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woody60707
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1863 Posts
May 21 2011 02:26 GMT
#3281
On May 21 2011 10:56 Metallingus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 10:44 Cylon wrote:
Loras hasn't done anything but jousting in tournaments so no one know how well he fights with a sword.


+ Show Spoiler +
Didn't he go apeshit and cut down a few members of the Rainbow Guard when Renly died? That's gotta count for something but then again he could've caught them off guard.

??? damnit! Thats not a show spoiler, thats a book spoiler. Didn't you read the OP?
brian
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States9642 Posts
May 21 2011 02:34 GMT
#3282
yeah. luckily i hated that guy anyway. haha.
Phelski
Profile Joined December 2010
United States142 Posts
May 21 2011 03:39 GMT
#3283
Quick question this week is 6 and 7, then what is next week? just a rerun of 7?
Metallingus
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Philippines468 Posts
May 21 2011 06:37 GMT
#3284
Very, very sorry for the spoiler, slipped my mind because I had just come home from a long day at work. Won't happen again.
Overcome all. Especially plateaus.
zalz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Netherlands3704 Posts
May 21 2011 06:49 GMT
#3285
On May 21 2011 12:39 Phelski wrote:
Quick question this week is 6 and 7, then what is next week? just a rerun of 7?


TV =

6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 (with every - being a week in between)

Internet is gonna be

6 7 - - 8 - 9 - 10


Downloading the extra ep means having to wait another week before the show is back on track. But i will still do it
RA
Profile Joined October 2008
Latvia791 Posts
May 21 2011 09:12 GMT
#3286
I doubt anyone is going to wait
zalz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Netherlands3704 Posts
May 21 2011 11:07 GMT
#3287
On May 21 2011 18:12 RA wrote:
I doubt anyone is going to wait


I don't know why HBO is doing it though. Seems like a stupid move from my perspective. Viewership is rising every episode, why suddenly mix it up and risk half the audience tuning in early?
Skilledblob
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany3392 Posts
May 21 2011 11:46 GMT
#3288
On May 21 2011 20:07 zalz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 18:12 RA wrote:
I doubt anyone is going to wait


I don't know why HBO is doing it though. Seems like a stupid move from my perspective. Viewership is rising every episode, why suddenly mix it up and risk half the audience tuning in early?


well I suppose they thought it's a good way to make people subscribe to HBO Go. But the problem is you will have the episode all over the internet and HBO Go subscribers will have to wait 2 weeks to see a new episode.
tertos
Profile Joined April 2011
Romania394 Posts
May 21 2011 12:05 GMT
#3289
On May 21 2011 20:07 zalz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 18:12 RA wrote:
I doubt anyone is going to wait


I don't know why HBO is doing it though. Seems like a stupid move from my perspective. Viewership is rising every episode, why suddenly mix it up and risk half the audience tuning in early?



Audience for HBO = zero

This is a diferent business model. Audience means nothing to them. Maybe just a measure of how good the show is and if they made a good choice to air it or not.
Sure you might argue that audience makes more subscribers. But subscribers wont sudenly sign off their subscription because of this. This won prevent any subscriber that wants to see GoT to sign on HBO. Simply their are promoting a new product. With no negative impact on current clients.
win-win situation.

I was born this way
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
May 21 2011 12:08 GMT
#3290
I wonder, will this extra episode 7 be as easily pirated as the rest, or is HBO taking some further steppes to save it for only those who subscribe?
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
Skilledblob
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany3392 Posts
May 21 2011 12:25 GMT
#3291
On May 21 2011 21:08 Geo.Rion wrote:
I wonder, will this extra episode 7 be as easily pirated as the rest, or is HBO taking some further steppes to save it for only those who subscribe?


it's an internet stream so you can be sure it will be out in the internet pretty fast
-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
May 21 2011 13:24 GMT
#3292
On May 21 2011 21:05 tertos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 20:07 zalz wrote:
On May 21 2011 18:12 RA wrote:
I doubt anyone is going to wait


I don't know why HBO is doing it though. Seems like a stupid move from my perspective. Viewership is rising every episode, why suddenly mix it up and risk half the audience tuning in early?



