Game of Thrones Season Eight Thread

[funKYcat75]

Unless Arya is saving something for the last episode, she's the only character I'm disappointed with. Can't believe she's just going to ghost out like that.

b-rax nailed it. Dany been crazy. She just had dudes around to calm her down, but she's done listening to them now. Hope Tyrion makes it out alive.

 

[neilborders]

Unless Arya is saving something for the last episode, she's the only character I'm disappointed with. Can't believe she's just going to ghost out like that.

She appeared to be at a crossroad when The Hound sent her away. But now she seems completely traumatized. Will it push her down the path of psycho assassin? Or will it make her willing to go back to living a “normal” life like she had in Winterfell before her dad was named Hand of the king?

 

[ky8335]

Y'all are acting like this show hasn't been tricking you into liking characters and then killing them this entire time.

 

[Kennedy_UK]

Will it push her down the path of psycho assassin?

The way the burnt mother and child seemed to affect her leads me to believe she’s about to snipe Dany...

 

[funKYcat75]

The way the burnt mother and child seemed to affect her leads me to believe she’s about to snipe Dany...

"I'm going to kill the queen."
:eyes:

 

[_Chase_]

The way the burnt mother and child seemed to affect her leads me to believe she’s about to snipe Dany...

Yup, Melisandre also told her she'd kill someone with green eyes. There's only one prominent character with green eyes as far as I know.

 

[_Chase_]

Dany kills Jon Snow, Arya kills Dany, Tyrion marries Sansa, they rule together and spit out little midgets for the next few years.

 

[Kooky Kats]

"I'm going to kill the queen."
:eyes:

That was Reggie Jackson.

 

[Kooky Kats]

You all suppose the White Horse that magically appeared for Arya is a metaphor of death? Is she dead?

Is the horse the faceless man? With a big horse cock?

 

[funKYcat75]

With a big horse cock?

You're thinking of Podrick.

 

[neilborders]

In the books Dany was warned in a vision “soon comes the pale mare”.

There was a disease or plague that was wiping out her camp of followers that ended up being nicknamed the pale mare, but who knows.

 

[ky8335]

You all suppose the White Horse that magically appeared for Arya is a metaphor of death? Is she dead?

Is the horse the faceless man? With a big horse cock?

She is death. Death rides a pale horse.

 

[MaxPowerrr]

She is death. Death rides a pale horse.

Yeah that was a little on the nose there

 

[Hank Camacho]

I guess I hope it ends with Tyrion plowing a frowning Sansa doggystyle just to send it off right.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

And people saying Dany “turned” evil last
night . Nah. She’s been evil since Drogo went rawdog on her in season 1. We’ve just looked past it for 9 seasons because we liked her, but she’s been doing evil **** since way back.

Good point. She was always crazy all the way back to when she coaxed khal drogo into killing her brother. She had tunnel vision and obsessed about the throne since then. Her impulse was always death and fire.

Who was Vary's writing the letters to?

Good question and one that will get answered in 90 minutes or less; along with everything else. Will be a barn burner that I'm sure will disappoint to an extent. But I'm holding out hope

 

[Perrin75]

My guess is that Verys was either writing to the Maester's in Oldtown to officially confirm John's lineage, or to Dorn which is the last major house who hasn't engaged yet.

 

[ZaytovenCat]

At this point it’s clear how the finale will go. The leaks on reddit about episode 4/5 have been spot on. I can’t wait for the outrage next week when that certain person takes the throne and pisses off 20 million people instantly.

The only way it doesn’t happen is if hbo purposely had someone leak all the right details for 4/5 just so they can make everyone think they know what’s coming in 6 so they can fool people. Regardless it’s stupid. I just don’t get what they were thinking when they ended it like this. Basically all the different prophecies have been thrown out the window. Everything that had been built for seven seasons seems like it was scrapped just to swerve the audience.

It’s a shame the Russo brothers weren’t the showrunners. They showed the ability to hit a homerun in ending a decade long story. If Martin actually had this as his ending you can probably bet he’s rewriting it given how poorly it’s been received. But if the books are as great as people say then I doubt he planned this ending anyway. The show was great when it was going off his material.

