Wasn't Bronn dispatched by Cersei to take out the Lannister boys? Seemed like a big deal in episode 1. Like that's gonna be a scene later on.Quoting Irish (view post)
Wasn't Bronn dispatched by Cersei to take out the Lannister boys? Seemed like a big deal in episode 1. Like that's gonna be a scene later on.Quoting Irish (view post)
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Most definitely will be.Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
I'm sensing a major redemptive arc here, wouldn't be surprised if Jaimie ends up saving the day.Quoting Irish (view post)
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But no way Bronn will actually do this. If anything, he'll end up joining the Lannister Brothers. Poor judgment by Cersei.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
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You're not the first one I've encountered saying this and I don't understand where it's coming from. Bronn is charming, sure, but his whole character is that he's an unscrupulous sellsowrd. Hence that set-up scene.Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
Someone brought up that Tyrion had a line in the first season that if he was ever to be hunted down for money, he'd double it to go back on the person that wanted him killed.
The problem is not with Bronn's character. It's with Cersei's. There is absolutely NO way she would trust Bronn to do this mission. She is far too paranoid. It's the weakest story element of the new season in my opinion and really just feels like they need something for Bronn to do.Quoting Grouchy (view post)
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Didn't Bronn save Jaimie from fiery bbq death in the previous season? A mere sellsword would probably run in the other direction than to face almost certain death to save another.
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You're not much of a mercenary if you let your employer die.
Point taken!Quoting Irish (view post)
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Yep. Before HBO ran out of source material, character choice never felt contrived. Whatever else his faults, Martin knows his characters and it never felt like he was forcing them to fit the plot.Quoting Spinal (view post)
But lately: Tyrion trust Cersei, Winterfell accepts Jaime, Cersei trusts Bronn, etc.
Each of those seem to me to be small violations of character. I still get a kick out of the show and all, but that sorta sloppiness makes Martin's work look shabbier than it really is.
Quoting SpinalI'm in the middle of reading the fourth and five books (there's a fan made combined reading order online called A Feast with Dragons) and Martin's character work is nothing short of excellent. His writing is really addictive as well - I'm sure you know this but every chapter is told from the perspective of one character and contains A SHITLOAD OF INFORMATION spread out in a way that feels completely natural and makes the story progress slowly but assuredly. While reading the last two books I realized that a lot of what we're seeing as flaws in the last three seasons are contrivances that come out of needing such character to be here or there or this storyline to advance up to there without having the right character to do it, so they just take as much from the source material as they can and run with it.Quoting Irish (view post)
I bet the Bronn thing is like that too, some Martin storyline from the last books that they don't really know how to do better so they just call on Bronn, a fun character with a reliable fanbase.
I don't know what Martin thinks of the combined reading method, but I thought it greatly improved the experience. A Feast for Crows is a bit of a slog otherwise, leaving you for long stretches in Cersei's demented mindset and Brienne's largely futile quest, and without Tyrion and Daenerys to spice things up. Reading them together, you can better appreciate the whole.
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Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
Yeah, I really don't know if I'd want to read through excess of a thousand pages, only to then come back chronologically to near the beginning of that novel to read up even more pages on what Tyrion, Daenerys, Jon and Davos had been doing with that time. The combined reading order seemed the less insane option in comparison.Quoting Spinal (view post)
I'm about to finish book 3 and heard about book 4 and not having Tyrion/Daenerys/Jon Snow... I wonder where one can get the combined book which is kind of how it was intended to be anyway, but was just too long.
Even in the books, I can't really think of a mercenary that Cersei would send out on such a mission. Euron Greyjoy is most effective at sea. The Mountain is a bodyguard. Meryn Trant is dead. It'd have to be a spy at this point. I trust the Bronn piece because he is a guy that has no loyalties, but she sure better have The Mountain next to her when he returns.
Just follow this: http://afeastwithdragons.com/Quoting Ezee E (view post)
The only weird part is Jon II in Dance with Dragons which recaps much of the Samwell chapter that precedes it, only from Jon's perspective.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
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Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I tried and tried but couldn't find someone who had uploaded the combined book in EPUB... So, yeah, I just follow that link Spinal provided and jump from book to book in my Kindle.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
By the way the closing chapters of Book 3 are fucking amazing, even if you already know the events from the show. Enjoy!
I just passed that part, there are pages in Jon's chapter which are just the exact same dialogue from Samwell's chapter but with Jon's thoughts instead of Sam's. Weird way to read a book.Quoting Spinal
Perhaps I just skip one of them... probably the Samwell chapter.Quoting Spinal (view post)
They both contain information the other does not. Just skip the repeat part when you get to it.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Well, now you have to start over all the way at the beginning of the first book.Quoting Grouchy (view post)
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Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I was about 75% the way through book 5 when the show passed it, and I stopped being as invested in reading it. Now I don't remember what I've read, so I just decided to start over at book 1, and even though I'm only about 100 pages in, I'm picking up on some foreshadowing and subtle things I missed the first time through. Plus, I remember more of the minor characters better (even though there aren't too many yet).
I heard long about Book 4 and 5 before I finished 3, so I followed an online guide combining both books, and that was a great experience than it would be otherwise, even if it required switching back and forth between two thick books quite a bit lol
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
We're like sponsored by this online reading order. We should be getting paid even if they aren't.
Funny how we just waited a year and a half for this new season and yet the weeks in between episodes feel soooo long.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***