Audience for HBO = zero

This is a diferent business model. Audience means nothing to them. Maybe just a measure of how good the show is and if they made a good choice to air it or not.
Sure you might argue that audience makes more subscribers. But subscribers wont sudenly sign off their subscription because of this. This won prevent any subscriber that wants to see GoT to sign on HBO. Simply their are promoting a new product. With no negative impact on current clients.
win-win situation.


This is not true.
More audience = more DVD sales.
Shaithis
Profile Joined March 2010
United States383 Posts
May 21 2011 14:02 GMT
#3293
HBO Go has no advertising so it's basically financed by HBO subscriptions. If anything, it may result in less DVD sales as the same people who have access to HBO TV can now get on their computers and get caught up with their favorite show, or watch a full season of another show they may have purchased instead otherwise (sup True Blood!).

Of course, it does give them valuable information in terms of their subscriber base' true viewership dichotomy. Perhaps they are considering the cancellation of a few of their shows, and want to get a better idea of the true audience numbers. It's also a way to sell HBO, with all of the "sign up" links anytime you try to do something.
JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
May 21 2011 18:45 GMT
#3294
Another gif:
[image loading]
If you have to ask, you don't know.
Blackhawk13
Profile Joined April 2010
United States442 Posts
May 21 2011 21:30 GMT
#3295
So let me get this straight. HBO Go is free for people who get HBO on their TV right? And you could watch both episode 6 and 7 on your computer Sunday night if you wanted to?

Also do they air right at exact times like they would on TV or are they VODs?

Thanks
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-22 00:20:13
May 22 2011 00:19 GMT
#3296
On May 22 2011 03:45 JohannesH wrote:
Another gif:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

The mountain's sword in the third cut is the fakest thing I've seen so far in this series.
[image loading]
AndyJay
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia833 Posts
May 22 2011 02:51 GMT
#3297
Yeah but you don't notice it all when it happens, you're still in shock at the blood and head sliding off. Does look bad in the gif though.
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
May 22 2011 04:00 GMT
#3298
On May 21 2011 04:25 WiljushkA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2011 02:56 travis wrote:
On May 21 2011 02:28 OrchidThief wrote:
On May 21 2011 02:23 travis wrote:
On May 21 2011 01:00 sc4k wrote:
My experienced friend made another comment specifically about whether the gay guy's svelt body makes sense as a jouster:

Tilters came in all different shapes and sizes really. Bigger blokes are better as they can take more punishment in a sport that is essentially me and you riding at each other with an 11 foot stick attempting to *cause* a 50mph head on collision... between my stick and your face.
Smaller blokes means the horse can ride faster and are often superior riders as the horse is less worried about breaking its back than it is about charging forward.




That doesn't really address his physique, just his size. I had no choice but to agree with people who were saying that such a good knight would have a more fit physique, not be weak looking and soft. If he was training with the sword all the time he would have harder looking muscles.


Strictly speaking we don't know how much he's training with a sword though, since all we know about him is he jousts. So what sc4k's friend says seems correct.


No in the show he said something along the lines of "The reason I am so good at the sword is because I've spent so much time training with it".


which is funny, cause in the books hes not really good with a sword, and his brother garlan is considered to be the dangerous one.

didnt put this under spoiler tags cause it seems quite minor and not really the case in the tv show either.
In the books he's good with everything; just Garlan is better than him with a sword.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17815 Posts
May 22 2011 08:30 GMT
#3299
On May 22 2011 09:19 Jyvblamo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2011 03:45 JohannesH wrote:
Another gif:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

The mountain's sword in the third cut is the fakest thing I've seen so far in this series.
[image loading]


