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Started by Josquius, April 04, 2011, 03:39:14 AM

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grumbler

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2016, 03:53:57 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 16, 2016, 03:37:25 PM
The episode was about women taking charge - Danny, Sansa, Cersei, Olenna, Yara, Brienne, even Margaery and Osha, they all dominated men around them.  :showoff:

Dany, sure. Sansa, well she convinced a man they had common aims. Cersei & Olenna are always plotting, but did they accomplish anything this week? Yara stood up to her broken little brother who just wanted to help her, Bravo. Brienne, no idea what you're talking about. Margaery, same. Osha, dead.

Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him." 

I think that the whole idea that this episode was "about women taking charge" is easily overstated, however.  It was a good inning for some women, but not for Cersei, Yara, Margaery, or Osha (who failed rather miserably).  It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.
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Josephus

Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:
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Quote from: Josephus on May 16, 2016, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.
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Quote from: Berkut on May 16, 2016, 12:26:19 PM
Well, not doing something is not explaining at all, and makes people wonder why they live in fuel soaked huts.

They don't.  They were in a structure built with dried out wood located in a desert.  Its not entirely surprising that it caught fire and went up so quickly.

crazy canuck

Quote from: Tyr on May 16, 2016, 03:56:19 PM
In the books her control is far more discrete.

In the show she is more of a composite character.

Grey Fox

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2016, 05:11:42 PM
Quote from: Josephus on May 16, 2016, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.
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Martinus

Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PM
Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him."

I also don't recall if Brienne actually looked at Melissandre when she said Renly was killed by blood magic, but I am sure Melissandre kinda went "oh shit".  :lol:

And that was right after Davos asked her what happened to Shireen. I think Melissandre should better get the hell out of the dodge.

Jaron

Quote from: Martinus on May 17, 2016, 03:08:23 AM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PM
Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him."

I also don't recall if Brienne actually looked at Melissandre when she said Renly was killed by blood magic, but I am sure Melissandre kinda went "oh shit".  :lol:

And that was right after Davos asked her what happened to Shireen. I think Melissandre should better get the hell out of the dodge.

Melisandre would DESTROY Brienne if she got uppity with her. She's got mad skills with the magic.
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grumbler

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 16, 2016, 09:03:33 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2016, 05:11:42 PM
Quote from: Josephus on May 16, 2016, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

Nope. It was her.  She agreed to make an exception after she read the script.
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Grey Fox

Quote from: grumbler on May 17, 2016, 04:53:03 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 16, 2016, 09:03:33 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2016, 05:11:42 PM
Quote from: Josephus on May 16, 2016, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

Nope. It was her.  She agreed to make an exception after she read the script.

Ah.

Thank you, Miss Clarke.
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Berkut

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Quote from: Grey Fox on May 16, 2016, 09:03:33 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 16, 2016, 05:11:42 PM
Quote from: Josephus on May 16, 2016, 05:04:06 PM
Quote from: grumbler on May 16, 2016, 05:00:08 PMIt was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least.  :rolleyes:

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.
yeah, that fire was all fake!


It looks CGIed, because she was not naked in front of a crowd.  She shot her scene in some place, and the crowd was shooting elsewhere.
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Grey Fox

Plus the fake fire around her.
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Grallon

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Anyway another good episode and quite a strong scene for Daenarys.  I assumed Jorah and her lover, whose name escapes me, had used the cover of night to douse the place with whatever alcohol the Dothraki were imbibing.  Although I seem to recall Mongols and other plains tribesmen use mostly fermented mare milk as their booze of choice - not exactly the most flammable substance.



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