Steelyuhas
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Mace was mentioned by George as being cast, also they've already mentioned him by name in the show.
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Mace was mentioned by George as being cast, also they've already mentioned him by name in the show.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Borak Hogar sounds like an actual name.
CrashBandicoot
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Burst out laughing at king of the guys, not sure why
MoogleWizard
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They killed off all Dothraki with a face, all her bloodriders and handmaidens, not a single one left.
Lol Great stuff
I want more of these actually, dude's dad likes the action heroes and doesn't pay much attention to to the talky talky guys.
Steelyuhas
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Season 3 as Infographics
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Also, some food for thought here, but I was looking at the supporting actor category for the Emmys.
-Of the six noms last year, three won't be returning (two aren't on their shows anymore, one wasn't submitted this year)
-That leaves Aaron Paul, Peter Dinklage, and Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
-Reading around, there isn't much buzz for another Carter nom (not that it couldn't happen), but Paul and Dinklage seem like shoe-ins.
-That leaves four spots up for the competition, as always the field is crazy competitive, but I don't think it's insane to think that Nikolaj has a decent shot at a nomination alongside Peter.
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Also, some food for thought here, but I was looking at the supporting actor category for the Emmys.
-Of the six noms last year, three won't be returning (two aren't on their shows anymore, one wasn't submitted this year)
-That leaves Aaron Paul, Peter Dinklage, and Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
-Reading around, there isn't much buzz for another Carter nom (not that it couldn't happen), but Paul and Dinklage seem like shoe-ins.
-That leaves four spots up for the competition, as always the field is crazy competitive, but I don't think it's insane to think that Nikolaj has a decent shot at a nomination alongside Peter.
DrForester
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fallengorn
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Morrigan Stark
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Same, haha. As did "King of the Guys". LOL
Darth Pinche
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"Black Worm" made me laugh.
SomeOrangeGuy
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It's actually pretty close the way it is! Hahaha.
Pretty much everyone does..
User 100115
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I've read the books numerous times and still get his name wrong sometimes. And he's my favorite character!
Rentahamster
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While I understand why they do the "no flashbacks" thing, I am slightly disappointed that we'll never get to see Stannis and Robert in a scene together. I like their actors.
Jaime is the Dwyane Wade of Westeros.
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Personally I thought that was one of the worst episodes of the show, which is pretty much the same thing I thought about last season's finale. It had a few nice moments but overall I'm just baffled at how listless and anti-climactic it was. HBO tends to use finales for pure set up, but I feel like this episode could have featured a rather "big" event without losing much of anything from the other stories. I'm referring to
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Instead the episode attempted to close every single story, no matter how thin, and it just felt weak. With all 10 episodes complete you can look at a couple arcs and realize just how stretched they were.
Last year I made quite a fuss about certain Arya changes, and I feel like the finale validated that. That scene just felt inconsequential and anti-climatic to me; it also happened so quickly I really didn't feel it made an impact. I'm not a book purist, but I often ask how big changes compare to what happened in the book; is anyone going to argue what we got was better than the Tickler scene from the book, which is one of the best moments in the entire series? I'm sure something interesting could have been done without the Tickler...but ultimately the chosen scene was bad IMO.
Same applies to the Davos stuff, and the continued butcher of Stannis Baratheon. First with Davos: his monologue to Gendry felt completely unnecessary/repetitive, and another case of the writers simply giving material to actors; as Elio Garcia said in his review: the actors are there to serve the story, not vice versa. This isn't just a D&D thing either. George Martin's episode featured a puzzling Osha monologue thats only purpose was to give the actress a monologue; Martin has said multiple times that he loves her performance, and even plans on it influencing how he writes the character in later books.
Overall I felt this was one of the worst written episodes of the series. Oh well, next season will feature some awesome stuff (although I do wonder how much stuff will they stretch this time). Seems like they're making some pretty big changes to the Greyjoy story which will be interesting, but I wonder if viewers will give a shit about any of that.
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the initial widling skirmish attack on the Wall. It would have given the episode more of an emotional thrust with the death of Ygritte, and also set up for the bigger battle next season.