 

[JohnBlue]

It's all about the Starks. I think some of you are convinced it's something else.

Without Ned's sister being a little slut Roberts war never starts and one of the other Targs would already be on the throne. If only Ned had played along he doesn't die and divide the seven kingdoms. If Sansa hadn't ran her mouth dany wouldn't have gone mad, or even Jon would have just plowed her she wouldn't have chosen fear.

I think the only arc that ever been present is the Stark one, everyone else is just part of the story.

Dany has always been too hungry for power, she's really no different than Cersi. She is going to have to try and kill Sansa, Jon, and or Tryion in the final if not all 3. Either Jon, or Tryion isn't going to burn and she's going to be facing two Targs. The only hope going forward is that Drago is a better dragon than she is a person.

 

[Kooky Kats]

You're thinking of Podrick.

I think you’re thinking of Podrick... a lot.::winkyface::

 

[funKYcat75]

I think you’re thinking of Podrick... a lot.

Sigh ... but is he thinking of me ... ?

 

[ZaytovenCat]

Varys was writing those letters to the other houses, particularly Dorne. Did anyone catch that Varys was also trying to poison Dany? He mentioned it when talking to his little bird (the girl) when he said something about Dany’s not eating but we will keep trying. And then something about big risk/reward.

 

[funKYcat75]

Varys was writing those letters to the other houses, particularly Dorne. Did anyone catch that Varys was also trying to poison Dany? He mentioned it when talking to his little bird (the girl) when he said something about Dany’s not eating but we will keep trying. And then something about big risk/reward.

Why would he burn the last one when he new his time was up?

 

[Dig Dirkler]

Do you moronic nerds realize you've been yakking about dragons and stuff for 21 pages?

Spoiler: Here's a pro-tip

None of this **** is real, it's ALL make-believe.

 

[ZaytovenCat]

Why would he burn the last one when he new his time was up?

I’m guessing so they wouldn’t know he’d been sending them out and try to go stop all of his messengers from delivering the letters.

When he first did it I thought it may have had something to do with the lord of light, putting that info into the fire. Since he had said before that he saw something in flames when he was younger. But a few minutes later I realized it was probably just to get rid of any proof that he had wrote letters.

 

[JohnnyCope]

Do you moronic nerds realize you've been yakking about dragons and stuff for 21 pages?

Spoiler: Here's a pro-tip

None of this **** is real, it's ALL make-believe.

hey bro. it's ok to have some fantastical whimsy in a man's life.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

They ruined greyworm in general. In the books he Was never this much of a character. Definitely never had a love interest (for obvious reasons). And I think he died with selmy in the alley.



I don't recall anything being mentioned about her taking less than her whole army. Maybe I just missed it.



That's for sure.

It was is season 7 when they were discussing how they could fight the white walkers and keep Cersei from advancing and taking the land Dany already conquered

 

[Dig Dirkler]

hey bro. it's ok to have some fantastical whimsy in a man's life.

I dig. It's cool. I was just bored and wanted to rile folks up.

 

[OldEvilleCat]

White Horse that magically appeared ... With a big horse cock?

You're thinking of a black horse.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

You can tell who in these last two pages are just mad things didnt go how they wanted. Reminds me of Lost and how people completely flipped out on the show every time a favorite character died or did something to damage another character

The show was always going to go down this route... it’s always been about characters doing both bad and good things.... GRRM said so from the beginning. The white walkers were never the main story and If you hoped so then you tricked your own self.

This season has been awesome and if you let 2 or 3 minor grievances turn you off from the show then that stupidity is on you

There has never been a perfect show or movie , Get over it

 

[BigBlueSean_rivals178247]

This sums it up:

 

[BigBlueSean_rivals178247]

You can tell who in these last two pages are just mad things didnt go how they wanted. Reminds me of Lost and how people completely flipped out on the show every time a favorite character died or did something to damage another character

The show was always going to go down this route... it’s always been about characters doing both bad and good things.... GRRM said so from the beginning. The white walkers were never the main story and If you hoped so then you tricked your own self.

