“The great war is here.”
May 24, 2017 10:35 AM Subscribe
Hype is coming.
posted by Fizz at 10:51 AM on May 24, 2017 [12 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 10:51 AM on May 24, 2017 [12 favorites]
Is this to be the last season, or is there more to come? I'm kinda out of the fandom loop here.
posted by bonehead at 10:54 AM on May 24, 2017
posted by bonehead at 10:54 AM on May 24, 2017
7 episodes this summer, 6 next year. That's it, unless the spinoffs take off.
posted by yellowbinder at 10:59 AM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by yellowbinder at 10:59 AM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I believe there's one more season after this one, but I'm also a little out of the loop, so they might have changed that since it was announced.
posted by Copronymus at 10:59 AM on May 24, 2017
posted by Copronymus at 10:59 AM on May 24, 2017
I sure hope nothing bad happens to these characters we've all grown to love.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 11:00 AM on May 24, 2017 [99 favorites]
posted by paper chromatographologist at 11:00 AM on May 24, 2017 [99 favorites]
Started the annual re-watch last night (Well you're dead now, and you, and you, crippled, dead, dead, crippled, dead, mentally devastated... ). Love this show.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:12 AM on May 24, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:12 AM on May 24, 2017 [3 favorites]
I like the show a lot, but really loved the second wave trailers they've done for the last few seasons. The first trailer is usually one with some maudlin, overwrought song. Then comes the second wave which gets to the real heart of what's occurring in the seasons and that are so spot on.
AM HYPED.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:24 AM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
AM HYPED.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:24 AM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Clearly I will have to master the revised mass-combat rules for my D&D D&D recaps this season.
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 11:31 AM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 11:31 AM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
I'm a few seasons behind, but I'm puzzled as to why we didn't see Ned Stark in the trailer. Has something happened to him?
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 11:46 AM on May 24, 2017 [31 favorites]
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 11:46 AM on May 24, 2017 [31 favorites]
He went to live on a nice farm in Dorn.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 11:48 AM on May 24, 2017 [35 favorites]
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 11:48 AM on May 24, 2017 [35 favorites]
He uses magic to turn into that big fucking dragon in the last shot.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 11:49 AM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Parasite Unseen at 11:49 AM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I sure hope nothing bad happens to these characters we've all grown to love.
George RR Martin is somewhere right now giggling to himself.
posted by 80 Cats in a Dog Suit at 11:52 AM on May 24, 2017
George RR Martin is somewhere right now giggling to himself.
posted by 80 Cats in a Dog Suit at 11:52 AM on May 24, 2017
Needs more more Lich King.
posted by Frayed Knot at 12:15 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Frayed Knot at 12:15 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm contemplating swearing off the TV show until the book finishes out. Not sure how feasible that is, though.
posted by rebent at 12:27 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by rebent at 12:27 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
If the book series is ever finished, I will bake a Westeros-shaped cake, decorate it with the text of the Night's Watch Oath, and eat it.
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 12:36 PM on May 24, 2017 [22 favorites]
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 12:36 PM on May 24, 2017 [22 favorites]
I wonder how those dragons would do in a fight with Godzilla
posted by thelonius at 1:00 PM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by thelonius at 1:00 PM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
13 episodes to tie up everything?
Too fast.
(Please don't Dorne it. Please don't Dorne it. Please don't Dorne it.)
posted by rokusan at 1:01 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Too fast.
(Please don't Dorne it. Please don't Dorne it. Please don't Dorne it.)
posted by rokusan at 1:01 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Im missing that Springtime GOT feeling. I'm damn excited for it but I don't love the idea of a new summer timeslot.
And I wish they'd just merge them together for one final season. This short season bullshit is annoying.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:22 PM on May 24, 2017 [3 favorites]
And I wish they'd just merge them together for one final season. This short season bullshit is annoying.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:22 PM on May 24, 2017 [3 favorites]
This short season bullshit is annoying.
Supposedly it's because they're spending roughly the same amount of money on everything, which requires more time
13 episodes to tie up everything?
Too fast.