Last year I made quite a fuss about certain Arya changes, and I feel like the finale validated that. That scene just felt inconsequential and anti-climatic to me; it also happened so quickly I really didn't feel it made an impact. I'm not a book purist, but I often ask how big changes compare to what happened in the book; is anyone going to argue what we got was better than the Tickler scene from the book, which is one of the best moments in the entire series? I'm sure something interesting could have been done without the Tickler...but ultimately the chosen scene was bad IMO.
Same applies to the Davos stuff, and the continued butcher of Stannis Baratheon. First with Davos: his monologue to Gendry felt completely unnecessary/repetitive, and another case of the writers simply giving material to actors; as Elio Garcia said in his review: the actors are there to serve the story, not vice versa. This isn't just a D&D thing either. George Martin's episode featured a puzzling Osha monologue thats only purpose was to give the actress a monologue; Martin has said multiple times that he loves her performance, and even plans on it influencing how he writes the character in later books.
Overall I felt this was one of the worst written episodes of the series. Oh well, next season will feature some awesome stuff (although I do wonder how much stuff will they stretch this time). Seems like they're making some pretty big changes to the Greyjoy story which will be interesting, but I wonder if viewers will give a shit about any of that.
I don't see how this scene was a replacement for that. More like a replacement for the book version of how Arya left Harrenhal + some Frey vengeance.
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I still expect a version of the Tickler material to happen next season (maybe with Polliver?), because what else is Arya going to do with The Hound? It leads right into his "death."
I thought the same thing. Funny enough I had just made a "I never asked for this" joke a few hours before watching this. Made it even better.
I can't wait for [ASOS]
ELIA!
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This one is incredible.
Spat my drink out.
KINGofCRA5H
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I suppose now would be a good time to finish AFFC and start ADWD. Plenty of time till TWOW, right? 
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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I suppose now would be a good time to finish AFFC and start ADWD. Plenty of time till TWOW, right?
You could probably read a page a day and still finished in time.
Well not really. Hopefully. He is apparently making good progress. Then again football season is right around the corner.
Haha, it's funny, my brother is a book reader and he used to call him Tyrone too before I corrected him. Cracked me up.
RatskyWatsky
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He'll always be Jay-m to me!
Finally watched the last episode.
Gosh I hate how they've ruined Stannis! It's so frustrating, he's such a wimp.
And the last scene with Dany was also rather cringeworthy.
The first part was great though. Arya seeing RobbWind... :/ Another punch to the gut. What was the twitter reaction to that? The Red Wedding is seriously one of the saddest things written. Gives me the feels everytime.
Kings Landing scenes were great, especially with all the Lannisters. Jaime finally made it back (does he in the book? I don't remember tbh).
The scenes at the wall were pretty good too.
Overall nice mellow finale to a bombastic season I think.
And now the wait begins.
Gosh I hate how they've ruined Stannis! It's so frustrating, he's such a wimp.
And the last scene with Dany was also rather cringeworthy.
The first part was great though. Arya seeing RobbWind... :/ Another punch to the gut. What was the twitter reaction to that? The Red Wedding is seriously one of the saddest things written. Gives me the feels everytime.
Kings Landing scenes were great, especially with all the Lannisters. Jaime finally made it back (does he in the book? I don't remember tbh).
The scenes at the wall were pretty good too.
Overall nice mellow finale to a bombastic season I think.
And now the wait begins.
Steelyuhas
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Nice.
Nice.
Steelyuhas
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LOL
Lame. I wonder if this means theres no chance of..
one of her riders becoming a dragonrider in the book
Flawless.
fallengorn
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Was this posted? Just saw this on my feed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npdARG8ffms
IAmtheFMan
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That's awesome.
Cornballer
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Ha ha, nice one.
Oh my god. I love it... haha.
Cpt.Underpants
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*cringes*
Ah yes, saw this on Arrested Westeros' page. I love this.
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As always, avoid comments.
hahaha amazing!
Hey guys, non-book reader here, just popping in to ask a question.
There was one thing I was spoiled on that I was expecting to see in the season finale.
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There was one thing I was spoiled on that I was expecting to see in the season finale.
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Where was the Lady Stoneheart reveal? Are they saving that for Season 4 or has that plotline been dropped?
I've heard that Michelle Fairley has signed up to another movie/TV show (unsure).
I've heard that Michelle Fairley has signed up to another movie/TV show (unsure).
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