Game Of Thrones
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All substantially less recognisable as well. If you showed me a picture of Sigur Ros and OM&M I wouldn't know who they are, and I have seen OM&M live.SDAddick said:
Sigur Ros were in the Joffrey/Marjorie wedding scene. And Coldplay (or at least Will and Guy I think it was) were in the Red Wedding scene. I think Of Monsters and Men were in an episode in last season. Ed Sheeran had a lot more time smilling right at the camera in the main shot, but they've done this sort of things before.Exiled_Addick said:Enjoyed it a lot. As others have said, it was all just setting up the rest of the series but built the tension nicely and had some good lines in it.
The Ed Sheeran thing was a misstep for me. Quite apart from the fact I'm not his biggest fan and he is bloody everywhere anyway at the moment, GoT does not need to stoop to the level of celebrity cameos. The whole scene was a bit cheesy but I understand why it was in there, there are, however, plenty of jobbing actors out there who can hold a note who could have done what he did without having to jar the narrative by sticking someone so incongruous in there.1 -
6/10king addick said:Without to much detail...score the episode out of 10?
-2.5 for having ed Sheeran anywhere near it.1 -
I was more concerned for little shaun from this is England4
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7.5/10 for me
Good episode, not one of the GOT greats but episode 1 of a new season isn't going to be.1 -
Sheeran took me out of the scene so for that reason I didn't like it one bit!SDAddick said:
Sigur Ros were in the Joffrey/Marjorie wedding scene. And Coldplay (or at least Will and Guy I think it was) were in the Red Wedding scene. I think Of Monsters and Men were in an episode in last season. Ed Sheeran had a lot more time smilling right at the camera in the main shot, but they've done this sort of things before.Exiled_Addick said:Enjoyed it a lot. As others have said, it was all just setting up the rest of the series but built the tension nicely and had some good lines in it.
The Ed Sheeran thing was a misstep for me. Quite apart from the fact I'm not his biggest fan and he is bloody everywhere anyway at the moment, GoT does not need to stoop to the level of celebrity cameos. The whole scene was a bit cheesy but I understand why it was in there, there are, however, plenty of jobbing actors out there who can hold a note who could have done what he did without having to jar the narrative by sticking someone so incongruous in there.
Someone called it filler earlier I think - there hasn't been any filler in Thrones for a long time. But there was an awful lot of setting up. They literally painted a map and told the audience where everybody was and who they hated!
Can't wait to see some of these characters colliding. Especially now Dany is fully involved.0 -
Hate these celebrity cameos. Been doing it ever since Sean Bean was shoehorned into the first season.17
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Ed Sheeran left me wanting to punch the TV screen.
WTF was that all about?1 -
Thought Sean bean did a great job as Ned stark tbfFiiish said:Hate these celebrity cameos. Been doing it ever since Sean Bean was shoehorned into the first season.
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Whoosh.Covered_End_Lad said:
Thought Sean bean did a great job as Ned stark tbfFiiish said:Hate these celebrity cameos. Been doing it ever since Sean Bean was shoehorned into the first season.
Although to be fair Sean Bean is one of the only actors who was really well known (to the point where nearly every other actor is known first for Game of Thrones at this point whereas his other roles are definitely more famous) to play a main character. At least other cameos have been fairly low-key. Ed Sheeran did definitely take you out of the scene, and made worse by the fact it was leaked months ago he was getting a cameo, and then on the Guardian's front page on their website today. Would have been better if he was just out of focus whilst he was singing then he went off for a piss before Arya got off her horse.0 -
The opening scene was brilliant.
Euron was funny.
Sansa was a cow.
The Brotherhood without Banners bit was the best bit though.3 - Sponsored links:
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Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.2 -
How can anyone hate ed Sheeran wtf1
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Great episode, feels like it will kick off at any point and a main character will get bumped off!0
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Ed Sheeran is fine. Sound musician and the like. But it was literally just Ed Sheeran in a Lannister costume singing an Ed Sheeran-esque song. And he was very much in frame for most of the scene just looking like Ed Sheeran. Not his fault that's how the director decided to play out the scene but it very much breaks the fourth wall. At least Jim Broadbent had make-up and put on a slightly different accent (in stark contrast to his normal dithering tone, he was quite stoic).se9addick said:Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.3 -
I thought Jon was being unnecessarily stupid. As though they need to strike up a conflict between him, Sansa and Littlefinger and the easiest way was to make him be a bit of a twat when Sansa offers advice.North Lower Neil said:
Sansa was a cow.
The scene on the castle walls was a bit much in that regard. "Why is he still here?" - "Because the plot needs him to be."
