On May 09 2013 08:25 Emnjay808 wrote: The beauty of the first season was that you were not convinced there was magic at all. I wasnt even convinced they were talking about real dragons, I thought it was just colorful speech to describe how powerful the Targaryens here . Not till I saw the dragon skulls in the dungeon room did I start to realize what everything was about. Then eventually towards the end of the season shit just hits the fan, and you're like. WHAT.
What? the very first sequence in the first episode of season 1 made me think I was in for a medieval zombie horror flick.
Yeah, actually, at the very beginning I thought "This show is going to be awful." Zombies weren't a great way to lead off.
It was one of the worst ways to introduce a great show or film that I have ever seen in my life.
Edit: Why oh why, whenever I have a throwaway comment to make, TL sees fit to put it at the top of the next page...but if I write out a decent, 6 paragraph reply that takes me half an hour to concoct, it ALWAYS ends up the last of the current page!!!
Fat crow sam isn't all cowardice, sure he sucks as a warrior but he is loyal to the girl he loves and goes against his brethren to run off with her and save her life and her baby's.
On May 09 2013 08:25 Emnjay808 wrote: The beauty of the first season was that you were not convinced there was magic at all. I wasnt even convinced they were talking about real dragons, I thought it was just colorful speech to describe how powerful the Targaryens here . Not till I saw the dragon skulls in the dungeon room did I start to realize what everything was about. Then eventually towards the end of the season shit just hits the fan, and you're like. WHAT.
What? the very first sequence in the first episode of season 1 made me think I was in for a medieval zombie horror flick.
Yeah, actually, at the very beginning I thought "This show is going to be awful." Zombies weren't a great way to lead off.
It was one of the worst ways to introduce a great show or film that I have ever seen in my life.
Edit: Why oh why, whenever I have a throwaway comment to make, TL sees fit to put it at the top of the next page...but if I write out a decent, 6 paragraph reply that takes me half an hour to concoct, it ALWAYS ends up the last of the current page!!!
You're probably getting a ton of upvotes at Reddit instead. It's the circle of life, yin and yang.
I remember that beginning, that was so terrible. The show has two of the three most generic fantasy clishes in it: Dragons and Undeads. If GoT had Orcs, too, I'd be done with it.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
because everyone one thought he was dead and then he wasn't.
On May 09 2013 15:18 venomium wrote: I've been following this thread for a while now, but I haven't seen anyone really discussing the religious aspects of Westeros, what do you guys think/ assume about it? (Interested because I refuse to wiki the stuff in fear of spoilers)
This has probably been discussed in the spoiler-filled book thread. In fact most of the details of the religions are only mentioned in the book iirc... you couldn't have gotten all that info you posted from the show alone, could you?
On May 09 2013 08:25 Emnjay808 wrote: The beauty of the first season was that you were not convinced there was magic at all. I wasnt even convinced they were talking about real dragons, I thought it was just colorful speech to describe how powerful the Targaryens here . Not till I saw the dragon skulls in the dungeon room did I start to realize what everything was about. Then eventually towards the end of the season shit just hits the fan, and you're like. WHAT.
What? the very first sequence in the first episode of season 1 made me think I was in for a medieval zombie horror flick.
Yeah, actually, at the very beginning I thought "This show is going to be awful." Zombies weren't a great way to lead off.
It was one of the worst ways to introduce a great show or film that I have ever seen in my life.
Edit: Why oh why, whenever I have a throwaway comment to make, TL sees fit to put it at the top of the next page...but if I write out a decent, 6 paragraph reply that takes me half an hour to concoct, it ALWAYS ends up the last of the current page!!!
You're probably getting a ton of upvotes at Reddit instead. It's the circle of life, yin and yang.
I remember that beginning, that was so terrible. The show has two of the three most generic fantasy clishes in it: Dragons and Undeads. If GoT had Orcs, too, I'd be done with it.
It really was awful. My thoughts were "uhh... what was that." It seemed like some super cheesy grab-your-attention intro of a low budget show on the Sci Fi channel. "You guys like medieval-era stories, and zombies are cool right now... so we mixed the two together, check it out!"
On May 09 2013 15:18 venomium wrote: I've been following this thread for a while now, but I haven't seen anyone really discussing the religious aspects of Westeros, what do you guys think/ assume about it? (Interested because I refuse to wiki the stuff in fear of spoilers)
This has probably been discussed in the spoiler-filled book thread. In fact most of the details of the religions are only mentioned in the book iirc... you couldn't have gotten all that info you posted from the show alone, could you?
There's actually a bunch of videos on youtube (Don't read youtube comments, ever, or you'll be spoilered. Seriously.) from the DVDs that do explain the various religion in some detail. They're really well made, and spoken by the various main characters.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
And can someone remind me why the guy is called "Onion" knight again? Is there something special I forgot about him
Davos is called the Onion Knight because before Robert's rebellion he was a smuggler. During the war Stannis was defending Storm's End (the Baratheon capital) from a prolonged siege. Stannis' men had no food and they were saved when Davos smuggled lots of onions into Storm's End.
