Game of Thrones

[LGR4GM]

16 hours ago, jad1 said:

Agree that the books and show are different.  The writers have played fast and loose with the lore in the books, sometimes to their benefit and sometimes to their detriment. 

The Dance of the Dragons is mentioned in the show multiple times, so it exists in the world of the show, but hey are picking and choosing the details here to make John more special for some reason.

And for the record, the short story "The Princess and the Queen" is a part of the ASOIF canon and details the Dance of the Dragons (The Targaryen civil war, where the majority of Targaryen dragons were wiped out).

In that story, Nettles, Ulf the White, and Hugh the Hammer are non-Targaryens who ride dragons.

So the books have established that non-Targaryens can ride dragons.

 

When I think about Books versus Shows/Movies I view them as such, they are the same story told by different people at different times. Much in the same way that story your friend tells is different then how you tell it. So for example LOTR, a big problem I have with Return of the King, the movie is that Jackson changed when the Witch King and Gandalf meet and in the books, it is much more dramatic. That said, it's just Jackson's telling of the story, so of course it would vary. 

 

In GoT the show, these other dragon riders do not exist. Even if they exist in the lore, the show is telling their interpretation of a story and so differences are to be expected. Kind of like playing telephone as a kid. "The cow is blue and gives blueberry milk" turns into "The cow is young, and gives blueberries instead of milk".  Things are heard and interpreted differently. 

[inkman]

#kingofthesouth

[Ogre]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

#kingofthesouth

Get that shiit like they ain’t no tomorrow.

[Huckleberry]

12 hours ago, Ogre said:

Get that shiit like they ain’t no tomorrow.

Beer any good?  think I read it being done by a smaller Belgian brewery.

yup ommegang.

https://www.ommegang.com/

Edited April 21, 2019 by Huckleberry

[#freejame]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Beer any good?  think I read it being done by a smaller Belgian brewery.

yup ommegang.

https://www.ommegang.com/

Ommegang is based out of Cooperstown, unless you’re referring specifically to their style of beer. 

[jad1]

On 4/18/2019 at 9:05 AM, LGR4GM said:

When I think about Books versus Shows/Movies I view them as such, they are the same story told by different people at different times. Much in the same way that story your friend tells is different then how you tell it. So for example LOTR, a big problem I have with Return of the King, the movie is that Jackson changed when the Witch King and Gandalf meet and in the books, it is much more dramatic. That said, it's just Jackson's telling of the story, so of course it would vary. 

 

In GoT the show, these other dragon riders do not exist. Even if they exist in the lore, the show is telling their interpretation of a story and so differences are to be expected. Kind of like playing telephone as a kid. "The cow is blue and gives blueberry milk" turns into "The cow is young, and gives blueberries instead of milk".  Things are heard and interpreted differently. 

I don't think they're telling the same story.  Both stories are good, but I doubt they'll be the same.  

[nfreeman]

I liked that episode much more than the season premiere.  It did an excellent job IMHO setting the pre-battle dramatic tension and telling stories about how people would spend what they think are likely to be their last few hours before their likely deaths in battle.

By the way, Maisie Williams is 22.

[Huckleberry]

15 hours ago, #freejame said:

Ommegang is based out of Cooperstown, unless you’re referring specifically to their style of beer. 

Actually owned by Duvel-moortgat which is from Belgium, and the name itself is Belgian so I got confused.    

 

[French Collection]

I loved the backstory of Tormund Giantsbane, being weaned by a giant for three weeks.

[jsb]

9 hours ago, nfreeman said:

I liked that episode much more than the season premiere.  It did an excellent job IMHO setting the pre-battle dramatic tension and telling stories about how people would spend what they think are likely to be their last few hours before their likely deaths in battle.

By the way, Maisie Williams is 22.

I wish they would have somehow mixed the first 2 episodes into 1. Some of the story line from 1 and the conversations from 2. My favorite part was the knighting of Brienne but the making Jaime and her too likeable makes me believe they're not long for that world. Daenerys is realizing that she has 3 enemies now if she survives.

[GASabresIUFAN]

All I can think of now is an episode from the original Star Trek. “Die, die, everybody die!”

 

[Hoss]

we should do a death draft this week. everybody in it gets three characters who they believe will die next. the person with the quickest deaths wins.

[TrueBlueGED]

On 4/21/2019 at 11:58 PM, nfreeman said:

I liked that episode much more than the season premiere.  It did an excellent job IMHO setting the pre-battle dramatic tension and telling stories about how people would spend what they think are likely to be their last few hours before their likely deaths in battle.

By the way, Maisie Williams is 22.

Agreed. I think this episode was the series at its best, with memorable and touching character moments. Don't get me wrong, I look forward to all hell breaking loose as much as anyone, but this episode was fantastic. One of my favorites in the entire series, I think. 

1 hour ago, Hoss said:

we should do a death draft this week. everybody in it gets three characters who they believe will die next. the person with the quickest deaths wins.

Sign me up! 

[GASabresIUFAN]

We should actually do a who lives pool.

[nfreeman]

My 3 likely deaths for next episode:

Brienne

Theon

Gendry

[TrueBlueGED]

Just now, nfreeman said:

My 3 likely deaths for next episode:

Brienne

Theon

Gendry

No way. Theon is the Darcy Regier of GoT. He'd survive a nuclear apocalypse. I agree that Brienne is cooked, though. 

[WildCard]

5 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

My 3 likely deaths for next episode:

Brienne

Theon

Gendry

There is no way in hell Grey Worm or Jorah live. They might as well have giant signs on them saying 'Kill me first'

[LGR4GM]

3 deaths 

Grey Worm

Jamie, saving brienne 

Theon

[TrueBlueGED]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

3 deaths 

Grey Worm

Jamie, saving brienne 

Theon

Jaime can't die! He's my bet to kill Cersei. 

[WildCard]

5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

3 deaths 

Grey Worm

Jamie, saving brienne 

Theon

I think Jamie lives for now but he is 100% going to die pulling some hero move like saving someone 

2 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Jaime can't die! He's my bet to kill Cersei. 

I mean it's either him or Tyrion according to the prophecy right?

[Hoss]

guys i didn’t mean pick your own lol we’d have to set a draft order and then we each pick on in a snake draft setting until everyone has three.

who all wants in?

me and trueblue. do the others that made “picks” above want in?

[WildCard]

Just now, Hoss said:

guys i didn’t mean pick your own lol we’d have to set a draft order and then we each pick on in a snake draft setting until everyone has three.

who all wants in?

me and trueblue. do the others that made “picks” above want in?

In

[jsb]

I'm in also

Brienne (she'll be the tear jerker)

Jamie (because TB sucks at betting)

Grey worm (he can't have any kids anyway)

[dudacek]

Sure, why not?

[Hoss]

i day we take the first... eight entrants? that’d give us 24 total names picked. we’re at five right now so we’ve got three more slots (liger, freeman and ga get first dibs on the open slots since they already chimed in).