Jrag Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The scale has changed, buds. They really hit this one out of the park. The Tyrion/Dany scene, King in the North, Tower of Joy!!!, Cersie the mad queen..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Lady Mormont, King-Maker 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I couldn't be the only one expecting Darth Cersei to don a helmet there. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Cersei is the goddamn Honey Badger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I suppose that given Margery's main plot line and usefulness had to do with the long term strategy over the future of King's Landing and the throne and the line of succession and those things are largely 1) moot 2) fucked 3) burned 4) doomed there really wasn't anything else for her to do but die dramatically...you know that old line, "when the instant sublimation of the entirety of your physical being is all that's left, it matters a great deal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Also I know there were a lot of cheap shortcuts taken here we will be complaining about with the timing of things (like if so much time passed that Arya could get to the north, where the fuck are Brienne and Pod???? Did they meet up with Gendry? NEVER GET ON A ROWBOAT ON THIS SHOW!!! IT'S LIKE BEING RICHIE CUNNINGHAM'S BROTHER OR MANDY HAMPTON ON THE WEST WING!!) and with Arya now being able to face change just, like, well how??? But I don't care about any of it because they pandered to nearly every desire I could possibly have. This was like booking to the crowd and while I might get tired of it if it happened too much, for one night it felt so goooooooood. A funny thing, as soon as I saw Grandma Tyrell in the previouslys I was like "Damn, I guess she's dead" and instead she was the only person who lived. They even gave me Bronn cuntage and twatage! And since President of cunting Jack T(C)un(T)ney declared no more than five minutes ago that a season finale cunt is worth 10 regular cunts, the final tally for season 6 is as follows Final Season 6 tally Bronn: 20 (10 for 1 finale cunt. 10 for calling Jaime a cunt/twat to his face twice. 5 for a finale twat. Minus five penalty for that turning out to be him imagining Jaime's golden fingers in what turned out to be Arya's twat...not his fault but rules are rules and that is not cool, bro.) Tormund: 15 (10 for calling Stannis a cunt plus 3 variously directed twat/cunts) Walder Frey 0: (10 points for a finale cunt minus 10 points for being a cunt) WITH A STUNNING LATE COMEBACK YOUR WINNER AND STILL CUNT CHAMPION: SER BRONN OF THE BLACKWATER!!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 So is Jon the son of Ned's sister and ... is it Rhaegar or Robert? Also, Arya totally Cartman'ed Walder Frey. I hope Radiohead showed up to taunt him for crying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, Rev Ray said: Reveal hidden contents So is Jon the son of Ned's sister and ... is it Rhaegar or Robert? Her whispers become audible about halfway through. She says "if Robert ever finds out you know what he will do." Subtitles were very helpful during that scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Also the music. It was nonstop and fantastic. Sam's library theme was beautiful. The build of the main motive from the opening theme starting with just the diagetic Sept bell (which would later literally kill a guy! and which was both an actual bell to start the trial and a foreshadowing of sooo much death and a signal to us that this is the beginning of the end[game]) to the quiet piano theme that almost sounded like an instrumental of an Adele song but then added strings, disappeared for awhile while Loras had his trial, re-emerged as just piano and then began to build, turned out to be a single chord progression based on the opening theme, slowly began building to adding a children's chorus when Qyburn's little birds appeared with their knives, and then to a Philip Glas thing with and organ for Pycelle's death fo a thousand little cuts, then started over and built and built beyond the strings, beyond the organ, adding the whole orchestra once we Margery knew and we knew... And that was just the openign scene of what was basically a gorgeous Game of Thrones suite that covered a huge range of massive events and emotions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 1 minute ago, Rev Ray said: Hide contents So is Jon the son of Ned's sister and ... is it Rhaegar or Robert? Spoiler Rhaegar. Which means Jon's a Targaryean. (Dany's nephew) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, Jrag said: Her whispers become audible about halfway through. She says "if Robert ever finds out you know what he will do." Subtitles were very helpful during that scene. It's going to be a bit of an issue I think that most viewers who don't obsessively read posts by book nerds are going to still have no idea why any of that was so important or who Rheagar is...did they even mention him in the flashbacks??? I think they could have held our hands a bit more on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Looks like they'll let that play out a bit. I'm fine with holding on the parentage reveal for a while. Things are setting up nicely. Starrcade gives us this Dorne and Tyrell alliance against the Lannisters with a possible run-in from Essos and then for WrestleMania the winners must team with the King of the North and his quest to save all of humanity against the white walkers I wonder now will things slow down a bit and breathe or are we going balls to the wall, no pun intended, for the rest of the way. It was rumored 13 episodes left in total. But I gotta think maybe HBO can milk a little more out of it. I got a good laugh out of Lady Mormont telling all the lesser houses that it's still Stark season outchea and Jamie telling Walder Frey like Pesci told De Niro in Casino. The Freys only exist because he allows it. