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- sarahfailin5
Also, I wish my work meetings were as quick and agreeable as the one they held to:
- decide to choose a new King all of a sudden
- choose a new king unanimously
- decide Winterfell can be independent
- and pick a new, unprecedented system of government for the rest of timePretty good meeting! Donuts anyone?
- LmaoJeremyhead
- hahahathumb_screws
- There’s plenty of bottled water.Ramanisky2
- mg335
I'm in a discussion with someone on FB who threw a fit because the show suddenly abandoned any potential to be some huge glaring metaphor for societal change.
You know what? The only thing they owe us is a good show, nothing more, nothing less. This fringe SJW BS that expects shows to be some big statement for the issues in the real world is absolute nonsense.
- GRR Martin has said loads of times he's based it on history. Often it doesn't go the way it would benefit all of society and rulers turn out to be bell endsPhanLo
- I have seen every bleedin' episode and last nights was one of, if not THE best of them allGardener
- ^ Agreed. The hate seems almost default for most people.CyBrainX
- yuekit5
lol...looking at reactions online it seems like everyone hated that episode but I thought it was surprisingly great. Sure you can poke holes in the pacing and logistical issues all day but on a thematic and visual level it delivered.
Honestly I think a lot of the hatred consists of people who were too emotionally invested in the show turning out a certain way. When in reality the best thing about the show from the beginning...which I was afraid they were going to wimp out on...is the cold eyed view it has taken of its own characters. The fact that it pissed off people who go to Game of Thrones conventions and named their kid Daenerys is just proof that is was good IMO.
I liked the decision to show what taking down a city actually looked like from the other side. The show puts you in a position where you're cheering for it to happen, but then confronts you with the reality of what it involves. The confrontation between the two brothers being the "final battle" was unexpected but quite poetic mirroring the conflicted duality of the show overall.
- yeah, I was too invested in the writing being any fucking good.e-wo
- What happened to the archers? I assume they went up in flames, but there wasn't much arrow action later on.PhanLo
- There were some scenes at the beginning where they tried to load and aim the crossbows but they were too slow and the dragon incinerated them.yuekit
- Ramanisky24
The true hero of all this dark cinematography debate.
- <3Bennn
- For the night is dark and full of terrors.BabySnakes
- She did it twice and I personally thanked her and the Lord of Light.Ramanisky2
- and the finest looking woman in the series.CyBrainX
- yuekit2
It was a great episode if all you want is dragons and explosions, but wasn't the show originally supposed to be about more than that?
Can't help thinking it's the latest hyped TV series that raised a lot of intriguing plot points and mysteries in its early seasons, but ultimately failed to deliver on them.
- went downhill as soon as they ran out of the source material_niko
- and maybe that's why martin can't finish the books, he's written himself into a corner that he can't get out of._niko
- yeah once the writers had to think for themselves, it shows how good martin was/is and how poor hollywood ideas are in comparisoncolin_s
- ^Gnash
- ^^DRIFTMONKEY
- ^^^
Right on!Bennn - I disagree. This has been a show of evolving conflict and a plot directed towards obvious war yet we've had about three battle episodes in 7 seasons.CyBrainX
- Ramanisky23
A lovely story from tv producer & writer Dan Fogelman
Anyone want a quick personal story about George R. Martin
Over a year ago a close buddy and I get to see Springsteen’s Broadway show. It’s a big deal for us. My buddy, Alex, gets there super early, because he’s excited, and calls me as I’m in a cab heading there.
He’s talking a mile a minute. While waiting outside the theater, he has spotted George R. Martin. He says he’s going to go talk to him. I beg him not to. He hangs up on me.
Now, a bit about Alex. He is larger than life. Handsome and charming as hell, with the best head of hair you’ve ever seen. He’s also obsessed w Game of Thrones like no one you’ve ever known. And he never listens to anyone so I just KNOW he’s going to go accost George R. Martin.
I arrive at the theater. Alex is waiting, bursting with energy as always. He tells me he approached George. Got a picture. And, somehow - miraculously - got George R Martin’s cell phone number. George was with his wife and told Alex they usually go for pizza after a show.
Alex says to him: “maybe we will join you.” Alex and I chuckle at his chutzpah.We see Springsteen. The entire show Alex is debating when to text George. I beg him to let it go. I know George will never reply and Alex will he disappointed.
The Springsteen show ends. It’s amazing. Alex, as I knew he would, immediately texts George. And to my absolute shock... George R Martin writes Alex back! He tells us to meet them at a local pizza joint.
