luka

Well-known member
its gonna get much worse. i had to tell off a customer the other day. she was trying to tell me julia gillard was ruining the aus economy by introducing too many regulations. like you want your kids to be chimney sweeps.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
how i hate protestantism, the official religion of modern-day capitalism.

It's hardly unique to northern Europe/north America though, I mean look at the Far East - I bet a lot of people there would love to work a 'mere' 40 hour week. Or maybe they wouldn't, I dunno. The famous Japanese work ethic, and all that.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for enjoyable laziness as much as the next right-thinking person.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Enjoying it almost as much on a second watching. Can't help but think the Dothraki feast is probably a bit like Burning Man. Cept they'd probably have DMT-infused tofu instead of a raw horse's heart.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
Yes - is it racist that I cringe every time they call each other ''my moon and stars'' or whatever it is? Oh, and the way they call ships ''wooden horses'' or something.

The DVD is out next week, and I'll probably get it. Just because I want to listen to all the commentaries like a complete geek.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
To be fair, a lot of the 'European' characters have dialogue of a pretty similar standard.

And people do make up funny compound names for things they're not familiar with. The French still call spuds 'earth apples' and the Germans call gloves 'hand shoes'. Lol, silly forriners!
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
*slobbers*

I wish I hadn't seen Peter Dinklage in that 'Station Agent' film. He was excellent in it but now when Tyrion speaks I can hear precisely how dodgy his English accent is.

Tangential point: what is it about the medieval which has such a powerful attraction for nerds? Is it the beards?
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
It's back.

I can't watch it til next week cos I have to wait for my housemate not to be working night shifts. :mad:
 
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droid

Guest
FYI, HBO are showing it a week in advance in a few EU countries on their pay to view service, so you can get the episodes a weke in advance. Just waiting on a chance to watch the first two at the mo.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
Watched the first episode. Gaaahd I love it.

I should have waited until the season ended cos now I can't wait for episode two without gibbering.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
Thanks droid. I've got episode 2 now.

The questions I now have to confront

1. should i sell out my working housemate and watch it before he gets a chance to?

2. should i wait for a high quality video to come out?

I watched the first season in semi-shit quality. Watched the first episode tonight in pristine HD quality on a flatscreen TV and it really made a big difference. You suddenly see how big the budget must be.

3. How much am I willing to pay for a Baelish outfit?

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Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
So, what do we all make of Series 2 so far?

Joffrey Baratheon, fucking hell. That boy needs therapy! By which I mean, a couple of centuries of continuous torture. Can't remember another TV character that's this much fun to hate. That scene with Ros and the other working girl...jesus, actually really chilling.

In fact I'm almost wondering if they haven't overdone Joffrey's evilness a little bit. It's not just that he's evil, he's also clearly as mad as a spoon - people who are cruel and manipulative but at least basically sane (e.g. Cersei) are to an extent predictable because they act in their own long-term interest, but if I were Varys or Baelish I'd be thinking very carefully about how long it might be before Joffrey turned on me...
 

luka

Well-known member
enjoyed it up to the last one which as i said to you was a bit too werido sadoporn for my tastes.
 

zhao

there are no accidents
yer probably right.

conniving, deceitful, back-stabbing middle-management cunts certainly have been around for ever...
 

zhao

there are no accidents
but it seems to me that they took quite a bit of liberty with some of the costume design, if not the hair: some of the outfits, including the one pictured here, have a sharpish, smart and dapper contemporary look, which i'm not certain is exactly historically accurate.

and some of the other stuff like dance moves and what not. yes, first shot of the Dothraki dinner party i yelled "burners!" :)
 
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Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Yeah the costumes look a bit contemporary but they got the dragons and magic spot on, I reckon.

But yes, I made the Dothraki/BM connection too. I also think they're a bit nu-metal. The hill tribes, OTOH, couldn't be any more Monty Python if they went around yelling "Ni!".
 
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