Game of Thrones (S6E02) -- "Home" -- 5/1/16
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Re: Game of Thrones (S6E02) -- "Home" -- 5/1/16
I'm still waiting to find out: Where is Bronn?!?!
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Qyburn is Master of Whispers and Cersei has hundreds of spies in her employ. Why not flex her muscle to take out an annoyance? It'll prepare her for her bigger targets.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S6E02) -- "Home" -- 5/1/16
I watched the aftershow again this week and found it a little less annoying. I wasn't paying super-close attention, though.
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I agree. It'll never be "Talking Dead", -it doesn't have a seasoned Host/Comic leading the discussion, and it probably won't have actors from the show (at least major actors). I found this episode informative and a decent general discussion of the episode and what happened.
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Why are we putting "spoiler" tags around speculation of the future direction of the show? It's not like anyone knows what's going to happen.
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To me, Jon Snow is the least compelling POV character in the show. He's a stock fantasy hero in a show the celebrates destroying stock fantasy heroes. Kit Harington is a middling actor and his portrayal of Snow is anodyne. Also, Snow's resurrection ranks as one of the least surprising plot developments in the show's history, ranking below even other developments on the very episode the resurrection happened in. The resurrection was also set up and delivered in the most telegraphed, obvious way possible. In a show of constant spectacle and constant surprises, this whole plot line doesn't rank highly.
Yet, Kit Harington has cute eyes, nice cheekbones and abs so to the cover of EW he goes! I hate this world.
Yet, Kit Harington has cute eyes, nice cheekbones and abs so to the cover of EW he goes! I hate this world.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S6E02) -- "Home" -- 5/1/16
I just started watching the show last year and binged the series so I don't have knowledge of the books nor did I get to read weekly the ads here. That said when Snow got killed I didn't think it was a big deal because I didn't think he was a major character. I was shocked when Robb was killed because I thought they were setting him up to be "the guy" but I've never had that feeling with Snow.
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He's been "the guy" (along with a few others, of course) for me in recent seasons because of a couple things: (1) The Starks were set up as the central family in the show, and there aren't many of them left. (2) The narrative is that all the Westeros stuff is nothing compared to the upcoming battle with the White Walkers, and Jon Snow is the only major character (or one of very few) who really understands that.
I assume their eventual union in the last season will be the payoff to Jon and Tyrion becoming friends way back in season one. Having dragons in a battle against white walkers will probably be important.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S6E02) -- "Home" -- 5/1/16
I didn't start reading the books until after season one, but I thought they set up Jon and Dany as the two ultimate main characters from the first episode.
I assume their eventual union in the last season will be the payoff to Jon and Tyrion becoming friends way back in season one. Having dragons in a battle against white walkers will probably be important.
I assume their eventual union in the last season will be the payoff to Jon and Tyrion becoming friends way back in season one. Having dragons in a battle against white walkers will probably be important.
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I agree. It'll never be "Talking Dead", -it doesn't have a seasoned Host/Comic leading the discussion, and it probably won't have actors from the show (at least major actors). I found this episode informative and a decent general discussion of the episode and what happened.
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As a side question, has George R.R. Martin said that he already knew/mapped out (for example) Jon Snow's mother and Hodor's backstory since before the first book was published in 1996?
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Hodor, I don't know. That could just be something that the tv writers came up with; I don't think Martin has done much him in the books.
There's also an interesting side theory that stacks onto the RLJ theory, and that one is
Spoiler:
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I thought Stannis knew what was up with the White Walkers after Davos and Melisandre told him about the Night's Watch message. That was why he took his army to the Wall, not just to fight wildlings. And yet, even knowing the danger to all of Westeros, he decided to turn back toward Winterfell. I just don't get that part of the story.
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