Game of Thrones

[Ace of Hearts]

BOY I SURE DO LOVE HOW D&D HAVE NO CONCEPT OF PACING, AND I SURE DO LOVE HOW THEY RUIN PLOTLINES, AND I SURE DO LOVE HOW THEY RUIN CHARACTERIZATION, AND I SURE DO LOVE HOW THEY ARE WRITING THEMSELVES INTO A CORNER, AND I SURE DO LOVE HOW THEY'RE CREATING POSSIBLE THE WORST ADAPTATION OF ANYTHING EVER.

AND THAT HE'S IN THERE AND WE'RE OUT HERE AND THAT HE'S THE SHERIFF.

[mdk]

Oh relax.

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The worst adaptation by far is Dorne, and I feel like they redeemed some of that by giving the snakes a little more character. GRANTED THE STORY STILL SUCKS, but it's an interesting suck and that's an improvement I'll take at the moment. The rest is literally impossible to gauge as an adaptation because there's no book yet so unwad your panties.

[Ace of Hearts]

Listen. D&D fucked the Dorne storyline by cutting out Arianne (the most important person in the Dorne arc IMO), thereby intrinsically causing it to fall flat. That's their fault. No one liked Dorne, so they do something even WORSE, the kill Doran and Trystane. They, in their lack of skill, can't find a way to redeem it, so they just elect to burn it down.

IT'S SHIT

AND HOW DID THE OBARA AND NYM GET ONTO THE SHIP CAN THEY TELEPORT?

[Tsar Gatto]

I thought it was a very good episode, nice warm up to open out the season and get our engines revving to enjoy the rest to come.

Though that being said I have not read the books (I can definitely appreciate that as a fan of a book series the screen adaptation will nearly always disappoint - see LOTR, Happy Potter, Eragon ect)

I felt that the Dorne story has been a little lacking compared to others, but I've generally enjoyed it (though again I don't know what I'm missing so) and felt pretty excited when the snakes killed Doran and Trystane, though was hoping Trystane would put up a bit more of a fight. Looking forwards to whatever conflict and hopefully war that arises because of that. (Also I thought Trystane was in a room that looked a little like a boat, or if it was a boat then you'd assume it was docked in Dorne, otherwise they'd of established it being elsewhere). - I remembered.

If you want to talk about frustrating inconstancies then where did the hounds that were after Reek and Sansa go when they were attacked? They magically vanished to leave the humans to fight it out, it seems.

My advice is to consider the series separate from the books, especially since they are differing so much from what I hear. On there own its pretty damn amazing IMO.

[mdk]

Listen. D&D fucked the Dorne storyline by cutting out Arianne (the most important person in the Dorne arc IMO), thereby intrinsically causing it to fall flat. That's there fault. No one liked Dorne, so they do something even WORSE, the kill Doran and Trystane. They, in their lack of skill, can't find a way to redeem it, so they just elect to burn it down.

IT'S SHIT

AND HOW DID THE OBARA AND NYM GET ONTO THE SHIP CAN THEY TELEPORT?

They can sail. Sunspear to King's Landing is a long journey. These are assassins (little sexy 90-pound teenager assassins, but assassins), infiltration is what they do.

If you want to talk about frustrating inconstancies then where did the hounds that were after Reek and Sansa go when they were attacked? They magically vanished to leave the humans to fight it out, it seems.

@Tsar Gatto

Not magic, count the Bolton soldiers. There were six, Pod/Brienne/Theon killed a total of five. Hounds are valuable, especially to Ramsay; the last soldier presumably took them and fled.

[Tsar Gatto]

Thank you. This makes me feel much better about the whole thing.

[Ace of Hearts]

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They can sail. Sunspear to King's Landing is a long journey. These are assassins (little sexy 90-pound teenager assassins, but assassins), infiltration is what they do.

@mdk

We don't see them sail, we don't hear a piece of dialogue mention they sailed.

Sand Snakes confirmed for Nightcrawler.

[Rose]

*sits in corner munching popcorn* Soooo how about the red woman's saggy old tits....? That was interesting.

[Tsar Gatto]

Me and my buddies had a 'boob timer' running to see how long it'd take for their to be boobs in the new season.

As the episode continued we thought there may be no boobs at all in this episode! Then the red woman stripped off and we all cheered. A friend even said how he thinks she is so hot and he always lusts after her. A few moments passed and we all stopped cheering and looked at him.

Ah Game of Thrones how you fail to disappoint.

But yeah, seems her necklace thingy may be magic! Most interesting. The Red God actually does shit as opposed to any of the others. The Lord of light indeed seems to be the one true God (resurrection, visions and shadowy vagina assassins seem proof enough). I'm waiting for her to either resurrect John snow (though thought that would of happened or be hinted at by now) or at the very least for Stannis (who's death was suspiciously off screen) to come back as did… that guy from the brothers without banners we've all forgotten about (because if not that was a rather unsatisfying end to the 'greatest military mind' in Westeros. A single cavalry charge beats him? Really? Sure.

