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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 4 - Sundays on HBO
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gregor7777
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I get the whole thing about teasing the show-only thread being obnoxious. But "The book thread sends it regards" is goddamned funny nonetheless.
MiamiWesker
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What are the odds that Balon Greyjoy randomly falls off a bridge today?
Probably 0%.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
I'm hoping a banana peel is involved.
gregor7777
Banned
Tonight is a big night for TV and most don't know it yet. One of the most hated characters ever meets his demise. Joffrey will be remembered as one of the great TV villains of all time. Hell, he already is.
Think of all the bullshit other network shows do when a character leaves, compared with what goes down tonight. Funny to think about.
Think of all the bullshit other network shows do when a character leaves, compared with what goes down tonight. Funny to think about.
I'm completely expecting another hashtag to trend, #joffreysdead or something like that.
Strategically placed by Jaqen H'ghar.
gregor7777
Banned
Did they recast Mance? I thought I remembered hearing that.
pulga
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WhereAreMahDragonz
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[cue cheesy sitcom laugh track]
Lord of Castamere
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No it's going to be like the feather in Forest Gump.
The wind will pick him up and take him across Westeros right into Drogon's waiting mouth.
Nah. Might as well though, complete waste of a good actor.
The Artful Dodger
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I hope the Seinfeld bass plays right afterwards.
gregor7777
Banned
OK, cool. Yeah I like him.
I'm thinking we'll see more of Mance this season than in the books, but that's just a guess.
The Artful Dodger
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It worked with Tywin
thequickandthedead
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Can someone remind me who the last Westerosi king was before the Targaryens took over?
bodyofanamerican
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There wasn't one, right? Didn't Aegon unite the 7 kingdoms for the first time in their history?
Barrylocke
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Are there any especially notable characters whose roles so far have been lowered in the show (assuming they exist at all) compared to the books, and how does it effect the story?
correct. Each of the kingdoms had their own rulers/kings before Aegon took over. Those rulers became the Lord Paramounts we see now after Aegon's conquering (well Dorne resisted for a little while more).
NekoFever
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There were many, hence the Seven Kingdoms. Dorne was the last to be united under the Targaryens, though, over 100 years after Aegon's landing. And it was never actually conquered, which is why the Martells are still princes and princesses.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Ser Dontos, for one. He wasn't in season 3 at all, and only had one brief scene in season 2. In episode one of season 4, they brought him back and, in my opinion, it lessened the impact he has on Sansa's arc in the books. It felt too forced for my liking.
Red Arremer
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None.
There was no united realms, all of the countries had their own kings, with the Riverlands being ruled by the King of the Iron Islands.
Aegon united them except for the Dornish kings who were added to the realm a century or so later by Daeron. Never entirely conquered though, hence their different titles.
Edit: got ninja'd heh
Pure speculation but I think it's the other way around. Probably Hinds not wanting to commit heavily into the show has limited the screen time
Makes no sense otherwise
LOL
They got Hinds up to Iceland so I'm not sure how much more he could commit. I just think he got the Halfhand treatment and they didn't bother to give him anything when John Snow wasn't around.
Frank the Great
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Wrong thread.
Steelyuhas
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Nah, Hinds is back.
I'm hoping we will. They have Hinds and we saw criminally little of him last season.
They've shown a willingness to expand on characters with bit parts in the book when casting name actors (Tywin, Olenna). Even his scenes last year felt like they had been shot within a week, totaling like ten minutes of screen time, if that. If a repeat happens this year, I can only speculate he didn't want to be up in Iceland for any serious period of time.
Red Arremer
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Only in the first few eps, right? I only remember the scene where he's introduced, and the scene where they show that spiral made out of horse parts.
Steelyuhas
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First three episodes, only about 8 minutes total screen time though.
Barrylocke
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I can imagine why they decided to do that from a logistic perspective. Most of his important scenes are those moments in the godswood with Sansa, along with what's coming soon with the wedding and aftermath. But as a fan of Sansa's story, that does seem pretty unfortunate.
Steelyuhas
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FYI:
smokeandmirrors
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I mean while the idea is logically the premise isn't sound. Has Gurm written an episode 9 style episode where shit goes to hell yet? I know he wrote the bear and the maiden fair last season but i figured he just got an episode a season and not necessarily one where extremely major points happen.
He wrote Blackwater (S2EP9)
Steelyuhas
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George has written "The Pointy End" (108), "Blackwater" (209), and "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (307).
Captain_Spanky
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Didn't hew write Blackwater?
smokeandmirrors
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Ah ok. Thanks.
So only one where shit totally went down then.
Apparently he did. I did not know this.
Thanks y'all.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
So, he's written
Episode 2 (S4)
Episode 7 (S3)
Episode 8 (S1)
Episode 9 (S2)
Now I'm hoping that he'll write either episodes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 10 in the coming seasons so he'll end with with a complete set!
I am so hyped. Really wish Sky Atlantic were live streaming this one as well.
Looking forward to the internet meltdowns (or like, the opposite of meltdowns) and the long WebMs of Joff choking.
Hopefully people don't feel the need to shit up the other thread. Just let them deal with it themselves. Especially don't spoil who was responsible, that probably won't be confirmed this episode.
Looking forward to the internet meltdowns (or like, the opposite of meltdowns) and the long WebMs of Joff choking.
Hopefully people don't feel the need to shit up the other thread. Just let them deal with it themselves. Especially don't spoil who was responsible, that probably won't be confirmed this episode.
CambriaRising
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FYI:
What's weird is I remember during season two when HboGo was a much smaller feature, being able to watch the episode there minute to minute with the live show. I'm guessing they are having capacity issues.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I wouldn't be surprised if it was though. Littlefinger is a mustache twirling villain on the show and I doubt he could resist revealing to (at the very least) Sansa that it was him and Olenna who killed Joffrey.
"Spoiler" based on casting information
Dontos is apparently in episode 3, so Littlefinger might not get a chance to tell this episode. It'll probably be pretty obvious Olenna was involved, what with how they set up the necklace interaction, but still, it's not nice to confirm stuff they could only suspect.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I would guess that we might just see Joffrey's death and Tyrion getting accused in this episode, and then Sansa's flight from King's Landing and meeting up with Littlefinger would be early in Episode 3.
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Guys, I was thinking about Bran on the show, and I'm seeing a big problem with his age. How will Hodor be able to carry him around in a basket, when the kid keeps growing? He's grown a lot so far, imagine what will happen next season? And HBO wants 3 more seasons!
Guys, I was thinking about Bran on the show, and I'm seeing a big problem with his age. How will Hodor be able to carry him around in a basket, when the kid keeps growing? He's grown a lot so far, imagine what will happen next season? And HBO wants 3 more seasons!
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