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  1. fantastic_four
    When did they hook up? I assumed it was Jaime's kid.
  2. fantastic_four
    Jaime seemed obtuse to me this episode. Why did he feel that his own honor was at stake for Cersei promising to send him to battle the undead? That was Cersei's promise, not his. Her logic is sound to me--they were just about to get their butts whipped by Dany, and the undead saved them from it. If they go fight the undead, once the crisis is over Dany will turn around and kill the Lannisters, so leveraging the situation really is their only chance.
  3. fantastic_four
    Did he say he was instantly aware of everything? I assumed there was a difference between being able to see anything he wants and seeing everything. So he can mentally go anywhere past or present, but he isn't just omnisciently aware of absolutely everything, everywhere.
  4. fantastic_four
    I've re-watched it about five or six times, but I don't re-watch the entire film, just the Hulk and Abomination scenes and any scene featuring Tim Roth. Roth was absolutely scintillating in that movie; most everybody else was just passable. William Hurt was a good General Ross, too. Roth's lust for power was compelling to watch.
  5. fantastic_four
    You're seeing something the critics didn't since the ratings on all three of those films were good. I really don't get the "Incredible Hulk" hate; those Hulk vs. Abomination scenes were sublime. Thor is the least re-watchable of the three, but it was enjoyable. Certainly the critical ratings on all three films blow ALL of the DC movies away with the exception of the Nolan films, Wonder Woman, and the much-maligned but solid and critically acclaimed "Superman Returns."
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    But speculation that a movie is bad is one thing. Constantly hearing about director changes, rewrites, parts being cut, bad internal previews, cast changes, etc. does not seem to plague Marvel. Except for the Gambit movie. It's because fans have little reason to second-guess Kevin Feige. WB had that goodwill with Nolan until he left, but now we've got nobody at WB who any of us are sure can consistently produce quality films, thus the micro-analyzing. We're all hoping Geoff Johns is that guy, but he hasn't proven it yet. If Feige produces a set of four or five stinkers in a row like WB has with every film they've done in the past decade not directed by Christopher Nolan or Patty Jenkins, he'll start getting micro-analyzed, too. We see this to some extent with Marvel in the properties that they don't directly control. Goodwill with the Sony Spider-Man movies was really drying up, and I, too, crucified Sony's bad executive-level decisions that led to most of those failures. The idea of a Sony exec telling Sam Raimi that he HAS to use Venom, Sandman, and Green Goblin all in the same film is absolutely ridiculous. Sam Raimi didn't screw up that film, Sony did by placing restrictions on their director that led to a bad film. Fox started getting the business from fans after X-Men 3, the FF movies, and the first Wolverine film, but they managed to right the ship with X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past, Deadpool, and Logan, so "Apocalypse" being a bit of a stinker hasn't dried up the goodwill yet. But if Deadpool 2 and the next X-Men movie both bomb, all bets are off and expect the industry press and fans to start crucifying them again and the cries of "GIVE THEM BACK TO MARVEL, FOX!" to start over again.
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    If Marvel movies were turning out as bad as the WB movies you'd be hearing the same constant negative speculation that WB is being subjected to. After Spider-Man 3 got panned in 2007 there was about a year of negative speculation, but Marvel getting into the production business starting with Iron Man in 2008 and righting the ship so quickly and so continuously ever since quieted all of that chatter.
  8. fantastic_four
    I would find it far weirder if I were Sansa that he translated his love for for my mom into some sort of attachment to me. Either way any proposed union between them appears to be a proposed marriage of convenience, something most of us also assume is true of Melania Trump. And also for that woman Louise Linton/Mnuchin who entered the news yesterday that's married to the Treasury Secretary pictured below. He's a rich accountant who is 54, she's an actress who is 36, he's a 4, she's an 8...that apparent trophy wife/sugar daddy matchup makes far less sense to me than Sansa and Baelish.