This season has been awesome and if you let 2 or 3 minor grievances turn you off from the show then that stupidity is on you

There has never been a perfect show or movie , Get over it

See I disagree. I could give two ***** how they end it or who sits on the throne. As a former actor, this season just lacks substance. The pacing is all off. I would have loved to have seen the table read for this past episode:

Danny- Reads stage direction " Danny flies on Drogon, Drogon lays waste" while other characters read stage directions. There is literally no dialogue outside the first 10 minutes.


Ultimately what made GOT great was its combination of spectacle and substance. You see just how much the writers were leaning on the books for an organic story line. Because this season has sucked. The reactions on the above video of those involved speaks VOLUMES. They had a major opportunity to be the best show in the history of television. They missed it.

3/10.... and that is being generous.

 

[funKYcat75]

As a former actor, ...

 

[Kennedy_UK]

This season has been awesome and if you let 2 or 3 minor grievances turn you off from the show then that stupidity is on you

There has never been a perfect show or movie , Get over it

You can both enjoy a show, but also point out some unwhelming aspects of the writing. I agree with those that say the writers have hastily tried to cram too much into a short period of time....

For example, I have no problem with Arya killing the NK, but the death scene itself was pretty lame. The show spent considerable time (all the way from the first scene) building up the story of the NK and the White Walkers. The NK dies without revealing any substance - maybe even a short dialogue with Bran at the end would've been sufficient to give us a bit more.

Same for Cersei, as her death turned out to be more about Jamie's character arc in the end. After 8 seasons of Cersei being a merciless ***** to everybody in the Seven Kingdoms, she gets the softest death of just about any character in the entire show. I guess it was symbolic that her castle came crashing down on her and her brother....but, overall, her death was unfulfilling and it's not unreasonable to have expected more.

 

[LadyCaytIL]

See I disagree. I could give two ***** how they end it or who sits on the throne. As a former actor, this season just lacks substance. The pacing is all off. I would have loved to have seen the table read for this past episode:

Danny- Reads stage direction " Danny flies on Drogon, Drogon lays waste" while other characters read stage directions. There is literally no dialogue outside the first 10 minutes.


Ultimately what made GOT great was its combination of spectacle and substance. You see just how much the writers were leaning on the books for an organic story line. Because this season has sucked. The reactions on the above video of those involved speaks VOLUMES. They had a major opportunity to be the best show in the history of television. They missed it.

3/10.... and that is being generous.

what f***** dialogue are you expecting in the middle of a huge battle? The episode is great because the cinematography captures more than words... you know whats happening and whats going to happen and the weight of it all

if you didnt go along the journey of how heartbreaking it was for Jon and seeing that he knows what he must do now.. and you didnt feel that..... He didnt use words to convey but you saw it in his actions... it was powerful

 

[Chuck Lorre]

You can tell who in these last two pages are just mad things didnt go how they wanted. Reminds me of Lost and how people completely flipped out on the show every time a favorite character died or did something to damage another character

The show was always going to go down this route... it’s always been about characters doing both bad and good things.... GRRM said so from the beginning. The white walkers were never the main story and If you hoped so then you tricked your own self.

This season has been awesome and if you let 2 or 3 minor grievances turn you off from the show then that stupidity is on you.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Had a great conversation last night on a conference call with Benioff and Weiss congratulating them on their success with this show and for their future work on Star Wars. They are going to be great for that universe. Disney and all Star Wars die hards should be very excited.

You see, they now know what I've known for a long time. What is "good" writing? Well, I'll tell you what it is.

It's a yacht off the coast of Fiji filled with the finest whores and cocaine. It's a penthouse in Manhattan with a crystal spiral staircase leading to a rooftop infinity pool filled with more whores. It's a shelf full of Emmys for Big Bang Theory and Two and Half Men, sitting right next to a nice big mound of nose candy. People often forget that I even wrote the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. What?

