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GoT Season Seven

August_West said:
If you're take on the wire is it has aged poorly because of technology I think you never connected with the genius of the wire.

The themes are MORE RELEVANT today then they were 15 years ago.

But beepers, yeah.
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Thank you for educating me on the genius of it all. I'm not smart enough to catch that stuff sometimes and I need the real experts, like you, to help me out.

That being said, I still thought the phone and beeper technology was cringeworthy through the second viewing a couple years ago.
 
Deepster said:
Thank you for educating me on the genius of it all. I'm not smart enough to catch that stuff sometimes and I need the real experts, like you, to help me out.

That being said, I still thought the phone and beeper technology was cringeworthy through the second viewing a couple years ago.
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Do you cringe when you see a crank phone in Godfather 2?

How about when the horse is pulling a fruit cart down the street. Cringeworthy.

LOL poor @Deepster

Lets take a look .

The Wire
Season 1 - OK that is more cops and bad guys scenario. But an introduction to the most realistic look at "project life" and the life of the poor ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 2 - The plight and loss of Jobs of the white working class
Season 3 - The most complete look at the War on Drugs (pros and cons of BOTH sides of the criminal vs. legalization) ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 4 - The most complete look at our Education system in Cities and failures of such, that has ever been undertaken on a TV show
Season 5 - Legitimate News reporting and Integrity of reporting vs. Sensationalism and "Fake News" for the sake of ratings and public shock value.

and thats just the broad strokes. Running through the seasons were incredible looks at local/state/ and federal government missteps and corruption

Yeah, the show doesnt age well. None of those topics are relevant in 2017. None of them. Because, yeah, beepers.
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August_West said:
Do you cringe when you see a crank phone in Godfather 2?

How about when the horse is pulling a fruit cart down the street. Cringeworthy.

LOL poor @Deepster

Lets take a look .

The Wire
Season 1 - OK that is more cops and bad guys scenario. But an introduction to the most realistic look at "project life" and the life of the poor ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 2 - The plight and loss of Jobs of the white working class
Season 3 - The most complete look at the War on Drugs (pros and cons of BOTH sides of the criminal vs. legalization) ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 4 - The most complete look at our Education system in Cities and failures of such, that has ever been undertaken on a TV show
Season 5 - Legitimate News reporting and Integrity of reporting vs. Sensationalism and "Fake News" for the sake of ratings and public shock value.

and thats just the broad strokes. Running through the seasons were incredible looks at local/state/ and federal government missteps and corruption

Yeah, the show doesnt age well. None of those topics are relevant in 2017. None of them. Because, yeah, beepers.
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I don't dispute that those topics are still relevant.

And I don't cringe at a horse pulling a fruit cart....but I do cringe at the special effects of the ghosts in Ghostbusters, or the laughable effects of Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard now. Or the "technology" from Rocky IV. Things like that have made those movies not age well. Same with beepers and flip phones in The Wire.
 
Deepster said:
I don't dispute that those topics are still relevant.

And I don't cringe at a horse pulling a fruit cart....but I do cringe at the special effects of the ghosts in Ghostbusters, or the laughable effects of Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza in Die Hard now. Or the "technology" from Rocky IV. Things like that have made those movies not age well. Same with beepers and flip phones in The Wire.
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You are just wrong.

And Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza was one of the most awesome scenes in movie history.
 
OK, let's not derail too much here. Back to GOT. I've got nothing. Go.
 
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August_West said:
Do you cringe when you see a crank phone in Godfather 2?

How about when the horse is pulling a fruit cart down the street. Cringeworthy.

LOL poor @Deepster

Lets take a look .

The Wire
Season 1 - OK that is more cops and bad guys scenario. But an introduction to the most realistic look at "project life" and the life of the poor ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 2 - The plight and loss of Jobs of the white working class
Season 3 - The most complete look at the War on Drugs (pros and cons of BOTH sides of the criminal vs. legalization) ever undertaken on a TV show
Season 4 - The most complete look at our Education system in Cities and failures of such, that has ever been undertaken on a TV show
Season 5 - Legitimate News reporting and Integrity of reporting vs. Sensationalism and "Fake News" for the sake of ratings and public shock value.

and thats just the broad strokes. Running through the seasons were incredible looks at local/state/ and federal government missteps and corruption

Yeah, the show doesnt age well. None of those topics are relevant in 2017. None of them. Because, yeah, beepers.
giphy.gif
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intlzncster said:
OK, let's not derail too much here. Back to GOT. I've got nothing. Go.
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I have wanted a toilet bowl with a wall-mounted, hanging water-tank and pull chain ever since I saw Michael execute two people in Godfather I. That is technology that needs to be brought back. Indeed, it has been brought back. I found one on a a restoration hardware website and I am thinking of installing it in my guest bathroom.
 
I have wanted a toilet bowl with a wall-mounted, hanging water-tank and pull chain ever since I saw Michael execute two people in Godfather I. That is technology that needs to be brought back. Indeed, it has been brought back. I found one on a a restoration hardware website and I am thinking of installing it in my guest bathroom.
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I've wanted a urinal in the house for years. A friend of mine (passed away) had one in his house, a normal nice bathroom but with a urinal too. #CoolestHouseEver
 
John said:
I've wanted a urinal in the house for years. A friend of mine (passed away) had one in his house, a normal nice bathroom but with a urinal too. #CoolestHouseEver
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I have started to think I need one of those too! So tired of my bathroom being designed for female complaints.
 
intlzncster said:
OK, let's not derail too much here. Back to GOT. I've got nothing. Go.
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I don't know what's going to happen in the finale this week, but I want the title of first episode next season to be "Okay Bran, Start Talking."
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I certainly hope that isn't close to what happens. That would be lame. Time travel is such a lazy way to explain all of this.
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The Lost-ization of GOT. Hollywood crapping on a good product. Odds say no, but I never put it past modern Wood.
 
So: will tonight's episode be a thriller, anticlimactic , or both?
Thriller: so much action & behind the scenes plotting that all viewers are foaming at the mouth for next season.
Anticlimactic: After last week's encounter with the army of the dead, all the maneuvering tonight will seem uneventful
Both: I don't see it

My biggest question (which will be answered by 10:23 P.M.): Will the inevitable tryst of Jon & Dany occur tonight , or be held over as a teaser for the final season?

Anyone care to opine on how tonight's episode fades to black?
 
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I am in Canada. I just realized that HBO GO doesn't work in Canada. What am I going to do? This is awful. Pure awful.
 
I am in Canada. I just realized that HBO GO doesn't work in Canada. What am I going to do? This is awful. Pure awful.
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How does the app not function if you have wifi?
 
SubbaBub said:
His US cable account won't work in Canada.
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Ah, he has Go, not Now. I switched. Live HBO was completely useless to me, all I'd ever do is DVR things. With the NOW app, it costs the same or less and I can watch anything they have at any time.
 
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