"First thing you need to know about this world is - no, not dragons."
July 13, 2016 8:28 AM Subscribe
I love that by releasing this right after the end of the season (as opposed to using it to hype for a new season about to start) HBO is fully acknowledging that this is for the fans who will be pleased to hear Samuel L. Jackson talking about a thing that they like.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:41 AM on July 13, 2016
posted by sparklemotion at 8:41 AM on July 13, 2016
Ser Jules: What does Jon Snow look like?
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: What kingdom are you from?
Brett: What? What? Wh - ?
Ser Jules: "What" ain't no kingdom I've ever heard of. They speak Common Tongue in What?
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: Common Tongue, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes! Yes!
Ser Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes!
Ser Jules: Describe what Jon Snow looks like!
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say 'what' one more Goddamn time!
Brett: H-H-He's pale...
Jules: Go on!
Brett: He's shaggy...!
Jules: Does he look like a bastard?
posted by leotrotsky at 8:45 AM on July 13, 2016 [24 favorites]
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: What kingdom are you from?
Brett: What? What? Wh - ?
Ser Jules: "What" ain't no kingdom I've ever heard of. They speak Common Tongue in What?
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: Common Tongue, motherfucker, do you speak it?
Brett: Yes! Yes!
Ser Jules: Then you know what I'm sayin'!
Brett: Yes!
Ser Jules: Describe what Jon Snow looks like!
Brett: What?
Ser Jules: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say 'what' one more Goddamn time!
Brett: H-H-He's pale...
Jules: Go on!
Brett: He's shaggy...!
Jules: Does he look like a bastard?
posted by leotrotsky at 8:45 AM on July 13, 2016 [24 favorites]
R+L=SLJ
posted by rebent at 9:52 AM on July 13, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by rebent at 9:52 AM on July 13, 2016 [7 favorites]
I know at one point, the theory was that Martin was going to finish writing the books while the series was airing. I've read all the books but have been putting off the series because the couple I watched were kinda rapey and meh. Is Martin going to put another book out, or is the upcoming season going to be canon for the books too, or what?
posted by klangklangston at 10:19 AM on July 13, 2016
posted by klangklangston at 10:19 AM on July 13, 2016
The books and the TV show are running on two independent tracks now, KK, though both camps assure us that they'll be stopping at the same stations, more or less, since the showrunners know the main plot points to come, even if the details are still unknown to all.
The ending(s) should be the same, but in-between, and with minor characters, the show will take its own shortcuts, liberties and so on, much as it did the last season or two. Characters who died a couple of seasons ago on TV are still trotting around in the books, after all.
The novel that seems overdue now, The Winds of Winter, is the second-last in Martin's plan, which means the final A Dream of Spring book, should it ever actually exist, is many, many years away. My hunch is that it may arrive just in time for a Game of Thrones TV reboot sometime in 2029.
With that in mind, we commoners should probably consider the TV show the real story, at this point. Martin's version, if/when it arrives, is more of a special expanded edition.
posted by rokusan at 10:48 AM on July 13, 2016 [4 favorites]
The ending(s) should be the same, but in-between, and with minor characters, the show will take its own shortcuts, liberties and so on, much as it did the last season or two. Characters who died a couple of seasons ago on TV are still trotting around in the books, after all.
The novel that seems overdue now, The Winds of Winter, is the second-last in Martin's plan, which means the final A Dream of Spring book, should it ever actually exist, is many, many years away. My hunch is that it may arrive just in time for a Game of Thrones TV reboot sometime in 2029.
With that in mind, we commoners should probably consider the TV show the real story, at this point. Martin's version, if/when it arrives, is more of a special expanded edition.
posted by rokusan at 10:48 AM on July 13, 2016 [4 favorites]
[The Winds of] Winter is Coming.
posted by sparklemotion at 10:51 AM on July 13, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by sparklemotion at 10:51 AM on July 13, 2016 [3 favorites]
Samuel L Jackson has carved himself out a pretty interesting little niche hasn't he? Just as long as he says motherfucker.
I wonder how much he got for this, a day's voice work.
posted by wilful at 5:21 PM on July 13, 2016
I wonder how much he got for this, a day's voice work.
posted by wilful at 5:21 PM on July 13, 2016
Really, there should be the word "rape" every 30 seconds or so. For completeness.
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:10 PM on July 13, 2016
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:10 PM on July 13, 2016
Oh god, that was just awesome. So perfect. Samuel L. Jackson snark is a delight.
Here's your motherfucking dragons, all right?!?!?111!!!
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:15 PM on July 13, 2016
Here's your motherfucking dragons, all right?!?!?111!!!
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:15 PM on July 13, 2016
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posted by leotrotsky at 8:38 AM on July 13, 2016