Game of Thrones

[RedNoodle]

Has anyone else seen the first episode of the final season? I have to say I was very disappointed after such a long wait.

If anyone viewing this thread hasn't seen the latest episode, I'd advise you to stay well clear as there is likely to be spoilers aplenty.

[skyebo]

I don't watch it, but my wife loves it. She recorded it early hours and watched it when she got up.

[ianlfc]

They fucking love it over here. I've never watched it but I know quite a few who have worked as extras on it. £200 a day If you can ride a horse !!

[Balinkay]

Just saw it - a lot of exposition and recap. Feels like they wanted the audience to be up to date on all the info they'd need.

[skyebo]

Apparently, 3 million pulled a sicky to watch it.

[teesred]

Bit of an underwhelming start I thought.
Brans a tit.

[justme]

I love it! was a so/so start to the season.But pretty decent all the same. I Love the Hound. I still watch the conversation he had with Tormund over and over on YouTube.As me in stiches every time.

[justme]

This is the transcript


You're the one they call the dog.
Fuck off.
They told me you were mean.
Born mean or you just hate wildlings?
I don't give two shits about wildlings. It's gingers I hate.
Gingers are beautiful. We are kissed by fire. Just like you..(points at the large face burn)
Don't point your fucking finger at me.
Did you trip into the fire when you were a baby?
I didn't trip I was pushed.
Ever since you've been mean.
Will you fuck off?
I don't think you're truly mean. You have sad eyes.
You want to suck my dick, is that it?
Dick?
Cock.
Ahh, dick. I like it.
Bet you do.
Nope. It's pussy for me. I have beauty waiting for me back at Winterfell. If I ever get back there. Yellow hair, blue eyes, tallest women you've ever seen, almost as tall as you.
Brienne of Tarth.
You know her?
You're with Brienne of fucking Tarth.
Well, not with her yet, but I see the way she looks at me.
How does she look at you? Like she wants to carve you up and eat your liver?
You do know her.
We've met.
I want to make babies with her. Think of 'em, great, big monsters. They'll conquer the world!
How did a mad fucker like you live this long?
I'm good at killing people.

[Balinkay]

Oh yeah, we were kind of wondering why they'd just left Professor X in the courtyard to get rained on.

[Clungeman]

Bit of an underwhelming start I thought.
Brans a tit.

Bran's always been a tit; the Three-Eyed Douchebag is how we refer to him.

I thought this first episode was good, not explosive like many people seem to have been expecting; but it puts everything in place for what's to come, and gives people a bit of a refresher as to where we're at.

I thought Sansa was the standout performer last night; cutting down Jon, Danaerys and Tyrion at various different points and stopping their saviour complexes getting too carried away.

There were a couple of memorable lines too:

Jon Have you used it yet? referring to Needle
Arya Once or twice...

Ed He's got blue eyes!!
Tormund I've always had blue eyes!!!

[RedNoodle]

Oh yeah, we were kind of wondering why they'd just left Professor X in the courtyard to get rained on.

He gets a better/stronger signal outside.

[RedNoodle]

I love it! was a so/so start to the season.But pretty decent all the same. I Love the Hound. I still watch the conversation he had with Tormund over and over on YouTube.As me in stiches every time.

Characters like Tormund, The Hound, Bronn etc are a lot funnier and more interesting than a fair few of the main characters.

[Insidious]

I miss Baelish.

Don't have to "like" him - that's not what he is for - but he and Varys playing political Chess was huge for the show. Myself and a friend had a theory about him which actually (not claiming credit, someone else had the same idea as often happens) a theory that he was still alive and said theory went viral and I'd have loved it - there have been so many character threads that I feel they don't have time to fill, so I think a lot of characters will be killed off without satisfactory resolutions for writing's sake, which is a real shame.

[Clungeman]

Characters like Tormund, The Hound, Bronn etc are a lot funnier and more interesting than a fair few of the main characters.

But because they're secondary characters they are able to be a little more 'throw-away' than the likes of Jon or Danaerys - which means the writers can have a bit more fun with them.

I miss Baelish.

Don't have to "like" him - that's not what he is for - but he and Varys playing political Chess was huge for the show. Myself and a friend had a theory about him which actually (not claiming credit, someone else had the same idea as often happens) a theory that he was still alive and said theory went viral and I'd have loved it - there have been so many character threads that I feel they don't have time to fill, so I think a lot of characters will be killed off without satisfactory resolutions for writing's sake, which is a real shame.

I've seen quite a few people around the internet bemoaning the fact that the show has moved towards a more traditional fantasy setting now than the first few series which were more about the intrigue and machinations. For me though, it was always going to be the direction it went as soon as we saw ice zombies in the first scene, of the first episode, in the first series.

The earlier series were perfect for getting people interested, for making viewers care about what happens to characters (whether they wanted good things to happen to them, or bad things) - but in the end it was always going to come down to big battle sequences. In the sort of 'world' that has been created; being clever and manipulative can only get you so far - when it comes to the crunch, it's who has the most men to throw away that will be the "rightful" ruler - something which Cersei pointed out to Littlefinger when he was trying to explain where he believed power came from, and she told one of the Kingsguard to execute him.

[pob]

Game of dangers

Load of wank