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So Ive been struggling with this question a lot Is it ok to ship JonDany On the con side, they are aunt and nephew, which is gross. On the pro side it would sidestep Dany needing Jon to bend the knee and is a solution that the northmen would probably accept it would be thematically consistent fireice and it would eliminate almost all of the tension for trying to root for two characters who are at odds with each other due to circumstances beyond their control and the expectations of their subjects. Given that, I still would come out on the con side, except that we already know that some degree of inbreeding e. Westeros and that the Targaryens in particular practiced an even more exclusive e. So the auntnephew dynamic is an absolute deal breaker to modern audiences, but maybe wouldnt be the worst thing in WesterosLots of reasons it would be good, but one BIG reason it is unacceptable. Thoughts Shipping is shipping. Ive seen worse than aunt and nephew. Much worse. And the show is definitely presenting them as future romantic partnersfuckbuddies, which makes it as legitimate as these things get. Their familial relationship may freak you out, but thats sort of the point. Continuing along the postStar Wars path as last weeks Battle Beyond the Stars, this weeks Weird Old SciFi movie is something that has to be seen to be. SCI FI Channel is now Syfy, but you can still get access to all your favorite SCI FI Channel content right here. Syfy features science fiction, drama, supernatural. GRRM wants to show a medieval, feudal type era with all the awfulness most fantasies skip over. The relentless sexism, the rape and torture, the horror that regular people could and did experience constantly as the result of what the nobility chose to doyou can absolutely complain about how omnipresent it is in his stories andor how its portrayed, but its not inaccurate to the source material of that reality. And one part of that reality is medieval and certainly ancient nobilitys tendency toward incest, especially between uncles and niecesto the point where its got its own name, avunculate marriage. As you said, the booksshow have already shown that Targaryens have been more than willing to marry within the family in order to keep their bloodline pure, so theres a precedent for Jon and Dany starting a relationship. And since were talking about an aunt and nephew here since Jon is the son of Danys deceased brother Rhaegar and not uncleniece, a JonDany hook up would kind of strike a blow for Westerosi gender equality, in a tiny, messed up way. At any rate, as a Targaryen, Daenerys is obviously going to be down with getting down with Jon Snow, as it would be kind of meaningless to sieze the Iron Throne without leaving a new Targaryen line to carry on ruling. I am far more skeptical that Jon would be cool with sleeping with his aunt, given the rest of Westeros isnt nearly as cool with incest hence Cersei and Jaimes hiding of their sexual relationshipwell, until Cersei took the throne and decided that yes, in fact, as queen she gets to have sex with anyone she wants, and everyone else has to deal with it. Or be tortured and killed. But Jons problem is easily solved by keeping his parentage from him until after Ice and Fire have fucked each other. In fact, I suspect Bran is keepingwill keep the truth of Jons parentage from everyone until after Daenerys gets pregnant for that very reason. The Three Eyed Raven knows this has to happen, so mums the word for now Or GRRMor the show, for that matter, since we know its diverging from GRRMs plan in major wayscould just throw a curveball and have Dany marry Gendry, the closest thing King Robert had to a legitimate heir, combining the Targaryen and Baratheon lines to create a progeny whose claim to the throne is unassailable throughout Westeros. Actually, thats a pretty good ideaJaime in the Water. Brett H. I see people talking everywhere about how Jaime could possibly be alive, but how Hes way at the bottom of the lake and in full armor. QST91tnt8s9o1_1280-1.jpg' alt='Cult Sci Fi Movies Batman: Bad Blood ' title='Cult Sci Fi Movies Batman: Bad Blood ' />Science fiction stories usually involve fantastical elements that focus on space travel, alien life forms, or time travel and are set in the future or some type of. Rollerball is in this list somewhere but how high did it reach Bad scifi and fantasy movies arent merely the province of lowbudget quickies. The films listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst films ever made. Examples of such sources. You need to keep up with the best of scifi television, and weve got you covered with the 15 shows you need to be watching. No way Bronn can hold his breath long enough to get down there, cut all the straps to all the pieces of the armor, pull them off, and then also pull him to safety before they both drown. Im not going to say its unrealistic, since Jaime was pushed into the water to avoid a dragon, but the point of Game of Thrones is that it has fantasy elements but its still realistic in the basic laws of physics. So isnt Jaime getting rescued impossible You bring up a good point about fantasy, in that the best fantasy has a set of rules, even if the audience doesnt know them, and doesnt break them. Someone suddenly having a hoist person out of lake spell to save Jaime would be dumb. Tyrion running down the hell and begging Dany to have