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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK DISCUSSION* |OT| Season 7 - [Read the OP]
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Sleeping Lesson
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My biggest criticism of these later seasons is how now circumstances are so convenient for the characters that need to live. Jaime and Bronn will escape unscathed, of course. The show used to make few accommodations for main characters, and that's what made it so compelling. Anyone could die at any moment.
poppabk
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We had this discussion a few pages back.
Messenger pigeons were a real thing even in world war II. The pigeon Paddy flew 230 miles across the channel in under 5 hours. The germans did try and kill the pigeons generally by using trained hawks, shooting a pigeon is pretty difficult even with a gun. You send multiple birds so that you can lose some and still get your message out. The ravens are just a take on a normal real life thing.
ComputerBlue
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There was a scene in this episode where for a short while you can loudly hear a Raven.
But going through the episode now I can't find it, did this happen or not?
I remember thinking, oh shit, Bran is watching...But I can't even remember which scene it was.
But going through the episode now I can't find it, did this happen or not?
I remember thinking, oh shit, Bran is watching...But I can't even remember which scene it was.
MagicWithEarvin
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Could the spear have been poisoned?
wesleyshark
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Great show. Amazing books.
Littlefinger on the balcony right after the Arya/Brienne sparring session IIRC.
Littlefinger was lurking about standing next to a raven cage at some point.
Kadayi
Banned
Yeah, it's pretty tedious. I don't get why it's so hard to envisage that between episodes, hell even between scenes, weeks or months may have passed. I mean jez, think about episode 2 with Jorah getting his skin peeled off and then episode 3 getting the all clear from the Maester. That's not an overnight situation. Sam didn't cover him in Citadel insta-heal skin regenerator.
Anyway, that battle was fucking glorious. However, I liked how conflicted I got. Bronn, Dragon, Bronn, Dragon..........
It's when Littlefinger is looking out from the deck. Can't remember if it's when he watching Arya fight.
I noticed it too because it was quite loud. Maybe Bran creeping on him?
Only thing I'll say about it: there are plenty of regular posters in both threads that admitted to reading it on this website (I just checked the original thread, that was fun) that continue to speculate about things they already know. It is extremely annoying and probably difficult to moderate.
Nydius
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I don't get all the Bronn love. I was hoping he'd be dragon food this episode and was continually let down. I understand he's still a mercenary at heart but fuck that guy for being such a blatant turncoat. Like ok, yay, maybe he saved Jaime but if Dany offers Bronn more gold and a bigger castle, Bronn will stab the shit out of Jaime on the spot.
A lot of my friends on Facebook are losing their minds about Jaime. My response is always the same: No decapitated body or burnt-to-a-crisp body = no death. Unless there's definitive proof of death like a head on a spike, it's safest to assume the character is alive. The worst part is, given the showrunners' track record on events like this, we'll probably have to wait 2 episodes before we get a definitive answer.
A lot of my friends on Facebook are losing their minds about Jaime. My response is always the same: No decapitated body or burnt-to-a-crisp body = no death. Unless there's definitive proof of death like a head on a spike, it's safest to assume the character is alive. The worst part is, given the showrunners' track record on events like this, we'll probably have to wait 2 episodes before we get a definitive answer.
Double Donut
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That battle was absolutely, positively, fucking amazing. I think it even topped the battle of the bastards for me. I was pumped.
He literally just jumped in front of a dragon to save Jamie's life and you're calling him a turncoat? lol
What? Why would anyone think Jamie is dead? He was clearly saved in the end. They arent going to have him drown because of heavy armor lol. If anything it was more of a figurative scene.
Nydius
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He literally put his life on the line for Tyrion. Multiple times. How'd that work out for Tyrion? And did you watch the beginning of the episode where Bronn was already pretty pissy with Jaime for what Bronn considers being "underpaid".
Bronn IS a turncoat. That IS his character. If Dany gives him enough incentive, he would slit Jaime's throat on the spot. No questions asked.
ComputerBlue
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Thanks, I'll have to listen for it during a full rewatch because skipping about throughout the episode isn't doing me any good in finding it.
Incorrect. His episodes are both epic AND great.
Like Hardhome wasn't great? Battle of the Bastards wasn't great?
Kadayi
Banned
Don't forget he forgot the gold and went to the Ballista instead.
Yeah, no doubt both he and Bronn are alive. The question is whether they are captured, by Dany or escape.
Well? He never betrayed Tyrion.
