Game of Thrones on HBO

[spleen1015]

Maybe those kids were all his victims.

[ISiddiqui]

We have to remember though, this is based on a society where 14 year old women were routinely married off and expected to immediately have kids. Hence 'pedophile' means something entirely different. I don't think Pycelle qualifies.

[Galaril]

I just read that there is only about 13 hours left in the tv series. Sounds like possibly a pair of 6-8 episode seasons the next two years to wrap it up.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Galaril

I just read that there is only about 13 hours left in the tv series. Sounds like possibly a pair of 6-8 episode seasons the next two years to wrap it up.

12-15, yeah. They're eyeing a cap of 75 hours, and we're 60 hours in, so...

[nilodor]

Originally Posted by SteveMax58

I think so as well. If I'm remembering correctly it was Cersei who insinuated it just before the purple wedding. And then I also recall the occasional young kid usually being dismissed by him as happened in the season finale.

I was wondering if it was going to turn into one of those how many 5 year olds could you take? Although I guess that wouldn't normally include knives.

Weird that when they showed his spryness in that one episode that it never really came up again.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Galaril

I just read that there is only about 13 hours left in the tv series. Sounds like possibly a pair of 6-8 episode seasons the next two years to wrap it up.

I'll be satisfied with that. GRRM will never finish the series so this is the next best thing.

Looking forward to some spin offs also.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

12-15, yeah. They're eyeing a cap of 75 hours, and we're 60 hours in, so...

Probably depends how many episodes they can contractually extend season 7 to without renegotiating and 7 episodes and waiting an entire year for the final 6 is going to be much bullahit.

[hollmt]

If they milk 6-7 episodes for season 7, and wait 9 months for another 6-7 episodes, I think that will annoy people. I will be annoyed. Doesn't take much though for me to get annoyed at anything anymore

I would prefer 6-7 episodes next year as normal, then 4-6 months off and then finish it up at the end of the year. So March and April, then November and December and done. Finish it up in 2017. It works for WD and BB even did similar stuff and I like that setup more.

[ISiddiqui]

It seems to be the new 'thing' - Breaking Bad and Mad Men both did the 7 & 6 'final season'

[molson]

I was looking back at the timing of HBO series seasons - remember when the Sopranos took 21 months off before the final season? Since then, HBO has mostly stayed with consistent with seasons starting around the same time every year. I wouldn't be surprised to see GOT starting the last two seasons in April 2017 and April 2018, which each season just ending a few weeks earlier than they have so far.

[Scoobz0202]

As annoying as it would be to have two seasons of game of thrones at 6-7 episodes a piece versus the normal 10 I would be shocked if they didn't. No way will they take their biggest cash cow and make one long season when they could extend it to two.

The plan of one half early and one half at the end of the year sounds fine to me, but I'll put money on it being the same just shorter seasons.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by stevew

Okay, so if Bran was marked by the Night's King and then was no longer safe in the tree, isn't Bran going over the wall going to have the same effect?

'Game Of Thrones' Finale Hints At How The Wall Is Coming Down

More speculation. The Euron stuff is interesting

[Pyser]

Nothing unexpected, but Season 7 delayed til next summer instead of spring, and only 7 episodes.

[flere-imsaho]

They'll still finish earlier than GRRM.

[Radii]

Game of Thrones Season 7: Official Trailer (HBO) - YouTube

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Radii

Game of Thrones Season 7: Official Trailer (HBO) - YouTube

I'm sorry to see it come to an end soon but at least I'll get closure vs waiting on GRRM to write his remaining books.

Looking forward to the spin-offs.

[Mota]

Originally Posted by Edward64

I'm sorry to see it come to an end soon but at least I'll get closure vs waiting on GRRM to write his remaining books.

Looking forward to the spin-offs.

At this point, no matter what he keeps saying, I think he's completely given up.

And also with the new canon that's being established every week on TV, I think it's totally screwing him up and whatever he had planned for the ending (if any).

Only a month and a half until the debut, I can't wait!

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Mota

At this point, no matter what he keeps saying, I think he's completely given up.

And also with the new canon that's being established every week on TV, I think it's totally screwing him up and whatever he had planned for the ending (if any).

Only a month and a half until the debut, I can't wait!

My conspiracy theory was that he's using the TV show to run one ending and then he'll change up a big thing or two (obviously not like an L+R=J the whole series has been building up to, but maybe a Stark death or something). But yeah, it's much more likely he'll never finish the series (though possibly we'll get some other author doing it after he dies.)

[RainMaker]

I don't think he'll ever finish. Best case scenario is Winds of Winter come out when he's 70. Then he's looking at wrapping everything up in a final book which could easily take a decade or more at his pace.

[ISiddiqui]

Also I don't think the show is screwing him up with the ending much at all as he's already said the mediums are taking different paths to the end. He has also already mentioned a big twist that he's put in since the show moved past the books.

[Groundhog]

Kinda weird that GRRM's final books are going to end up feeling like fan fiction.

[Mota]

They really are taking different paths. The books have been getting slower and slower, and really bogging down, while the TV show has been getting faster, and if we are to believe what we're told, it picks up even more in Season 7.

[Groundhog]

I think this season might be a little slower paced than last season. It really felt like they spent the first 3-4 episodes of last season quickly tidying up some of the 18,000 different threads going on to setup the home straight.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I think this season might be a little slower paced than last season. It really felt like they spent the first 3-4 episodes of last season quickly tidying up some of the 18,000 different threads going on to setup the home straight.

It is pretty common for shows in their next to last season to spend much of their time setting up the ending and not actually doing much. We'll see here, I'm very excited either way.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Mota

They really are taking different paths. The books have been getting slower and slower, and really bogging down, while the TV show has been getting faster, and if we are to believe what we're told, it picks up even more in Season 7.

