I was vaguely interested in Thrones up until the end of the first season. At which point I realised it was brilliant. Rewatched season one, and THEN realised Jon Snow and Robb Stark were different people, which explained how Robb was getting to the wall and back so quickly.
I was vaguely interested in Thrones up until the end of the first season. At which point I realised it was brilliant. Rewatched season one, and THEN realised Jon Snow and Robb Stark were different people, which explained how Robb was getting to the wall and back so quickly.
I did the same, I then read the books pretty sharpish and then was able to understand who the fuck everyone was
Essos appears to be a mixture of Eastern & Southern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East, Mongolia, with Valyria supposedly representing the fallen Roman Empire.
Westeros is mostly the British Isles with a bit of France/Spain thrown in.
GRRM has long talked about how the primary influence of the series is the War of the Roses but there are many parallels:
Houses of York and Lancaster - Stark and Lannister First Men - Celts Andals - Anglo Saxons Iron Islands - mixture of Norse/Viking and Irish (in their constant rebelling against the mainland) Hadrian's Wall - The Wall Wildlings - Scots Targaryeans - Norman Invasion/William the Conqueror Valyria - Roman Empire Free Cities - Venice, Firenze, Constantinople etc. Dothraki - Golden Horde
The religions are harder to pin down. The Faith of the Seven is clearly Catholicism in its structure.
The religions are harder to pin down. The Faith of the Seven is clearly Catholicism in its structure.
I have a feeling there's going to be a twist with the religions. Not quite that Bran is actually all of the gods, but something that shows they're all one and the same.
Yeah that was unpleasant. Did you think the finale was a bit rushed? Looked like they literally had it in fast forward in places. In fact it is in danger of feeling a bit rushed in general I think. Sam's been in the Citadel 5 minutes and on screen about 4 times and already done two things is of significance having spent 6 seasons doing not a great deal.
Yeah that was unpleasant. Did you think the finale was a bit rushed? Looked like they literally had it in fast forward in places. In fact it is in danger of feeling a bit rushed in general I think. Sam's been in the Citadel 5 minutes and on screen about 4 times and already done two things is of significance having spent 6 seasons doing not a great deal.
I actually think your spot on with the rushing part.
Don't get me wrong the plot is solid and every storyline is really interesting. It just feels like they've realised they need to start wrapping everything up which has led to some storylines being cut short etc.
With all that said I thought last nights episode was much stronger than the season opener. The Missandei scene was especially interesting.
Yeah that was unpleasant. Did you think the finale was a bit rushed? Looked like they literally had it in fast forward in places. In fact it is in danger of feeling a bit rushed in general I think. Sam's been in the Citadel 5 minutes and on screen about 4 times and already done two things is of significance having spent 6 seasons doing not a great deal.
I actually think your spot on with the rushing part.
Don't get me wrong the plot is solid and every storyline is really interesting. It just feels like they've realised they need to start wrapping everything up which has led to some storylines being cut short etc.
With all that said I thought last nights episode was much stronger than the season opener. The Missandei scene was especially interesting.
Game of Thrones script editing is like my week at work, they're currently at about 2 pm on Friday.
Yeah that was unpleasant. Did you think the finale was a bit rushed? Looked like they literally had it in fast forward in places. In fact it is in danger of feeling a bit rushed in general I think. Sam's been in the Citadel 5 minutes and on screen about 4 times and already done two things is of significance having spent 6 seasons doing not a great deal.
I actually think your spot on with the rushing part.
Don't get me wrong the plot is solid and every storyline is really interesting. It just feels like they've realised they need to start wrapping everything up which has led to some storylines being cut short etc.
With all that said I thought last nights episode was much stronger than the season opener. The Missandei scene was especially interesting.
They would've planned all this plot some time ago, Benioff and Weiss are familiar with what Martin has planned. I think you're right in that they clearly had to thin the herd, and maybe this is a diversion from the books for that reason. They've got a lot of story to squeeze in.
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Far too much like hard work thinking about whether it's a mistake ref the giant
Or if Ed sheeren was shit
It's a good way to lose an hr and relax
Does anyone think the acting is a bit poor? Its a bit routine "emmerdale" like. Nothing special. Bar a few characters.
Love Khalisee. Even if i dont understand whats going on, its worth it just for her scenes.
Even more so how did Sam find the book he wanted first time?
What's to the east of the bit of Essos that we can see ?
Edit: Here you go! https://quartermaester.info/
The furthest East I believe the show has gone is Qarth.
Melisandre is supposedly from the far east city of Asshai.
Westeros is mostly the British Isles with a bit of France/Spain thrown in.
Even the thousand Islands are clearly based on the Aegean islands
Houses of York and Lancaster - Stark and Lannister
First Men - Celts
Andals - Anglo Saxons
Iron Islands - mixture of Norse/Viking and Irish (in their constant rebelling against the mainland)
Hadrian's Wall - The Wall
Wildlings - Scots
Targaryeans - Norman Invasion/William the Conqueror
Valyria - Roman Empire
Free Cities - Venice, Firenze, Constantinople etc.
Dothraki - Golden Horde
The religions are harder to pin down. The Faith of the Seven is clearly Catholicism in its structure.
Don't get me wrong the plot is solid and every storyline is really interesting. It just feels like they've realised they need to start wrapping everything up which has led to some storylines being cut short etc.
With all that said I thought last nights episode was much stronger than the season opener. The Missandei scene was especially interesting.