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 The only way the Mountain/Septa Unella situation is acceptable to me is if they open that dungeon door next season, and we see this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 HOLY SHIT though. The music and the tension building and building during the first like 15 minutes until the wild fire card is dealt. Damn that was good TV. Lowkey Qyburn is a boss out here. No fucks given. The prince of chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 "You better keep your mouth shut!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Watching the replay. Am I the only one who thought that the Sam in the library theme sort of sounded like a string version of the Baker Street sax solo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Wasn't Pycelle the one responsible for stripping Qyburn of his maester title? If so, holy shit, so many dudes getting got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 12 minutes ago, Rev Ray said: Watching the replay. Am I the only one who thought that the Sam in the library theme sort of sounded like a string version of the Baker Street sax solo? You're totally right. I think it was actually supposed to be the "ghost riders in the sky" part (A-A-A-F-E-D) from the opening theme but when they took out the repeated notes and got (A-F-E-D-C-D) and totally landed on Gerry Rafferty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Things not mentioned so far: Tommen's plunge. Not how i expected him to die. Petyr Baelish, Sorcerer Supreme. Hell with Cumberbatch. i expected Jon to say Sansa should be Queen instead of him being King. Natalie Dormer now free to be in a superhero movie. Carol Danvers, Artemis , ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 How great is it that while she's cradling Walder Frey's head and feeling his life-blood pulse from his throat, Arya was basically staring into he distance with the same look of "see yourself 10 years from now wherever you want to be doing whatever you want to do...now smile less, look to the left a little...up...up...theeere!" that the class photographer tells you to use when you're getting your senior picture taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 They did a great job of thinning out the undercard this season. And this confirms my matriarchy deal, with Evil Queen Cersei, the Dorne/Tyrell alliance and Dany on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Just now, odessasteps said: They did a great job of thinning out the undercard this season. And this confirms my matriarchy deal, with Evil Queen Cersei, the Dorne/Tyrell alliance and Dany on the way. And Sansa wondering how the hell she is going to protect dumb beautiful Jon Snow from Littlefinger. As soon as Lady Mormont stood up I basically lost my shit...I was like "OH MY GOD SHE"S GOING TO DO SOMETHING AWESOME SHES GOING TO DO SOMEHING AWESOME" and then SHE DID SOMETHINT AWESOME!!! I want to use that speech some time. I drove you to that GED test you had to take, but when I needed a ride to the airport...you refused the coal. And you...you only ever even met your girl because she was so repulsed by me you looked good by comparison, but when I needed someone to spot me the cover for that Blonde Redhead show...you refused the coal. And you...when I told you voting for Nader was a bad idea you told me Bush and Gore were the same...and you refused the coal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 So Euron is still building all his ships and readying his giant cock for Deanerys, right? Is he the only one in Westeros operating on earth time where it takes months to like do things and go places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 She is definitely this seasons breakout character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertooth Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I disagree that Margaery achieved nothing. She got Lady Olenna to leave King's Landing, which turned out to be really important. With Arya's swift trip to the Frey buffet and Varys' whirlwind trip from Meereen to Dorne and back to the Stormborn fleet, there were a lot of time jumps, but I'm not sure there's anything that can't be explained. I'm sure some glorious nerd will diagram out the actual timeline, and maybe things will actually fall into place. So is Jaime wondering if Cersei actually caused Tommen's death? I guess he knows firsthand that she has no problem with young men being pushed out of windows. And thanks to Tommen, we now know why it's called King's Landing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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