OT: Winter Is Coming | Game of Thrones Discussion Thread

[BGDave]

I take it the dragons are not so tough to spears at this age? He seemed to be speared quite easily there... I loved that scene however

Drogon: It's just a flesh wound.

(What, you think its a coincidence that Drogon is the same colo(u)r as the Black Knight?)

or

Drogon: It's an upper body injury. I will be a game-time decision for Season 6.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

i was briefly reading a breakdown of last nights episode and the writer "aggressively" questioned the likelihood that a dragon could be ridden without a saddle

verrrrrry good point ... i too find it UNBELIEVABLE that someone could RIDE A DRAGON without a saddle ... nope ... no way ... no how ... the show writers are trying to pull a fast one on us here !!!

 

[BGDave]

i was briefly reading a breakdown of last nights episode and the writer "aggressively" questioned the likelihood that a dragon could be ridden without a saddle

verrrrrry good point ... i too find it UNBELIEVABLE that someone could RIDE A DRAGON without a saddle ... nope ... no way ... no how ... the show writers are trying to pull a fast one on us here !!!

is right.



With tongue firmly in cheek....

I beg to differ. I think we have seen multiple instances where Danerys demonstrates the flexibility of her hip/thigh/leg muscles. Not to put too fine a point on it, she can spread 'em. She had no problem straddling that beastie. I totally believed it.

 

[Comeds]

You probably cheered for the shark in Jaws.

He was misunderstood!

 

[mattola]

i was briefly reading a breakdown of last nights episode and the writer "aggressively" questioned the likelihood that a dragon could be ridden without a saddle

verrrrrry good point ... i too find it UNBELIEVABLE that someone could RIDE A DRAGON without a saddle ... nope ... no way ... no how ... the show writers are trying to pull a fast one on us here !!!

PFFT! they have never seen me play Skyrim then......

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Funnily enough, a shit ton of people did actually not watch the next episode according to the ratings here: Game of Thrones (season 5) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

...but then the episode after that was the second-most watched after the season premiere, so people got over their hysteria quickly it seems.

Was the following episode Memorial Day weekend?

 

[BGDave]

Was the following episode Memorial Day weekend?

Yes. In previous seasons they didn't air on this weekend.

 

[RangersReds03]

 

[juliansteed]

Arya needs to kill someone asap. I'm ready for that storyline to pay off, it's been a real slow burn.

Speaking of slow burn and storylines that are disappointing thus far, Dorne needs to get to the point. Where are we heading here?

I'm glad Jon and the Wildlings weren't locked out and there wasn't an entire episode dedicated to Jon trying to convince everyone to let them through. Just straight to the point.

Ser Davos just knew bad shit was going to happen. I would like to hope eventually he helps Brienne bring about the downfall of Stannis. Then maybe Brienne heads up to the wall with her Valyarian Steel sword and we have a collection of actual good guys teaming up.

I'm ready for some positivity on this show. Arya needs to off some scumbags, Stannis and the Boltons need to wipe each other out, Khaleesi needs to get moving, the Wall needs to get their shit together and develop some sort of plan.

Hopefully Arya kills both Meryn Trant and the insurance guy. Only now she missed her chance to poison the insurance guy easily since she ignored him when he wanted her oysters. Perhaps next time she tries to sell him some he tells her to fuck off so now she'll need to be more creative to find a way to kill him.

 

[juliansteed]

is this something that happens in the book though?

Spoiler

NO it does not, but I like your way better.

Spoiler

At the time of the last book, it hasn't happened yet, but it seems very likely that it will. A lot of fans are assuming they know who the opponent will be and have already given the anticipated fight a nickname based on it's participants.

 

[BGDave]

Hopefully Arya kills both Meryn Trant and the insurance guy. Only now she missed her chance to poison the insurance guy easily since she ignored him when he wanted her oysters. Perhaps next time she tries to sell him some he tells her to fuck off so now she'll need to be more creative to find a way to kill him.

Logically, Arya will kill Trant. I wonder how Jaquen and the House of BW will react when she goes rogue?

 

[BGDave]

Spoiler

At the time of the last book, it hasn't happened yet, but it seems very likely that it will. A lot of fans are assuming they know who the opponent will be and have already given the anticipated fight a nickname based on it's participants.

Spoiler

OK I dont do a lot of Internet gossip reading, so I took a quick look online and couldnt find anything. Who is the presumed opponent?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Rewatching the episode, Tyrion is underratedly awesome in this one. Some great lines while talking down to the fiance, killing the guy that almost got to Missandei, the look he gives when the dragon flies in, all so good.

 

[calsnowskier]

Rewatching the episode, Tyrion is underratedly awesome in this one. Some great lines while talking down to the fiance, killing the guy that almost got to Missandei, the look he gives when the dragon flies in, all so good.

Will Dinkledge have a big career post GoT? It looks like he has a big-ish (pun intended) part in Pixels.

It isnt like he came out of nowhere to GoTs. He had a rather prominent part in Nip/Tuck as well.

 

[Comeds]

Will Dinkledge have a big career post GoT? It looks like he has a big-ish (pun intended) part in Pixels.

It isnt like he came out of nowhere to GoTs. He had a rather prominent part in Nip/Tuck as well.

Yeah, while not a household name he has consistently worked for years. From bit parts in "Elf" to the lead in the little seen but very good "The Station Agent". He was also a regular on a scifi show called Threshold where he was kind of a prick. Lol, plus he played the same role in both the British and American "Death At A Funeral".

he is supposed to be a voice on the phone in a Seinfeld too.

 

[BGDave]

Yeah, while not a household name he has consistently worked for years. From bit parts in "Elf" to the lead in the little seen but very good "The Station Agent". He was also a regular on a scifi show called Threshold where he was kind of a prick. Lol, plus he played the same role in both the British and American "Death At A Funeral".

he is supposed to be a voice on the phone in a Seinfeld too.

Too easy, will not comment. Will not comment.

 

[calsnowskier]

Yeah, while not a household name he has consistently worked for years. From bit parts in "Elf" to the lead in the little seen but very good "The Station Agent". He was also a regular on a scifi show called Threshold where he was kind of a prick. Lol, plus he played the same role in both the British and American "Death At A Funeral".

he is supposed to be a voice on the phone in a Seinfeld too.

Cant forget his turns in the X-Men franchise.

He is already the most successful/respected "little person" actor ever...

 

[IndyAndy]

Yeah, while not a household name he has consistently worked for years. From bit parts in "Elf" to the lead in the little seen but very good "The Station Agent". He was also a regular on a scifi show called Threshold where he was kind of a prick. Lol, plus he played the same role in both the British and American "Death At A Funeral".

he is supposed to be a voice on the phone in a Seinfeld too.

Seems that he is 'everywhere' these days: I just got home from seeing Rush in concert in Columbus last night, & he was one of several actors featured in the video for the 'rap' section of their song Roll The Bones.

 

[BGDave]

Cant forget his turns in the X-Men franchise.

He is already the most successful/respected "little person" actor ever...

Agreed.

And if GRRM was stupid enough to kill Tyrion off in the next book, well, the Directors would just have to ignore GRRM.

 

[mattola]

just to be clear. The books are caught up to the show (or viceversa) and no new books are available. so if you read the books the show is at the same timeline with difference or variations of storylines.

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