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ahaha oh godWatchers on the Wall posted:There have been rumors for several months now that Jaime’s storyline will diverge significantly from A Song of Ice and Fire for season 5. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jerome Flynn filmed on Portstewart Strand, Northern Ireland for several days with characters in Dornish clothing, confirming the men would be headed for the southernmost region of Westeros.
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# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 20:00 |
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# ¿ May 18, 2024 13:17 |
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In It For The Tank posted:Updated the OP to include AAA. This article mentions another new addition: http://winteriscoming.net/2014/10/17/two-new-characters-cast-game-thrones-lost-misfits/ quote:A few weeks ago, we mentioned a casting call for a character named Clea, a young prostitute who would have a conversation would Tyrion. A reliable but as-yet-unconfirmed source has placed Welsh actress Gwyneth Keyworth in that small role. I would guess some kind of reworking of the "where do whores go" scene.
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# ¿ Oct 18, 2014 14:40 |
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Most of these jokes are pretty lame but at least GRRM looks like he's having fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT9BhS9Cos
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# ¿ Oct 30, 2014 03:21 |
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lifts cats over head posted:I've heard a lot about Linda's psycho behavior but haven't seen anything first hand. Is there a link to something that demonstrates this? I'm in no way doubting it's a thing, I just enjoy reading about insane diatribes. http://hippoiathanatoi.tumblr.com/ Also a huge long tumblr post here, though the author manages to be possibly even more obnoxious than she is. http://thestarkalypse.tumblr.com/post/38793074715/get-your-oval office-stained-fingers-off-my-mush-the-ballad e: goddamn that leaked footage colonel_korn fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Nov 3, 2014 |
# ¿ Nov 3, 2014 05:11 |
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I would be surprised if she makes it in. I don't even think they brought Illyrio back this season, did they?
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2015 21:35 |
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Here's the whole post on reddit, it has some other funny stuff in it (like a few subtle comments from the editor about how long it's been since the previous books were published ) http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/2rtcaa/i_went_to_the_cushing_library_and_went_through/
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2015 01:33 |
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timp posted:Gotta be Ramsay. Joffery could at least be civil and charming when it suited him to do so. Also Rast was a pretty tremendous bastard, I forget what he did to be sent to the Wall but I remember it being pretty reprehensible, and then on top of that he leads a mutiny while they're all in a frozen wasteland fighting for survival. What a dick. Nitpicking here but Rast in the books has nothing to do with the mutiny. He's a dick to Sam in Book 1 but he stays at Castle Black and ends up dying in the raid. The mutiny beyond the wall was fomented by other guys including Chett, who lost his job to Sam. Of course the show was different just for the sake of economy, probably. Anyways my vote would go to Gregor's men (e.g. Raff, the Tickler) or the Brave Companions as the cruelest and shittiest people so far.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2015 19:43 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5IbPIiml3I Very brief shot from Season 5 at the end. Does this mean we have to wait til Feb 5 for the trailer to get wider release? Last year we got the first one on Jan 12
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# ¿ Jan 20, 2015 21:43 |
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It's still kind of weird to me that after saying No Flashbacks for four seasons they decided that Maggy the Frog is the first one that they're going to include.
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# ¿ Jan 21, 2015 19:42 |
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Huh apparently Sophie Turner is going to be Jean Grey in the new X-Men movie. That'll take a bit of getting used to.
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# ¿ Jan 23, 2015 04:42 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFF0BInuMBk Anyone checking it out in IMAX? It looks like it would be fun but unfortunately there's none near me Also lol at Benioff's shirt. They both look kinda haggard, I bet this season was a beast to put together with all the extra writing they'll have had to do.
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 18:02 |
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Yeah and they're selling the trailer as one of the reasons to go to the IMAX show, so I wouldn't expect to see a decent quality online version uploaded by them until after Feb 3.
