"Skilled in the arts of both combat and deception, the Waif once claimed to be the daughter of a Westerosi lord who joined the Faceless Men after her stepmother tried to poison her while playing the Game Of Faces with Arya Stark"
I feel like that sentence could've benefited from some restructuring

Well, with all that Orc raiding, it's not like they leave those sperm banks as the only buildings unpillaged and standing

Hm, while the people who greenlit the film likely did so unaware of the entirety of the franchise thinking this would be a World of Warcraft film, this is undoubtedly a film based off of the first Warcraft game and not WoW, regardless of what those Hollywood execs thought/intended. So I'd guess his point is that 3-5…

Far from impossible, I'd say. You just can't simply translate them fluidly from game to cinema. All you really need is (for lack of better word, I'll use the one people have been throwing around in describing Duncan) visionary of a story-teller behind the helm who gets that.

Pretty much. When they have a really negative opinion of something, reviewers can get too into stylizing that opinion in their writing, which ends up making them come off as asses.

What season did Jill get ousted? Stopped watching a long time ago but am looking forward to marathoning it all one day (one main reason being her character).

You can if you've got the most extremely capable story-tellers doing it, but yeah, for the most part it was the right choice to start at the beginning. Here's to hoping that the crossover fans of the game franchise can support this cinematic universe until it gets to its best story-telling territory.

Indeed, the one thing I can be sure of is that some Arya action with Needle and her reunion with Jon (which is bound to be at least 5x more endearing than Sansa's reunion) will be more rewarding than any way this whole storyline can be justified/salvaged.

Ah, that's an interesting thought. As in line as it is with the whole Faceless Men thematic though, I think I'd prefer if Syrio and Jaqen remained separate entities. They have two different kinds of charm. Also considering the existence of a headquarters like the House of Black and White and the plain definition of…

Though if Jaqen accepts her even after abandoning that assassination, maybe there is some flexibility in the whole indiscriminately killing people clause. Not to say there wouldn't be a bunch of other iffy aspects to this whole network of Faceless Men if it turns out that way though. Heck, even now, just from the Waif…

So somehow something that shows great humor and character development occasionally is something that people shouldn't be able to stand. What's up with peeps like you who intentionally make a reprehensible original comment just to get someone to respond so you can revise your initial expressed opinion with an "okay,…

Mm, that's interesting, as it brings up another curiosity I had: how it seems like the time it takes to view a scene from the past is congruous with its real time duration. Obviously, the juxtaposition of the breach happening in the cave and Bran looking through the Weirwoods was mostly for drama's sake (Bran being…

Hmm, you're offering a lot of good points, and hopefully the show itself with provide some explicit clarification next week!

Man, was it so obvious they were doing the "that's actually the reporter" bit the second Richard walked into the room, and man was I so peeved about it because this show fucks over the Pied Piper crew over and over again just to keep the story in a relatively static state for comedy's sake. Really glad things became…

Does it make sense to automatically factor in Bran not waking up as a part of this casual time loop though? I mean, if Bran warging into Hodor is the start of the loop, shouldn't he have woken up from not being in contact with the Weirwood anymore the instant he did that? Or maybe the moment he unwarged from Hodor,…

Is there a reason why Meera couldn't get Bran to cancel his vision by removing his hand from the Weirwood?

Just a small tinge in retrospect to not only this episode but everything else he's done in the show. In the context of this episode, or just recent events in general, I think it's more appropriate to place the blame on 3ER though? If he's so goddamn wise, why would he not just straight-up tell Bran the consequences of…

Sansa/Jon but not 3ER/Bran???

He gets his own spin-off based on adventures in Sothoryos and Ulthos

Ah, my bad, thought you were talking about Tarantino for some reason.