sactoking
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woah, easy with the racial slurs.
It's ok, he didn't use Fred's last name...
woah, easy with the racial slurs.
So I'm a bit confused, they said many times that Castle Black only had around 100 men and that all the other fortresses along the wall were abandoned.
I believe they also pulled everyone back to Castle Black a while ago and have purposely stayed put even as wildlings raided the surrounding villages in an attempt to draw them out.
So why are there only 100 Night's Watch? You'd think that in an area as big as the Seven Kingdoms, full of bad people, that there would be no shortage of criminals who would choose to join the Night's Watch when the alternative is execution. I could understand if they were still shorthanded; perhaps most convicts who chose service over death were conscripted into the armies to fight in the War of the Five Kings, making the Wall an oversight. But 100 just seems a little too low.
Yeah I remember that line. Something like we already put 20 arrows in it
You'd think that in an area as big as the Seven Kingdoms, full of bad people, that there would be no shortage of criminals who would choose to join the Night's Watch when the alternative is execution.
That's only an option if someone from the watch is there to escort you, or if you're sufficiently important to merit some other escort. If you're caught raping in, say, Highgarden, you're not going to get the option of going to the wall because the Tyrells won't waste the manpower ensuring you get there.
Uh, so? are you implying that Sam living or dying is somehow different from what GRRM wrote?
or just his comment "I promise to return! boohohoohoo!" That, I can concede.
since it could be a spoiler either way, I'm not going to comment on what is different, but the show, while very faithful to the books, it is also very different in some regards. Basically, don't blame anything that happens or doesn't happen in the show solely on GRRM unless he also wrote the episode, the show has been cheesier in some regards, but also far more brutal and unforgiving in others.
i've never seen so many flaming arrows shot in a show before.
there's plenty of reasons against flaming arrows, and the only good reason for is to burn a ship. i didn't see any ships at castle black![]()
Yeah I didn't get that either... maybe they wanted to see the trajectory as they fired? Sort of like tracer rounds...![]()
Yeah I remember that line. Something like we already put 20 arrows in it
English longbow max range was ~350 yards (per the always-correct Wikipedia). 700 feet is 233 yards. Seems like it wouldn't be that bad, at least for a downward shot. A shot straight out might be a different matter...
I didn't see any arrows in him at any point??
Worst. Episode. Ever.
Seriously, WTF was that shit? No King's Landing, no Aerie, no Khaleesi, no Tyrion, no Sandor/Arya, no Sansa/Petyr, no Brienne/Podrick, no NOTHING. An entire episode wasted, 10% of the season shot and it didn't advance the storyline one iota. It was just a minor skirmish that didn't solve anything.
Gotta think that episode was put in just to appease some small minority that was whining that there was not enough fighting. They could have covered every important event that happened in that episode with a 10 minute arc and used 50 minutes for something else, anything else.
Uh, so? are you implying that Sam living or dying is somehow different from what GRRM wrote?
or just his comment "I promise to return! boohohoohoo!" That, I can concede.
I got mixed messages as to the height of the wall. Haven't they said it was 700 feet? At that height a standard bow would be about useless. The slightest wind would make the arrows go so far off course.
i think the real problem is there is too much story to coherently cram into 10 1-hour chapters.
Not to mention, basically outside of the North, nobody gives two shits about the Wall. King's Landing has never seen a wildling raid. Occasionally, someone from the NW's will make it there and get access to their dungeons, but generally nobody cares.
Worst. Episode. Ever.
Seriously, WTF was that shit? No King's Landing, no Aerie, no Khaleesi, no Tyrion, no Sandor/Arya, no Sansa/Petyr, no Brienne/Podrick, no NOTHING. An entire episode wasted, 10% of the season shot and it didn't advance the storyline one iota. It was just a minor skirmish that didn't solve anything.
Gotta think that episode was put in just to appease some small minority that was whining that there was not enough fighting. They could have covered every important event that happened in that episode with a 10 minute arc and used 50 minutes for something else, anything else.