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i took you for a different kind of 8ball user
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didn't he say marketing? anyway, OP, when you're not even out of school, i'm not sure you should be referring to yourself as a 'business professional'
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not cool, however, is how i was just watching a video on youtube about some thug-speaking toddler, and as i scrolled down to read the comments, someone typed (for no apparent reason) what i suspect to be a spoiler for this weekends episode. that or he's just trolling, which i certainly hope is the case guys, don't read any comments on the internet
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bold part: where do you see me saying this? i'm not really sure that's what i meant. as for the Jaime thing, i think i must be missing something with Arya and Sansa, because with the exception of the very recent hint for something more, I have no idea what Sansa has really done in the show. Arya, for the most part, has been towed along. i don't think i said that these things are BAD, contrary to that I think Arya's story is totally engaging, but not because of what she does, or what she says. jaime has gone through a lot: he raped, he killed, lost a limb, crippled a Stark, been kidnapped, been freed, been in love, fallen out of love (sort of?), and he is literally called a kingslayer. he has done a lot and been involved in a lot, and we have seen his attitude change in the process. and we know he is a powerful person not only because of his actions and ability, but also because of his name and intelligence. so yes, i think even when jaime takes a back seat in the narrative (or is bossed around by Tywin), we can really expect anything, because he has done everything. Sansa and Arya have spent most of the show being towed around by older, more intelligent, stronger men. done very little, say very little, and that's sort of it. i think and hope this will change soon, though
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maybe i wasn't clear with what i meant by "unravel deeply," but i think Tony would be a perfect example of a character unraveling. there just is no resolve, or re-building. his issues and personality are very literally unraveled and teased apart throughout the duration of the show (through his analyst). but i do agree that he doesn't have a specific arc throughout the show. if anything, the series basically proves how troubled he is as an individual and how sociopathic he can be. but the show around him, and the characters around him, are just oozing with arcs and development. but he is the focus, because he is the man of action in the show. it is a character driven story far more than it is a plot driven one (perhaps why the ending was so perfect, as frustrating as it was). and i don't disagree that GRRM could very well have "something to say" about this at the end. i totally admit that many of the characters (male AND female) have potential to be great or good or even interesting, but i just don't think many of them have been so far. i do get what you're saying, I guess. but I do think a character like Jaime is really well done, not just in season 3. he has gone through a pretty consistent shift throughout most of the series. Baelish, too, is a good character because he's intelligent, sneaky, and has the (apparent) ability to shift the plot on a whim. not many others are like that. i do totally object to saying "we" enjoyed Dany so much in S1. I have thought her character was nearly unwatchable through the entire series. her dialogue makes me cringe, and while I do love Arya's plot, I don't remember ever enjoying her as an individual in the show, let alone in S2 specifically none of that even really matters in terms of enjoyment though. Tywin is my favourite character, but come on, he's basically just cruelty personified. not really a whole lot going on there. we like what we like
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yeah, clooney really messed up on that one. i think Goodnight and Good Luck is a great little movie, and Ides of March was pretty good too. seems weird that he would drop the ball so dramatically on this one--which i think could have been a good story. in other Clooney related news, though, he's just signed on to star in the newest Coen Bros movie titled "Hail Caesar!" with Josh Brolin. which i am already super psyched for based on that news (and the title) alone
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monuments men: couldn't even finish it/10. had no problem with the story, but something was seriously wrong with the editing or something. just seemed to move way too slowly. bad music. wanted to like it, but couldn't
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and i don't mean that to sound like some criticism of the show or something, i don't mean it to be. you can't have 15 'main' characters and have them all unravel deeply. i'm enjoying the show much more than most i've ever watched. i just think of a 'great' character as tony soprano, don draper, etc. not sansa stark.
