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How 'bout another cup of coffee, Johnny?
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Do you mind enlightening a non book reader?
The prologue provides a lot of in-depth information about wargs. The chapter is seen through the eyes of a particularly powerful warg, Varamyr. At one point, Varamyr recalls meeting JS who he confirms is a strong yet untrained warg who still fights his ability rather than embrace it.
Couple this with JS's last word being "Ghost" and as many have suggested, JS returning as having warged into his dire wolf becomes a very strong possibility at some point in the future.
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For those of you who are book readers, I'd recommend a re-read of the prologue in ADWD.
About 2/3 through, it provides some interesting info on JS that you may have forgotten. I certainly did. Actually, the entire chapter, when read again, is a lot more relevant after all of the events in the book are concluded.
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100%, LB.
Kit has a deal for two more seasons, he signed it in October of '14. He's also on the shooting schedule for season 6. Despite what EW says, he's not gone from the show.
In an earlier post, I stated that I indeed believe that JS is coming back in some form. I quoted the EW interview with Harrington as it created some doubt for me.
So to that end and from the same interview: Harrington: "....And as far as the salary thing goes, that angered me when that story came out. I don’t know where it came from, but it was inaccurate in many ways. It’s going to put questions into your head and into fans’ heads that things are not what they are. Quite honestly, I have never been told the future of things in this show, but this is the one time I have. They sat me down and said, “This is how it is.”
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-jon-dies-interview
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well since they are probably already filming the fall season episodes ...... he may already know
Didn't see the return of Varys! nice
Arya's revenge was SWEET!!!!
I will be deeply disappointed if that was the end of Jon. I too think the red witch will save Jon Snow. maybe this is his out of the Brotherhood and he can become part of the Dragon Army foreshadowed by his reclaiming Winterfell and saving Sansa.
How many screen shots of Ceirci walk of shame are being posted on the web? The mute Mountain is the brother and not the hound as some have speculated (seen by Breanne and Pod on the island with the walking missionary.
Did Breanne off Stannis? and will she also find and rescue Sansa and Reek?
Does the prince have an antidote for poison to save Myrcella?
The article that I read didn't actually say he would or would not return next season.
Do not forget ----- There is power in Kings blood! and we say plenty of it.
Entertainment Weekly: "...So let me ask you: Is Jon really dead?"
Harrington: "This is my understanding of it. I had a sit-down with Dan and David, we did the Tony Soprano walk [letting an actor know they’re being whacked]. And they said, “Look, you’re gone, it’s done.” "...Quite honestly, I have never been told the future of things in this show, but this is the one time I have. They sat me down and said, “This is how it is.” If anything in the future is not like that, then I don’t know about it – it’s only in David and Dan and George’s heads. But I’ve been told I’m dead. I’m dead. I’m not coming back next season. So that’s all I can tell you, really.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-jon-dies-interview
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Yeah, I think you said it well. Most of the storylines at least resemble what we know in the books (except for Stannis and Sansa, of course), which is an improvement. Interesting how they merged Sansa and Jeyne Poole there at the end, with the dive into the snow. As for Melisandre, I agree, I think she'll be the one to bring JS back, though there's no foreshadowing of it like there is in the books. If there was some Ghost reference at the end, I would be more confident in that.
I read an interview with Kit Harrington (actor who plays JS) after my original post last night and he states emphatically that he will not be back in season six. My wife equates that to killing-off Dr. "McDreamy" in her (not my!!!) Grey's Anatomy. And I do know several female GoT fans that watch the show primarily for Snow. That's got to have them po'd.
Anyway, even knowing from book 5 that the Black Brothers were going to off JS "for the Watch", I always thought that GRRM would have a device to bring him back. Now, I'm not so sure. Yes, he could have warged into Ghost and there are other possibilities too but we may have really seen the last of Snow. If so, R+L=J becomes moot.
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Well, although I'm not completely thrilled on how they got there, I'm really happy that the show runners got the main story-line back into alignment with the books. With the strong exception with the Stannis arc.
We really don't know a lot about what's going to happen next. I'm among those who believe that Melisandre will bring JS back to life very early next season. I'm also really hoping that GRRM actually does get book six completed by he end of the year.
Unfortunately, I also believe that it will primarily a bridge to the final book.
Speaking of Stannis, I think that after last week, he had to have everything fall apart this week or the fan masses would have revolted and I loved that Brienne was the one to finish him off.
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I need a little help here from those who are up to date on both the HBO series and the book. IF YOU ARE NOT UP TO DATE, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ ON.
Anyway....
I decided to checkout the latest teaser chapter of WoW released by GRRM and something hit me as I read the first couple of paragraphs: In the HBO series, Sansa's marriage to Ramsey is not legal. "Why?" you may ask? Because she is still married to Tyrion (Unless I missed the divorce somewhere).
