On June 19 2015 02:30 Tensai176 wrote:
One of the best things about GoT was in it's ability to tell a story with morally-grey characters that has things happen to them of their own doing. The little things that they do wrong that spell their end. The show doesn't get any of that across in this season for Stannis/Jon + Sansa rape scene (wat.); just written for pure shock value with no believable motivations behind it. Season 5 was the worst of all the seasons.
Stannis's undoing was due to him sacrificing his daughter (half his army left out of fear/disbelief), and basically putting all his faith in Melisandre repeatedly even though his own councillors told him not to. Jon's was due to him not paying any attention at all to his safety with regard to continuously helping out the wildlings and the discontent it was breeding. He should have just sent away the guy who is the ringleader behind the mutiny as it was obvious all along he wanted power.
Sansa's rape wasn't for shock value. Was to show how horrible her life is, so you feel bad for her and think that Bolton is even more of a monster than before.
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MadeInPolanD Poland. Jun 20 2015 15:09. Posts 1383
Gotta add that other Stannis's Lord of the light sacrifices were done in privacy. (shadow that killed Renly was born in some cave, killing Robert's bastard - Gendry - was done in a room ) but he makes public burning his daughter.
Sansa's rape is due to trusting Littlefinger with childlike gullibility. (also in the end it was her decission to go to Boltons )
On June 19 2015 22:39 devon06atX wrote:
He should have just sent away the guy who is the ringleader behind the mutiny as it was obvious all along he wanted power.
I think he couldn't send Alliser Thorne, cause he didn't belive in this mission. He could take Alliser with him at best (as the strongest opponent), still knowing he will not be helping in convincing wildlings, but taking this time to explain why he does it.
Spoiler s05e10: + Show Spoiler +
(of course after seeing the episode we know that he would see the army of the dead himself, and how they rose after killing wildlings - which could convince him)
Make it rain$$$
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 11 2015 06:47. Posts 13050
Game of Thrones director confirms Stannis Baratheon's fate
Jon Snow isn’t the only character whose fate had fans speculating at the end of the Game of Thrones season 5 finale.
The death scene of Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) also had some wondering if the daughter-torching would-be king was really the end of his character. When Brienne swung Oathkeeper at Stannis, the camera cut away — not showing his death, and the rule of TV is if you don’t actually see a person’s dead body, they might come back (and sometimes, even if you do).
Talking to EW at Comic-Con on Friday, the episode’s director David Nutter confirmed that Stannis really is gone.
“From the very beginning, and [through] the script process, that was the intent — he’s dead,” Nutter said.
The director explained that actually showing the death would have felt “gratuitous.”
PuertoRican United States. Jul 31 2015 21:59. Posts 13050
HBO says Game of Thrones will be at least EIGHT seasons
Game of Thrones won’t end with seven seasons.
Even though Thrones showrunners have repeatedly declared they hope to conclude the fantasy hit around the 70-hour mark, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo for the first time firmly proclaimed the series will go at least eight seasons.
“Seven-seasons-and-out has never been the [internal] conversation,” Lombardo said to critics at the Television Critics Association’s press tour Thursday when a reporter asked if the show would end after seven. “The question is: How much beyond seven are we going to do? Obviously we’re shooting six now, hopefully discussing seven. [Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are] feel like there’s two more years after six. I would always love for them to change their minds, but that’s what we’re looking at right now.”
Lombardo’s statement doesn’t mean the series is officially renewed for eight seasons—the current order is only through next year—but it’s the next-best thing.
Okay, so what about doing a prequel series, since author George R.R. Martin has created a world with such a lengthy and detailed history?
“I would be open to anything that Dan and David wanted to do—about Game of Thrones, or any subject matter,” Lombardo said. “It really would depend fully on what they wanted to do. I think you’re right, there’s enormous storytelling to be mined in a prequel, if George and Dan and David decide they want to tackle that. At this point, all the focus is on the next few years of the show. We haven’t had any conversations about that at this point.”
Lombardo also defended Thrones from criticisms about the show’s violent season 5 content (Sansa Stark’s storyline in particular). “In the pilot episode we see a 7-year-old boy pushed to seemingly his death from a tower,” Lombardo said. “This show has had violence from the first episode. I can’t speak to any single person’s particular taste, but I think the show is phenomenal. It went to 20 million viewers this year, it went up over 1 million viewers from the prior season. The show continues to grow dramatically. There are no two showrunners who are more careful about now overstepping what they think the line is—and everybody has their own line. [What they show] is critical to the storytelling.”
The president was also asked—of course—if Jon Snow is really dead (especially since actor Kit Harington has recently been spotted in Belfast, where Thrones is primarily shot). Lombardo maintained the same stance as the rest of the show’s team.
“Dead is dead is dead,” he said. “He be dead. Um, yes. Everything I’ve seen, heard and read, Jon Snow is indeed dead.”
