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I don't think it's a statement about Silicon Valley culture specifically in this case— it's a plot point. Gavin doesn't care what Hooli[XYZ] is doing, because he's decided that any actual research it might produce is totally expendable compared to its value as a way to pump up Big Head's credentials, for the sake of…

There's a recent post-apocalyptic flick from Spain, The Last Days - not a classic, but kind of interesting - but it got my attention right away just for acknowledging that a few months after the end of civilization, all of the men would have beards.

Vonnegut liked the Slaughterhouse Five movie a lot, btw. He said that was one of only two books whose authors should be glad about what Hollywood did with them, the other being Gone with the Wind.

Well, one book plus a set of short stories collected in The Ladies of Grace Adieu; those aren't essential to the plot of the book, but they're mostly excellent.

Nope, pretty much the first thing Slynt did in the books after Jon was elected was to refuse his posting to Greyguard. They haven't really left out much Slynt business from the books except that he spent more time campaigning for himself in the election.

"…aware that Ramsay has been sacking cities": what? He sacked Winterfell, but most people think the Ironborn did that. And he massacred soldiers at Moat Cailin, but those were the Ironborn. The mailing of body parts is something only the Greyjoys know about (Balon wouldn't want to advertise that his heir is now a…

I don't think anyone other than King's Landing insiders would have any reason to know about Slynt's role in the coup, or to think it was worth mentioning if they did. As far as most of Westeros is concerned, Ned tried to depose Joffrey and he failed for the obvious reason that he was massively outnumbered; the fact…

Then again, we don't know if the test is about the clones getting the right answer or not— it might just be measuring what goes on in their brains and bodies when they're trying to think carefully.

I agree that the fight wasn't as well directed as the others, but I get what they were going for: Kingpin doesn't do anything fancy, he just hits you in the face much harder than anyone else would hit you in the face.

I'm not sure I even understand Sava's complaint. It's not just that he liked Leland; he thought the character was important as "a major character from the Daredevil mythos" who would've contributed to the story going forward. Except then he acknowledges that the Owl is probably going to be Leland Jr. instead, so…

He is. But Ward gave him some orders that Coulson didn't know about. In hindsight, while it might make sense to trust Ward a little tiny bit for a limited period of time, sending in Ward's own personal agent who was personally brainwashed by him might not have been the best idea Coulson ever had.

It also explained how Coulson located Kara— her mom mentioned that some people had been asking about her, and Kara told her not to talk to them, but too late.

Sure, that makes sense, her behavior is totally understandable. I was just responding to the idea that it was objectively a good decision based on what Brienne and LF are really able to provide.

I'm not sure it's really been established what Cersei's role is. She could be the Queen Regent, in which case Kevan is out of line, but I don't think that that title automatically goes to the eldest relative— the scene with Ned at Robert's deathbed established that a non-family member could be named as Protector of…

I was really hoping that the dwarf-head-bounty scene would go like this:

And how is Sansa supposed to know any of that? The claim was that Sansa made the right choice, but it wasn't an informed choice at all. We don't even know what Littlefinger is planning, and Sansa doesn't really trust Littlefinger; the few things she does know about him are all awful. How is staying in the middle of…

Besides what knifeyspoony said, Pycelle has also been around a long time— he served three kings before Robert. Someone who outlasts his bosses, and who probably thinks he knows a thing or two by now, is not someone Cersei trusts. She wants someone who owes their entire career to her.

According to the books, yes. However, I don't think any of the characters in the books who are examples of that have made it onto the show. I hope it's OK to mention this on the newbies page, since it hasn't been a plot point at all. For instance the head of House Mormont is Maege Mormont, Jorah's aunt, since her…

Dorne is pretty culturally separate from the rest of Westeros, and was settled by people for whom the Common Tongue was a second or third language, so even though they speak it natively now it makes sense that their accent sounds pretty different.