Did the TV show even mention this? Seems they just called him "Onion knight" a few times as a nod to the book but never explained the details.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
And can someone remind me why the guy is called "Onion" knight again? Is there something special I forgot about him
Sam's weird because he's a brilliant coward. you'd think he'd be a maester over a nights watch, no idea why did dad didn't give him that option. There will be something important he has to do that only he can do. otherwise they wouldn't have developed his character so much. no idea what that is though.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
And can someone remind me why the guy is called "Onion" knight again? Is there something special I forgot about him
Davos is called the Onion Knight because before Robert's rebellion he was a smuggler. During the war Stannis was defending Storm's End (the Baratheon capital) from a prolonged siege. Stannis' men had no food and they were saved when Davos smuggled lots of onions into Storm's End.
Did the TV show even mention this? Seems they just called him "Onion knight" a few times as a nod to the book but never explained the details.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
And can someone remind me why the guy is called "Onion" knight again? Is there something special I forgot about him
Davos is called the Onion Knight because before Robert's rebellion he was a smuggler. During the war Stannis was defending Storm's End (the Baratheon capital) from a prolonged siege. Stannis' men had no food and they were saved when Davos smuggled lots of onions into Storm's End.
Did the TV show even mention this? Seems they just called him "Onion knight" a few times as a nod to the book but never explained the details.
On May 09 2013 08:25 Emnjay808 wrote: The beauty of the first season was that you were not convinced there was magic at all. I wasnt even convinced they were talking about real dragons, I thought it was just colorful speech to describe how powerful the Targaryens here . Not till I saw the dragon skulls in the dungeon room did I start to realize what everything was about. Then eventually towards the end of the season shit just hits the fan, and you're like. WHAT.
What? the very first sequence in the first episode of season 1 made me think I was in for a medieval zombie horror flick.
Yeah, actually, at the very beginning I thought "This show is going to be awful." Zombies weren't a great way to lead off.
It was one of the worst ways to introduce a great show or film that I have ever seen in my life.
Edit: Why oh why, whenever I have a throwaway comment to make, TL sees fit to put it at the top of the next page...but if I write out a decent, 6 paragraph reply that takes me half an hour to concoct, it ALWAYS ends up the last of the current page!!!
You're probably getting a ton of upvotes at Reddit instead. It's the circle of life, yin and yang.
I remember that beginning, that was so terrible. The show has two of the three most generic fantasy clishes in it: Dragons and Undeads. If GoT had Orcs, too, I'd be done with it.
It really was awful. My thoughts were "uhh... what was that." It seemed like some super cheesy grab-your-attention intro of a low budget show on the Sci Fi channel. "You guys like medieval-era stories, and zombies are cool right now... so we mixed the two together, check it out!"
I thought it was kind of slick the way it was executed. I would have been fine if GoT turned out to be a survival horror series.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
Wow. I'm glad you're having such a sophisticated opinion on characters.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
And can someone remind me why the guy is called "Onion" knight again? Is there something special I forgot about him
Davos is called the Onion Knight because before Robert's rebellion he was a smuggler. During the war Stannis was defending Storm's End (the Baratheon capital) from a prolonged siege. Stannis' men had no food and they were saved when Davos smuggled lots of onions into Storm's End.
Did the TV show even mention this? Seems they just called him "Onion knight" a few times as a nod to the book but never explained the details.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
Wow. I'm glad you're having such a sophisticated opinion on characters.
Well, when someone says that someone's being fat is a reason to hate them, I think that speaks for itself lol.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
Wow. I'm glad you're having such a sophisticated opinion on characters.
Seriously tho I started to dislike him after he whined about being left behind. Why did they even bring him with them? It makes no sense.
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
And because this is TL. We are all useless, fat and whiny nerds. I guess people see too much of themself in him
On May 09 2013 03:28 Whole wrote: The dragonglass looks like obsidian, so maybe white walkers are afraid of them because obsidian is cooled lava?
If Sam is the key to winning the war against the White Walkers, I'm done with this show forever.
Hahaha! Sam is really bothering me right now. Maybe I just dont get his important part in the show right now, hopefully it will change soon so his screen time isn't completely useless to me ^^
I don't understand the hate for poor old Sam. Is it really just because he's not kick-ass like the other characters? He's your average Joe, forced into that situation and not knowing how to deal with it. It's refreshing to see a perfectly normal dude, and not a character that isn't kicking ass in one way or another all the time.
Because he is useless, fat and whiny. Even Hotpie was more useful than Sam which says a lot.
And because this is TL. We are all useless, fat and whiny nerds. I guess people see too much of themself in him
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