I think the rest of the story is figuring who the real menace is (white walkers, no surprise) and joining together to battle them. Sam's off in the far south at that library, so there's probably been someone in Westoros who's working for or with the White Walkers. Out that person, the "heroes" bump heads a few times, then come together to fight off the Walkers (Bran probably plans a big part here). At least one of the dragons will be killed and taken over by the night king. Cersei is the loose cannon who will probably try to turn again everyone else at someone point. Because Cersei.
Roll credits.
So it's tight, but doable. I fully expect not to truly satisfied with how they'll leave some character threads, but there you go.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:34 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Supposedly it's because they're spending roughly the same amount of money on everything, which requires more time
13 episodes to tie up everything?
Too fast.
I think the rest of the story is figuring who the real menace is (white walkers, no surprise) and joining together to battle them. Sam's off in the far south at that library, so there's probably been someone in Westoros who's working for or with the White Walkers. Out that person, the "heroes" bump heads a few times, then come together to fight off the Walkers (Bran probably plans a big part here). At least one of the dragons will be killed and taken over by the night king. Cersei is the loose cannon who will probably try to turn again everyone else at someone point. Because Cersei.
Roll credits.
So it's tight, but doable. I fully expect not to truly satisfied with how they'll leave some character threads, but there you go.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:34 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
OK GUYS
Who is macking it with Sansa at 1:22? Is this somebody we should know?
posted by Anonymous at 1:41 PM on May 24, 2017
Who is macking it with Sansa at 1:22? Is this somebody we should know?
posted by Anonymous at 1:41 PM on May 24, 2017
Looks like Meera Reed to me.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:43 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:43 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I guess Bran will warg into the big dragon and burn Kings Landing in season 8. Didn't see any evidence of it in this trailer.
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:47 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Liquidwolf at 1:47 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
At 1:22, that's Yara/Asha Greyjoy (Theon's sister, failed candidate for leader of the Iron Islands) and Ellaria Sand (mother of the Sand Snakes, widow of Oberyn Martell, foul murderess of poor dear Doran).
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 1:51 PM on May 24, 2017
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 1:51 PM on May 24, 2017
No, it's Lady Stoneheart!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:55 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 1:55 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
I don't know if I'll bother with this season. Can someone tell me if the Dungeon Master gives those kids the clues they need to get back home to Earth?
posted by Metro Gnome at 2:42 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Metro Gnome at 2:42 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Fuck it, I'm just going to spoil it for everyone. They throw the ring into Mount Valyria, boom, everything's cool. (Except for Tyrion, and he gets to sail off with Melisandre and the remaining Children of the Forest to Ulthos.)
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
aaaaaaa this comes out the same week as Splatoon 2
at least escapist entertainment is very good this year
posted by DoctorFedora at 3:04 PM on May 24, 2017
at least escapist entertainment is very good this year
posted by DoctorFedora at 3:04 PM on May 24, 2017
I've been looking forward to this season; I have no idea how my brain will manage watching Game of Thrones while the real world finds itself being undone by a political situation that makes Westerosi politics seem comparatively stable, pleasant, and clean.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 3:37 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 3:37 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Don't worry guys, GRRM is gonna put out the last two books before the season 8 finale so that his works aren't spoilered!
posted by Justinian at 4:19 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Justinian at 4:19 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
On the second watch I noticed that Littlefinger tells Sansa, "Your father and brothers are dead, yet here you stand." That's awfully close to the house words on a certain someone who's in the neighborhood.
SANSA STARK-BOLTON PLUS LYSSA MORMONT CONFIRMED! GET HYPE!
posted by Parasite Unseen at 4:32 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
SANSA STARK-BOLTON PLUS LYSSA MORMONT CONFIRMED! GET HYPE!
posted by Parasite Unseen at 4:32 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Proposed spinoff: "Better Call Littlefinger."
posted by bcarter3 at 5:25 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by bcarter3 at 5:25 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
"Better Ring Littlefing", surely.
posted by LionIndex at 5:56 PM on May 24, 2017 [8 favorites]
posted by LionIndex at 5:56 PM on May 24, 2017 [8 favorites]
I saw one half of Clegane Bowl! Fiiiiiight!
