Besides the terrible book show translation of Daenerys the problem is that in the books her chapters few and far between. A lot does happen in them but they very spread apart in the books and the show creators instead focusing about half an episode every 3 or four to Danny decide they must include her in pretty much every single episode.
Noah's actions can be understood not as ignoring or attempting to abandon humanity, but on the contrary, as waiting for people to repent until the last moment, hoping that it will overturn the destruction even after it was decreed. It's the reason he entered the ark "because of the waters of the flood". I.e. he didn't do it in advance, but was waiting until the last moment, whether it will end up reverted. The scenarist here provided a negative rather than a positive interpretation.
There is lot's of information in midrashic sources however. For example the most interesting explanation of the events points out that time "has ceased to exist" during the flood outside the ark. I.e. it was not just a catastrophe, but a time anomaly. Such kind of event can be even perceived as "non existent" historically (i.e. untraceable) since it's out of the regular timeflow. That's a very interesting subject by the way (the splitting of time into different flows or other time anomalies), which is discussed in a number of sources.
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Well perhaps I should clarify it a bit, yes things to happen in her sections I mean thinking about what happens is kinda interesting but what is actually delivered in the show seems like a desperate attempt, "hey guys, I exist too!".
Maybe it's the actress or just her delivery but I seriously get put off by the Daenrys sections and her dialogues. 'Edgy' really is the word I can come up with to describe it.
"I am the queen, give me whatever I want", "I will see each and everyone's face" she might as well say she wants to drink everyone's blood.
Maybe it's the actress or just her delivery but I seriously get put off by the Daenrys sections and her dialogues. 'Edgy' really is the word I can come up with to describe it.
"I am the queen, give me whatever I want", "I will see each and everyone's face" she might as well say she wants to drink everyone's blood.
She's very young in the first book, just a teenager. Emilia Clarke doesn't really stand out in the role other than being gorgeous to look at. I agree with Costin that she doesn't have to be in every episode when half of it is her making the interminable journey to King's Landing. I find myself annoyed with Sansa's pouting, even though she has a good reason for it now, but I still think Tyrion needs to slap a bitch.
I fully agree that Danny's actress isn't that great. Passable? Yes sure, but I feel disappointed especially considering they've got so many other good actors for their roles like Jorah, Baristan, the new pick for Daario and Grey Worm and that's not touching the actors for Jaime, Tywin, Tyrion, Cersei, Jon and so on.
People take the piss on George for not having Danny rush to King's landing but it is logical why she would not.
If you think she's going to cross thousands of miles across the sea with just ten thousand unsullied and twenty thousand untrained troops from freed slaves that she has by time she takes Mereen while leaving the tens of thousands of freed slaves who follow her behind the you've got another thing coming.
People take the piss on George for not having Danny rush to King's landing but it is logical why she would not.
Yeah, even though I've lost interest in the show for the most part, I'm still looking forward to a certain event.
Dany is indeed annoying. Petulant, and she's now in the sections where she doesn't have to pay for anything that's handed to her. Then again, this may be what's intended for her. People assume she's an author's darling but I see GRRM making her a teenager who's too big for her britches.
Neither the new Daario or the Viper fit their roles. Kind of disappointing casting choices there. I did really enjoy the Sandor- Arya scenes.
Yeah, Dany is annoying. Also she is kind of all good and shit, while her enemies are evil enslaving bastards, which is boring like hell. "I will look at every face..." Gosh, could you get a little bit more ridiculous please? I really like ambiguity and complexity of Westeros more.
New Daario is still better than the old one. Not a stellar choice, but may be he will be all right. Time will tell.
Arya on a murderous spree is such a sight for sore eyes! Love her. Sandor is great as usual. I love this episode just for this scene.
Yes, it did.Anyone else thought No Man's Land in the last scene?
Only not this screen, but a scenery from Killing Monsters trailer. I hope we'll get in TW3 NML that looks exactly like this, a land devastated by war, dark from fires and ash, with murderous gangs (and monsters) roaming the land.
Well this is what I remembered from memory the actual screen turned out to be a bit differentYes, it did.
I guess these are (somewhat)more accurate
While I do think the old Daario was better, the Viper is perfectly cast in my opinion. I enjoyed his scenes so much, and not because Dorne is my favorite kingdom and I've been waiting for them 4 years to pop up (though that too...). I think the guy has depth and charisma, and great acting skills.
Yeah, I also think Oberyn did quite a good job.
Daario still seems terrible. I'll give him a bit more time to see what he makes of the character but so far I'm not impressed. Completely different from the first Daario but still way off. Did they say anything why they refuse to make him the colorful, arrogant dude that he is? Fear the wrath of TV-Dany fans who'd rage about how their beloved Khaleesi would never like such a man?
I haven't even bothered with the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, even the biggest Marvel fans gave up on it as far as I know. The new movies are really fun and entertaining, though. Sadly, they rarely go beyond that, and there's a lot of unexplored potential thanks to Disney's constraints, but it's astounding how each movie keeps getting better. I expected it to fail the first time I heard about the arc and Marvel's planned timeline (that is now extended to 2026 or something crazy like that... :/)