Also where the hell did Gendry go? He still rowing to the mainland I wonder?

[Vilageidiotx]

what is with the random stabbings all of a sudden? did East St Louis join the seven kingdoms?

[mdk]

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[The Nexerus]

what is with the random stabbings all of a sudden? did East St Louis join the seven kingdoms?

@Vilageidiotx

Spoilers for S6 E2 GoT

I actually think Ramsay Snow murdering Roose and usurping the Dreadfort is absolutely in character for Ramsay. D&D are at fault for the piss-poor Dorne storyline in the show; it was sudden and nonsensical. In contrast, Ramsay's takeover of House Bolton both makes a lot more sense and has been foreshadowed endlessly, ever since the introduction of Fat Walda.

Overall, this episode was spectacular. One of the best. I'm especially pleasantly surprised at how Tommen's storyline is shaping up in the show. The actor they have playing him is quite talented, and the character himself is much deeper and more interesting in GOT than ASOIAF. One of the few plot points better off in the show than the books.

[Plank Sinatra]

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@mdk

Man Euron sucked. Such an underwhelming introduction to the Ironborn plotline's last, best hope.

[mdk]

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Man Euron sucked. Such an underwhelming introduction to the Ironborn plotline's last, best hope.

@Plank Sinatra

Nah he was fine. Balon wasn't great, but he got the point across and the plot carries on. We weren't supposed to meet Euron until the Kingsmoot anyway. My hope is they spent more time planning his (many I hope) interactions with Asha/Yara, more than they did his lone interaction with Balon.

[AlteredTundra]

GoT S6E3 spoilers

Well then, that episode surely gave us a lot to digest
-the Tower of Joy flashbacks with Lyanna possibly being alive, maybe giving birth to Jon(yes, me believes R + L = J
-Arya able to see again and becoming "No One"_{yeah right. Bitch is playing those fuckers. She's gonna get some skillz, and continue her kill-list.}
-Jon getting his revenge and bouncing like a boss.
-RIP Shaggydog
-Tommen kind of sort of maybe perhaps being brainwashed by the creepy, religious old man.
-We found out that Sam is sea sick, and get some brief name drops of Sam's family. Wonder how happy poppa Tarly will be about Sam's decision to leave Castle Black? I reckon he's gonna be livid. Sounds like the perfect family reunion plot, right? Right? :D
-Tyrion, once again, trying to solve all the world's problems with booze.
-Side note: Olly is finally dead! THANK THE OLD GODS!

[Vilageidiotx]

Hider

The tower of joy was great. Wanted to see that done for a long time, and I think they nailed the performance.

Also, calling it now, Rickon and the Umbers are trojan-horsing their way into winterfell.

[AlteredTundra]

Hider

The tower of joy was great. Wanted to see that done for a long time, and I think they nailed the performance.

Also, calling it now, Rickon and the Umbers are trojan-horsing their way into winterfell.

@Vilageidiotx

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Agreed. With all of the hype that has been with The Tower of Joy over the years, they executed it perfectly! <3

And about Rickon and Osha(that's her name, right?) purposely getting caught, that certainly would give Rickon some actual storyline screentime and not just being the most useless of the Stark children.

[Heat]

I SURE DO LOVE HOW THEY'RE CREATING POSSIBLE THE WORST ADAPTATION OF ANYTHING EVER.

@Ace of Hearts

Yep, worst adaption of anything that's ever been adapted.

My Hider

Spooky spoilers

Last two episodes have been pretty great, first one was solid, they seem to have pushed Dorne out of the way right away which is great. I was expecting Jon Snow to be revived later in the season, him back this early must mean they have huge things planned for him.

His execution of the traitors was awesome, notice how he still did it himself. "He who passes the sentence should swing the sword." Even if Eddard isn't Jon's biological father, he is still his dad. Has every bit of honor that Ned did.

Calling it right now, Jon Snow encounters Sansa while venturing North, he leads the wildlings into war to take back Winterfell. Snowbowl hype! Littlefinger (who still is in control of the Vale's forces) hits from another direction.

[Ace of Hearts]

Character: exists
D&D: "FUck...it's just too hard to write them...and we actually kinda suck. what do we do?"
Character: is killed.

Osha deserved better than this shithead show.

[Tsar Gatto]

Sooo, how are we are feeling about the recent episodes and developments?

...

So I'm happy the bro's without banners have returned (but is Gendry still rowing?), but last ep was a little lacklustre imo. Looking forwards to the Hound crackin skulls, grayjoys turning up in dragonland and with a little luck the white walkers killing the boltons.

Arya's story with the faceless folks was disappoint. (where was the fight scene?) Plus where was the Blackfishes fight scene?

Be interesting to see what littlefinger n knights of the vale are lookin to do.

Last 2 episodes best be good.