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I'm in it for Regina King (she was amazing) but will stay for Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, and the dude that played Delmar in Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
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I am still processing this finale. I have to say that I loved the ambition of this series. They weren't always able to pull it off but it really had some amazing episodes and I am sorry that it is over.
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On 7/26/2019 at 12:00 PM, Bruinsfan said:
Oh, that's hilarious polyhymnia! How many loops did it take you to realize it wasn't just the show repeating scenes over and over?
I am not even sure because I was sleepy. At least 5. I finally had to watch it without skipping commercials for it to finish. It was trippy.
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I watched this episode and the next back-to-back. In the next episode, my DVR kept resetting to about 13 minutes in so for a few minutes I thought that *I* might be stuck in a time glitch.
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I found it frustrating that we don't really find out why Gabrielle has that damned angry boy doll or why, for the love of all the things, she keeps it in the bed with David. WTH, Gabrielle?? Is it supposed to be symbolic?
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49 minutes ago, spaceghostess said:
I, personally, don't want to see anyone flayed alive. I simply object to the fact that the two of them got the sympathy edit, not to mention the romantic/tragic music and the kind of long, drawn out scenes that numerous other main characters deserved far more. D&D went out of their way to humanize Cersei (using Jaime to do it) after all her vile deeds, while Dany, who's been drawn as more human than Cersei for 7+ seasons is reduced to a monstrous killing machine.
In a word: Gross.
In another word: Bullshit.
Yeah, if she had died alone and afraid in the bottom of the Red Keep and he had died on the beach or under some flaming rubble, that would have been okay. I really thought he was going to kill her and was very disappointed in that storyline.
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23 minutes ago, mac123x said:
Was it just me, or did the walls / gate of Kings Landing look completely different than it did in the last episode of season 7? I reminded me more of Dany and the baby dragons approaching the gates of Qarth.
I thought they were someplace else for a few minutes. Plus the usual distance questions as to how long it takes to get to Dragonstone and back to KL and how long it will take the group with Jon to get to KL. Not everyone should be able to use little finger's teleport at once.
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Ugh. No way they have the resources or the ability to build that many ballista let alone mount them on Urine's ship let alone make them strong enough to tear through the other ships like paper. That was so friggin unbelievable that it took me out of the episode.
Also, Cersei doesn't play fair or believe in diplomacy so why wouldn't she fire on the tiny force that Dany brought, what with the fancy ass unrealistic ballista thingamabobs. All the eyerolls.
I liked the first half pretty well.
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Nothing like being away from this site for a while and coming back to yet another period of non-news about non-publication! It's gone past lame at this point to something entirely different (not from the posters here, but from the author).
And you, sir are no Dickens. Or Tolkien. Good day to you.
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On 8/20/2017 at 11:14 PM, VCRTracking said:
I have always been an Arya fan but she was acting like a PSYCHO this episode. As I said in an earlier episode thread, Sansa probably deserved to be called out but the way she did it was disturbing. People going on about Sansa being rude to Brienne. Arya was calmly and coldly telling her own sister she was going to cut off and wear her face! Deliberately frightening her and enjoying it! This isn't her avenging her family against the Freys. I'm not going to root for her this time. Telling that heartwarming story about Ned for the punchline that it was Sansa's fault he died? WTF? She knew even Jon would be more understanding about the letter. Arya doesn't care that turning the lords against Sansa would hurt Jon too. Arya despises Sansa not for her snobby attitude. She despises her for being "weak" and I think that's why some fans hate her too.
It was pretty lame and out of left field. Also, her character up to this point wouldn't be so chatty about her suspicions. If she thought Sansa were really a traitor, she'd just figure out a way to kill Sansa.
On 8/21/2017 at 1:24 AM, Shimmergloom said:Me too. This makes me so mad. I've waited for years for them to be reunited and what I get is this mess. And I could even get behind it, if it were written better, but this is a mess that is basically just coming out of left field.
One day Arya is going in for the 2nd hug on Sansa. Next episode she already distrusts Sansa with no build up at all.
It's like how Bran went from normal to robot with no transition at all.
And where is Bran during all of this? Just hanging out in the weirwood constantly?
