Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --

Mal ,'War Stories'


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Scrappy - Jun 14, 2015 7:44:39 pm PDT #6366 of 7329
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Jon Snow is NOT dead. Well, not to me, anyway. I vote bringing back to life, but who knows. He looked pretty darn deceased. Loved that the Tyrion and Varys Show is back on the boards again. Two of the most wonderfully nuanced and witty characters and they are even bettering combination.

In this episode, I kinda thought that Sam is the author's stand-in for GRR Martin. Maybe not that Martin thinks of hum that way--but that the show runners do. The facial hair and the way he was shot reminded me of Martin.


DebetEsse - Jun 14, 2015 8:13:54 pm PDT #6367 of 7329
Woe to the fucking wicked.

They made very certain to bring Melisandre back to the Wall BEFORE killing Jon (where the fuck was Ghost?). There were several things that played out more satisfyingly in the books (basically everything people said up thread about Sam), but some I didn't mind. I have no fucking idea what's going on with Dorne...I guess it can go hang with the Iron Isles in that regard. Jaime would probably be best served NOT going home just now...

They slimmed down the cast significantly, and our only remaining Baratheon is still rowing that boat. I was definitely yelling at the screen telling Theon and Sansa that if either of them were proper Starks, they'd go to the crypts. They did not listen. The timeline for Sansa's outing doesn't seem like it should line up with the length of even that lopsided of a battle.

The combinations of characters next season will be interesting. And I wonder how far they're rewriting the book on Arya's blindness...And we have no word on the status of Margaery.

The cinematography on Cersei's haircut was odd. Like, it was clearly a body double in that scene. Why they didn't just go with it and just use the shots from the back and from the collarbones up, saving the nudity for the street scene, I do not know.


DavidS - Jun 14, 2015 10:12:31 pm PDT #6368 of 7329
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Jon Snow is NOT dead.

Melisandre needs a resurrected man to save the world from the White Walkers. That's the prophecy. Beric has already proven it can be done. Jon's the guy.

I expected he'll be changed. Perhaps he'll come back with a sense of humor.

The cinematography on Cersei's haircut was odd. Like, it was clearly a body double in that scene. Why they didn't just go with it and just use the shots from the back and from the collarbones up, saving the nudity for the street scene, I do not know.

Lena was apparently fairly pregnant for this portion of shooting. So they used a body double and put her head on it CGI style (see, Capt. America).


-t - Jun 15, 2015 4:09:00 am PDT #6369 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

What I don't understand from the haircut scene is why she seemed to be bleeding, and wasn't later.


amych - Jun 15, 2015 4:25:57 am PDT #6370 of 7329
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I expected he'll be changed. Perhaps he'll come back with a sense of humor.

It would be a stretch, but I suppose less so than Knowing Something.


Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2015 5:35:11 am PDT #6371 of 7329
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I've never been more happy for the existence of a fast-forward button on my DVR.


sumi - Jun 15, 2015 6:32:00 am PDT #6372 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!

Jaime would probably be best served NOT going home just now...

Just what I was thinking: turn around - leave Trystane in Dorne - get what's her name properly executed and THEN go back to face Cersei.


DebetEsse - Jun 15, 2015 4:33:35 pm PDT #6373 of 7329
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I was thinking more from the "Cersei's is on trial, everyone is calling her brother-fucker, and you're not that good a liar" angle, but, yeah, that, too.


Tom Scola - Jun 16, 2015 8:40:14 am PDT #6374 of 7329
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Bryan Fuller will be writing the adaptation of American Gods for Starz.


sj - Jun 16, 2015 10:19:35 am PDT #6375 of 7329
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Does Starz offer any streaming options for those without cable?