Season 4, Episode 9; *HAVE NOT* Read the Books MOD NOTE Post 347

Witcher

This is it people, second last episode.

As always, No Spoilers

Promo;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCpYMaBcdT0

WellThen?

Seriously getting emotionally attached to this show. Catch myself thinking every few minutes about it as if it's real life

J. Marston

Hmm, to watch the promo or not...

Funnyonion79

It's all I think about all week - cannot wait to watch this tomorrow.

Dreading when the season ends - how will I be able to wait a whole year for the next season?

Think I'll have to read all the books to get my fix.

Son0vagun

Funnyonion79 wrote: »

Dreading when the season ends - how will I be able to wait a whole year for the next season?

Good news, you don't have to wait a whole year, only 42 weeks!

B_Rabbit

What time is it on at?

gizabeer

Funnyonion79 wrote: »

It's all I think about all week - cannot wait to watch this tomorrow.

Dreading when the season ends - how will I be able to wait a whole year for the next season?

Think I'll have to read all the books to get my fix.

I bought the books the other day and wasnt sure what order they were in , in relation to the show , so i picked one up and read one line from the back of it and spoilered the **** out of the rest of this season:(
The one i picked was the first book of next season , gutted , had done so well avoiding spoilers:mad:

alchemist33

gizabeer wrote: »

I bought the books the other day and wasnt sure what order they were in , in relation to the show , so i picked one up and read one line from the back of it and spoilered the **** out of the rest of this season:(
The one i picked was the first book of next season , gutted , had done so well avoiding spoilers:mad:

I met an American during the week and we got to talking about the show and how he missed last week's episode, and he said "Has it got to X yet?" and my mouth dropped open. Bet it was the same spoiler

A Neurotic

gizabeer wrote: »

I bought the books the other day and wasnt sure what order they were in , in relation to the show , so i picked one up and read one line from the back of it and spoilered the **** out of the rest of this season:(
The one i picked was the first book of next season , gutted , had done so well avoiding spoilers:mad:

Hah, I did the same thing when I'd only read the first two books (had lost interest in reading the series at that stage so wasn't too bothered about spoilers and had a look over the blurbs).

The first sentence of the Dance With Dragons blurb is so spoiler-rich, it's hilarious.

FearDark

To stream or not to stream...

B_Rabbit

FearDark wrote: »

To stream or not to stream...

I'm dying to, can you pm a link?

GerB40

gizabeer wrote: »

I bought the books the other day and wasnt sure what order they were in , in relation to the show , so i picked one up and read one line from the back of it and spoilered the **** out of the rest of this season:(
The one i picked was the first book of next season , gutted , had done so well avoiding spoilers:mad:

I'm dying to know what spoiler you're talkin about. Any chance you'd PM me which one it was?? I've read the books so you won't be ruining it for me..

Timmyctc

GerB40 wrote: »

I'm dying to know what spoiler you're talkin about. Any chance you'd PM me which one it was?? I've read the books so you won't be ruining it for me..

Season 4, Episode 9; The Watchers on the Wall' *HAVE NOT* Read the Books

-_-

Witcher

Timmyctc wrote: »

-_-

Book readers are allowed to post in the non reader threads. I've read the books and I made the thread:pac:

Grimebox

Blay wrote: »

Book readers are allowed to post in the non reader threads. I've read the books and I made the thread:pac:

kryogen

Blay wrote: »

Book readers are allowed to post in the non reader threads. I've read the books and I made the thread:pac:

This needs to be stickied

Timmyctc

Blay wrote: »

Book readers are allowed to post in the non reader threads. I've read the books and I made the thread:pac:

kryogen wrote: »

This needs to be stickied

But they're not allowed to post anything related to the book nor how the show compares with it.

Also. Not a dig or anything but I don't get why some book people slyly or openly come into the *NOT* thread when they have their own perfectly tailored thread.

ciarriaithuaidh

Wow, that was good.

Poor old Ygritte..was holding out for one last nude scene, not to be.

youreadthat

That whole episode was tense as f**k! But it looks like the typical GoT "episode 9" is next week.

Resonator75

Great stuff, reminded me of the large scale stuff in LOTR. Still have to wait till next week to find out what happens after last week. Poor old blood pressure...

kryogen

Timmyctc wrote: »

But they're not allowed to post anything related to the book nor how the show compares with it.

Also. Not a dig or anything but I don't get why some book people slyly or openly come into the *NOT* thread when they have their own perfectly tailored thread.

I can see the attraction, they already know whats going to happen so they would probably be curious to see what people who are seeing it blind so to speak make of it, see how they react (to one knife through the heart from Martin after another!)

I would imagine, from comments I have read from book readers in non book readers threads, there is a lot of bitching about things that are not exactly like they were in the book and stuff like that and maybe to actual have a good discussion of the episode itself they feel more comfortable in with the non readers

Not to be confused with the dicks who come in pretending to not have read the books and make "guesses" about future events, they are just weird.

Witcher

I fcking posted a spoiler here by mistake thinking it was the reader thread.

Deleted it about 5 sec later, sincerely apologise to anyone who saw it, hopefully nobody.

kryogen

youreadthat wrote: »

That whole episode was tense as f**k! But it looks like the typical GoT "episode 9" is next week.

Haven't seen the episode yet, but I's say episode 8 was the episode for that this season with the big shock at the end, even if it was well telegraphed

thefa

They pulled off a good action episode. Wasn't getting tired of the battle sequences at any stage with the interactions breaking it up where needed. Some of the aerial shots and that panoramic shot they done of the skirmish within Castle Black were class and pulled it all together.

Alliser Thorne's actor was made for that role. Was disappointed Janos Slynt survived. Jon's plan seems flawed but I still don't see him dying. Ygritte's death finished that love story off nicely I felt. Bit of irony in the sense that she was killed by an arrow and by the boy the wildlings allowed live but the relationship going any further would have been a bit much.

Having the whole episode based at the wall worked better than it would have skipping between King's Landing and there. A lot to resolve in the next episode. Can't wait.

youreadthat

kryogen wrote: »

Haven't seen the episode yet, but I's say episode 8 was the episode for that this season with the big shock at the end, even if it was well telegraphed

I don't see it that way, it appears that a lot will happen next week, even the episode is a bit longer (or so I've read), and when you think about it, Joffrey's death was in episode 2 and that was a bigger event than Oberyn's so I don't think series 4 is planned out like the "conventional" GoT series 1-3 way.

Resonator75

Mammoths and giants, how can you go wrong? truly epic. loved the big swinging micky of a giant axe thing to...swhiing...

youreadthat

Is it bad I was actually rather fearful of those giants?

Resonator75

youreadthat wrote: »

Is it bad I was actually rather fearful of those giants?

They were popper intimidating, poor lads in the tunnel:(

DL Saint

Those Giants cost a lot of this seasons budget to produce apparently.....worth it!

Wish Thormond had killed Janos Slynt instead of Ser Allastair.

That Sam and Gilly stuff feels out of place GOT isn't a soap opera.

Witcher

DL Saint wrote: »

Wish Thormond had killed Janos Slynt instead of Ser Allastair.

Didn't kill him, he was shouting 'Protect the gate' the last time we saw him as the men dragged him inside.

Hank Scorpio

Yeah looked like he was wounded alright. Good episode, one of few or maybe the only one where it focused on a single location

lertsnim

That was fantastic. I loved that the whole episode centered on Castle Black and The Wall. I'd say they threw most of the seasons budget at this episode.

One thing that annoys me about Game of Thrones though is the opening credits. They list the actors that will be in the episode so you have some kind of idea on what to expect.

Timmyctc

Great action scenes. Think there was one continuous 360 pan shot of the whole battle that, if it was actually one continuous shot, was amazing.

Da Shins Kelly

Really loved this episode. Usually I find things at the wall a bit 'meh', but I think this might have been the best episode of the season, for me. Whoever was directing did a really fantastic job with all those fight scenes, brilliantly crafted. High octane stuff from start to finish, felt like my heart was beating at a 100 miles an hour for the whole thing! I had no idea where it was all going to end up. Loved that we finally got a look at the giants and the mammoths. That was well worth whatever was spent on it.

Wonder what happened to the aul Targaryen lad. Do they have him stashed away somewhere in hiding?

J. Marston

Alliser Thorne, an asshole but hard as fúck.

Billy86

Resonator75 wrote: »

They were popper intimidating, poor lads in the tunnel:(

Kind of disappointin that they skipped the "point of contact" but I loved how that whole part was done, brilliant example of ow some legends and myths ave been made, e.. Theseus & the Minotaur, The 300 Trojans, etc. We might never hear them or that instance ever again in the series but there have a lot of references similar heroic efforts since season one, was great to see one in the making.

"Drop the scythe"... I almost literally bounced out of the chair! When I saw Neil Marshall was directing (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) I was very excited, and he did not disappoint!

And is Ghost ok? (S?)he has kind of become the "family dog" of the show (apologies to Rory McCann).

Diabhal Beag

Very sad to see Gordon D'Arcy killed off. That one hurt more than the foreign guy last week.

Good ep but I still couldnae give a **** about the fat lad and the inbred? wan. Made Jon Snow more interesting at least.

Anachrony

Billy86 wrote: »

And is Ghost ok?

If not they would have shown a death scene or at least a corpse during the post battle scene.

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

Wonder what happened to the aul Targaryen lad. Do they have him stashed away somewhere in hiding?

The fighting in the courtyard kept them busy, they never got a chance to ransack the whole castle. He was probably just waiting in his room or the library, but anywhere inside and he'd be fine.

That was great. Loved the giant shooting the arrow after your mans arrow didn't even go a quarter of the way up!

Billy86

Keyzer

Best episode of GOT so far out of all of the series.

Absolutely spectacular from start to finish.

The first and probably last time I will ever award a 10 out of 10.

Grimebox

Blay wrote: »

I fcking posted a spoiler here by mistake thinking it was the reader thread.

Deleted it about 5 sec later, sincerely apologise to anyone who saw it, hopefully nobody.

I really don't understand the confusion. There is a thread saying *HAVE NOT* and one saying *HAVE*

Kilkenny14

You know what made that episode: a giant firing an arrow and taking a ranger out in style. That was badass!

Alfred Borden

Unreal episode. Think tonight cemented Jon Snow as one of my two favourites.

wp_rathead

Pip and Grenn :(:(:(

The Giants were awesome..

Plot development wise it didn't do much but FACK ME the action.. If S2E09 was like Helms Deep then S04E09 was like the battle at Minas Tirith :pac:

Plus I think it can silence the Jon Snow critics who were saying he sucked at Craster Keep..

That said, his plan seems fairly stupid - 100,000 wildlings and he expects to walk up to Mance Rayder and kill him..

Kirby

wprathead wrote: »

Pip and Grenn :(:(:(

The Giants were awesome..

Plot development wise it didn't do much but FACK ME the action.. If S2E09 was like Helms Deep then S04E09 was like the battle at Minas Tirith :pac:

Plus I think it can silence the Jon Snow critics who were saying he sucked at Craster Keep..

That said, his plan seems fairly stupid - 100,000 wildlings and he expects to walk up to Mance Rayder and kill him..

Well he'll probably try and talk himself into the camp into Mance's tent.

degrassinoel

best episode this season, no flitting between a load of different characters and settings. It actually felt like watching a film, and a pretty feckin' awesome one at that too.

Drop the scythe boys!

mooseknunkle

lertsnim wrote: »

One thing that annoys me about Game of Thrones though is the opening credits. They list the actors that will be in the episode so you have some kind of idea on what to expect.

It was the same with Lost they always had the actors name in the opening credits.

This was an excellent episode cant wait for next weeks now.

dave3004

So in theory, if there was no revolts the old man at the nights watch would be king?

wp_rathead

dave3004 wrote: »

So in theory, if there was no revolts the old man at the nights watch would be king?

Correct me if im wrong but he refused the crown so his brother became king, who was father to The Mad King who was father to Daenarys.. ?? I watched season one again when the week there was no episode and pretty sure that is what he said - it kinda gets confusing though

thefa

wprathead wrote: »

Correct me if im wrong but he refused the crown so his brother became king, who was father to The Mad King who was father to Daenarys.. ?? I watched season one again when the week there was no episode and pretty sure that is what he said - it kinda gets confusing though

You're right. I really liked that scene. He was talking to Jon as Jon was considering breaking his vows and leaving to join Robb's rebellion.

''Even the little children!'' was a reference to Elia Martell's children that Oberyn was trying to avenge.



Jon Snow: You do not know! No one knows. I may be a bastard, but he is my father and Robb is my brother!
Maester Aemon: [chuckles] The gods were cruel when they saw fit to test my vows. They waited till I was old. What could I do when the ravens brought news from the South? The ruin of my House, the death of my family? I was helpless, blind, frail. But when I heard they had killed my brother's son, and his poor son, and the children. Even the little children!
Jon Snow: Who are you?
Maester Aemon: My father was Maekar, the First of his Name. My brother Aegon reigned after him, when I had refused the throne, and he was followed by his son Aerys, whom they called the Mad King.
Jon Snow: You're Aemon Targaryen.