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*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 5 Offseason Thread

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jett

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D&D straight up shitting on A Dance With Dragons.

Good.

This is definitely the season where the show finally breaks from the books nearly completely. It was honestly to the show's detriment that it was so slavishly faithful to the source material. I'm expecting great things this season.

Snuggles said:
Oh man, that trailers got my hyped. I need a detailed break down STAT.

So unless it's a misdirect it looks like Varys
is straight up backing Dany. I've been hoping Aegon will happen, seeing as how he seems to be becoming a major player in the books, but I dunno man. I'm having some doubts but we'll see.
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That waste of time won't be in the show.
 
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Euron

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Forget
Aegon
,where's
Stannis
in the trailer? :(


Though I'm actually kinda pissed that
Aegon isn't in the show
since
it might fuck up Varys' entire motivation in the long run
.
 
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Steelyuhas

Member
Hopefully HBO posts the trailer soon.

I watched it of course, but I feel like I really haven't seen it until it's in respectable quality.
 
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RaidenXZ

Member
Just noticed something in the trailer. Maybe its my eyes deceiving me but it looks like Bronn might be back and might be in Essos or Dorne or something. Can anyone confirm if they saw that too?
It looks like he's unsheathing a sword after the boat at the beginning and he looks like he's fighting that cloaked individual on the horse in the sand
 
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Partition

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RaidenXZ said:
Just noticed something in the trailer. Maybe its my eyes deceiving me but it looks like Bronn might be back and might be in Essos or Dorne or something. Can anyone confirm if they saw that too?
It looks like he's unsheathing a sword after the boat at the beginning and he looks like he's fighting that cloaked individual on the horse in the sand
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He's in Dorne
 
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Forkball

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Cornballer said:
- Offscreen versions of the trailer are up on youtube via Watchers

There's a few different versions up if you search for them. I'm a little surprised that HBO hasn't put up a full version since these are out in the wild. Surely they anticipated this.

EDIT: Watchers has about half of it up. Full vid here. Still offscreen.

EDIT2: Marginally better quality version
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Whoa, outta nowhere. Doesn't this warrant a new thread? Or should we wait for the official release? I NEED A SHOT BY SHOT ANALYSIS.

I'm still wondering how they are going to maintain the momentum of this show given the source material slows down considerably in AFFC/ADWD. I'm excited though. And Mel gets naked again, thank you R'hllor.
 
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Ratrat

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Forkball said:
Whoa, outta nowhere. Doesn't this warrant a new thread? Or should we wait for the official release? I NEED A SHOT BY SHOT ANALYSIS.

I'm still wondering how they are going to maintain the momentum of this show given the source material slows down considerably in AFFC/ADWD. I'm excited though. And Mel gets naked again, thank you R'hllor.
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those two books have more than enough excitement for 1 season.

Do we know if Kevan is cut?

Having Varys kill him and Pycelle would be a great ending. 'undoing the queens good work.' heh.
 
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Forkball

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Ratrat said:
those two books have more than enough excitement for 1 season.

Do we know if Kevan is cut?

Having Varys kill him and Pycelle would be a great ending. 'undoing the queens good work.' heh.
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But the AFFC/ADWD wombo combo ends on some major cliff hangers and half-fought battles. It's a lot of build up with not a lot of payoffs. Even Daznak's Pit, the big action scene, only opens up more issues instead of resolving them. I can see a lot of people being upset if they just end this season with Jon's ambiguous death and Dany flying away to meet the Dothrakis.

And everyone is cut. Just everyone.
 
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Dysun

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Some of those scenes looked impressive on a grand scale, Lets see where they take this now that they are really branching out on their own. I'm expecting mediocrity, hope I'm proven wrong
 
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Speevy

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So many questions and I can't hear half of what people are saying.
Okay, are Ramsay and Roose in this trailer? If they were, I missed them. I saw Theon.

Whose statue was being destroyed at the end?

Are they finally going to consummate the relationship between Margaery and Tommen?

