Game of Thrones

[JonnyVito]

Well fellows this is it. IMO this is the closest we come to getting closure. I think how we get to end will differ from Martin but the ending will be the same. I am rewatching season seven this week and man I forgot how great it was. I am getting really pumped for Sunday. We only have to live through what seven or six weeks also to get to the end. I am hoping episode one this season is the battle at Winterfell. Any thoughts or theories you chaps have?

 

[Been Jammin]

I'm guessing that the Winterfell/White Walker battle will not happen until the 3rd episode. Need some lead in and prep for it.

 

[EvilPOKES]

I have prepped myself for disappointment. With SOOOO much going on in the world, I feel like it will be rushed through and the story will lose some of its detail.

 

[FMPoke]

Well fellows this is it. IMO this is the closest we come to getting closure. I think how we get to end will differ from Martin but the ending will be the same. I am rewatching season seven this week and man I forgot how great it was. I am getting really pumped for Sunday. We only have to live through what seven or six weeks also to get to the end. I am hoping episode one this season is the battle at Winterfell. Any thoughts or theories you chaps have?

You're assuming we are ever going to get an ending from Martin. At this point I've pretty much give up on the man.

 

[OrangePhish]

Finished re-watching season 7 Sunday night. Might watch it again a couple of times between now and Sunday...

There are quite a few videos on the official Game of Thrones YouTube channel of different actors/actresses being interviewed about their experience on GOT and they are way cool to watch.

Like Been Jammin said, I think there will be some build up before the big battle.

I'm so exited about season 8 I can hardly contain myself.

 

[JonnyVito]

You're assuming we are ever going to get an ending from Martin. At this point I've pretty much give up on the man.

I said HBO finishing the story is most likely all we will get but that they had Martins notes so the ending should be close to what he was going to do but the means to get there most likely will differ a bit.

 

[OSUIvan]

I'm guessing that the Winterfell/White Walker battle will not happen until the 3rd episode. Need some lead in and prep for it.

That has been the rumor going around, and it will make sense.

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Unless live humans win the Battle of Winterfell in episode 3, I'm not sure there's 4 more episodes worth of content. They have to win, then you have the disposition of the Lannisters, how the Jon/Dani relationship unfolds, who is agreed the rightful ruler, etc.

 

[Been Jammin]

Unless live humans win the Battle of Winterfell in episode 3, I'm not sure there's 4 more episodes worth of content. They have to win, then you have the disposition of the Lannisters, how the Jon/Dani relationship unfolds, who is agreed the rightful ruler, etc.

Well, does the Battle of Winterfell mean the end of the Others? Does the storyline shift back to the far north as they push the others back and finish them for good, or rebuild the wall.

But, yeah, I see your point. Might make more sense for it to be episode 4 or 5. I'm wondering how much story there is to tell between where we currently are and when we get to the big battle, though.

 

[FMPoke]

My guess and its strictly that would be they deal with the whitewalkers first and then battle for the throne. Traditionally the big battle is the next to last episode but it makes more sense from the a flow that the whitewalker battle would come earlier. Might then be two big battles. The whitewalker war and then the battle for the throne. I do think the battle for the throne could be split before or after. Remember Cersie is setting up to double cross them so she might have to be dealt with before the whitewalkers. I don't have real strong feeling about who wins the throne but the one thing I want to see is Arya kill Cersie although everyone seems to think Jamie is being set up for the deed.

 

[JonnyVito]

I have let the 11 month old watch season 7 with me and he was been running around in his walker this week yelling "drakarys" at me. Kid thinks he is funny.

Edit** I did catch something from an interview that the Others are there at Winterfell for someone. So maybe it isn't the final battle and they get what they want then march more south or back North.

 

[Been Jammin]

the one thing I want to see is Arya kill Cersie although everyone seems to think Jamie is being set up for the deed.

IMO, it's Jaime in the Books. HBO doesn't have to hold to that at all. They haven't delved deep into the "Velonquar" prophesy, which is the basis for the idea that Cersie thinks Tyrion is prophesied to kill her, while overlooking that Jaime fits the prophesy as well.

 

[NeekReevers]

Everyone dies at the Battle of Winterfell except for Tormund and Brienne who are forced to repopulate the earth with monster babies.

My man Tormund, have a bad feeling he's going to buy it at the Battle of Winterfell which I hate since he has some of the best lines in the whole series.

I'm really interested in seeing some of the "reunions" like The Hound/Stark sisters, Jaime/Bran, Jorah/Lyanna Mormont, Davos/Melisandra, and the Clegane fight of course. There is so much good stuff to get to if they don't have seven action packed episodes then they've really screwed it up.

 

[Been Jammin]

My man Tormund, have a bad feeling he's going to buy it at the Battle of Winterfell which I hate since he has some of the best lines in the whole series.

He’s significantly better in the books.

Actor has done a great job with the character.

 

[SouthWestOKPoke]

Oh btw if you are looking for a very good ASOIAF podcast I recommend Not a Podcast. Its a chapter by chapter reread and they go into a lot of depth about the books. I have been rereading the books along with them, they are on book 1 still.

 

[BluegrassPoke]

Unless live humans win the Battle of Winterfell in episode 3, I'm not sure there's 4 more episodes worth of content. They have to win, then you have the disposition of the Lannisters, how the Jon/Dani relationship unfolds, who is agreed the rightful ruler, etc.

It is Daenerys dammit! Going to change avatars. Just giving you shit.

 

[FMPoke]

IMO, it's Jaime in the Books. HBO doesn't have to hold to that at all. They haven't delved deep into the "Velonquar" prophesy, which is the basis for the idea that Cersie thinks Tyrion is prophesied to kill her, while overlooking that Jaime fits the prophesy as well.

One of the online theories, and there are thousands, is that what they have been setting up is Arya wearing Jamie's face as the killer. One would think Cersie would notice Jamie is like 4'11".

 

[Been Jammin]

Oh btw if you are looking for a very good ASOIAF podcast I recommend Not a Podcast. Its a chapter by chapter reread and they go into a lot of depth about the books. I have been rereading the books along with them, they are on book 1 still.

Listen to it every week. Love the insight they bring as to GRRM's writing style and writing in general. They point out so many story line layers upon layers that I never thought of, but make perfect sense.

 

[The Duke]

IMO, it's Jaime in the Books. HBO doesn't have to hold to that at all. They haven't delved deep into the "Velonquar" prophesy, which is the basis for the idea that Cersie thinks Tyrion is prophesied to kill her, while overlooking that Jaime fits the prophesy as well.

They did have the Cersei childhood flashback earlier in the series where she heard the prophecy.

 

[Been Jammin]

They did have the Cersei childhood flashback earlier in the series where she heard the prophecy.

Right. I was just saying that they haven't returned to that topic repeatedly, which opens them up to have pretty much anyone kill her.