Game of Thrones - TV Series (NO BOOK SPOILERS)

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Remobz

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I almost stopped watching when she started screaming. Really disturbed me.



What if she didnt burn like Dany?

I am at least holding out that hope ><


This scene disturbed me the most out of the whole show so far. I had to mute my volume.
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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I almost stopped watching when she started screaming. Really disturbed me.



What if she didnt burn like Dany?

I am at least holding out that hope ><

I think it was rather clear from mom's face.

pretty effing horrible. Let's see how much public rage develops due to this scene... :whiste:


Awesome episode. I like that each scene was drawn out and well-paced. Jorah can't fight--terrible choreography/skills again--but that was still epic in the end.

Every scene was rather brilliant this episode.
 

Remobz

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I think it was rather clear from mom's face.

pretty effing horrible. Let's see how much public rage develops due to this scene... :whiste:


Awesome episode. I like that each scene was drawn out and well-paced. Jorah can't fight--terrible choreography/skills again--but that was still epic in the end.

Every scene was rather brilliant this episode.

I always thought Jorah style represented the harsh Island he came from (Bear island) in that he is crude and not that polished in his fighting but he still gets the job done.

He is far from the best polished fighter but he seems to get the job done. I never saw his style as one of grace and finesse.
 

zinfamous

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I always thought Jorah style represented the harsh Island he came from (Bear island) in that he is crude and not that polished in his fighting but he still gets the job done.

He is far from the best polished fighter but he seems to get the job done. I never saw his style as one of grace and finesse.

what style? he's an actor that just doesn't have the skills to do this well--or lack of editing and other camera trickery to make it look half decent on the screen.

Recall that when he and the pretty dude and worm first assaulted Mereen--or wherever that was--this massive fight was never shown. A lot of early fights were like that. They run off, return bloody and alive.
 

JEDI

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She *did* survive Dragonscale.

I haven't watched it yet but I assume stannis's daughter got sacrificed to the red witch's god? :(

don't tell me how stannis rationalized this and why she was burned.
very eager to watch it tommorow
 

zinfamous

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What happened to bran and his brother, they haven't been on at all this season.

it was announced before the season that their story would not appear all this season. Their story is completely caught up with the books or somesuch, after the end of season 4.
 

evident

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pretty awesome episode, but danerys ditched all her peeps and rode off with the dragon at the end?
 

Charmonium

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Martin seems to like killing off favorite characters. I guess that's a nice change from the standard Hollywood bullshit we're used to but after a while it becomes almost formulaic.

The arena sequence I thought was particularly disappointing.
Sure, it was a lot of fun when Drogon comes in and cooks half of the attackers. And who wouldn't love the shot of Daenerys flying away on her dragon. But come on. Who couldn't have seen that coming a mile away. Once they were surrounded it was obvious what was going to happen next.

I don't mean to piss on the show since in most respects I really do like it. Tyrion is one of the most fascinating characters I've seen in a while. But sometimes it comes off as being a bit contrived.
 

Phoenix86

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Dany and Drogon just nope'd the fuck out.

I didn't expect it, I expected Drogon to save the day, I didn't expect the last bit.
 

Strk

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Martin seems to like killing off favorite characters. I guess that's a nice change from the standard Hollywood bullshit we're used to but after a while it becomes almost formulaic.

The arena sequence I thought was particularly disappointing.
Sure, it was a lot of fun when Drogon comes in and cooks half of the attackers. And who wouldn't love the shot of Daenerys flying away on her dragon. But come on. Who couldn't have seen that coming a mile away. Once they were surrounded it was obvious what was going to happen next.

I don't mean to piss on the show since in most respects I really do like it. Tyrion is one of the most fascinating characters I've seen in a while. But sometimes it comes off as being a bit contrived.

Yeah, it was cool and everything, but that was a pretty obvious thing.
 

Childs

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I thought a dragon would be tougher...usually dragon scales are like steel.

And I can't believe they killed the daughter. This f'in show.
 

Udgnim

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It wasn't completely obvious. I was predicting when Daenarys closed her eyes, rather than dragons, the credits show up :p

it got obvious when they were completely surrounded in the middle of the arena

if Drogon doesn't appear, how do they get out of that situation?

the harpies aren't going to hold them hostage for ransom
 

cubby1223

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it got obvious when they were completely surrounded in the middle of the arena

if Drogon doesn't appear, how do they get out of that situation?

the harpies aren't going to hold them hostage for ransom

I was making a joke.

Actually, I was expecting the credits to roll in before the scene concluded. If I had known the episode was titled "The Dance of Dragons", I would have expected the dragon to appear. But I try my best not to watch any previews, nor read any episode names & summaries before watching.
 

Dr. Zaus

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I haven't watched it yet but I assume stannis's daughter got sacrificed to the red witch's god? :(

don't tell me how stannis rationalized this and why she was burned.
very eager to watch it tommorow

she clearly consented


And that hand-slapping... man that was good stuff...
 
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Dr. Zaus

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Given what was in the preview...
which showed that the Lord of Light was causing a thaw, I have a feeling that the sacrifice went off without a hitch.

If arya stark gets raped while Dinklage gets killed by random gold-faces I'm fucking DONION RINGS
 

Dr. Zaus

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Well, it looks like all those people who were quick to give Stannis father of the year awards earlier in the season when he made his little "you are my daughter" speech can return to their regularly scheduled routine of fucking themselves. Does Davos keep following him after this? Because four fingers is one thing. How do you follow someone who straight up sacrifices his own daughter? You can't. Stannis will legitimately kill any single human being who isn't Stannis if it has the potential to benefit him in the slightest; that's not a quality you want in a ruler. He will kill you if he thinks he might get a cheese Danish out of it. No thanks.

I was watching the show with my brother and his wife and when Drogon showed up, the women in the room straight up cheered. Also me. Because, fuck, we deserve more goddamn dragon barbecues. But seriously, how easy is it to hurt a dragon? A couple random spears is doing serious damage? How the fuck did the Targaryens ever conquer Westeros on that? Was it before archery was invented? Did they have thousands? Were the dragons approximately the size and general shape of Greenland? Something's not squaring with this equation. If this is what dragon combat looks like, then dragons versus ice zombies is shaping up to be a major letdown. It's like the dragons will show up in the North, bitch about the cold, sneeze and light their own troops on fire and then crash into a frozen lake and die because they suck. BE BETTER DRAGONS.