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 18:52 |
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And heeeeeeeere come the bootlegs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMKhdDlKHNE e: updated it to a better version colonel_korn fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Jan 30, 2015 |
# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 06:49 |
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Mike N Eich posted:Question: Who's sigil are those men on horseback with the birds on their shields? Are those Arryn men? Yup. I would guess that they're escorting Sansa, Robin and Littlefinger from the Eyrie. Anyways after watching the trailer a couple times it looks like there'll be some good stuff, particularly the Brazen Beasts and the gladiatorial combat, the Faith Militant, and the rescue from Hardhome or whatever similar event they have going on in the North. The Dorne/Sand Snakes stuff looks incredibly cheesy but I guess that comes with the material a little.
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# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 19:43 |
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Beeez posted:Also, it looks like they're going the straight up Grey Worm fucks Missandei route, which seems pretty stupid to me, but it's not someone saying slightly different words than they did in the book so I guess it's fine. It looks like he's just lying there and she kisses him. The books mention some of the Unsullied going to brothels and just paying women to lie next to them so I don't think it's necessarily a huge departure. They still have some kind of longing for human contact. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Stalwart_Shield If he does get offed though, darn. Being Dany's guardian is a tough gig. Whatever happened to Kovarro anyways?
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2015 00:48 |
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Beeez posted:They both appear to be naked under a sheet, though.
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2015 01:07 |
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twistedmentat posted:I'm kinda disturbed by the shot of Sansa in a tub; I know Sophie Turner is like 19 now, but the character had explicitly been said to be 14 on the show. It would be creepy if they start sexualizing her now. Well, she pretty explicitly began trying to seduce Littlefinger last season, so I think that train has sailed already. colonel_korn fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Feb 1, 2015 |
# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 07:49 |
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FuriousxGeorge posted:This is true, but even GRRM is usually a bit kinder with the Stark kids in regards to the creepiness, period bed burning aside. Sansa does get the worst of it. Reminder that 15 (?)-year old Arya seduces Raff the Sweetling and then stabs him to death in her pre-released TWOW chapter. e: my bad, she's still 12 at that point colonel_korn fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Feb 1, 2015 |
# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 09:49 |
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William Bear posted:I'm excited to see the High Sparrow. Pryce looks perfect for the role. His line in the trailer certainly conveys smug stoicism well enough. Is that him saying "strip away the gold, knock down the statues, and this is what remains"? I thought it sounded like Pryce but I wasn't sure.
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# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 20:11 |
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So here's the HQ version of the trailer finally on YouTube if anyone hadn't seen it yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wViILXQfX7Y ENSUES Here's what I can spot: 0:00 Tywin lying in the sept 0:04 Looks like an Arryn convoy, so probably Littlefinger and Sansa heading somewhere 0:10 Night's Watch men approaching Hardhome 0:12 Bronn pulling out his sword with a spear pointed at him, Jaime nearby. Must be after their confrontation with the Dornish. 0:13 Brazen Beasts, I think. 0:14 Littlefinger creeping 0:15 Some guy buried up to his neck in sand, a couple of scorpions around him, two of the Sand Snakes (one of whom whips a bucket off his head), Ellaria and Trystane. Must be a new scene. Looks hilarious. 