re: Has the dumbest thing been discussed yet from GOTs last night (not Starbucks cup)

Posted by OMLandshark

Member since Apr 2009

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Posted on 5/6/19 at 11:22 pm to The Egg

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yall just willing to call anything and everything dumb at this point

Because it is. You can’t pull a random episode out of the first three seasons and tell me it is better than any of these.

Posted by Duke

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Posted on 5/6/19 at 11:56 pm to theantiquetiger

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Them playing “I’ve Never...” was the dumbest thing the show has ever done.

Not even on the radar for stupid choices in the last episode.

Posted by Hoodoo Man

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 12:29 am to theantiquetiger

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Was it dumb when Tyrion, Bronn, and Shae played the same game back in Season 1 or is it only dumb now?

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I don’t remember it. It must not have lasted 20 mins like it did last night

Why can't anyone on this website just admit they're wrong?

Posted by SEClint

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 12:42 am to Sasquatch Smash

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Was it dumb when Tyrion, Bronn, and Shae played the same game back in Season 1 or is it only dumb now?

This episode or the last, when Tyrion and Bran were sitting alone talking about life..would have been the perfect time for the 3 eyed raven to tell Tyrion the actual truth about the woman he loved that he saw with other men. Wish it would get brought up.

What his father did to him through that.

This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 12:47 am

Posted by Pelican fan99

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 1:26 am to teke184

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While we are on the subject of early seasons... Ros, the whore from Winterfell who came down with the main characters to King’s Landing.

This was an element the writers added which wasn’t in the books and kept shoe-horning into about three seasons of episodes until Joffrey killed her with a crossbow.

wtf don’t you dare talk bad about Ros

Posted by Jay Are

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 2:33 am to OMLandshark

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yall just willing to call anything and everything dumb at this point

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Because it is. You can’t pull a random episode out of the first three seasons and tell me it is better than any of these.

So.... which side are you arguing for again? The new stuff is dumb, but the old episodes are not better?

But for real now, the game isn't dumb because they are playing a game while celebrating. The game was great while it was just a game. It became dumb when Tyrion brought up Brienne's virginity. He hasn't been that cruel since the beginning of the series. It felt like the writers couldn't come up with a better way to initiate the Jamie/Brienne love scene.

Using a game that has been used before (more than once) isn't dumb at all. We know the game. Changing some characterization to spur a plot is dumb, but the writers have been doing similar shenanigans since the beginning.

My guess is that once the series is over people will rewatch the earlier seasons, dissecting them as they are currently doing with the final season. The necessary, uber-condensed timeline of the recent seasons makes certain events seem dumber than they are, just as the deliberate pacing of earlier seasons masked some dumb shite.

Posted by Fe_Mike

Member since Jul 2015

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 6:36 am to Eric Nies Grind Time

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Also how are the bolts Euron shot light enough to fly hundreds of feet in the air but heavy enough to be a cannonball?

How are cannonballs light enough to fly hundreds of feet in the air but heavy enough to be cannonballs?

Posted by Sasquatch Smash

Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:29 am to teke184

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While we are on the subject of early seasons... Ros, the whore from Winterfell who came down with the main characters to King’s Landing.

This was an element the writers added which wasn’t in the books and kept shoe-horning into about three seasons of episodes until Joffrey killed her with a crossbow.

Well...if I recall, the actress felt like she had more to offer the roll other than her tits. Wanted her character to be more of a brain with a larger part to play rather than just wonderful eye candy...so, they took care of that problem.

Posted by Sasquatch Smash

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:37 am to G4LSU

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certainly not dumb to have a laugh about your first wife with the person who raped said wife. you know the person who also made you believe she didn't love you.

Jaime didn't rape Tysha. Tywin made him lie that she was a whore, but he wasn't involved with the gang rape, unlike Tyrion.

Posted by pbro62

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:38 am to theantiquetiger

Geaux play in the street

Posted by teke184

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:51 am to Sasquatch Smash

The problem became that she got screen time over characters who were more integral to the story, to the point where I feel she became a detriment.

When you have thousands of pages of writing to pull from and only about 10 hours of screen time per season to hand out, any new character introduced and getting significant screen time better be worth it.

Posted by biglego

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 7:59 am to Fe_Mike

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How are cannonballs light enough to fly hundreds of feet in the air but heavy enough to be cannonballs?

Gunpowder and cannons

Posted by Adam Banks

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 8:09 am to theantiquetiger

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I don’t remember it. It must not have lasted 20 mins like it did last night

It definitely lasted longer than the one from this past episode and was a key bit of background on Tyrion and was a big scene with him bronn and shae

This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 8:54 am

Posted by shel311

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 9:10 am to Sasquatch Smash

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Was it dumb when Tyrion, Bronn, and Shae played the same game back in Season 1 or is it only dumb now?

"I never" have seen an OP's logic get shut down so badly with the 1st reply.

This post was edited on 5/7/19 at 9:10 am

Posted by KamaCausey_LSU

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 9:12 am to theantiquetiger

No I think the dumbest part was Dany not seeing the fricking fleet of large wooden ships while shes a thousand feet in the air in range. And that the ships can snipe a dragon 4-4 from that distance but miss when it's flying straight towards them.

And then in the post-episode with the writers. "Dany just kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet.." How the hell do you just kind of forget about the strongest navy in the islands. I'm sick of characters doing confoundingly stupid things just to move the plot along.

Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 9:26 am to theantiquetiger

No, by far the dumbest thing about Sunday was that Dany didn’t just circle around Euron’s ships and set them ablaze.

Posted by thatoneguy

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 12:15 pm to OMLandshark

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it wasn’t the dumbest thing the show has ever done

Pycelle farting comes to mind as well

Posted by LSUBoo

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Posted on 5/7/19 at 12:21 pm to Antonio Moss

I think the dumbest thing is that Cersei didn't take the opportunity to capture Tyrion and eliminate Dany, Varys, Grey Worm, and the rest of the unsullied that are left (how are there any left) when they were right in front of her and all of her forces. Plus lure the last dragon in range of ballistae.

I guess both sides are pretty dumb.