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I think the budget consistently went up after the first season. Probably leveled out now.
Oh, didn't realise it was done after they killed him
It's the fecking McGurk Effect:
I've just rewatched the scene and when I look at the thin man's mouth it sounds like 'vinegar', but when I look away it sounds like 'vanilla'.
It's fecking weird!
I've just rewatched the scene and when I look at the thin man's mouth it sounds like 'vinegar', but when I look away it sounds like 'vanilla'.
It's fecking weird!
Special mention to the Lord of Bones getting truly fcuked up.
I was hoping someone would be left behind during the battle and Gendry would row up like "need a lift?"
Who would row in that scenario. I'd be in complete shock watching them all rise from the dead.
See, I'd be halfway to Pyke, with torn rotator cuffs and two oars worn down to nubbins. Lacking oars I'd be using my shoes, or my hands as oars!
North of the wall is a big ass place the fist of the first men or whatever that place was called was like, way way north. Remember in episode one, there were white walkers pretty much right AT the wall. If I had to guess, I'd say, they were busy killing people to get enough mass/numbers.
I was somehow expecting Bran to show up or play a part in that final scene. Have missed his sorry ass being dragged by Hodor!
That was brilliant. A true beatdown if there ever was one. Can't remember what that bearded wildling dude is called, but that guy can fight and he is fast becoming one of my favourite characters.
Vanilla
Same thing, I cannot watch a single show without subtitles. This habit has even contaminated french shows now whereas my understanding of that language is perfect.
The white walkers are global warming.
The old man at Castle Black will have some craíc trying to stop 5 thousand Wildlings and a Giant with his wooden gate!
They can just sail south of the wall
The kid's got a lot of anger inside. I actually wouldn't be surprised if he ends up killing both Jon and Sam. In fact, I mentioned in my earlier post that I was worried about Jon. I still think he will be betrayed by either the wildlings or his own men. He's been awesome this season, and we know what happens to such people on the show
That was my point.
*raises hand* Another one that thought he said vanilla.
Anyway who brought that bling to the battle (the Valyrian sword)? The way they've talked about it before is that it's quite rare/sort after.
Anyway who brought that bling to the battle (the Valyrian sword)? The way they've talked about it before is that it's quite rare/sort after.
*raises hand* Another one that thought he said vanilla.
Anyway who brought that bling to the battle (the Valyrian sword)? The way they've talked about it before is that it's quite rare/sort after.
He's had it ever since he went North of the wall back at the end of S1 Cassius
He's had it ever since he went North of the wall back at the end of S1 Cassius
Oh was it Snow's? I thought he just found it on the floor randomly. I was a young man when Season 1 aired.....those were the days.
Shit episode
The bit when the fog descended and people started panicking was eerily brilliant. Shut the gates!
How the hell are they going to get a giant on one of those ships? Will he just paddle one like a massive canoe?
"The work continues " ... The mountain/bane surely?
Vanilla? muppets
Also, who tells Jaquen Hagar who to kill?
The bit when the fog descended and people started panicking was eerily brilliant. Shut the gates!
How the hell are they going to get a giant on one of those ships? Will he just paddle one like a massive canoe?
"The work continues " ... The mountain/bane surely?
Vanilla?
muppetsAlso, who tells Jaquen Hagar who to kill?
Shit episode
The bit when the fog descended and people started panicking was eerily brilliant. Shut the gates!
How the hell are they going to get a giant on one of those ships? Will he just paddle one like a massive canoe?
"The work continues " ... The mountain/bane surely?
Vanilla?
Also, who tells Jaquen Hagar who to kill?
I reckon either that or he rides one of the smaller boats like a surfboard.
Be feckin funny if we find out next week but I reckon they'll skip over that bit.
Yeah "the work continues" can only be Frankenmountain. Are they gonna unleash him on the sparrows or use him in a trial by combat?
*raises hand* Another one that thought he said vanilla.
Anyway who brought that bling to the battle (the Valyrian sword)? The way they've talked about it before is that it's quite rare/sort after.
Sorry to be a dick.
