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[–] BoracicBaronetYr 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I haven't seen/read them either but that question has always seemed pertinent to me. It's a plot hole that TV writers won't even deignto recognize.
[–] CatNamedJava 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
To be fair to Sam. He is suppose to be a terrible Fat coward from a noble house. So they cast correctly there.
[–] BoracicBaronetYr ago
True, I guess my response was more tangential than directly relevant, actors whose characters should have lost weight given their circumstances. I love Sam, he's a great character, his disposition and integrity gets treated with kid gloves to make you like him (as GRRM's character avatar, imo.) Really, though? GOT writers? Do you even science? He's been on the wall for years in a state of semi-starvation due to harsh conditions, lack of funding, wars, supply lines. He's been fighting and running and hiking; how is he still that fat?
[–] DessertFox ago
The prior movie was pretty good; I expect the current one to be good also.
The premise is quite ridiculous, but it is good enough to make you forgive that. Also, the Hunger Games 'universe' allows for a lot of backstory and fan fiction. I've never been into that stuff, but I love worlds that are complex and hashed-out enough to support it. The Matrix, for example, really missed its chance to build a comprehensive universe where fan fiction could flourish. It could support something a bit like steampunk, except where electricity is used while computers are not. That would be pretty cool.