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 7:11 PM on May 24, 2017
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 7:11 PM on May 24, 2017
Don't worry guys, GRRM is gonna put out the last two books before the season 8 finale so that his works aren't spoilered!
YOU ARE THE WORST, BURR.
posted by corb at 8:37 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
YOU ARE THE WORST, BURR.
posted by corb at 8:37 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
Dany's boulder throne! "The last Lannisters... that matter," no you didn't! Dragons! All the things! So hyped!!
posted by soakimbo at 8:46 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by soakimbo at 8:46 PM on May 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
What I really want to know is, in Season 7, will Lady Cavendish finally learn who's been pilfering the aspic?
I kid! It's how I distract myself from the gnawing anticipation!
posted by darkstar at 8:53 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
I kid! It's how I distract myself from the gnawing anticipation!
posted by darkstar at 8:53 PM on May 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmr4d9N7jM1qlsk4co1_400.jpg
posted by glonous keming at 10:35 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by glonous keming at 10:35 PM on May 24, 2017 [6 favorites]
You're probably right, Brandon the Blatcher. I forget sometimes that the show has like 20% of the book's characters and plots going on, so maybe there really is a lot less tie up and it's not as complex as I imagine.
And unless the trailer is lying to us, it looks like this mini-season is Fight All Humans, which leaves next mini-season for Fight All Undead, and then the Chromatics play over the end credits in a dive bar.
Yeah, that works.
(But James was never cool.)
posted by rokusan at 10:51 PM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
And unless the trailer is lying to us, it looks like this mini-season is Fight All Humans, which leaves next mini-season for Fight All Undead, and then the Chromatics play over the end credits in a dive bar.
Yeah, that works.
(But James was never cool.)
posted by rokusan at 10:51 PM on May 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
I'll be genuinely shocked if GRRM manages to finish Winds of Winter before the tv series concludes, never mind the rest of it (which he's never going to finish)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:05 AM on May 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:05 AM on May 25, 2017 [1 favorite]
Meanwhile GET HYPE...
Series VII: CLEGANE BOWL!
Series VIII: CLEGANE BOWL II - WINNER CLEGANE VS KING FROSTY
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:08 AM on May 25, 2017
Series VII: CLEGANE BOWL!
Series VIII: CLEGANE BOWL II - WINNER CLEGANE VS KING FROSTY
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:08 AM on May 25, 2017
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica: AT&T’s purchase of HBO could lead to 20-minute Game of Thrones episodes [for mobile devices]
posted by ZeusHumms at 5:55 AM on May 25, 2017
As AT&T prepares to purchase Time Warner Inc., AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has an idea for HBO's Game of Thrones: cut the hour-long episodes down to 20 minutes for mobile devices.Am trying to think of a scenario where I want to watch GoT on a mobile, and in 20 minute chunks.
AT&T's $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner would give the telco HBO and other lucrative programming properties. Stephenson discussed his thoughts yesterday at the annual JP Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference in Boston.
“I’ll cause [HBO CEO Richard] Plepler to panic,” Stephenson said. But “think about things like Game of Thrones. In a mobile environment, a 60-minute episode might not be the best experience. Maybe you want a 20-minute episode.” Instead of showing full-length episodes on all devices, it might be best to "curate the content uniquely for a mobile environment."
posted by ZeusHumms at 5:55 AM on May 25, 2017
Yeah, I just don't think he's actually going to finish the series anymore. I think a combination of the zeitgeist changing, so what he's writing isn't against it anymore, and with the internet ruining all his plot twists, let alone the series, I just don't think he has any more motivation to finish.
posted by corb at 6:08 AM on May 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by corb at 6:08 AM on May 25, 2017 [4 favorites]
Am trying to think of a scenario where I want to watch GoT on a mobile, and in 20 minute chunks.
