maqroll Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I agree with Zatman, the Arya storyline has gone cold for me. I don't care about the two faced god and her little struggle anymore. And the abandoning of the Brienne storyline kind of deflates the whole notion of having a storyline. But despite it's flaws, it's a show that can still dazzle. The ending scenes in the last 2 episodes were awesome, in the real sense of the word. Isn't the many face God guy not the lad who taught her how to sword fight He is that lad, but he's turned into a bit of a sanctimonious bore, not quite the renegade ninja hero he was in King's Landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) So...anyone getting the sense that the show will end, allowing Martin to churn out more material, but subsequent visual material will be strictly film releases? Edited June 10, 2015 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 eh? Jaqen and Syrio Forel aren't the same person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'd have thought HBO own a good chunk of his material, including the rights to away prequel stuff or spin offs, doesn't mean they won't do TV movies or mini dramas in the fashion of john Adams / Mildred Pearce or game change though rather than a 7 series 10 episode thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And Jaqen 1st meets arya when she is travelling to the wall in the 2nd series I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 eh? Jaqen and Syrio Forel aren't the same person hard to keep track innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I was going to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) It is a theory that Syrio is Jaqen, but I don't buy it myself. In the books, the guy who teaches Arya the ways of the Faceless men isn't Jaqen. Well, I suppose it COULD be, but the TV show changed that part. In the books I don't think his identity is given, just that he is portrayed as an old man. Edited June 9, 2015 by Ginko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Can't see it. Syrio was in KL too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The unsullied are not close quarters fighters. They are experts on the battlefield. This. The whole thing is a metaphor though, isn't it? The US military is the finest fighting force the world has ever seen, they have more resources than anybody else on the planet and technology which is years or even decades ahead of what their enemies have. Remind me: How did they do in Afghanistan against a bunch of rabble with 60 year old rifles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Agreed. I know the general rule of TV and films is that if you don't see someone die, there's a good chance they're not dead, and that could still be the case with Syrio, but I think it might have just been a bit of an oversight and something they didn't feel was important enough to wrap up. If he had survived you would have thought his name would have been brought up again in King's Landing, and the fact that Meryn Trant is still alive doesn't bode well for Syrio's fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Also the unsullied were never meant to be bodyguards. They're a battlefield fighting force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The outrage about the girl burning, the rape scenes, etc are pretty hilarious. If you're so outraged you should stick to Birds of a Feather or Downtown Abbey. I don't think it's the acts themselves (the rape/burning etc) that people have been bothered about. It's more that some people are saying they have been badly written in the context of the characters, either the perpetrator or the victim. In other words, done for the shock value and not for the good of the story. Exactly. Donnie - rather than that moronic sly dig, try reading what people write. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Agreed. I know the general rule of TV and films is that if you don't see someone die, there's a good chance they're not dead, and that could still be the case with Syrio, but I think it might have just been a bit of an oversight and something they didn't feel was important enough to wrap up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I agree with Zatman, the Arya storyline has gone cold for me. I don't care about the two faced god and her little struggle anymore. And the abandoning of the Brienne storyline kind of deflates the whole notion of having a storyline. But despite it's flaws, it's a show that can still dazzle. The ending scenes in the last 2 episodes were awesome, in the real sense of the word. Isn't the many face God guy not the lad who taught her how to sword fight He is that lad, but he's turned into a bit of a sanctimonious bore, not quite the renegade ninja hero he was in King's Landing He walks around like a drugged up 70s prog rocker and talks like a cross between Clement Freud and Yoda. What's he on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 http://imgur.com/a/8k6ky Episode 9 recap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 haha the dany scenes were great ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I agree with Zatman, the Arya storyline has gone cold for me. I don't care about the two faced god and her little struggle anymore. And the abandoning of the Brienne storyline kind of deflates the whole notion of having a storyline. But despite it's flaws, it's a show that can still dazzle. The ending scenes in the last 2 episodes were awesome, in the real sense of the word. Isn't the many face God guy not the lad who taught her how to sword fight He is that lad, but he's turned into a bit of a sanctimonious bore, not quite the renegade ninja hero he was in King's Landing He walks around like a drugged up 70s prog rocker and talks like a cross between Clement Freud and Yoda. What's he on? Bad dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I agree with Zatman, the Arya storyline has gone cold for me. I don't care about the two faced god and her little struggle anymore. And the abandoning of the Brienne storyline kind of deflates the whole notion of having a storyline. But despite it's flaws, it's a show that can still dazzle. The ending scenes in the last 2 episodes were awesome, in the real sense of the word. Isn't the many face God guy not the lad who taught her how to sword fight He is that lad, but he's turned into a bit of a sanctimonious bore, not quite the renegade ninja hero he was in King's Landing He walks around like a drugged up 70s prog rocker and talks like a cross between Clement Freud and Yoda. What's he on? 'bout tree...tree fiddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 http://imgur.com/a/8k6ky Episode 9 recap The dorne parts actually make more sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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