Thank you Game of Thrones
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gerardryan said:
When you get all caught up with my favorite show, we'll see if you agree with me about who the two most interesting characters are... No spoilers!
we should start a separate thread for those discussions... especially with next season right around the corner! i caught up after last season within the course of two weeks and could not get my mind off the show!!
I am going to try to resist the urge to watch two episodes every night until exhausted (as in the series and/or me).
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seaweed said:
this is by far the best for orientation -- including pictures of characters associated with each area
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whoa! what's that huge eurasia looking land mass on the right? My GOT world just grew by a gazillion percent.
j_r said:
I started watching the series before reading any of the books, and found that skimming the audiobooks (remedial GoT) helped fill in some of the blanks.
what a great idea!
I have to agree... the books wander around too much without really getting anywhere. The show is much tighter and has a better sense of direction. Really, GRRM needs a strong editor to tell him when he is just making a giant mess.
gerardryan said:
It was a little disorienting to take up The Wire and discover that Peytr Bailish is Councilman Carcetti... and that he is sort of playing the same character...
Hah! Imagine the same cognitive process in reverse.
gerardryan said:
It was a little disorienting to take up The Wire and discover that Peytr Bailish is Councilman Carcetti... and that he is sort of playing the same character...
damn, I missed that completely.
Ah, but death is often impermanent on Game of Thrones. I have high hopes he will still return. If he is really really dead, why show the body and bring in the Red Woman and all that jazz?? It feels like they are dropping giant hints. Although I'm really wondering what Melisandre's deal is now. Holy crap.
I love it that Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie are now an item in real life (his Wildling love). Wish they could bring her back, too. But then, I also want them to bring back Ned and Lady Stark and give Bran back his legs. Can't have everything, right??
Despite the total lack of surprise, I thought they handled it well. They didn't draw it out too long (second episode) and the actual moment was pretty dramatic. Imagine how amazing it would have been if everyone HADN'T known it was coming!
imonlysleeping said:
Despite the total lack of surprise, I thought they handled it well. They didn't draw it out too long (second episode) and the actual moment was pretty dramatic. Imagine how amazing it would have been if everyone HADN'T known it was coming!
I agree.
My friends obviously don't know about Orthodox Easter, because they were being all coy about posting what happened and all they had to say was "He is risen!" and technically it would be spoiler-free.
In light of recent events, I must repost one of my favorite late night bits...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BabsgCQhpu4
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