Game of Thrones SHOW thread for people who are confused by the book thread

[420seriouscat69]

 

[mocat]

lol

[Rage Against the McKee]

That is wicked mumped up.

[stunted]

lol holy crap

[The Big Train]

It's like the gronk party ship

[Institutional Control]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/crystalro/this-video-of-the-hound-and-tormund-singing-a-silly-song?utm_term=.nzveedlD3b#.nzveedlD3b


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[420seriouscat69]

It's like the gronk party ship

wut?

[The Big Train]

It's like the gronk party ship

wut?

When that Gronk party ship website got posted like 10 times and sometimes several times on the same page.  Was just trying to make a creative 'Luked' comment, don't go nuclear again.

[420seriouscat69]

  Trying. Too. Hard.

[puniraptor]

rusty i think when you are getting fluffed over tormunds gay sex jokes you should also remember that he is probably also referring to his tryst with sheila the bear

[michigancat]

rusty i think when you are getting fluffed over tormunds gay sex jokes you should also remember that he is probably also referring to his tryst with sheila the bear

I don't remember that at all

[michigancat]

So much insignificant stuff has happened

[puniraptor]

it wont be insignificant when sheila shows up

what if the zombie bear was sheila 

[Mrs. Gooch]

I think Tormund would have known and said something if it was Sheila.

[sys]

what an incredibly stupid episode (i just watched).  i liked it that they killed a dragon though, they needed some reason why someone didn't just grab a spare dragon and burn the whole shitload of the deads so sam and jon would finally stfu.

[sys]

oh, i also liked the arya/sansa stuff.

[michigancat]

oh, i also liked the arya/sansa stuff.

Yeah it's probably the most interesting thing happening now

[sys]

pretty good summaries of the two main reasons the show has turned to crap.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/game-of-thrones-season-7-episode-6-beyond-the-wall-who-died-low-stakes#intcid=dt-recirc-cral1_1

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/game-of-thrones-longclaw-eye-bran-warg-theory-alan-taylor-interview-beyond-the-wall#intcid=dt-recirc-cral1_1

[michigancat]

I mean, the "no one dies" thing is a problem with the books. The second article makes a great point though and makes me think I'll read the new books if they're ever released.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

The recent lack of main character deaths seems like a pretty silly criticism to me. The problem is the story - not the survivor count. I don't think it can be disputed that the show recently took a severely stupid turn with "the heist" north of the wall. It was a stupid idea and required all kinds of stupid contrivances to get the characters into, and out of, their predicament. Cut that story, and you don't have any of this discussion about how all the significant characters implausibly survived. (Jon somehow emerging from freezing water was easily the stupidest).

We'll likely see at least one major death in the final episode. I'm also guessing this is where the final of Dany's three betrayals comes to fruition, and it is Jamie once again breaking an oath to spring a trap on Dany for his love for Cersei.

My biggest curiousity at this point is whether the show introduces Howland Reed in the final season, or just abandons that story.

[puniraptor]

i will never give up on the reed story as long as K-S-U-Wildcats! has one breath in his body

[halfEmpty]

The heist deal was pretty contrived.  It did make for some good action though.  I totally expected several characters to die north of the wall and not just a bunch of hapless wildlings and a drunk.  Highly doubt we see this in the book

The 3rd betrayal thing for me is confusing.  Is it someone who loves her that will betray her, or someone who betrays her for love of another?

What about Daario?

[sys]

The recent lack of main character deaths seems like a pretty silly criticism to me. The problem is the story - not the survivor count.

i agree and disagree.  the book goes to great effort to kill of important characters in order to create the impression for the reader that all characters are potentially in mortal jeopardy.  but of course you can't actually kill off your true protagonist(s), at least not before the end of the story.  so, basically the author spent an enormous amount of time in character development creating false protagonists in order to give the reader that impression.  it was a storytelling technique that i found very effective - i was shocked when i read the red wedding and the impression it (and to a lesser extent other deaths) left stayed with me, lending drama to subsequent events.

for this season and last, the series has burned through the effect of that effort in an accelerated and pointless manner - characters dying and being brought back to life with no ill effect, characters needlessly placing themselves in harm's way and then, through no virtue or skill of their own, being rescued or dodging death in implausible manner.  over and over again.  so yes, it has been the ridiculous and unnecessarily story that has destroyed that effect for no purpose, but the effect itself was painstakingly created by killing off characters that readers/viewers were encouraged to invest in.  they didn't necessarily need to continue racking up bodies, but they should have valued the impact of those earlier deaths more highly.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

The 3rd betrayal thing for me is confusing.  Is it someone who loves her that will betray her, or someone who betrays her for love of another?

What about Daario?

Exactly. I think a lot of people think the prophesy is referring to someone who loves Dany, and I think that's a headfake. I can even remember now if Daario betrayed her in the books. I think he just kind of went away in the show.

[puniraptor]

Daario betrayed me when he changed actors from freakstud to plushie dweeb