Conkerkid11
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That's what feels weird to me regarding him needing to choose between his bag of gold and potentially slaying the dragon.
Like, I don't even see it as a choice between saving lives and getting gold. At that point, if he doesn't kill the dragon, he's not even likely making it out of the battle alive. He already chose to stick around to fight the Dothraki, even though with just them that was still a losing battle.
No way he's making it out of there alive if the dragon isn't slayed. No point in a bag of gold if he's dead. And no way he's killing that Dothraki with a bag of gold.
Mark Mylod didn't direct those, Miguel Sapochnik did. Up to this point Mark Mylod had directed smaller episodes.
Yu Narukami
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I wish I had a friend as loyal as Bronn.
Arya continues being the best
If it makes you feel better, he mostly really wants to get paid.
The digital face replacement was a bit noticeable in this shot, cool as it was.
^ I will fight you
hell yeah! I was just asking earlier for someone to gif that. Such a badass moment and the face swap, I assume, looks seemly.
hell yeah! I was just asking earlier for someone to gif that. Such a badass moment and the face swap, I assume, looks seemly.
ComputerBlue
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Bronn is an opportunist and he's amoral.
He has stated before that he'll do what pays the best. He clearly wasn't satisfied with that gold, he wants a castle. Jaime has promised him one so he saved him.
That's how I see it, Bronn isn't a deep character.
Dude likes to fight, fuck and wants a castle, he's a simple man really, lol.
He has stated before that he'll do what pays the best. He clearly wasn't satisfied with that gold, he wants a castle. Jaime has promised him one so he saved him.
That's how I see it, Bronn isn't a deep character.
Dude likes to fight, fuck and wants a castle, he's a simple man really, lol.
I hope they're saving him for the last season
She looks so much like Ned here. Not the ninja moves, but her clothing and even her hair.
As he should since he perpetually keeps getting the runaround.
This show better end with Bronn chilling in his Castle with his maiden.
SurrenderDorothy
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Bronn deserves a bloody castle.
Yeah, it was about the only questionable CGI effect this episode for me.
ComputerBlue
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Fucking love this moment.
DangerMouse
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MagicWithEarvin
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I think Miguel Sapochnik confirmed he'll be working on season 8. Hopefully he closes it out!
If they haven't bagged him for at least the final two eps, they're doing something wrong.
An uncompressed 2K DI will lose detail being compressed to fit Blu-ray's lower resolution, color and storage space. Much more room to breathe in a 4k Blu-ray.
Bronn isn't that one dimensional.
He has a genuine friendship with both Jaime and Tyrion.
ComputerBlue
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Sure, but if Jaime told him to kill Tyrion and offered him X amount of gold, and Tyrion countered that offer with twice as much and Jaime couldn't match it. Bronn would kill Jaime.
still shaking from this episode
STILL SHAKING!!!!!
- starks coming together and looking more dangerous by the second (lol @ whatever littlefinger's got plotting, good luck executing that with 3 eyed bran and cut throat arya circling your scheming ass)
- arya and brienne officially being best buddies
- dothraki being on another level of badass with how they shot arrows from their horses
- fucking drogon FLAMING UP THE PLACE (and i dont even care for dany!!)
not a second was wasted in this episode. brilliance, through and through
lmaooooo
STILL SHAKING!!!!!
- starks coming together and looking more dangerous by the second (lol @ whatever littlefinger's got plotting, good luck executing that with 3 eyed bran and cut throat arya circling your scheming ass)
- arya and brienne officially being best buddies
- dothraki being on another level of badass with how they shot arrows from their horses
- fucking drogon FLAMING UP THE PLACE (and i dont even care for dany!!)
not a second was wasted in this episode. brilliance, through and through
lol
lmaooooo
man... i wish, lol
i know right!? he better take notes
serenewarfare
Banned
So like... what if we're all wrong about whatever the secret of Jon's parentage is?
Like, I know literally every hint and bit of momentum is in the Targaryen camp, and I ultimately think that's what it will be, but what if it's not?
So many of our predictions and reactions to certain events (like Jon and Dany) are predicated on that assumption that is still, for the time being, an assumption.
Like, I know literally every hint and bit of momentum is in the Targaryen camp, and I ultimately think that's what it will be, but what if it's not?
So many of our predictions and reactions to certain events (like Jon and Dany) are predicated on that assumption that is still, for the time being, an assumption.
Portugeezer
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Always exciting to see some Dragon action, that new weapon adds a bit of tension which was needed for these battles.
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