Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 6 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
On the east coast it has being going live on xfinity at the exact same time it airs. Never had any streaming problems watching live unlike some people watching on HBO's service.
Waylon Drums
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I shouldn't be looking for these...but I can't stop!
So we should put you on Ignore?
Seriously, anyone who even seems like they are going to spoil something based on leaked info is getting blocked for the next three months.
Nope, I don't think it's leaked. just reports of fakes. (thank god)
Waylon Drums
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Watching a leaked episode doesn't mean I'm going to come here and blab about what happens.
They did not provide any advance copies this time, so no chance of it getting leaked.
Waylon Drums
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I think the possible names of the first three episodes leaked and then people misread headlines about it and the rumor grew from there. At least based on what I found.
Names of the first three were leaked then put up on hbo anyway.
Veep too. It's HBO season alright. Cancelled last year and just resubbed yesterday.
Obama is getting advanced copies of the episodes so if anything leaks it's his fault.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Thanks Obama.
I can't wait for them to top this... and I really feel that they can once more of the puzzle pieces are set in place, there has got to be some absolutely incredible battles ahead. But this one was oh so good. Loved it!
Tomorroooooowwwwwwww at long last
Cornballer
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Let's knock off the leak discussion for now. Same warning as the other thread.
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Psychoward
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I told myself after Season 5 I wouldn't get hyped and here I am, the night before being really hyped. Ugh.
higgsboson1997
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The sand snakes take up only 15 minutes of the entire season though?
The Real Abed
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On episode 6 of season 5 right now. 4 more to finish before tomorrow night.
higgsboson1997
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It's regarded as extremely terrible on GAF for some reason, but in general, from a lot of polls I've seen on multiple sites, it's mainly regarded in a positive light.
Most rankings I've seen have Season 4 at the top, followed by Season 3 and Season 1 in some order, and then Season 5 and Season 2 in whichever order.
Psychoward
Banned
It's that bad imo. From what I remember.
-Sansa rape
-Dorne choreography
-Bad pussy
-Barristan dying like a wimp
-awful vfx during the dany dragon riding scene
-brienne and pod adventures zzz
-"20 good men"
-Emilia Clarke still can't act
But I'm biased because they butchered my favorite character and then we didn't even get a battle scene from it so maybe it isn't as bad as other people think.
liliththepale
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Stannis stuff was the best it's ever been last season, and probably the highlight of the season outside of Hardhome.
DearestJuliet
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I can't believe it's here...
Psychoward
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Besides the fact that his whole deal is having the Iron Throne by right of heir and then KILLS HIS ONLY HEIR because some of men were getting killed by "20 good men" when he managed to outlast everyone at his own keep.... And then if that wasn't enough when we were about to get an actual battle the show cuts to black and he still loses. I like Roose but the bullshit surrounding Ramsay's power is well... bullshit.
I never understood this Emilia can't act nonsense. And while the dragon riding vfx could've been better, it was far from bad.
Yes there were some weak parts (Dorne), but there were so many good and great moments that it didn't hinder my enjoyment of the season at all.
liliththepale
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He's an extremely flawed man. His older brother was only the king by right of conquest. Stannis was not born with any royal blood in him, yet he still believes somehow that the throne is his right.
The story of Stannis isn't one of an honest man being slighted. It's the story of a delusional man who feels conflicted because he's trying to choose between two wrongs thinking that one or both of them are in some way right when really neither are.
In his quest for power, which he has allowed himself to be convinced is a just mission, he constantly sacrifices his honor. He betrays his brother, he is unfaithful to his wife, he tries to sacrifice his bastard nephew, and then he legitimately sacrifices his daughter. That's not some late-game asspull from nowhere, it's a slow build of insanity.
And it's for nothing. The red woman realized her visions were completely wrong, or at least that she had interpreted them wrong. So she concedes defeat and retreats. Meanwhile Stannis is too full of himself and goes down with the ship.