On 8/21/2017 at 5:20 AM, Nmissi said:On rewatch, I think we're all misinterpreting the sansa/arya scene. Arya starts by talking about how the rules aren't fair, and girls can't be who they want to be. She's making common ground with Sansa. But then she throws the letter in her sister's face, to put her off guard. Later, she catches Sansa searching her room, threatens her- then hands over her dagger. I think Arya is demonstrating that she's capable of protecting Sansa, she's showing her what she can do, how much she has learned. Then Littlefinger advises Sansa that brienne is her best protection and wouldn't let Arya harm her... so what does Sansa do? She sends Brienne away. I think she did that to PROTECT her sister- she's afraid Arya will come at her and Brienne may have to intervene- to prevent that, Brienne has to go..
I like this interpretation of this but I wish it were written a little better.
On 8/21/2017 at 7:37 AM, Uncle JUICE said:Know what this show's making me do? Appreciate how great the ending of Breaking Bad had to be. Because this is now 2.5 episodes that are on a really, really, really bad run. What seems to be getting missed because the dragons were in this episode (guilty as charged here too, anytime a dragon comes and fries shit I immediately react like "wow, this episode is good" until further consideration), this show continues to do something that bad shows do for plot purposes: leave a problem in play STRICTLY because the two people involved in the conflict stop one sentence short of anyplace a normal conversation is concerned. I'm thinking specifically of Arya and Sansa, obviously, and the scroll problem.
Arya finds the scroll, confronts Sansa about it. At any point, if Sansa just says "Look, I know what this looks like, but you have to understand my circumstances, blah blah blah...oh just one question before I go on...was this scroll in ANY way connected with Littlefinger? Maybe he didn't give it to you directly, but was the whiff of Littlefinger, the most notorious schemer in the entire kingdom, anywhere NEAR this transaction, in any way?"
"You know, now that you mention it..." intrafamily drama deflated, both girls don't look like dummies, and the viewer can get the drama from a better source: how will these two try to play LF, if at all, and will they succeed. Instead, this show's painting by really boring numbers.
I also hated that the interminable hike from Eastwatch went on and on simply because each character had to pair to take some narrative dumps.. The scene with Jon and Jorah was a total waste of time, everyone knows he's not taking the sword and I could have written the speech Jorah gave myself. UGH, don't do this Game of Thrones! I haven't even talked about the REST of the problems with this show, or the telegraph that Jon is going to tie, riding Rhaegal, right before or as Rhaegal and Jon kill the Night King and simultaneously take down the ice dragon and like 90% of the wight army. Seriously, thanks again Breaking Bad.
Yes - people having actual conversations like they would instead of the dialogue servicing the plot. I also wanted Sansa to counter the Game of Faces with a Game of Slaps.
On 8/21/2017 at 8:43 AM, nachomama said:All these heart to heart talks between the Magnificent 7, The Hound and Tornumd, Jon and Jorah, Jon and Beric and still no conversation about Sam saving Jorah. sigh.
Or the Hound, Gendry, and Jon not talking about that little spitfire Arya whom they all know and love. And the Hound and Gendry both know that the other one knows Arya. You think they'd mention it to Jon Snow during the long (maybe) trudge to the frozen lake.
I am going to miss Thoros. Also, it sucks to get your only wizard killed off.
With one episode left this season I do not think they are going to be able to satisfactorily wrap up the Littlefinger plot. He hasn't made sense to me from the moment he let Robyn Arryn out from under his thumb. He may talk a mean game about chaos and ladders and yes, he certainly got the wheels going on the war of the Five Kings but he doesn't seem to be able to bring it home. And it really doesn't make sense.
Maybe Sansa should have mentioned that she helped poison Joffrey. I mean, she did it unwittingly but Arya might be impressed by it.-
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5 hours ago, Enigma X said:
When Brienne and Arya were jousting, what I saw in Sansa's eyes in the realization that Arya is a killer and has changed. I don't mean this in a judgmental way. I just think the whole "list" thing was becoming more and more real to Sansa and that her little sister is the real deal. I honestly think she was experiencing regret, fear, and sadness for Arya all at once.
And honestly, after her encounter with Bran (who is very changed) it is probably jarring. She isn't naive anymore (or as naive) but it probably is still a surprise that both of her siblings have changed so much and been through so much.
3 hours ago, GrailKing said:Greywatch at the Neck.
I wished they let Jojen and Her say the words to House Stark, but they didn't; maybe later if she and her father reappears.
I would love to see her show up later with her father. I don't think there is enough plot time to make this happen but that would be pretty awesome.