Was this fact overlooked by fans due to the outrage of Sansa's wedding night? I can't believe that the showrunners simply overlooked this.
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[quote name="Brandon" post="3576978" timestamp="1433731481
And by the way, honest question: Does Dany have greyscale now? Jorah held her hand for a good while.
Great point. She should if the show is true to the story.
As for Stannis, this has been leading up to sacrificing his daughter for a couple of weeks now. It wasn't surprising to me but sure was disgusting. As I read on another site: he's a fanatic as is his wife and Melisandre. And fanaticism doesn't have boundaries.
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First " Hardhome" and now "Dance of Dragons". Two great episodes with hopefully an outstanding finale next week. I was really discouraged the first few weeks but these last two were worth the wait.
Just one thing bothers me: where the heck are the great Unsullied warriors to protect Dany. I mean really...I get that they had to make it kind of desperate for Drogon's dramatic return but the Unsullied have been pretty ordinary, twice now.
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Buffalo Brew Pub - wings/beer
Amherst Pizza - pizza/beer
Schwabls - beef on weck/beer
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(Thou) doth protest too much, methinks.
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$700,000 bond! Holy crap. She must be pretty dangerous.
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Back in the sixties, when someone abandoned their ideals for money, we used to call it "selling out".
If GRRM signed-off on this crap that I've watched the last three weeks, then it proves what I've thought for a number of years: he has no clue where to take this story and is allowing the HBO team to take it wherever they want just to cash a check.
The worst three hours of this series ever IMO.
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Am I being to paranoid here?
Is entering my exact DOB providing too much information to a website that probably knows other stuff about me?
I'm always reluctant to participate in stuff like this.
Am I too cautious?
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I don't have a memory of which Bills game in the early 60's was my first. It's just what my brothers and friends and I used to do on Sundays (or Saturdays) - go to the Rockpile whenever we could to watch the Bills.
The crowd screaming "Yoho" on kickoffs (for our kicker, Mack Yoho). The fights in the endzones for the footballs after each PAT. Throwing snowballs at the opposing teams. Watching Cookie Gilchrist literally run over would-be tacklers. "we want Lamonica" chants. All these were a regular part of our weekends.
But the very first game which I attended that I will NEVER forget is the AFL Championship game on Saturday December 26th, 1964. 40,000 people exclaiming "oohh" all at once and then going quiet as Mike Stratton broke Keith Lincoln's ribs. You could hear the crack echo around the stadium. I remember that Lincoln lay on the ground for quite some time before they finally got him off the field. He never got back in the game and the Bills won the League title.
That was my first taste of what it meant for "my team" to be a champion. It happened again the next year but as they say, you never forget your first time.
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Better call Saul.
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If you haven't read the below linked column, you should really check it out.
Thanks for posting this link!
That was during winter break of my senior year at Brockport so there weren’t too many people back in town yet. I joined a few of my Rugby teammates over at a friend of a friend’s house to watch the game, there were about 20 of us there. We all started drinking early so by halftime, we all had decent buzz going. It was a pretty boring 1st half so at halftime we went outside to play a short game of kill the man with the ball. That got us all fired up for the 2nd half. The party was jumping as we got back into the game and then went completely nuts when Christie hit that FG. After the forward lateral, all the energy was sucked out of the place but quickly returned as anger after we saw the 1st replay. Then once the ref went to the replay booth, the energy turned back into excitement because we were all certain that it would be overturned, it was just a formality, or so we thought. Once the ref came back and said the play stands, we were all like WTF and it basically ended the party. We had planned to stay there for the 2nd game and beyond but everyone was so pissed that we all just went home.
I don’t care what that ESPN Sport Science show says, that was a forward lateral and you’ll never be able to convince me otherwise. Adam Schefter agrees too.
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Always liked this gal but can't find out anything about her on the ol' interweb...
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Alvin Lee's "Goin' Home" lead solo = better living through chemistry. Dude was lightning.
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Lagunitas...A Little Sumpin Extra Ale
Very nice IPA
Yummmmm! Sumpin Sumpin is always in the fridge. Now I'll have to try the Extra. Didn't care too much for the Wild though.
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Love this take:
@JimLangSports: If Jon Bon Jovi teamed up w/2 Buffalo businessmen and bought the Raptors - would anyone believe him if he said they're not moving to Buff?
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My take on it is that he never mentions Tanenbaum and Rodgers by name. His intention himself could very well be to keep the team in Buffalo. So he writes the letter. Then the two guys from Toronto who want the team in Toronto overrule him 2-1 and he says "Oops, I tried."
Been my thoughts on this all along. If JBJ owns 30%, he can easily be outvoted by a consensus of the minority partners, no?
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I listen to 'GR up until Rome then switch to Minneapolis sports talk radio as I'm a big Twins fan.
Just be happy that 'GR doesn't play the "1 877 Kars for Kids" commercials.