Jebus, what an episode!
I almost pissed myself laughing when Tormund casually beat the Lord of Bones to death, I honestly thought that would be a more prolonged showdown.
Also these Ice zombie feckers, can't melisandre just summon her lord of light or whatever he is to end them, I'm guessing they'd be weak to fire.
I think Roose Bolton is trying to manipulate Ramsay, now that he has a proper heir soon to be born, my guess is he'll manipulate Ramsay to his death.
I almost pissed myself laughing when Tormund casually beat the Lord of Bones to death, I honestly thought that would be a more prolonged showdown.
Also these Ice zombie feckers, can't melisandre just summon her lord of light or whatever he is to end them, I'm guessing they'd be weak to fire.
I think Roose Bolton is trying to manipulate Ramsay, now that he has a proper heir soon to be born, my guess is he'll manipulate Ramsay to his death.
Sorry to be a dick.
Ooh that's bad. You're quite right to pull me up on it.
The giant could just walk along the coastline anyway, obviously in the water but you get my point.
I found it difficult to sleep last night because of that episode. Really intense stuff and Game Of Thrones at its absolute best!
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Am I missing something - why couldn't the Wildings just sail around the wall to bypass Castle Black? Or was it because they don't have any ships?
They don't have any boats. The Nights Watch kept sinking em afaik.
There's about a few hundred Nights Watchmen left to guard against presumably hundreds and thousands of Wildings. Surely if they built a shed load of boats and overwhelmed them by numbers they wouldn't be able to sink them all?
This is the Wildlings you're talking about. Took em 20 years just to organise themselves into one group, let alone build boats and sail. But you do have a point.
It's the equivalent of Damascus Steel - the original method of producing has been lost (in this case in the Doom of Valyria). All existing Valyrian Steel was made in old Valyria using special techniques, including dragonfire and magic. It's only possible to reforge an existing blade today (what they did with Ice) and even that is an extremely rare skill which I don't think anyone in Westeros possesses.
A few of these blades have been mentioned in the show already. There's not a lot of them left though.
Probably quite difficult for Ned to stop them seeing as ... you know ... his head was chopped off.
They seem to put out fires.
I reckon Dragon fire is the only thing, just like dragons glass and dragons (Valryan) steel. Basically Dragons, the answer is Dragons.
The kid's got a lot of anger inside. I actually wouldn't be surprised if he ends up killing both Jon and Sam. In fact, I mentioned in my earlier post that I was worried about Jon. I still think he will be betrayed by either the wildlings or his own men. He's been awesome this season, and we know what happens to such people on the show
Yeah, that little shit has way too much air time to not be important. I reckon he and Ser Allister (sp?) do mutiny on Jon.
*raises hand* Another one that thought he said vanilla.
Anyway who brought that bling to the battle (the Valyrian sword)? The way they've talked about it before is that it's quite rare/sort after.
Yeah, IIRC when Tywin has Ice melted he says something like there are only 3 or so blacksmiths who can work with Valyrian steel. It seems to be very rare. Thinking on it, Tyrion's dagger was Valyrian too wasn't it? The one they tried to kill Bran with.
they did sail past the wall , it is referenced as raidings in the series
Ooooo! Good call!
Yeah that would be absolutely ridiculous. Stannis is arguably the most capable commander in all of Westeros now Tywin is gone, and not exactly one who would be tricked easily. If Ramsay actually achieves anything against him with 20 men it would be very hard for me to take that seriously. Let's hope they don't go down that route.
It was taken off him by Tywin Lannister after he was beheaded, he didn't exactly have a say in it.
Surely Stannis is going to take a heavy defeat and then sacrifice his daughter. Melisandre can't have put it out there for no reason. I don't think that Melisandre's story can be finished here. She has to have further interaction with Jon Snow for obvious reasons.
Only thing I can think of that Ramsey could do with 20 men is perhaps try and cause some kind of avalanche, I can't see how he could illiterate such a large army with a small group like that, it's too large to go unnoticed and yet too small to fight through. He'd need like 5/6 soldiers if he wanted to infiltrate.