Game of Thrones

[Chimi]

Between Ramsay, Euron Greyjoy finally showing up, and Tyrion interacting with the dragons, plus the ending ... last nights episode was just awesome.

[halobob]

Between Ramsay, Euron Greyjoy finally showing up, and Tyrion interacting with the dragons, plus the ending ... last nights episode was just awesome.

Tyrion interacting with the Dragons was phenomenal! 

[nate]

"If I ever have an idea like this again, punch me in the face"

[HaloCory22]

Ramsay is the best. He steps up his game every episode. Its awesome.

[nate]

wut?

[Chimi]

No, they haven't. The dragons weren't eating and Tyrion decided that chained up dragons isn't a good thing and went down there to unchain them. And didn't get fried in the process.

In the book didn't someone go down there to do the same and got killed in the process? I think that scene would have been more powerful had they shown people trying to do the same and getting killed and then Tyrion does it and the dragons don't attack him. But eh, they're on limited time I guess.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Chimi

[IEAngelsfan]

"If I ever have an idea like this again, punch me in the face"

That scene was funny. I bet he had to change his underwear afterward.

[Brandon]

I think cez is getting way ahead of us all.

[AngelsLongBall]

More and more is leading me to believe that he's Targaryen.  

 

So many bastards. 

That's a popular theory floating around the interwebs right now.  3 Targaryens for 3 dragons

[Schildog]

The roose thing is strange IMO. He's the most calculating character, along with littlefinger, yet he let Ramsey get that close to him when walda was giving birth. Too out of character.

[Guest]

This season has been a real blast so far. I think last night's episode was the best of the series––the pacing was very, very good for a GoT episode. 

[Blarg]

Did I secretly out myself as a Bachelor fan?

 

Our demographic is females age 18-50.

 

And gay males.

 

 

So... yeah. Twice.

[mrwicked]

No, they haven't. The dragons weren't eating and Tyrion decided that chained up dragons isn't a good thing and went down there to unchain them. And didn't get fried in the process.

In the book didn't someone go down there to do the same and got killed in the process? I think that scene would have been more powerful had they shown people trying to do the same and getting killed and then Tyrion does it and the dragons don't attack him. But eh, they're on limited time I guess.

Yeah!

Like the scene w the bunny in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Or the pit scene in Army of Darkness.

pull your head outta your ass HBO!

Edited May 3, 2016 by mrwicked

[red321]

You can certainly tell they have a little more freedom now that they have finished up with the books for the most part (outside of the Iron Islands) and I would expect the story to move a long a bit quicker.

 

As mentioned...the Tower of Joy sequence could answer one of the biggest questions in the entire series....though I'm not sure how they would explain the back story of Rhaegar and Lyanna

[TobiasFunke]

The North families will rally against the Boltons and the bitch ass Karstarks and I can't wait when Ramsay gets what's coming to him.

[TobiasFunke]

Next week we get the Tower of Joy. I've got a semi just thinking about it. Hopefully it lives up to its expectations.

[TobiasFunke]

Yo Schil (and book readers)

 

Spoiler for possible spoilers?

I read a theory on how we might get a "The North Remembers..." type of scene. Word is one of the Umbers (littlejon?) comes to meet with Ramsay next episode with a kid who the Umbers will tell him is Rickon but is actually another kid. That satisfies the fake Arya part of the books. The Umbers come in favor with Ramsay but since Greatjon is still held captive by the Freys, Littlejon is the show version of Wyman and has the epic "The North Remembers/Mummers Farce" speech.

Edited May 4, 2016 by TobiasFunke

[NJHalo]

Where is Lord Balish/Littlefinger?

[AngelsLongBall]

On 5/2/2016 at 2:33 PM, cezero said:

That's a popular theory floating around the interwebs right now.  3 Targaryens for 3 dragons

I wouldn't go that far, but who knows.

 

Re-reading Bran's first few POV chapters in book 1 after his fall leads me to believe that he's going to warg with a dragon, possibly even permanently. Maybe there's a chance that he aligns himself with Daeny or Aegon (or I guess Tyrion?) first, though. I'd put my money on aligning with Tyrion, but I'm not a betting man when it comes to GRRM. 

This article spells it out a little more in depth:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/game-thrones-fan-theory-says-230000093.html

[Blarg]

20 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Where is Lord Balish/Littlefinger?

It took me a while to realize that Mayor Carcetti from The Wire is the same actor. 

[Chimi]

Littlefinger is most likely on his way back to the Vale to get he army ready to take Winterfell. Last season he was promised Wardenship of the North by Cersai if he took out whichever army won between the Boltons and Stannis.

[Brandon]

11 hours ago, Eric Notti said:

It took me a while to realize that Mayor Carcetti from The Wire is the same actor. 

C'mon man. That was instant.

[Blarg]

It was if you watched The Wire 7 years ago. I just started watching it a while ago on HBO GO and it took a while before the Carcetti character showed up. Nearly done with the series and unfortunately it lost some steam going into season 5, the newspaper angle isn't all that compelling and it seems to have jumped the shark with the fake bum killings. Still, a lot better than most of what is on TV.

[Brandon]

Yeah, almost everyone agrees season 5 was kind of a throw away season and kind of a poor ending for the show, especially coming off the strength of season 4.

I get that Simon tried to hit various angles with each season, but 5 fell kind of flat.

Brilliant show, though.

Although, I don't know that character in anything but GoT and The Wire. I think he was in a Batman movie, same thing though, "Oh, it's that dude from The Wire"

[AngelsLakersFan]

On May 6, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Cory Matthews said:

Yeah, almost everyone agrees season 5 was kind of a throw away season and kind of a poor ending for the show, especially coming off the strength of season 4.

I get that Simon tried to hit various angles with each season, but 5 fell kind of flat.

Brilliant show, though.

Although, I don't know that character in anything but GoT and The Wire. I think he was in a Batman movie, same thing though, "Oh, it's that dude from The Wire"

Season 5 is definitely the weakest. I think they tried to go out with a bang, but with 3 less episodes than the other seasons it probably wasn't the time to try and up the ante. That said, I still would consider The Wire to be the greatest show of all time and if they had started with season 5's plot line I probably would've still been hooked enough to keep watching.