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Hi Captain Obvious checking in .. you know they did they for real? I mean lifted the boat over the mountain. That *actually* happened. I just find that absolutely bloody bonkers, beautiful but bonkers.

The documentary about Kinski and Herzog is pretty interesting as well. My Best Fiend it's called.

Will definitely check out Bitter Lake and The Emperor's New Clothes, thanks for the tip Prof. Bear.

I've watched a few documentaries lately.

1. OJ Simpson Made in America - Absolutely fascinating. I have no idea how famous he was and what a big deal this actually was. [spoiler]It was also fascinating, in a really grim way, that he had distanced himself from the black community until the murder charges.[/spoiler].

2. Gringo. The story of John McAfee of the internet security company fame and his incredibly bizarre life.

3. The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden. Documentary about two German's who rejected civilization in the 1930s and moved to one of the Galapagos Islands. They became famous in Germany which inspired others to move to the islands as well with disastrous consequences.

4. Hypernormalisation. I had balked at the idea of a three hour documentary about how we are living in a fictional reality and how this was created but by the end I wished it was longer.

Would absolutely recommend any of them.

Made me think of these scenes:

Woman on Woman:  https://youtu.be/mClOxgyWLs8

Man on Woman: https://youtu.be/Ccmava-4KnY

I have not seen that movie in quite some time so I hope these are contextually accurate.

See also: every horror film since Hallowe'en and the dozens of TV shows with morgue scenes that devote 20 minutes of screen time to the blue lips and nipples of a gorgeous, naked, teenage corpse:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=atjhOhH-V3E

His impassioned stance on the subject would have greatly benefited from a viewing of the movie in question.

None of this context is in the TV show though (have they even specifically mentioned Azhor Ahai?)

You're right, it's not mentioned within the context of the show you could just see Shireen's death as the big sacrifice required in order to capture Winterfell. I think Stannis absolutely believed he was Azor Ahai right up until he lost the battle and Brienne killed him. His obsession with the succession was because he *was* Robert's rightful heir - the children with Cersei are all Jamie's and Renly was the younger brother who thought he should be king because people liked him more. Stannis should have been Westeros rightful King but he was more concerned with securing his place on the throne than creating a dynasty. He felt overlooked by Robert and then he was overlooked by events. It may be cruel to say it but Stannis could have remarried and had more children. We'll have to wait and see what direction the book goes.

It's very hard to discern what his endgame is from here, or how being stranded in the frozen North, as a tentative ally of the Starks, gets him any closer to the throne...

Well he appears to be causing trouble with Jon / Sansa, he is in effect the ruler of the Vale until Robin reaches his maturity and we have been given some clues that he knows the truth about Lyanna and Rhaegar so he may know about Jon's parentage. As the White Walkers converge on the wall once again Littlefinger is in the thick of it and who knows what trouble he will stir up. He may be only giving the appearance of being in a weakened position to put other characters at ease.

Oh dear, I got all excited when I saw this thread as I loved WW only to see it veered drastically off topic.

I get what Rogue Earthlet is saying about the normalization of violence against men by women in the media but I just don't think this is the right movie to illustrate the point.

I actually started reading the comic reboot and iirc when she is originally brought to Earth she is placed in a detention cell where animals bring her gifts from the other Gods including fast healing / invincibility. That might explain why she can't be hurt in our world.

Her bracelets are technically known as the Bracelets of Submission (ooh err!) and they also have an evolving history (More here if you're interested: http://www.cbr.com/wonder-womans-bracelets-15-things-you-need-to-know/)

Do we all know about her creators interest in polyamory and BDSM?

I loved the movie, although I thought it fell apart towards the end. It was so refreshing to see a DC movie with a coherent plot that didn't end in a huge CGI battle with some city or other getting destroyed.

I think the show could be improved by an indication of where different plots are in the general time line.

I also just thought of something .. the prophesy regarding the death of Cersei's children said that three of her children would die. She took this to mean her children with Jamie but she also had a child with Robert that died at birth or was still born. This could mean that Tommen might have lived had he not been driven to suicide by his mothers actions...

To further what Dudley has said, Stannis believed he was the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, the Prince who was Promised. Azor Ahai, a figure from legend, had defeated the White Walkers using the sword Lightbringer. This sword could only be forged through the sacrifice of something very dear to him and to temper (?) the blade he had to run it through his wife's heart. Stannis sacrifice of Shireen in order to fulfill this prophecy should maybe be viewed within this context.

The Boltons are not an up-jumped minor house, while they are not the biggest of the Northern houses they are an old house. Even though they are widely disliked they are still Northerners and the other Northern Houses are more likely to follow them or pledge allegiance to them than Stannis or any of the Southern houses. Roose Bolton saw an opportunity and took it. The marriage of Sansa and Ramsey was of course to secure the Northern alliances and put on official stamp on their rule. Re: Ramsey it is quite unbelievable that Baelish did not know about Ramsey's proclivities prior to the engagement. This man prides himself on knowing everything. Littlefinger's ultimate aim is to sit on the Iron Throne and everything he has done works towards this aim while getting revenge on his enemies at the same time.

