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I'm about to leave jerusalem, don't worry, I've been taking some very pretentious photos. going off to haifa to study hebrew this sunday

http://s1287.photobucket.com/user/mek617/library

But you know what I want to see on screen: Arianne :D (not on cast list though, but I hold my hopes high)

 

Also the cast list suggest a flashback to maggie the frog. Which means they will finally explore some of (at least one) characters more speculative backstory.

and Darkstar! He is of the night!

I think we're going to see Arianne tho, they need more nudity now that Emilila Clarke won't go topless anymore

it's a secret track if you download it, I couldn't fit it in the sequence well. It sounds too different. Glad you like it!

 

What I missed most in the series where all those little side stories and secondary characters that make westeros that much more alive.

yessss

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done" to quote william shatner

fans of 90s rap and fans of 70s folk rock finally have something to agree about. videos soon. hope you guys like it.

EDIT: NOW ON YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNUwUzPDWg

http://elstein.bandc...beautiful-loser

Strongly agree, but another huge issue is that they don't develop characters outside of King's Landing, so you see them for like 15 minutes a season, and then when they do something crucial to the plot it's not as resonant as it should be. The Wall episode was great visually but seeing characters we barely know the names of dying isn't the same.

It's apparent that the show runners don't like Stannis and see him as a villain. I think they don't like religion in general. This is a decent article (spoilers thru season 4). http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/stannis-baratheon-game-thrones/

the actress who plays her is jewish. for real though, that's one of the biggest/worst changes from the books is the whole stannis/davos/melisandre dynamic

OK, so where does this leave us?

 

that evil, evil bitch Melisandre for a consort.

 

ANTISEMITISM

In the book Tyrion does shoot Tywin for calling someone a whore, but it's his first wife, not you know, the prostitute in Tywin's bed. I get why they cut out this plotline but I'm not sure if this scene totally works as they did it. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Tysha#History

Well, some characters are much much more important in the books than the show--Arya has as many chapters as any other character, and on the show, especially in season 2, she doesn't do much, same with jon snow up until this year. tywin lannister and the tyrells are much more prominent on the show than they are in the books.

in terms of characterization changes, they've softened cersei for tv--she's much less sympathetic in the books. they've made stannis out to be some kind of jihadist when in the books he's more of a lawful neutral asshole. they've made tyrion much nicer than he is in the books*. but the main change is really the balance. around what, 70% of each season of game of thrones is conversations in king's landing, the books are not like that at all. you see how the riverlands were devasted by the war in arya and brienne's chapters. you learn some of the magical backstory in bran's chapters. there's a whole northern political plot that the show totally skips.

*my big problem with omitting the jaime/tyrion confrontation is that it means tyrion has no real motivation to kill tywin. he kills tywin because tywin insulted the woman he just killed? inconsistent.

preview of the next issue

seems like it spoils the whole thing

http://www.avclub.com/article/exclusive-dc-preview-unwritten-apocalypse-6-search-205804

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBZQ0ffNnWc

Legend of Zelda GoT style

I'd try it once barring dietary restrictions, sounds better without the cheese honestly. Anyone ever have a Chicago Italian beef? That and a fries and you're good on gravy.

He does look around 15 years younger than his little brother though.

 

Max, I figured you were joking about the northness of Canada. Amirite?

Yes, I know where Canada is haha, my mom's side of the family is from Michigan.

A STH get-together in a quirky part of Canada sounds like a bucket list thing to me.

I'll go to quebec

bullshit, i drive like, at least 3 hours north to cross into canada. if idrove.

uh, no, canada is north of the us.

She should have killed those damn dogs as soon as she entered that room.

or at the very least thrown, you know, her throwing axe at the shirtless guy bending over to unlock a cage.

... I think Dinklage's portrayal of Tyrion is easily the best part of the entire show. He's been good and believable when doing humour, when doing serious politics, when showing his inner turmoil and tragedy. And the trial scene was a rare tour de force, IMHO.

Compare that with the blandness of Jon Snow, or how Daenerys is portrayed!

 

I agree the character (and his journey) is the best part, or one of the best parts, of the show. But I fear we're never gonna see common ground on the actor's believability. To me, the trial scene was obviously an actor delivering lines; I don't get that with, say, Tywin. To be fair, Charles Dance (for example) is using an accent he's far more familiar with.

 

And I consider Jon and Daenerys two of the best-acted parts on the show. They're essentially one-note characters, but that's the script, not the actors.

 

Rory McCann did a cracking job in that episode.

you're drunk bro go post in the drunk thread

welp, booked my flight. Air Canada kind of sucks reportedly but stopping in canada and then having a 10-11 hour flight >>>>> stopping in europe and not being able to sleep

Some time around the end of June, really should buy my plane ticket.

I'll see what I can do.

I'm not a huge fan of tel Aviv honestly it's kind of superficial

Lou gets it, although because I need to get credits that are a factor of four (ie 12not 11 or 13), I'm also doing a program in Haifa.