Game of Thrones (HBO) - Time to jump on board

I knew this was the spoiler you were referring to. I was shaking my head in disappointment, but wasn't surprised. I have no idea why they had Selyst act so upset. It was as out of character as Stannis burning his daughter at the stake.

Drogon was small. I'm not sure what that was about, other than perhaps getting a discount on a smaller CG dragon. Kidding. I assumed they made him smaller so Dany could get on his back in under 3 minutes, or to fit him in the shots of harpies throwing spears at him, and those spears meaning anything.

I've accepted that this is a fanfic adaption, but it doesn't stop me from looking over at my wife and frequently anger whispering "WTF?!"

 

Actually same here. It is what it is.

But when they go way out of bounds, I'm still going to rant about it.

Can't wait for the internet explosion next week... if they leave it as a cliff hanger. Otherwise, spoilers.

 

Oh, hell yeah.

 

My grandfather smoked almost 3 packs a day his entire life.

Even in his 80s, he didn't HACK as hard as these writers.

But onto the wrap up...

So, I guess the book's Pink Letter was... true? Or not and Stannis survives even book 6. But since these <HACK> er, excuse me... these writers are desperate to cut to the chase and end the show in 2 more seasons, they're killing people off willy nilly now. Either way, they admitted all the way back to season 2 that they didn't like Stannis as a character - and went to great lengths to ruin all that made him interesting in the books. Their coups de gras was the utter destruction of his character and a laugh out loud way of killing him off.

Why did they even include the Bland Fakes.... er, <HACK> excuse me. Why even include the Sand Snakes, or even Dorne for that matter if you're going to mess the story up THAT DAMNED BAD?!?!?! Kill Myrcella off? Ok, fine. Whatever. Don't really care and if the prophecy was correct, her days were numbered anyway. But what a cheesy way to do it. Tread carefully here... this will open plot holes up big enough to swallow an aurochs whole.

Arya? I'm cool with it. Odd how the closer they stay to the spirit of the books, the better the story plays out, huh?

Sansa and Theon are dead. I mean, they're not. Of course they're not. But would it kill them to show snow drifts 20 feet deep around the walls? That drop is DEATH! Hell, Myranda fell half that height! ROFL

Cersei... again, the closer you stay to the books, the better it plays out. Totally NOT Lena Heady's body, but good use of a double I suppose. (Come on, guys. We've all seen The 300. We know what her body looks like. LOL)

Dany. WTF? Just stick to the damned book!!!! Is it really that hard?

Elsewhere in off the rails Mereen... Nice to see you again, Varys. Shouldn't you be in King's Landing cranking up a crossbow??? The rest? Meh.

And finally, For the Watch. We knew it was coming. The only question was how badly did they water it down? Par for the course. Weak sauce. And the most hilarious part is the full court press the show runners and even Kit Harrington are undertaking trying to convince us that's it. Dead is dead....

Right...

In the books, Selyse, Shireen and Melisandre STAY at the wall. You had them travel with Stannis anyway to unnecessarily kill 2 of them off way early. Fine, you're trying to whittle things down. Badly, but I get it. But you made damned sure to get Melisandre BACK to the wall ASAFP. What's more, you had her BOLT out of Stannis' camp like a shot as soon as she realized she was wrong the whole time. Sheesh! You even gave her a magic jetpack to make the SEVERAL HUNDRED MILE JOURNEY in what seems like an afternoon!

Obviously, you needed her in place. We know what Red Priests can do. Melisandre has no need to be at the Wall otherwise. Bad, cheap cliff hanger is bad.

This entire season has been dark and full of errors.

 

I don't really know what to say about all of it. Your scathing recaps are more entertaining than the show itself, Ray.

Funny tidbit...I sat on the remote right as Jaime was hugging Myrcella, and it changed the input to Bluray. By the time I fumbled around and got it switched back, the sand snakes were walking away. I'm like, 'hmm, Ok...' and my wife says, "Myrcella's dead". I asked her how she knew, and she said it was just predictable. We switched on HBO Go when it was over to watch the scene, and obviously she called it.

I'd like to hear everyone's take on the final moments shown of Jon Snow..without any possible book spoilers.

 

Yeah, that scene was well done and coincidentally kept close to the book. I've never seen The 300, but I knew it wasn't her body. Good use of a body double and CGI.

 

There aren't any books spoilers for that now. It's all speculation at this point.

 

True, true.

 

So, my take on the final two episodes:



I read the books. I'm not a book purist, and I didn't mind some of the deviations earlier this season. However, it's gone completely off the rails for me. As the ending credits started to roll I looked over at my wife and said "I may not even watch it next season" and I meant it. Perhaps by the time next season rolls around I'll be ready to give it a shot again, but I'm not going to miss it one bit between now and then.

 

I'm thinking I may not watch it either.

But if TWOW comes out first, maybe.

We'll see how bad I'm Jonesing by then.

 

I was kind of non-caring about next season after the stinker that last season was. But this news has me suddenly very, very interested again!

http://watchersonthewall.com/ian-mcshane-cast-in-game-of-thrones-season-6/

(do NOT waste him Like Pirates of the Caribbean did!)

 

OMG OMG OMG



(I kinda <3 Ian McShane.)

Who was he in POTC? I don't even remember him in that.

 

The last PoC movie. He was Black Beard.

I'm a huge fan of his too. With all of the remake craze going on in Hollywood, I often thought that sooner or later, they'd remake Jaws - which I'm firmly AGAINST. BUT, if they did, I'd be very ok with McShane playing Quint.

 

Ahh, thanks. I forgot all about that one. I never actually even saw the whole thing.

 

The kid they cast as young Ned is only 13 or 14. He actually looks like he could be Bran's younger brother. So don't expect a ToJ flashback. Or, at least, don't expect it with this particular "young Ned."

That said, one of their new filming locations is here:

http://lossietereinos.com/el-castil...legria-y-girona-podria-ser-antigua-y-braavos/

And looks really, REALLY ToJish to me.