Are those gold-masked people against Dany?

Who is the bald-headed guy being whipped by the Martell women?

Why is Sansa crying?
 
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Forkball

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Speevy said:
So many questions and I can't hear half of what people are saying.

Okay, are Ramsay and Roose in this trailer? If they were, I missed them. I saw Theon.

Whose statue was being destroyed at the end?

Are they finally going to consummate the relationship between Margaery and Tommen?

Are those gold-masked people against Dany?

Who is the bald-headed guy being whipped by the Martell women?

Why is Sansa crying?
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1. I didn't see them. Heck I didn't even see Theon, maybe I need to look closer.

2. It was a Harpy statue, probably in Mereen.

3. That depends whether or not Ser Pounce cockblocks.

4. I think those are the Sons of the Harpy. Nice demon masks.

5. Hopefully not Darkstar.

6. When does Sansa not cry?
 
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Ratrat

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Forkball said:
But the AFFC/ADWD wombo combo ends on some major cliff hangers and half-fought battles. It's a lot of build up with not a lot of payoffs. Even Daznak's Pit, the big action scene, only opens up more issues instead of resolving them. I can see a lot of people being upset if they just end this season with Jon's ambiguous death and Dany flying away to meet the Dothrakis.

And everyone is cut. Just everyone.
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The other seasons didn't have much pay off either. The complete ruin of House Lannister and the introduction of the last player, Martell is pretty huge. There will probably be strong hints of a Stark comeback as well with Sansa and Rickon, Fake Arya etc.
 
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fallengorn

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Forkball said:
1. I didn't see them. Heck I didn't even see Theon, maybe I need to look closer.

2. It was a Harpy statue, probably in Mereen.

3. That depends whether or not Ser Pounce cockblocks.

4. I think those are the Sons of the Harpy. Nice demon masks.

5. Hopefully not Darkstar.

6. When does Sansa not cry?
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Theon's definitely in there somewhere.
 
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TrutaS

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I saw some Dance with Dragons in there, but that's not a good thing this early in a season trailer. I'll be really afraid of the changes going forward.

Then again I'll be watching this as a newcomer for the first time which is ... Different.
 
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Kain

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I can't watch the trailer right now but according to your comments there is no Mannis? Man I swear D&D hate Stan the man.
 
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sinxtanx

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Kain said:
I can't see the trailer right now but according to your comments there is no Mannis? Man I swear D&D hate Stan the man.
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iirc Stannis just stays at the wall for a while then takes a party wagon into the mountains and meets with the clans

D&D: "How do we ruin this? Hmm, just cut it."
 
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Speevy

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Episode 1

*Stannis stands around on wall*

"I'm the rightful king. They should all bend the knee."


Episode 10

*Stannis stands around on wall*

"Jon Snow is dead, my king."

"So?"
 
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IcyRhythms

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What will be controversial about Sansa this season? Sex?(I know a lot GoT diehards are already whining about how uncomfortable this would be given her age in the books/show, but, that's the way things go)I think she will ultimately kill a key player in the game. Possibly even someone she cares for? She is being manipulated by Little Finger. Many think she may be finally learning to play the game and manipulating him, but I'm not so sure.
 
Moff

Moff

Member
she will either kill robert or have sex with littlefinger. both seems pretty obvious. maybe they just show it in a very controversial way. maybe she rapes robert before she kills him.
 
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IcyRhythms

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Bigby said:
Robert (Robin in show) Arryn, son of Lysa and Jon Arryn.
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Why would she need to kill him? Correct me if I'm wrong, as I am someone who didn't read the books, but didn't Little Finger send that kid on his merry way to explore the world or something? lol
 
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Memento Mori

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IcyRhythms said:
Why would she need to kill him? Correct me if I'm wrong, as I am someone who didn't read the books, but didn't Little Finger send that kid on his merry way to explore the world or something? lol
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If you haven't read the books, I wouldn't advise posting in a thread with unmarked book spoilers.
 
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