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Rewatching all seasons before Season 8 arrives...

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  • #122
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    I couldn't sit through season 5 when I tried it again. The worst season by a mile. 7 is good but its no longer what I came to love about game of thrones. Its devolved to common action film marvel tropes. Taking of high garden. Eurons magic Fleet. Gendry's speed walking. Jamie surviving with Bronn. Red shirts dying beyond the wall. Jon being saved by his uncle. The entire plotline of bringing a Wight to cersai. Little finger's plot to turn Sansa and Arya against each other. There's probably more but it's weak on paper.


  • #123
    bur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭bur


    Finally finished season five, thank the gods. It's the only season that is more bad than good. The NW's stuff is good and Jamie's journey, everything else i could care less about(Dany, everything going on in KL) or is just badly done(Arya, Stannis, Sansa).
    duploelabs wrote: »
    His introduction scene, particularly because he's butchering the Stark sigil, was fantastic

    Baratheon!

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  • #124
    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,125 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    bur wrote: »
    Finally finished season five, thank the gods. It's the only season that is more bad than good. The NW's stuff is good and Jamie's journey, everything else i could care less about(Dany, everything going on in KL) or is just badly done(Arya, Stannis, Sansa).



    Baratheon!

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    Well at least I've a career as a greenseer ahead of me considering my sketchy sigil knowledge


  • #125
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    question bothering me about season 2... how did Stannis know about Joffrey's parentage? I dont recall seeing Ned sending out a raven?


  • #126
    Teddy Daniels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 445 ✭✭Teddy Daniels


    mrcheez wrote: »
    question bothering me about season 2... how did Stannis know about Joffrey's parentage? I dont recall seeing Ned sending out a raven?

    a little bird told him


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  • #127
    bur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭bur


    mrcheez wrote: »
    question bothering me about season 2... how did Stannis know about Joffrey's parentage? I dont recall seeing Ned sending out a raven?


    They didn't show it but Stannis says something like 'when Ned Stark found out he told only me, i won't make that same mistake' before sending ravens to all the lords in Westeros.


  • #128
    Big Pussy Bonpensiero
    Registered Users Posts: 7,776 ✭✭✭Big Pussy Bonpensiero


    mrcheez wrote: »
    question bothering me about season 2... how did Stannis know about Joffrey's parentage? I dont recall seeing Ned sending out a raven?

    As far as I remember Ned gave a command in season 1 to get word to Stannis when he found out. How he got word there I don't think was specified.


  • #129
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Right, I might have missed it. In the book I understand a raven was sent out, but in the series I thought only Little finger and the Queen were told before Ned was killed off.

    Thought maybe implication is Little finger sent word.


  • #130
    nothing
    Registered Users Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭nothing


    mrcheez wrote: »
    Right, I might have missed it. In the book I understand a raven was sent out, but in the series I thought only Little finger and the Queen were told before Ned was killed off.

    Thought maybe implication is Little finger sent word.

    Didn't he give a letter to one of his men and tell him to give it to stannis, not his guards or his maester, to stannis only?

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  • #131
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    nothing wrote: »
    Didn't he give a letter to one of his men and tell him to give it to stannis, not his guards or his maester, to stannis only?

    Ah yes you're right! Thanks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1II1M77-C2E


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  • #132
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    Just finished season 7 last night, is there any specific episodes that would be good to watch tonight before season 8 premier?


  • #133
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    Tick tock lads and lassies.... We have arrived...
    Its been fun awaiting this...

    I hope you all enjoy this season.. We know its gonna be a bloodbath...


  • #134
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    c.p.w.g.w wrote: »
    Just finished season 7 last night, is there any specific episodes that would be good to watch tonight before season 8 premier?

    Rewatching Season one was best for me in terms of reclarifying how all the families are related and what's at stake for each so perhaps pick a few from that


  • #135
    Recliner
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭Recliner


    Did a marathon rewatch yesterday, had half season 6 and all season 7 to get through. Exhausted today, but glad I did. I must have missed some of S7, some parts I didn't remember at all.
    Can't wait for 2.00am.


