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Old 05.16.2019, 03:11 AM   #2721
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And the past two pages, coming after this post, makes me chuckle. Hang in there, you've almost made it!

Haha! To be honest, I actually read the books up to the start of a dance with dragons, and watched up to season 3. After that I was "yeah, I'm done with this now".

It's just that not everyone else was done with it either.
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Old 05.16.2019, 07:05 AM   #2722
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yeah, it’s still pretty good tv. that’s why we’re watching.

so did you catch up to episode 5 yet?

Yes.

Finally, I’m up to speed on GoT, just before the last episode.

Kinda wondering WTF is going to happen in that last episode.

Feel like Ep. 5 was a pretty drastic heel turn that some folks aren’t going to be happy about, but it was visually goddamn incredible.
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Old 05.16.2019, 07:08 AM   #2723
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I am starting to believe this won't happen, but I have always wanted Arya to have to kill Jon using Needle for some reason to end it all. I always thought that would be a fun bookend for the whole series.

Now, if Jon stays true to the Stark lineage of nobility and true dipshit-ism, I could imagine him staying true to his queen, and Arya having to take him out to get to Dany. Holy crap I would love that. (we've only got 1 episode left for off-the-wall theories, so let me have this!)

I hate Jon. Jon is a dipshit. If he ends up with the throne in the end I will puke.

I vote Tyrion at this point. Not a true heir, sure, but I say let him have it!


I don’t want Jon to go.

I like him. He’s thick and stupid but I love him, and he’s sharper than he used to be.

I also don’t want harm to befall Tyrion — who, depending on what happens, might end up sitting on that chair made of swords if he doesn’t die.

I’d be OK with Dany’s death at this point.

Hope Arya doesn’t save the day again. That would be lazy and boring.
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Old 05.16.2019, 07:08 AM   #2724
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Haha! To be honest, I actually read the books up to the start of a dance with dragons, and watched up to season 3. After that I was "yeah, I'm done with this now".

It's just that not everyone else was done with it either.


Revisit once the hype has died down. I think it’s worth it.
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Old 05.16.2019, 07:14 AM   #2725
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Yes.

Finally, I’m up to speed on GoT, just before the last episode.

Kinda wondering WTF is going to happen in that last episode.

Feel like Ep. 5 was a pretty drastic heel turn that some folks aren’t going to be happy about, but it was visually goddamn incredible.
right? dusty arya! ha ha ha damn that was WAT.

khaleesi was always bananas, although they made it too heavy handed, and that does not make for the best drama.

the FUCKING ABSURD moment is previously, when they behead her main girl missandei on the wall and she's standing right before the whole army and cersei does not bother turning her into a fucking pin cushion with all the scorpions and archers there! i mean... what da fuq was that scene...

again not asking for moronic logic, but the show has been telling me "who are you gonna believe? this arbitrary story or your own lying eyes?"

in retrospect, clegane bowl was also kinda funny with the darth vader face

anyway, it's just teevee...
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Old 05.16.2019, 08:35 AM   #2726
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Saw this posted in my dayjob's company slack and it's just too perfect.



It contains visual spoilers for anyone who hasn't Seen GoT S8E5 yet. There's no show audio, just Metallica.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCHlCiB98N4
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Old 05.16.2019, 09:13 AM   #2727
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Saw this posted in my dayjob's company slack and it's just too perfect.



It contains visual spoilers for anyone who hasn't Seen GoT S8E5 yet. There's no show audio, just Metallica.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCHlCiB98N4
haaaaa haaaa haaaaa i watched it twice. great.

and there was snoe making his idiot face

(also i think the GoT spoilers ship with has sailed now)
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Old 05.16.2019, 10:01 AM   #2728
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GoT, based off of the books, was deeply subversive television.

GoT based on D&D's TV Trope thick-shit skull minds is plain old TV.
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Old 05.16.2019, 10:21 AM   #2729
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sure ain't no Sopranos, but I think way better than Assed Kingdom.
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Old 05.16.2019, 10:31 AM   #2730
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GoT, based off of the books, was deeply subversive television.

