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Topic: Game of Thrones [SPOILERS] (Read 1323085 times)
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Ruvaldt
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What are you all talking about? The supernatural stuff happening beyond the wall is, in my opinion, the least interesting parts of the story. That's the humdrum generic fantasy literature that I could read anywhere else.
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"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can." - Ernest Hemingway
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Tale
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What are you all talking about? The supernatural stuff happening beyond the wall is, in my opinion, the least interesting parts of the story. That's the humdrum generic fantasy literature that I could read anywhere else.
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« Last Edit: July 25, 2011, 11:04:44 PM by Tale »
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lamaros
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What are you all talking about? The supernatural stuff happening beyond the wall is, in my opinion, the least interesting parts of the story. That's the humdrum generic fantasy literature that I could read anywhere else.
I agree that is is humdrum, however it is clearly the binding story arc. Dany and Jon are clearly meant to be the extremes of the world, in which everything else is contained, but at the moment there is little coherence (in the story, not the world). Everyone is just off doing their own thing, linked by the fact that they live in the same world and little else. Which might make a more realistic world, but to be it also makes a boring story. I enjoyed the tighter focus of the first few books. |
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Ruvaldt
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What are you all talking about? The supernatural stuff happening beyond the wall is, in my opinion, the least interesting parts of the story. That's the humdrum generic fantasy literature that I could read anywhere else.
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"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can." - Ernest Hemingway
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Tale
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The TV show is probably why I see "winter is coming" as specifically meaning "the white walkers are coming, but it takes generations and you'll inevitably start thinking they're a myth, so here's a hand-me-down phrase that tells everyone to be ready to fight cold things". Other house phrases could have similar functions. |
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DLRiley
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House Lannister "hear us roar"
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« Last Edit: July 26, 2011, 06:57:07 AM by DLRiley »
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Threash
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« Last Edit: July 26, 2011, 10:42:51 AM by Threash »
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I am the .00000001428%
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Khaldun
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Bunk
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Draegan
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Can we label spoilers with "Book 5 Spoiler" since I'm reading it right now.
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Hoax
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Honestly I stopped reading in book three. Its just not that good but yeah if people could put what they are spoiling that would be cool.
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A nation consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual's morals are situational, then that individual is without morals. If a nation's laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn't a nation.
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Special J
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Well I'm not waiting, I'm watching the rest and then I can get through the first two books in time for season 2.
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Tale
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Lucas
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Further proof that Italians have suspect taste in games.
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Regarding Peter Dinklage and the possible emmy award, I was thinking this: I liked his performance, but as far as the television medium goes, it was overdone. Was that because of how the showrunners wrote it, or because of the actor himself?
Yes, of course Tyrion Lannister is a peculiar character, with his humor, sarcasm and all, but I think in this case it works more in the narrative realm. What I try to say is that Dinklage performance seems almost "detached" from the rest, like "Ok, here is the show, now comes Tyrion Lannister's show".
So, while the performance may be great on its own, I don't know, when he comes on, yes, you can look forward to some great acting skills, but somehow the "natural flow" of the show seems off.
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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lamaros
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Are you drunk?
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Draegan
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Lucas likes to hate what everyone else loves. Then he makes up a story to explain it.
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Threash
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Dinklage doesn't have a chance against the Justified guy anyways, Walter Googins owns that award.
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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EDIT: moving this to new General thread
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« Last Edit: July 29, 2011, 02:21:31 PM by Soln »
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Talpidae
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For Arthur :
Show started awful and ended sublime. It was literally like watching a shitty car go from 0 to 88 miles per hour, at which point it transforms into Optimus Prime and travels in time.
Eagerly awaiting the next series.
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Ratman_tf
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I don't think 'literally' means what you think it means.
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Talpidae
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« Last Edit: July 31, 2011, 03:59:23 AM by Talpidae »
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Arthur_Parker
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I didn't like book 5, if the TV series makes it to the end of book 3 I'll be happy.
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Special J
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Got through the series and about halfway through book one. Old hat to everyone who's already watched or read but Ep. 9...  That fucking ruled. Need moar. |
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Teleku
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I figure I'll ask here since I dont want to risk the Dance with Dragons thread. I'm rereading the books right now. I'm half way through book 3. Does book 5 reference anything that happened in book 4 at all, or can I skip it, read book 5, then reread book 4. I just want to get to the new shit I've never read before, haha. However, its been forever since I read these books, and I'm remembering all sorts of shit I forgot as I read them, so if anything from book 4 is important to book 5, I should read that first.
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Vaiti
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I'm on the third chapter of Dance with Dragons right now. I'd say the last half of the third book is more important as far as keeping up with the timeline. DwD seems to take place right after the end of the third book, basically it's the perspectives of the characters that were left out in the 4th.
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Rendakor
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The first half or so of ADWD covers the same time as AFFC but from the other characters (Dany, Jon, Tyrion) perspective. The second half begins to include the characters from AFFC and the timeline goes past book 4 at that point. Honestly if you've read book 4 already, just skim a wiki summary and read book 5. Most of the big reveals/plot twists in AFFC are explained in detail in ADWD anyway.
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MournelitheCalix
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Anyone see the promo for the second season featuring Stannis Baratheon?
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Born too late to explore the new world.
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Teleku
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Tale
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I've just been madly googling it too. Yeah, what was so hard about including a link?
Here, let me spoil the entire trailer for everyone: the night is dark and full of terrors.
Now you know everything.
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Samwise
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That was the lamest teaser EVER.
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Special J
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That sucked mightily. What a letdown.
I've finished Clash of Kings and am on to book 3. I am really, really pumped about season 2.
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Khaldun
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Really hard to know why they even bothered.
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Bunk
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Don't forget the original teaser for Season one: snow, some trees, something vaguely wolf shaped!
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MournelitheCalix
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« Last Edit: December 15, 2011, 10:14:50 PM by Samwise »
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Born too late to explore the new world.
Born too early to explore the universe.
Born just in time to see liberty die.
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Samwise
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