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  1. On 9/14/2022 at 8:00 AM, Mrs Whiggins said:

    Valid point and perspective. I was musing over the last episode last night based on the commentary below:

    Males are not the only viewers, and the last episode (judging by what was going across my feed) may have been a miss with some of y'all, but it sure got other groups of viewers engaged and talking. In the case of shadow_operative's point--the build up he finds dull and slow; from what I could gather, some of the audience consider it foreplay. Lots of scenes, the dragon buzz of the ship, for example, Raenyra knows its Daemon, she smirks a little; the scene in the garden with them together and she's wearing his necklace (I think, maybe that was the other scene with the tapestry comment). Him holding her hand as they went out into the night. Those little things were not violent, didn't have a whole lot of dialogue, but they strike a chord with some of the audience. Also from what I was reading, some of the audience are already forming 'ships,' i.e. Daemon/Raenyra vs. Ser Christan (sp?)/Raenrya and I would argue that those viewers perspectives and criticisms are just as valid and debatable as are the ones found on a male dominated message board. That episode was directed by a woman, and the way Raenyra's viewpoint in the brothel was depicted greatly reflected that.

    So, now you've got some women out there trying to figure out bad boy Daemon or rooting for low born Ser Christan or even the 'why not both, you go girl' fan club that will keep those viewers engaged. I have no experience with screen writing/show running but I suspect it is a pretty difficult balancing act, and the episode writers and directors have been changed around some and whether that is by design or not I have no idea. I'm willing to give it a watch every week and find out, however.

    Another thing that stood out for me when reading various comments online (not in this thread) is how many women found Daemon and Raenyra to be kindred spirits in that  both felt being held captive by their station--he is the second born son never to inherit and she is the girl who must marry for the realm and that bonds them in a restless drive to 'do' something, anything where they have some control. Yeah, sure incest for one, but having not read the Martin book upon which this series is based, it does seem to be a very realistic theme, what defines us throughout history--who's your daddy? Or to a lesser and often under-rated, 'who was your mother and what was your relationship like?' As much as we tell ourselves we are masters of our own fate, those ties that bind have far greater impact than we give them credit.

    Just some morning thoughts before work.

     

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  2. 26 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    This is not stellar football. 

     

    22 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Ha, jesus fuck, they can’t do anything right. 

     

    17 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Welp, that series sucked too. 

     

    6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    Goddamn, that was a terrible game. 

    These comments are applicable to whichever game you are watching.  This week's games are the polar opposite of last week's Friday night games.

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  3. 2 hours ago, SizzleChest said:

    Tom not calling any games this weekend for CBS Sports Network.  Hmmmmm

     

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    He was in the studio for the Boise/NM halftime...Said Texas has a chance against 'Bama because of Bijan, but have to play great defense.  Not real insightful, but had good things to say about Bijan, and didn't appear lost.

  4. 13 hours ago, 40acredropout said:

    After 09 title game, the count (per my quick math) would have been:

     

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    Perhaps I'm misremembering something, but I think that the last game VY played at Texas, the 2006 Rose Bowl, was Texas football's 800th program win.  Colt won 45 games as QB in his 4 years, which means after the 2009 Championship game, Texas would have had 845 wins.

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