Game of Thrones General (Non-Book Related) Discussion Thread - Part 1

[jolldan]

Seeing this made me think would have been much cooler if they gave Jamie a dragon glass spike or something to replace that hand for the battle, hopefully they still do.

 

[OutOfBoose]

 

[antsman41]

I’m a world of Jennifer Lawrence’s, be more like the Massie Williams’s.

 

[Lencho01]

This was probably them...


Also...

 

[warhorse78]

I now don't expect Dany to survive either.

Sansa will rule the north.
Gendry and Arya will take control of king's landing.

While I do think Gendry and Arya will be end game, I keep thinking back to Cersei's prophecy about a younger and more beautiful taking everything she holds dear, and I think that person is going to be Sansa. I don't expect Dany or Jon to survive, but I do expect either one of them to put their trust in Sansa and pass the title to her. It makes sense, in that all of the Game of Throne sigils, Baratheon, Lannister, Targaryen, the Starks are the only ones who haven't sat on the throne yet, and who better than Sansa?

 

[TheFuture]

Still think the Iron Throne is going to be melted down.

 

[Deck Rickard]

And the Hound

Is it just me or does it look like Gregor is wearing a lampshade on his head?

 

[OutOfBoose]

Or Cersei's chamber pot.

 

[Lencho01]

‘Game of Thrones’ Writer Bryan Cogman on “Nuclear” Revelations & the Importance of Jaime and Brienne’s Scene

This is the same writer who said these were the previous episodes to watch...

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

No other way to say it... A Song Of Vanilla Ice And Fire:

Spoiler

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

The 5 Valerian steel blades currently at Winterfell.

Longclaw. Wielder: Jon Snow Orgin: Ancestral blade of house Mormont. Was gifted to Jon by the Lord Commander of the Nights Watch Jeor Mormont, after Jon saved him from a wight.

The catpaw dagger (Currently unnamed) Wielder: Arya Stark Orgin: Was given to a catpaw by Peter Baelish to be used in the assassination of Branden Stark. Was given to Bran upon his return to Winterfell, where he later gave it to Arya in the godswood.

Widows wail Wielder: Jamie Lannister Orgin: 1 of 2 blades reforged from Ice, the ancestral blade of house Stark. Originally a gift for King Joffrey on his name day. Now wielded by his father Jamie Lannister.

Oathkeeper Wielder: Brienne of Tarth Orgin: 1 of 2 blades reforged from Ice, the Ancestral blade of house Stark. Was given to Brienne of Tarth by Jamie Lannister so she could fulfill her vow to the late Lady Catelyn.

Heartsbane Wielder: Jorah Mormont Orgin: Ancestral blade of house Tarly. Stolen from house Tarly by Samwell Tarly in an act of defiance to his father Randall. Due to lack of combat skill he has given it to Jorah Mormont so that it might be utilized in the battle to come.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Something I just realized: Arya shouldn't be older than 15 in the show's timeline. Played by an adult for sure, but... Though there was also Tommen.

 

[jolldan]

 

[chamber-music]

One of the best things I enjoy most about Game Of thrones each week is the Funny Or die Gay of Thrones recap with Jonathan from Netflix's Queer Eye.

I never knew that guy was so funny

On Arya and Gendry "Who knew the last thing on her list was to kill some D"

On Jon and Dany “Their entire family tree is just one massive trunk”

On Bran and Jaime "I know what you did first season."

 

[HKpowerup]

I don't see the NK going pass episode 4.

Possible. I do think the final 2 episodes will center around Daenerys & Cersei.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Something I just realized: Arya shouldn't be older than 15 in the show's timeline. Played by an adult for sure, but... Though there was also Tommen.

According to GoT Wiki she is 18 y/o by S08.
She was 11/12 y/o in S01 if I recall correctly.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Where did I get she was 9 in S1...

 

[Deck Rickard]

No other way to say it... A Song Of Vanilla Ice And Fire:

Spoiler

Between this and the Avengers singing "We Didn't Start the Fire" this has been the best meme week ever.

 

[Lencho01]

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Where did I get she was 9 in S1...

No stress, even at 9 in S01 that makes her 17 in S08 and Gendry compatible, we're not in Ser Meryn Trant's territory.

 

[Lencho01]

Game of Thrones director discusses the super-sized Battle of Winterfell

 

[Marvolo]

No stress, even at 9 in S01 that makes her 17 in S08 and Gendry compatible, we're not in Ser Meryn Trant's territory.

Plus it is a medieval society. They dont give a **** if a person is 18.

