Game of Thrones, Season 8 (spoilers allowed)

The main argument against Cersei winning is that it wouldn't be a true ending. Someone else would rise up to take her out, possibly from within. One assumes the showrunners want more finality than that, and I think that's more than fan service.

Agree with those who feel the writing has been sloppy and rushed. The past season and a half have been really reminiscent of the worst parts of The Walking Dead -- characters either making stupid choices to put themselves in peril or writing that doesn't seem secured in real motives for those characters.

 

Starbuck's cup left in one scene. Pretty funny.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/07/hbo-removes-coffee-cup-from-games-of-thrones-scene/

 

I think somebody brought it up previously on the thread. I watched that part of the episode again last night and it was still there.

 

Same. my GF and I had our usual Monday re-watch, and the coffee cup was still there.

On re-watch, BTW, I liked this episode slightly more.

Euron utilizing Aegis Baseline 10 with Standard Missile-4's is still disconcerting (I didn't even know we had an Foreign Military Sales Case with Westeros), but "improbable shots which hit home" have always been a staple of Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

 

I re-watched Sunday's episode last night on HBO Go using earbuds. That's the first time I've ever watch an episode that way. I was stunned at the amount of background noise I picked up - glasses clinking, animal sounds, fire cracking. I've never noticed it when watching TV. It was pretty cool. When I first started catching it, I took my earbuds out a couple of times thinking something was going on outside then realized it was on the show.

 

Those bolts were the equivalent of three 20s in a row in D&D, especially that last one to the throat.

 

A 0.0125 percenter.



"So you're saying there's a chance!"

 

Dungeon master: [Spends four weeks designing awesome campaign]
"OK guys - we're off .... Hey look - there's a dragon who you will surely be spending the next few Saturday nights hunting and trying to find a way to defeat it."

Archer: "I'm going to shoot at it with my long bow!"

Dungeon master: "It's a full grown dragon, a few hundred yards in the air. Are you sure you just don't want to wander into town and ask some questions first?"

Archer: "Fire away!"

DM: "Fine. Roll a D20."

Archer: "*20*"

DM: [flips to a chart]. "Fine. Roll again."

Archer: "*Another 20!*"

DM: [Looks annoyed] "OK. Roll again."

Archer: "*Another 20!*"

DM: [Looking really annoyed ... flips to a chart .... flips to another chart] "GOD DAMN IT!"

 

Oddly enough, that scenario is very close to my one and only time playing D&D. I had to roll some insane 20 combination to shoot a dragon in the eye; I did it; then the goober in charge of the game mumbles something and says I still lost. I got up and left.

 

Looks like the great Cup of Starbucks has met an untimely demise at the Lord of Edits

HBO Edited The Starbucks Cup ’Mistake’ Out Of ’Game Of Thrones’ Scene

 

That was literally posted on this page.