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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 16, 2017 20:03:28 GMT
.... in which Dany finally arrives in Westeros.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 16, 2017 21:08:44 GMT
I am surprisingly lackluster toward this season. I hope this premiere doesn't validate those feelings.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 16, 2017 23:51:18 GMT
Same. I have a feeling this season is going to be an RLJ fest. D&D will either pull a GRRM and fake us out with that, or they aren't clever enough to come up with an alternative.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:18:19 GMT
Jim Broadbent was a glaring omission from the cast. I knew that even before I saw him tonight. We all knew that, didn't we?
Might have been the best-written episode in recent memory. I can't fault any single character, but in particular Arya and the Hound were brilliant. That "cold" open - just wow.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 17, 2017 3:23:13 GMT
Yeah, that Frey scene was great...and I actually enjoyed the Sam montage, laughed out loud a couple of times.
I desperately need a screen grab of the open book that he spies in the doorway of the Top Soopar Seekrit Area, though...that diagram looked interesting.
And wasn't that Littlefinger's dagger in the pages of that book?
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:33:44 GMT
I desperately need a screen grab of the open book that he spies in the doorway of the Top Soopar Seekrit Area, though...that diagram looked interesting. And wasn't that Littlefinger's dagger in the pages of that book? that was totally LFs dagger, I thought I was seeing things. Insert crackpot here. The open pages showing the diagrams, yeah, I can't get a fix on it. About to rewatch for the third time
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 17, 2017 3:38:33 GMT
Did the show mention that the dagger was a gift to Robert from Jon Arryn like the book did? If so, major implications...
Personally, I thought the way they had the Hound see into the flames was a bit ham-handed. That needed to be dragged out more, the way they did with Stannis back in whatever season that was. I felt like Sandor stepped in front of the fire and was like, "Oh yeah, there it is." Not enough doubt leading up to the reveal.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:43:29 GMT
My recollection is that Petyr tells Ned that Tyrion won it from him - no other info on it. But Varys backs him up? Major implications regardless? I mean it's a very recognizable shape after all.
I couldn't tell if the Hound was playing us with that one, but I came to the conclusion that he'd been entirely sincere for the whole of the episode. Then I figured it was a clever writing finesse, for the man terrified of fire to be the one so easily connected to it, like it was no big deal.
... that manbun jibe tho...
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 17, 2017 3:48:13 GMT
I lol'd at the manbun, totally
And D&D must have gotten the hint to work on Euron, because the Euron that showed up at KL to gross-flirt with Cersei and trash talk Jaime was WAAAY better than the boring one from the Kingsmoot last year. I mean, he's still not the "right" Euron in any way, but the acting and character personality improved drastically.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:48:14 GMT
Holy Shingles
Bran the Freaking Timelord aka the Great Other Dude (God), father of Jon freaking Snow. Of course he would need to be killed by a mysterious blade that is now connected to killing the white walkers/Night King.
Which totally Doctor Stranges our pal Petyr.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:49:12 GMT
the acting and character personality improved drastically. ... and two hands! wink wink nudge nudge
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 17, 2017 3:54:40 GMT
Bran the Freaking Timelord aka the Great Other Dude (God), father of Jon freaking Snow. You have no idea how close you are to a Marvel crackpot I'm putting together right now, as in, literally typing on it all day today. Jon's father isn't human, is what I'm getting at. Not Great Other Dude, necessarily, but really. really. close.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 17, 2017 3:58:00 GMT
Which totally Doctor Stranges our pal Petyr. And hey, Littlefinger is the Dr. Strange ringer that gave me the idea in the first place! And he has that teleporter.... It works, right? Right?
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 3:58:27 GMT
Bran the Freaking Timelord aka the Great Other Dude (God), father of Jon freaking Snow. You have no idea how close you are to a Marvel crackpot I'm putting together right now, as in, literally typing on it all day today. Jon's father isn't human, is what I'm getting at. Not Great Other Dude, necessarily, but really. really. close. I'm sold. I'm cool with Lyanna as mommy, but Jon's dad is not of this world - he's more of the North, however you want to slice that, Great Other, Night King, Overly Tardised Bran. God. Insert Jesus Mary and Joseph imagery here. Can't wait to read it. LOJ people. LOJ.
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Post by Weasel Pie on Jul 17, 2017 4:02:49 GMT
Littlefinger is the Dr. Strange ringer When I saw the cut of the Cloak of Levitation - seriously, you can even see the similarities in Petyr's silhouette in the most recent episode - no doubt we're being played. Still gives me hope that Petyr is the last Reyne, but not sure if D&D figured that out. I had written a synopsis somewhere of the plot of Doctor Strange and it was a dead ringer for Bran's arc. Will find it.
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