GoT based on D&D's TV Trope thick-shit skull minds is plain old TV.

It’s not plain old tv. There’s been some epic shit in the post-books seasons that shits a giant dragon shit all over Walking Dead or whatever the fuck.

Obviously the writing isn’t what it was, but I’d argue that visually, some of the show’s best moments have been post-book.

S8E3? I mean... FUCKIN’ WHOAH WHAT

Then S8E5?! Fucking WHAT WHAT WHAT?

Hiroshima in King’s Landing.

It’s not like this kind of thing is a dime a dozen on tv or anywhere.
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Old 05.16.2019, 10:32 AM   #2731
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Still not as good as the truly great dramas of the era, like Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, Handmaid’s Tale ... but pretty goddamn good.
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Old 05.16.2019, 10:48 AM   #2732
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lmao walking dead

walking turd more like

anything is better than that ridiculous shit

it’s not a good metric
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Old 05.16.2019, 03:35 PM   #2734
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lmao walking dead

walking turd more like

anything is better than that ridiculous shit

it’s not a good metric

LOL

OK, fair.... I just couldn’t think of another long-running spectacle-type show to compare to.

The fact that Walking Dead is probably GoT’s biggest competition in terms of sheer cultural influence probably says plenty about how the show stacks up to other things on TV (i.e. it annihilates them).

We all agree it’s not at its best, but honestly it had NO RIGHT to continue to be even remotely good. The fact that it’s got some of the best and most cinematic sequences — and, indeed, entire episodes — on “TV” is really quite impressive, given the fact that everything after season 6 has been one big fat experiment in what the fuck to do when you’re adapting a series that the author can’t be arsed to complete.

One look at the Battle of the Bastards, or the last minutes of season 7 (zombie, dragon, wall, OMG) or literally any episode from this season proves that more thought and time is still being put into this thing than most other shows get at their best.

*shrug*

If it is shorty, it’s GRRM’s fault. But it’s not. It’s just got a lot of Dunkirk-type moments now. Action sequences are top fuckin’ notch.
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Old 05.16.2019, 03:57 PM   #2735
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keh?

...

oh yeah well nobody here will disagree that it’s good spectacle

that’ a given

but zombies lmao... im zombied out tho

someone please invent something else
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Gomorrah S4, first 2 minutes, the mayor is buried in the quarry.

Plus a LOT of attractive Italian women.

 


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Old 05.17.2019, 07:07 AM   #2737
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finished veep season 3 last night

(i know, im so behind hahaha)
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Old 05.17.2019, 08:17 AM   #2738
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some stuff that's been on the telly these weeks:


- Young Sheldon season 2
- Agents of Shield season 3, it's the best season so far.

- Eurovision Song Contest. Oh My God, why is everybody singing out of tune on top of their lungs!? They should provide free earplugs!! The Dutch song is the favourite this year, which is a first since the seventies. But even that song is boring as fuck
- NBA Playoffs!! Come on noone is watching this you US folks? Curry vs Curry. Who wins? Curry of course! Eastern finals will probably be more competitive than the Western, and Durant isn't even playing
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What We Do in the Shadows just keeps getting better. Last 2 episodes are comedy platinum.
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- Young Sheldon season 2
- Agents of Shield season 3, it's the best season so far.

- Eurovision Song Contest. Oh My God, why is everybody singing out of tune on top of their lungs!? They should provide free earplugs!! The Dutch song is the favourite this year, which is a first since the seventies. But even that song is boring as fuck
- NBA Playoffs!! Come on noone is watching this you US folks? Curry vs Curry. Who wins? Curry of course! Eastern finals will probably be more competitive than the Western, and Durant isn't even playing
ah, shit, i only have enough mental real estate for one sport

shield at some point fell apart for me. maybe it won’t for you.

dutch song?

here, let’s combine my limited headspace with the low countries:

 


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