08-21-2022, 10:30 PM
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#21
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Bump, it aired tonight.
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08-22-2022, 02:00 AM
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#22
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I enjoyed the first episode...tons of potential
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08-22-2022, 06:29 AM
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#23
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Did anyone with Crave have issues logging in last night? I get it free via Shaw but I got kicked out and couldn't get back in.
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08-22-2022, 07:01 AM
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#24
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: 403
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Crave wouldn't load until after 8pm for me. I'm assuming it was overloaded.
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08-22-2022, 07:47 AM
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#25
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Had an idea!
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Well one episode in, its already better than season 8 of GoT.
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08-22-2022, 08:08 AM
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#26
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Definitely lots of potential, solid vibes, lots of good scheming.
My wife was pretty shook by the
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08-22-2022, 08:08 AM
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#27
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Good story building and acting, looking forward to the next episode.
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08-22-2022, 08:33 AM
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#28
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A welcome return to the smartly-written intrigue of the first few seasons of GoT. Lots of conflicts established without overwhelming with dozens of characters and houses. Coulda given the more gratuitous gore and porn a miss, but I guess part of the success of the franchise is offering something for the 20-something dude-brah demographic.
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Did anyone with Crave have issues logging in last night? I get it free via Shaw but I got kicked out and couldn't get back in.
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I thought it was just us. We watched the show but couldn’t log in afterwards. Looks like something weird happening with Crave accounts.
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08-22-2022, 11:40 AM
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#29
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Definitely dryer at parts, but clearly better written, than the last few seasons of GoT.
I also had a lot of trouble with Crave. Was getting video errors on my laptop. Then on Telus, I couldn't find it in the directory.
Eventually found it around 7:30 PM in the Telus directory and watched it that way without any issues.
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08-22-2022, 01:04 PM
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#30
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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I'm a pretty big fan of incest and mariticide (edit.. i guess it's Uxoricide). This show is right on point!
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08-22-2022, 04:47 PM
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#31
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#1 Goaltender
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Well one episode in, its already better than season 8 of GoT.
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Already better than season 3-8, so that's good. GoT coasted a long time on 2 good seasons, it just took until 7 for people to realize they weren't gonna get a handle on it again (kinda like Lost).
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Definitely lots of potential, solid vibes, lots of good scheming.
My wife was pretty shook by the
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You should watch The Boys, that's nothing
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08-22-2022, 05:27 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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I was a bit skeptical when this started with like 5 minutes of narration but was invested by the end. Definitely felt like old GoT with the music, high production value, a cast of complicated morally ambiguous characters, and over the top sex and violence.
I hope the writers don’t fall into the prequel trap of an over reliance on references and copying plot points from the original.
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08-22-2022, 06:50 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Already better than season 3-8, so that's good. GoT coasted a long time on 2 good seasons, it just took until 7 for people to realize they weren't gonna get a handle on it again (kinda like Lost).
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Seasons three four and six are excellent too.
Anywho, great start. The last minutes minutes were fantastic and set the stage. The brilliance of the first series was the rich depth of characters, where you'd go back to watch episode one and see all this people who were just in the background to start become huge pieces.
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08-22-2022, 09:00 PM
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#34
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Anyone who thinks season 3-8 sucked, just doesn’t like game of thrones. I’m not even sure why you’d bother watching HotD.
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08-22-2022, 10:14 PM
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#35
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Anyone who thinks season 3-8 sucked, just doesn’t like game of thrones. I’m not even sure why you’d bother watching HotD.
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1-2 were excellent
3-4 were good
5-7 were cringey
8 was terrible
Watch a random episode from seasons 1 or 2. Then immediately watch a random episode from seasons 5-8. You’d have to be blind drunk not to notice a dramatic decline in the quality of the writing - especially the dialogue.
I’m watching HotD because I’m hoping it will be like GoT seasons 1-4, and not 5-8. So far, so good.
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08-22-2022, 10:30 PM
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#36
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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I think this series was actually originally initiated be GRR, as in he selected and hired the writers and director and was working on it with them under his own initiative before he took it to HBO, which bodes well for the writing and characters.
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08-22-2022, 10:33 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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1-2 were excellent
3-4 were good
5-7 were cringey
8 was terrible
Watch a random episode from seasons 1 or 2. Then immediately watch a random episode from seasons 5-8. You’d have to be blind drunk not to notice a dramatic decline in the quality of the writing - especially the dialogue.
I’m watching HotD because I’m hoping it will be like GoT seasons 1-4, and not 5-8. So far, so good.
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No way.
I'd argue it was at its pinnacle with season 6, thanks to the excellent climax that actually carried some weight and paid off the plotline around kings landing. Then the writing quality tanked.
Really, 1-6 was anywhere between "like" and "love".
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08-22-2022, 11:38 PM
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#38
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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The Sand Snakes in S5 were the start of GoT's decline. It somewhat recovered in S6 with the Sparrows but then went off the rails and fell flat in S7 and S8. Feels like the writers were great at adapting GRRM's first 3 books, but struggled with the next 2, and completely flopped the unwritten conclusion.
I'm optimistic for HotD since GRRM finished the story and is involved in the production.
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08-23-2022, 02:56 AM
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#39
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Lifetime Suspension
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Yup. Pretty solid first episode. That should whet peoples' appetites to return to this universe.
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08-23-2022, 06:25 AM
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#40
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Looks like they have a solid budget for this show as the effects were top notch for the most part.
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