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probably just a case of different strokes then. i like Arya's story, and i think sansa's has picked up as well. i wasn't trying to suggest that the female stories aren't interesting, i just don't necessarily care about whether many of them live or die. but i think Arya's character is pretty much static. does that make her a BAD character? not imo, but it certainly doesn't make her a good one. she's basically like one and a half emotions spread out over 10-15 minutes of screen time a season. most of this time is devoted to reiterating her desire for revenge and being a mild comedic foil to the Hound (naive optimism vs. relentless cynicism) as for sansa, I don't think a character arc makes a character good (its a pretty basic aspect of every narrative you can name), and i don't think sansa's is even defined yet, let alone "a hell of one" -- both of these characters are only valuable because of their names, not because of their action, not because of their intelligence, not because of ability or even agency. they are just products of their environment and the story that moves without them, not because of them (both have potential to change this). Baelish is a fantastic character because he has the intelligence and agency to change the story on a whim--maybe he will pass this off onto sansa, but he hasn'tt yet. the way you praise them seems entirely hinged on what COULD happen, not what has happened. the desire for vengeance doesn't make a good story; it's the action of vengeance that does. sansa has started to play the game--as we know from like 30 seconds of screen time. what does it mean? we don't even know yet, so i'm not really sold that it necessarily means anything if sansa and arya (or even danerys and malesandre) died in the next episode, i have absolutely no idea how anyone could consider them good, let alone great characters. they may develop into something more than they are as the show goes, but what they are now isn't much imo. a lot of talk, little movement. they benefit from viewer anticipation. character development is slow as molasses in this show, except for two or three people. this is basically one of the many reasons i grew tired of the books after the second. why waste the time on 3500 pages on sloth like movement? the show is simply better. anyway, i agree that a character doesn't need control to be great, but i do think great characters have agency, have intelligence (or humour), and should be active in the narrative. a lot of GoT characters talk about being these things, but don't actually do anything. so for that, i think the plot and world (and Martin's shameless deus ex machina love) make the show engaging, not many of its characters
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\ i'm not gonna censor anything here for TS or anyone else who isn't caught up, so don't read if you don't want the red wedding spoiled i was pretty disappointed by the wedding. i have no idea what sort of websites you read or people you talk to where this sort of thing was a gendered reaction, but catelyn was by far my favourite female character in the show--which isn't saying much given the selection. and pretty much all of the speculation i had done (before i had it spoiled!) involved Robb to some degree, too. i didn't think they were fringe characters at all, or maybe i just had higher hopes for the Starks ofc i agree that that sort of reaction is totally idiotic (TS's included), but i get why people would react dramatically to it. i thought about the Oberyn thing, obsessively, for LITERALLY DAYS after it happened, and i found that character totally annoying. yet i found myself talking about it constantly with anyone who would listen. i probably would have lost my sht during the red wedding too, had it not been RUINED FOR ME. when/if it happens again, im not gonna shut it, sry
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i havent seen it since it came out, but i thought she had her head on his shoulder and all of that. maybe i'm mistaken, either way i thought the ending was totally safe and conventional. yall just trippin
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you're being very forgiving. the movie literally ends with them cuddling and watching a sunset together, doesn't it? that's one epilogue away from a wedding ceremony as far as i'm concerned
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i don't disagree about Gilly, sometimes i can't tell if she's a good actress playing a total county bumpkin type peasant, or if she's literally as dumb as she looks IRL and that's just her being her. but i guess i've just never had any issues with it because she's never on screen for very long. i do think they are a bit excessively sentimental, but i actually find it believable. sam acts like every friend-zoned fat dude i've ever known, i think its totally believable that he would say those silly things don't really have any reason to dislike Ygritte TBH, i just really didn't like any of that part of the plot in season 3 with the wildlings and Snow, so i think i'm just resentful over that still.
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apparently i do not know anything, because i actually don't mind the Sam/Gilly thing. maybe i just feel sorry for Sam, idk i agree though that the CGI looked good. probably even better than much of LOTR, which i think has super dated CGI at times (especially almost any scene featuring Legolas fighting, yikes) was a bit disappointed that they let out the wolf and then he sorta just disappeared (unless i missed him after that one kill). wolf carnage is never a bad thing
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i thought it was a good episode. but i don't think i enjoyed it as much as some of you guys did though, lol. honestly expected to be clenched up and psyched for it all, but after like 20 minutes i was like OK. i thought the giants were really neat, and when that kid shot that annoying woman. what a relief.
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best dance moves
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what a nice song very obviously ripping off dylan's style, but very nice all the same