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  1. Really horrible, like the whole season. Daenerys is the worst part. YES OF COURSE she has a sharp temper and had a mad father, but she had NEVER hurt people for no reason. Then in the last 2 episodes she suddenly goes Full Hitler. Not only killing hundreds of thousands, but giving no poops about it and pretty much promising to do it again. Even worse than Hitler, really. As another poster points out, the black dress with Drogon's wings unfurling behind was very much Satanic. And meanwhile, in the background, the horrific shrieks of the Dothraki making the aural composition of the scene very suggestive of Dante's Inferno. She's such a great character in the books and is fully defecated on in the show. For sure, she COULD have been taken from where she was at the end of the books to a similar spot, but it would've been an epic journey. Instead, she just 180s at the very end from benevolent liberator to Death The Destroyer. Bran? Really? I think I'd want somebody a little bit more in touch with reality as king. Somebody who is fully human. Somebody who doesn't just stare off into space most of the time. And I'd think the election of a king of Westeros would be a little more involved than a bunch of folks sitting around, somebody asks who will lead, ONE NAME gets suggested, and even though the name doesn't really make sense everybody just goes "Sure, whatever, jolly good, mate." This would take months, there would be heavy politics involved, and you can bet your butt there is going to be more than one candidate. I hear a lot of people comparing Sansa at the end to Littlefinger, but hey, come on, Littlefinger is at least charming and polite. Sansa, who I used to like, has turned into a raging beeyatch since she made it back to Winterfell. By the way, she never gave one hot little f@*! about northern independence until it was convenient to the plot. And by the way, why did she appear to be, or at least act like, she was in charge at that last (nonsensical) meeting? Where did all these folks come from? How long did it take them to get here? Who organized this? Why has Tyrion been in jail awaiting trial right up until this meeting happens and then suddenly he's the guy who gets to be Hand and all but appointed the King? This Lannister who was the hand of the mad tyrant they just deposed? And speaking of independence for the North? WHAT? Even though the other 6 kingdoms are going to be ruled by a Stark? And NOBODY has a problem with this? ????? And Arya? In command of a naval expedition, which fully requires numerous skills she simply does not have even an inkling of? Give. Me. A. Break. The plot armor is heavy with this one. And Bronn on the council? Why the heck not just put a known criminal in charge of the realm's money? But then again, we do get to pretty much end the whole story with more brothel jokes. <sheesh> And finally, the tiny island of Naath is going to be SO SO happy when thousands of eunuchs with no skills whatsoever other than war descend upon their shore. . . .
  2. Nice post. I agree with you about Arya. A fair bit of what you wrote I don't particularly either agree or disagree with it, but find it to be an intelligent take and interesting food for thought. However, I don't agree with the part that I bolded. I think that's counter to the real world, and also (at least possibly) counter to the themes of the series. While it's certainly true that we see people seizing power through evil and dastardly deeds, those same deeds seem to predictably also be the seeds of an ultimate comeuppance. Tywin is dead because of what he did to Tyrion; Cersei humiliated because of what she tried to do to Margaery; Freys are hunted; Aerys and his family wiped out; there are plenty more examples and trust me, Ramsay will get his. Evil-doing works in the short run, but you make people hate you and hate has staying power and consequences. Somebody like Jon or Daenerys - somebody who is smart enough to solve problems but also would rule benevolently - has a much better chance of lasting in the long run. It's something we call enlightened self-interest.
  3. Kind of hard to rate, but I gave it an 8. On a meta-level, it was an amazing sequence of huge events and plot twists. But when you drill down, most of the individual scenes had real problems.
  4. Occasionally I can access the forum but 95% or more of the time I just can't. Can't read post titles, can't click on anything. This has been going on for a couple of months now.
  5. Found a report in ESET. Looks like www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Here is the event log from last night. [Don't click on those links, whoever is looking at this. Unless you just want to. At any rate, let's be clear, I am not inviting you to click on those links.] 8/15/2014 9:18:45 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:18:44 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=9c3e1076-ad73-4474-8dd4-4238b5b87b28 Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:18:15 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:18:15 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=e510f3ce-a786-4528-95af-8d4adf919ff4 Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:17:56 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:17:56 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=72a64581-28c4-4e11-ba8f-b2ccb8a876b3 Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:17:49 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 9:17:49 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=7d86511b-c274-4e10-98e9-44fa019a215e Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:30:28 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:30:28 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=9377e81f-4c70-4f68-97e4-f2238653bac1 Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:29:56 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:29:56 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=d3cf6d72-4102-459e-a939-aa4c5ae88dcd Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:19:55 PM http://www.downrapid.com/favicon.ico Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/15/2014 8:19:55 PM http://www.downrapid.com/node/pkg/loader.exe?offer_id=16526&aff_id=11156&transaction_id=931ea1ff-66ec-4428-9ac3-155da3cc4ecf Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/12/2014 6:55:49 PM http://creative.m2pub.com/matomy/scripts/popunder/popunder.js Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen 8/12/2014 6:55:42 PM http://creative.m2pub.com/matomy/scripts/popunder/popunder.js Blocked by PUA blacklist C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe Home\Glen
  6. It hasn't happened today. Happened 10-12 times last night. It didn't let me cut and paste the http or IP address, but if I see it again I'll write them down and report.
