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state of this guy
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 08:03 (eight years ago) link
I think the house of widows thing seems interesting. She'll probably meet new recruits there.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 08:49 (eight years ago) link
The house of widows is one of those things that could be great in theory but probably won't be in practice. The Dorne stuff at least got rid of a load of deadwood characters and might actually lead to a war.
If John Snow is really did then Davos is effectively our eyes and ears around the Wall now, if anything he's likely to be more prominent this year. John Snow probably isn't dead though.
I can't remember how Arya went blind but marooning her hundreds of miles away from everyone else was a terrible narrative decision.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 09:08 (eight years ago) link
'You'll just have to sit here and wait' seems to be the M.O. for so many character arcs right now. WTF is going on in this show? Those white walkers had better pull their fingers out.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 10:50 (eight years ago) link
it's one thing isolating main characters, but they give them this one basic simple goal and then have them frustrated in every attempt to achieve it, it's like they've found that having one character trying to bounce the same ball off the wall for three seasons is the easiest way to deal with so many storylines at once, cos you just see them and instantly know nothing in their plotline has changed.
they've had a whole season of dorne being annoyed, arya getting beaten up and failing tests, a few seasons of daenerys going from triumph to setback. are there no ideas in the writers room or something?
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 11:07 (eight years ago) link
I didn't see a "next week on" but given how this show cycles character scenes I expect next week to be catching up with Littlefinger, Bran and Sam.
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 11:10 (eight years ago) link
This has basically become a series of unconnected vignettes of varying quality and tone
in other words, a faithful interpretation of the books
― 龜, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link
I liked this episode. Kind of disappointed that they killed off the one potentially interesting character in the Dorne storyline, but maybe that just means that they are going to speed through the end of that story (sand snakes arrive in king's landing, get killed by Zombie Mountain or something, the end).
― silverfish, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
The complaining about stalling is pretty funny, when in a way the show has speeded up immensely how fast it takes for characters to go somewhere. Arya spent 3 seasons (?) wandering around Westeros before she got on the ship, it took Jamie a season to get with Brienne to Kings Landing. But it only took Tyrion half a season to get to Meereen, and in this premiere Jamie goes Dorne-Kings Landing between episodes, and Daenerys gets to the dothraki camps as well. And I complained about Melisandre getting to Castle Black from Winterfell in the last thread.
So they're getting rid of the sense of scale of the place. But they're not really replacing it with any propulsion or action.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah but once you discover locations you can fast travel between them
i know the state of affairs is a little dismal because i caught myself thinking "i wonder what bran is up to?"
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
It's not so much about how long it takes to get to places, but what happens on that journey and when they get there. Arya and the Hound was great. Arya having to complete endless gnomic tasks week in week out, with no clear end point or reason in mind is just boring. I'm sure something'll happen to her next week. I don't remember how she got blinded either though.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
i liked the arya storyline, and the performance of her sadistic mentor, but they are dragging it out for sure.
have even wondered about rickon.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:26 (eight years ago) link
It was a magical punishment for using the face swapping to get personal revenge on the evil kingsguard guy that was visiting. And yeah I REALLY hope she isn't just going to slowly learn how to deal with being a blind face swapper in training for the course of the entire season...
xp
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
current game of throne storylines, ranked (i'm limiting myself to ~2 seconds of brain activity for each decision so this is from the heart)
sansa & theon & brienne & podrickcersei and jaime destroy everyone elsejon snow for the love of the old gods and the new wake up and make this show more interestingdavos and a team of extras wait for someone to save the dayramsay sam working on getting tenurebronn? i'm assuming he's doing something. whatever it is it's better than most of the rest of the showmargaery tries to ignore constant pleas to purchase a Lexusbran and the 3 eyed raventyrion and varys have some decent conversations while stalling for another seasonmelisandre finally does something cool (?) and revives jon snow?jorah and daario on the trailarya's neverending bad daydaenerys kills some more timedirect to video dorne
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
i forgot some stuff (like baelish) but whatever. i guess i'd put ">>" after cersei/jaime and another ">>>>>>>" after ramsay
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
oh god baelish. i never liked him or his scenes for some reason. lots of people seem to enjoy him though.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
you'd think he'd be more in the mix since he literally kicked off the events that got ned killed
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
The showrunners really hate Dorne, is my feeling.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
wasn't one of the problems w/ the Dorne production that they only had permission to shoot on that location for a few days?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:36 (eight years ago) link
the location is a vacation house in palm springs iirc
― nomar, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
ha ha it's in Andalusia
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Oh, it's not the lobby of a Hyatt?
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
seville isn't it? the executive hilton seville.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
I usually go with the garden view room so I can get the breakfast package. Just my luck that I witness some murders as a result.