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The problem wasn't that it was Ed Sheeran per say, problem was that it was a very famous recognizable person, not known for acting, in a bit part roll, you stopped thinking about the story for a moment and were thinking - wtf is Ed Sheeran doing in this?se9addick said:Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.
It just jarred, is all.7 -
Best line was "You're fooling no-one with that top knot you bald cunt."North Lower Neil said:The opening scene was brilliant.
Euron was funny.
Sansa was a cow.
The Brotherhood without Banners bit was the best bit though.20 -
He's a Tory boy to be fair.Greenie Junior said:How can anyone hate ed Sheeran wtf
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He's an ugly annoying cunt who sings annoying as fuck songs about drinking in country lanes and singing about smoking hand rolled cigerettes as if he ever did any of those things.Greenie Junior said:How can anyone hate ed Sheeran wtf
He's cringe on legs. The fact he's a mega star makes me question the reality I live in as a simulated reality created by a futuristic sweaty ginger bloke called ed Sheeran from the year 3214 who thought "uh I wonder if I was a pop star in 2017 huh uh".
Anyway.. back to game of thrones.. probably one of my favourite exposition episodes, once again the hound steals the show. Hope he's in it til the end.5 - Sponsored links:
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My random thoughts:
Getting more and more convinced Jamie is going to kill cersei
The hound will die fighting the white walkers, alongside the wildlings
Jorah will help Sam get the dragonglass0 -
Strong first episode. Enjoyed it
Great seeing the white walkers again, and how Berric Dondarian's crew are gonna square up to them
So many strong characters and solid storylines now. Absolute respect to DB Weiss and David Benioff
They've taken what was it a fantasy literacy masterpiece and delivered a tv epic1 -
Was the giant at the start Wun Wun? Wouldn't they have burnt the body?0
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Sheffield United come good.3
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I may be wrong, but I think that Ian Brown from 'The Stone Roses' was in the opening scene of one of the Harry Potter films, playing a punter in 'The Leaky Cauldron'.Fiiish said:
Ed Sheeran is fine. Sound musician and the like. But it was literally just Ed Sheeran in a Lannister costume singing an Ed Sheeran-esque song. And he was very much in frame for most of the scene just looking like Ed Sheeran. Not his fault that's how the director decided to play out the scene but it very much breaks the fourth wall. At least Jim Broadbent had make-up and put on a slightly different accent (in stark contrast to his normal dithering tone, he was quite stoic).se9addick said:Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.0 -
100% just to shoehorn him in , totally pointless.Clem_Snide said:Ed Sheeran left me wanting to punch the TV screen.
WTF was that all about?1 -
Brown was also one of the coppers in the fight scene in this is England 86.Kenny Achampong said:
I may be wrong, but I think that Ian Brown from 'The Stone Roses' was in the opening scene of one of the Harry Potter films, playing a punter in 'The Leaky Cauldron'.Fiiish said:
Ed Sheeran is fine. Sound musician and the like. But it was literally just Ed Sheeran in a Lannister costume singing an Ed Sheeran-esque song. And he was very much in frame for most of the scene just looking like Ed Sheeran. Not his fault that's how the director decided to play out the scene but it very much breaks the fourth wall. At least Jim Broadbent had make-up and put on a slightly different accent (in stark contrast to his normal dithering tone, he was quite stoic).se9addick said:Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.0 -
Opening scene was great ...: just so well played
... also the Hound scene ...just so much going on ...awesome viewing !!!!1 -
He was indeed but he was doing what people should do in a cameo...saying little or nothing but still making sure you know who it is.Kenny Achampong said:
I may be wrong, but I think that Ian Brown from 'The Stone Roses' was in the opening scene of one of the Harry Potter films, playing a punter in 'The Leaky Cauldron'.Fiiish said:
Ed Sheeran is fine. Sound musician and the like. But it was literally just Ed Sheeran in a Lannister costume singing an Ed Sheeran-esque song. And he was very much in frame for most of the scene just looking like Ed Sheeran. Not his fault that's how the director decided to play out the scene but it very much breaks the fourth wall. At least Jim Broadbent had make-up and put on a slightly different accent (in stark contrast to his normal dithering tone, he was quite stoic).se9addick said:Thought it was a bit slow, but that is to be expected - it will get pretty exciting over the course of the season.
P.s I didn't think Sheeran's cameo was that bad, but I guess it's popular to hate on him at the moment.
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I don't think it was as Wun Wun died during the re-taking of winterfell.North Lower Neil said:Was the giant at the start Wun Wun? Wouldn't they have burnt the body?
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