Napalm_Frank
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I miss Mace.
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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 7 - Sundays on HBO
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isaacnukem
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I think Dany will go on a rampage and will smite King's Landing with her dragons.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
because it makes even less sense if there's a long time between the scenes. if the unsullied went to casterly rock at the same time as yara went to dorne, it makes no sense for euron to have time to attack yara, go party in king's landing, and then make it in time to casterly rock. but why it's even more nonsensical if there was a time jump is that dany/tyrion or whoever is in charge must have thought that attacking casterly rock was still a good idea after losing half their fleet and dorne, and they must have waited a ridiculously long time before sending them to take that useless castle.
hendersonhank
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He wouldn't have been menacing, though. He would have been ridiculous.
Look at me I'm mysterious I have one eye and a crew of mutes and blue lips and a magic horn you have no idea all the creepy things i've seen
A lot of the complaints seem pretty petty.
On Highgarden, you had the Tyrell's betrayed by their most important/biggest Bannerman alongside the Lannisters. It's always been said they were poor fighters, but got by with numbers.
With The Rock, Tyrion went there to cut off the Lannister Army. Have them trapped in CR and turn it into a bay. He knew there were no resources, but using the sewers, he figured he could take them by surprise. This would allow the other two to surround Kings Landing without having to worry about reinforcements.
And while Tyrion is tricky, but he was never a general. He commanded once, he hasn't been at it for 20 years like Tarly or lived on the field like Jamie. Tyrion has always been someone who works better behind the desk.
None of this seems like a large leap.
On Highgarden, you had the Tyrell's betrayed by their most important/biggest Bannerman alongside the Lannisters. It's always been said they were poor fighters, but got by with numbers.
With The Rock, Tyrion went there to cut off the Lannister Army. Have them trapped in CR and turn it into a bay. He knew there were no resources, but using the sewers, he figured he could take them by surprise. This would allow the other two to surround Kings Landing without having to worry about reinforcements.
And while Tyrion is tricky, but he was never a general. He commanded once, he hasn't been at it for 20 years like Tarly or lived on the field like Jamie. Tyrion has always been someone who works better behind the desk.
None of this seems like a large leap.
Ah but she wants the people to looooooove her as the true benevolent queen of westeros....
Yeah gets old. Gets old as hell, subverting tropes by making every sympathetic character a fucking naive idiot gets old.
Is that true? Loras was a great fighter and the Tyrells helped win the battle at Blackwater Bay. What episode said they were poor fighters?
Ghostmaster
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It is kinda ridiculous that at this point Lord of the Rings has more realistic battles than GOT.
I mean Tyrion just fucking up all over the place, and the whole sewer bit. Really, a guy like Tywin has no idea about the sewer system in his best fortress and no spy ever told him of his son bringing in courtesans secretly into the fort.
At least Aragorn and co. had an excuse for neglecting the sewer at helm's deep. No one had any idea Saruman was packing heat.
I mean Tyrion just fucking up all over the place, and the whole sewer bit. Really, a guy like Tywin has no idea about the sewer system in his best fortress and no spy ever told him of his son bringing in courtesans secretly into the fort.
At least Aragorn and co. had an excuse for neglecting the sewer at helm's deep. No one had any idea Saruman was packing heat.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
anyone else thought it was really odd the way tyrion asked jon if there is anything else he can do for him? it's like jon needed to be reminded of the dragonglass by someone who doesn't know it exists to make tyrion seem perceptive or something.
Ocarina_117
Banned
Why?You think this would look silly?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
You think this would look silly?
Is that Mads?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
One more thing that I thought was odd - Isn't Braavos founded by ex-slaves? Why would the Iron Bank deal with slavery? Did they have investments in Slaver's Bay in the books?
Last week I joked that after Sam cures Jorah, the Maesters will recognize his great talent and praise him for doing what no other Maester could do, and give him a free chain. He didn't get the free chain but.... I guess it's almost there.
Admiral Woofington
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"grayscale isn't that easy to cure man"
*finds book titled 'Curing Grayscale in 3 easy steps'*
*finds book titled 'Curing Grayscale in 3 easy steps'*
StopMakingSense
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Oh you just cut it off and apply neosporin.