0:17 Dorne/Water Gardens I'm guessing 0:20 Wildlings evacuating 0:22 Young Cersei cutting her thumb for the Maggy the Frog scene 0:24 Margaery/Tommen wedding 0:26 Rattleshirt is back! Probably not for long! 0:28 Varys/Tyrion convo 0:32 Some kind of ritual at the Wall involving Melisandre. Possibly burning "Mance"? Not sure if that whole switcheroo will be included or not, but Rattleshirt being back suggests something. 0:35 Volantis, maybe? 0:44 This is probably the Maggy the Frog flashback too 0:46 Wildlings knocking at the door of Castle Black. I'm guessing this might be a group that tells them what's going on at Hardhome. 0:50 Jorah fighting in the arena. This is obviously a change. I suspect most of the intrigue about the mercenary groups and stuff is going to hit the cutting room floor. I kind of wonder if Jorah is even going to meet up with Tyrion or not. 0:53 The scene with Myrcella's locket in the viper's mouth 0:56 Here it looks like Melisandre is just burning a corpse on a pyre, which looks different from the one at 0:32. Different scene entirely? Dunno whose body it might be. 1:02: Wildlings charging some other group of guys dressed in black. They don't look like Night's Watch men though. Not sure what's going on here actually, I don't see any sign of wights or White Walkers who you would assume would be the threat if they are in fact doing a scene at Hardhome. 1:03 Jaime in Dorne with Areo Hotah behind him. 1:04 Not sure who this girl is, looking at casting photos it might be Tyene Sand? Or maybe just a random hot girl. 1:06 This line from Olenna is interesting because I'm not sure if she's threatening someone, or maybe warning Margaery or Loras. 1:07 Some quick cuts of fighting which include Jon and I think Jaime fighting a Dornishman. 1:09 A murdered Brazen Beast 1:10 Theon, presumably in Winterfell. 1:10 Bronn cutting down a Dornish horseman 1:13 Sparrows raising a ruckus in King's Landing. Still not 100% sure but I think the voiceover might be Pryce as the High Sparrow. 1:15 Arya at the House of Black and White/in Braavos. 1:25 Another shot of Arryn men 1:27 Bolton military planning 1:29 Tyrion/Varys 1:34 I'm guessing this has to be Drogon, but I'm not sure where he is. 1:35 More wildlings evacuating 1:36 Missandei kissing Grey Worm 1:37 This looks like some kind of small-scale fight/gladiatorial demo. You can spot Dany really briefly in the background. 1:38 Melisandre 1:39 Dany, Barristan, Grey Worm, Daario, Unsullied 1:39 Another shot of Jaime and Bronn in Dorne I think. 1:40 I think this is either Ellaria or Obara Sand with a bunch of spears pointed at her. Not sure what this is about. I wonder if they're keeping some of Arianne's coup plotline in there? 1:40 Someone's hand shaking... maybe Theon? 1:41 A bald Wildling holding an axe. Something in the foreground but I can't tell what it is. Maybe a wight? 1:41 A really quick shot but this looks like Brienne and Pod tearing into the Inn at the Crossroads. Only time they show up in the trailer. 1:42 This looks like guys with gold masks killing Unsullied. I assumed the guys with the gold masks were Brazen Beasts, but maybe they're sons of the Harpy? Or there could be some kind of double-cross that happens? 1:43 Margaery being naked, hugging Tommen, looking sneaky 1:44 Dany in the arena, protected by unsullied, surrounded by the gold mask guys. So maybe they're just the sons of the Harpy. 1:46 Harpy statue getting torn down. Comments: * it looks like the Meereen storyline is going to follow the broad strokes of ADwD up to the pit fight. Maybe some minor tweaks (in particular it looks like the Sons of the Harpy stage a coup during the gladiatorial combats?) and a lot of streamlining but I don't expect any huge departures. * I have no idea what to expect from the Dorne storyline, at all. * I'm a little confused by the "Hardhome" scene mostly because of the shot at 1:02 which seems to show two human armies colliding. But in broad strokes it looks to me like the first few eps will have stuff going on at the Wall with Stannis and Melisandre, then Jon heads off to save some Wildlings and probably pisses some people off in the process. Not sure if he'll get stabbed at the end of the season or not. * Speaking of Stannis, I don't see any indication that his winter campaign is included in this season. There's the one shot of the Boltons doing some strategic planning, but that's it. I suspect they're saving it for next season and we might only get a couple of quick check-ins on Theon, Ramsey and Roose. * Very little for Sansa and Brienne to do this season, I suspect. * Didn't see Sam at all. I wonder if he and Gilly are still going to Braavos? No