I don't think the book narrative got slower I think it just felt that way because of the odd narrative structure of the last two books - the last 150+ pages of A Dance With Dragons once the timelines converged was crazy.

(And I think people forget just how boring the female Stark storylines was in Books 1/2, or just how long Martin kept beating over our head how bad constant war was for the common folk.)

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I think this season might be a little slower paced than last season. It really felt like they spent the first 3-4 episodes of last season quickly tidying up some of the 18,000 different threads going on to setup the home straight.

Political machinations, possibly. But Dany & the Dothraki horde are finally in Westeros (and Arya as well I guess, though that thread was much longer in the books than the show). That consolidation of geography & focus on Westeros alone will make things feel much tighter imo.

[PilotMan]

How long will you survive

Tough 1 and done quiz. 60 questions. I got to 7 before I died first try.

[General Mike]

got 3

Shame. Shame. Shame.

[Mantle2600]

15, not too bad I thought.

[NobodyHere]

12 for me

[ISiddiqui]

31, picked the wrong poison (which I realized just as I hit "Next").

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

12 for me

Same here

[Vince, Pt. II]

I got to 34. Could not remember what sent Jon Snow out to Craster's place.

Edit: it helps that I have been introducing my girlfriend to the show and have re-watched seasons 1-3 in the last month or two. We just started season 4.

[Chief Rum]

I got two. Stupid Mycah.

[General Mike]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

I got two. Stupid Mycah.

Thank you for making me feel better about myself.

I got 17 on a second try.

[Honolulu_Blue]

DAMN!!! I cannot wait!

Dondarrion!!!!

[Groundhog]

Today's the day - aka "No internet after midday if you're in Australia" day.

Re-watched season 6 over the past week, so much I'd forgotten. Season 6 was just intense, so many memorable moments... Pumped for tonight!

[sabotai]

A video from a YouTube channel called "Lessons from the Screenplay". It's about how the makers of the show use music and troupes/clichés (ex: "The Rule of Three") against the audience as a way to evoke emotion.

[Coffee Warlord]

Hi Arya.

[RainMaker]

That first scene sure is a way to open up a season.

[molson]

So happy to have it back, so sad we only have 6 more weeks of the season.

[General Mike]

Not a lot happened, besides the first scene, but I still liked it

[Neon_Chaos]

Shall we begin?

[Radii]

Originally Posted by General Mike

Not a lot happened, besides the first scene, but I still liked it

Lots of placesetting/piece-moving, which i think is pretty standard for a GoT opener, and it seemed like significant movement. Time will tell whether that's enough given the shortened season though.

I enjoyed it personally, but not really a lot to say about it. I am greatly looking forward to seeing how far Arya's killing spree will go.

[MrBug708]

Jorah sighting

[molson]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Jorah sighting

That was one of the two things I learned from the post-episode reddit threads. I missed it watching it live.

The other was that people found the Ed Sheeran cameo horribly distracting. Fortunately I have no idea who that is.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by molson

The other was that people found the Ed Sheeran cameo horribly distracting.

x1000. That was well out of place, and completely took me out of the "moment".

[Edward64]

I enjoyed it. I thought there was alot of content.

I enjoyed the scene with Arya and the soldiers, it was a nice change of pace. I didn't realize that was Sheeran until after but didn't think it was good or bad (but glad he had a chance, as a fan, to be part of the series).

I also did miss the Mormont part. I saw the scene with him in the cell but don't recall actually seeing a face (?), maybe I looked away or something.

Liked the beginning scene but IMO their suffering was too quick for their treachery, she should have prolonged it some.

Jon & Sansa scene was good. It seemed out of place considering last season but it was good that both expressed contradictory beliefs. FWIW, I sided with Sansa on this, definitely split up the spoils among your proven allies.

Its looking to me that Cersei is on the losing end. Here's hoping she ends up at the Watch.

The Hound and the fire scene was a little weird.

Lady Mormont was great (as usual), I wonder if/how there will be a reunion with Jorah.

Its hard for me to believe that "dragon glass" would have been forgotten about if there was a bunch of it. The ah ha moment was somewhat disappointing.

[Groundhog]

If he was a white walker or a storm trooper in a helmet or something, great. It just felt really weird having a cameo from one of the most famous and recognisable faces in pop music right now, and singing of all things. Cool for Ed Sheeran, but for me it ruined the scene by taking me right out of Westeros. The scene itself was a bit strange too... I guess it's good that we see soldiers who aren't looking to rape every girl they come across in the woods for a change, but it just felt like it was tacked on the script to give a singing scene to Sheeran.

Rest of the episode was OK, typical first episode of a season. Agree that Lady Mormont was great as always, one of the best characters outside of the original POV characters. Some of the dialogue felt a bit awkward to me though, particularly Cersei/Jamie. Not so much the scene with Euron (which was quite good), but the scene with the two of them together felt off to me.

Not sure how folks missed the scene with Jorah (seen it commented a bit online) - didn't see his face, but given his arm/voice/question about Daenerys, it was pretty clear to me.

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by molson

The other was that people found the Ed Sheeran cameo horribly distracting. Fortunately I have no idea who that is.

I looked him up after I saw a bunch of people whining about that.

And I still have no idea who he is.

[Groundhog]

I think it's safe to say the Ed Sheeran does not slot neatly into the FOFC demographic, but he's had two #1 albums in the US and 5 top 10 singles in the past 3 years, and his look is pretty... unique?? in the world of pop.

It would be like having George Michaels pop up in a 1980s Game of Thrones series as a troubadour in the woods or something.