Game of Thrones Season 4[views:34316][posts:114]____________________________________ [Jun 3,2014 12:20pm - arilliusbm ""] At this point, the show is turning into Dallas reruns... With swords. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 3,2014 12:23pm - Burnsy ""] I hear ya, Mike. This isn't a spoiler as it's one of the things eluded to in the show but the Baelish/Sansa story is a pretty major development in the story. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 3,2014 12:44pm - MotleyGrue ""] arilliusbm said:At this point, the show is turning into Dallas reruns... With meat swords. ***SPOILER ALERT*** Ned Stark appears from his bath, and the whole show turns out to all be a dream. Also little finger needs to get his ass killed, that smiling bastard pisses me off. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 3,2014 1:07pm - Alx_Casket ""] Burnsy said:I hear ya, Mike. This isn't a spoiler as it's one of the things eluded to in the show but the Baelish/Sansa story is a pretty major development in the story. [img] I would have liked to see more of that final outfit she had on. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 3,2014 11:55pm - spence ""] The last episode was easily the BEST episode post-season one, to be perfectly honest. The Jorah stuff was poorly handled(would've made more sense to have had Barristan and Jorah have some sort of rivalry, with Barristan knowing from the start - instead of deus ex machina) but the scenes were well done. The Theon/Bolton scenes were killer, and pretty close to what I imagined from the books. The Arya/Hound scenes are obnoxious as shit, but the scene this episode with them getting to the Eyrie was great. Sophie Turner(Sansa) and Aiden Gilly(Littlefinger) both tend to flipflop from terrible actors to great actors, but this episode they both killed it - and the writer's actually felt like they were TRYING for a change. And of course, the Tyrion dungeon scene and the trial by combat were both great scenes. Excellent acting, beautifully shot and edited, etc. I actually think it was VERY wise of them to not put any music during the fight itself, since we had crowd noises and Oberyn's lines - intense music would've made it too cluttered. Good choices. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 4,2014 9:12am - Alx_Casket ""] [img] |
| ________________________________ [Jun 4,2014 10:41am - xmikex ""] spence said:The last episode was easily the BEST episode post-season one, to be perfectly honest. You said the same thing about the first episode this season where nothing happened. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 3:53pm - spence ""] That one was more because seasons 2 and 3 were irredeemably awful. While very little has actually happened this season as a whole, I feel like the scene-to-scene dialogue writing has much improved, I feel like the actors are trying again(especially Peter Dinklage and Kit Harrington), I feel like the gore-effects this season are no where nearly as laughable as they were in previous seasons, and I feel like the series just all around looks better now. So far, S1 >>>>>>>> S4 >>>>>>>>>> S3 >>>>>>>> S2 I do agree that much less has been happening though, which kind of makes the series at least feel more focused. I guess i'm still clinging onto the hope that the series might become fully decent again like it was in S1, so I guess we'll see what S5 brings. I'm mainly watching for this season's ending to see how they handle Tyrion-stuff on the big screen. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 4:04pm - spence ""] Also, this season doesn't fucking have QUEEN TALISSA STARK or ROS THE WHORE WHO'S EVERYWHERE. That by itself makes this season a step up of the previous two. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 6:13pm - spence ""] bennyhillifier |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 7:20pm - Burnsy ""] Haha Someone just posted that video on my page. Too funny. Regarding what you said about Barristan/Jorah, I just finished the books a few months ago but my memory is already a little hazy. So many little details. My understanding is that in the books, Barristan obviously knew the whole time since he was Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, but he waited to reveal his identity while he got a feel for Dany (giggity) and whether she was like Rhaegar or Aerys. However, and I think we talked about this already, in the show, they have to drop the Arstan Whitebeard story because we already know what Selmy looks like. How else could the show have handled Barristan outing Jorah as the informer? I just don't know what you mean, I guess. They DID have a rivalry in the show and one never trusted the other. When I saw the episode, I thought it was well done and was glad to see that issue finally sewed up. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 7:27pm - spence ""] No, I agree that it's a good thing that they skipped the Whitebeard silliness. I just mean, randomly a spy steals the pardon from Jorah's stuff and hands it to Barristan, then Barristan gives it to Dany - all in one episode. In the book, it felt like it flowed. In the show, it felt like it just happened because plotdevice. Feels out of left field and rushed. Maybe they'll reveal that show-Tywin had some huge elaborate ploy to make that happen, but that's just as unbelievable as LF and Varys omnipresent spies in showverse. (in that, at least in the books, the spies had their limits) |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 9:56pm - Burnsy ""] I think Varys is a warg. Little Finger, I dunno. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 4,2014 9:58pm - spence ""] Varys being a warg would make perfect sense in both the show and the books. Littlefinger being a warg wouldn't make any sense in the books, but I could see them doing something like that in the show to explain his constant omnipresence. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 4,2014 10:00pm - Burnsy ""] Oh, I was saying I just don't really have a good Little Finger theory. I don't think he's a warg though. Definitely doesn't make sense. I feel like varys's little birds are meant to be literal. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 12:05pm - xmikex ""] Any objections to last night? |
| __________________________________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 12:08pm - Tracy Morgan from hospital bed ""] OBJECTION NIGGAS |
