I hadn’t realized it but the plot mirror in the episode is Sandor: he knows the keep will burn and fall and Arya doesn’t need to personally take out Cersei, but he’s incapable of just letting things play out because he never made it past the damage his family did
I don't agree with this at all. Season 6 and 7 Sandor had definitely moved on. He was perfectly happy to hang around helping to build Ian McShane's sept, and only left there to rejoin the Brotherhood after some of their rogue members slaughtered the village. Nothing on-screen in season 8 indicates that he had gone back to wanting revenge on his brother no matter the cost.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
It seemed to me that seeing the village slaughtered proved to him that finding peace was impossible
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
xp I would buy that except for the fact he goes up the stairs to confront him! Right after saying the building is coming down!
― mh, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
he just wanted to see his weird head
― Number None, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
hmm, relatable
― mh, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
I've watched this episode now and genuinely thought it was the best since maybe season 5. The purposeless chaos in KL, characters dying without being given prestige battle death farewells, plans being useless and people being dumb, these are all good things AFAIC. The real weakness was in the few episodes leading up to it.Jon is 100% an idiot and he didn't understand the 'gods flip a coin' thing, that was one of the best moments
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 16 May 2019 08:50 (four years ago) link
It just occurred to me that the Clegane Bros falling into the fire reminded me of a flaming Denethor unceremoniously plummeting to his death in the background of a shot in The Return of the King.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
I don't remember it as a background shot. My memory was that it was tracking his extremely long jog (while on fire) to the edge, and it continued to zoom out to show the battle was still happening below.
― Evan, Thursday, 16 May 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i0a7RDPkM8
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
I was going to post that. It's pretty boring to my ears, but I was reading some comments that were all wtf re: Brad Paisley, not realizing that he is a) a secret shredder and b) at least as good a player as anyone else on that stage, and possibly better.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 May 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
I was reading some comments that were all wtf re: Brad Paisley
im more like wtf dan weiss, maybe he should stop doing dead-eyed post-show interviews and take his show on the road
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 16 May 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
just read the ep 6 spoilers and hoo boy
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 May 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
do you mean spoilers or "spoilers" aka more fan theories?
― mh, Thursday, 16 May 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
there's been some spoilers posted on reddit that have, thus far, been pretty much correct
― gbx, Thursday, 16 May 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
yeah, pretty much confirmed spoilers with not much left to the imagination
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 May 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
lol at "sounds like guitar center 1988"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 16 May 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah there was a production leak of the plot points of the last two episodes and everything about episode 5 ended up being correct
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 16 May 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
yeah Paisley being a legit virtuoso is not much of a secret in my experience; he is highly regarded by many people who simultaneously hate his music.
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
I think it kind of is a secret! At least to those who don't listen to country. That is, I was reading comments below the video on youtube (I think) and there were all these people expressing surprise to see Paisley in with all these more traditional/recognizable virtuosos. I think it's simply that those who know hard rock dudes like Nuno/Scott Ian/Morello maybe don't listen to country. Even in the video they kind of call Brad in as an afterthought, and he gets a couple of special reaction shots. I wonder if even Morello or Nuno or Scott Ian knew Brad Paisley had serious chops? (Vince Gill is another country shredder who I bet flies way under the shredder radar, but unlike Paisley I doubt he was raised on Van Halen licks).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
Meantime, the Americans are at it again (talking about other places):
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-col1-game-of-thrones-northern-ireland-20190516-htmlstory.html
A visitor has to walk only a few minutes from the hotel to reach the Cathedral Quarter, the city’s vibrant nightlife district, where you can sip elderflower cocktails along with the more traditional pints of Guinness. The city now has plenty of craic — a.k.a. fun — to offer.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
thank god belfast's wildfire problems are behind it
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
Meanwhile
More than 400,000 sign petition for Game of Thrones season eight remake https://t.co/p2Jv1nS8YI— The Guardian (@guardian) May 16, 2019
― groovypanda, Friday, 17 May 2019 07:27 (four years ago) link
I think it should continue to be remade for the rest of eternity
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Friday, 17 May 2019 07:45 (four years ago) link
I noticed that somebody was sharing fan edits of episodes on piratebay over the last few days.
― Stevolende, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:28 (four years ago) link
Vince Gill is another country shredder who I bet flies way under the shredder radar, but unlike Paisley I doubt he was raised on Van Halen licks).
I always lol when I think about his feather-haired time in Pure Prairie League.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BgYbjlEKCg
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Friday, 17 May 2019 12:00 (four years ago) link
This one is where it's at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHOHfjFYBM
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 12:04 (four years ago) link
Peaks here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ljrPfsa50
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 12:06 (four years ago) link
Of all the dumb surprises merely for the sake of surprising/misleading the audience by whatever means possible, I'm probably most sad that Cersei had nothing up her sleeve? At all?
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
idk seems to me that most of her plans were crossbow-related
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 May 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
there was a plan for an even larger crossbow, but she ran out of time
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 May 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
This show gets worse and worse episode by episode, season by season. Expecting next week’s finale to be a big self-important hot turd
― calstars, Friday, 17 May 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
last ep the dragon takes his face off and he's Jaqen H'ghar and he goes "valor morghulis" and burns the remaining characters to death
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
that's way better than whatever actually will happen
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
clip show
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
bloopers
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
all CGI scenes replaced with sketches a la the original Neon Genesis Evangelion ending
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
my prediction is they're going to have jon kill dany, probably not become king for whatever reason - maybe he'll be killed for killing dany. but the goodies will end up in power - sam, tyrion, davos, brienne on kings council (altho some of these may die too) - queen sansa or some such.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
Montage set to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)."
― jmm, Friday, 17 May 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
xp. there will be really implausible, dumb, plot-holey stuff passim
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Friday, May 17, 2019 12:50 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
more shows need to run out of money
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
Dany, Drogon, Jon and Arya all sit down at a table in an NJ diner. Dany looks to her right, cut to black. Credits.
― Evan, Friday, 17 May 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
the original plan was to end it with peter falk reading to fred savage, but peter falk's passing threw a wrench, and this season has been a clumsy attempt to change course.
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 May 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
xpArya outside trying (with little success) to tie up her horse.
― nickn, Friday, 17 May 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
ends with an airplane flying overhead, and it turns out that have been living in the present all along.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
Probably covered already but were those bursts of wildfire we saw around Kings Landing during the rampage just random hidden barrels going off that no-one knew about? Weird detail to chuck in.
― nashwan, Friday, 17 May 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
winter is coming, because their entire universe is in a snow globe on Sean Bean's desk.
― omar little, Friday, 17 May 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
I think they're just what was left over from the Mad King that didn't get used to sink the Sept.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Friday, 17 May 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
Neighbours show up at the park and ask if the LARPers can keep the noise down.
― jmm, Friday, 17 May 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
"Forget it, Jon. It's Westeros."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
Still shaking my head that the man who managed to stave off hordes of the undead with one hand got chumped by a cartoon pirate who conveniently washed up on shore just in time (seems like no one ever drowns in Westeros). I suppose the writers' argument would be that a major character getting an ignoble end is in keeping with the show, but for me it felt more like when the AI cheats in a video game. You'd also think a metal hand would be more useful in a fist fight...
― blatherskite, Friday, 17 May 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link