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    I understand the historical thing, but it's the creepiness factor now. She won't be forced into it like most of the past queens were, so what's the problem? Their age difference is about as much as the one between Donald and Melania Trump, i.e. 70 vs. 47. If both sides willingly do it for whatever reason, it's fine.
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    That's been common throughout human history prior to the 20th century. It was certainly a thing during the heyday of the European kings with far more mismatched marriages than the 47 year old Littlefinger and the 21 year old Sansa. That's a 26 year gap, but more than a few kings and queens had gaps ranging from 30-something years up to 50-something years, and this is medieval fantasy, so it seems in play.
  11. fantastic_four
    She had a choice, didn't she? I thought Littlefinger just proposed it as her best option and she ended up agreeing with him.
  12. fantastic_four
    That's an awfully compelling hypothesis. Seems consistent.
  13. fantastic_four
    I guess because we have a God's eye view of him and seen how treacherous he can be. But we've also had that same God's eye view to see him profess feelings for Catelyn. I can't be sure it's actual love and not just him kinda liking her for who she is but liking the Stark name far more, but he has definitely professed a preference for her in scenes where he wasn't just performing for the people around him.
  14. fantastic_four
    Did we see Ghost and Arya meet in the forest a few episodes ago?
  15. fantastic_four
    That doesn't mean he doesn't want Sansa as the queen of those ashes. Not that I'm convinced that he does, I'm just not sure why people widely assume he doesn't.
  16. fantastic_four
    I think is more in line like I can't have your mom I'll just have you instead. That's how I take it as well. Why does that make his intentions towards her devious?
  17. fantastic_four
    I don't think I'm crystal clear on her reason for hating Littlefinger or everyone's assumption that he will screw her over and/or kill her the first chance he gets. Haven't they shown him professing his love for Sansa's mom even when no other significant characters are around? I remember a scene with him and two prostitutes where he's training them to please the king and they invite him to join them but he declines saying that he's saving himself for someone special, with that special person being Catelyn Stark. Is it not possible that he really does have a special place in his heart--if not also his loins--for her?
  18. fantastic_four
    Magic.
  19. fantastic_four
    She's 5' 2"...how big does her king have to be?
  20. fantastic_four
    I watched episode 1 and feel no urge to continue. Mostly it reminded me that I probably never would have watched all of Jessica Jones if not for David Tennant; Kathryn Ritter is a cutie, but her character is bitterly unlikable. Similarly, Vincent D'Onofrio compelled me on with Daredevil; Charlie Cox was fine but not a huge draw. The guy playing Luke Cage doesn't seem loud and strong-willed enough to play Luke Cage...I didn't expect the exaggerated, jive-talking Cage from the comics, but I expected a character who ran his mouth more than they're having this one do. They gave me no reason to care much about Sigourney Weaver's character. Nobody in it is likable enough to compel me onwards. I always thought Iron Fist was a lame-ish character concept in the comics, and wow, that glowing fist was even dumber on screen when I saw it for the first time last night after skipping his series. What kind of punch makes a regular person's body fly backwards several dozen feet without breaking skin and bones? The actor playing him has no screen presence at all, not much reason to like him.
  21. fantastic_four
    Oh, my bad. Love how they demanded it in bitcoin. Is digital currency for criminals the entire reason that thing has been surging of late?
  22. fantastic_four
    Why does their deep pockets motivate the hackers? I didn't hear about them demanding a ransom to not release the material they stole.
  23. fantastic_four
    I wish HBO would just release entire seasons at once like Netflix does. All of these "leaks" would be meaningless if they released the shows that way.
  24. fantastic_four
    You, and a few others.
  25. fantastic_four
    You told me there's a big reveal regarding the white walkers next episode (and that was a very minor reveal compared to the others). NOW I SHALL SPEND THE ENTIRE EPISODE LOOKING FOR THE REVEAL YOU SPOILED! Actually, I won't, but the other reveals were worse. Luckily I'm good at intentionally forgetting things and have already forgotten them, but when the episode reminds me, I shall go "meh" instead of whatever reaction I would have had had those details not been revealed.