2 hours ago, Constantinople said:English histories tend to focus more on the English victories during the Hundred Years War rather than their defeats, of which there were many.
And England lost the Hundred Years War
And really, the Plantagenet family was Norman and Angevin so in a way it was the French v. the French anyway.
1 hour ago, Tikichick said:IDK, show Bran versus what I had in my mind's eye about Bran's fate in the books gives us a more humane, intact Bran. Frankly in the books I was understanding him becoming a literal part of the weirwood trees root systems, which I understood were magical. However, I was having a hard time accepting the little boy I met who found such great joy in climbing towers and had thoughts of flying free was physically going to be forever underground, part of a tree.
It is difficult watching this remote, detached person onscreen and feeling like that little boy is dead and gone. But I really don't know that's all that much of a departure from the books in a sense.
I always figure that Jon Snow would be the one to come back more dead inside because of his resurrection (just from what happened to Cat and the different things that Beric Dondarrion said about losing pieces of himself). Maybe it is just very, very distracting being plugged in the weirwood network. Is he plugged in all the time?
1 hour ago, lorbeer said:Could someone remind me who did LF told "chaos is a ladder" to?
I think everyone already answered this by the time I typed - Varys and later to Tywin.
One thing that made me laugh a little was that Cersei couldn't get through even a pleasant meeting with the bank of Braavos without needing to drink some wine. How is that liver doing, Cersei? Also, Jaime was disgruntled about, what exactly, during his first scene when Bronn is trying to talk to him. Killing Olenna? Olenna killing Joffrey? Cercei being a cold-blooded murderer? If Jaime somehow ends up Dany's prison it would make absolutely no sense for her to do anything but roast him. He killed her father and even though she might not think her father was anything but the mad king, there is no reason why she wouldn't execute Jaime on the spot.
ETA: I really think it defies belief that the Dothraki horses don't get spooked by giant Drogon flying over them in the initial charge. I guess you could make some argument that they are used to the dragons by now but, well, you can't really get used to the dragons.
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On 7/31/2017 at 0:36 PM, nodorothyparker said:
It almost always seemed to be under Stannis. I was kind of disappointed when they were doing Dragonstone: Makeover Edition in the season premier that we didn't get any of what made Stannis's court so weirdly endearingly gothic except for her pulling down one tattered fiery heart banner. No piles of burned gods or burned anything. No fetuses preserved in jars. Not even a clearly visible assprint on the Painted Table or dried up jars of leeches or anything. That would have been quite the welcome to Westeros. Now we just get bright days and picturesque views for the dragons to frolic in.
When she arrived in episode 1 I turned to Mr. Polyhymnia and wondered if she would find Melissandre's room of weird potions and the creepy bedroom of jarred fetuses because I cannot imagine Stannis and Selyse took those with them on the trip North.
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My daughter is now old enough to watch the series and I have told her if she wants to read the books to basically just read the first three books unless/until the last two are written.
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On 6/24/2017 at 0:53 PM, Macbeth said:
Thank you for the link Babalu. Given that this took place soon after the crash - I couldn't help but to see the politics. But I didn't equate Varga with Trump. He reminded me of something that has been around longer and much more sinister. The fact that he had easy access to phones and computers, but the rooms themselves weren't bugged, I equated Varga with NSA. IMO
Besides Ewan had stated in an article that he was trying to channel Trump into his character. I love Ewan, but after reading that article, I wanted to pat him on his head and tell him -"You are a very good actor, but this is beyond your capabilities as an actor."
I agree - I think Varga represented something more shadowy and cannibalistic and said something more about economics than politics (or specifically Trump) but I thought the political take in the review interesting.
I think this was an interesting season. I hated the ending at first but I actually don't mind endings that leave things up in the air (or open to your interpretation) so it is growing on me. However, I just convinced Mr. Poly to watch the first season of Fargo and he didn't like how that concluded so I probably am not going to encourage him to watch this season. Although everyone needs to see Season 2. It is amazing.-
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On 6/4/2017 at 5:44 PM, fivestone said:
I didn't see Frank being the leak coming. I thought it was Claire and that she was doing it to either get him to resign or for someone to try to assassinate him. I like Claire (lord help me, I do) so I'm looking forward to her running things.
I almost want to believe that he is making it up to save his ego, "NO, I am the author of my own fall!! MWHAHAHA."