Bran either but that was expected. * King's Landing again I think is going to mostly follow the broad strokes of AFFC and ADWD. Interested to see if Olenna has much of a role outside of that one line. Best guess for where they'll be by the end of the season: * Dany flies off on Drogon. BUT WILL THERE BE making GBS threads? * Tyrion: not sure, the trailer didn't really give any indication beyond what looks like Volantis. * Cersei does the walk of shame in KL. Margaery arrested midway through the season, the Tyrells try to deal with it. * Jon rescues the Wildlings from Hardhome and returns to a very divided Night's Watch. I think Stannis might stay there until that point. I'm leaning towards no stabbing until next season. * Theon/Roose/Ramsey are holed up in Winterfell, I suspect there might just be a few cursory check-ins this season and then we'll get to the meat of that story next season. * Sansa/Littlefinger: no idea. Don't even remember where they're headed, to be honest. * Arya: probably the point where she goes blind. Looking forward to seeing Jaqen again. * Brienne/Pod: no idea. I did see them at the inn so maybe Brienne fights someone, but with Locke/Rorge/Biter all gone I'm not sure who. Maybe the Brotherhood? * Dorne:
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 06:06 |
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zVxTeflon posted:Is there more than that one twitter pic? If you scroll through there should be three... Anyways yeah it's crazy how much he changed to even the first book between that letter and the release about 2 1/2 years later. Makes it all the more frustrating that he seems to be getting so hung up on plot details nowadays. Although yeah, Steve2911 posted:'If I know exactly where a book is going, I lose all interest in writing it'.
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# ¿ Feb 4, 2015 21:20 |
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There's a featurette up about the weapons they made for Areo and the Sand Snakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__poCm1Od20 Nipples on a breastplate spotted
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 19:32 |
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Sansa replacing Jeyne Poole would be a pretty radical departure, but I think it could work. Also didn't Sophie Turner say something about having to do a somewhat gross/traumatic scene this season? Or am I thinking something about something that was leaked about Sansa's book plotline.
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2015 21:11 |
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Zippy the Bummer posted:I've heard a rumor that according to some supposedly hitherto-infallible rumor mill site that Sansa marries (again) this season. Has anyone else heard that? We've been idly speculating that she might take the place of Jeyne Poole and be married off to Ramsey, but it's pretty much just based on the fact that the trailer shows her at Winterfell.
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# ¿ Mar 10, 2015 18:42 |
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More peeks at the sets for Dorne and Daznak's Pit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWQpTqx8WTw Doran's wheelchair is baller as hell
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# ¿ Mar 12, 2015 17:57 |
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Nouvelle Vague posted:New pics and hype.
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# ¿ Mar 13, 2015 18:44 |
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BillBear posted:The director who did this ep is a major gently caress up. It's kinda weird because the episodes he directed in S3 were great. But yeah, I dunno if it was because he did twice as many in S4 or what, but there was definitely a fall-off in quality.
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# ¿ Mar 13, 2015 23:49 |
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Ballz posted:Jesus good riddance to that guy. Clearly he got overwhelmed with season 4. Hopefully he doesn't come back at all, but if so, maybe give him one, two episodes a season tops. It'll be interesting to see how things go this season. 4 out of the 5 directors are new (although one of them, Jeremy Podeswa, has done a ton of poo poo for other HBO shows). D&D aren't directing any episodes, but are writing seven, with two being written by Cogman (generally pretty good IMO) and one by a guy who they gave an episode to because he suggested that potato boy should kill Ygritte last season.
