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Notes on Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2

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SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT 1. In which Jon tries to ghost Danaerys, so she goes chasing him and all. 2. It is still so sweet that Jon referred to Danaerys as "Dany", because he seems to be the only person in the show who calls her by that nickname (apart from her brother Viserys, back in Season 1). 3. Then Jon tells Dany that he is her nephew. What Dany should have said: "But you're my BOYFRIEND! What will happen to our love?" Instead, she goes apeshit about her claim to the Iron Throne being threatened. 4. This fan service and/or fan fiction of an episode, which may or may not exist in a universe parallel to the A Song of Ice and Fire books, is bewildering. Too weird to be canon. 5. Big wolf doggo Ghost is back! Who's the good boy? Who's the best boy? 6. All these characters doing and saying crazy things (yes, I'm looking at you, Arya, you irresponsible tart). But then again, it IS the end of the worl

Notes on Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 1.

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1. In which we get a You know nothing, Jon Snow, Neverending Story slash A Whole New World Edition. 2. Don't forget that Season 1 Episode 1 ended with Jamie pushing Bran from the top of a tower. Compare with the ending of S08E01. 3. Why was Bran waiting for Jaime anyway? Petty little things like vengeance and retribution are so beneath Bran now, so he must be planning to use Jamie for something important? 4. I love how S08E01 began the same way S01E01 did--with a young boy climbing up to get a better view of the arriving royal entourage. He even sorta looks like S01E01 Bran. 4. That new opening sequence is as exciting as the episode itself! It's like a mini puzzle to solve. 5. War elephants? Cersei, you really need to watch the movie 300, girl! Oh wait, YOU STARRED IN 300. 6. Are the showrunners just getting lazy? They just keep on referencing past episodes instead of writing new scenes. Do they just want to reward the fans who still remember all the episo

Phantom of the Opera at The Theatre at Solaire

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I have been in love with The Phantom of the Opera for the past fifteen years, and I've seen it three times live and hundreds of times on video, yet I still literally sob each time I watch it. What a great show! Jonathan Roxmouth was an amazing Phantom.