The Glade 4.0

May not appeal to anyone but me, but still:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2011/05/12 ... f-thrones/

I love this opening. The visuals, the music, the geography all laid out. Wonderful.

I hadn't noticed that it was a concave map, though. I'm gonna have to pay attention next time.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Ugh. I'd much rather give Fantasy Flight Games' board game a whirl. It's out of print, though; at least I think they're greenlighting a new run soon.

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I actually enjoyed this week's episode. Intrigue is all well and good, but sometimes a guy just wants to watch people fighting with swords and people getting killed.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Psst.. LK.. might wanna spoiler that for the time shifters...

Eep! Sorry Midge! I'm not used to being one of the cool kids who has to use spoiler tags on their posts.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Don't apologize to me, my memory is so bad I wouldn't remember your post by the time I got around to watching anyway.. I was just worried about the others who might be watching later. =)

Gratz on being cool kid... =)

(Ultimately) Minor quibbles with the Eyrie. But damn that distance shot was pretty, even if it's not how I would have depicted it.

Love the sky cells. I've always considered the Eyrie the most badass castle in Westeros.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

It was never really delved into either way, Nitefox. I can see how one might imagine such a thing, I guess, if one were predisposed to look for it.

The way I look at it, given that GRRM is pretty involved in the project, it's done with his blessing (and maybe even at his behest? I get the impression the writers for the show have access to notes and "deleted scenes" if you will, as they're doing a lot of filling in some things that didn't get screen time in the books), and doesn't conflict with anything we learn later in the books, so I'm okay with it.

That scene was certainly brand new, in any event.

Book spoilers for the end of Game of Thrones/beginning of Clash of Kings:

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Ok, good. I was just making sure that I didn't somehow forget something.

And I agree with your spoiler. That was out of left field.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

This series is really making me want to read the books.

I picked up the first book today to start reading it. The TV series has been excellent, and I've been dying to read something lately.

Regarding Loras...

I totally missed it, but when this episode aired I checked the books, and yeah, there are some definite hints.

I haven't read the books, but I foresee great things from him.

From whom?

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"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

So I found out they put the episodes online on HBO Go when it is aired on the east coast. So I got to watch tonight's episode three hours early. The next episode is on there as well (early premier of the episode), but I think HBO Go is overloaded, because I can't get it to play.

Yeah, that's our problem too...we were stoked about watching next week's episode on HBO GO but we couldn't even get the site to even begin to load...I guess the traffic is probably unreal right now.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

I was able to get it to load after refreshing it a couple times. Awesome episode. The one before it was even better.

I'm shipping the whole "watch next week's episode early" thing because I don't want to be stuck waiting two weeks for the one after that...

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades