[Closed] Game of Thrones Season 7

Line of the episode has to go to the Hound...

You're not fooling anyone with that top knot, bald ....

Jesus - that cameo - there was almost a comedy turn to camera moment!
No more of that please.

I can't think of a more poorly judged bit of camera work in the entire series. It was comically bad and took you right out of the scene, which itself was a bit clumsy. I get that they were trying to bring Arya back from cold blooded killer to having some level of compassion for the people that get in her way but it was way too forced.

Watched it last night.

It really is the gift that keeps on giving.

Still, blackberry wine's got to be better than ginger chips. All this talk of Sheeran, but nobody mentions Shaun from This Is England; the real star amongst the Lannister soldiers.

All this talk of Sheeran, but nobody mentions Shaun from This Is England;

I was a bit disappointed she didn't have to kill them all.

Not a bad opener, but unusually dull and portentous in a couple of places.

And WTF was up with the Sam bedpan training montage?

And WTF was up with the Sam bedpan training montage?

I think that was to explain him cracking and getting the books from behind the locked door.

It's not in his nature to be so bold.

I think that was to explain him cracking and getting the books from behind the locked door.

It's not in his nature to be so bold.

Yes you're probably right there.

I was WTFing at the dizzying editing style being so out of place in the show.

And WTF was up with the Sam bedpan training montage?

It's going to happen, eventually and there will be cheers and applause in this household when she does the deed

And WTF was up with the Sam bedpan training montage?

I thought it was pretty funny, liked how the stew didn't seem to change much regardless of whether it was being served or er... disposed of.

I read it as being a shorthand way of showing that Sam was so low down the pecking order that it would take years of menial tasks before he'd reach a point that he could access the locked away books. Knowing he didn't have years he went against character and invented the concept of a lending library.

Needed more violence and nudity

The annoying thing about the Ed Sheeran cameo was that it drew attention away from [url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2129938/?ref_=tt_cl_t1 ]Thomas Turgoose[/url] as one of the Lannister soliders. He's a bloody brilliant young actor and i hope he's in a few more episodes now

Yeah the bedpan montage went on a bit too long for my liking but at least it had a purpose unlike the presence of Ed Sheeran.

The turn to camera was the worst bit. I wouldn't have minded him being a part of the group in general, but that look over ... so out of place. Similarly, the bed pan montage cuts really felt out of place too. They could have had the same effect by cutting to him doing a round between each main scene ... so that throughout the episode you realise the trudgery of it.

someone in Westeros needs to invent the mountain bike (preferably in Valyrian steel), looks like there is an abundance of great bridleways and mountains to ride

I'm wondering what the population of the GOT universe is, they seem to have massive battles where thousands die then a few weeks later the same again. By this stage there should only be about twelve people left.

By this stage there should only be about twelve people left.

Yes after Battle of the Bastards, John Snow only has about 50 men left inc Wildlings to defend the entire wall...

Stanis army - all dead
Ramsay army - all dead
John Snow's army - nearly all dead
Wildlings - nearly all dead

Bothans - all dead

The GOT version of Amazon prime must do fully fledged armies.

Yes after Battle of the Bastards, John Snow only has about 50 men left inc Wildlings to defend the entire wall...

Freys - all dead

They do have Little Fingers Knights of the Vale who didn't appear to take huge losses in the battle of the bastards.

Ye Gods that Sheeran scene went wrong didn't it? On the one hand they could have done a homage to the previous seasons Hound + chickens scene, and then on the other hand, what we actually get is Busking Red Ed cheesing it up. Thanks for that. 3/10, and that much only because of Shaun of England.

Rest of Episode, 9/10.

I didn't mind the stew-pan montage, it added a note of comedy to the whole affair.

Xerxes, sorry, Cersei, looking increasingly bonkers, if she wasn't already mad enough. It's a race between Jaime and Arya for her head.

The thing with GOT is that it conditions you to expect the worst, when no one died horribly in the ed sheeran scene I was slightly shocked.

I found this intriguing

[url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-dragonstone-valonqar-theory-jaime-kills-cersei-a7845796.html ]http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-dragonstone-valonqar[/url]

Don't look at it if you don't want future spoilers (or conjecture!)

Well thats Ep2 done and dusted, pace picked up a little there and the wage bill trimmed 🙂

Wasn't sure which was it was going to go in the battle but I guess the new boy gets his time. Be interesting to see if Arya makes it back north before big sis does something monumentally stupid 🙂

All in another good one but they could have made it 90mins and given each story a little more time

I'm wondering what the population of the GOT universe is, they seem to have massive battles where thousands die then a few weeks later the same again. By this stage there should only be about twelve people left.

Presumably they breed at a similar rate to the victims in Midsommer Murders

Just watched ep2.

Yay boobs
Yay embarrassing bodies (nasty rash that).
Yay fighting

What a delightful Monday afternoon pause that made!
That cut from Samwell peeling off Mormont's pustuleous greyscale to what looked like potato gratin was even more gruesome than the bedpan-stew montage last week.

HOT PIE!!!

That cut from Samwell peeling off Mormont's pustuleous greyscale to what looked like potato gratin was even more gruesome than the bedpan-stew montage last week.

I wonder if that will be a recurring theme for the season- cuts between gross out bodily functions & food?

That cutting off the skin bit was grim

I do enjoy Littlefinger lurking around in the background

I'm just impressed with Euron’s ye olde radar. Finding Yara Greyjoy's fleet in the middle of the ocean, at night and on a course they couldn't have known about. Ingenious.

I'm starting to think the whole place is the size of a postage stamp given all the chance encounters/last minute saves over the seasons.

Almost needed rum to watch the skin removal, looked horrific, and we only saw a tiny fraction coming off.

It'll be worth it so that Ser Freindzone can live to pine unrequitedly another day.

Honestly, I kinda want to see Dany lose.

Just seems very entitled, and it means I'll be spared any more slo-mo staring into the middle distance.

Jamie - Member

I'm just impressed with Euron’s ye olde radar. Finding Yara Greyjoy's fleet in the middle of the ocean, at night and on a course they couldn't have known about. Ingenious

Yes, I just felt this was a little too forced to fit with the story. Surely Yara's fleet would've spotted them and even after discovery they'd have put up some sort of fight, but it seemed as if they only had about a half dozen ships rather than hundreds that were shown at the end of series 6 😕

The rest was brilliant though 😀

It seemed very rushed almost like far to many story lines coming together to quickly with massive time jumps...

Enjoyed boobs

The scale to pie transition was genius, much better than the previous episodes shit to stew montage. It's a shame the dire wolf didn't stick around but I'm sure will feature again to save Arya at some point in the future.

Theon's still interesting, I'm glad he didn't just transition into a hero that saves the day, can't say I'd want to be in his shoes now though (or actually at any point given what he's been through).

90 minute episodes would be good, there's so many story threads going on now it's starting to get obvious they're just covering important facts when they switch to each one, a bit of filler and character development like in the first couple of seasons is a good thing. It's still working now mostly because they already spent the time developing the characters in the past so we're already invested in them but wouldn't hurt to continue with it a bit more.

Also, it looked to me like Euron got stabbed about 10 times, quite severely, yet it didn't slow him down or seem to have any longterm effect.

I'd rather see what the Hound and Paul Kaye are getting up to than Greyworm and Missandei scissoring.

It seemed very rushed almost like far to many story lines coming together to quickly with massive time jumps...

Agree.

"I've sent a raven"
*next scene*
"I've received a raven"

Arya's "not you"?
Does that mean she is still no one, so not a Stark and not going to go back to Winterfell?

I'd rather see what the Hound and Paul Kaye are getting up to than Greyworm and Missandei scissoring.

You sick puppy!

Dirty dog 8)

Edit: Nice headline.

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Arya's "not you"?
Does that mean she is still no one, so not a Stark and not going to go back to Winterfell?

Is grey worm what he has been left with?

Anyway.

The Euron Yara takeover was dodgy, he's looking like this seasons Terminator, invincible to swords and with built in infrared and radar and able to (1) mosey right on up to the commander of the fleet's warship without anyone else noticing, and (2) stand on the end of that gangplank while it dropped about two storeys, and (3) set fire to the fleet whilst his is seemingly made of asbestos, before casually sauntering off into the night again. Uh huh. What's he doing with his other hand? Writing poetry.

The Hot Pie bit was somewhat contrived. Is there seriously only one pub between the North and Kings Landing?

Everything else, 9/10.

Is there seriously only one pub between the North and Kings Landing?

It's the only inn at the crossroads between three of the main thoroughfares of Westeros - Kingsroad to the north, the river road to the East and the High road to the Vale of Arryn to the west.

Not very surprising that many characters pass through there.

It's the only inn at the crossroads between three of the main thoroughfares of Westeros - Kingsroad to the north, the river road to the East and the High road to the Vale of Arryn to the west.

Not very surprising that many characters pass through there.

What is surprising is that the roof isn't flat.

I do enjoy Littlefinger lurking around in the background

to be sure, begorrah...

Read around as the Wolf is not one for being domestic, "It's not you" like you/in your nature

Funny, I read as it wasn't her wolf. The wolf just knew that she was connected to another wolf...

But I think your way could make more sense.

I wonder if all the Starks (Sansa, Bran, Arya) will club together in Winterfell and give JS the cold shoulder if he cosies up to Dany too much whilst he's away?

I may have to draw the line at telepathic wolves.

Or not. Sounds kind of awesome.

Is grey worm what he has been left with?

Well, he is one of the Unwillied.

Funny, I read as it wasn't her wolf. The wolf just knew that she was connected to another wolf...

EDIT: I've just remembered that she also told the wolf to get lost in season 1, so maybe the wolf is returning the lack of loyalty!

I wonder if all the Starks (Sansa, Bran, Arya) will club together in Winterfell and give JS the cold shoulder if he cosies up to Dany too much whilst he's away?

I agree with the above poster that Daenerys isn't [I]really[/I] a goody yet as she's too concerned with her "birthright" of ruling (so in that sense no better than most others) although I think when she meets with JS and learns the truth of the white walkers, etc, she will ultimately join him. Varys made it very clear this episode he was on the side of the people, and the fact that he didn't get his head chopped off means Daenerys probably agrees with him!

The Euron Yara takeover was dodgy

Arya's "not you"?

[url= http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/game-of-thrones-what-did-arya-mean-not-you-direwolf-nymeria-stormborn ]Explained here[/url]

^^^ that makes sense! How are we supposed to remember that far back though, lol

^^^ that makes sense! How are we supposed to remember that far back though, lol

+1.

I'm having trouble remembering what I had for breakfast, let alone Season 1...

[url= http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/game-of-thrones-how-did-euron-find-yara-sand-snakes-iron-fleet-attack-is-yara-dead ]One theory on Euron's GPS / Radar[/url]

So it wasn't Yara hanging off the front of the ship then? Still chance for more Ellaria/Yara romance which was so rudely interrupted?

So it wasn't Yara hanging off the front of the ship then? Still chance for more Ellaria/Yara romance which was so rudely interrupted?

Wasn't it Ellaria skewered on a spike and the last sandsnake hanging from the front of the ship?

Wasn't it Ellaria skewered on a spike and the last sandsnake hanging from the front of the ship?

Obara - speared with her own spear
Nymeria - hung by her own whip.

Ellaria, Tyene ( the Third Sand Snake) and Yara Greyjoy were still alive when last we saw them

PP of the verb to hang meaning to execute by hanging is hanged.

Hanged by her own whip.

I've had people flayed for less.

No, she'll be taken to Cersei as a wedding gift, to be fed to the Mountain / Qyburn / Jaime / hungry ants / etc.

PP of the verb to hang meaning to execute by hanging is hanged.

Hanged by her own whip.

I've have people flayed for less.

She wasn't killed by hanging though, was she?

She was killed...... and then hung

So the nerd gets outnerded!

I totally agree with others thoughts on things feeling forced, for me it started when the TV series overtook the books, whereas before everything flowed very organically from A to B to C etc stories now jump from A to Z, or make use of Rocky training montages to show a long period of time has passed. I just hope the "half man" wins as such, but I have a horrible feeling he'll sacrifice himself for the greater good.

Ah, but..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered

even when it only forms part of the execution / aftermath (the hanging in the above was only a prelude) it's still hanged.

Ergo, as it was part of the killing and subsequent display of the foxy S&M sexpert it remains 'hanged' in my book.

30:15

so who's in the running to be the promised prince(ss)?

contenders -
snow
danny

outsiders -
jaime
tyrion
davos
sam 'the surgeon' tarly
sansa
arya

Hanged drawn and quartered i'll give you because the hanging comes first.

It would be Drawn , quartered and hung though.

Hung like pheasant or dry aged beef.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_(meat)

30 all 🙂

She's not being hung out there to tenderise though, she's being hanged off the front of the ship as part of the posthumous punishment / a warning to others.

40:30

Strictly speaking she was gibbeted in which case my original point stands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbeting

Deuce

Was outnerded correct or should it have been outnerderized?

Some say Theon is still swimming.....

Yes, I just felt this was a little too forced to fit with the story. Surely Yara's fleet would've spotted them and even after discovery they'd have put up some sort of fight, but it seemed as if they only had about a half dozen ships rather than hundreds that were shown at the end of series 6 ?

Yeah... Although I did geek out last week and look at the map of where Dary sailed, and wondered how she missed Euron's fleet. Seems she didn't.

Also, it looked to me like Euron got stabbed about 10 times, quite severely, yet it didn't slow him down or seem to have any longterm effect.

Yeah again... He did seem to take quite a pasting.

conceded

Some say Theon is still swimming.....

Nah,.....Gendry picked him up in his rowing boat.

Yeah... Although I did geek out last week and look at the map of where Dary sailed, and wondered how she missed Euron's fleet.

lol. I also looked up a map, saw how close they were, then thought NO, THAT IS TOO MUCH NERDAGE and stopped worrying about it

😆

Hey, I love maps. Even fictional ones!

Damn the insanely hot sisters are dead

Damn the insanely hot sisters are dead

Just for you...

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Haha cheers

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howsyourdad1 - Member

Damn the insanely hot sisters are dead

I think one of them is still alive (for now), but insanely annoying sisters. But hot yes.

They were nice, but they're no Brienne of Tarth.

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Too much clunky expositiony dialogue in these last few episodes. Also, I found it slightly incongruous that everyone in Westeros now just accepts that there are Dragons again. No questions, no skepticism.

IIRC in series one there was a complete dismaissal of anyone every seeing dragons again, indeed they weren't even convinced they were ever real. Now Cersei says there are dragons and all of her bannermen just believe it.