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On June 03 2015 18:34 shin_toss wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2015 17:50 AndreWiles wrote:
how is sam still fat after several years at the wall? Is this explained ever? he ates a lot and doesn't move around a lot. Also the wildling girls' baby doesn't even grow. it was a baby since season 2 lol. it is safe to assume that it has been at least 2-3 years already since she gave birth. since tommen and mycella , bran grew up a lot
It reminds me of the Empire Strikes Back gigantic timeline plot hole: Luke meets Yoda and does his whole Jedi training in the same time that takes Solo and Leia to escape through the asteroid field and then go to the Cloud City planet. There is nowhere in the Millenium Falcon journey where you could just stick randomly a few weeks or months (you could argue that they stay a long time in the City of the Clouds but that doesn't make any sense either because Vader "was there before they arrived" and why would he hide for two months in that stinky mining colony before capturing them?)
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On June 04 2015 00:45 Scorch wrote:
If you blow up a man of 80kg to 2.5 times the size, he weighs 2.5*2.5*2.5=15.625 times as much: 1250kg. However, his muscles have only 2.5*2.5=6.25 times the cross-sectional area, making him only 6.25 times stronger. Since his muscle force grows by one less dimension than his weight, he gets "weaker" in proportion to the magnification factor. Merely standing would feel like he has to carry a backpack that weighs more than his body weight, and moving his heavy arms would be like handling a dumbbell. On the other hand, making a man smaller would make him super agile and able to jump around like a grasshopper.
Yes, this is why people get proportionally weaker over 6 ft tall and by the time they hit 7 ft, they're complete wimps rather than mountainous human beings that can push around normal human beings. It's also why midgets can jump around like grasshoppers. We'll just ignore everything we know about human beings of differing heights because clearly science disagrees.
On June 04 2015 01:59 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2015 18:34 shin_toss wrote:On June 03 2015 17:50 AndreWiles wrote:
how is sam still fat after several years at the wall? Is this explained ever? he ates a lot and doesn't move around a lot. Also the wildling girls' baby doesn't even grow. it was a baby since season 2 lol. it is safe to assume that it has been at least 2-3 years already since she gave birth. since tommen and mycella , bran grew up a lot It reminds me of the Empire Strikes Back gigantic timeline plot hole: Luke meets Yoda and does his whole Jedi training in the same time that takes Solo and Leia to escape through the asteroid field and then go to the Cloud City planet. There is nowhere in the Millenium Falcon journey where you could just stick randomly a few weeks or months (you could argue that they stay a long time in the City of the Clouds but that doesn't make any sense either because Vader "was there before they arrived" and why would he hide for two months in that stinky mining colony before capturing them?)
It took the Millenium Falcon weeks or possibly months to reach the Cloud City from the asteroids because their primary hyperdrive was out. The time was simply edited out because watching people slowly make their way to the Cloud City is not exciting.
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This season has two women randomly colliding with their mortal enemies: Arya and Merryn Trent can meet in Braavos and Brienne can meet Stannis in Winterfell. I think I could bet my money on at least one of those two men ending up dead. Brienne murdering Stannis would be particularly fascinating.
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On June 04 2015 06:03 BluzMan wrote:
This season has two women randomly colliding with their mortal enemies: Arya and Merryn Trent can meet in Braavos and Brienne can meet Stannis in Winterfell. I think I could bet my money on at least one of those two men ending up dead. Brienne murdering Stannis would be particularly fascinating.
Totally forgot about that prick Merryn. It would be gratifying to see her stick a blade in his neck.
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On June 04 2015 06:12 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2015 06:03 BluzMan wrote:
This season has two women randomly colliding with their mortal enemies: Arya and Merryn Trent can meet in Braavos and Brienne can meet Stannis in Winterfell. I think I could bet my money on at least one of those two men ending up dead. Brienne murdering Stannis would be particularly fascinating. Totally forgot about that prick Merryn. It would be gratifying to see her stick a blade in his neck.
Didn't make the Merryn Trent connection either, and it ties in nicely with the loose end of Mister Tyrell being sent to the Iron bank.
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On June 04 2015 06:39 Gorsameth wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2015 06:12 GreenHorizons wrote:On June 04 2015 06:03 BluzMan wrote:
This season has two women randomly colliding with their mortal enemies: Arya and Merryn Trent can meet in Braavos and Brienne can meet Stannis in Winterfell. I think I could bet my money on at least one of those two men ending up dead. Brienne murdering Stannis would be particularly fascinating. Totally forgot about that prick Merryn. It would be gratifying to see her stick a blade in his neck. Didn't make the Merryn Trent connection either, and it ties in nicely with the loose end of Mister Tyrell being sent to the Iron bank.
+ Show Spoiler +A picture has been leaked of Merryn and Arya in a future scene together
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Holy moly what an amazing episode! The white walker scene was so intense! Really really well done. Best thing I've seen since Helms Deep.
This behind the scenes explains why it became so awesome
Also on a usefulness scale from Sansa to Tywin, Tommen scores 0.1 Sansas. Wtf is he doing.
I was also a bit scared walkerkingdude was going to frostbolt John to death when he raised his hands in the end lol.
