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  1. You have two types of Thrones people. Those that have read the books and in doing so, are loyal to the original story and annoyed by the direction the TV series take. Or those that enjoy the TV series for what it is without any knowledge of the books. As long as we all have a hole in our arse, we will probably continue to disagree. I wouldn't knock you for your opinion but I wouldn't agree with it. Personally feel the majority of people love the TV adaption well enough on it's own merit.
  2. I wasn't going to wait for this exact reason. Thursday to Monday is a bloody long time to try and avoid any kind of spoilers as far as GOT is concerned. I'd rather watch it and see everything unfold without any inklings at all. Like @Fairy In Boots said, no chance I'm ruining it for anyone until Monday has been and gone, but what I would say is the copy of it that I downloaded was brilliant so I don't feel I've dipped out not waiting HD. The episode is about 64mins long. Set's it up nicely for Episode 7.
  3. I thought one of them was going for sure. The thing is we are that far into it now with certain characters from both sides coming up against eachother that it's leaving the audience torn as to who they want to see alive or dead. I could imagine many have been wanting to see the dragons let rip but on the flipside, Jaime and Bron are well liked.
  4. I thought it was Bron that saves him. I'm actually more intrigued as to what Tyrion is thinking now. He was watching the carnage unfold with a 'What the fuck have i done' expression, almost as if he's backed the wrong horse with Dany going as mad as the Mad King. What with his failed plan with Casterly Rock, there looks to be some cracks in that alliance. As for Jaime, I'm glad he's survived although part of me thinks if he was to die, that would have been the best way to go out. Blaze of glory.
  5. Ok guilty. I couldn't help myself. I caved and watched it. Decent copy to be fair, although as @RandoEFC and @Cicero said, your experience of watching Thrones is greater in HD. And if you have surround sound, it must be even more amazing. It's easy for me to say now but my advice is to wait. Will be worth it. Not saying fuck all till others have watched it and are commenting next week because I'm not that guy, but I agree with @IgnisExcubitor, it's fucking intense and the best episode of the series.
  6. Lucas

    Work/Jobs Thread

    I work for a Freight Train operator based inside Southampton Docks so deal with a lot of shipping containers and trains. I work Day/Night shifts, 12 hours at a time. It's good pay for what I do (compared to some people out there in the real world) with little pressure, and I get a fair bit of time off as we sort of work to a 4 shifts on, 4 shifts off pattern. But, I do feel like I've become complacent in my role and have lost the impetus to test myself further. Perhaps it's because things are too easy for me or I've now got to the state where change unnerves me.
  7. I read an article on this where the showrunners actually explained the reasoning behind it. It's actually a call back to Season One. Not that I can remember but Ned Stark said to Arya that one day she will be a lady and get married to which she replied "No. That's not me" When she see's her direwolf, she obviously wants it to come back home with her and be a loyal companion. But the direwolf, recognising her, doesn't want that as "That's not her", it's clearly moved on doing it's own thing and leader of a pack. So by Arya saying "That's not you" to her direwolf, even though she's kinda heartbroken, she realises that the wolf is only doing what she would do if she was the wolf.
  8. Lucas