Alex and I go. I’m convinced it’s going to end badly. A weird miscommunication. We are going to get ghosted. At least it will be a funny story. And then...George and his lovely wife arrive.
We eat pizza for an hour or two. George and I talk shop. Alex tries to play it cool, only makes a few nerdy Thrones references. At meal’s end, George gives Alex a Westeros coin. Alex reacts stronger than is appropriate for a 40-something man.We all part ways. Alex is giddy.
Here’s what George R Martin didn’t know that night. My handsome, well-haired, larger than life pal Alex is battling a random case of stage 4 lung cancer. He will pass away a year later. I will dedicate then S3 premiere of This Is Us to him.
But for that entire year, Alex never stops talking about his night with his hero. And, in turn, I will never stop telling that story. Or, bigger picture: Alex’s story.For our friends, watching this season’s GOT will be bittersweet without Alex texting us annoying spoilers.
But it will also be a reminder of our friend, who we miss terribly. And for me; not just a reminder of the power of storytelling. But also also a reminder of the importance of kindness (for no other reason than being kind) these days.
Our friend, Alex Hanan, is watching TV tonight from above. Spoiling every single reveal for everyone up there, driving everyone nuts.Thank you George R Martin for making what would turn out to be Alex’s last year.
And thanks to all involved for making his favorite show.
- That’s a great story.noRGB
- Wow, that's really nice. GRM seems so genuine from chats I've seen - now even more respect and touching to hear your friend had a chance to meet : )antimotion
- God dammit_niko
- beautiful story on so many levels... thanks for sharing it67nj
- Sad yet beautiful story. Thanks for sharing.Ianbolton
- demandy_pascal3
- cant wait!Bennn
- Sweet. Is it 6 x 1hr long episodes?Hayzilla
- ^ Think soContinuity
- Tought it was more like 1,5 ~ 2h each, no?Bennn
- They've compared it to LOTR which clocks in around 12 hours. So expect much more than an hour each.DRIFTMONKEY
- an average episode was about an hour. Rewatching it now. The Season 8 ones got to be longer than an hour.Boz
- Jaack1
New episodes will be very expensive and with really enormous amount of computer graphic.
- wagshaft6
Worst wall ever.
- #Made in Mexico, built by the Chinese and paid for by the USA.utopian
- Thanks TrumpRamanisky2
- drgs1
Haven't seen a single episode...
- drgs... you're missing out...
http://i.dailymail.c…PonyBoy - I'm allergic to everything medieval, can't stand itdrgs
- hahaha! so good. you are my hero.oey
- medieval-themed video games are the worst, it's like 95% of all games
Let in some fucking fresh air alreadydrgs - @drgs My wife is the same way. I thought she was just an idiot but I guess she's not alone :)ArmandoEstrada
- LOL @ Armandooey
- @drgs Me either.prophetone
- Me either. Can you pick it up or you need to go from Season 1?BusterBoy
- drgs, I also dont like anything medieval, this show rocks I got into it last year and I'm already caught up.Miguex
- drgs... you're missing out...
- scarabin4
why can't dragon chick just fly to the white walkers and burn them up? they'd be done and back in an hour.
also, a whitewalker dragon would be dope
- I kept thinking that since Jon Snow turned up at dragon chick's place.Continuity
- i don't care about downvotes, but why is this a bad idea? whitewalkers can't flyscarabin
- they'd just stand there and get incineratedscarabin
- curious to see what happens after the ravens' reaction to the night king...jaylarson
- or why didn't they specifically go to kill Jaime at that wagon raid... seems like that would be A) target #1 and B) very easyzarkonite
- deserves upvote more than you knowjaylarson
- pls tell me a dragon becomes a whitewalker and has to fight the other dragonsscarabin
- had to kinda keep hush-hushjaylarson
- undead wyvern vs wyverns
</nerd>jaylarson
- oey5
Kill Daenerys!
She's so fucking lame...
- floatingpointmotion1
Does anyone think that this season the show kind of jumped the shark?
Bringing back Jon Snow AND the Hound......very anti-GOT imho.
It is still done at a pretty high level and there are some awesome scenes, but you can feel the artificiality of the plot so much now, where before you never knew what was coming. That made it cool.
It all feels like it is headed toward, as someone said, a big battle with everyone in it at once...
