed for 55 nights!!!!

And then they kill one major-ish character (Theon), two supporting characters (Barric, Jorah), and one of the big bads.

Two episodes later in a major fight that had hardly any windup we lose: Jaime, Cersei (the other big bad) to a loving cave-in, plus both cleganes, Qyburn, Varys, and probably some other people I'm forgetting.

And the golden company gets absolutely smoked, literally, without breaking formation.

The golden company getting loving rekt was glorious.

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Oct 13, 2005

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beanieson posted:

I just caught up with Barry and that show continues to own

I agree. Ron/Lily made me laugh harder than I have in a long time while the next two episodes have had a decent heavy emotional tone while still telling a compelling story.

His audition and the director’s reaction are great. Barry is also drat good at cliffhangers. I hope Gene makes it.

Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 01:21 on May 15, 2019

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beanieson posted:

Fuckin NoHo Hank is the best drat thing ever, I want to be friends with him irl

North Hollywood Henry is my friend.

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Oct 13, 2005

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Vilerat’s shoulder tattoo.

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Oct 13, 2005

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A Bad Poster posted:

Pretty sure the king could say "forget about that, you're my new grand maester now" and the Night's Watch would just have to go "OK".

There is no night’s watch :ssh:

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Oct 13, 2005

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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

I mean he got picked up and escorted by some nights watch looking people

Escorted to a castle black with no one in it but the freefolk tormund said he was taking there. The watch died during the long night.

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Oct 13, 2005

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Handsome Ralph posted:

A friend reminded me last night the last three eyed raven lived for a 1000 years so maybe Tyrian knowing that somehow is what made him say Bran should be king?


I mean it would make more sense than the weird "he has a really cool story, you guys. He should rule over us as a result!"

There's discrepancy in the show and books in this regard. In the books he's ~180 or so because he's a bastard targ and former lord commander of the watch. I don't think the individual person the sentience of the raven inhabits has lived for millennia, but rather the three eyed raven itself has existed for eons and has just been passed down through mortal men.

Also, there is no lord of light - it's just been the raven manipulating things to kill the night king and take over the world of men.

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Oct 13, 2005

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A Bad Poster posted:

Wait, so does this mean that King Bran rules through bird law?

It's the only law that really matters.

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Dead Reckoning posted:

Deer, wolves, and squirrels are far more blasé than humans about massive increases in spontaneous abortions, or dying a decade early due to cancer.

They don't appreciably die earlier, though. Wild animals rarely live long enough for cancer to become a problem.

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Vriess posted:

The episode where Barry has to go against the Judo dude is amazing.

Ron/Lily is one of my favorite episodes of any tv show.

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Oct 13, 2005

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beanieson posted:

Ya she’d probably be done if somebody merc’d A dog for whatever reason. Thanks dudes.

I warn people before watching that the show is very graphic. It's not gratuitous, but it also does not hide anything. I have some friends that I know are particularly squeamish to flat not watch it. The liquidators episode is heartbreaking.

Everyone is drinking fucktons of free vodka throughout.

Also, not dog. Dogs. And cats. Dumptrucks full. That's some of the real poo poo that had to go down as a result of the gross negligence at play. Housepets that would poison anyone they approached, livestock, wild animals, and everything else still alive had to be put down, gathered up, and buried in a cement sarcophagus. They do nothing to hide some of the real impacts that this disaster had on everything around it.

Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jun 5, 2019

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