Game of Thrones begins....

[Berkut]

I remember thinking when Tyion dropped off the ship that Nelson probably would have like to have cannonballs with that much power behind them.

[FunkMonk]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

[crazy canuck]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

Sure, slow moving train wrecks are irresistible.

[Oexmelin]

I quite enjoy the column devoted to Game of Thrones in the L. A. Review of Books:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/game-thrones-last-starks?fbclid=IwAR2Ygo0d0_AfFMXXWLS9HaAGZ2tUOepLLfpJrDS65Cb_FBUuIdea8OlgCeA

[Valmy]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

I actually haven't watched an episode since Season 2. I just started to get annoyed by the little differences between the books and the show, so many of my favorite little things were getting left out. I knew it was petty but I figured later I would get over it and catch up. But then I heard about how they mangled one of the my favorite parts of the books: the Dorne stuff. And then they left out another one of mine in Jon Connington and the Golden Company. And now I hear it sucks shit and is lame.

So...I still plan on watching the whole thing some day. But I am not in a super hurry.

In a weird way I tend to get the gist of every episode just by osmosis, just existing on the internet.

[Valmy]

https://www.tor.com/2019/05/08/doing-the-math-on-game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-4/?fbclid=IwAR3wiZudYuWybw9cBBtH8n5iEI2r7ZY3XNuQseoGuvQ1G2ESW0pA0gaKoBk

Summary:

Given what we saw with Eurons super scorpion, those would have had to be traveling about 2000 m/s. Roughly twice the speed of a modern sniper rifle.

My god, it is just so fucking stupid. The entire scene was just so lame.

So what is better: Euron's scorpions or WWII German 88mm flak cannons?

[Josephus]

I saw another from an aerospace engineer that calculated the torque of their ballista as around half that of the Saturn V...

What a mess of an ending.

I met someone the other day who said dragons are too heavy too fly.

[Grinning_Colossus]

  It would have been good if, in like season 2, instead of being like "where are my dragons," Dany gets all concerned because her dragons haven't learned to fly, so it's more "why aren't my dragons flying." And then somebody says, like, "Khaleesi, your dragons are too fat to fly." So then she puts them on a diet, but they die.

[Grey Fox]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

Of course, there is 2 episodes left of what is probably the last show that brings us all together. We have to watch.

[celedhring]

A minor thing, but the outskirts of King's Landing looked like a desert wasteland, and I'm pretty sure there was a lot of lush forest there in previous seasons. I guess building those AA batteries required a lot of materials...

[Josephus]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

Of course, there is 2 episodes left of what is probably the last show that brings us all together. We have to watch.

We need to find something else we all watch.

[Liep]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

Of course, there is 2 episodes left of what is probably the last show that brings us all together. We have to watch.

We need to find something else we all watch.

I'm guessing The Mandalorian will bring us together.

[crazy canuck]

This show is indeed stupid, but you all will still watch the next episode. I will.

Of course, there is 2 episodes left of what is probably the last show that brings us all together. We have to watch.

We need to find something else we all watch.

We will all drift apart after this and return every time there is a Danish or Spanish election so we can cast our Languish votes.

[Josephus]

From the A. V. Club: https://www.avclub.com/why-didn-t-daenerys-torch-euron-who-s-side-is-jaime-on-1834599395?utm_content=Main&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF


Keegan asks: Why didn't Dany use dragonfire on Euron's fleet? And how in the seven hells did she hear what Missandei's last words were from that far away?

What? You didn't think her strategy of dive-bombing all of those dragon-killing crossbows for no reason was wise? Let me guess, you also expected her to fly behind them and burn them instead of fleeing? What are you, a military genius?

No, seriously, are you? The leaders of Westeros could really use your help, after Jon inexplicably sent the Dothraki off to die last week, and Daenerys, despite being able to fly high above any possible threat, couldn't see the most predictable ambush in history coming. Why did they assume Dragonstone, which isn't far from King's Landing, would be safe? It's a big-ass castle with huge strategic value. No one considered the possibility Cersei would see its value or Daenerys would return to it? "Hey, Tyrion, what would you say you do here?"

Just like with the Loot Train Attack and Euron's nighttime attack on veteran Ironborn, clearly no one in the Seven Kingdoms has ever heard of advanced scouts.

As for Missandei's final "dracarys," Daenerys could hear her for two reasons. One, King's Landing is now inexplicably located in a desert, so the sound traveled. Second, Daenerys wasn't that far away. She thought it was a good idea to stand with a tiny force near her fortified enemy, a vengeful mad queen who then decided not to murder Daenerys and put an end to the war. It was... it was weird. Seriously, are you a military genius? The realm should be accepting applications.

[Habbaku]

I wish we could have a show where the heroes and the villains were both intelligent and the villains didn't get wins for no reason other than that Hollywood writing apparently dictates the audience can only root for the underdog.