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That's sort of the point. Except Euron's fleet having stealth capabilities (and that could be explained away with general incompetence if one is willing to push it that far) nothing that got shown on the show couldn't happen - the reduction in episodes and streamlining of the storylines however does reduce the time to properly set these things up, in a stark - no pun intended - contrast to the earlier seasons that could draw from more source material.

The plot induced teleporting was strong in this episode. Reducing the episode count sure paid off so far. Who needs all that filler setup, eh? Dany's fleet still hasn't learned to post lookouts or do any reconnaissance at all. I also have a nerdish question. Assuming Dragonstone is in the show where it is in the books and Dany split her fleet to go to the Rock and pick up the Dornish army both fleets would have reasonably travelled the same way up until Sunspear (or wherever the Dornish army is). Seems like Grey Worm's fleet teleporter worked slightly faster than Asha's Yara's. Had a good laugh at Archmaester Slughorn telling Harry to be happy with not being expelled. :D edit: Come to think of it, did Olenna travel on Grey Worm's ship?

It'll stay that way except for some flashes of brilliance where everything comes together. 50% off seems like a fair price all things considered. Of course us backers see that a bit differently given the cuts and broken promises, but overall it was interesting enough for me to not be angry with inXile, but I think I'm in the minority there. *shrug*

According to the comments, no - so that would make it the re-cut "new" version of the pilot. The one were they took out the MacGyver reference and Carter's little uhm, speech about her reproductive organs. Never seen that version though, might give it a shake. The speech was kind of over the top but the reference made me smile. Not sure why they thought it was terrible. RDA is MacGyver for us children of the 80ies.

This is what would have happened if Simon & Garfunkle made the title song to A Clockwork Orange: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2NtlTFQznA <3 Ylvis, it's too bad they're mostly known for What Does The Fox Say.

Of course not, you're Volo, you defy classification. It's been like that for what, 16 years now? But even the definition of what constitutes " alt-right " is nebulous, Breitbart has many different types of people who frequent it and they definitely don't all share the same ideological view of things like SJ and the way overall white people are judged or criticised. Some people on Breitbart consider it a refuge from perceived SJ criticism For example what is your definition of someone who is "alt-right " Oh that's simple. The alt-right are the alpha males and their women and everyone else are beta males (lefties and libruhls) or cuckservatives (center/right not quite alt-right) and feminists. *sigh*

Of course not, you're Volo, you defy classification. It's been like that for what, 16 years now?

Must be, the Earth is flat and limited by a dome so there's no way this is on "Mars" or whatever the hell.

Funny how the alt-right nutjobs are just as much obsessed with these things as the libruhls are. Why can't they both just shut up?

Hm, I might really just watch that to see. Heh.

There's something wrong with my brain. Every time I see Sam and Archmaester Marwyn I keep wondering when Marwyn invites him to the Slug Marv Club or yelling "Samwell! I must insist you accompany me back to the castle citadel immediately!" if he finds him with Gilly or someplace he's not supposed to be. That applies to most Harry Potter actors though. When Dumbledore showed up in one of Doctor Who's christmas specials I kept being weirded out through the entire episode.

Well that's never stopped the Targaryens before (or any other royalty in the history of ever).

I've read that theory before, not sure where. There's more secondary text these days than in the books. Apparently the World of Ice and Fire book confirms that Harry the Heir has a distant claim to the North, but I have never seen the family tree in that book. Might be petty but I refuse to get it (or any of the other side anthology projects) until the main series is finished. I doubt that it's part of Lord Baelish's direct plan though, I mean Sansa currently has the best claim to Winterfell and therefore the North. He just wants Harry to marry Sansa because Harry's essentially a miniature Robert Baratheon and he thinks he can be the grey eminence in that setup. So that's also why he creates a fake Arya for Ramsay and his dogs to play with - Sansa has a better claim and can expose Jeyne Pool if necessary after all. So really the only thing he wants Harry for is the only army not spent and ravaged by years of war. *shrug*

Good old Outcast. Back then I was one of the few guys at school who actually had a computer able to run that game in its full glory and it was gorgeous. It's a bit of a shame the remaster is the same game in a standard 3D engine. Might have been nice to see the game running in something else than 512x384 (or 1024x786 with the later high-res mod).

This thread makes me want to rewatch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjEd3DpH_e0

There are ups and downs as it is with every long running sci-fi franchise. SG-1 and the first three seasons of Atlantis I would recommend without hesitation. SG-1's initial season or two might seem a bit dated, what with it being a mid 90ies sci-fi TV show in a (then) contemporary setting. While I liked Stargate Universe (as the only person in the galaxy I guess ) I generally can't recommend watching it. It only ran for two seasons and ended on one of the worst, never resolved cliffhangers in the history of TV shows so spending the time and effort to start caring about the characters is sadly wasted. All that said, hey MGM buttholes, how about finishing SG:U's arc in some fashion and resolve that cliffhanger instead of making a show that directly contradicts current Stargate lore.

I haven't seen Wonder Woman yet, but that's not the really point. Both the first Captain America and Thor movies were okayish origin stories. Competently made, middle-of-the-road filmmaking, average and forgettable (doubly sad for Thor, I know Ash & Zack can do better than that) - certainly amongst the weakest offerings of the MCU. For better or worse that isn't nearly close to any of the DC movies. Those were much, but certainly not forgettable. The Winter Soldier on the other hand is amongst the best comic book movies ever made, Marvel, DC or otherwise. Hence the insanity of putting the generic Thor ahead of it.

Final, undeniable proof that you're utterly insane.

Oh, wow. I already forgot that Euron was in this episode and I watched it an hour ago. That was... terrible. Not as terrible as the continuous close ups of Dany. I think I've seen enough of her "I'm looking tough but it really just looks like an O-face" look for a lifetime.

Are you applying 21st century morals to a War of the Roses era medieval fantasy TV show? What are you, a libtard?

Moffat just loved his wibbly wobbly timey wimey balls a bit too much while Davis generally had more technobabble in his episodes. I don't think it helped that Moffat took over after Tennant. As much as I liked Matt Smith's tenure he had some big shoes to fill.

The Doctor can literally go to any place at any time in the entire universe and yet most episodes still play in London or some other English city. Gee...

'Twould be a vaild complaint if the Doctor were a man in the first place. Not that the last couple of Doctor Who (*cough* Clara *cough*) seasons didn't have issues, but the Doctor who is a time travelling alien able to change appearances and escape death whenever the showrunners need to regenerating into a woman (which even has in-canon prededence, so whatever) sure as hell isn't one of them. The rest of your points I can get behind. Although I can see Idris Elba being a better Bond than Craig could ever be. At least he isn't blonde.

Started reading the Malazan Book of the Fallen series: Only about 3.2 million words left to read. Bit daunting with the thousands of characters and all, but at least the series finished. Unlike someone else's whose TV adaptation is the only closure we'll ever get. /bitter