| ________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 12:48pm - Burnsy ""] I thought it was great. Was hoping to get one more scene in from the book but it'll have to wait til next week. This finale is going to be packed. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 1:55pm - ark medæval times ""] xmikex said:Any objections to last night? yeah, the giant should have held the door open for, you know, everyone else. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 2:41pm - Burnsy ""] lol |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:02pm - spence ""] The series basically followed up the best episode of the series post-s1, with what's easily probably the worst episode of the whole series but rather than going through and listing every single problem I had with it(there's way too many) i'll just go through with the parts I liked. Ser Alliser Thorne. Probably the one character with decent lines this episode, and the actor really knows how to deliver them. Great performance. Also his fight with Tormund was suspenseful as fuck. I also felt Pyp, Grenn and Edd were all standouts this episode. And of course, mindless action is always fun and makes us all forget the horrible writing. But no big deal. [img] |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:11pm - Burnsy ""] Okay, the blade on the giant chain was also fucking awesome. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:12pm - spence ""] Oh yeah, the scythe was pretty badass. But it would've been way more badass if we saw hundreds of wildlings scaling the wall all get knocked off, instead of literally five. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:17pm - spence ""] bennyhillifier |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:23pm - xmikex ""] One day Spence will discover Downton Abbey and realize it's everything he ever wanted from Game of Thrones. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:38pm - arilliusbm ""] Episode was mediocre. Cool mammoths, Bros. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 3:45pm - spence ""] I like that Oberyn can get his head popped/exploded from pressure/whatever from HANDS, and yet Jon Snow gets his face thrown full-force into a fucking anvil by a Thenn, and yet is perfectly fine. And of course, that's followed up by Jon delivering a Walking Dead death with a flimsy hammer that would barely give someone a concussion - let alone split open their skull. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 4:07pm - ark medæval times ""] spence, all valid points until the hammer bit. any hammer will do that to a skull. especially a ball-pein hammer, which is used to shape iron and the like. i'm not trying to stand up for jon, because yeah, that anvil should have knocked him out cold. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 5:12pm - arilliusbm ""] Cannibal Corpse has now changed their hit single to "Hammer Feathered Face" |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 8:26pm - Alx_Casket ""] I just saw last night's episode and was like 'K.' |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 9:05pm - spence ""] [img] |
| _______________________________ [Jun 9,2014 9:15pm - Burnsy ""] I thought ygritte's death was a poor deviation. I'm pretty lenient with the deviation from the books but that shit was ridiculous. |
| _____________________________________________ [Jun 9,2014 9:45pm - ReadTheBooksYouFags ""] Alx_Casket said:I just heard tonight's RTTP radio episode and was like 'K.' |
| _________________________________ [Jun 10,2014 12:36pm - xmikex ""] Has anyone figured out yet that Sam Tarley is George RR Martin? |
| _________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 12:15am - spence ""] bennyhillifier bennyhillifier |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 7:21am - xmikex ""] Now that I'm looking at it again, didn't it seem really negligent and wasteful to drop that ice anchor thing with only a handful of exhausted climbers left on it? |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 8:28am - Alx_Casket ""] If Jon was there I doubt he would have given such a brash command, but what does that andrewbastard character (aka Eddison Tollett) know about defense strategies? Why is everyone sitting around Castle Black the next morning instead of filling that tunnel with rocks and then caving it in? They could also cover the outside with water to make the area before the gate into an ice rink. But I guess they'd rather face imminent death than live and lol at a Mammoth stumbling while minstrels on archlutes play the Benny Hill theme. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 8:36am - OLIPHAUNT ""] COOL RIP OFF OF ME GEORGE R. R. R. R. R. R. MARTIN. WHY DONT YOU GET YOUR OWN FANTASY ANIMALS LIKE TROLLOCS YOU FAGGOT |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 9:19am - Burnsy ""] Mammoths aren't fantasy animals. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 9:33am - xmikex ""] 1. Yes that guy looks like Andrew. 2. Mammoths weren't in the bible. So fantasy animal. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 9:35am - OLIPHAUNT ""] WHY DID THEY HAVE THEM LOOK AS MASTADONS THEN HUH? GIANTS ARENT FANTASY ANIMALS EITHER YOU KNOW |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 9:53am - xmikex ""] Wasnt no giants on Noah's Aaaahk. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 2:29pm - spence ""] If they had used the scythe on HUNDREDS of troops, then it would've been badass. The fact they used it on LITERALLY five people gives me a headache. Apparently the NW never heard of poking climbers with pikes. Speaking of which, Grenn and his lot should've had pikes too - or at least in addition to swords, so they could get the giant before he broke through his gate. Also, I love how Jon demonstrating his great leadership only involves him saying NOCK, DRAW, LOOSE over and over again. And of course, using flame arrows makes zero sense as flame arrows were near exclusively used to set enemy ships, siegeengines and buildings on fire. The writers on this show are hacks. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 2:52pm - Burnsy ""] The Others thoughhhhhh. Gotta burn all dem mahfuckas. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 11,2014 3:04pm - hlrie ""] Glad only one crappy episode left of this poor mans Tolkien. Bored of this. Show me dragons and white walkers or give up. Bored. |
| ____________________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 3:07pm - cookie enthusiast ""] If you don't like it why don't you go bake cookies like you always say but never FOLLOW THROUGH WITH! |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 3:11pm - spence ""] I hate boss fights. Like everyone important is made a boss and to kill a boss, you must be another boss. Generic and predictable as fuck. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 11,2014 3:40pm - hlrie ""] cookie%20enthusiast said:If you don't like it why don't you go bake cookies like you always say but never FOLLOW THROUGH WITH! Racist |
| ________________________________ [Jun 11,2014 4:42pm - Burnsy ""] There's a button that ::gasp:: CHANGES THE FUCKING STATION if you don't like what you're watching lol. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 11,2014 4:52pm - hlrie ""] I can't push it with all the cake batter on my hands. Plus I want to see dragons. Don't hate the show just want dragons. |