GAME OF THRONES

[Jay 37,364]

I know; My link includes 12 pictures, including all 6 EW covers.  I think the Sansa one is indeed the best.

 

The thing with the Danaerys one is: The brunette eyebrows combined with blonde wig just looks stupid and distracts from everything else

 

Most of the other girls are making goofy poses and/or faces

[A24 4,333]

The Daenerys one is terrible. 

 

[Jay 37,364]

They all are weird apart from Sansa

 

 

 

[mstrox 6,651]

49 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

 

Can't wait for the scene where everybody is sitting on their outside chairs.

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

It's the Red Picnic.

[Incanus 5,714]

The Red Picnic

 

And who are you proud lady said

that I must eat with you

picnicker only of different sort

that's all, and it won't do.

 

Blanket of red or all stark grey

picnickers still have food

and mine is fine, in basket laid

and drink that's just as good.

 

And so she spoke, the lady spoke

the picnic planning one 

and now the ants swarm o'er her food

gone blanket, revels done.

 

And now the ants swarm o'er her food

all ruined, revels done.

[Jay 37,364]

Math nerds decide the true protagonist on Game Of Thrones is Tyrion Lannister

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

Appalling article! The actual paper can be read here.

[Jay 37,364]

Jon Snow and Ygritte are dating in real life

 

 

Also:

 

Kit Harington takes lie detector test about Game of Thrones

 

 

[Jay 37,364]

HBO, Bill Simmons Announce 'Game of Thrones' Aftershow

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

Stannis Baratheon's Application to the Iron Bank.

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

Title and synopsis of Episode 51:

 

Spoiler

The Red Woman

 

Jon Snow is dead. Daenerys meets a strong man. Cersei sees her daughter again.

[chuck 154]

 

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

The dead are coming.

 

 

[Incanus 5,714]

First it's the winter, now it's the dead. What next? The summer?

[Muad'Dib 1,802]

They kinda overdid it with the HA! HOO! choir

[Jay 37,364]

Finally watched the new trailer.  Well, it looks like the most exciting and action-packed season yet!

Of course, that was the job of the trailer, to make me think that.

[Incanus 5,714]

It will be a talky season with Cersei just throwing icy insults at people while she is holding a goblet of red wine. Again.

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

 

I think it's a safe bet that this will be the most eventful season so far. I just hope that the events are good.

[nightscape94 965]

9 hours ago, Incanus said:

It will be a talky season with Cersei just throwing icy insults at people while she is holding a goblet of red wine. Again.

 

The kids call that "throwing shade" these days.  Get with it.

[Incanus 5,714]

1 hour ago, nightscape94 said:

 

The kids call that "throwing shade" these days.  Get with it.

I'd rather not. I politely refuse to get with it.

[Jay 37,364]

Three more clips from the Game Of Thrones season-six premiere

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

So, at the time that Jaime was seeing his first dead body, Cersei was already a connoisseur of forensic anthropology...

 

The Sansa/Reek and Daenerys scenes look pretty impressive. My understanding is that the Daenerys clip comes from Episode 3 rather than the season premiere.

[Jay 37,364]

President Obama gets to see the new Game Of Thrones before anybody else

 

This comment made me laugh

 

 

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April 23rd: "This bill is more exciting than Jon Snow coming back as a white walker. and oops sorry.."

 

April 24th: #THANKSOBAMA #TRUMP4 PREZ

[Glóin the Dark 1,221]

On 1/12/2016 at 4:06 PM, Glóin the Dark said:

It's confirmed that 2017 won't be the final year, and the indications are that 2018 probably will. A more important question is how much screen time is left, and I don't think that we have any information on that. People seem to assume that it will automatically be a further two seasons of ten episodes each, but I don't see why that should be taken for granted.

 

 

On 1/12/2016 at 4:11 PM, Stefancos said:

Because that's the way they have been doing it for years now?

 

 

Things can change!

 

‘Game of Thrones’ Creators Mull Shorter Final Seasons

[Jay 37,364]

I could see HBO ordering two final seasons of 10 episodes each, yet them airing in 4 blocks of 5 or something. 

 

It seems clear they can't have ten episodes finished by next April, and I'd think HBO would want to keep that consistent start time.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

If that tightens up proceedings then it would certainly be a good thing.

[Jay 37,364]

New Season 6 trailer

 

 

[Jay 37,364]

Arya clip!

 

 

[Jay 37,364]

Not that there was any doubt, but HBO has officially renewed GOT for a 7th season premiering next year

 

http://www.avclub.com/article/hbo-knows-what-its-doing-renews-game-thrones-veep--235657

[Wojo 2,453]

Any word if it will include Jon Snow? 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

No, Jon died end of last season.

