I've only seen him in Pillars of the Earth, he was ok in that.
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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6
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I've only seen him in Pillars of the Earth, he was ok in that.
Why is it so hard for people to accept the most obvious and straightforward simple explanation as presented to viewers? She was there before Arya. She has been training harder and having better results. Yet her master takes in a total noob who was born with a silver spoon and just ended up in Braavos because of some misguided idealized dream of becoming a badass assassin. The noob doesn't train as hard, clearly doesn't have what it takes, and has failed her master time and time again. Yet the noob gets more and more chances, and her master even makes her go train the noob.
It's a classic "why do you care about her so much more than you care about me" disciple envy character arc. Almost every master/disciple type of story has something like this if there's one master and two or more disciples. There's nothing unusual or weird about it. It's just been executed really poorly because character work on the show tends to be weak when the writers have to come up with original content.
lovejoy and deadwood mainly
He's an ass-fucking heathen cocksucker in Deadwood.
So, does a person have to be dead to have their face added to the wall or not? I still don't get how Arya saw her own face last season.
I only made it one episode. Huge disappointment after the excellent book.
I only made it one episode. Huge disappointment after the excellent book.
More recently, he's also been in John Wick, and is supposedly in the upcoming sequel that's in production.
H.Cornerstone
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don't forget his greatest role ever, That guy in Death Race 2000.
Pyramid head
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Only if he kept his 4th wall breaking piece to cameras from Lovejoy. That would have been great.
biosnake20
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Someone on reddit found something interesting in a leaked season 6 set pic from last year.
Also here is this weeks beautiful death:
Also here is this weeks beautiful death:
The artist nails it every time.
The art maybe, but I'm not so sure about the scene. No one was killed by an axe in this episode. I guess there were just too many hanging drawings.
Unless they die by someone else's hands. Walder, Thoros and Melisandre in particular would be the top contenders. Walder by Red Wedding 2.0, Thoros by The Hound, Melisandre by Davos. Maybe.
Melisandre is already fated to meet Arya again, too. She might be killed by her directly before season's end.
Veritigo_X
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Are Thoros and Mel still on her list? She didn't mention them when she was going through the list with the Waif.
No but I don't see any reason why she wouldn't put them back on.
Her list is nonsensical in the show anyway.
Han Shot First
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Actually his best role is in The Seeker as a Merlin knock-off. Man I wanted that movie to be good since I loved the books as a kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeker_(film)
I can't believe they had an episode titled Broken man without even a short version of Meribald's speech. Like, why.
It was originally planned and got cut.
I'm more bummed out that they killed him. Not every character has to die, D&D.
cartoon_soldier
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Even if Syrio is there it will be as Jaqen using his face for sure.
Moff
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which would prove the ancient theory that syrio was jaqen all along!
Unless Maisie shrunk and he grew, that is not him.
could be that he's standing on something in the pic. can't get a good look of legs/feet/anything other than the hair
if it is him of course
Deadwood, and is known in the UK/Ireland for Lovejoy.
mugoldeneagle03
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They are probably my two favorite shows HBO produced. Six Feet Under is easily the best show I've ever seen. Give them a try, both fantastic and wildly different
What are the chances someone dies in the Riverlands? We got Brienne, Pod, Jamie, Bron, and the Hound all converging. That's a murderer's row.
We know BwB are dying (Thoros?) but will any of the main cast go? I'd be bummed to.lose any of them.
Better than The Wire, Veep, and Curb? Man, HBO has some good shows. Maybe I will check out Six Feet Under...
We know BwB are dying (Thoros?) but will any of the main cast go? I'd be bummed to.lose any of them.
Better than The Wire, Veep, and Curb? Man, HBO has some good shows. Maybe I will check out Six Feet Under...
John Dunbar
correct about everything
pod needs to go.
They suck compared to the Hound, Bronn, and Jaimie so...
Jamie? Jamie? He'd be my vote from that group unless he gets his head out of Cercei's ass in a hurry.
Weren't they both killed by LSH and the BwB in the books? Or am I misremembering something
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i find it unlikely that they will kill the hound this season (unless it is in a draw in the CLEGANEBOWL), because as wasteful as the writers of this show can be, i doubt they would spend so much screen time to kill a character that could have been dead already. my prediction is that he has temporary invincibility due to respawning.
You're remembering wrong. Brienne was captured by LSH, had a noose put over her neck, and cried "Sword!" at the last second to prove that she was still loyal to Cat. The last we saw, she was luring Jamie to LSH's lair.
Pod's fate is up in the air but
Martin said he's alive
My guess is that Brienne dies in Winds of Winter to save Jamie from LSH's wrath but that scenario wouldn't make a lick of sense in the show.
You're 100% right but I hope you're not. There hasn't been a major death since S4 and we've gotten way too comfortable that none of the main characters will die. Of course, that confidence could be shattered if they kill Tyrion this episode for burning so many bridges in Meereen...
zkorejo
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Unless Maisie shrunk and he grew, that is not him.
He shrunk last season to disguise as Waif.
I cant help but feel he is either a wizard or many faced god himself. If Syrio actually was Jaqen all along then this would raise the question why he has been so interested in Arya.
Chocolate & Vanilla
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Lovejoy, Deadwood and he's Blackbeard in PotC 4
Yeah, thanks for reminding me of all that
It'll be interesting how the story changes without LSH
John Dunbar
correct about everything
the hound is definitely a fan favourite, but i'm not sure how you could call him a major death if the likes of stannis, alliser thorne or myrcella do not count.
I almost want to just gonna post the whole thing because it's such a good read, but it feels a bit long to post in its entirety, and there's embedded links in the full article so you should go to the webpage and read the whole thing.
Collins hasn't usually been one to dive into and criticize the differences between the book and show, so to see him write about this change from the book was interesting.
Sean T. Collins has been writing the most interesting criticism on this show (and has been for a while now) imo. His Boiled Leather blog and podcast is worth following. Anyone else similar that is worth following?
Collins hasn't usually been one to dive into and criticize the differences between the book and show, so to see him write about this change from the book was interesting.
Sean T. Collins has been writing the most interesting criticism on this show (and has been for a while now) imo. His Boiled Leather blog and podcast is worth following. Anyone else similar that is worth following?
Cornballer
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Vox put together an explainer for time travel in GoT:
- Time travel in Game of Thrones, explained (youtube, ~5 min)
- Time travel in Game of Thrones, explained (youtube, ~5 min)
Until the show I never thought the faces were physical things that they wore. Just that they were particularly adept with the kind of glamoring magic that Melisandre constantly uses. If you can convince someone you're old, I'm sure you can convince someone that you're just "no one." Though it seems it's always been the case;
This just seems too odd to me.
bengraven
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hey_monkey
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whoa whoa whoa hold up here let's not deny anyone more amazing Tormund scenes.
Specifically me.
Also, I think show Brienne is really fantastic. I was iffy at first but I love her. And Jaime without redemption is funny, sure, but not in any way worth a damn.
Bronn, though, should live forever.
adamsappel
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Bronn is something that the show has done well. I really don't understand why GRRM just abandoned him as a character. Has he ever hinted if Bronn comes back into the story? He deserves a good death, at least.
Pyramid head
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He may have been 'offscreen' in the books for a while, but his actions there have still been 100% more entertaining than anything the show has had him do these laat 2 seasons.
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