@BabaIsPissed
@hexbear.netI don't know shit but from casually checking the news mega that seems to be the general sentiment. What I don't get is wouldn't this ground invasion be a completely unforced error on Israel's part? Why are they even considering it?
Implementing fascism as a mechanic only for it to be unsustainable gameplaywise is a good bit tbh
Could be because cats can be really distrustful of strangers. My cat is really sweet but she'll hiss to almost every guest. Could be a upbringing thing though, my neighbor has 4 and 3 of them were street cats that she took in, when I occasionally take care of them the only one that gives me any trouble is the one that was there since she was a kitten.
So this guy has the time to complain about vuvuzela no food but not to provide some context for the indictment, instead linking to a 39 page pdf? And the rest of the article is just factoids about gold?? Western journalists are a fucking disgrace.
Also England stole withheld like 1 billion $ in gold from Venezuela, but I guess that tidbit didn't make the cut
1 - Some of the appeal of the books is present in the series, specially early seasons, so there's that. More cynically, it's probably the first instance of medieval fantasy prestige TV (I know there was other stuff like Pillars of the Earth and whatnot but those didn't have the HBO brand) so there was some novelty to it. Borrowing from Lindsay Ellis, it's "hot fantasy that FUCKS". It's juvenile as all hell and eyeroll inducing but it was key to marketing it to general audiences.
2 - decent 7 while it was running because of the whole social aspect and no hindsight of how shit it was going to get, light 3 now, and a 0 if you're in any way averse to gratuitous violence/sex.
3 - I think the appeal of the books that transfers to the series is a) some of the characters and b) the politicking.
The problem with the characters is that they get flanderized to all hell later on, or sometimes it becomes clear the showrunners didn't really understand them, or at least didn't know what to do with them. But still, some of them are compelling, even if they are fucking assholes.
I think the core appeal of GoT though is seeing an inflection point in the history of this fictional world. Not because there's wars going on, but because characters like Jon and Daenarys (not coincidentally fan favorites) are struggling to surpass the "might makes right" world they live in, and sometimes succeeding. Also because of the growing presence of supernatural shit. It gives this feeling of this new world peeking in and all the promise and terror that comes with this kind of change. The show fumbles both os these aspects REALLY hard later on though. That's because it bought into the "dark fantasy" meme and played down the supernatural aspects (nerd shit) and made a U turn back to the status quo (the last few episodes reek of liberalism).
4 - Typical to early seasons in some ways in the sense that it borrows heavily from the books, but the focus shifts to war stuff so there's some distinction there.
5 - it' been a while since I've seen the series, but seasons 1-4 are pretty decent, 5 is okayish, 6 was pretty bad and 7-8 are atrocious.
6 - Dunno, not a native speaker. I was fine with subtitles off most of the time though.
7 - Haven't watched The Sopranos yet, but GoT has probably one of the worst endings I've ever seen.
Mengele is the right comparison because this is not just some oafs botching a surgery, this is sadist shit.
Also the poor monkey finding some comfort by holding hands with her "roommate" through the cage makes me want to cry
People complaining about being called cis will never stop being funny. This fear of being seen as anything but "normal" is literal middle schooler shit, embarrassing.
I don't think so, sounds like american civil religion brainworms. Just a slightly more secular version of "what would Jesus think?"