[crumbs 14,316]

Jon Snow is clearly dead.

[Jay 37,364]

Bryan Cogman Interview

 

He says Season 6 isn't as dark as Season 5, and describes it as now taking place in an "alternate universe" compared to the books

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

So the books are no longer canon?

[Jay 37,364]

What are you talking about?  They never were. The show has been different from the books since the opening scene.

[nightscape94 965]

22 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

So the books are no longer canon?

 

I guess it's more like the show is no longer canon.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Humor...it is a difficult concept...

[Jay 37,364]

When you fail at being humorous yes, it is

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I don't think that's funny, I don't think thats funny at all!

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

This show is back.  I haven't read this thread since last year I think.  i'm excited!

[Olivier 5]

SPOILERS AHEAD of course;

(I believe it has already been agreed here such warnings were only necessary for anything beyond the latest episode-- in the books or "next episode" bits, but just in case...)

 

In the end, while the title implied a significant part of the episode would focus on "The Red Woman", her scenes were only brief bookends to the episode, with a surprise at the end (a ghastly one too, especially the way the scene was going).

 

They teased the possibility of Jon's resurrection by The Red Woman.

 

Arya must now become Dare-she-devil.

 

Moriarty is returning to Elementary! Oops, right actress, wrong series. Natalie Dormer is still rotting in a cell.

 

Why doesn't Jorah cut off his hand? I understand he prefers to be able to fight two-handed as long as possible, but it might also quickly become too late to stop the infection; I'm sure he could still  beat a lot of soldiers with just one hand.

[KK 3,307]

Not a bad start. It's a pretty standard season introduction, and at least with this one, we actually see the plot moving, or at least things are being set up for something much larger. Let's hope the momentum doesn't falter in this season.

[Incanus 5,714]

I thought it was a rather brisk first episode exposition and catching up with the current events included. This is now pretty much uncharted territory as far as the main plot is concerned although I am sure some of the characters and storylines from A Feast for Crows will be included as there have been reports of certain actors cast in those parts. I didn't quite think some of the more surprising plot twists would come in this very first episode but they do setup very interesting possibilities.

[KK 3,307]

Yeah, in that sense it was one of the better season openers. But again, could use less of the location/character jumping.

 

I was disappointed with Doran's fate though. He was far more interesting in the novels, and it seems like by eliminating him, he comes off as pretty redundant in the show. But I guess this was their way of not going into the more convoluted plotline that Doran opened up in the books. I wish we got to see more of his cunning though. His end came off as more "shock-value" then a genuine character death.

 

 

[Incanus 5,714]

1 hour ago, KK said:

Yeah, in that sense it was one of the better season openers. But again, could use less of the location/character jumping.

 

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I was disappointed with Doran's fate though. He was far more interesting in the novels, and it seems like by eliminating him, he comes off as pretty redundant in the show. But I guess this was their way of not going into the more convoluted plotline that Doran opened up in the books. I wish we got to see more of his cunning though. His end came off as more "shock-value" then a genuine character death.

 

Spoiler

The whole Dorne storyline has been now significantly altered, whatever the direction it may take but this was evident from the end of last season. I was sorry to see Alexander Siddig go as he is a fine actor and I would have loved to see him developing Doran's character but then again so many characters have died who were played by brilliant actors in this series. As I said above I am interested to see where this twist will take Dorne in the series if anywhere.

 

[Bilbo 3,709]

Drone has been poorly handled in the show but it's a damn sight better than the mess it is in the books!

[Incanus 5,714]

2 hours ago, Bilbo Skywalker said:

Drone has been poorly handled in the show but it's a damn sight better than the mess it is in the books!

Yeah Djawadi drones quite a bit in the show. It wasn't poorly handled to my ears, quite masterful droning in fact.

 

And I think there are these slow burning storylines and side stories which have been severely cut or altered for the benefit of a tighter narrative, which has actually worked very well in many instances. Let's see how the story now in part uncharted by Martin will play out in the end.

 

Another thing that intrigues me is, how much of what we are seeing now in the show will contain spoilers in relation to Martin's upcoming books and how faithful will the series be to the bigger arc of Martin's narrative, the end of which the author has revealed to the showrunners.

[Bilbo 3,709]

Sorry Dorne. Still not used to this autocorrect!

[Incanus 5,714]

1 hour ago, Bilbo Skywalker said:

Sorry Dorne. Still not used to this autocorrect!

It was such a delicious autocorrect I could not help myself but have a bit of fun with it.