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On June 04 2015 07:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:Holy moly what an amazing episode! The white walker scene was so intense! Really really well done. Best thing I've seen since Helms Deep. This behind the scenes explains why it became so awesome Also on a usefulness scale from Sansa to Tywin, Tommen scores 0.1 Sansas. Wtf is he doing.
That was an awesome behind the scenes, Such an epic scale for a TV series.
Random note, never understood how full grown adults don't know how to swim. Just seems to be putting a lot of faith in just avoiding situations and other people to save you.
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wow that set is amazing! rip budget
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i wonder if anyone has done the math on how much wine is consumed in the show. Seems like everyone is near drunk, can't be that much wine.
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On June 04 2015 07:57 GreenHorizons wrote:
Random note, never understood how full grown adults don't know how to swim. Just seems to be putting a lot of faith in just avoiding situations and other people to save you.
Check your privilege!
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On June 04 2015 20:13 TMG26 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2015 07:57 GreenHorizons wrote:
Random note, never understood how full grown adults don't know how to swim. Just seems to be putting a lot of faith in just avoiding situations and other people to save you. Check your privilege!
Fair enough, I could of been more specific. I don't get how people who go out on boats and have regular access to swimming pools never learn how to swim. Apparently there is a legit phobia of water that I suppose explains a bit, but then why/how the hell do they get on a boat.
Basically saying no way in hell I would do a scene like that without knowing how to swim.
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So far there is no motivation for the White Walkers, no background, nothing. 5 seasons in. Is Summer coming for them? Why do they look like mortal kombat villains? Why let half the people go warn The Wall folk when they could have just swarmed over the cliff face from the start? Why could 2 guards shut the wooden gate with 30 people pouring through per second? Was it just to make the "massacre" something cool looking and ominous like Oh man what is happening? Does Jon Snow have a James Bond-Call of Duty Perk where villain throw him around and give him a chance?
Game of thrones S5 is such a set back. Its like Showtime took the reigns of Ice and Fire for Season 5.
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On June 05 2015 04:08 Hexe wrote:
So far there is no motivation for the White Walkers, no background, nothing. 5 seasons in. Is Summer coming for them? Why do they look like mortal kombat villains? Why let half the people go warn The Wall folk when they could have just swarmed over the cliff face from the start? Why could 2 guards shut the wooden gate with 30 people pouring through per second? Was it just to make the "massacre" something cool looking and ominous like Oh man what is happening? Does Jon Snow have a James Bond-Call of Duty Perk where villain throw him around and give him a chance?
Game of thrones S5 is such a set back. Its like Showtime took the reigns of Ice and Fire for Season 5.
Have you dozed off the first 5 seasons? There has been a ton of tales, hints, lore that mentioned the White Walkers.
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On June 05 2015 04:23 parkufarku wrote:Show nested quote +On June 05 2015 04:08 Hexe wrote:
So far there is no motivation for the White Walkers, no background, nothing. 5 seasons in. Is Summer coming for them? Why do they look like mortal kombat villains? Why let half the people go warn The Wall folk when they could have just swarmed over the cliff face from the start? Why could 2 guards shut the wooden gate with 30 people pouring through per second? Was it just to make the "massacre" something cool looking and ominous like Oh man what is happening? Does Jon Snow have a James Bond-Call of Duty Perk where villain throw him around and give him a chance?
Game of thrones S5 is such a set back. Its like Showtime took the reigns of Ice and Fire for Season 5. Have you dozed off the first 5 seasons? There has been a ton of tales, hints, lore that mentioned the White Walkers.
Osha telling us that they sleep during the day and hunt at night isn't really helping
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On June 05 2015 04:08 Hexe wrote:
So far there is no motivation for the White Walkers, no background, nothing. 5 seasons in. Is Summer coming for them? Why do they look like mortal kombat villains? Why let half the people go warn The Wall folk when they could have just swarmed over the cliff face from the start? Why could 2 guards shut the wooden gate with 30 people pouring through per second? Was it just to make the "massacre" something cool looking and ominous like Oh man what is happening? Does Jon Snow have a James Bond-Call of Duty Perk where villain throw him around and give him a chance?
Game of thrones S5 is such a set back. Its like Showtime took the reigns of Ice and Fire for Season 5.
It's the same in the books, except that they look more like Ice Elves.
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Ive been wondering about the white walker attack on the wildling camp: Why didnt they have real defenses up and ready? Afaik they had a big wooden gate to keep them out. I mean surely they would have prepared some form of defense mechanism like a ring of fire or spiked barricades, right?
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Bad leadership? Mance is dead and plenty of forces in history has lost due to bad or lack of planning.
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On June 05 2015 04:34 Emnjay808 wrote:
Ive been wondering about the white walker attack on the wildling camp: Why didnt they have real defenses up and ready? Afaik they had a big wooden gate to keep them out. I mean surely they would have prepared some form of defense mechanism like a ring of fire or spiked barricades, right?
Isn't a wooden wall pretty standard camp defense?
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On June 05 2015 04:34 Emnjay808 wrote:
Ive been wondering about the white walker attack on the wildling camp: Why didnt they have real defenses up and ready? Afaik they had a big wooden gate to keep them out. I mean surely they would have prepared some form of defense mechanism like a ring of fire or spiked barricades, right?
Spikes dont do much against the undead.
Good luck making a ring of fire in the middle of a snow covered wasteland.
Your going to need to use wood and that will be damp and useless for fires 99% of the time.
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