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Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:25 pm
by epilogue
Simple Torture wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Simple Torture wrote:I haven't read anything about this today, so I can't be sure, but: there's been this story going around for years that when the showrunners met with Martin to discuss the series' end, he revealed 3 plot points to them that made them say, "Holy shit." They've confirmed that two of them have happened: the burning of Princess Shireen and "Hold the door!" I am wondering if Arya killing the Night King is #3. If it is, then I don't think it's on the level with the others. I also wonder (and this is a post I'm planning for the book thread soon) if there will even be an analogous moment in the books, since there is no Night King as of yet.
I'm going to say it's not the third thing. Benioff kinda tips his hand on that in the post-ep interview (at least, that's how I took it).
I'll have to watch that, I almost never do. From what I recall, they had said the third moment was from the "very end."
That's my memory as well.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:27 pm
by epilogue
Mecca wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:Crazy idea but Theon might not be dead.
Camera does cut away
Well, the cops didn’t check his pulse and say “he’s dead”
you're a gem
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:29 pm
by Simple Torture
I think it's great now that with the WWs gone, Melisandre gone, and Thoros gone, there's very, very little chance that anyone else is rising from the dead.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:29 pm
by dimejinky99
First rule of all these things. If you don’t see the body getting buried it’s still in play.
See Palpatine for example
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:31 pm
by epilogue
daft twat wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:I hope Ghost comes back and snuggles with Jon.
Ghost doing fuck all was among the biggest disappointments of the episode. I thought he’d do something awesome and then die for budgetary reasons. My derp wolf was more active during the 80 minutes than Ghost.
Ghost helping lead the (what was CLEARLY always going to be just a) sacrificial charge was weird. Like, why the plan for him to guard Bran? That makes way more sense.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:32 pm
by epilogue
Mecca wrote:Really disappointed that the White Walkers ended up having no depth to them beyond “rogue weapon created by the children of the forest”
There's still three episodes left. But even if we don't get any more info... I'm just, well I'm just not. They were never the focus. Never meant to be the "big bad." They were always an obstacle not THE obstacle.
The show is called Game of Thrones not Army of the Dead.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:33 pm
by epilogue
Simple Torture wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:darth_vedder wrote:So is Arya the princess who was promised?
There sure is a shit ton of evidence that suggests she is, yeah.
Is she a ham?
I don't...
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:34 pm
by epilogue
Simple Torture wrote:I think it's great now that with the WWs gone, Melisandre gone, and Thoros gone, there's very, very little chance that anyone else is rising from the dead.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:36 pm
by EJ
maybe Gendry knocked Arya up, and the prince is actually in her belly and will born amidst salt and smoke...
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:36 pm
by Anders
durdencommatyler wrote:Mecca wrote:Really disappointed that the White Walkers ended up having no depth to them beyond “rogue weapon created by the children of the forest”
There's still three episodes left. But even if we don't get any more info... I'm just, well I'm just not. They were never the focus. Never meant to be the "big bad." They were always an obstacle not THE obstacle.
The show is called Game of Thrones not Army of the Dead.
Yet, the book series it is based on is called A Song Of Ice And Fire, and only the first book is called A Game Of Thrones. The last book is called The Dream Of Spring. And both the series title and the the last book, sound more like they are concerned with the threat from the north. But I do agree, that it's good we'll get three episodes after they are gone. I think three more episodes of fighting them would have been too much.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:37 pm
by epilogue
I know I'm prone to hyperbole. But I spent much of a sleepless night last night and a lazy morning today trying to think this through and I think I can safely say that what I saw last night with Arya's storyline was the most visceral experience of joy and satisfaction I've ever gotten from any piece of art. It was sheer perfection all the way through. What I felt inside at the end... I've never gotten that from a book, movie, or TV show before.
Even if the final three episodes fall flat, I'll always be grateful for last night's experience.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:37 pm
by epilogue
EJ wrote:maybe Gendry knocked Arya up, and the prince is actually in her belly and will born amidst salt and smoke...
I think you can let go of the "salt and smoke" stuff in the show. They don't seem too concerned with all of that.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:37 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
What was that song at the end? It was an instrumental of a song I already know, but I can't place it.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:39 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:What was that song at the end? It was an instrumental of a song I already know, but I can't place it.
Take On Me by a-ha
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:40 pm
by dimejinky99
E.H. Ruddock wrote:What was that song at the end? It was an instrumental of a song I already know, but I can't place it.
Read somewhere the composer recycled it from West world?
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:43 pm
by Mecca
E.H. Ruddock wrote:What was that song at the end? It was an instrumental of a song I already know, but I can't place it.
Sandstorm by Darude
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:43 pm
by epilogue
I actually thought the score was one of the few weak elements of the episode. So much of it was stunning and literally spectacular but I didn't like much of the music. Especially that song at the end that goes on for about 12 and a half minutes while the NK walks in slow motion for the full three and a half miles it takes, for some reason, to get to Bran.
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:44 pm
by Mecca
durdencommatyler wrote:darth_vedder wrote:So is Arya the princess who was promised?
There sure is a shit ton of evidence that suggests she is, yeah.
Is there? I mean, there’s a lot of the prophecy she doesn’t fulfill
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:44 pm
by epilogue
Speaking of Bran... what the actual fuck was he doing? Why did he warg at that moment? I feel like I missed something. Was it just to "use his power" so the NK would know where to find him?
Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Mon April 29, 2019 7:45 pm
by dimejinky99
durdencommatyler wrote:Speaking of Bran... what the actual fuck was he doing? Why did he warg at that moment? I feel like I missed something. Was it just to "use his power" so the NK would know where to find him?
He was watching Endgame