  • #136
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,535 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    I have 4 episodes of season 7 left to watch, going to get cracking on that later on


  • #137
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    I've caught up a lot, but not everything. I'm going to watch the other seasons in the days between the releases of Season 8.

    Have to have something to watch in the 6 days between each episode ;)


  • #138
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,073 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Been watching best of character videos on YouTube the past 2 hours good stuff especially Littlefinger


  • #139
    wadacrack
    Registered Users Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    I have never watched Game of Thrones, thinking of starting it tomorow. Finished Sopranos . Whats its like ?


  • #140
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,535 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    wadacrack wrote: »
    I have never watched Game of Thrones, thinking of starting it tomorow. Finished Sopranos . Whats its like ?

    Violence,incest and dragons! What more could you want from a TV show


  • #141
    wadacrack
    Registered Users Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Violence,incest and dragons! What more could you want from a TV show

    Hopefully not too much of that


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  • #142
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    wadacrack wrote: »
    I have never watched Game of Thrones, thinking of starting it tomorow. Finished Sopranos . Whats its like ?

    If you're okay with not being fully clued in, and are someone who prefers moments rather than seeing character development, then watch a youtube recap of each season before starting season 8

    If you are one for watching characters and the world itself develop, and have the time to watch ~60 hours of content over the next few weeks before it ends then do that

    I don't think you'd enjoy it going in blind with season 8, far too much will be going on for you to enjoy or follow


  • #143
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    wadacrack wrote: »
    I have never watched Game of Thrones, thinking of starting it tomorow. Finished Sopranos . Whats its like ?

    I started watching it about 2 years ago and had seasons 1-6 available to binge. It was probably the best few weeks I've had in TV watching as I didn't have to wait a week between each episode.

    I didn't go in expecting much, but got hooked pretty quickly and ended up watching about 3 episodes a night consecutively.

    Season 7 was agonising as I had to wait a week between each episode.

    Probably a good idea to do the same before watching season 8, but you'll have to avoid your workmates casually saying what happened in season 8, and then by the time you've cleared off seasons 1-7 you'll have several episodes of season 8 ready to binge on.


    Incidentally, I haven't seen a single Sopranos episode so I've got that to look forward to :pac:


  • #144
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    wadacrack wrote: »
    I have never watched Game of Thrones, thinking of starting it tomorow. Finished Sopranos . Whats its like ?

    Far more violent version of Lord of the Rings in many ways. Drags at times but Season 1-5 is mostly great and includes maybe half a dozen of the greatest scenes ever aired on tv. Season 6-7 not so much due to fact showrunners have no original content to go off and start completely destroying the logic of the world created in first 5 seasons.


  • #145
    theballz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭theballz


    Beyond excited for this!


  • #146
    Bowlardo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Bowlardo


    Just finishing last episode on the catch up on sky Atlantic and I know i’m Going to stay up to watch tonight’s episode even though nothing will happen in it


  • #147
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Only 6 episodes so something will happen surely.


  • #148
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,073 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I caved I'm on the last two episodes of 7. The hound is the greatest character of the whole series.


  • #149
    tedpan
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭tedpan


    I'm doing the same, almost finished season 2 again! It's well worth it


  • #150
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    Finished the rewatch and few things
    *Apart from Daeny and Sansa/Ayra presumably wanting Jamie's head, important to remember The Karstarks will also want justice for Jamie killing Torheen Karstark in Season 2
    *Howlan Reed (Meeras father) was at Tower of Joy - he may have to be the one to confirm Jon's birth- be good to see him and good excuse to see Meera again in the show
    *In the citadel a throwaway remark by one of the Masters was about "A Drowned God will rise up and destroy Aegon the Conqueror" - so don't be surprised if Euron ends up killing one of Jon or Daeny


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  • #151
    .......
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,057 ✭✭✭.......


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    *In the citadel a throwaway remark by one of the Masters was about "A Drowned God will rise up and destroy Aegon the Conqueror" - so don't be surprised if Euron ends up killing one of Jon or Daeny

    Or Theon could kill Dani if she threatens Sansa.


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