Game of Thrones begins....

[crazy canuck]

This is mere post-hoc rationalization.  You couldn't tell the difference between a rope and a whip at that distance. 

Grumbles, you are the only person who thought it wasn't the sand snakes.  Just gracefully back away for once in your life.

[katmai]

CC Like he will concede.

[grumbler]

This is mere post-hoc rationalization.  You couldn't tell the difference between a rope and a whip at that distance. 

Grumbles, you are the only person who thought it wasn't the sand snakes.  Just gracefully back away for once in your life.

I have already said that I accept that it was the sand snakes.  It is your arrogant assertion that this was obvious that I pointed  out was wrong.  And now, I see, you are sidestepping that to make an ad hom argument.  You do accept, then, that the hair and clothing on the "displayed" sand snakes is, as I noted, different from they were when we saw them killed.

[grumbler]

katmai:     I conceded that those were probably sand snakes (and that their being sand snakes served the story better) back when HVC pointed it out...

and again when you agreed with him.

[Barrister]

grumbler just doesn't know when to admit when he's wrong.  Sad!

[Zanza]

I found the mystery weapon that Cersei's Dr. Frankenstein presented a bit underwhelming. A ballista? That's it?

[HVC]

the dornish killed a dragon that way in one of the history books (I think). And I guess the horn isn't making an appearance.

[Valmy]

Hitting a moving target with a siege weapon?

[HVC]

Hitting a moving target with a siege weapon?

a few dozen firing at once, I mean it's possible. Besides, what else do they have? how would you kill a dragon?

[The Larch]

I found the mystery weapon that Cersei's Dr. Frankenstein presented a bit underwhelming. A ballista? That's it?

Yeah, that was pretty underwhelming, and it actually looked kinda small, hardly something people had been working day and night to put together. I mean, it was in the history books after all, it was hardly groundbreaking.

[Zanza]

Close quarter air defense is just putting as many bullets into the air as possible, right? I single spear from a ballista has a rather poor chance to hit a flying fast-moving, very maneouverable target like the dragons shown in the GoT.

[Josquius]

Close quarter air defense is just putting as many bullets into the air as possible, right? I single spear from a ballista has a rather poor chance to hit a flying fast-moving, very maneouverable target like the dragons shown in the GoT.

Yes.  I hope that was just the first example of the batch.

Though I'm doubtful and obviously due to the laws of movies one of the dragons is probably going to go from the crossbow.

[grumbler]

grumbler just doesn't know when to admit when he's wrong.  Sad!

  What am I wrong about this time?

[Josephus]

Hitting a moving target with a siege weapon?

a few dozen firing at once, I mean it's possible. Besides, what else do they have? how would you kill a dragon?

In Skyrim I killed several with bows and arrows.

[Gups]

Close quarter air defense is just putting as many bullets into the air as possible, right? I single spear from a ballista has a rather poor chance to hit a flying fast-moving, very maneouverable target like the dragons shown in the GoT.

The dragons hover when breathing fire IIRC, so a matter of timing perhaps