I watched Season 6 purely by Youtube recaps and it was fully satisfying and saved lots of time
posted by thelonius at 6:10 AM on May 25, 2017
I watched Season 6 purely by Youtube recaps and it was fully satisfying and saved lots of time
posted by thelonius at 6:10 AM on May 25, 2017
Am trying to think of a scenario where I want to watch GoT on a mobile, and in 20 minute chunks.
GoT is a very visual show, like Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, whose show creators/ producers strongly suggested that viewers watch it on something larger than a phone screen, because so much detail is lost on smaller screens.
On the flip side, if a user is more engaged, the video quality matters less (PDF, 12 page academic paper). I'm not sure how that factors for GoT.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:27 AM on May 25, 2017
GoT is a very visual show, like Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, whose show creators/ producers strongly suggested that viewers watch it on something larger than a phone screen, because so much detail is lost on smaller screens.
On the flip side, if a user is more engaged, the video quality matters less (PDF, 12 page academic paper). I'm not sure how that factors for GoT.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:27 AM on May 25, 2017
“I’ll cause [HBO CEO Richard] Plepler to panic,” Stephenson said. But “think about things like Game of Thrones. In a mobile environment, a 60-minute episode might not be the best experience. Maybe you want a 20-minute episode.” Instead of showing full-length episodes on all devices, it might be best to "curate the content uniquely for a mobile environment."
This man is an idiot.
posted by Happy Dave at 12:55 PM on May 25, 2017 [5 favorites]
This man is an idiot.
posted by Happy Dave at 12:55 PM on May 25, 2017 [5 favorites]
Am trying to think of a scenario where I want to watch GoT on a mobile, and in 20 minute chunks.
That quote's been all over the web lately, but taken way out of context, in no small part because Stephenson botched his explanation rather badly.
His point isn't that literal Game of Thrones episodes, or episodes of a show like GoT, would ever be 20 minutes. His point is that he's pushing a mobile-centric future media model , and of course nobody will want to watch 60-minute epics on their phones, and so smaller, shorter, cheaper shows will blossom.
Rather than another GoT, he was asking creators to consider thinking ahead to 20-minute, small-screen, small-budget projects that could flourish as, you know, shows to watch on the subway.
But of course "20-minute Game of Thrones episodes!!!" makes better lazy headlines.
posted by rokusan at 1:07 PM on May 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
That quote's been all over the web lately, but taken way out of context, in no small part because Stephenson botched his explanation rather badly.
His point isn't that literal Game of Thrones episodes, or episodes of a show like GoT, would ever be 20 minutes. His point is that he's pushing a mobile-centric future media model , and of course nobody will want to watch 60-minute epics on their phones, and so smaller, shorter, cheaper shows will blossom.
Rather than another GoT, he was asking creators to consider thinking ahead to 20-minute, small-screen, small-budget projects that could flourish as, you know, shows to watch on the subway.
But of course "20-minute Game of Thrones episodes!!!" makes better lazy headlines.
posted by rokusan at 1:07 PM on May 25, 2017 [2 favorites]
Whatever happened to Potpie and his boat?
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:36 PM on May 25, 2017
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:36 PM on May 25, 2017
Whatever happened to Rickon and his . . . oh. Right.
SHAGGYDOG
NEVER FORGET
posted by Anonymous at 1:07 AM on May 26, 2017
NEVER FORGET
posted by Anonymous at 1:07 AM on May 26, 2017
Personally I remain a Shaggydog truther and believe he is somewhere out there with Nymeria, romping amongst the hills, happily taking down sheep.
posted by Anonymous at 1:09 AM on May 26, 2017
posted by Anonymous at 1:09 AM on May 26, 2017
HBO may push Game of Thrones' final season to 2019, and that wouldn't be a bad thing
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:04 PM on June 2, 2017
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:04 PM on June 2, 2017
I love where they're like "maybe GRRM will finish a book by then."
posted by corb at 12:58 PM on June 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by corb at 12:58 PM on June 2, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yeah lol no. Not gonna happen. And I'm resigned to that.
posted by Night_owl at 6:53 PM on June 3, 2017
posted by Night_owl at 6:53 PM on June 3, 2017
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