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# ¿ Mar 14, 2015 02:03 |
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colonel_korn posted:It'll be interesting to see how things go this season. 4 out of the 5 directors are new (although one of them, Jeremy Podeswa, has done a ton of poo poo for other HBO shows). D&D aren't directing any episodes, but are writing seven, with two being written by Cogman (generally pretty good IMO) and one by a guy who they gave an episode to because he suggested that potato boy should kill Ygritte last season. In It For The Tank posted:Do you have a source for this? It sounds too good to be true. Late but here you go: http://variety.com/gallery/photos-showrunners-impact-report/#!13/david-benioff-d-b-weiss/ quote:“We had an assistant named Dave Hill,” say Benioff and Weiss. “One day last summer he walked into our office and said, ‘You know that kid whose family gets massacred by the wildlings? The one who runs to Castle Black to let them know the wildlings are nearby?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘Well,’ said Dave, ‘doesn’t it make sense that he’d stay at Castle Black and become a Night’s Watch recruit? Where else is he going to go?’ ‘You’re right,’ we said. ‘That does make sense.’ ‘And what if during the battle for Castle Black, he’s the one who ends up killing Ygritte?’ This year, Dave Hill is a writer on the show.”
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# ¿ Mar 16, 2015 17:04 |
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Anonymous John posted:There's also a thread on Reddit that spoils the entire first episode of S5, including that Cersei's prophecy flashback does not mention a valonqar at all. That seems weird if true. Isn't the whole point of the prophecy that it helps explain her paranoia and hatred of Tyrion? Why include it otherwise?
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# ¿ Mar 19, 2015 20:27 |
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meristem posted:Have a new TWOW chapter, thread: http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/ . quote:The feast proved to be everything her father promised. Sixty-four dishes were served, in honor of the sixty-four competitors who had come so far to contest for silver wings before their lord. From the rivers and the lakes came pike and trout and salmon, from the seas crabs and cod and herring. Ducks there were, and capons, peacocks in their plumage and swans in almond milk. Sucking pigs were served up crackling with apples in their mouths, and three huge aurochs were roasted whole above firepits in the castle yard, since they were too big to get through the kitchen doors. Loaves of hot bread filled the trestle tables in Lord Nestor’s hall, and massive wheels of cheese were brought up from the vaults. The butter was fresh-churned, and there were leeks and carrots, roasted onions, beets, turnips, parsnips. never change, George.
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# ¿ Apr 2, 2015 18:48 |
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The Meerneese blot guy posted his impressions of the first four episode screeners on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/31a2k4/spoilers_all_my_advance_review_of_season_5/ Brief summary: * Jon's plot seems to be the best handled overall. * Dany doesn't do a heck of a lot, at least not in the first four episodes * KL plotline has been "overhauled" significantly. In keeping with the trend of past seasons, Cersei isn't quite as insane and evil and Margaery is a much more obvious player. * The Tourney at Harrenhall gets discussed (probably Littlefinger telling Sansa about it). * quote:But it is another plotline that will surely be the most controversial of the season. The show has an uphill battle to justify an invented plot point that 99% of book readers are predisposed to think is truly insane. Do they succeed? Well, they gamely try, and they make use of some existing divergences in show continuity to present their case. Yet it seems clear to me that what happened in this plotline is that D&D considered some characters’ AFFC/ADWD plotlines weak and filled with unmemorable supporting casts, so they decided to spice things up by just shoving them together, with the justifications being tacked on afterwards. This lets some great characters and actors share scenes together, yet the feeling lingers that this is kinda dumb and forced. We will see if the later-season payoff justifies it. This has to be either Winterfell or Dorne, but I'm not sure which. EW also has a not very informative review up: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/02/game-thrones-ew-review My favourite part: quote:But too many of the new faces look like they’re on the wrong show. When Cersei enlists a religious leader, the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce), to help her politically, his bald devotees, who carve stars into their foreheads, resemble cult figures from a Kevin Williamson drama. And when the show introduces Oberyn’s revenge-thirsty daughters (Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Jessica Henwick), they’re closer to B-movie bad girls than warriors. George R.R. Martin’s characters are always psychologically compelling, but as they say on Project Runway, the styling needs work.