It's beautiful.
half a moon
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Well, soon tm. I don't know what to expect. Making up shit lost style the whole season doesn't seem like it will go well.
higgsboson1997
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You expected Barristan to be able to kill more than the already pretty high amount (4 or 5?) than he did in old age and surrounded by enemies? I certainly didn't, and thought the amount he killed was already a little too much. The entire Dany scene was amazing for a TV show imo, but yeah I agree the last 5 seconds or so were wonky. Still though, what happened in the arena itself was incredible from a visuals standpoint, and budget is limited.
As for Emilia Clarke, I thought this was her best season since Season 3. I especially loved her end scene in 502, her scene with Barristan in 504, and the roasting scene in 505. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her work this season.
As for your Stannis point, I personally loved his arc and it was my favourite Stannis arc since his introduction in Season 2, but I understand why some won't so I'm not going to contest your point regarding it
shitty hyperbole rules I guess.
Shadow_FFVI
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Its considered bad relative to how amazing the previous seasons were.
yeah and it's still hyperbole. the minority exists in a constant state of hyperbole. season 5 was the best yet and virtually everyone agrees. except for the hyperbolic minority who really matter fuck-all.
Psychoward
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...no it's not. What are the two wrongs he has to choose from? Getting the throne which is his birthright or... not? It's literally trying to win the throne because it's his after Robert died, while at the same time killing the Lannisters for the betrayal they pulled. It couldn't get any "just-er" if he tried.
His brother was going to kill him anyway and he tried to resolve it peacefully so it was entirely justified, he absorbed half of his brother's army. Both him and Renly would have gotten slaughtered if they went in to open battle together and the Lannisters would have mopped up their scraps.
And there shouldn't have been a "going down with the ship", regardless of what you think his motives were at the end of the day he has a giant army vs. the Boltons (a minor house mind you) and he got absolutely destroyed. AND we don't even see it on-screen. AND he burns his daughter just because some minor things were going to go wrong, when his entire arc is of his birthright and how his daughter is his one hope after he dies. And he kills her. I don't see how anyone can think it's consistent.
finally they top it off with having one of the worst characters in the show end him
trash
liliththepale
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Stannis has no birthright. None. When he was born, at his birth, there was nothing made his eventual right. The throne was only possibly his by conquest and he failed. Renly offered peace but Stannis wouldn't bow to his other brother.
Psychoward
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When Robert died, it went to his heir. Joffrey was a bastard so it would have been conceded to Robert's eldest brother who was Stannis. Stannis didn't accept Renly's peace because Renly wouldn't accept Stannis' and Stannis was his elder. By the laws of succession it's Stannis', I guess technically by birthright it could be Dany's but Stannis argued against killing her and would willingly concede the throne to her if she ever showed up.
People are still wondering if Stannis is alive?
I would love to see where the show runners would take him next, but it is done. The guy is dead and he even got killed offscreen. It's better this way, the TV writers never understood the character.
Stephen Dilanne has gone on record saying that while he doesn't regret his time on the show he did it just for the money.
Hopefully I'm not breaking the OT rules by saying this.
I would love to see where the show runners would take him next, but it is done. The guy is dead and he even got killed offscreen. It's better this way, the TV writers never understood the character.
Stephen Dilanne has gone on record saying that while he doesn't regret his time on the show he did it just for the money.
Hopefully I'm not breaking the OT rules by saying this.
I don't think it's birthright so much as order of succession. Robert had no heirs, so it goes to the oldest Barratheon sibling to Robert, which was Stannis.
Psychoward
Banned
Hardhome alone was worth the price of admission.
tumblr gifs aside I will concede that was a damn fine episode
liliththepale
Banned
It's bullshit though. First because Robert declared Joffrey his rightful heir, and second because if Stannis is right about the throne belonging to whoever was next in line then he should be trying to find Dany across the sea and reinstall the Targaryens, not help Robert in his rebellion. In helping Robert's rebellion he proved that the king shouldn't actually be about lineage, but about who would make the best leader. And it should have been clear to him that Renly would make a better leader since people actually liked Renly, but Stannis' pride got in the way.
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