Red Mosquito

Chris_H_2 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Why are you still watching this show?

i love it with all my heart joe, warts and all.

Informative

People who found the episode difficult to see (too dark) should download some calibration clips and test patterns and use them to check their TV settings. For example:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9FgjT ... sp=sharing

Proper calibration is more in-depth and requires specialized equipment but some of the above patterns should at least get your brightness and contrast settings into the right ballpark.

It's worth noting that many tvs out of the box have a lot processing enabled by default : contrast boosters, "black enhancement" etc. These tend to render a picture which may seem more 'impressive' to the layman but can be very inaccurate and result in crushed blacks etc. Any of these 'vivid' or dynamic picture modes should generally be avoided.

Another common issue is mismatched HDMI levels, where your source (eg laptop, streaming stick etc) is sending a 0-255 signal but your TV is set to 16-235 or vice versa. This will result in a crushed or washed out image. The name of this setting varies by TV. Calibration clips will help to diagnose a mismatch.

Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:Arya killed all the 51 male members of House Frey with poison.
Daenarys have several times killed people (I will answer injustice with injustice), she didn’t know were guilty (guilt by association), or executed those who didn’t want to join her (like the Tarly’s).

Like I said, we have different rubrics/perspectives on this stuff. In a story that deals so much with ambiguity and grey morality, I can find plenty of room for Arya (especially) and Dany. Noble causes may be hollow to some but in the world they've created, I believe they are meaningful. This is all super complex stuff with no easy answers and that's what I like about it. Reducing each character to "killing innocents" or "bad" or "good" is missing the forest for the trees, I think. Or at least, it's not a very compelling argument to me.

Yes, I don't think we'll agree here either. Jaime is no innocent angel, but it's difficult for me to see the reasoning behind him being seen as worse than people with countless lives on their hands, not killed in battle, but just because of what family or class they belong to.

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

Tyrion was a lot smarter when he was having regular sex

Seriously, if they released S8 Ep2 & 3 together in IMAX theaters as a 3 hour feature film event... would you go see it?

100% I would.

Anders wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Anders wrote:Arya killed all the 51 male members of House Frey with poison.
Daenarys have several times killed people (I will answer injustice with injustice), she didn’t know were guilty (guilt by association), or executed those who didn’t want to join her (like the Tarly’s).

Like I said, we have different rubrics/perspectives on this stuff. In a story that deals so much with ambiguity and grey morality, I can find plenty of room for Arya (especially) and Dany. Noble causes may be hollow to some but in the world they've created, I believe they are meaningful. This is all super complex stuff with no easy answers and that's what I like about it. Reducing each character to "killing innocents" or "bad" or "good" is missing the forest for the trees, I think. Or at least, it's not a very compelling argument to me.

Yes, I don't think we'll agree here either. Jaime is no innocent angel, but it's difficult for me to see the reasoning behind him being seen as worse than people with countless lives on their hands, not killed in battle, but just because of what family or class they belong to.

Mecca wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

Tyrion was a lot smarter when he was having regular sex

Backed up from balls to brains.

Mecca wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

Tyrion was a lot smarter when he was having regular sex

You know... that's a fucking excellent point.

Simple Torture wrote:

Mecca wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

Tyrion was a lot smarter when he was having regular sex

Backed up from balls to brains.

There is also that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine stops having sex and becomes a moron (and George stops having sex and becomes a genius).

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

I did watch. I love that stuff.

The nowtv subscription comes with a pack of these videos

My oh says they’re not on YouTube but I can usually find em

Chris_H_2 wrote:i really do like how it came full circle with arya using the dagger that nearly ended bran's life in the first season to save it (and all of humanity) here.

Does that really mean anything though?

Simple Torture wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

Mecca wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

Tyrion was a lot smarter when he was having regular sex

Backed up from balls to brains.

There is also that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine stops having sex and becomes a moron (and George stops having sex and becomes a genius).

No lie, I almost referenced the same episode in my reply post!

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

I did watch. I love that stuff.

The nowtv subscription comes with a pack of these videos

My oh says they’re not on YouTube but I can usually find em

Yeah, I'm watching this on on YouTube right now.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Well..except Tarly

But he has other gifts maybe

The way Sam was handled in this ep was perfect.

You mean improbably survived despite just crying on the ground while the undead swarm around him?

Going back to this... watching the BTS thing I mentioned... the director talks about how at one point they "ran out of stunt guys to throw at" Sam and so he literally (the actor) just sat down and started crying and they thought it was so brilliant that they kept it in.

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

I did watch. I love that stuff.

The nowtv subscription comes with a pack of these videos

My oh says they’re not on YouTube but I can usually find em

Yeah, I'm watching this on on YouTube right now.

The game of thrones exhibit opens in titanic studios in Belfast next month. Where they film it. All the costumes and props.
You fuckin know I’m goin up for that. It’s only a 90 minute drive.

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Have you guys watched the Game Revealed behind the scenes feature yet? If you're interested in the actual craft of making this thing it's pretty phenomenal.

But I have to say one of my favorite parts is Peter Dinklage sort of half-snarkily talking about how stupid it was to put the women and children in a crypt. How no one thought this shit through. He jokes, "Tyrion's smart but I guess not that smart." They way he says it is hilarious.

I did watch. I love that stuff.

The nowtv subscription comes with a pack of these videos

My oh says they’re not on YouTube but I can usually find em

Yeah, I'm watching this on on YouTube right now.

The game of thrones exhibit opens in titanic studios in Belfast next month. Where they film it. All the costumes and props.
You fuckin know I’m goin up for that. It’s only a 90 minute drive.

awesome

Maise Williams is my spirit animal.

"Jon Snow has always been the hero, the one who's been the savior but... it just didn't seem right to us for this moment."

*Charles Foster Kane clap for David Benioff*

durdencommatyler wrote:Maise Williams is my spirit animal.

Looks like that’s it for Arya in terms of big stuff. She says in this clip all her training was leading to this point to kill him. Cersei is someone else’s problem I’d say