hi thx for great thread! i watched this and it's pretty good, esp if you are a bit confused like mehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bltw7dIO_V8
― video2000, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 12:27 (eight years ago) link
sorry if this has been asked before but, did anyone find the Zombie Mountain's introduction a bit... abrupt? Last I remember seeing him, he was still pretty much being operated on, now he's just following Cersei around and she's all 'nbd'? Did I miss something?
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link
Pycelle introduced him to Cersei when she completed her walk of shame in the final episode of last season.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link
i'm p sure you mean qyburn
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
can someone remind me who all the Dorne people were in the last episode and what relation they are to the prancing guy who got his head busted in?
― kinder, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link
His girlfriend and various daughters of various lovers. The guy who got stabbed was his brother Doran.
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 13:50 (eight years ago) link
Did I miss something?
he picked her up and carried her in the season finale
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
I liked how Tyrion spent all that time confirming that the dragons were cool with Missandei and then decided to go in alone with only a terrified Varys as backup.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
And why did he ask to be punched in the face if he had an idea like that again? It went fine!
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
He's so going to get punched in the face.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
It was a really stupid risk.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:30 (eight years ago) link
needed to go down like that to maybe support ~a theory~ i guess?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
yup
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/game-of-thrones-confirmed-tyrion-theory_us_5726f98ae4b0b49df6ababa8
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 4 May 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
Ah yeah a workmate floated that theory y'day, it hadnt at all occurred to me (but I havent read the books). Makes hella lot of sense tho.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
Tyrion would make an excellent dragon jockey
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:53 (eight years ago) link
it would be kinda sweet if daenerys, jon snow, and tyrion all ended up being dragon heroes at the end because it would add some additional mystery and suspense to the ending - would they turn on each other in a last-minute bid for power, or cooperate together in power, or dismantle the power structure together entirely (ie the "breaking the wheel" that daenerys mentioned at some point in season 5)
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:57 (eight years ago) link
as one of the millions of people who correctly predicted (inside their head, not publicly) that the final shot of the episode featuring jon snow's revival would end with him opening his eyes in terror followed closely by a blackout and the credits, i just want to note at this early point that i hope the last shot of the last episode of game of thrones is a non sequitur cut to the red woman exposing her boobs one last time for no reason
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2016 23:59 (eight years ago) link
Withered or still in the flush of hottness?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
imho "breaking the wheel" will involve the end of magic / supernatural stuff, like the elves & wizards leaving Middle Earth at the end of the Third Age
― bothan zulu (El Tomboto), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
xpost doesn't really matter, just one last flash of any sort would be appropriate
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
whats confusing to me that these characters are all children of some seriously fucked up people that we're supposed to like? or something? I guess the key is theyre all breaking with the past and making something new..
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:26 (eight years ago) link
Jon's parents aren't bad!
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:27 (eight years ago) link
depends on who you think his parents are!
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2016 00:34 (eight years ago) link
Yeah and the Starks were all decent people werent they?
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Thursday, 5 May 2016 01:44 (eight years ago) link
Relatively
― Evan, Thursday, 5 May 2016 02:10 (eight years ago) link
I miss the Hound now. Would be great if he came back but his last scene was great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 5 May 2016 11:20 (eight years ago) link
Thought this episode was a lot better at Getting Things Going, though there is still so much character juggling happening that there is no easy way to fit everything into each episode. You can tell they really need to tie up a lot of loose ends to get everyone facing the right direction for whatever they have in mind, but that's not a bad thing, as long as they keep the pace up.
I thought this and the last one seemed a little more TV-y, in terms of pace, beats and punchlines, which is probably for the best, since it is TV.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 May 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
I was trying to be coy here, but whoever his parents are, none of them were sociopaths or psychopaths on the order or Aerys or Tywin.
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 5 May 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Maisie_Williams%2C_Sophie_Turner%2C_Alfie_Allen%2C_Richard_Madden_and_Kit_Harington_%28cropped%29.jpg
― nomar, Thursday, 5 May 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
I just recently learned that Theon is Lily Allen's brother.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 5 May 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
they all look years younger than they ever did on the show, did reading the books as preparation rob them of their youthful innocence
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 5 May 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
Who is the guy on the far right?
― tobo73, Friday, 6 May 2016 02:10 (eight years ago) link
kit Harrington innit?
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Friday, 6 May 2016 02:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah totally
― tobo73, Friday, 6 May 2016 02:27 (eight years ago) link
http://youtu.be/Sr2Grfi3lFg
― AlanSmithee, Friday, 6 May 2016 09:14 (eight years ago) link
That's so weird.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 6 May 2016 11:53 (eight years ago) link
noooooo shaggydog!
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 9 May 2016 03:32 (eight years ago) link
In the flashbacks, it's sorta come back to bite them that they've aged everyone up. The young man who plays young Ned seems many years off from becoming Sean Bean. Also, way to stop before the good part :(
― Frederik B, Monday, 9 May 2016 09:09 (eight years ago) link
I'm watching this again, and it's pretty good, but honestly GoT ahead of GRRM feels more zombie-like than Veep without Arnucci. The language is off, the details are off. They're probably better than GRRM on plot, though, so that's why I'm watching. And for a couple of the characters. Which is fine. But I'm also reading A Clash of Kings at the moment, and man, when GRRM is at his best he can make up an anecdote that makes you want to waste hours digging into backhistory.
― Frederik B, Monday, 9 May 2016 10:32 (eight years ago) link
Wasn't he only writing like an episode a season before anyway?
I hardly feel like this show's dialogue has fallen off a cliff - you can't fall off a cliff when you're already dying at the bottom of it.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 May 2016 10:39 (eight years ago) link
i was curious how they would work in that background material--and i suppose this way is as good as any since all options i can think of seem clumsy--but i have a feeling a lot of viewers are confused about the significance of what/who Bran is seeing.
it almost feel like a limitation of cinematic/tv fantasy since the deepest pleasure of the genre (imo) is finding yourself obsessed with the world-building deep fake-historical stuff and im just not sure how you can pull that off in a satisfying way on tv.
― ryan, Monday, 9 May 2016 12:48 (eight years ago) link
though i guess at this point we might assume bran touring the past could have been part of martin's plan but eh
― ryan, Monday, 9 May 2016 12:49 (eight years ago) link
loving max von sydow. he oozes dignity in a show that isn't exactly brimming with it.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 May 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link
he plays the same character in all his films
― 龜, Monday, 9 May 2016 12:59 (eight years ago) link
young ned stark was really poorly cast imo
definitely.
fair enough on von sydow, though that's a p common crime with actors. he's still good at it.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:01 (eight years ago) link
we sure learned a lot about howland reed. def worth the wait
― dynamicinterface, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:02 (eight years ago) link
who were they fighting? what's in the tower? i forgot from hte books
― 龜, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link
arthur dayne. lyanna is in the tower giving birth to jon snow presumably
― dynamicinterface, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
baby ned seemed v young to have already fathered rob tho
― dynamicinterface, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:29 (eight years ago) link