- everyone knew Jon Snow was coming back.Al_dizzle
- kind of. even GRRM didn't seem to know how it's going to wrap up, though I bet they have the broad strokes of it by now.sarahfailin
- in steven king's memoir "on writing" he said when he finds himself in a corner he starts blowing everything up. wraps up all the loose ends.sarahfailin
- I was sure Eddard was coming back, right at the beginning when his daughter was asking if it could bring back a man without a headset
- Sean Bean was the best thing in the showset
- Well and the prostitute getting fingered up the shitter, obviouslyset
- I think they can be redeemed by killing off daenerysdorkKn1ght
- ^ I would love that.DRIFTMONKEY
- Wait til they bring back Lady— I've said too much.i_monk
- I hope daenerys dies from a yeast infection.Jetserf
- yuekit0
They are saying the final two seasons will only be six or seven episodes long. Seems kind of fast to wrap things up given all the plotlines they have going. It feels like the show isn't even close to the main conflict that it's been building up to for so long.
- < thisoey
- battle, battle, battle, suddenly white walkers everywhere, here's the flying queen with the dragons, yay, we like each other again, the endGreedo
- ...especially at the show's glacial pace. They're never going to resolve these plotlines at the rate they're going.MondoMorphic
- LostJetserf
- last battle everyone dies plotlines resolveddigitdaily
- That's anticlimactic.sublocked
- Fire melts ice, Spring has sprung, and Fresh Prince makes a cameo.instrmntl
- Not enough material from GRRM. D&D only have 3 big reveals from GRRM for this season, Jon being alive, Hodor and the whatever is in the season finale(s).vwsung18t
- Plus HBO CEO wants an 8th season when it was only planned to end in 7 from the beginning. They're going add a lot of non book stuff and stretch it outvwsung18t
- MondoMorphic3
Why on Earth was Arya Stark just walking around town?? How could she not know blondie would come after her and that *that* was exactly how it would happen?
A show loses credibility when its characters behave unbelievably, uncharacteristically stupid. This was something straight out of Walking Dead. "Hey Lori, where's Carl?"
If this wasn't just horrible writing/storytelling, Arya deserved to get stabbed, but really, it felt like the former.
- I'm not sure where that's headed, but lots of people think that was actually Jaquen.noneck
- ^ That would certainly explain why he/she was just strolling around town...MondoMorphic
- It sure seemed like Arya knew at the end of the previous ep, when she was clutching needle in the dark. That whole scene seemed off.Nitrus
- http://www.thewalkin…sarahfailin
- agree about Arya. she should have been expecting that and hunkered down in some secret place by herself.sarahfailin
- Yeah, everyone saw that coming from a mile away. Shitty writing.section_014
- CygnusZero44
Only 3 episodes left. Yay 10 episode seasons! See ya in 2018 for season 7! lolz
- LOL so trueRamanisky2
- 2018?Bennn
- its halfway through 2016 already. very little chance season 7 would be next year.CygnusZero4
- Martin still won't have published next book by thenyuekit
- what are you talking about, there's a new season every year...Bennn
- Al_dizzle3
Questionable acting abilities aside, the Dornish dagger girl is insanely hot.
- Smoking HotRamanisky2
- She's 19 and I don't feel guilty in any way.ArmandoEstrada
- barely legal https://www.google.c…Ben99
- Key word: Barely.ArmandoEstrada
- I actually mean "Legal".ArmandoEstrada
- lolBen99
- That jail scene made me feel funny!HAYZ1LLLA
- DownstairsHAYZ1LLLA
- lolBen99
- http://p.im9.eu/nsfw…pango
- Milan0
Who poisoned the cunt? Sansa?
- Sansa's too dumb and helpless to hatch that kind of plan. Im guessing the Tyrells..?Al_dizzle
- or the fat fool.Al_dizzle
- No one, it was just bad wineukit2
- and dry pieMilan
- The new queen.pango
- his motheruan
- It was his mother for sure. Acting all concerned and then just passing the blame to the imp!frost215
- it's all in the book published years agomonospaced
- This shit's based on a book?!detritus
- CALLES0
of course i got
You got: Tyrion Lannister
Sarcastic, wise, and more-often-than-not drunk. The best things come in small packages (and boy, is your package small).
- Robb Stark
You’re the King of the North! Loyal, handsome, and brave. You also hate weddings.ESKEMA - WTF, I'm Danerys!!??Akagiyama
- Khal Drogo
Though you want people to be scared of you, you’re a giant softie at heart. You’re also dead.ETM - dead.ETM
- Jon SnowDRIFTMONKEY
- Hodor...pango
- I got Robb Stark but was hoping for Tywin Lannister.instrmntl
- Robb Stark. I fucking hate weddings.set
- Joffrey.....goddamni...hereswhatidid
- Robb Stark
