Yes. I already said this up thread, but it was an awful sword fight compared to previous fights in the series. Previous fights always sold a sense of realism. This was all choreography for choreography's sake, with the dude dancing around, blocking 5 guys from all sides. He should have been dead 50 times.

I thought it was some silly Assassin's Creed shit. This series has had some epic sword fights where the characters really looked like they were going for it and which had a sense of realism to them. This was a guy waving swords around himself and parrying people from behind he could never see. Looked over…

Hardy is supposedly a dick too. It's a shame as he's a great actor and likes dogs, but whatever.

He probably would if he didn't have his daughter. But his daughter seems to keep him grounded.

It's not working out, I guess, but I don't think Lorretta Lynn's oevre fits those four themes. Her songs are usually acts of contrasting reality against an ideal form of love. At her best she was always really good at writing anti-Love songs. Not songs that are against love, but songs that assert the reality of…

Oh God, this made me laugh.

Yeah, I was really underwhelmed by the resurrection. Hoping GRRM does it differently in the books.

My idea is this. The Nightwatch Commander has died and been resurrected, but the spirit of his dire wolf has entered his body. Him can speak to the dogs, him can run like a dog, well fast, but also he does the dirty stuff that dogs do as well. Like, he suddenly couldn't control himself and just do one. I would…

Big showdown between Jon/Ramsey seems too obvious for this show. I feel like they'll deflect somehow. Then again, the major characters who, if they were to meet would probably totally have it out, are probably going to have to meet and have it out at some point. It's been 6 seasons after all.

I thought it was kind of anticlimactic, mainly because: (1) the fan theories about how it would happen were way better than what actually happened and (2) having Mel responsible for Jon's ressurection kind of validates her burning Shireen at the stake, doesn't it? Confirming her fucked up world view after that is…

I though they were going to go a while longer too, but they didn't, which seems in stride with the general pacing of this season and the last. Which makes me curious.

Well this is Star Wars. Imagine, for example, if James Earl Jones had said, "Yeah, I'm playing this kid Luke Skywalker's father. We have a kind of troubled relationship."

Is it just me or does Joanna Lumley now look younger than Jennifer Saunders?

He's a bastard and/or broken thing. So, yeah, he'll survive. In this show being fat,illegitimate, illiterate, missing fingers, or somehow outside the norm means you'll live forever. Even Theon's odds probably went way up now that he doesn't have a dick.

It's a whole genre of movie. Google rape-revenge. Or don't. But it's not just something that was done in 70s grind house films. It's a pretty common trope all around.

Never pay attention to reviews, but holy shit this show has been on for 6 years. I still think of it as new. Maybe because I quit watching after season 3, although not because I disliked it. Just lost interest.

Yeah, it's really good. Downloaded the FLAC, though. Tidal seems fine, but I bought a 300 dollar flac player just last year so screw that.

I can see those critiques, but I don't mind them because (1) the film works regardless and (2) it has a solid cast of characters, even if its story isn't terribly original and relies on one too many coincidences. It seems to me like the fate of TFA will ultimately be determined by the quality of its sequels. If they…

I'm from Minnesota. We have nothing now. Nothing!

The Current (local MN station) is playing his song, "Sometimes it Snows in April." So fitting.