Game of Thrones

*googles 'Maisie Williams age'*

ok, phew

*rewinds again*

lol

I've enjoyed these non-action episodes, I'm glad they spread out all of these reunions and meetings over two episodes, it's a lot to digest. 

My favorite bit of dialogue was Bran's speech about death being the "death not of man, but of their memories." Some heavy shit, I know other fantasy and sci-fi has touched on this idea but nonetheless it's a testament to this franchise still maintaining some core ethos and not just vaguely throwing out some superficial supernatural shit as a backdrop to it's orgiastic onslaught of war, dark magic, spectacular worlds, tits, dicks, and dragons.

  On 4/23/2019 at 1:11 PM, hello spiral said:

*googles 'Maisie Williams age'*

 

ok, phew

 

*rewinds again*

apparently that was the most googled question that evening and it was certainly the first awkward talking point at work

  On 4/23/2019 at 12:47 AM, tec said:

Aw, I really enjoyed it. Can’t wait for next week. I wish Tormund was my friend.

  On 4/23/2019 at 1:46 AM, jaderpansen said:

His "origin story" was rather amusing alright.

highlight of the episode, that shot of him gulping down wine holy lol

I found it pretty awkward, having watched her grow up it was a bit like seeing your sister getting nekkid. I hasten to add I do not have any sisters so am not basing this on any personal experiences.

I found it all very empowering.

there better be a massive fkn row after all this shite

Golum to win, riding off into the sunset on a dead dragon, with a comb-over augmented by Advanced Hair Studio™

btw: lol @ supposedly the safest refuge from a fucking necromancer being the CRYPT of all places. :P

The first episode was pretty shit but I enjoyed Episode 2 quite a bit. I'm afraid that The Battle of Winterfell will be "Game of Quips" at its worst, though. 

naked Arya

but why?

  On 4/23/2019 at 9:08 PM, Hail Sagan said:

naked Arya

 

 

 

but why?

becaus naked girl it game of thrones :))) an implyed relationship betwen them makes more sense but it means no titties :(((( 

it was an awkward watch

  On 4/23/2019 at 9:45 PM, Hail Sagan said:

it was an awkward watch

I agree. There was something really "off" about it. I don't think it's something that Maisie really wanted to do considering her comments on things like that in the past.

EDIT: It's even creepier knowing that Bran knows pretty much everything that's going on. 

  On 4/23/2019 at 1:11 PM, hello spiral said:

*googles 'Maisie Williams age'*

 

ok, phew

 

*rewinds again*

  On 4/23/2019 at 5:20 PM, tec said:

it was a bit like seeing your sister getting nekkid.

I mean it is Game of Thrones, so

Maisie Williams is not playing a character that’s 22 is she?

  On 4/23/2019 at 9:59 PM, Valknut said:

 

  On 4/23/2019 at 9:45 PM, Hail Sagan said:

it was an awkward watch

I agree. There was something really "off" about it. I don't think it's something that Maisie really wanted to do considering her comments on things like that in the past.

 

EDIT: It's even creepier knowing that Bran knows pretty much everything that's going on.

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That scene was not particularly objectifying. She was completely in control of the entire encounter, and the only skin that the camera lingered on was her scars.

Everything seemed in keeping with Arya’s character, who’s gotta be older than Sansa was when she was farmed out to pump out kids for the political machine, but it’s also kinda intentionally funny/ironic that Arya is the only one left getting any in Game of Thrones.

Dunno, thought the episode was quite good and felt like it had decent characterization and some nice acting throughout. Edit: also some genuinely funny shit.

I hadn’t even watched any of the show prior to last season, so after having streaming everything in a short period of time, these last two episodes actually feel like a significant step up from the awkward pacing and plotting of last season — it feels like a more honest consolidation of all the previous plotlines/elements than what last season accomplished.

  On 4/24/2019 at 6:37 AM, o00o said:

Maisie Williams is not playing a character that’s 22 is she?

Yeah. It felt completely illegal. Thank god 'she' forced 'him' into doing it. (Rape!)

Also, they shopped her! And her boobs. Especially those. There were no dragons in this episode because all the money went into 'naked' Maisie.

I think this episode was a mixed bag. Some good stuff. Some awkward. Sometimes both, like Sansa and Denaerys scene. Sansa being sharp at D about believing Cerceis (and blindly following tyrion) was nice. After which the scene deteriorated into two random girls having a chat. Instead of it being a multilayered bitchfight between two strong women. In the end the scene had less gravity than, say, a simple dialogue between cerceis and that old lady.. whats her name? I forgot... :(

I think the irony of GOT is that most of the strong characters/actors are dead by now. And the show has to be carried by a couple of newbie actors trying to punch above their weight. Some get away with it, like Bran I guess. But some dont.. Denaerys and Jon cough cough.

Or in other words, with less good actors, the awful acting of the newbies really hurt the show. Imooo

For me it's the more periferal characters that shine in Got, my favourite being Brianne of Tarth and the Hound. The main characters have less facets than these guys for sure, and it makes them far less interesting. Oh yeah and Tyrion was great but he's gone down hill a bit, he seems a bit subdued now. Lost his sense of humour.

  On 4/24/2019 at 11:48 PM, MDM Chaos said:

For me it's the more periferal characters that shine in Got, my favourite being Brianne of Tarth and the Hound.

Down with that. Tywin, Ser Davos, Jorah, Olenna, Sam... . I even "liked" Stannis, such a tragic fuck of a non-dude. And even if he seemed the major bad guy for a while Joffrey's kinda in the same boat in hindsight... Jack Gleeson easily was the best (semi-)child actor of the bunch, no doubt... What a brilliant fucking asshole.

I really like this series. (Season 8 still rather meh so far)

(Edit: Rewatching i thought everything Daenerys is probably the weakest part of the show overall)

Yeah my faves are the bastards and hardarses. Love Stannis, Lord Bolton, The Hound etc.

  On 4/25/2019 at 12:19 AM, hello spiral said:

Lord Bolton

Right, good call, too! Some suave and charismatic meanie, he was.

daenaerys is now not only unbearable to watch, she is pretty obviously the series actual bad guy. this episode set it all up very nicely. shes an absolute piece of shit. 

Yeah, she switched on Snow when she realised he might have a better claim to the throne lol

i stopped watching around season 5 but around that point had idea in my head that daenaerys was being prepped up for being the big bad guy. the writings been on the wall for yonks. 

might catch up and slam thru season 5-8 ... but perhaps i'll just keep reading WATMM thread instead cos honestly idgaf.