  7. I'm getting regularly attacked on this site, and no other site. Eset is intercepting it, but somebody wants to shift me to some other site to update Java.
  8. I agree on start with the beginning . . . but I also have to add a grain of salt. Generally, the show was most faithful to the books at the beginning and has gradually diverged. The early part of book one contains a lot of set-up (as does the beginning of almost every long work) and it's very similar to what you've already seen in the show. So I'd just be forewarned that the very beginning may not be hugely fascinating. Even if you find it so, stick in; as is usually the case the book's a lot better than the movie show, and it won't take you too long to see it.
  9. I gave it a 9. With all the plot setups/resolutions available, it was hard not to get a good score, but still there were some really well-done scenes, like the Jon-Mance talks and Stannis resolution; the look on Cersei's face when she told Tywin the truth; the Hound/Arya farewell. But even with so much excellent TV in that episode, I'm feeling more disappointed than anything. The scene I was looking forward to most was given short shrift and what was left over was mostly re-written. I'm talking about Tyrion's escape; it was rushed, and leaving Tysha out just leaves out the signature moment for the Tyrion-Jaime relationship, plus what was going to be motivating Tyrion in the following books. Not to mention that it required the entire Tyrion-Tywin final conversation to be almost entirely rewritten, and this dialogue just didn't have the same zing as what was in that book.
  10. I don't think so. Sam's interpretation is "novel." But while they consider sex to be against the rules, it's the kind of violation that is treated with a nod and a wink. Numerous black brothers visit the brothels in Mole's Town regularly - I mean why do you think they even have multiple brothels in Mole's Town? In the books, most of Mole's Town is subterranean, and the crows call visiting the brothels "digging for buried treasure." Brothers visiting Mole's Town are known as "miners."
  11. I see so much talk in the forums about the whole Quentyn story getting left out. I just can't see that. It's central to the Dorne story, Quentyn and his buds are interesting characters, and DRAGONS! Streamlining? Sure, I can see that. Left out, no way. One thing people should take into account is that I think the show is going to be able to get away with giving the Dorne story nearly as much space as it gets in the books, if not as much. Initially, I had thought it was just way too much new stuff way too late in the story, and they were going to streamline it from sumo wrestler to Olympic gymnast. But here's the X factor: Oberyn's popularity. His character really went over big. In fact, I saw a recent fanbase poll that had him as the 2nd most popular character (favorite character of 11% of the fan base) to Tyrion's #1. Granted, Tyrion crushed him with 26%, but still. As long as they tie Dorne heavily in to revenge for Oberyn, which in fact is really what kicks the Dorne story off, I think they can go with a lot of Dorne and it will work. Plus sexy Sand Snakes.
  12. Well yeah, I certainly agree that "anything that's not in the books" is a horrible definition of filler. I'm such a huge fan of the books that my obsession kind of scares me, but I am by no means a book purist when it comes to the TV show. Generally, I think the creators are doing a great job of putting out a good TV show, and rigid conformance to the book story would probably ruin that. A lot of people would say that filler is any new material that doesn't advance the plot. I wouldn't even agree with that, so long as it's sufficiently entertaining. For example, I really liked the Grey Worm/Missandei stuff because it tangles with some really complicated emotional/physical/sexual/psychological material that really makes you think--although it goes nowhere (at least so far as is readily apparent) in terms of advancing the structure of the plot. I wouldn't even begin to call that "filler." I would say that new material that isn't very entertaining and doesn't advance the plot very much is probably what qualifies as "filler." Obviously, we can disagree over whether the Craster's sub-plot meets that, but I call Craster's "filler" because (1) it wasn't very entertaining (in fact, a lot of people hated it as just another addition to the surfeit of sexual violence and human degradation), (2) it didn't add a tremendous amount to characterization, and (3) it didn't advance the plot. I think they could've advanced the plot better by things like showing Mance in his camp plotting the destruction of the North, or having Jon and Sam talk about why it's so important to defend the wall against the wildlings. Those things could've set up this past episode a lot better than it actually got set up, IMO.
  13. I don't really agree with you, but in any case, that's not my point. Craster's is just an example; the point is that "filler" is a concept that applies to the book and the TV show in very different ways. There's no time- or page-limit on a book.
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