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# ¿ Apr 3, 2015 18:17 |
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whatever7 posted:I don't get how the Grey Worm actor got upset over getting wrecked in the show if the rumor is true. The character is useless in the book and the actor is terrible in the show. He should be happy to get a death scene instead of just being written out like the Dothraki guy from S2. Poor Kovarro
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 22:30 |
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romanowski posted:where was it confirmed that sansa is replacing jeyne poole? It hasn't been officially confirmed or anything, it's just speculation based on the fact that the second trailer shows Sansa at Winterfell, and the comments I reposted earlier based on the first four episode screeners mention something about several characters' plotlines being mashed together.
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 23:26 |
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zVxTeflon posted:RIP Kovarro you were too good for this We'll always have this at least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P38EG97zlOg&t=30s
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 03:27 |
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Ross posted:Wasn't Ser Lyn Corbrey the guy who Bronn guts in the Eyrie in Season 1 / Book 1 or am I confusing him with another? That was Vardis Egan. Corbray is one of the other Vale knights who Littlefinger is apparently paying to inform for him while publicly feigning hatred for him. He makes a big scene in AFFC when he arrives with Yohn Royce and the other Lords Declarant after Lysa's death.
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# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 20:13 |
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WOTW posted their impressions of the first four episodes: http://watchersonthewall.com/game-of-thrones-returns-in-season-5-with-magic-and-intrigue/ Some excerpts: quote:I’ll tell you this upfront: the season premiere as a whole isn’t as strong as last season’s first outing. “The Wars to Come” is all about setting up the season, and it does that very well. It’s more reminiscent of the second and third season premieres in that respect, but the pacing is on the slow side. It’s contemplative, giving the characters and the viewers breathing room to take in the new stories that bloom over the next few episodes. quote:In Meereen, Daenerys is learning that the effects of slavery don’t disappear when the shackles are broken. Chaos in the city is growing, pushing Dany to once again have to make hard choices that test her wisdom as a queen. Her growing pains extend to the mothering of her dragons, as well, with the creatures in their rebellious adolescence. The Meereen storyline is hopping this year, with a climax in the fourth episode “The Sons of the Harpy” that’ll leave you screaming at the TV and begging for next week’s episode. quote:The Wall is home to new dynamics this year, with the influx of Team Dragonstone. The shakeup is welcome, treating us to dialogue between the likes of Shireen and Gilly, and Jon and Melisandre. The Night’s Watch storyline is a mixed bag, in my opinion; while there are some great scenes, what should be a major moment in the second episode feels rushed and not that exciting. quote:ASOIAF fans may experience a little whiplash with this new version of Ellaria Sand. Indira Varma is wonderful and I love seeing her on fire and spitting out dialogue, but this character has little to do with Ellaria or Arianne from the novels for that matter, so adjust your expectations. Show-only viewers won’t have an issue with this, of course. quote:The threads of Game of Thrones come together more neatly and pick up the pace after the season premiere. Momentum is gained as the players plot and the bodies start falling. In forging their own path beyond the books, Benioff and Weiss are finding ways to surprise their cynical audience and like seasons past, viewers are going to thank them for every shock and twist of the knife.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2015 21:45 |
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http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/george-r-r-martin-developing-hbo-series-captain-cosmos-20150405quote:While Game of Thrones fans anxiously wait for George R.R. Martin to complete the sixth book in the A Song of Ice and Fire saga, the author has already set his sights on another project: A new television series titled Captain Cosmos about "a visionary young writer creates a science fiction series that tells stories no one else will dare to tell," Entertainment Weekly reports.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2015 23:18 |
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Mike N Eich posted:I literally laughed out loud at the only Meereen spoiler being "Barristan is murdered by the Sons of Harpy" He's definitely in the running for the character to whom the show has done the most disservice, either him or Loras probably. Though as far as minor characters go I'm still kinda mad about how useless Qhorin Halfhand ended up being too.
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# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 17:02 |
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# ¿ May 18, 2024 13:17 |
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I dunno. I came across another (badly written and fairly spoilery) review of the first four eps that seems to back up most of it: http://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/review/game-of-thrones-season-five
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# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 21:43 |