FTA-TV Game of Thrones - season 8

[Father Jack]

Instead he ran and told the most honourable, trustworthy person in that region of what he saw.

#isawawhitewalker
#webelieveyoubutpolicymeanswechopyourheadoffanyways

The one bloke in the entire Seven Kingdoms who was guaranteed to personally lop his head off without listening to any of his whiny bullshit

#knowyouraudience

 

[peternorth]

If it wasnt for his runuth from the wall we wouldnt be sitting here right now 7 season on.

 

[SirKarl0s]

It's all Neds fault. If only he believed the NW deserter who claimed to see something that nobody in the world even believed existed.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Hurry up already!

Does anyone listen to the Bald Move GOT podcast? Not bad, goes into heaps of book detail and also has a show only guy on it.

However, I have no idea how people can spend 4-5 hours a week discussing one episode over three podcasts.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

RIP Joffrey

 

[Seeds]

RIP Joffrey

One of the best bands of the past 30 years. Epic.

 

[peternorth]

The oberyn vs mountain (the) fight....watched it this morning. Im always amazed that spears aren't cut and splintered more often by a huge sword.

 

[Gasometer]

Maybe this could change their minds

Looks like he's aged.
First one he looks hungry
Hardy one he looks evil.
Last one he looks circumspect and in deep thought

Scary nevertheless

 

[peternorth]

I have a theory. With jon and dany doing their own family game, the sequel to this could be a mirror of the GoT we know. Jon-Dany rule the 7 kingdoms, another uprising. rinse and repeat.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

There will probably never be a sequel. They've ordered a pilot for a prequel set thousands of years before.

 

[Seeds]

Prequels always suck.

 

[Father Jack]

Prequels always suck.

I'm currently watching season 3 of Better Call Saul, so I respectfully disagree.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Better Call Saul doesn't suck.

 

[Seeds]

I'm currently watching season 3 of Better Call Saul, so I respectfully disagree.

Better call saul is a massive step down from breaking bad. It doesnt suck but its certainly nowhere near as good as the version of the show in which we dont know what the future holds.

 

[atlas1]

BCS is a lot more consistent than BB. It may not hit the highs of BB, but doesn't go near the lows of it either. I'd argue there are more interesting characters in BCS too.

 

[Father Jack]

Better call saul is a massive step down from breaking bad. It doesnt suck but its certainly nowhere near as good as the version of the show in which we dont know what the future holds.

Beg to differ. The fact that we do know what the future holds is what makes it so fascinating, watching the struggle between what Jimmy is, what he wants to be, and what we know he ends up as play out

 

[Seeds]

BCS is a lot more consistent than BB. It may not hit the highs of BB, but doesn't go near the lows of it either. I'd argue there are more interesting characters in BCS too.

The show consistently relies on Saul acting utterly stupid and irrational to further the plot and keep him down. He has had so many chances to have a nice happy life and prosperous career and he keeps screwing it up with ridiculous behaviour. Walter white was a bit like this too but not nearly to the same degree and atleast he had an illness to justify some stupid behaviour. I stuggle to keep my wife watching this show because she finds the writing of Sauls character so poor due to the way he behaves.

The show also has very little happen. As each season reaches its finale we struggle to think of what happened in the season because so little actually happens. Breaking bad was a slow show but this is on a whole other level. Compared to BCS so much more happened in BB by the end of season 4 its ridiculous.

Then there is the fact the show is really two shows as it doesnt know how to have the two main characters, Mike and Saul, actually be in the same story line. Since season one their stories have virtually never crossed. Poor writing.

Who are the more interesting characters by the way? Theres no equivalent of badger, tuco, huell or skinny pete. Saul isnt as good as walter white, and theres no BB Saul equivalent character in BCS. The best characters in BCS are all the characters from Breaking Bad. We are getting the Mike and Hector characters more fleshed out but its still Mike from Breaking Bad. The only original BCS actor thats genuinly interesting is Nacho.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Prequels always suck.

At 1000 years back is not really a prequel, just a random thing in the same setting avoiding most of the pitfalls of a prequel (characters we know nothing can happen too, self referential jokes/references clogging up the script).

 

[Seeds]

At 1000 years back is not really a prequel, just a random thing in the same setting avoiding most of the pitfalls of a prequel (characters we know nothing can happen too, self referential jokes/references clogging up the script).

True mostly. The once exception is we know the prequel wont change the world. It wont have the possibility of an epic world event ending. It wont break the wheel. Cos we know the world is still stuck in the dark ages for thousands of years after.

 

[Starburns_]

True mostly. The once exception is we know the prequel wont change the world. It wont have the possibility of an epic world event ending. It wont break the wheel. Cos we know the world is still stuck in the dark ages for thousands of years after.

The fall of Valyria could be a fascinating story that avoids this. We know that it happens, but little is known of the how and why.

Essos as a whole has generally not been explored in great depth and it's history isn't too linked to that of Westeros.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Tyrion and/or Jorah said Valyria's final deletion meant they were centuries behind previous knowledge or something along those lines. This is somewhat implied when Tywin, the richest man in Westeros, melts Robb Stark's sword as the superior steel can no longer made.

 

[peternorth]

Better call Jon

 

[peternorth]

At hardhome the men found the wights. with non dragonglass weapons. How so?

 

[Starburns_]

At hardhome the men found the wights. with non dragonglass weapons. How so?

I think it's been established that the skeletal ones die with a good slice through the middle.

 

[peternorth]

Eastwatch - love the ending of the episode.

Jon leads a phalanx into the cold

Ser Friendzone vs Tormund
Bastard son vs Brotherhood