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Post by Tim of Raventree on Jun 13, 2016 18:46:27 GMT
Im not sorry Jon. Did anyone else find this episode extremely boring? The scene with Tyrion talking to Grey Worm and slave girl dragged on way to long. I was sitting there, wondering why I should give a fuck if any of them could tell a joke... And then, surprise, no one told a funny joke except Tyrion. Also, is Arya a super hero now? Every scene with Tyrion, Grey Worm and Missandei makes me want to scream with boredom. I didn't even like Tyrion's joke. But yeah, it wasn't a good one. And I had high hopes for this year when I saw the first couple of episodes. I'm back to not liking the show very much.
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Post by The Raven on Jun 13, 2016 22:19:52 GMT
All of those jokes are old ones IRL. Just lazy writing.
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Post by Boros on Jun 20, 2016 2:10:51 GMT
One word: Giantsbane.
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Post by The Raven on Jun 20, 2016 2:26:24 GMT
Buahahaha!!Totally worth it.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 20, 2016 3:33:00 GMT
It was a cool battle, but every single moment in that episode was painfully predictable.
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Post by The Raven on Jun 20, 2016 3:52:05 GMT
Yeah, the only real surprise was how they were going to kill Ramsay. And Rickon's death, even if he was always treated as more of a plot device than a proper character. And the Ironborn somehow traveling half way around the world in only four episodes. (Seriously! Do D&D just not own a map of the setting?!)
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 20, 2016 4:02:05 GMT
Yeah the scene with them just randomly popping up in the throne room after the battle was beyond jarring.
Also the defenses of Winterfell were pathetic, the dragons just popping out of the wall at that perfect moment was ridiculous, Dany just magically suddenly having the requisite number of ships to head to Westeros was laughable, Rickon needs to learn how to serpentine, and how the fuck did an army of Vale knights manage to get all the way from the Neck to Winterfell without a single Northern lord letting Ramsay know?
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Post by Boros on Jun 20, 2016 10:18:58 GMT
They haven't researched the "Scout" technology yet.
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Post by Boros on Jun 20, 2016 11:27:51 GMT
Agreed with Zack. We all know that the whole point of having Dany chain her Dragons was because she couldn't control them. The dragons looked awesome, but that was very dumb. To a point that I had to set aside my hatred for Dany and admit how badass it was.
Agreed again with the Greyjoy part, it seems a little out place for them to pop up out of nowhere. But I'd like to add that, although it may be a little cliche/lesbian stereotyping, that Asha quip about "We'll we don't offer a marriage, but I'm open to doing stuff" was funny.
My heart was thorn out when Davos found the little wooden stag.
Great interaction between him and Tormund. Never stopped to think of the similarities between the two.
That Smalljon "not Smalljon" Umbrr was a beast. Loved his "WHO RULES THE NORTH?" 'Speech" (war cry?).
Sophie Turner had he best episode yet. Not a fan of her acting, but she was pretty good yesterday.
On the matter of Sansa (or Sandra, as dear Lady Lyanna called her in Bear Isle), she could have spared the lives of a couple thousand wildlings had she told Jon she had 20k Knights hiding in the bushes. Of course, it was for dramatic effect and bla bla bla...
Glad they spared Enzo Cilenti's life (slaver who kneeled/ played Childermass in Strange and Norrell), I like him.
And one final praise to Iwan Rheon. Although every Ramsay scene descended into Torture Porn/ Bastard Ex Machina through the series, it's nice to acknowledge how good he was on the part. He was born to play it, he was exactly how I pictured that son of a bitch and he managed to convey the psycho look/persona very well.
Finally, I've been waiting for "Last of the Giants" for 6 seasons, Yesterday was their last opirtunity to put it on ye credits and make it all e'en better. Didn't happen, so I believe that ship has now sailed.
PS: KL goes boom, get hype.
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Post by Tim of Raventree on Jun 20, 2016 19:29:07 GMT
I enjoyed the episode but the teleportation abilities of the Ironborn and Valemen was undeniably irritating. I thought the battle went on a bit long - there was only so much I could take of Jon's army being crushed before I got bored! And yes, it was highly predictable that the Valemen were going to show up. Apart from the battle dragging on a little, the only part I actively disliked was the very beginning when Dany was talking about destroying Slaver's Bay. Drogon's appearance cheered me up though.
I was really hoping that the Umbers and Karstarks would betray Ramsay. I can't forgive D & D for doing that to my favourite Northern house.
Rickon's death was sad but not unexpected. It's hard enough to imagine a role for the kid in the future books, so I suppose it made sense to kill him off. It did annoy me when Ramsay called him "little man" considering how much the actor has grown!
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Post by Tim of Raventree on Jun 20, 2016 19:29:48 GMT
Also, the giant was amazing. Stand out character of the episode.
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Post by The Raven on Jun 20, 2016 20:07:58 GMT
They did the same teleportation trick with the Khalasar. Biggest army in the history of the series, and possibly the setting, and no one sees them coming.
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Post by Tim of Raventree on Jun 20, 2016 20:12:37 GMT
All the armies have invisibility spells cast upon them. And some kind of fast travel too.
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Post by Ser Willis Blackfort on Jun 20, 2016 21:04:58 GMT
To be fair, with the Khalasar, the slavers didn't seem to have jack shit in the way of ground troops deployed (and therefore probably no scouts), and were just content to bombard the city from the sea until Meereen surrendered.
Although I don't know who the fuck the Sons of the Harpy were butchering just outside the walls for no reason.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 20, 2016 21:13:56 GMT
Was everyone at Moat Cailin just taking a nap at the same time or does Littlefinger have the power to teleport armies as well as himself?
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