May 23, 20169 yr OMG NO, HE CAN'T DIE?! I demand Melisandre in to resurrect him STAT :cry: That's the equivalent putting a video of someone kicking a bag of puppies on the screen :( (indeed they had no problem killing a certain big puppy as well just before :() Ahem...quite a heart stopping final fifteen minutes and fantastic to see the world expand so much (and Bran & Arya's stories at long last going somewhere), just opened so much more possibilities.
May 23, 20169 yr We're almost at the end of a binge-fest of House of Cards and we intend going on to GOT next (not seen an episode yet). If we average three episodes a night - how long will it take us to come up to date?
May 23, 20169 yr We're almost at the end of a binge-fest of House of Cards and we intend going on to GOT next (not seen an episode yet). If we average three episodes a night - how long will it take us to come up to date? Just over a couple of weeks as we're at 55 episodes now. ~ Aaaaah, no :( No no no no and yes, it was the perfect ending for his character, an explanation for his name and the realisation that his entire life had been building up to this one moment of sacrifice :( And SUMMER too, that's just evil The pub I was watching it in, in a particularly cruel move, had the staff sneaking pieces of paper simply saying 'Hold the door' pinned up on all the exits so you'd see about 5 or 6 of them on your way out. Which is savage. Pretty standard stuff otherwise, the play went on far too long but the scenes with Dany getting all emotional over Jorah and Davos/Sansa arguing semantics over the Northern houses kept me interested well enough. No King's Landing this time so I assume a lot next week?
May 23, 20169 yr Just over a couple of weeks as we're at 55 episodes now. That's feasible! Thanks Iz!
May 23, 20169 yr Reminds me so much of LOST with the life coming full circle! The last 10 minutes was the most intense it has been for ages. Wonderfully tragic. They got absolutely everything spot on.
May 24, 20169 yr You know they are doing something right when the Whitewalkers aren't bringing the entire episode to a CRUSHING HALT. What a brilliantly written and executed piece of television, so emotional and the realisation about halfway through what was happening was heartbreaking.
May 24, 20169 yr I'd like to start watching this, but decided to read the book first #geek I'm off work for a bit soon though so I may binge watch the first series then :P
May 24, 20169 yr Speculation of plot ahead. The more I think about this week's episode the more I think it has laid out the path for the whole show from beginning to end. Bran is going to be the single most important character in the whole show because his ability to make connections with , and influence past events has massive ramifications for the whole history of Westeros. Was the building of the wall and Aery's madness down to Bran? Is the whole thing one big causal loop?
May 25, 20169 yr Ramsey Bolton is one of the most well built TV villains of all times I think. Joffrey was probably just as evil, but the way they've shown Ramsey come into power has been really well executed in my opinion. I hate him SO MUCH.
May 25, 20169 yr Ramsey Bolton is one of the most well built TV villains of all times I think. Joffrey was probably just as evil, but the way they've shown Ramsey come into power has been really well executed in my opinion. I hate him SO MUCH. I hate him too, but for different reasons. He's nearly but not quite, dragging the show down in every scene he's in. Personally for me he's far too 2 dimensional and really rather boring now. He's a sadist. We know that, but every scene he's in these days simply reinforces that point. There's never any explanation of why or what motivates him. He's just one scene short of being a moustache twirling, cackling, cartoon character. He got boring after one season. The whole scene with Walda and the dogs told us NOTHING that we couldn't have had in 2 lines of dialogue, and nothing about Ramsey that we didn't already know. It was an attempt at shock value for the sake of it For me he's the worst thing in GOT. And I mean no disrespect to the actor. He's great in the role but the material, whilst well written, is poorly conceived. The sooner this distraction is gone and we can push the story in more interesting directions, the better. Joffrey on the other hand was much more complex and human. He was cruel, sadistic and irrational, bold and impulsive and yet also pathetic, naive, easilt led and weak. Pretty much an accurate example of what a spolit child with absolute power would be.
May 30, 20169 yr Pretty decent quiet episode this week, it's just moving things around but they're good things, and I'm very impressed that they didn't succumb to the temptation of killing off even one character this week. Particularly with the tense King's Landing scenes and Arya's bits (where it FINALLY seems to be going somewhere, hurrah). Dany's speech was a bit of a repeat of episode 4's one but otherwise, all fairly standard stuff, even with an episode like this it still feels like more is happening than corresponding ones last season. Jaime at Riverrun is finally happening, I was scared it wouldn't, that is a good part in the books up to where I've read, I hope it ends badly for Walder Frey - enjoyed seeing him and Edmure back. And Benjen coming back as well, it did make sense as he's the ONLY non-WW character up there with Bran and Meera now. Lots of nice loose ends getting tied up.
