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![]() Shouldn't Vargo Hoat be showing up soon? I'm all confused with the timeline now that they're moving things around. SPOILER: ( I know Brienne still has to escort Jaime from the riverlands and all that, but I thought Hoat took over Harrenhal well before that. Maybe its after Tywin leaves. )
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What outside of your own taste and opinion says that a show should only portray the happy and moral side of life. I understand that some people dont like watching sex and grisly death, it makes them uncomfortable. These need to realize that some people don't mind the realism it adds. Like many others here have said. If you don't like, fine, just dont watch it, and dont bother the people who enjoy it. |
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#580 |
Young Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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![]() I wrote this for my blog...admittedly not my best work, but might give you a chuckle...i hope: http://peelingtheskin.blogspot.com/2...-obsessed.html
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#581 |
24/7 Broncos
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![]() I'm at the end of Storm of swords, and my head is spinning at how this entire universe has been flipped on its head. I can't wait to see if/how Littlefinger, Stanis, and Jon Snow's stories intercross - and what happens when Dany crosses the sea...
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#582 |
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![]() yeah, i gotta stop reading this thread...i havent read the books
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#583 |
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![]() I feel like a real a-hole now. Have every episode recorded and my grandma came and visited me bout 2 weeks ago, I turned her onto it, we watched every episode in marathon style from the first to the thirteenth, and she was b****ing about all the sex and violence. I'd known it was in there but kind of forgot how much was in there till she was b****ing about it. Oh well.
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Optimum Homo
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Colorado
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My grandmother caught an episode where Theon's junk is on display. Apparently he reminds her of my grandfather when he was younger. Which is completely and utterly gross. I hope she means his face... I really hope she means his face. ![]() |
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#585 | |
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Give Homeland a try. You'll get more action, more suspense. A very well made show so far. |
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Anyway, I didn't realize that's "soapy" but OK =) I figured you were going to say it was too melodramatic or something like that. It's doing a good job of being true to the source material despite the radical differences needed to make it a TV series. It's a very character driven/cerebral series, with a lot of the "happenings" going on in the character's head (Tyrion's chapters are generally a riot to read). The books don't have a ton of action. I would have been very upset had they converted it into a action packed, swords & sorcery type series. Quote:
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Yeah, I've had to watch carefully who I recommend it to. I have a broad group of friends, all sorts -- soccer moms, older men, coworkers, etc. -- who I don't want to offend. Last week Littlefinger wiped visible, creamy spunk off the mouth of a whore and sent her over to kiss on a guy. |
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#589 |
splinters reality until
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![]() Probably because it's good advice to give someone who takes issue with the graphic nature of the story. BTW, if I wasn't interested, I wouldn't have asked.
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![]() One day you'll develop a critical mind, and you'll learn it's okay to watch something and still have some critical thoughts about it. There's more categories between (1) love everything about it; and (2) don't watch it.
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#591 |
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#592 |
24/7 Broncos
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![]() This book is blowing my mind... It's 1:30am and I'm sitting here elated cheering for Sandor Clegane. I've got to get some sleep, but how can I with all this adrenaline!
SPOILER: ( ARYA GOT NEEDLE BACK! SO AWESOME! I LOVE IT! ) |
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#593 |
24/7 Broncos
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![]() Storm of Swords is going to be a tough book to follow. I'm preparing myself for a let down with the next two books. I don't see any way this gets better until the final climax in book six. I'm going to look at the next two books as building up to that.
But man... Storm of Swords - excellent, excellent, excellent. |
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#595 |
I Make The Weather
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You have one big advantage here, which is that you don't have to wait several years for books 4 and 5 to come out. Of course, who knows how long it will take for #6. |
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The problem with Book4&5 (really they are one book) is they are pretty much the lul between storms. The War of Five Kings pretty much burns out by the end of SoS and AFfC focuses on everyone in the seven kingdoms picking up the pieces and trying to put them back together. That's the meaning of the title -- literally crows feasting on the bodies of the dead after a battle. Dance with Dragons is much better as it's dealing much less with the fallout of the wary, and by the time the timelines of 4&5 merge at the end things start picking up again. One of the things that I find most interesting about a Feast for Crows is that SPOILER: ( we learn that Cersei is just as ineffective a leader as her late husband. Both were skilled (in different ways) in gaining the throne, but both are miserable failures at sitting it. ) |
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one of the best swordsmen" in that army, cmon. FYI - Homeland info: Congratulations to Homeland, winner of two Golden Globes including Best Television Series - Drama, and Best Performance by an Actress for Television - Drama: Claire Danes. Season 1 is On Demand right now - http://www.sho.com/sho/schedules/ond...s/804/homeland This is for sure a can't miss series. The acting and screen writing is as good as a featured film. |
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This is the Water
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Ser Loras is very good. But Brienne is a Freak. Freak tends to trump very good. |
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