Dusk Soldier
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Admiral Woofington
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next time I see someone with a horrible skin disease, I'll go with knife, tweezers and neosporin in hand.
Lord of Castamere
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? They expected a series with 5-6 books, at the time, to last 4-5 seasons? Are you saying they expected it would get canceled?
The Artisan
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as much as I would love to see these 2 go at it, I don't want a porno scene because
1. it's always gratuitous and
2. Emilia Clarke is kinda over being full frontally nude in front of a camera, not even sex with Jon Snow should get her to show everything off again. An extended sex scene should happen, but it shouldn't be all the eye candy/porn shit that the show is known for.
You think this would look silly?
This looks terrible lol
I'm very critical of the show, but avoiding blue lips and golden beards was the right decision.
The first thing the Old Rose said after asking how they fought,
"It was never our forte, Golden Roses indeed"
Tyrell's helped, but again. It was lead by Tywin alongside their entire force in overwhelming numbers. No different than Robert's Rebellion, where all the Tyrell's did was sit and siege Storm's End for a year. Tarly was the one who dealt Robert his only lose.
chicken_pasta
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I can't believe you're not joking lol that would look absolutely dreadful. The series is way more grounded than the books, because it's a fantasy world being played by real people on tight budgets. Having Euron have blue lips or characters with blue mustaches and golden beards would look like a joke.You think this would look silly?
diunxx
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Conveniently in this one!
Lord of Castamere
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I thought this was a TV show? Now I have to read too?!
The Artisan
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"a fortnight"
in the season 6 finale we see Sansa saying winter is here, in the season 7 premier Arya as Walder says winter is here and a fortnight has passed. Yet, she finds out about Jon ruling in Winterfell after she finds out about Cersei being Queen.
Pretty sure they padded out seasons waiting on GRRM, and probably didn't anticipate so much success that the final season would be delayed then split into two. One of the writers joked about not being able to wait any longer, like it wouldn't make sense to have a 30 year old Arya wandering around.
She's not going nude anymore for anything short of a big time film lead, but you still can't really put that genie back in the bottle. Her first scene in season 1 was basically
Do you really think how Euron looks on the show right now is any more strange that's what's in the books? I would take blue lips book Euron over Gene Simmons here anyday.
The Artisan
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She's not going nude anymore for anything short of a big time film lead, but you still can't really put that genie back in the bottle. Her first scene in season 1 was basically
speaking for myself here: i'm not a fan of nudity at all, period. it's just so indecent to me.
For reference, Winds was expected in 2014ish. He said he would be back on a normal writing track.
You only have Martin to blame for this.
H.Cornerstone
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Like he's more Victarion than Euron?
Lord of Castamere
Member
Btw I want to give props to Theons actor. Best out of the younger actors, by far. Jumping off the boat last episode was great. He can convey a lot through his face.
It'll end up being an even longer wait between Adwd and twow than it was between affc and adwd. I remember everyone in 2011 saying twow wasn't far off since he spent all that time doing a lot of work for twow in the process.
Lol
The Artisan
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him and Jorah's actors both. It's almost mind boggling to think the dude getting his skin chopped off was just an act because he made it seem so, real!
No, I mean that rockstar outfit he wears in the Throne room. Looks more out of place than what I imagine book Euron looking like.
Also, why exactly is blue lips so crazy? We've already had them in the show!
Wasn't that in this episode? I'm not going to count that as proof. Got any prior examples?
H.Cornerstone
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I don't care what he wears. I care that's he's not Euron... At all
Admiral Woofington
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I just want twenty pages of tyrion speaking with a weird accent.
isaacnukem
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So, who here is with me thinking that they'll reboot the show and be faithful with the books after they all release? And who's down for it?
cubicle47b
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Most people understand that there can be large periods of time between scenes and they're not necessarily in chronological order. That doesn't mean the show gets a free pass to do whatever it wants. It still has to be believable, especially if it establishes a timetable for a series of events.
Admiral Woofington
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I'm of mind they now realize
"it's time"
and release my Dune book 1 (maybe 2) tv series I've always wanted.
chicken_pasta
Banned
They won't ever release