Re: Game of Thrones -- TV ONLY

by Eldorion Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:20 am

A little longer look at Tyrion and Varys' conversation and a very slightly extended version of the Jon and Mance one.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/18/game-of-thrones-season-5-clips

Also, a (currently broken) slideshow of several new still images:

http://www.ew.com/gallery/game-of-thrones-season-5-advance-photos

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:30 am

Ah, cool.

I think that Tyrion/Varys scene is going to be great. (Whether it ends up making sense or not.)

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:33 am

Mrs Figg wrote:I missed it

Well, you didn't miss much. It was mostly just the interviewer standing around waiting for someone to turn up.

They did get a bunch of interviews, but they also missed out a lot of people. Nothing very interesting really.

At the end the interviewer ended up walking halfway down the red carpet to grab hold of the guy playing littlefinger to get a final interview. Razz

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:38 am

Eldorion wrote:Ye gods, Natalie Dormer.

It feels so weird that the thing that I'm excited about from that picture is Jonathan Pryce. Razz

Eldorion wrote:
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by Mrs Figg Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:16 am

she is a little minx Very Happy

but she looks better brunette

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:51 am

Some red carpeting for you, Figgs. Smile

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:56 am

Five years in, what can meaningfully be said about a Game Of Thrones season premiere? That it looks and feels spectacular. That its cast was clearly picked from the top of the pile. That there’s nothing even close to its scale or budget on television. At this point though, doesn’t all that go without saying?

After four exemplary and expensive seasons, we’ve come to expect great things from HBO’s flagship as a matter of course. Impressive world-building, seamless special effects, forensically choreographed action, scares, laughs, pathos… The season five opener has it all, exactly as anticipated.

(HBO would hardly have tricked out the Tower Of London with all the trappings of last night's glitzy premiere if the episode was a dud. You could say - to put it in terms that the Iron Bank of Braavos might understand - that Game Of Thrones is simply too big to fail.)

Now though, the show is telling us that it’s time to stop taking all that accomplishment for granted. The Wars To Come arrives to shake us out of viewer-complacency and remind us that Game Of Thrones is finite and moving towards an endgame, whatever’s said in the press about ten-year plans, prequels and spin-offs.

This episode is the fulcrum on which the show’s narrative tips from stories of personal rivalries and revenge into a global perspective. “A chain of mistakes” has led them all to this point - what next? The Wars To Come asks. The Seven Kingdoms need saving. Ultimately, which of this lot will be the ones to do it?

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/game-of-thrones/34619/game-of-thrones-season-5-episode-1-spoiler-free-review-the-wars-to-come#ixzz3Upd2m43A

Sounds pretty good. bounce

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:57 am

A bunch of other reviews, because.. I'm that nice. Smile

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-03-19/game-of-thrones-season-5-episode-1-spoiler-free-preview
http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tv/game-of-thrones-season-5--tv-premiere-review-kit-harington-emilia-clarke-and-peter-dinklage-are-on-top-form-in-the-battle-for-westeros-10119067.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/game-of-thrones/11480846/game-of-thrones-season-5-wars-to-come-review.html
http://www.gamesradar.com/game-thrones-season-5-premiere-first-look-reaction-mild-spoilers/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=totalfilm
http://www.cnet.com/news/game-of-thrones-season-5-episode-1-spoiler-free-review/

by Mrs Figg Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:11 pm

Bluebottle wrote:Some red carpeting for you, Figgs.

who knew Gilly was so pretty in real life? Very Happy

by Eldorion Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:41 pm

So the big rumor I'm hearing now is that

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by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:02 pm

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by Eldorion Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:06 pm

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by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:14 pm

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by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:15 pm

I can't seem to link it, but the picture is here. Wink

http://watchersonthewall.com/thrones-round-grrm-speaks-margaerys-future-dragon-leftovers/

by Eldorion Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:20 pm

Thanks for the link, Blue. Wink

Regarding Brienne, I think her fight with the Hound at the end of S4 was actually an example of the show improving on the book in a small way. I agree that her recent arc in the books was pointless and dull, so it was nice to see some actual payoff from that. I don't want to see her die, but I hope that whatever her fate, the show continues to give her more interesting things to do.

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:25 pm

Well, she did say sword apparently. Wink

George confirmed it.

Brienne and the Hound.. I think as a moment. Yes, definitely. As making sense as part of the story..

There is so much odd writing in that part. The Hound and Arya walks up to the Bloody Gate says, "Hello, I'm a wanted murderer and criminal with the long lost presumed dead cousin of you liege lord." "Oh, that's interesting. We'll just let you walk away."

And it ending with fighting.. Why would Brienne and the Hound fight? Over who would protect Arya? It seemed contrived to me. Though they did make Briennes character a lot more aggressive. With her killig of the northmen and so on. So, I guess maybe I could buy that. But not fully.

It was a great moment, and I think that was what they wanted. But the writing leading up to it didn't completely justify it from a story point of view. Shrugging

by Mrs Figg Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:36 pm

I think her storyline only really comes alive when she is with Jaime, maybe they are keeping her around until they can be reunited for a while.

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:40 pm

Yeah, and that was..

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by Eldorion Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:44 pm

Bluebottle wrote:And it ending with fighting.. Why would Brienne and the Hound fight? Over who would protect Arya? It seemed contrived to me. Though they did make Briennes character a lot more aggressive. With her killig of the northmen and so on. So, I guess maybe I could buy that. But not fully.

It was a great moment, and I think that was what they wanted. But the writing leading up to it didn't completely justify it from a story point of view.

I thought it made sense. Brienne was totally devoted to the mission of rescuing the Stark daughters that she'd never even stopped to consider that they might not want to be rescued. She wasn't about to give up at the final hurdle. Meanwhile the Hound recognized that Arya was the only thing he had left to potentially salvage his situation (although that was looking like an increasingly long shot after Lysa's death). They were both wounded (more emotionally in Brienne's case), desperate, and accustomed to using violence to achieve their aims. It didn't feel like a stretch that once one of them drew their sword, even if it was just as an implicit threat, that it would escalate to a full blown fight.

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:49 pm

Yeah, fair point. You can make sense of it in the context on the show. While book Brienne would never end up fighting the Hound. I feel it's a stretch in as much as they make a whole lot of changes, some of them not making as lot of sense ot get to that moment. And I guess I feel this si generally how they treat the series. they want their moments, and the leadup. What's in between doesn't always hold up. They are not great lovers of continuity. At least it's not foremost in their mind.

by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:52 pm

Eldorion wrote:So the big rumor I'm hearing now is that

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by Bluebottle Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:56 pm

I find it hard not to find his enthusiasm very infectious.

by Eldorion Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:35 am

That was great! Very Happy

by Bluebottle Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:26 pm

Apparently, the included flashback to the Cersei prophecy includes mention of her three children. As it does in the book. Forgetting the fact that they gave Cersei and Robert a common child in season one of the tv show which died of a fever as an infant, which Cersei talked about with both Cat and Robert.

So, basicly she would know to disregard the prophecy the moment Tommen was born.. Because I think she would know how many children she had had, even if the writers don't.

I hope it's not true. That would be dropping the ball massively continuity wise. :facepalm:

by Bluebottle Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:14 pm

More red carpeting.