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[Chris]

@neph93:

I’m still a bit stunned by the experience of watching the episode last night. Not so much the drama and plot twists, although they were great, but the intensity of it. The darkness, horror and fear were omnipresent.

I might have felt the same way if I could've seen anything.

Good call on River Tam, by the way.  Though she's a lot more fun that either Arya or (especially) Bran…

[spitfiredealer]

Yeah it’s a hard episode to actually see what the hell is going on.

The quality that is actually put out on tv now, so we can stream it is bad.
People want shows in a instant and for that we lose the quality.

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[neph93]

I’ve read and heard others complaining about quality. My 4K telly and normal-ish web connection tackled it admirably. Yes it was dark, yes there was squinting, but it was the dark of a medieval night. I felt the creatives made that work for them. There was certainly no bandwidth issues or pixel-vision.

[neph93]

I get GoT through the streaming channel HBO Nordic here. This is the menu screen for The Long Night episode, I thing their copy writer may need a word or two of motivation:

[Chris]

Eh, it's not like anyone's going to be scrolling through the listings and think to themselves, "hmmm, I wonder what this Game of Thrones business is all about?  What's the episode summary say- Arya looks to prove her worth as a fighter?  Nah, I'll skip this one.  Doesn't sound worth the time."

People gonna watch, no matter what that line says.  I wouldn't put in my best effort either.  I'd probably do something even lazier, like "Lots of fighting. Some people die."

[neph93]

It is ridiculously off the mark though. «The final battle with the Night King approaches». There you go, that took me two seconds.

[Chris]

To counter, Arya did prove her worth as a fighter…

[sabergirl]

For like the fourteenth time!

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[Chris]

Mere details. 

[sabergirl]

Off the GoT tip:

We’ve been binge watching “Barry” and it’s so off-the-wall. Hilarious, and so well crafted. Really a fantastic show.

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[Seul]

Finally caught up with GoT… So Arya has sex with RR Martin and the dragons kill everyone and claim the Iron Throne. Meanwhile the Night King launches his own gin brand.

Neat.

[Chris]

Not the Night King gin.

The Mountain vodka.

[Seul]

@sabergirl:

We’ve been binge watching “Barry”

Last epsiode was INSANE… Best BARRY ep so far and that's saying something...

[Seul]

Back to summat more "rustic"…

[sabergirl]

Last epsiode was INSANE… Best BARRY ep so far and that's saying something...

OMG it was so crazy good! Bill Hader directed the episode, too. The whole thing is impressive.

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[Seul]

KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE - Netflix doc following four women who ran for Congress in the 2018 elections. Featuring the O-C of course. Good behind the scenes stuff. I'm a sucker for anything that's political though, but worth a watch.

[Seul]

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW - revisiting… I still think it's one of the funniest things ever...

[Seul]

@jonesy4885:

…Line of Duty also penned by Jed Mercurio which is literally too intense to watch sometimes.

So as I said I hàd watched S01 and 02 of LoD, but decided to start all over… Much better than I remembered...

[neph93]

Coincidentally, I just finished S2 of LoD last night. Enjoyable. Some great performances, not least from the actor playing Denton.

[IH-GARY]

Anyone else watch Chicago PD? Is this an Iron Heart shirt?