Jane was the only saving grace this season. She is definitely the power behind the power with no interest in being part of the real political apparatus and I like that the Underwoods may or may not be being played by both Usher and Jane. Who may or may not be on the same team.-
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On 6/12/2017 at 0:03 AM, OtterMommy said:
Honestly, I thought that Frank dreamt pushing Cathy was a dream until it just kept going. I think that is in part because it wasn't very creative and in part because it was the most predictable thing possible. Definitely not one of the, ahem, better moments of this show.
I thought the same thing.
I was a little surprised that Claire killed Tom timing wise but not the least bit sad to see him go. Such a dull freaking relationship.-
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I found this episode hard to follow for some reason (not the Claire/Ken/Frank/Tim bit) as in I didn't really understand who they were trying to blackmail. I must have blinked because I did not know whose chief of staff she was supposed to be.
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Might be my all-time favorite so I am glad you are recapping.
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15 hours ago, KaleyFirefly said:
I hated that ending. NO WAY could Quinn have survived, what is it now, THREE run-throughs with a sword? Just...no. And Sunny didn't cut off his head? No.
Seriously - no way after Quinn survived the last time they fought would Sunny not have just cut off his head to make sure. It sort of cheapened the rest of the scene for me.
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For whatever reason, my dvr peters out on the last 30 seconds of the show so the slowly revealing mystery of whomever is in the box is an even bigger mystery for me. I know there's a box, but not much else. At least this episode there was a little more about it before the very end. He brought whatever it is takeout, too, right?
I have to say that I like Bill and that I have actually enjoyed 4 episode in a row of Dr. Who which hasn't really happened since before Clara. Go Bill!! -
It's strange - I am not generally bothered by gore but vomit? No thanks.
I loved the use of Peter and the Wolf. That was amazing.
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On 4/22/2017 at 6:19 PM, DangerousMinds said:
Speaking as someone who has worked as a high school counselor, he absolutely failed. The moment she mentioned being tired of life, he should have asked her outright if she had been thinking of harming herself (and/or others) and immediately contacted her parents. She was clinically depressed and needed immediate parental and medical intervention.
Also, he is a mandatory reporter on the sexual assault and I think many teachers and counselors would err on the side of caution and report it. Consent is a defense to sexual assault but unless it is somehow established that Hannah was older than the age of consent (whatever it might be in California[?]) I would think a phone call to law enforcement would have happened.
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48 minutes ago, WaltersHair said:
I showed my mother the opening sequence to see if she remembered the Left Behind song. Instead of listening, she became completely engrossed in the Millerite storyline and now she's furious that there's not more to the story.
I had to go read all about them which lead to reading about the 7th Day Adventist split-off and The Watchtower's many predictions - including the end of the world in 1975.
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On 4/14/2017 at 8:36 PM, Paloma said:
Although I think this was a powerful series that everyone should see--especially those who are teens, relatives of teens, and those who work with teens in schools and other settings--this article makes a compelling argument for the series possibly doing more harm than good: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/04/14/the-problem-with-how-13-reasons-why-treats-suicide/?utm_term=.8434f34af1a7 But despite the concerns expressed in the article, I still think it is important to have a show deal realistically with the issues of bullying, sexual assault, and suicide among young people.
This is somewhat nitpicky, but I was really bothered by the fact that Clay's mother was the attorney for the school and did not withdraw from the case even after finding out that her son was involved and (even worse) that he would be deposed and she would prepare him for testifying. How was this not an obvious conflict of interest?
My 16 year old found it to be incredibly compelling and realistic.
Clay's mom had an obvious conflict of interest and took me a little out of the story when they got to the deposition because she should have removed herself from the case as soon as she knew that Clay and Hannah were close and her firm would have needed to find a different attorney definitely after the deposition when it was made clear that Clay was involved somehow. That bugged me.
That what happened between Bryce and Hannah = sexual assault was much clearer in the show. I thought it was good writing to have it on the murky borderline (as far as criminal prosecution - I think it is rape in both instances but not necessarily prosecutable under every state statute) as she wasn't drunk, she never really said no, and she felt like she "let him." It looked more like a forcible situation in the show.-
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S04.E10: Cibola Burn
in The Expanse
His Owen in Torchwood was an occasional dick but not a bad guy and he was oddly sweet in Turn.