Drogon fish the dude who was about to kill her out of the lake is more realistic for Go. T, but implausible in terms of Danys character and the time it would take for Tyrion to get down to Dany and ask for her to save his brother. So that leaves Bronn. Heres one thing we all need to make our peace with first, right now Game of Thrones the TV show has begun playing fast and loose with strict reality in favor of presenting the most exciting story possible. This is how armies and fleets are moving gargantuan distances in between and sometimes even during episodes. Its why Tyrion can pick out Jaime from half a mile away amid a battlefield full of smoke and destruction. Its why Cersei and her allies can suddenly kick ass or all of Highgardens gold can get into Kings Landing with a mutter and a handwave. There are only nine episodes left, total, as of the time this mailbag hits the nerdernet. The show doesnt have any time to waste. Yes, part of the reason the books are so good is because they were sprawling and complicated in the way life is, and yes, the show is 1. But the choices were to either have the story on fast forward so it actually ends next year or for Daenerys to have her first battle with Cerseis forces in the season eight finale. So with all that said Since Game of Thrones has forgone its sense of realism a bit, I can see it having Bronn manage to dive down to Jaime, cutting him out of his armor, and dragging him to the surface before he fatally drowns. I also, as I mentioned in my recap this week, think it doesnt make any narrative sense for Bronn to push Jaime out of the way of a giant cone of dragon breath into a lake, only to have him immediately drownif Weiss and Benioff are going to kill the character, having Jaime get turned into cinders by Drogon is a much, much cooler death. So I think the show will forgo realism I mean, how was that lake at the side of that road a full 3. Bronn will cut Jaime out of his armor and drag him to the surface because Jaime is the one whos going to give him a castle, after all, and the Lannister will probably live to fight another day. And I also think hell be the one to perform those book spoilers valonqar duties, and obviously, he cant do that if hes dead. Last time I looked, I didnt see any friendly priests of Rhllor nearby. Where to even begin The Spoils of War was the reason we watch Game of Thrones, one of thoseRead more Read. Gone But Not Forgotten. Michael V. Postman,After re watching GOT from the beginning a few times, I believe that Ser Barristan Selmy is one character whose presence would enhance Season 7 while not distracting from the current main plots of the show. Ser Barristan would have been the most solid member of Daenerys Queensguard due to military and combat experience, but his relationship to Rhaegar is most interesting. When Dany tells Jon that everyone loves doing what theyre best at, Jon disagrees. Worst Sci Fi Fantasy Movies That Had No Excuse. Bad sci fi and fantasy movies arent merely the province of low budget quickies. Sometimes all the money and talent in Hollywood cant save the world from celluloid disasters. So, rather than just a list of bad movies, this is a list of bad movies that had no excuse movies by respected filmmakers, or from major studios. Movies with box office stars, or sequels to other movies that were great. These are the epic fails of fantasy and sci fi. And this time, the list has been compiled not from a reader vote, but by an panel comprising the SFX team, the SFX bloggers and a few of our special friends, including Paul Cornell, Joe Abercrombie, Jayne Nelson and Steve OBrien. So feel free to call us all sorts of names5. Lost In Space 1. Director Stephen Hopkins Lost In Space isnt such a bad film until the Robinson family actually gets lost, and then it degenerates into a very bad film. Thats when you begin to realise the folly of basing a film on a 6. TV show format that has weekly episodic format hardwired into its DNA. LEGO: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers Cartoon Online. In the small screen the concept of lost in space was merely a hook upon which to hang stories. In the film, lost needs to become the plot engine. Sadly, screen director Stephen Hopkins and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman lost the plot completely, and turned the film into an insipid, visually bland time travel tale about a fatherson relationship. So where does that leave the women in the family Ironically, in a story about the fourth dimension all females on board are reduced to two dimensional clichs, defined by one or two characters tropes each. Gary Oldman continues to channel the camp spirit of the original Dr Zachary Smith as if he hasnt got the memo about how this film version is playing it straight. In the end, you think hes made the right decision if you have to appear in this dross you may as well have some fun while youre there. Worst thing about it Blawp, the CG space monkey, which actually looks less convincing than Zoonie the Lazoon in Gerry Andersons Fireball XL5. The film was originally shot with Blawp being played by a Jim Henson Workshop creation, with the CGI version later slapped on over the top. They neednt have bothered. Popeye 1. 98. 