Episode 5 was a big letdown for me. Just when I started to get excited and all they started introducing really badly choreographed fights... I was really expecting a bit more from HBO and the actors on this one, seeing what HBO did with Rome for example.
+ Show Spoiler [ep5] +

Jamie vs Ned was complete bullshit... I mean, supposedly the most skilled swordsman in the seven kingdoms and a veteran of no less than 2 wars duking it out and it looks like some kindergarten kids swinging at each other...
They could do one of the two things:
1. Hire someone who knows this stuff and make him teach the actors and prepare the choreography (like the most basic thing and the most common mistake in the movies: swing at the man, not at the sword).
2. Direct the show as a play in the theater (it got some potential when Baelish nearly broke the fourth wall once) so no one can complain about bad CG, fight scenes etc.
It worked really well for Dune and The Children of Dune miniseries.


Of course, there are more blatant errors in this show. Apart from swords being too shiny and fake-looking you have Jon having a 2 week beard in one scene and being clean-shaven in the next scene, which is supposedly taking place the same day, and then having his beard back again...
They surely dropped the ball a couple of times.

And on a sidenote, I was wondering how the show is received by people who haven't read the books... Except the obvious sex/incest complains (which I believe are valid, you can make your show look real and dirty without cramming tits and sex scenes into 1/3rd of every episode).
I mean, the show is nice for me, because I've read 4 books of the series and I know the background and stories of the characters involved (not counting knowing what's going to happen in the future). If I haven't read the books I believe I'd be a bit lost, there's quite a few names, houses, places and pieces of history that are mentioned very scarecely, if at all, in the show and are quite vital to some of the plot lines which might confuse people.
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
May 22 2011 08:35 GMT
#3300
On May 22 2011 17:30 Manit0u wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2011 09:19 Jyvblamo wrote:
On May 22 2011 03:45 JohannesH wrote:
Another gif:
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]

The mountain's sword in the third cut is the fakest thing I've seen so far in this series.
[image loading]


Episode 5 was a big letdown for me. Just when I started to get excited and all they started introducing really badly choreographed fights... I was really expecting a bit more from HBO and the actors on this one, seeing what HBO did with Rome for example.
+ Show Spoiler [ep5] +

Jamie vs Ned was complete bullshit... I mean, supposedly the most skilled swordsman in the seven kingdoms and a veteran of no less than 2 wars duking it out and it looks like some kindergarten kids swinging at each other...
They could do one of the two things:
1. Hire someone who knows this stuff and make him teach the actors and prepare the choreography (like the most basic thing and the most common mistake in the movies: swing at the man, not at the sword).
2. Direct the show as a play in the theater (it got some potential when Baelish nearly broke the fourth wall once) so no one can complain about bad CG, fight scenes etc.
It worked really well for Dune and The Children of Dune miniseries.


Of course, there are more blatant errors in this show. Apart from swords being too shiny and fake-looking you have Jon having a 2 week beard in one scene and being clean-shaven in the next scene, which is supposedly taking place the same day, and then having his beard back again...
They surely dropped the ball a couple of times.

And on a sidenote, I was wondering how the show is received by people who haven't read the books... Except the obvious sex/incest complains (which I believe are valid, you can make your show look real and dirty without cramming tits and sex scenes into 1/3rd of every episode).
I mean, the show is nice for me, because I've read 4 books of the series and I know the background and stories of the characters involved (not counting knowing what's going to happen in the future). If I haven't read the books I believe I'd be a bit lost, there's quite a few names, houses, places and pieces of history that are mentioned very scarecely, if at all, in the show and are quite vital to some of the plot lines which might confuse people.

1. you do not need to spoiler events already aired on tv
2. The show is loved as far as i can see, non of my friends nor i read the books (though i knew about them and wanted to), and a lot of us started to watch, i watched every ep 3 times, and started reading the books as well
"Protoss is a joke" Liquid`Jinro Okt.1. 2011
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