Game of Thrones

[SethMode]

I'm glad I watched them all early, I have HBO GO so I can watch the ones that have aired whenever I want. Definitely plan on refreshing on episodes 3 and 4 before next weekend.

Yeah, at this point I kind of wish we had done the same. We have HBO Go as well, and it's been super hit-or-miss for us connection wise, so it was nice to have another option.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Yeah, at this point I kind of wish we had done the same. We have HBO Go as well, and it's been super hit-or-miss for us connection wise, so it was nice to have another option.

Are any of you using HBO Now (the other app on Apple TV)..I noticed a lot of framerate drop and slowdown. I always wait until at least 2 hours after airing regardless of the app.

[SethMode]

Are any of you using HBO Now (the other app on Apple TV)..I noticed a lot of framerate drop and slowdown. I always wait until at least 2 hours after airing regardless of the app.

Don't know anyone using Now, but it is literally the exact same problem for me and my cousin on Go. Lady and I tried to watch The Rock at 3PM on a Wednesday and still had issues. My cousin has had less issues at weird times, but still basically has resigned herself to watching GoT on Monday or Tuesday.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Crap...Judge Judys council is getting decimated. She's far too complacent for someone trying to become Queen. She was on some endless tear building armies and freeing slaves now she's bogged down in stupid mistakes and backlash. I assume at the pace this season is going Tyrion and her won't see each other till the last episode.
Not complaining but this televised season is quickly adding up to me jumping and reading the books because their simply don't seem to be enough episodes left for all these introduced storylines.

Anyways I think Ringworm and OldMan Ackerman are both dead. Maybe worm survives but I agree it's kinda odd to have him saved from a slit throat. However we left with Tywin getting pierced and maaaybe surviving to having his funeral in the season previews. So don't think he survives. But friendzone is still around. If he ,Varys and Tyrion actually make it to her side now you've got something.

[MrBill]

I'm wondering how much longer Cersei can abuse her power as Queen Mother before her son throws her in a tower. I would normally say that the lady sleeping with the king has the upper hand but Cersei would sleep with her sonephew in a heart beat if it benefitted her interests.

[SethMode]

Crap...Judge Judys council is getting decimated. She's far too complacent for someone trying to become Queen. She was on some endless tear building armies and freeing slaves now she's bogged down in stupid mistakes and backlash. I assume at the pace this season is going Tyrion and her won't see each other till the last episode.
Not complaining but this televised season is quickly adding up to me jumping and reading the books because their simply don't seem to be enough episodes left for all these introduced storylines.

Anyways I think Ringworm and OldMan Ackerman are both dead. Maybe worm survives but I agree it's kinda odd to have him saved from a slit throat. However we left with Tywin getting pierced and maaaybe surviving to having his funeral in the season previews. So don't think he survives. But friendzone is still around. If he ,Varys and Tyrion actually make it to her side now you've got something.

LOL! Dude, the books will not fix that problem. The books are in some kind of extra layer of dangling plot thread hell. Couple that with the fact that he claims it will only be 7 books (it was originally only going to be 3...then 5...then 6...now 7....but his partner has already joked that she won't be surprised it he ups that to 8...) and the books likely will only serve to make you MORE crazy. The thing that I like about the show is that shit that was just fucking BRUTAL to get through in book 5 has been wrapped up in a little less than an episode. For example: Tyrion's last act in book 3 is killing Tywin. He's not in THE ENTIRETY OF BOOK 4 (1000+ pages) and then it takes him like 600 page to get to Jorah in book 5, and his last activity in book 5 is Jorah planning just to TAKE HIM to Dany. It's a mess. Meanwhile, we're done with 4 episodes of S5 and he's already on his way there.

As for "OldMan Ackerman" haha....this interview certainly makes him seem like he's definitely gone. I thought that they showed that bit last week with Tyrion commenting/making eye contact with the Red Priest as kind of a setup to bring someone back to life like Thoros did Dondarion in S3 after the Hound killed him. Especially considering Barry is still alive and playing a rather pivotal role in the books. But this makes him seem deader than dead.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/01/ser-barristan-dead-thrones

Grey Worm, who knows...but his character is so not interesting to me, so whatever. Overall, I know that the showrunners and GRRM himself had already said it, but now it seems even more obvious that while he claims he gave them notes for the end, they're very different things. The changes at this point are so significant it's changing just gigantic parts of the overall story the books tell (personally, as my first paragraph kind of attests to, I think for the better).

[MrBill]

Decent episode tonight. Had it not been for the dragon's in the opening scene, I would have not liked it as much. The storyline is really dragging out in season 5

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Decent episode tonight. Had it not been for the dragon's in the opening scene, I would have not liked it as much. The storyline is really dragging out in season 5

This is a ridiculously non eventful season. We are in the same place now as we were in ep1. I've rescinded this season as a wash and hope next year brings something comparable to s3/4.

[MrBill]

This is a ridiculously non eventful season. We are in the same place now as we were in ep1. I've rescinded this season as a wash and hope next year brings something comparable to s3/4.

The fact that Tyrion was on screen less than 5 minutes and his storyline is probably the one most likely to be a catalyst to the events at hand is frustrating to say the least.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

The fact that Tyrion was on screen less than 5 minutes and his storyline is probably the one most likely to be a catalyst to the events at hand is frustrating to say the least.

Did I actually hear dragon queen say she was going to marry that doofus ?? Its been all down hill since she got laid again.

Harking back to previous episode I thought it was interesting the way Stannis said Ned Stark was too noble for the rumor (John being his bastard) I guess he knows the truth as well.
At this point Im pondering not watching any more eps until the finale than marathoning.

[Houston]

The fact that Tyrion was on screen less than 5 minutes and his storyline is probably the one most likely to be a catalyst to the events at hand is frustrating to say the least.

Stannis just began marching towards the Boltons leading into to a battle for the North. Why would you think Tyrion is the catalyst for the main events this season?

[SethMode]

I don't know if it's the fact that it is moving things along faster than the books or what, but I've been really enjoying the hell out of this season. I like that it seems to be back to slowly building things, and I've enjoyed some of the exposition quite a bit.

[MrBill]

Stannis just began marching towards the Boltons leading into to a battle for the North. Why would you think Tyrion is the catalyst for the main events this season?

Because Daenerys+Dragons+Tyrion's counsel>>>Stannis and his army.

It seems to be a lock that the Bolton's go down as they are despised by even the people that serve them.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I don't know if it's the fact that it is moving things along faster than the books or what, but I've been really enjoying the hell out of this season. I like that it seems to be back to slowly building things, and I've enjoyed some of the exposition quite a bit.

People who have marathoned seem to be enjoying it more. Just got two omg texts from people running through all the episodes thus far. Maybe the lag has something to do with it I'm waiting aaaaaall week just to see Huckleberry Lannister still on a row boat.

[SethMode]

People who have marathoned seem to be enjoying it more. Just got two omg texts from people running through all the episodes thus far. Maybe the lag has something to do with it I'm waiting aaaaaall week just to see Huckleberry Lannister still on a row boat.

I could definitely see that. It's similar to how any time I've watched The Walking Dead as it is broadcast, I've been bored out of my skull and felt like nothing happened, but anything I've marathoned, I've really enjoyed.