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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Bammer wrote:
Bammer wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Just finished a rewatch.
They’ve literally set the table to come back to all of it in a few years. After an arya spin off series
The person pushing hardest for this will be Kit Harrington, when he's hard-up and destitute and can't land any other good roles.

He'll be the latest victim to the "career defining" character that no one can get past, much like his predecessors Mark Hammill, Elijah Wood, Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Paul Gosselaar, and Jaleel White.
Wow this is happening right away. I was thinking it’d be at least a couple years.
Are we sure he's actually a good actor?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
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durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
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The more I think the more I get annoyed.

Why is grey worm dictating to the lords of Westeros about Jon? And how they should proceed with a king(or not?) makes absolutely no sense.
Especially as Sansa explains to him clearly they’ve a far bigger army outside and hell unleashed if jon is harmed.
Then the worm manages to get jon sent to the wall? And they all agree? Even though he has a rightful claim and gendry has an even better claim and they’re both not exactly busy

Uuuggghhh
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
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dimejinky99 wrote:The more I think the more I get annoyed.

Why is grey worm dictating to the lords of Westeros about Jon? And how they should proceed with a king(or not?) makes absolutely no sense.
Especially as Sansa explains to him clearly they’ve a far bigger army outside and hell unleashed if jon is harmed.
Then the worm manages to get jon sent to the wall? And they all agree? Even though he has a rightful claim and gendry has an even better claim and they’re both not exactly busy

Uuuggghhh
Jon didn't want to be king. At no point did he back down or change his mind from that.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
and not a creepy Joshua Jackson guy playing him
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EJ wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
and not a creepy Joshua Jackson guy playing him
Oh shit, now I can't unsee it.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
I totally misread your previous post. I thought you said "on this we disagree."

And I was shocked. I was thinking you might be the first person to ever express that opinion. :lol:
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Euron Greyjoy, more like Urine Greymisery, right?
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
I totally misread your previous post. I thought you said "on this we disagree."

And I was shocked. I was thinking you might be the first person to ever express that opinion. :lol:
I'm sure I have a lot of shitty opinions, but that is not one of them.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
Jesus, Euron... :shake:

the fucking worst
On this we can agree.
Did you really like Euron in the show?
No, he was awful. His writing and performance were both poor. Should have had Victarion from the book instead.
I totally misread your previous post. I thought you said "on this we disagree."

And I was shocked. I was thinking you might be the first person to ever express that opinion. :lol:
I'm sure I have a lot of shitty opinions, but that is not one of them.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They called it "an uncompromising achievement." But the entire last two seasons were nothing if not compromised.
Final season, for sure.
I agree the 7th season compromises weren't nearly as egregious as S8; it was mostly just weird travel/time jump stuff. But the lack of Greywolf, and the continued hackneyed delivery of Euron still sucked.
*I said Grey Wolf but I meant Ghost
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I loved the scene where Euron killed his brother. Didn’t mind the actor, the role was ok. Do prefer Victarion.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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