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:38 (eight years ago) link
current game of throne storylines, ranked (i'm limiting myself to ~2 seconds of brain activity for each decision so this is from the heart)sansa & theon & brienne & podrickcersei and jaime destroy everyone elsejon snow for the love of the old gods and the new wake up and make this show more interestingdavos and a team of extras wait for someone to save the dayramsay sam working on getting tenurebronn? i'm assuming he's doing something. whatever it is it's better than most of the rest of the showmargaery tries to ignore constant pleas to purchase a Lexusbran and the 3 eyed raventyrion and varys have some decent conversations while stalling for another seasonmelisandre finally does something cool (?) and revives jon snow?jorah and daario on the trailarya's neverending bad daydaenerys kills some more timedirect to video dorne
Imagine Zombie Mountain will feature soon.
Is Littlefinger still in the Vale? I really can't remember
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link
last we saw littlefinger he was leaving sansa with the boltons, right?
i'm expecting some big crazy metal underdog army of wildlings and vengeful greyjoys and undead jon snow coming together before the end of the season.
― nomar, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
littlefinger was summoned by Cersei right?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
It's not the Hilton fwiw
http://scribblerinseville.com/game-of-thrones-season-5-the-water-gardens-of-dorne-aka-the-alcazar-of-seville/
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I don't think wondering what Bran is up to is odd, it seems like whatever mystery he's involved in is crucial.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
Bran crew was one my favorite storyline because it was respite from politics and went on his very own trope. Not to say that I dislike the politics intensive narrative arcs (on the contrary!) but that was quite different.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
At this point we know that the existential threat is even more looming than ever, and somebody is going to have to bring dragons to that party. Those are the two key ingredients of the finale. We have two more years to get there after this season (hopefully we won't get treated to more than 1 episode worth of post-white-walker epilogue).
The only person that really has any "plot armor" in the endgame scenario are Daenaerys, because dragons, and probably Bran, because warging into a dragon seems like a thing that needs to happen. Everybody else is completely expendable really and I think that's what makes all the other disparate storylines seem a little dull. Like, we really cared about the consequences of stuff like the Red Wedding way back when, but that taught us not to get heavily invested in the characters, and then Hardhome taught us that there are not many problems in this made-up world, there is exactly one problem, and it is going to kill everyone.
We'll see how much the showrunners acknowledge this problem and try to give us something worth chewing on in the meantime. At the same time I totally see why GRRM can't finish writing any of it. He needs to tie up about 200 dumb side quests he made up for fun, get to the dragons vs. zombies fight and end it. I'd hate to sit down every day to that.
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
assuming the show sticks to its stated timeline, i'm hopeful that this season will take us to the end of Act II with all the pieces finally shuffled into their places and some downhill momentum at last
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
I didn't realise they had changed their minds about stubbornly sticking to 7 seasons. I'm a little disappointed that they couldn't just make season 7 a bit longer. Is 13 episodes really too much to ask of one season?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
Speaking of Branquest, what's the last we knew of the Reeds? Jojen was killed by a skeleton, but Meera is still alive?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link
And yeah I REALLY hope she isn't just going to slowly learn how to deal with being a blind face swapper in training for the course of the entire season...wasn't this addressed in one of the trailers with jaqar or wtf his name is saying she was getting one more chance to prove herself? I didn't dream that did I.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Meera's still alive
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
I'm terrible with faces in a lot of these complex plot shows. With S5 having been so long ago, I was confusing all the middle aged men with grey beards. I keep mixing up Stannis, Davos, Jorah (to a lesser ext), and Alliser.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link
i wasn't sure if the ppl in jon snow's rooms were wildlings or nightwatch
― 龜, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
watch men
i've read all the books and watched all the eps but honestly idk if i care how the story concludes anymore
― 龜, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 23:18 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I'm starting to find the whole thing a bit of a mess to follow. Someone upthread mentioned burning ships... hein!? Wasnt that burning buildings?
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 00:07 (eight years ago) link
Nah it was the harbor
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 00:38 (eight years ago) link
Dead @ Karl Malone ranking post
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
maybe I need 2 b less drunk when watching this show lol
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
No I think you're on the right track.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link
Finally caught up with this (the episode, not the thread). I'm glad to see that it's gotten back to being a bit self consciously campy again - the Dothraki Spanish Inquisition skit throwback was cute, and so was the negotiating through the door scene - but as I was reminding my wife who everyone was and why we (in theory) care, it was pretty rough going. "Oh, she is sworn to her because her master was killed by a mysterious vagina ghost assassin." "That guy, he used magic to ..." etc.
One thing I couldn't answer/remember is what happened to the dragons. The best I could come up with is that she flew one of them to Scotland with a broken engine and then crash-landed it in a field before she was captured by Dothraki?
BTW, if this ends with dragons vs. zombies - or zombies riding dragons? or zombie dragons? - I will be highly entertained and also drunk.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link
the others she locked in a cave because the one who is actually loose was behaving badly..
I think tyrion is gonna go check on them in the next ep due to the preview.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 03:43 (eight years ago) link
Are we mayb all struggling cos its been too long since the last season? I should have rewatched at least S5 again.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
those sandworm girls are so annoying, dorne is stupid & looks like a myst add-on
i am nostalgc for the days of a mere 3 storylines
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 04:09 (eight years ago) link
also did everyone always swear so modernly and casually in this
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 04:10 (eight years ago) link