Game of Thrones & GOT Spinoffs

samson1701 said:
Ugh ... wayyy to dark. Made it really hard to make some things out. Nonetheless, great fucking episode. I'd have paid to see that at the theaters.
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Thump said:
There are literally a half-dozen articles online about complaints of how dark it was, makes me think the director of the episode should have gone back an looked at how Peter Jackson filmed the Helms Deep scene in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
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ColiBreh1 said:
Wow, I didn't have that issue at all. I'm gonna chalk up that not being an issue for me because I did my research & made sure my current TV had good black levels before I bought it years ago.

With the HDTVs I had in the past, I often had the same issues @samson1701 described when I watched dark scenes in movies & TV shows. It's not an issue with my current TV, so much so I completely forgot that watching dark scenes on a TV with bad black levels (or maybe the picture settings aren't calibrated correctly) is almost unwatchable.
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I just saw this clip:

Game of Thrones fans can and will find plenty of reasons to feel outraged over an episode's embrace of darkness. Viewers kicked, screamed, cried, and begged for comfort after watching the "Rains of Castamere" episode from season 3, better known as the installment featuring the Red Wedding. Audiences once again felt their stomachs churn when Prince Oberyn Martell got his brains bashed in during season 4's "The Mountain and the Viper," and felt a similar feeling of dread when Shireen Baratheon was burned alive on the season 5 episode "The Dance of Dragons."

While watching the third episode of season 8, titled "The Long Night," fans took to social media to air their latest grievances about the show. Now, while the practice of criticizing on Twitter is nothing new for the Game of Thrones fandom, the April 28th episode elicited a rather unique, highly specific complaint. According to fans, the episode was just too dark, in the most literal way.

Not long after “The Long Night” began, Twitter exploded with complaints about how dark the much-anticipated battle sequence was. For many, the episode was nearly unwatchable because the lighting was so dim.
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Looks like the folks defending the Cinematographer & Director are on the same page with me.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
Wow, I didn't have that issue at all. I'm gonna chalk up that not being an issue for me because I did my research & made sure my current TV had good black levels before I bought it years ago.

With the HDTVs I had in the past, I often had the same issues @samson1701 described when I watched dark scenes in movies & TV shows. It's not an issue with my current TV, so much so I completely forgot that watching dark scenes on a TV with bad black levels (or maybe the picture settings aren't calibrated correctly) is almost unwatchable.




LOL, I always thought it was ridiculous AF the selective fake outrage from SJWs when Sansa & Cersei got raped in past seasons (I've never considered that season 4 Jamie & Cersei church sex scene next to Joffrey's casket rape because the scene was obviously consensual in the books. I guess folks wanted Jamie to pull out a consent form so it can be more obvious that the sex scene onscreen is supposed to be consensual.) despite all the fucked up shit that has happened on the show that they were OK with & never complained about.

The most asinine thing about the fake outrage over the Jamie & Cersei church sex scene is literally the next episode, their was a scene at Craster's Keep where the Night's Watch rouge mutineers were raping Craster's daughter-wives in the background. There was absolutely no outrage over that scene. None.
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Yeah no tears for Theon when they cut off his dick. No tears for those boys being burned alive hell no tears for babies being eaten.
The selective outrage is laughable at this point
 
samson1701 said:
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ColiBreh1 said:
LOL, I always thought it was ridiculous AF the selective fake outrage from SJWs when Sansa & Cersei got raped in past seasons (I've never considered that season 4 Jamie & Cersei church sex scene next to Joffrey's casket rape because the scene was obviously consensual in the books. I guess folks wanted Jamie to pull out a consent form so it can be more obvious that the sex scene onscreen is supposed to be consensual.) despite all the fucked up shit that has happened on the show that they were OK with & never complained about.

The most asinine thing about the fake outrage over the Jamie & Cersei church sex scene is literally the next episode, their was a scene at Craster's Keep where the Night's Watch rouge mutineers were raping Craster's daughter-wives in the background. There was absolutely no outrage over that scene. None.
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The Dark King said:
Yeah no tears for Theon when they cut off his dick. No tears for those boys being burned alive hell no tears for babies being eaten.
The selective outrage is laughable at this point
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Don't forget about Robb Stark's pregnant Wife being stabbed to death in the stomach during the Red Wedding. No outrage for that. Thank god the scene where Khal Drogo consummates the marriage with Dany happened in the series premiere before GoT became as popular as it has or we would never have heard the end of it.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
I just saw this clip:




Looks like the folks defending the Cinematographer & Director are on the same page with me.
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Yeah, I'm not buying it. I get that it may have been an artistic choice. It would still be a shitty call.
ColiBreh1 said:
I just saw this clip:




Looks like the folks defending the Cinematographer & Director are on the same page with me.
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Naw, I'm not buying any of it. If it was an artistic choice, it was a bad one. Audiences want to see the action. Especially, on TV's, laptops, tablets and smartphones all at varying streaming quality. That's how people consume content these days. To make content, that is specifically created for the home market, only viewable under optimal conditions with no warning of the calibrations needed, is kind of disrespectful to the intended audience.