May 30, 20169 yr So Benjen Stark IS Coldhands (minus the elk). That's another popular book theory proved - at least in show terms. Also, another timely reminder of the Brotherhood Without Banners and with Brienne off to the Riverlands things could well be converging plotwise to bringing a much hoped for book character to the show! On the whole though the episode was a period of quiet reflection and a measured moving of players around the board as we gear up for the home stretch. Danaerys need a 1000 ships eh? Luckily that's exactly what the Greyjoy's promised to build. And is it just me or is Drogon f**king MASSIVE now? Hoping for The Broken Man to be who we expect next week. Edited May 30, 20169 yr by Severin
May 30, 20169 yr Also, another timely reminder of the Brotherhood Without Banners and with Brienne off to the Riverlands things could well be converging plotwise to bringing a much hoped for book character to the show! I really hope so! I would LOVE their return!
May 30, 20169 yr I wished they wouldn't have left Arya's bit as a cliffhanger and left it at the end, I just want to see her kill that bitch! :lol: So glad that story's finally going somewhere. Nothing too exciting otherwise, was nice to see Samwell get more focus and learn a bit more about him, My heart is warmed when I see him, he's far too compassionate for this world :(
May 31, 20169 yr Strong episode again I thought. Loved the return of Benjen and a few of the storylines seem to be picking up (apart from Dany's). Pretty obvious right now that Euron will ride to find Dany with the ships. I wonder if that might be the cliffhanger of Season 6, think she will finally return to Westeros. Best part was surely Bran's vision. I've watched the clip a few times now on YouTube. I picked up on it, and loads of others have - there's the wildfire underground in King's Landing. That's not been seen yet. My first thought was it was a vision of the future. I wonder if King's Landing is about to go boom once shit inevitably hits the fan there with the Cersai trail.
June 1, 20169 yr Strong episode again I thought. Loved the return of Benjen and a few of the storylines seem to be picking up (apart from Dany's). Pretty obvious right now that Euron will ride to find Dany with the ships. I wonder if that might be the cliffhanger of Season 6, think she will finally return to Westeros. Best part was surely Bran's vision. I've watched the clip a few times now on YouTube. I picked up on it, and loads of others have - there's the wildfire underground in King's Landing. That's not been seen yet. My first thought was it was a vision of the future. I wonder if King's Landing is about to go boom once shit inevitably hits the fan there with the Cersai trail. There's loads in Bran's vision. The wildfire is a clear pointer and both Cersei and Tyrion are aware that there are stacks of it lying around. Either could feasably use that as a weapon. (Cersei does like to threaten to burn her enemies). There's a clip of a dragon's shadow cast over either Bravos or (probably) King's Landing, Jamie (with short hair) killing the mad king (I still like the idea that it was Bran or the previous Three Eyed Raven that drove him mad). Jamie even appears to be sat on the iron throne even though he stated that Ned walked in as he slit Aerys' throat. Some timely reminders of just who died at the red wedding and lots of white walkers (burn them all). Interestingly though there were no visions of the wall being built. I'm also liking how Deanerys is slowly looking more and more like she's gong to be one of the villains
June 6, 20169 yr Well guys, he is back! I never thought we'd actually see scenes at Bear Island and Deepwood Motte (and both Glover and Mormont are among my personal favourite minor houses), so I really enjoyed both of those, and the contrast in those scenes show just how difficult it is going to be to take the North back. Riverrun scenes were very watchable what with Jaime and the Blackfish physically and metaphorically slapping Freys around, had a lot of fun seeing Yara have a lot of fun, and of course I'm going to spend the next week in major worry for one certain character.
June 6, 20169 yr I went through the entire House Glover scene thinking that any minute now General Melchett or Lord Blackadder was going to pop up with a 'Hello Darling'. I couldn't help it but it did make the scene great fun. Other than that, were just treading water 'til next week.
June 6, 20169 yr I'm going to spend the next week in major worry for one certain character. I don't think that was Arya. I think that was Jaqen. He promised her 3 lives and she named him as the 3rd. He is fulfilling his contract with her and also testing the waif (who fails) Arya is also left handed and 'she' threw the coin bags with her right hand.
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