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I agree that the magnitude of the revelation should have been used to show some character development for Jon and some impact in his relations with just about everyone (not just Dany and Varys). It's true that the show skips almost all of it, which is a shame. Now, saying that the many...

It just put a giant wedge between Jon and Dany, gave the opportunity to Jon to betray Dany by revealing the secret to the Starks, gave Sansa the opportunity to share this secret with Tyrion, knowing full well it would destabilize's Dany's allies. So yeah, the most important reveal in the entire...

He sure had help, but he also did a lot of worg'ing and learning and leading (he is the one who chose to follow what seemed to be his destiny by going north past the wall, he could have nope'd). And while passive, surviving 4 assassination attempts (with one acting as bait on purpose) makes for...

I think an asterisk should be added to "the best story", it's the best story * for the people. Tyrion and Jon have great stories, but they also sided with Dany up until the moment she burned King's Landing to the ground. Arya has a great story, for us, but who knows her story really? And being a...

You don't visit prisoners with weapons, because you don't want prisoners to grab said weapons. You don't take the Queen's nephew-lover's weapons when he goes to see the Queen, unless the Queen specifically ordered it. There are things worth complaining about. This is not one of them. My...

In a classic fantasy story, it's obvious Jon, one way or another, would end on the throne. In this particular story that plays with and subverts fantasy tropes , it's no big surprise that Jon does not end on the throne. Also, stories often have an author figure in them. Here, it's a bit Sam the...

The two prerequisites to be the ruler of the 7-1 Kingdoms became: 1) Have a good story that leads to the throne so the people can get behind them. 2) Be chosen by the Lords of Westeros. Being of House whatever is of little relevance given this format. Also, the Kingsguard is there for the King...

Binge watched season 3 over the week-end. Really enjoyed it. I agree that having a 10 minutes exposition for what actually happened involving characters we almost knew nothing about up until that point was a bit lame, but in a way the story is not about the initial crime, it's about the...

I never read it, but I know about it. I confess that a fantasy novel written by a teenager for teenagers makes me a little dubious. It's a bit unfair because there are cases of teenagers writting masterpieces, but the point here is that Eragon sounds about as formulaic as this Targaryen dragon...

Are we talking about Eragon now? Because it sounds a lot like Eragon.

It probably is because the only thing people say about him is that he went dungeon crawling in Myth Drannor and found some gear. "Euron is so cool! He has a magic horn and a plate armor +3!' :rolleyes:

As someone who did not read the books (I did read the spin-off novellas though), it is important to note that book Euron sounds completely idiotic. Like, 'over the top Dungeon & Dragons character in a campaign run by a 13 year old' idiotic. Not that the poor man's Jack Sparrow is much better...

I don't understand why people read what happened as Danny becoming mad. The fact that she burns Kings Landing after saying months earlier that she does not want to burn Kings Landing does not make her mad. I would go as far as saying she did not change her mind on the subject: she did not want...

Quite a lot when the worried person basically said the day before that he wants to see the not eating person dead.

Prophecies in Game of Thrones

Varys' importance in the story might have been hurt by the writer running out of book material, but the general direction of the story also hurt Varys. A spy network in the 7 Kingdoms and intimate knowledge of politics are not great assets when fighting undeads and when the complexity of the...

Doesn't Khaleesi just mean queen or something? I guess we only know of one Khaleesi while we know of many Kings, Queens, Dukes, Earls, etc so some of them being war criminals does not prevent their title to be used as first name.

I think it's just a case of a little girl looking like another little girl. The one at king's landing was the one with the toy horse and we followed her and her mother a fair bit through the episode.

Btw my Nostradabullshit with big odds:

Well... the Iron Islands are ruled by a woman and so is the North. Also the Night King got killed by a woman... so you get a pretty broad spectrum of characters for both genders.

@Lithose Somehow I was unable to account for the episode that had not aired! I the light of this latest episode I would say Dragons only suck when you are supposed to root for them.

@Khane Pause for effect! Both by the writers for us, and for Dany writting her own legend... or simply she made her mind when the bells rang.

In case you missed it, the reason is that it was, in her eyes, her only way to maybe get to rule the 7 Kingdoms. A little fear would not have been good enough. That plan will surely backfire though. Hah!

I think it's a bat of a battle-cricket. Another game where you win or you die.

I have not followed the NBA at all this season. Was that GSW vs HR serie basically an early final?

Damon Lindelof? Why? Why?

Since the first time Tormund saw Brienne, he wanted to bed her. On a side note, it is overplayed for laughs, which contributes to turn Tormund into a pure comic relief character. It's a bit dumb and lame, even if the comedy is often effective. Anyway, what matters here for our discussion is...

People joke about autism in this thread, but one of the component of autism is the difficulty to understand social cues. When Jaime cockblocking Tormund is read as a "big brother/little sister or mentor/mentee scenario", you know you have a problem.

Do you remember these scenes during which the Night King discussed his plan and motivations with his lieutenants? Me neither. The undead menace in the story is meant to be a monolithic, inscrutable force. The psychology, scheming, alliances and treasons are for the humans, so the existential...

You guys need to differentiate between not liking that they are telling poorly the story they want to tell and not liking the story they want to tell. Dragons being actually a bit shit and Jon being a reluctant leader is the story.

Did Jon ever pet his direwolf? Does one even pet direwolves? They are not really pets, are they?

I saw that film and found it pretty lame. The plot is dumb and the dialogues are excruciatingly bad. Now, Claire Denis' cinema often rubs shoulders with contemporary art and modern dance, which leads to things like Binoche's long performance in the orgasmatron (it was funnier in Sleeper...

The show is certainly not without flaws, but I wonder what show the people are watching when I read some of the comments. - Brienne and Jamie have been attracted to each other for ages. Did you forget Jamie at his most vulnerable crying in Brienne's arms? Jamie wishes he could be with Brienne...

Since they established the Night King as load bearing, dragons (living and undead), dragonglass, numbers, etc are all irrelevant. As a result, all outcomes are still on the table. It will be a bit underwhelming though if some dumb trick kills the Night King and instantly wins the fight against...

The consensus is PSP I believe.

To be fair, John Gavin is one of the 8 people credited for graphics/artwork in Betrayal at Krondor, so his contribution to the game is, as far as we can tell, not huge. He is one of the main force behind the Syphon Filter serie though, along with Days Gone's co-director Jeff Ross (I have not...

Is the code of the game still layers upon layers of inscrutable spaghetti code written by people who long departed the company, resulting in veteran players knowing the game's mechanisms better than the devs? It was the case in 2004, so I can't imagine how it is in 2019!

Amusingly, Christophe Gans wrote and directed both Silent Hill and Brotherhood of the Wolf.

There is much to be said about french films trying to venture in genres that are perceived as being holywoodians (like here, a military thriller), about how the french critics tend to view such attempts and about the average quality of such attempts.... so yeah, I did not muster the courage to...

We beat Shenmue 2 with my friend a few weeks back, so remind me to post some thoughts about that, but right now I wanted to bump this thread with a smile on my face because today is a nice day! I have a cartridge of a Super Famicom RPG called Tengai Makyou Zero aka Far East of Eden Zero (a...