Game of Thrones Catch-up Machine
March 31, 2015 8:45 AM Subscribe
With the new season of Game of Thrones less than two weeks away, you may benefit from the Game of Thrones Catch-up Machine, courtesy of lovereading.co.uk.
Oh, sweet summer child. It is known: recaps are as useless as nipples on a breastplate, they are for sweetlings for whom words are mere wind. You must needs perform the metatextual analysis that is your houses' birthright, to keep the darkness of the showwatcher at bay, for the night is dark and full of ignorance.
Put down that boiled leather. The following will serve : do I presume too much to suggest that you might have - some - reading- to - do?
posted by lalochezia at 9:08 AM on March 31, 2015 [7 favorites]
Put down that boiled leather. The following will serve : do I presume too much to suggest that you might have - some - reading- to - do?
posted by lalochezia at 9:08 AM on March 31, 2015 [7 favorites]
You forgot the neeps
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:12 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:12 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
neep neep neep
posted by lalochezia at 9:15 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by lalochezia at 9:15 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Am I the only one who felt the last season was just miss-able filler except for maybe a couple of episodes?
posted by rancher at 9:46 AM on March 31, 2015
posted by rancher at 9:46 AM on March 31, 2015
I'm fine with the plot. I'll use the internet to brush up on the plots and theories (ie Tyrion is a Slaver Bay immigrant, aquatic god, which explains why he made the drains of Casterly Rock operate properly) once the sixth book comes out. Do you hear me, Martiiiiiiiiii*sob*
posted by ersatz at 9:47 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ersatz at 9:47 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Is this where I post all of the Game of Thrones is imminent internet things I've been finding?
Because Summer is Coming.
And we really needed this Princess of Thrones crossover (tv spoilers).
posted by sparklemotion at 9:52 AM on March 31, 2015
Because Summer is Coming.
And we really needed this Princess of Thrones crossover (tv spoilers).
posted by sparklemotion at 9:52 AM on March 31, 2015
Am I the only one who felt the last season was just miss-able filler except for maybe a couple of episodes?
I enjoyed the whole season, but it's true that there was a lot of foot-dragging as we waited for character X to get to location Y. The books can choose to ignore a given character for a much longer period of time, but the TV show can't, so we get the endless 'check-ins' with characters whose arc won't really get going for another season.
Yet I'm very optimistic about the upcoming season, because finally - FINALLY - they've said that in some storylines they'll be moving past the currently existing books and 'spoiling' the upcoming ones. That will mean, hopefully, that the pacing will fit the rhythms of TV much better.
posted by showbiz_liz at 10:04 AM on March 31, 2015
I enjoyed the whole season, but it's true that there was a lot of foot-dragging as we waited for character X to get to location Y. The books can choose to ignore a given character for a much longer period of time, but the TV show can't, so we get the endless 'check-ins' with characters whose arc won't really get going for another season.
Yet I'm very optimistic about the upcoming season, because finally - FINALLY - they've said that in some storylines they'll be moving past the currently existing books and 'spoiling' the upcoming ones. That will mean, hopefully, that the pacing will fit the rhythms of TV much better.
posted by showbiz_liz at 10:04 AM on March 31, 2015
(Also I saw Arya's new costume and it looks rad)
posted by showbiz_liz at 10:05 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by showbiz_liz at 10:05 AM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
The books can choose to ignore a given character for a much longer period of time, but the TV show can't, so we get the endless 'check-ins' with characters whose arc won't really get going for another season.
Do you think Gendry is still in his rowboat?
posted by SpacemanStix at 10:29 AM on March 31, 2015 [6 favorites]
Do you think Gendry is still in his rowboat?
posted by SpacemanStix at 10:29 AM on March 31, 2015 [6 favorites]
(Also I saw Arya's new costume and it looks rad)
LINK?
posted by Night_owl at 2:12 PM on March 31, 2015
LINK?
posted by Night_owl at 2:12 PM on March 31, 2015
New Arya costume. This... MIGHT constitute a spoiler, I guess. It's just an image of the outfit.
posted by showbiz_liz at 2:14 PM on March 31, 2015
posted by showbiz_liz at 2:14 PM on March 31, 2015
Am I the only one who felt the last season was just miss-able filler except for maybe a couple of episodes?
Ah, so like the last couple of books.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 2:25 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ah, so like the last couple of books.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 2:25 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Not nearly as helpful or amusing as the episode summaries at Gay of Thrones.
posted by markkraft at 2:46 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by markkraft at 2:46 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
... which, incidentally, had the best Game of Thrones summary there ever was or likely ever will be, thanks to an amazing cameo. (Spoilers, for those who aren't up-to-date.)
posted by markkraft at 3:00 PM on March 31, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by markkraft at 3:00 PM on March 31, 2015 [4 favorites]
@markkraft -- That was completely awesome. I can't believe i didn't know these existed!!
Also "blonde Cher" made me actually guffaw
posted by das_2099 at 3:11 PM on March 31, 2015
Also "blonde Cher" made me actually guffaw
posted by das_2099 at 3:11 PM on March 31, 2015
... which, incidentally, had the best Game of Thrones summary there ever was or likely ever will be, thanks to an amazing
Holy shit, that was fucking hilarious.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:45 PM on March 31, 2015
Holy shit, that was fucking hilarious.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 8:45 PM on March 31, 2015
I'd watch the adventures of Tilda Swinton, Baby Kristen Stewart, and Dog the Bounty Hunter for sure.
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:02 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:02 PM on March 31, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sesame Street presents: Game of Chairs. I wonder how old some of their viewing audience will be by the time the books are done.
posted by maudlin at 12:04 PM on April 6, 2015
posted by maudlin at 12:04 PM on April 6, 2015
"It looks like you choked, Choffery"
I never knew that Grover could be so cold.
posted by sparklemotion at 12:20 PM on April 6, 2015
I never knew that Grover could be so cold.
posted by sparklemotion at 12:20 PM on April 6, 2015
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