Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
Don't you mean Reek?
Don't you mean Reek?
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Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
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He fixes the cable?
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
It would be pretty funny if Gendry finds him.
It would be pretty funny if Gendry finds him.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
I think we can all agree that his only other options were a pointless (outside of narrative, of course) and uncertain death or a capture that might well make him relive his days as Reek.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
He was still a broken man, but I have no need to see him anymore.
He was still a broken man, but I have no need to see him anymore.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
Yeah, the whole Dorne storyline is being met with disdain including why they went out of their way to Dragon Stone or whatever it's called instead of just stopping at Dorne first which was apparently on the way? can't say I'm up on the geography.
Anyway, apparently having them go to DS (or wherever) looks like a convenient plot device to get them captured rather than a logical decision by a military power.
Of course, BBDL should be along any moment to tell me that this shouldn't bother me.
It doesn't actually bother me.
I've just read the criticisms online.
PS - I never followed up on the Ed Sheeran stuff coz I decided I just don't care enough to.
Yeah, the whole Dorne storyline is being met with disdain including why they went out of their way to Dragon Stone or whatever it's called instead of just stopping at Dorne first which was apparently on the way? can't say I'm up on the geography.
Anyway, apparently having them go to DS (or wherever) looks like a convenient plot device to get them captured rather than a logical decision by a military power.
Of course, BBDL should be along any moment to tell me that this shouldn't bother me.
It doesn't actually bother me.
I've just read the criticisms online.
PS - I never followed up on the Ed Sheeran stuff coz I decided I just don't care enough to.
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Gurtholfin
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Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
Haven't read the books, but odder still, have never looked at the map.
I'm a map nerd, so I should probably have a gander at some point.
Haven't read the books, but odder still, have never looked at the map.
I'm a map nerd, so I should probably have a gander at some point.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
That is gorgeous. I just wanted to steer clear of any spoilers. I was annoyed at myself when I spoiled S1 by seeing Rob's death on a "path" map, and I have avoided them ever since.
That is gorgeous. I just wanted to steer clear of any spoilers. I was annoyed at myself when I spoiled S1 by seeing Rob's death on a "path" map, and I have avoided them ever since.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
Ditto. I had a spoiler, though not as big as yours, through a path map. But when I saw something like "spoiler protection" in google's preview blurb of that site, I couldn't click fast enough. Then I saw they had episode AND book spoiler protection and it became my go to.
I love that they have links to the ASOFI wiki as well.
Ditto. I had a spoiler, though not as big as yours, through a path map. But when I saw something like "spoiler protection" in google's preview blurb of that site, I couldn't click fast enough. Then I saw they had episode AND book spoiler protection and it became my go to.
I love that they have links to the ASOFI wiki as well.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
So, yes. Dorne is definitely on the way from Meereen.
But, Jaime explains it a bit in episode 1. Dragonstone's ports have the capability of holding the entire fleet.
So, yes. Dorne is definitely on the way from Meereen.
But, Jaime explains it a bit in episode 1. Dragonstone's ports have the capability of holding the entire fleet.
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bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
The handling of Dorne in the series, and specifically the Sand Snakes has been terrible since the start. But, they were in tough spot. They couldn't get rid of Dorne, there was way too much plot and history involving them. They would have had to devote more time to develop the Dorne plots in order to make them better (and hire a competent writer to write Sand Snakes' lines), which would mean some other storyline would have to be cut, since they're already at the maximum amount of episodes and budget per season, they just didn't have time. So, we're left with a half-assed, poorly done Dorne plot, that is already about as stripped down as it could be. The Ironborn plot suffers from several of the same issues. I consider both to be casualties of having to translate novels to the screen.
The handling of Dorne in the series, and specifically the Sand Snakes has been terrible since the start. But, they were in tough spot. They couldn't get rid of Dorne, there was way too much plot and history involving them. They would have had to devote more time to develop the Dorne plots in order to make them better (and hire a competent writer to write Sand Snakes' lines), which would mean some other storyline would have to be cut, since they're already at the maximum amount of episodes and budget per season, they just didn't have time. So, we're left with a half-assed, poorly done Dorne plot, that is already about as stripped down as it could be. The Ironborn plot suffers from several of the same issues. I consider both to be casualties of having to translate novels to the screen.
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
As for not going to Dorne on the way to Dragonstone, I see why they didn't. At the time Dani was crossing the narrow sea, she still had never personally met Olenna Tyrell, or Elaria Sand, and therefore had never had a "small council" meeting with all of her advisors. The plan for the upcoming war was not set, and I doubt that at that point the army in Dorne was mobilized. Plus, I'm sure they didn't have the ships to also drag along the Dornish army. They needed all of the ships they could find just to get the Unsullied and Dothraki across the sea.
As for not going to Dorne on the way to Dragonstone, I see why they didn't. At the time Dani was crossing the narrow sea, she still had never personally met Olenna Tyrell, or Elaria Sand, and therefore had never had a "small council" meeting with all of her advisors. The plan for the upcoming war was not set, and I doubt that at that point the army in Dorne was mobilized. Plus, I'm sure they didn't have the ships to also drag along the Dornish army. They needed all of the ships they could find just to get the Unsullied and Dothraki across the sea.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
The five episodes they're short to round out 8 seasons would have been plenty of time for Dorne.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
You would think they'd have salvaged it just for the BAR.
(Boobs Above Replacement)
You would think they'd have salvaged it just for the BAR.
(Boobs Above Replacement)
bigblue_dl
Armed
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
The explanation for the shortened last 2 seasons is that they're packing 10 episodes of budget and production value into 7 and 6 episodes. How true that is, who knows.
The five episodes they're short to round out 8 seasons would have been plenty of time for Dorne.
The explanation for the shortened last 2 seasons is that they're packing 10 episodes of budget and production value into 7 and 6 episodes. How true that is, who knows.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
HBO is on the record as requesting the GoT producers to make season 8's episodes "feature length." People think that means 80-90 minutes per episode.
HBO is on the record as requesting the GoT producers to make season 8's episodes "feature length." People think that means 80-90 minutes per episode.
Shirtless Guy
Old Dirty Basterd
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
That is not the original explanation...the original was that they were not going to create more episodes than they thought was required.
That is not the original explanation...the original was that they were not going to create more episodes than they thought was required.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
Re: Game of Thrones Season 6: Lions and Wolves and Sand Snakes, oh my!
Yes, I knew that. However, HBO wants each episode to be longer in response to the GoT's producers making their announcement, likely because they want to say that they provided their subscribers with X new hours of original content, not 0.6X hours of original content.
Yes, I knew that. However, HBO wants each episode to be longer in response to the GoT's producers making their announcement, likely because they want to say that they provided their subscribers with X new hours of original content, not 0.6X hours of original content.
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