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GAME OF THRONES S08E03 CHITCHAT THREAD
4/28/19 | marty f

Posted on 04/28/2019 10:42:02 AM PDT by martin_fierro



TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gameofthrones; got; winterishere
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To: Salamander

If that is all that’s left how are they going to take on the golden army?


181 posted on 04/29/2019 8:57:35 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: marajade

Here’s a way

1. Go to the Iron Bank with 1 or 2 (Dragons do the still have 2? I am uncertain!). Threaten to burn it down & melt the gold into one huge slag pile if they don’t call in their loan to Cersei.

2. Again with the dragons demand a significantly bigger loan then what Cersei got & buy the golden army. Have it either go home or turn on Cersei.


182 posted on 04/29/2019 9:03:53 AM PDT by Reily
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To: marajade

Yes, they explained it in episode 2 when the key characters were gathered around the map table and discussing the battle plan. Bran and Sam explain what the Night King is after.

But we still don’t know who the Night King really was or why he turned against his creators. Maybe it’s just as simple as the fact that the Children of the Forest used dark magic to create him, but that type of magic is outside of their expertise, so it got out of control and backfired on them.


183 posted on 04/29/2019 9:14:22 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: marajade

Thank goodness for the Game of Thrones wiki! (And also for the A Song of Ice and Fire wiki for the books!)


184 posted on 04/29/2019 9:57:22 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Thank you. I wasn’t sure, or slightly hoping that she would survive.

I was surprised that the Red Witch showed up, I had thought she departed the show last season. And too bad the Red Witch couldn’t have stuck around to bring her back before walking off into oblivion. But she did have a nice exit.


185 posted on 04/29/2019 10:24:20 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

We saw Lady Mormont’s eyes turn blue when she got turned / resurrected by the Night King. So, she died (the second time and for good) when the Night King was killed.

I think that the Red Witch was intended to be a surprise. She has been waiting for hundreds of years for this battle, so it makes sense that she would show up for it. I’m glad she was able to show off her magic a bit. I was getting a bit concerned when she was having trouble lighting the trench on fire.


186 posted on 04/29/2019 10:37:26 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: sphinx
Your post 157 is very well said. I started reading this series back in 1997, and it's pretty safe to say that the style of story this was at the beginning is not the way it is finishing.

I have read that GRRM has no actual control over what the showrunners choose to do, though. So if what they are doing is against his wishes, that's too bad.

187 posted on 04/29/2019 11:16:53 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Ah, I didn’t notice her eyes turning blue for the DK’s bringing all the newly dead back to life. thanks


188 posted on 04/29/2019 11:29:27 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: martin_fierro

Not that it makes much difference now, but....

I’m I the only one who wondered why the Night King wasn’t fried to a crisp by Drogon’s dragon fire?

After all, supposedly the only way to kill a white walker is with fire or Valyrien Steel. So, why did it take a Valyrien dagger when a scorching blast from Drogon didn’t even slow him down?

Was it just to continue the drama, or did he possibly have some Targaryen blood in him? HMMMMMM???????


189 posted on 04/29/2019 12:14:29 PM PDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (That's what I do, I drink and I know things. - Tyrion Lannister)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money
HBO's budget for this show is limited due to their new content they put want out (Which looks like crud, Deadwood movie maybe alright). Game's budget was huge and only had 6 episodes to finish the main storylines.

Plot-holes abound (This one stands out) but not much you can do against the bean counters, lol
190 posted on 04/29/2019 1:08:14 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: ConjunctionJunction; Salamander; BeauBo

Do you have any ideas on Bran going into his trance and sending out the ravens was supposed to do. From what I could tell, the ravens found the night king but did little else. I understand they could have been on a reconnaissance mission, but he didn’t apparently inform Dany or Jon about locating the NK.


191 posted on 04/29/2019 1:21:18 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

I have *no* idea and neither does anyone in the GOT forums.

He just sits around being weird and mystical, as far as I can tell, occasionally spouting something cryptic.

I *thought* he was gonna “warg” into the ice dragon and be useful but I guess not.

:-\


192 posted on 04/29/2019 2:09:12 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: marajade

Well, they have dragons.

Otherwise, no idea.


193 posted on 04/29/2019 2:14:23 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: cuz_it_aint_their_money

https://www.myentertainmentnews.com/2019/04/why-didnt-the-night-king-burn-from-dragon-fire/


194 posted on 04/29/2019 2:14:48 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Salamander

Well supposedly Cersei has a way to kill dragons.

And what about Bronn?


195 posted on 04/29/2019 2:24:09 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: marajade

I think Cersei’s plan is to have a lot more scorpions.


196 posted on 04/29/2019 2:29:27 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: ConjunctionJunction

I just don’t see Bronn turning on Jaime and Tyrion.


197 posted on 04/29/2019 2:33:37 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: marajade

I’m fairly sure that I saw Gendry standing among the survivors after the slaying of the Night King.


198 posted on 04/29/2019 2:45:39 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

yay!


199 posted on 04/29/2019 3:05:26 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: marajade

I like to think that Bronn will not turn on his friends — especially after they tell him what they had to go through against the army of undead. However, Bronn is a sellsword, and Jaime still owes Bronn a castle and a highborn lady to marry. Will Bronn choose friendship over Cersei’s wagon full of gold?


200 posted on 04/29/2019 4:21:27 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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