0 Director Robert Altman. Legend has it that Robert Altman, director of such acclaimed movies as MASH and Nashville in the early 7. Popeye because, after a series of flops, he needed a hit to help him finance the kind of films he really wanted to make again. This is, in itself, not a bad plan. One fatal flaw Popeye flopped. Very, very badly. Its not difficult to see why. Although the film has been reclaimed by some strange revisionists as a misunderstood classic, the rest of just see a musical which has no decent musical numbers at all well, can you name any Popeye The Sailor Man excepted, cos that wasnt written for the film an action film with embarrassingly staged stunts a comedy film with little to laugh at and a much loved cartoon that has been reimagined as some social satire about class warfare, with support characters who have been altered out of all recognition. If you though all that talk about taxes was a bit dull and out of place in The Phantom Menace, then steer well clear of Popeye. The worst thing about it The songs. They may have been written by Harry Nilsson famous for such soaringly simple pop beauty as Everybodys Talkin and Without You but there are no classics here. They range from forgettable to unlistenable, made even worse by the range of irritating comedy voices theyre sung in Robin Williams as Popeye sings like a goat on helium and Bluto sounds like Krusty the Clown. Johnny Mnemonic 1. Director Robert Longo. The idea of William Gibson, the author who defined cyberpunk, writing the screenplay to a film based on another of his cyberpunk stories seemed so exciting back in the early 9. This was going to be Neuromancer on screen, surely Sadly, Gibson proved to be one of those writers whose talents didnt extend to screenplays. Although based on a thoroughly enticing idea that Keanu Reeves head is so empty, you could fill it with data and use him as some kind of digital carrier pigeon once you get past the set up, the film descends into an incoherent series of set pieces randomly cut and pasted from various Gibson stories. Reevess standout acting moment is a rant about room service Listen. You listen to me. You see that city over there THATS where Im supposed to be. Not down here with the dogs, and the garbage, and the fing last months newspapers blowing back and forth. Ive had it with them, Ive had it with you, Ive had it with ALL THIS I WANT ROOM SERVICE The Oscar is still in the post. Worst thing about it The psychic dolphin its an idea that works on paper, but just looks embarrassingly naff on screen not helped by the fact that the film came out while sea. Quest DSV, which featured an irritating talking dolphin, was airing on TV. Dungeons And Dragons 2. Director Courtney Solomon. Quite where the 3. There are home made Lord Of The Rings skits on You. Tube these days that are better looking. From the gaudy sets, to the plastic props, to the Pound Shop fancy dress costumes and the inept FX, this is a symphony of crapness. The acting is uniformly terrible and there are some good actors here too Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, as if all the cast is in a pact to piss off the director as much as possible and yes, that is Tom Baker in the photo. In fact, its so terrible, that under normal circumstances it would be much higher in a worst of list, except that in this case, we think everybody involved knew it was a bit crap The worst thing about it The script its laughably poor on any level bad dialogue, simplistic plotting, dire characters but even as an adaptation of Dungeons And Dragons the game, it is awesomely contemptuous of its source material. Theres a dwarf and an elf in it, because there are dwarves and elves in the game, but they have sod all to do except look ridiculous. Spider Man III 2. Director Sam Raimi. So much has been written about the failure of Spider Man 3, it easy to forget it was actually a massive hit in terms of box office the biggest of the three RaimiSpidey films. So Raimi clearly made a crowd pleaser if not a fan pleaser. Part of the problem was one of expectation. The first two Spider Man films were both deliriously good. Raimi had defined a new way of telling superhero films on screen. But then inexplicably, he seemed to transform, Jekyll Hyde style, from Burton Raimi to Schumacher Raimi, giving us, in Spider Man 3, a film that suffered the same overblown overload of elements as Batman Forever and Batman And Robin though thankfully with fewer puns. Too many villains Venom, Green Goblin, Sandman too many plotlines too many gimmicks disco dancing Peter Parker. The film in itself isnt that bad, but as the third part of an otherwise outstanding trilogy, it felt, and still feels for many, like some kind of betrayal of trust. The worst things about it Venom being completely and utterly wasted. Though the dance routine comes close4. Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones 2. Director George Lucas. There will be those who think the voting panel must be mad to include Attack Of The Clones in this list, and not The Phantom Menace, but we stand by our judgement. Episode I may have some major problems, but at least it has a beginning, a middle and an end. Episode II has a middle, a middle and more middle, and none of it is very interesting. Episode I had two great lightsaber battles. Episode II has Yoda flying about like green ping pong ball. Episode I had the admittedly overlong but still spectacular pod race. Episode II had C3. POs comedy slapstick on a conveyor belt. And while Episode I had some ropey dialogue, it didnt go anywhere nears as low as Episode II s I dont like sand.