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28 minutes ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Disagree strongly.  Its still worth the binge.  

Listen to this guy.  Ignore the haters.  Until you've finished the series.  Then come back and bitch about the rushed ending like the rest of us.  

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7 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Just watch porn then go to the dog park.  Or go to the dog park then watch porn.  Whatever floats your boat.  It will be better than the letdown of the end of the series.

What a waste of time. Watch porn at the dog park. Two birds.

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you start flirting with this chic.  as you get to know her, she becomes even hotter.  and she gets even more beautiful and complex with a range of depth and emotions and intelligence you have never experienced before.  then after 5 years into the relationship, she starts becoming a little stupid but you look past it because she is still hot as hell and is still generally great.  then 6 and 7 years, things start to go a little off, like the pharmacy company stopped making her meds that you never knew she took.  she becomes a little incoherent.  the long engaging conversations are mostly filled with sex and fights to past the time away.  then in the 8th year, she becomes batshit crazy.  nothing she says or does makes sense.  it's like this person resembles absolutely nothing like the person you knew for the first 5 years.  and then one day out of the fucking blue, she reveals that she was a dude and wants to have an operation to get his penis back and become a dude again. but hey, you'll always have the memories of first 5 years to carry you through.

the above may or may not have any similarities to the show that you'll watch.

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tantric superman

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So there are two things my daughters read/watched and wanted me to read/watch that I never did, and those were Harry Potter and GOT.  The first Harry Potter book was so fucking awful that I stopped there.  (I did watch the Harry Potter movie that was directed by the Mexican out of national (origin) pride, but that was it.)

So I figure I should watch this.

I will admit that I generally have a three or four season limit, so I'm not completely optimistic that I'll make it through. 

My initial thought, apart from liking the dogs.

1) The dwarf is the only character I really give a shit about.

2) I keep wanting Utred son of Utred to show up and kick some ass.  I think he could take anyone other than the big Hawaiian.

3) For some reason, this has made me think about how fucking outstanding Rome was, and how it would have been cool if that series had gone on further. 

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7 hours ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Disagree strongly.  Its still worth the binge.  

Seriously.  It's (mostly) excellent for 7 seasons, and even if you're disappointed in the last one, it's not as if you waited two years for it.

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10 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Seriously.  It's (mostly) excellent for 7 seasons, and even if you're disappointed in the last one, it's not as if you waited two twenty years for it.

fifme (damnit fat man finish the books!)

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S1-S7 is great with a few exceptions. S8, while a visual feast, was a rushed mess. I have zero issues with the way it ended(where everyone ended up, except one character whose whole progression was ruined), just the rush to get to that ending.

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My advice is to do your best to stay away from anything about the show to avoid spoilers. It's been around long enough and spoilers are so rampant for someone who hasn't watched it that that might be tough. So stop reading anything that mentions it. Change the channel if they say anything about it on the TV. That's the best way to really appreciate the show. And yest the quality drops off when they show runners outpace the source material and then rush the ending, but it is still good TV.

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3 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

It all went downhill after Dany told them she wasn't getting naked anymore

Did that ever really happen?  Because I remember those rumors really first ramped up right before the glorious getting out of the tub scene with Daario.

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Turn subtitles on. It really went a long way in helping me remember everyone’s name, and just following the story in general. And don’t listen to some of these dudes. This show was great season 1-6. Season 7 was entertaining, but slightly rushed. Season 8 was rushed to the point where they almost could’ve made it two seasons, but instead we got 6 episodes. 

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22 hours ago, crash_davis said:

you start flirting with this chic.  as you get to know her, she becomes even hotter.  and she gets even more beautiful and complex with a range of depth and emotions and intelligence you have never experienced before.  then after 5 years into the relationship, she starts becoming a little stupid but you look past it because she is still hot as hell and is still generally great.  then 6 and 7 years, things start to go a little off, like the pharmacy company stopped making her meds that you never knew she took.  she becomes a little incoherent.  the long engaging conversations are mostly filled with sex and fights to past the time away.  then in the 8th year, she becomes batshit crazy.  nothing she says or does makes sense.  it's like this person resembles absolutely nothing like the person you knew for the first 5 years.  and then one day out of the fucking blue, she reveals that she was a dude and wants to have an operation to get his penis back and become a dude again. but hey, you'll always have the memories of first 5 years to carry you through.

the above may or may not have any similarities to the show that you'll watch.

But the sex is still great, right? 

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On 5/24/2019 at 5:40 PM, tantric superman said:

For some reason, this has made me think about how fucking outstanding Rome was, and how it would have been cool if that series had gone on further. 

Rome is a big part of why we have GOT.  

And it gave us a glimpse of what John Milius could do on premium TV.  

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On 5/24/2019 at 2:14 PM, crash_davis said:

you start flirting with this chic.  as you get to know her, she becomes even hotter.  and she gets even more beautiful and complex with a range of depth and emotions and intelligence you have never experienced before.  then after 5 years into the relationship, she starts becoming a little stupid but you look past it because she is still hot as hell and is still generally great.  then 6 and 7 years, things start to go a little off, like the pharmacy company stopped making her meds that you never knew she took.  she becomes a little incoherent.  the long engaging conversations are mostly filled with sex and fights to past the time away.  then in the 8th year, she becomes batshit crazy.  nothing she says or does makes sense.  it's like this person resembles absolutely nothing like the person you knew for the first 5 years.  and then one day out of the fucking blue, she reveals that she was a dude and wants to have an operation to get his penis back and become a dude again. but hey, you'll always have the memories of first 5 years to carry you through.

the above may or may not have any similarities to the show that you'll watch.

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Thank God for Uncle Binjin.  I guess he was eating squirrels and frozen berries and then thankfully he was in the area when it mattered.

In the middle of season 7.

Solid B to B+ work.

Weaknesses - still bored with the dragon lady.

I haven't seen the dwarf catapulted, but crossing my fingers.

I'm okay with Bran/Bram dying -- he was a cute kid but has turned into a tiresome adolescent cripple. 

I like the Hound -- kind of reminds me of the Aias (Ajax) guy in the Illiad.  Fuck the gods and fuck fate and fuck you.

I also am liking the pure Circiness of Circe.  

Ready to wind this baby down and catch up on some reading.    

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On 5/26/2019 at 12:38 AM, atomheartbevo said:

Rome is a big part of why we have GOT.  

And it gave us a glimpse of what John Milius could do on premium TV.  

Had no idea milius wrote that show. May have to watch it. 

Also had no idea that he had recovered from his stroke and was even able to write again, which the wiki link says. 

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11 hours ago, tantric superman said:

What in the hell?

That was worth than shooting a single shot into that hole in the death star and blowing it up.

That was worse than jar jar unplugging the clones.

 

So the ending isn't better when you binge watch it all at once? 

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Well, I'm a sucker for "going west to the new world" type endings.

Wasn't near as good as the going west ending of Godless, but still.

Although made much more depressing by the "Go further north" destiny of you know who. 

When all is said and done, if it has magic and dragons, I'm not going to give it more than a B+.  I've got some weird visceral dislike of of these gimmicks.  Not sure why.  Maybe I'm just an unimaginative heartless bastard.

 

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