Anyway, my point is, and I told them this last night...who cares if people hate it? Who cares if people find endless inconsistencies in the plot progression? If people are disappointed in a character's evolution that seems to have been reverted at the last second for nothing? Who cares if Tyrion, who was crafted to be one of the smartest men in Westeros for the first 90% of the story, was turned into a mouth breathing idiot for the end like it never happened? Who cares if people think Varys committing suicide by idiocy after decades of survival through multiple regimes doesn't fit at all? Who cares if Jaime has a real hand while hugging Cersei in the scene where they die?

They don't and shouldn't. They now have boatwhores....and that is what truly matters.

There has never been a perfect show or movie , Get over it

False. Big Bang Theory.

 

[funKYcat75]

what f***** dialogue are you expecting in the middle of a huge battle? The episode is great because the cinematography captures more than words... you know whats happening and whats going to happen and the weight of it all

if you didnt go along the journey of how heartbreaking it was for Jon and seeing that he knows what he must do now.. and you didnt feel that..... He didnt use words to convey but you saw it in his actions... it was powerful

You'd think a former actor would appreciate that.

 

[Kooky Kats]

what f***** dialogue are you expecting in the middle of a huge battle? The episode is great because the cinematography captures more than words... you know whats happening and whats going to happen and the weight of it all

if you didnt go along the journey of how heartbreaking it was for Jon and seeing that he knows what he must do now.. and you didnt feel that..... He didnt use words to convey but you saw it in his actions... it was powerful

a couple, “GET TO THE CHOPPA”s wouldn’t hurt

 

[WildMoon]

You can tell who in these last two pages are just mad things didnt go how they wanted. Reminds me of Lost and how people completely flipped out on the show every time a favorite character died or did something to damage another character

The show was always going to go down this route... it’s always been about characters doing both bad and good things.... GRRM said so from the beginning. The white walkers were never the main story and If you hoped so then you tricked your own self.

This season has been awesome and if you let 2 or 3 minor grievances turn you off from the show then that stupidity is on you

There has never been a perfect show or movie , Get over it

This is just bad take... Lol

People are mad because they didn't get what's they wanted? When has GoT ever been about giving what people wanted but telling us an amazing story? (Oh btw, I'm getting most of the prediction right....the problem has nothing to do with who is winning or who is bad ... It's content that's lacking. )

What GRRM was doing and what the show is doing is completely opposite.

BTW grrm's 6th book is called "winds of winter" and 7th is called "dreaming of a spring." So you think white walker isn't a big part of story? :joy::joy::joy:

In fact GRRM had made it clear the white walker is one of the three major conflicts in the show.

Also the show has clearly made it good versus bad now. Which is opposite of GRRM. It just one step at a time defined who is good and bad and moved forward with it . Until then plot armor.

Just terrible season

 

[LadyCaytIL]

You can both enjoy a show, but also point out some unwhelming aspects of the writing. I agree with those that say the writers have hastily tried to cram too much into a short period of time....

For example, I have no problem with Arya killing the NK, but the death scene itself was pretty lame. The show spent considerable time (all the way from the first scene) building up the story of the NK and the White Walkers. The NK dies without revealing any substance - maybe even a short dialogue with Bran at the end would've been sufficient to give us a bit more.

Same for Cersei, as her death turned out to be more about Jamie's character arc in the end. After 8 seasons of Cersei being a merciless ***** to everybody in the Seven Kingdoms, she gets the softest death of just about any character in the entire show. I guess it was symbolic that her castle came crashing down on here....but, overall, her death was unfulfilling and it's not unreasonable to have expected more.

The softest death? beotch please. They tried escaping every which way and in the end they were trapped like rats and SHE BROKE DOWN... she lost it.. and Dany and the Dragon killed her by bringing the Keep down.... it wasnt some accident... That death had far more emotional trauma than just getting eaten or burned by a dragon

 

[Kennedy_UK]

[roll]

"Emotional trauma" - that's what I watch GoT for.