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Post by vbprisoner on Apr 10, 2019 15:11:40 GMT -5
I have never seen one episode so will have to put it on my list to watch once I get current and finally get Netflix. lol You'll be a little disappointed once you get Netflix and then find out the series is on HBO instead. I thought once a series has moved to a new season the past seasons go to Netflix... like Shameless is on Netflix and current season is airing on Showtime. I guess not all the series work like that. I have HBO, but just never watched GoT when it first came out.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 10, 2019 15:13:59 GMT -5
There are MANY MANY ways to watch TV shows and movies. Some are legal.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 10, 2019 16:11:29 GMT -5
You'll be a little disappointed once you get Netflix and then find out the series is on HBO instead. I thought once a series has moved to a new season the past seasons go to Netflix... like Shameless is on Netflix and current season is airing on Showtime. I guess not all the series work like that. :( I have HBO, but just never watched GoT when it first came out. If you have HBO, you can watch any/all episodes "on demand" right now. A web search says that HBO shows can also be gotten from Hulu and Amazon Prime. It seems as if Showtime has a similar partnership with Netflix.
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 10, 2019 21:36:58 GMT -5
It's one of the few TV series these days I have time to watch. Speaking of too much zombies, that is an interesting shift in Game of Thrones. The earlier seasons focused more on the political intrigue, backstabbing and power plays between the various families, there weren't that much focus on the actual fantasy elements. Sure, the magical aspects of the world was shown every now and then (and not forgetting the gratuitious nudity that seem to appear to every 5 minutes of course), but the primary story was always who would sit on the Iron Throne. But as most of those characters are killed off (i.e. Tywin Lannister and of course Little Finger), the focus has shifted more and more to the epic fantasy element with the mass battles and dragons. Whether that is good or bad, it is the way the last few seasons has gone. The first book was called "Game Of Thrones", but the whole series was called "A Song Of Fire And Ice". It was always supposed to be about the dragons and the ice zombies -- everything else was just set-up. I would blame HBO on the nekid people every five minutes, but there is a lot of that stuff in the books too. Well, the very start of the first episode in the first season hinted at the supernaturaI white walkers, so the fantasy aspect was always there, yes. But it wasn't the primary storyline at first. And I've read some of the books and I am pretty aware of heavy amount of sex in the novels. And also the habit of abruptly killing of what appears to be a lead characters. But again, the fantasy stuff, not saying it was wrong or anything, was always more in the background in the earlier storyline. At times it was more like an alternate universe of real medieval Europe, like a fictional War of the Roses, than a fantasy. Although I suppose, you can only focus on the political drama and shifting alliances for so long before it becomes too complex and unwieldy, potentially dragging the series down. So in a way, I guess it makes sense to shift the series to the growing threat of white walkers, something that was always hinted at in the series.
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Post by jayj79 on Apr 14, 2019 21:32:31 GMT -5
I do not enjoy the extended CGI zombie fights--like when we saw Hodor's demise, the debacle at Hard Home, or the turning of the dragon. Hodor's demise was one of the most moving scenes of the whole series. And it wasn't because of the CGI. It was because of the character development and just the way that we found out about just why Hodor was Hodor. If you are all anti-CGI, are you also anti-makeup/prosthetics/costumes and all other special effects?
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Post by jayj79 on Apr 14, 2019 21:37:40 GMT -5
I would blame HBO on the nekid people every five minutes, but there is a lot of that stuff in the books too. I find it kind of disturbing how many people aren't bothered by gratuitous violence, but get all offended by nudity. But yeah, this series is known to go quite heavy with both from time to time. (not that it really bothers me)
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Post by jayj79 on Apr 14, 2019 21:40:29 GMT -5
I quite enjoyed the first episode of the final season. Did a good job of pulling together elements from many past seasons as many various characters whose storylines had diverged as the plot had progressed have started to come back together for the grand finale (and hitting at various subplots that are full of flavor)
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Post by ironhammer on Apr 14, 2019 22:28:15 GMT -5
You'll be a little disappointed once you get Netflix and then find out the series is on HBO instead. He probably meant renting the actual physical DVDs which you can do via Netflix -- or a company owned by Netflix. That might not be such a bad idea in the long run, since you never know how long you want to keep your subscriptions to HBO. If you are keen on re-watching the series on regular occasions, but don't trust how long it would be provided by any future online service, physical copy is the best.
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Post by gnu2vball on Apr 14, 2019 23:09:46 GMT -5
I do not enjoy the extended CGI zombie fights--like when we saw Hodor's demise, the debacle at Hard Home, or the turning of the dragon. Hodor's demise was one of the most moving scenes of the whole series. And it wasn't because of the CGI. It was because of the character development and just the way that we found out about just why Hodor was Hodor. If you are all anti-CGI, are you also anti-makeup/prosthetics/costumes and all other special effects? I'm not entirely anti-CGI. I guess the overlong CGI battles are what I found so tedious. I imagine for the producers, if they're going to go to the trouble of creating it, it might as well have some duration. After about five minutes of it, I've generally had enough. By contrast, the battle between the dragon and Dothraki versus Jaime, Brom, and the Tarleys was heavily CGI-dependent, as well. I enjoyed that--nice work with the dragon, reminded me of an A-10 Warthog, but I digress. A more on point complaint would be that I simply don't enjoy zombies. For me, the finale might be problematic.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 15, 2019 1:56:53 GMT -5
Hodor's demise was one of the most moving scenes of the whole series. And it wasn't because of the CGI. It was because of the character development and just the way that we found out about just why Hodor was Hodor. If you are all anti-CGI, are you also anti-makeup/prosthetics/costumes and all other special effects? I'm not entirely anti-CGI. I guess the overlong CGI battles are what I found so tedious. I imagine for the producers, if they're going to go to the trouble of creating it, it might as well have some duration. After about five minutes of it, I've generally had enough. By contrast, the battle between the dragon and Dothraki versus Jaime, Brom, and the Tarleys was heavily CGI-dependent, as well. I enjoyed that--nice work with the dragon, reminded me of an A-10 Warthog, but I digress. A more on point complaint would be that I simply don't enjoy zombies. For me, the finale might be problematic. Oh, when you said cgi, I thought you were talking about the dragons. The zombies aren't cgi. They use actual ice zombies from Finland. Cheaper than cgi, except when they do large massed armies. Those are cgi.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 7:04:37 GMT -5
Bran -- Hempstead Wright that is -- has a real George Harrison vibe these days.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 15, 2019 10:54:20 GMT -5
Bran -- Hempstead Wright that is -- has a real George Harrison vibe these days. Yeah, he goes off with the lads to a foreign land, finds a mystic guru, and comes back talking about visions and ancient wisdom.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 15, 2019 11:05:25 GMT -5
Please, Bran, do NOT emulate this "dance" step from George Harrison's "Blow Away" music video:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 11:39:06 GMT -5
I quite enjoyed the first episode of the final season. Did a good job of pulling together elements from many past seasons as many various characters whose storylines had diverged as the plot had progressed have started to come back together for the grand finale (and hitting at various subplots that are full of flavor) One more Sunday of setting up the dominos. We got a lot of the reunions out of the way this past Sunday. I really enjoy the one liners from Euron and Qyburn. Excited for the Clegane showdown.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 12:20:50 GMT -5
I was wondering where Brienne (and Pod) were and then saw them in a still from the show. So many characters, some of the major ones were reduced to being scenery.
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