PuertoRican United States. Aug 01 2015 21:47. Posts 13050
"Ian McShane, best known for his terrifying turn as the foul-mouthed anti-hero of Deadwood, will be returning to HBO, by way of Westeros. According to Entertainment Weekly, McShane and his unsettling eyes have been cast in an undisclosed role for season six of Game of Thrones. McShane, who once had a career as a sexy crooner before trying his hand at playing sociopaths, will have “a relatively small amount of screen-time during the season, yet his character is of key importance.” The 72-year-old actor plays scary men of authority, and homocidal Santa Clauses, better than anyone else."
guess they ll bring in Euron and a bunch of other characters in the series as well if they ll do that many seasons
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 04 2015 00:49. Posts 13050
Game of Thrones recasts Three-Eyed Raven with Exorcist star
"Game of Thrones has just cast another acclaimed veteran actor. Silver-screen legend Max von Sydow is joining the HBO hit, EW has learned exclusively.
The famed performer, whose career spans dozens of feature films — from The Exorcist to Minority Report to the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens — has signed on to season 6.
Bonus: We know who von Sydow is going to play, and it’s a character we’ve already met!
Von Sydow will play the Three-Eyed Raven, the mystical tutor of Bran Stark, who was briefly seen in the season 4 finale (where the character was portrayed by a different actor).
The casting comes on the heels of another famed European thespian joining the fantasy hit. On Saturday, EW exclusively reported that Ian McShane (Deadwood) has joined the cast as well. McShane’s role, however, has remained under wraps.
Both McShane and von Sydow are not expected to have a lot of screen time next season, but both roles are crucial in their own way.
Thrones, recently nominated for 24 Emmy nominations, is currently in production, with von Sydow already on set. The series is expected to return for 10 episodes next spring. Last week, HBO’s programming president Michael Lombardo revealed that the network plans at least eight seasons of the show, a bump from the oft-reported seven season plan."
scary men of authority makes me think of sam's dad but I guess they already passed up on his story and can't go back given current story. I guess they could kind of still do Euron...
I watched season 5 again and I found some parts I liked; the high sparrow story was well done imo particularly the guy who played the high sparrow and lady olenna were great and the scenes where they worked together were as good as season 1 imo. Tommen didn't convince me at all. The big visual action scenes (hardhome and drogon in the pit) were also impressive i guess, though they would have been cooler if you hadn't been force-fed unbelievable and pointless action scenes before that (sand snakes, jaime/bronn v random dornish, jorah...). I'm really worried that season 6 will be absolutely terrible since the show writers will be completely ont heir own and they just don't seem to be good storytellers.
Maybe we'll get some more characters who happen to run into each other and have a fight scene together before being broken apart just in time, then some random titty reveals. /shudders
If you like to think, talk and watch GOT stuff. I found that the subreddit for GOT was really cool, tons of cool in depth theories, links, interviews and pictures :-)
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PuertoRican United States. Jan 31 2016 23:35. Posts 13050
Looks like Jon Snow and Ygritte are dating in real life.
Rekrul is a newb
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TimDawg United States. Jan 31 2016 23:40. Posts 10197
lol that's pretty awesome
online bob is actually a pretty smart person, not at all like the creepy fucker that sits in the sofa telling me he does nasty shit to me when im asleep - pinball
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TimDawg United States. Jan 31 2016 23:44. Posts 10197
btw I am predicting Jon Snow comes back as some sort've white walker hero (helps the humans fight the white walkers)
I think it could be a situation where they use similar elements to the Lady Stoneheart storyline from the books
online bob is actually a pretty smart person, not at all like the creepy fucker that sits in the sofa telling me he does nasty shit to me when im asleep - pinball
He ll just get revived by the Fire god lady aka Stannis's mistress. Question is will there be anything else around that ( like will they have to kill off someone to do it )
Catelyn isn't a " sort of whitewalker " she s human, like the other dude that got stabbed by the Hound and got revived for the 5th time, problem is her throat is slit so its kind of impossible for her to talk.
You did kind of give me a sort of a theory though, whitewalkers could just be the revived people of the north controlled by some sick skilled mage in the end? I am uncertain of what happened @ the continent pre Dragons, think there were constant wars, so there would be tons of bodies to use. Would also explain why Brann has such powers too and whats their link to the big picture
On January 31 2016 22:48 Spitfiree wrote:
He ll just get revived by the Fire god lady aka Stannis's mistress. Question is will there be anything else around that ( like will they have to kill off someone to do it )
Catelyn isn't a " sort of whitewalker " she s human, like the other dude that got stabbed by the Hound and got revived for the 5th time, problem is her throat is slit so its kind of impossible for her to talk.
You did kind of give me a sort of a theory though, whitewalkers could just be the revived people of the north controlled by some sick skilled mage in the end? I am uncertain of what happened @ the continent pre Dragons, think there were constant wars, so there would be tons of bodies to use. Would also explain why Brann has such powers too and whats their link to the big picture
Melisandre uses blood magic, her powers do require some kind of corporal sacrifice and its probably the same magic used by White Walkers, after all they demand newborns and its probably to do sacrifices for blood magic.
Actually in the TellTale game of Game of Thrones there is a girl deep in the north who controls the mind of some wildlings through blood magic to fight against the wights and she requires sacrifices and also it appears to have a physical toll on her too
So it appears the Greyjoys will have a pretty big storyline for this season. That should be good
I think I'm most excited about Arya's storyline for this year. That picture of her looked badass (I think she's warging right?)
online bob is actually a pretty smart person, not at all like the creepy fucker that sits in the sofa telling me he does nasty shit to me when im asleep - pinball
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