EPTLord Baelish: "Myself, I often find them a hindrance."
Best quote from last episode.
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nakam
Sweden245 Posts
Lord Baelish: "Myself, I often find them a hindrance." Best quote from last episode. | ||
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ecstazy
Russian Federation59 Posts
On May 02 2013 05:58 Dazed_Spy wrote: Actually, pushing Bran really wasnt evil. I mean clearly it was an immoral action, but I think the evil of hurting a child is outweighed in this case by what it avoids. If Bran didnt die [or at least lost his memory] he would expose Jaimes incest. Which means his three children would be put to death, who are innocents in all this, and his sister and himself would be branded traitors. Thus sparking a civil war against the Lannisters, resulting, ultimately, in his death, his brothers death, his father and his sisters, nevermind the tens of thousands from combat and disease. I'd of pushed the fucker out the window too. That's a bit far just for keeping him quiet, don't you think? I believe there is a scene in season 1 where cersei and jaime themselves agree that pushing him was a bad idea. At least Cersei definitely stated that she could have tried to reason with Bran instead. | ||
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awaller
United States23 Posts
On May 02 2013 05:58 Dazed_Spy wrote: Actually, pushing Bran really wasnt evil. I mean clearly it was an immoral action, but I think the evil of hurting a child is outweighed in this case by what it avoids. If Bran didnt die [or at least lost his memory] he would expose Jaimes incest. Which means his three children would be put to death, who are innocents in all this, and his sister and himself would be branded traitors. Thus sparking a civil war against the Lannisters, resulting, ultimately, in his death, his brothers death, his father and his sisters, nevermind the tens of thousands from combat and disease. I'd of pushed the fucker out the window too. Evil 1 a: morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked <an evil impulse> b: arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct <a person of evil reputation> | ||
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Aegon I
Canada133 Posts
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Sub40APM
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On May 02 2013 07:53 Aegon I wrote: The editing for the sword fight scene was abysmal. I really hope the other sword scenes aren't as bad as that one cos you couldn't even tell what was going on for the most part. i thought they did that on purpose, since its in a dark cave and one of the two fighters is freaking out 'cuz the other one has a flaming sword (which, I thought was poorly done too. You'd think that if you spend your days fighting people with a flaming stick youd know how to use it to burn it or something, by locking guards more frequently. instead it looked like they had two hammers trying to hammer each other. if you are going to do that, why not get a real hammer?) | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On May 01 2013 23:32 Sent. wrote: But they're using short spears, not long pikes. I'm not an expert but I think heavy cavalry can crush light spearmen easily. Yea, the unsullied are basically armed the way Athens/Sparta era ancient greeks were. The lances of knights will actually outrange their own. I dont know why the creators didnt just give them long pikes to make them look like the best European mercenaries of the middle ages- the swiss pike- OR if you want to go the route of slave-elites then makes them look like Jannisaries/Mameluks, with personal preference towards Jannisaries because they have hilarious hats. | ||
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:00 Sub40APM wrote: i thought they did that on purpose, since its in a dark cave and one of the two fighters is freaking out 'cuz the other one has a flaming sword (which, I thought was poorly done too. You'd think that if you spend your days fighting people with a flaming stick youd know how to use it to burn it or something, by locking guards more frequently. instead it looked like they had two hammers trying to hammer each other. if you are going to do that, why not get a real hammer?) Real swordsmanship involves precious few "locks." Disengaging for advantage is one of the very first things new fencers are taught. Close quarters, which is what the "locks" in movies tend to depict, is very hard to press a competent fencer into against their will. Especially if they were are strong and fast as the Hound. | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:09 Yoav wrote: Real swordsmanship involves precious few "locks." Disengaging for advantage is one of the very first things new fencers are taught. Close quarters, which is what the "locks" in movies tend to depict, is very hard to press a competent fencer into against their will. Especially if they were are strong and fast as the Hound. real swordsman dont have magical fireblades, and fencers are armed with light weapons, not two handed swords. At least in the historical sword fighting manuals I've seen, once there is an engagement both fighters move in relatively close to each other when armed with a two handed sword. There is no darting in and out like a fencing foil because your weapon is too heavy for that. | ||
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Aegon I
Canada133 Posts
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Whole
United States6046 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:06 Sub40APM wrote: Yea, the unsullied are basically armed the way Athens/Sparta era ancient greeks were. The lances of knights will actually outrange their own. I dont know why the creators didnt just give them long pikes to make them look like the best European mercenaries of the middle ages- the swiss pike- OR if you want to go the route of slave-elites then makes them look like Jannisaries/Mameluks, with personal preference towards Jannisaries because they have hilarious hats. In the first episode of the season, the seller says how they're trained in "the shortsword, the shield, and the three spears." Don't assume the spear and shield they hold is the only thing they wield. I could make up reasons as to why the army is only showed with one type of weapon, but I think it is just because it looks cool to see them all have the exact same uniform and because $$$ | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
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Thor.Rush
Sweden702 Posts
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crms
United States11933 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:29 Thor.Rush wrote: The dragons can take care of the cavalry and the unsullied will do the rest. Kinda pointless to go into what can beat what in real life, when this is a fantasy series.. Yeah also I seem to recall in one of the earlier episodes, that harrenhal is black because a single dragon sacked the city in the old times. Is that true or am I mixing up lore? If that's the case 3 big dragons should be GG for dany. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5713 Posts
They said 1 dragon can take out 4k+ people with his fire alone with ease. So if she has 8k+ soldiers on the ground and the equivalent of 12k+ in the form of dragons. I think she could very easily take down the armies of Westeros if she gains any more troops along the way and then when she first lands and maybe gets more support from old friends. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:34 crms wrote: Yeah also I seem to recall in one of the earlier episodes, that harrenhal is black because a single dragon sacked the city in the old times. Is that true or am I mixing up lore? If that's the case 3 big dragons should be GG for dany. I think you can find an answer for this in some of those extras from DVDs or from HBO site. I don't want to say anything here because I would need to use my book knowledge. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
On May 02 2013 09:02 -Archangel- wrote: I think you can find an answer for this in some of those extras from DVDs or from HBO site. I don't want to say anything here because I would need to use my book knowledge. Arya talks about harrenhals fall as well as the lannisters in the show. It was built to withhold any attack, and a dragon burned it to the ground, dragonfire melting rock. | ||
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Kishin2
United States7534 Posts
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
On May 02 2013 08:00 Sub40APM wrote: i thought they did that on purpose, since its in a dark cave and one of the two fighters is freaking out 'cuz the other one has a flaming sword (which, I thought was poorly done too. You'd think that if you spend your days fighting people with a flaming stick youd know how to use it to burn it or something, by locking guards more frequently. instead it looked like they had two hammers trying to hammer each other. if you are going to do that, why not get a real hammer?) Exactly. I thought it was well done. | ||
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Craze
United States561 Posts
On May 02 2013 16:00 Kishin2 wrote: Man, I just realized how similar (and different) Robb's execution of Karstark is with Theon's execution of Ser Rodrik. They both did it to prevent losing the respect of their men The music and weather are the same... Was it the same music? Didn't notice, but that's clever. | ||
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SergioCQH
United States143 Posts
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