And frankly, even by modern legal standards it's stupid to think Arya cant have sex with Gendry unless shes 18. That girl has been through more **** than most adults. And shes about to fight in a battle against 100,000 undead and the ****ing Night King. Shes absolutely earned the right to decide if shes ready to have sex regardless of whether shes 18. And if she wants it and Gendry is consenting that's their business.

 

[Marvolo]

GRRM's original 3 book outline for A Song of Ice and Fire:

• While the first book/first third of the story is the same, focused on the Starks vs Lannisters, the second part was supposed to see Daenerys and her Dothraki invade Westeros. The third book/third part was supposed to focus on the war with the White Walkers. The show has kinda smashed these latter parts together, while the books haven’t even reached them yet.

• Tyrion, Daenerys, Arya, Bran and Jon Snow were listed as the “five key players” who would make it to the end of the series. But Sansa was intended to be married to Joffrey and bear him a son. She would then turn against the Starks to side with the Lannisters.

• Joffrey was going to fight Robb in battle and be seriously injured, while Robb himself was meant to die in battle.

• Tyrion was intended to besiege and burn Winterfell, with Catelyn escaping with Bran and Arya and seeking refuge with Jon at the Wall. Jon would refuse to help them because of his Night’s Watch vows, causing a rift between him and Bran.

• Arya and Jon were supposed to fall in love, with their “passion” for each other tormenting them, “until the secret of Jon’s true parentage is finally revealed in the last book”. 


• Catelyn, Bran and Arya were going to head beyond the Wall and meet up with Mance Rayder, and Catelyn was intended to die at the hands of the White Walkers.

• Dany was going to kill Drogo in an act of vengeance for the murder of her brother. Rather than being gifted the dragon eggs, she was going to find them in the wilderness.
• Tyrion would have dethroned Joffrey, with Jaime taking the throne after him (it sounds like much of his plot went to Cersei instead). Tyrion would then side with the Starks against Jaime, and ALSO fall in love with Arya, leading to a “deadly rivalry” between him and Jon. This could still happen before the end of the show, actually – only with Daenerys instead of Arya.

The Original Plan For Arya In "Game Of Thrones" Was Way More Shocking Than It Is Now

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[James.B]

‘Game of Thrones’ Director Miguel Sapochnik Previews Battle of Winterfell: ‘This Is Survival Horror’ – IndieWire

Sunday night finds “Game of Thrones” airing the long-awaited Battle of Winterfell in an 80-minute episode that has already been billed as featuring one of the longest battle sequences ever put on television or film. Behind the camera for the episode is Miguel Sapochnik, the director who has helmed the most iconic “Thrones” battles (see “Hardhome”) and won an Emmy for his direction of “Battle of the Bastards.” Sapochnik recently told Entertainment Weekly he prepped for the Battle of Winterfell by studying Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” specifically the legendary Helm’s Deep battle sequence.

“The siege is a 40-minute sequence, but it’s actually three different battles in three different places intercut,” Sapochnik said. “That was the biggest thing I could think of that was contemporary. I was trying to get a sense of when do you tire out. I think we’re going to blow past that. It feels like the only way to really approach it properly is take every sequence and ask yourself: ‘Why would I care to keep watching?'”

“One thing I found is that less action — the less fighting — you can have in a sequence, the better,” the director continued. “We also switch genres. There’s suspense and horror and action and drama and we’re not stuck in killing upon killing because then everybody gets desensitized and it doesn’t mean anything.”

When asked how to describe the tone of the Battle of Winterfell, Sapochnik replied, “This is survival horror.” The biggest challenge for Sapochnik was figuring out how to maintain a sense of perspective given how many characters the Battle of Winterfell involves. Sapochnik’s previous battle episodes, “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” were told from the sole perspective of Jon Snow.

“Here I’ve got 20-some cast members and everyone would like it to be their scene,” Sapochnik said. “That’s complicated because I find the best battle sequences are when you have a strong point of view, and here the point of view is objective even when you go from one person’s story to another. Because when you’re cutting back and forth, [the perspective] becomes objective whether you want it to or not. I keep thinking, ‘Whose story am I telling right now? And what restrictions does that place on me that become a good thing?'”

“What I really like about three, four, and five is they’re a complete piece with a beginning middle and end,” Sapochnik said. “I try to approach all these [episodes] like they’re one. Like in Season 6, [episodes 9 and 10, ‘The Battle of the Bastards’ and ‘The Winds of Winter’], were to me one thing. Yes, there was talk of that. Thank god it didn’t happen. I would be so dead right now.”

That Sapochnik views the next three episodes of “Thrones” as one piece suggests the action will start with the Battle of Winterfell and continue through the next two episodes.