Game of Thrones

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2013
    Last night's The Borgias seemed so boring in comparison...
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2013
    Face wrote: »
    Last night's The Borgias seemed so boring in comparison...

    +1 on that.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited June 2013
    Even though I knew what was going to happen, it was played out so well I still went to bed thinking that was the craziest thing I've seen in awhile. Still just makes you think that nothing in the story is going to play out the way you think it will.
  • amgala
    amgala Posts: 111
    edited June 2013
    Being that I'm only partly through reading the first book, my mind was blown yesterday...
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited June 2013
    Okay, I finally saw the episode last night. Awesome ending. Wonder if the zombie-woofs will clean up at some point here ... Got a jones for the dragon mama, though, I must admit. Still can't believe she seemingly has a fire-in-the-hole for that "dandy."
  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited June 2013
    Watched the last episode last night and I am still amazed. The writer of the series really has some balls to be killing off the characters. Ned Stark first with his head on the stake - that I could understand to set the tone. But his wife, son and son's pregnant wife just seems cruel, especially the way that it happened. I hope Jon Snow gives Roose Bolton what's coming to him. And I can't wait to see how this all plays out. My wife read the books and was still in tears during last week's episode. Still weighs on me today.

    One thing that I think sets this show apart is how invested you get into each character - good and bad. Jamie Lannister and Tyrian are "bad" guys that you SHOULDN'T like but I find myself rooting for them. Even The Hound...........

    This show and The Walking Dead are the only shows that I watch religiously and can say that when this season ends, it will feel like too long before it starts again. What an incredible show.......
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    edited June 2013
    Awesome episode. I've been hooked from the beginning. That was as real as any slasher movie I've seen.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited June 2013
    Is the final episode of the season playing this Sunday or what?
  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2013
    dromunds wrote: »
    Is the final episode of the season playing this Sunday or what?
    Sadly it is.
  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2013
    Not quite what i expected, but still thought it ended the season well. Plenty of fun to come next season.
  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited June 2013
    Oh mother. I was initially disappointed with the ending last night but now on reconsideration I agree it was not what I expected, but it was more my own expectations for more blood and stuff, and I now I'm kinda liking the ending with the image of the Dragon Mama telling her babies to fly and then the slaves do a sort of modified body pass where she impliedly "flies" with her arms stretched out all smiles and laughing while the slaves chant Mother. I like those dragons. And their Mama. I need to get the first two seasons and watch the whole series as I missed a lot of the early stuff. Nine months off? Fer cri yi!
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2013
    That's my biggest complaint with the series - it's soooooooo long between seasons.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2013
    drumminman wrote: »
    That's my biggest complaint with the series - it's soooooooo long between seasons.
    I have the same complaint with the books but its much worse. Who knows if Martin will live long enough to complete them, at least now HBO has got him to pick it up a little.
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2013
    chumlie wrote: »
    I have the same complaint with the books but its much worse. Who knows if Martin will live long enough to complete them, at least now HBO has got him to pick it up a little.

    I've read that he's in the process of writing the next one, the one that will follow " Dance with Dragons".
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    Tick Tock !!! Looking forward to Sunday's premier.
  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 4,949
    edited April 2014
    If you are a DirecTV customer, you may have free HBO this weekend - to catch up on a great series. I have the TIVO set for almost 48hrs. straight recording this weekend....
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited April 2014
    Winter is Coming!
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  • recoveryone
    recoveryone Posts: 885
    edited April 2014
    I have to admit I was clued to the TV from Friday night and all day Saturday to get the full backstory. I had seen a few shows over the years but was hard to get a full sense of who was who and why. Great job by HBO to air all 3 seasons to get many like myself hooked and thinking of paying the money to see what is next.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    He should have gave The Hound some chicken.
  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    edited April 2014
    Yup should have.
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited April 2014
    Arya has developed a bit of an edge :eek:
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  • recoveryone
    recoveryone Posts: 885
    edited April 2014
    a bit of a edge! she's over the cliff with vengeance and everyone will pay if she gets a chance.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited April 2014
    Watched it again last night after half-nodding out while watching it Sunday. Have to say, I wasn't missing the so-called national championship game either. Chumlie, you're right, should've given him some chicken. What a great character. I used to go to a friend's house to watch Thrones, but enough's enough, I dropped Showtime and switched to HBO.
  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited April 2014
    And what about that cannibal stuff at the end? bad dudes abound.
  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    dromunds wrote: »
    And what about that cannibal stuff at the end? bad dudes abound.
    You never tasted Crow.
  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 9,969
    edited April 2014
    I heard it tastes much better in the south. Those Wildlings are bad. This is going to be a great season. That scene where the Hound jams that guys head into his own blade over and over and the look in Arya's eye after she slides "Needle" into the neck, oh boy.
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited April 2014
    Read all the books published to date - you ain't seen nothin' yet :twisted:
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited April 2014
    drumminman wrote: »
    Read all the books published to date - you ain't seen nothin' yet :twisted:
    Did you find the last one as boring as I did ?
  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited April 2014
    Nah, I liked it. The problem with the series is there are so many plotlines, so many characters that it's tough to remember everything. Martin must have some hellacious story boards!

    Before each season starts I find a good plot summary of the book it's based on to refresh my memory. Lots of "Oh yeah, I remember that!" along with, "dang, I missed that first time around!"
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,862
    edited April 2014
    tonight, that's what I'm talking about......it's about time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! give him some more wine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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