-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
*UNMARKED SPOILERS ALL BOOKS* Game of Thrones |OT| - Season 6 Offseason Thread
- Thread starter Cornballer
- Start date
- Status
cartoon_soldier
Member
Oh god that would be the end of ASOIAF.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Hmm that does rule out Jon.
Well as someone said Yara going to Meeren, with Euron fighting Hightower like in the book.
ToyMachine228
Member
I don't think they meant it that way. They probably mean it is a tragic scene. As in, Ned finds his sister that he fought to save dying in a pool of blood.
biosnake20
Member
Liam Cunningham confirms meeting with the Mormonts:
That confirms Lyanna Mormont instead of some random Mormont lord people were thinking they were gonna have.
That confirms Lyanna Mormont instead of some random Mormont lord people were thinking they were gonna have.
I hope so. Otherwise D and D may have found the only way imaginable to ruin the books.
Theon seems like he's almost definitely ending the season in Meereen as part of Yara's fleet. The big question is how exactly he and Yara reunite.
This of course sets up the touching season 7 plot where Grey Worm teaches Theon to live without a dick.
This of course sets up the touching season 7 plot where Grey Worm teaches Theon to live without a dick.
The reference to there being other people in the parlay probably means this is the scene where we're getting all our minor Northern lords with the brief Manderly cameo the casting calls seemed to imply.
biosnake20
Member
So that's every major still-living character minus Gendry confirmed for this season, unless I'm forgetting someone.
Holy shite. It's happening! The brings the total of Red Priest this season up to 3.
Cpt.Underpants
Member
Man, initially I was excited they were doing the Ironborn stuff this year, but it feels like a year too late. Storyline-wise why does this all sound like a failure waiting to happen? I imagine Euron is going to take out Balon and then propose the Ironborn follow him in taking out or marrying Dany to gain dragons... but in the show why would this even matter? At the point in which this would probably occur the White Walker threat will probably be spreading throughout the north, or at least the confirmation of them. That would be more important, no?
I think this is all going to be this year's Dorne sideplot in that, it feels disconnected and fragmented in execution, and then by the end we were asking what the point was. The fundamental changes to the participants make this look completely strange when wearing my speculation goggles.
I-It's really happening?
It's totally not happening. My money is Thoros is here to usher Blackfish into the Stoneheart role, after he escapes from Riverrun.
Euron's kind of a mystery because I don't know how hard they lean into the magic angle with him. He could be a full blow magic-horn-toting wizard, but I think it's also possible they drop the entire Dany connection and just have him focus on raiding the Reach, maybe only bring the magic to the forefront once he's found something in Oldtown. I'm not too worried about the Ironborn stuff though
because as a Yara/Theon centered plot, I think the basic arc of Balon's assassination, defeat at the Kingsmoot, fleeing into exile, and then deciding to join Dany as a last ditch effort to retake their home makes for a pretty decent story for those two.
You can see Yara making out with a prostitute with a Volantene tattoo in the trailer.
The iron islanders have always had their own agenda that was separate from the goals of every other character. Balon wanted to take the north while Robb was distracted.
The Dorne plot didn't work because the portrayal of the books was misguided and poorly acted.
We already know that the iron islands stuff is usually handled well, and unless Theon's baby uncle stinks the joint up, I think we're in for a decent storyline.
The Dorne plot didn't work because the portrayal of the books was misguided and poorly acted.
We already know that the iron islands stuff is usually handled well, and unless Theon's baby uncle stinks the joint up, I think we're in for a decent storyline.
Poor Gendry is alone on the boat once again?
What? No, it's not without fault. May I remind you of Yara's attempted rescue / Ramsey encounter?
The Iron Islands stuff already falls under the same slot going into the season, in terms of its players being reduced or changed (in motivations), and the timetable. Like what the hell has Yara been doing for two years? Even in nebulous time frame of the show events, it feels like so much time has elapsed that they can't just expect us to believe she was just hanging with poppa Balon by the fire.
Obviously we know the existing Iron Islanders previously cast can certainly act (Theon, Balon, Yara), but we'll see how that plays out in any future scenes.
Steely is.
Do you know what the word "usually" means?
The stuff that's actually set in the iron islands is outstanding.
Plus, and I'll say this again, Alfie Allen can carry any scene he's in. This Pilou Asbaek guy better carry his weight. Not sure how you actually spell his name using an American keyboard.
She's been training with
Cesar Millan
I do know what "usually" means, but I'm speaking about the storyline involving the Iron Islanders, not just stuff depicted literally on the Iron Islands. Yara's attempted rescue is a perfect example of how to fuck it up, and you only need one fuck up to start a domino effect.
And even good actors can't save an entire subplot if it's founded in poor planning and execution. I like Alfie Allen too, and think he can pull off shit like no one's business. I also like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jerome Flynn, and Alexander Siddig, and think they all bolstered the scenes they were in together... but they can't save poor setup and plotting.
The battle of the bastards actually begins with a newly trained Yara assuring Ramsay that neither she nor her men fear his dogs any longer.
She doesn't count on the Ramsay's battle pigs.
Steelyuhas
Member
Might be tomorrow, we'll see (I'm busy!)
Never trust a secret Targ.
bitbydeath
Member
I just know Watchers reported that internal buzz on set is very positive on the guy who's playing Euron, but who knows how much that sort of thing can be trusted. I'll probably need to whole season just to get used to the mutton chops.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Best GOT gif we got was this one for sure
Steelyuhas
Member
Best GOT gif we got was this one for sure
All Mace gifs bubble to the top, it's only natural.
ToyMachine228
Member
I can't imagine D&D taking a direction other than what GRRM has laid out to them there. While I think he hasn't told them a whole lot of details beyond Dance in general, I am sure he confirmed Jon's parentage. Remember when they pitched the show to George, he asked them who's Jon's parents were as a test.
FootballFan
Member
Source?
D and D themselves, George himself. Well known thing.
FootballFan
Member
Seems like something everybody already suspected back then anyway. Reading Game of Thrones a few times is probably enough to pick up on the hints without the use of other resources. D&D used the internet confirmed.
- Status