That's like me mixing a client's song to sound good on my semi-pro monitors then telling him, "Fuck you, get better speakers or headphones if you want this mix to sound good." Obviously, that wouldn't fly. I have to make sure that song will sound good on crappy earbuds and computer speakers as well as top end monitor systems. That's the job.

I watched it, at night, in a dark room on my 42" plasma. Part of the reason I keep my old plasma is because nothing does blacks like it. OLEDs maybe, but I'm not dropping that kind of cash on a TV just yet. Now, my set isn't calibrated. I'm going to do that and see how much better it makes things when I rewatch the episode. But, as I stated earlier, I shouldn't have to.

Also, I use the HBONow app on my Amazon Fire stick to watch it. Far as I know, (I could be wrong or this may have changed) HBO only puts out 720p to stream. I wonder if people who use traditional cable got a better experience?
 
samson1701 said:
Yeah, I'm not buying it. I get that it may have been an artistic choice. It would still be a shitty call.

Naw, I'm not buying any of it. If it was an artistic choice, it was a bad one. Audiences want to see the action. Especially, on TV's, laptops, tablets and smartphones all at varying streaming quality. That's how people consume content these days. To make content, that is specifically created for the home market, only viewable under optimal conditions with no warning of the calibrations needed, is kind of disrespectful to the intended audience.

That's like me mixing a client's song to sound good on my semi-pro monitors then telling him, "Fuck you, get better speakers or headphones if you want this mix to sound good." Obviously, that wouldn't fly. I have to make sure that song will sound good on crappy earbuds and computer speakers as well as top end monitor systems. That's the job.

I watched it, at night, in a dark room on my 42" plasma. Part of the reason I keep my old plasma is because nothing does blacks like it. OLEDs maybe, but I'm not dropping that kind of cash on a TV just yet. Now, my set isn't calibrated. I'm going to do that and see how much better it makes things when I rewatch the episode. But, as I stated earlier, I shouldn't have to.

Also, I use the HBONow app on my Amazon Fire stick to watch it. Far as I know, (I could be wrong or this may have changed) HBO only puts out 720p to stream. I wonder if people who use traditional cable got a better experience?
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Saw this other clip where the cinematographer blames the issues on the shirts compression quality because so many people were trying to watch the episode episode at the same time:




Fabian Wagner says 'weak' streaming service is partly to blame, but adds that the show has also 'always been dark.'
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Samson1701 - I bought a Samsung 4K over Thanksgiving 2017 . . . it was on sale because it was not the newest Smart Ultra Hi-Def model at the time but rather the 2016 model I assumed. Hit up your Walmart online store and see how affordable this 40 inch Samsung 4K Smart TV is . . . its a great value as I only paid $350 tax included. I still want the Vizio M-Series 55 inch 4K but I keep procrastinating so maybe this fall over Thanksgiving lol

Verizon FiOS provided me an immaculate viewing experience last weekend . . . and their 4K box only just came out so I still have the HD 1080p Verizon FIOS bx from years ago . . . spectacular picture & sound for "Game of Thrones" and I really recommend FIOS to all! I once went FIVE months without paying my bill no BS . . . try that with Comcast lol
 
Young Herschel said:
Samson1701 - I bought a Samsung 4K over Thanksgiving 2017 . . . it was on sale because it was not the newest Smart Ultra Hi-Def model at the time but rather the 2016 model I assumed. Hit up your Walmart online store and see how affordable this 40 inch Samsung 4K Smart TV is . . . its a great value as I only paid $350 tax included. I still want the Vizio M-Series 55 inch 4K but I keep procrastinating so maybe this fall over Thanksgiving lol

Verizon FiOS provided me an immaculate viewing experience last weekend . . . and their 4K box only just came out so I still have the HD 1080p Verizon FIOS bx from years ago . . . spectacular picture & sound for "Game of Thrones" and I really recommend FIOS to all! I once went FIVE months without paying my bill no BS . . . try that with Comcast lol
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Thanks for the advice. But, I'm holding out for a 75" or larger 4k, OLED for less than $700. I don't need it to be a smart tv. Just be a quality set with a great picture.
 
Anyone hoping like me that Lord Varys wakes up and remembers that he is more than a potted plant this Sunday??

