I can't understand how people have so much trouble with this idea.Originally Posted by SvN
I can't understand how people have so much trouble with this idea.
You're meant to be worried about who she's turned into, while rooting for her to retain some of her humanity.
I think it's not the idea itself, it's a little how it's all cut that makes it feel like they are hopping around and everything in each episode is happening simultaneously, more or less during the same day.
Then again, with how much they need to cram into each episode, I can see how they don't have time for panoramic shots of the seasons changing, or you know that sort of stuff.
Would also get a bit fucking dull constantly having "3 months later..." title cards every 5 minutes.
It was snowing in Winterfell which seemed to be a big indicator that time had passed.
It's a pacing issue. Some storylines seem to be progressing day by day, others hop months at a time, often within the same episode.
Still, it's hard to caveat "She's still good deep down!" with the occasional bit of surprise cannibalism. Even if Walder deserves nothing but the worst.
The Varys stuff was strange. He and Tyrion saying goodbye to eachother before his 'mission' got more screen time than the mission itself and his return combined.
I thought Margaery handing over that rose to Olenna would have more significance than it did. What was her endgame?
I interpreted it as her way of telling her she was playing along. As for her endgame, Christ knows. Not get blown to bits was probably at least part of it.
I think so - that was her way of saying "I got this". End game was getting Loras back, then using her...persuasion...skills to get Tommen by the short and curlies and nut the High Sparrow.
Oops.
I thought the same but nothing materialised, presumably she was waiting for Cersei to be offed before doing anything.
What elth said makes sense. I guess stage one was getting Loras through the trial, then sorting Tommen out after that.
Or maybe she just wanted to be nice to her Grandma.
I guess that's an alien concept to you pricks.
In the books there is an older brother heir to Highgarden who just sits inside all day doing naff all, I take it he's been written out of the programme.
Willas with the gimpy leg.
Shoutout to Tommen after seeing The Sept blow up.
I thought it was implied in her argument with the Sparrow that the deal was she and Loras would be given the opportunity to leave. I think Margery just wanted to escape at that point.
Fuck I didn't realise that was the end of the season.
Apparently season 7 will only have 7 episodes and season 8, the final, will only have 6.
Christ knows how they wrap it all up in 13 hours.
WALL TO WALL ACTION.
After building them up for 6 seasons and them doing nothing, the useless white walkers are going to get donned in the space of two episodes.
Wall comes down in the last episode of next season, mark my words.
How about the first scene of the first episode? It's about time they stopped doing their nails.
Next season (7 of 8):
Euron and Cersei will be the primary antagonists.
They'll join forces, leading to the second-last episode being a climactic battle between two armies of similar size for King's Landing.
Cersei will realise she's going to lose (due to dragons), and either try to or succeed in blowing King's Landing up.
Jaime will kill her, and may die himself in the process.
The final episode will be the wall coming down, as Bran crossing it with the Night King's mark will destroy the magic barriers. Dammit Bran.
Season 8 will be all Night's King, all the time.
I think it'll go somewhat similar too. Season 7 will be the final confrontation to decide who ends up on the iron throne, then the final season will be the living versus the dead.
Also I bet Sam ends up killing Kingers, otherwise why would they bother having his story at all.
I assume Sam is going to discover how to make Valyrian steel.
That or he's going to hook up with Jorah, and/or Euron will attack Oldtown on his way down.
I'm also not convinced Cersei particularly wants to join forces with anyone. It's the one catch in my guess.
But when Euron realises that Dnareareerays is allied with his relatives, and Cersei realises that Dnarausrsys is coming for King's Landing and has an army many times the size of the Lannister remnant, it'll wind up making sense for both of them.
And I think that has to happen, because the penultimate episode isn't going to be a dull curb-stomping. It's going to be a large-scale battle between two similarly-sized armies, and I can't see any other way that can happen.
I can see this happening, but you'd have thought the old guy would have made sure to have told him 'don't go south of the wall'. Kind of renders the whole thing pointless otherwise.
Or maybe that happens anyway if the Night King wasn't incompetent and managed to kill him.
The Three Eyed Raven knew everything that will happen though. He can't stop it.
At least how it was portrayed in the show, he looked surprised or didn't intend Bran to be touched by the Night King, so I don't think he's entirely omniscient.
Thought I'd catch up on the series (never watched anything past the second and am now into the sixth) and I think I've lost count of the number of times someone is killed after being surprise double teamed from behind, there must be at least one every episode. It's quite good on the whole, better than I expected.
There is some balderdash within but given the limits of turning the source material into watchable TV, they do a great job on the whole.
Yeah, all the changes I noticed seemed sensible given the transition from book to tv.
I have discovered a yawning plot hole though, Euron Greyjoy tells all his mates to build a fleet by cutting down trees and quartersawing them. I mean give your head a wobble mate, what are you doing, making a sideboard? Immersion shattered.
I'm still pissed that we're not going to get any of Strong Belwas.
What a geezer he is.
The extra Bronn/Tormund/Sandor that we got made up for it though.
The actress who plays Shea has been in actual porn http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Sibel_Kekilli which is findable on the internet
Such old news.
I wasn't aware either, so fuck you Mahow.
Although I also don't care and won't watch it.
Must just be old news for people who go outside.
Re-watching ahead of the new season.
Early episodes are fucking terrible on so many levels. Can't wait for Cersei to deliver.
Really? I rewatched recently and absolutely loved the first season. I think season five is the only proper mis-step.
I assumed he was watching the sixth season only again. The early episodes of that were pretty dire. I still maintain that the Hodor episode is the worst thing they've done. I had a bit of a lol upon realising it was directed by Jack Bender, who also directed about half of Lost.
Meant early eps of S6.
I'm also watching s6 again. I'm so glad other people think The Door is fucking dumb
I can't remember much about early season six, but I know I enjoyed it. I didn't have a problem with the Hodor thing.
Still the best moment.
Madness... has had it's daaaay!
The actor who plays him (Mace) is brilliant.
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