I think in this episode we saw a glimpse of Jamie's changing feelings towards Cersei. We've known for a while that her lust to rule has warped her but he's only starting to see it. Her refusal to discuss or mourn Tommen's death, instead calling him a traitor , was a major alarm bell. Her only redeeming feature in the past has been her devotion to her children and without that she's Mad King II. Jamie killed Aerys to stop him using wildfire on the city and Cersei has crossed a line with her actions at the Sept of Baelor. She's clearly deluded re: the power she actually wields and he tried explaining this to her - that she rules 3 kingdoms at best and they have no allies. Who is going to want to ally with her now? Only the even crazier and power hungry Euron who will cut her throat the first chance he gets.

Timing in the show has just gone all over the shop in the past few seasons. Euron's fleet is a great example of that but another issue is how everyone knows everything at the same time. There's no way to track where people are in relation to each other. Well we can assume that Sam's montage occurred before Dany landed at Dragonstone but Jon has just been declared King in the North and immediately receives a raven from Cersei demanding he travel south to bend the knee. I don't think that ravens have gotten faster and with the weather getting worse surely they would get slower. While there are things that people don't know at the end of this episode they are all bound to know by the end of the next episode. Maybe it's just bad editing - but it is confusing : are the plots running concurrently?

Before Jon agreed to let the Wildlings through the wall, the Nights Watch were busy trying to defend the wall from them - maybe they just didn't have time to plot rebellion.

As for the Knights of the Vale, Baelish wouldn't give help without some caveat attached. He helped Sansa before and the price was her marriage to Ramsey maybe she was reluctant to ask for his help again?

I think the Faceless Men let Arya go because the Many Faced God required a new face and she provided one, it didn't have to be hers. She paid her debt and was allowed to leave. Also maybe they are aware of some duty that Arya must perform at a future date and this is why they trained her.

Re: Tommen. Truthfully it doesn't matter to Cersei anymore. It had been prophesied  by Maggy the Frog that all of Cersei's children would die so she knew after Myrcella died that Tommen's days were numbered.

I've come to the conclusion that I have Daenerys. If it weren't for her invincible plot armour she would have been killed off long ago. My only hope that she is being set up for a massive fall as the series comes to it's conclusion. In the books Euron has a horn that can control dragons, it hasn't been mentioned in the show yet but could this be the present he's gone off to get Cersei?

Also you can see it's the beginning of the end for Cersei and Jamie. She's gone all Mad King / Hitler and he can see she's clearly losing the plot. Who will ally with them after the Sept of Baelor?

Not the best episode ever but a good opener getting all the players on the board... 

I was never really a massive fan of Amy Winehouse although I like her music. I had heard this was good so thought I'd give it a go. I would absolutely recommend it as well. It's quite hard to watch at times especially after she becomes a drug addict. It's just so sad what happened to her and the real tragedy is that it could have been very easily prevented or brought under control a lot sooner.

"Amy", the docu on Amy Winehouse. Quite heavy to watch. Knew it'd be bad, but not as this. Lots of tragedy. Still, I thought there where alot of glory in her story. Perhaps that what made it worse watching it. Very much recommending this one.

Yes I definitely heard that!

I saw Baby Driver last night and was surprised at how much I liked it. I hated the trailer but the film is pretty good although it definitely loses it's way towards the end. I would have also liked more driving.

I also saw Hampstead which is a very sweet movie without being cloying, great performance from Brendan Gleeson.

And I saw The House which is a decent comedy but not outright absolutely hilarious. There are worse ways to spend a few hours ..

Aloha Chaps!

I am loving American Gods but I think after only (!!!) eight episodes it's finished for the first season. I will be looking forward to it's return.

Anyone watching The Handmaid's Tale? This is some amazing tv right here, anyone else spot Margaret Atwood's cameo in the second episode? Absolutely loving this, Elizabeth Moss is amazing as Offred / June.

Also finally got around to watching both season of Gomorra. I had been warned it was one of the bext tv shows of recent times and it definitely lived up to the hype. [spoiler]How does Ciro keep getting away with it?[/spoiler]

I finally got around to watching Taboo as well. Holy moly that Tom Hardy can act. He is a delight to the senses.

If you're not watching The Leftovers then you should be. This is seriously one of the best, if not *the* best tv show on at the moment. They have just finished the 3rd and what some are saying is the last season. It's weird and wonderful. Get on this buzz now.

Also watched but did not love The Young Pope. Jude Law is amazing in it but it just didn't grab me.

Anyway GoT back in the next few weeks ... get extremely f**king hype!

I saw Alien Covenant yesterday and while it is better than Prometheus it's not great. It's not awful either but I did catch myself thinking about half way through that if they had kept the Alien out of it and just tried to do something new and different it would have been better for both movies.

Fassbender was a massive disappointment in it although that fingering line was hilarious.

[Silicon Valley]

Agreed but Martin Starr as Guilfoyle is the star of the show for me.

This has to be one of the funniest scenes I've seen in a long time.

Probably NSFW

https://youtu.be/4pLbcLrquio

We binged the first three seasons of Silicon Valley over the course of a week and are now enjoying season 4. It's really, really good. A great core cast of characters that arrive fully formed from the very first episode (the obvious early MVP is Erlich, but Jared eclipsed him as my favourite over time), and it's much more plot-driven than I expected. It may sound like a weird comparison, but it's almost a bit like Breaking Bad, in that the gang are always miraculously getting out of one scrape, but in the process sow the seeds for the next crisis. The tech industry satire is also really on point, and it feels like it'll be one of those shows that is looked back on as really having tapped into the zeitgeist of the era in which it was made. Really good telly.