Advise Queen Daenerys to fly down to Dorne and replenish her food supply and troop levels . . . or at least go as her emissary and make inquiries to the powers that be down in Dorne as Varys did before with Ellaria Sand. Remind Dany that she has distant relations in House Dayne of Starfall at the very least and that the worse they could say is no we are no longer interested in the Iron Throne . . . our royal aspirations are too attenuated in both time and space.

A royal visit to Starfall would be a plausible ingress to gaining some military allies in Dorne . . .plenty of produce and livestock unharmed by the harsh effects of the Westerosi winter as well as a substantial number of ground troops numbering in the thousands!!!
 
Young Herschel said:
Anyone hoping like me that Lord Varys wakes up and remembers that he is more than a potted plant this Sunday??

Advise Queen Daenerys to fly down to Dorne and replenish her food supply and troop levels . . . or at least go as her emissary and make inquiries to the powers that be down in Dorne as Varys did before with Ellaria Sand. Remind Dany that she has distant relations in House Dayne of Starfall at the very least and that the worse they could say is no we are no longer interested in the Iron Throne . . . our royal aspirations are too attenuated in both time and space.

A royal visit to Starfall would be a plausible ingress to gaining some military allies in Dorne . . .plenty of produce and livestock unharmed by the harsh effects of the Westerosi winter as well as a substantial number of ground troops numbering in the thousands!!!
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Varys is going to die in the next 3 episodes. The Red Woman told him he would die in the strange land of Westeros, like she.

I have a feeling Dany is going to call on Dario Noharis with the troops she left behind in Mereen, because their army will definitely need to be replenished.

I also have a feeling Dany doesn't survive to the end of the show. They're setting it up pretty nicely for Sansa and Dany to square off and Dany is looking a little more "mad" and not listening to her advisors (she didn't take Tyrion's advice to keep the Tarlys alive).

I think Jon Snow will be forced to kill Dany to either avenge Sansa's death or protect her.

I also think the Iron Throne will be destroyed, because Jon Snow has zero interest in being a ruler.

On an aside, I don't care if no one else agrees with me, but I LOVED how they ended the Night King. It was swift and refreshing after all of the fighting during that episode.
 
ColiBreh1 said:
Is this really needed?:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/...2/game-of-thrones-for-the-throne-album-stream
Today (April 26), to heighten the show’s final season, Columbia Records and HBO have released 'For the Throne,' a compilation album filled with music inspired by the cultural phenomenon of a show.
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This is the 2nd Hip-Hop GoT soundtrack that HBO has put out. Why??!! I've always liked the GoT score, especially the House Lannister theme music. Why don't HBO put out the score soundtrack instead.
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Music video dropped today:

 
Young Herschel said:
Anyone hoping like me that Lord Varys wakes up and remembers that he is more than a potted plant this Sunday??

Advise Queen Daenerys to fly down to Dorne and replenish her food supply and troop levels . . . or at least go as her emissary and make inquiries to the powers that be down in Dorne as Varys did before with Ellaria Sand. Remind Dany that she has distant relations in House Dayne of Starfall at the very least and that the worse they could say is no we are no longer interested in the Iron Throne . . . our royal aspirations are too attenuated in both time and space.

A royal visit to Starfall would be a plausible ingress to gaining some military allies in Dorne . . .plenty of produce and livestock unharmed by the harsh effects of the Westerosi winter as well as a substantial number of ground troops numbering in the thousands!!!
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Well . . . well . . . well I had only hoped lol. I'm hoping we get to see this new Dornish Prince that Lord Varys mentioned tonight . . . could it be the Bloodroyal of House Yronwood or the Lord of Starfall ~ Edric Dayne?

I'm just glad that even passing mention was made to Dorne . . . I'm just hopeful it will be meaningful
 
I'm calling it now . . . out of a sense of family, duty, honor . . .










Arya is traveling south to close the beautiful eyes of . . .








Queen Cersei? NO!!! Queen Daenerys!!!!!!!!!!
 
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darkcurry said:
And just like that The Mad Queen Has Arrived.








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Why does HBO treat their audience so stupidly?? After killing Missadei why would Cersei restrain from killing all of them by commanding the soldiers to open fire on that paltry number of Unsullied and their Queen Daenerys???

It's well established that Varys and Tyrion know that there are secret passageways into the Red Keep . . . remember how Tyrion escaped? So if HBO doesn't have Grey Worm and his men use these secret passageways into the Red Keep . . . just like when they snuck into Mereen and Casterly Rock . . . they have 0 respect for our intelligence
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Is anyone thinking like I am or even wondering just a little . . .








whether Daenerys was betrayed by Varys last night by how unawares caught she was by the Iron Fleet of Cersei Lannister? This is now the third time that a successful naval attack has been carried out by the Iron Fleet
 
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