    Boxing

    Bit surprised to see Carl Frampton's fight has ended up on Channel 5, what went wrong for him there? I thought they only screened bums.
  9. I've seen us linked with Elphick. That is one that could happen. I'd probably take him as well although I wish it was Chester.
  10. Automatically onto a winner simply because he has to better than that shit for brains carthorse Moreno. That bloke is about as much use as a one legged dog trying to bury a turd on a frozen lake.
  11. I disagree. I think Bruce has been quite astute bringing in experienced players to be fair. Aston Villa have a huge squad, which still contains a lot of young players. Inexperience at times, was a contribution to their downfall last season, particularly when they tended to concede late goals. They gave far too many points away from winning positions. He's creating a good balance. When you add in your John Terry's, Glen Whelen's and Elmohamady's for example, you are also blending them with your Hogan (25), Kodjia (27), Hourihane (26), Lansbury (26), Johnstone (24), Grealish (21) etc. The only thing I'd say about Villa is, perhaps they have gone too OTT that they are extremely top heavy in certain departments and it will be hard to keep everyone happy. For this league, their squad is huge. Most sides that go up, are promoted because they have pretty much kept the same nucleus of players over the course of the season, which in turn creates a great team spirit. That could work against Villa if they don't find that and try to please too many players, but it's better to have options than not.
  12. I was a little disappointed this wasn't the case too given the route they eventually took, especially as the start was so gripping because of such action. I actually think they missed a trick with The Colonel's character (Woody Harrelson). I've seen him play a bad guy before in Out of the Furnace and if he was portrayed as sinister as that, I think it could have potentially set up a great altercation between him and Caeser.
  13. Oh yeah, my bad. That's a shame.
  14. Yeah, I'd say it was 'steady'. I guess you assume with only 7 episodes. it's going to chug along at a ferocious pace but it was pretty much how all the opening episodes to each season are in the main. A focus on all the main players in the game. But great to be back. My thoughts... (Spoiler alert. Don't open unless you haven't watched the first episode)
  15. War For The Planet Of The Apes - 8/10 Andy Serkis deserves an Oscar. There's no getting around the power of his performance in this, the conclusion of the prequel Apes trilogy of films. In Rise, he portrayed the character of Caesar as a fast-maturing ape who was learning to grapple with his human side. In Dawn, we say that humanity firmly take hold after what was left of his peaceful ape habits began to fade. Now, in War, like Anakin Skywalker, his goodness is in constant battle with his darker side, and the result is at times chilling. But this is what makes Caesar as a character, so compelling. The film starts off really solidly. Action from the word go, fantastic scenery, and an absorbing plot which runs along at a fluent pace keeping you firmly absorbed for the first hour or so. After being teed up nicely, the second half of the film doesn't quite reach the high expectation levels set from the start for me. And I would also say that the film was a little longer than it needed to be given the direction in which they took it. However, that said, it is still more than enjoyable. If you liked the previous two, you will enjoy this film. Best compliment I would say is that film trilogy's have a habit of starting strong then getting weaker but in this case, the third film is as good, and probably a little better, than the first for me.
  16. 2 year loans are quite rare aren't they? Bayern have done very well out of that.
  17. Storts dangling that bait out big time for Danny to chomp on but even Stevie Wonder would see that one coming. You could never write them off. They play good football and are more than capable of finishing in the playoffs as they have done once before. Granted, they wouldn't be amongst my favourites but equally, I wouldn't be surprised if they did it.
  18. I want to see this. Without giving too much away though, would you say this is better or worse than Drive? (which I loved)
  19. Had a long weekend Stag do in Berlin. Brilliant trip. Some cracking stories but kid you not, the weirdest thing to happen was have a bloke naked in the park, wanking at us with his thumb up as we went by on the beer bike. Odd.
  20. Lucas

    Cricket

    Hasan was a great find. Four consecutive three wicket hauls. What an impact he made on the tournament.
  21. Life Seen a lot of mixed reviews on this one but I have to say I thought it was a decent Sci-Fi thriller. I thought it was one of those films that has you hooked and whizz's by before you know it. I really enjoyed the palpable sense of tension the film created throughout. And it's unpredictable twists from start to finish. I certainly didn't see a couple things coming, which were brave moves by the directors. I don't want to elaborate anymore for fear of giving away spoilers but if you like a bit of tension with your sci-fi, it's worth checking out.
  22. Lucas

    Cricket

    Too easy for India. The final had better be competitive or Pakistan can get fucked.
  23. Lucas

    Cricket

    So frustrating. Pakistan were brilliant in all areas. I'd actually say, that's one of the best showings I've seen from them in the field as well because they can be quite sloppy. England really let themselves down today because they just didn't adapt to the conditions which favoured the Pakistani's more. Performance with the bat was poor. If Pakistan could make the runs they did in 40 odd overs, there's no reason why we couldn't have. We just seemed far too defensive and paralysed when we lost wickets. And by the time we got the ball, there just wasn't enough runs on the board to defend and put pressure on Pakistan batting to even give us a chance. But what can you do. This England team has come on leaps and bounds in the past year or so. We've gone from playing negative cricket and getting tonked to playing an exciting brand, pretty much regularly scoring 300+ with the bat and winning most of our one day format games. We agonisingly lost a Twenty20 final down to one man's brilliance in the last over and now having won three games convincingly, we've bowed out to an upredictable mercurial Pakistani team. That is one day cricket. Any team can beat you on the day and unfortunately the one time we were off colour, we were made to pay. Hopefully this bunch will taste success sooner or later in an ICC tournament because we're certainly deserving of it. Good luck to Pakistan in the final. I just hope if it's India they play, they don't capitulate and make the final a complete non event.
  24. Lucas

    Cricket

    The only way England can win this game now is to bowl Pakistan out. Simple. And to do that we really need to have at least 5 wickets pegged before they get 130-140 on the board. I was hoping we would really rip into them from the off and have at least two wickets down in the first 10 overs but so far Pakistan have started well. It is theirs to lose now and that's the most disappointing thing.
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