If I had to guess its going to be someone weak and the 'Game of Thrones' just goes and round and round again...then fade to black and credits!
We should start a poll.
That's kind of what the Wire did: the characters we watched grow through the series end up in the same positions as other characters at the start of the series, revealing that they are all trapped in an inescapable cycle of despair.
One of the best descriptions I've heard for GoT is that it's a simple story told in a very complex way and the simplest ending I can think of is Dany unifying the realms to defeat the White Walkers. So I'm expecting some variation of that.
I secretly hope Little Finger wins the day (and finally settles on an accent).
Uh, don't think Little Finger is around for the last season.
I have suspicions to the contrary, fan theory warning
Spoiler!
doesn't it seem odd the greatest schemer in Westeros was outdone by two teenage girls? Theory is a faceless man died/faked their death instead of LF, as LF has the backing of the Iron Bank. There's a number of little hints this was the case in the show. Not sure how confident I am, but I like it.
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I have suspicions to the contrary, fan theory warning
Spoiler!
doesn't it seem odd the greatest schemer in Westeros was outdone by two teenage girls? Theory is a faceless man died/faked their death instead of LF, as LF has the backing of the Iron Bank. There's a number of little hints this was the case in the show. Not sure how confident I am, but I like it.
So HBO is running the entire series now in advance of the new season and the first two episodes of Season 1 aired last night (and of course I watched again..).
Got me thinking. GOT premiered 8 years ago in April, 2011 well before the MeToo movement began. Would several GOT scenes get written and filmed if the series started today? Even in the first episode there was a brutal sexual assault of a lead character.
I wonder if movies and television, even cable, have been irreversibly changed in the current age of MeToo.
There's one scene before LFs death where he's speaking with a hooded figure in an alley and appears to give them a purse, but there is no audio in the scene.
I think there's a few other things where if you track background characters it looks like they are passing information on to LF or setting up the con. I'm a little foggy on the details but can't find the original video, and am not going to look for it as I'm wearing GoT blinders until the season starts.
It doesn't get enough attention that LF basically sold Westeros to the Iron Bank and is likely their acting hand in Westeros, and the bank intends to get it's due.
So HBO is running the entire series now in advance of the new season and the first two episodes of Season 1 aired last night (and of course I watched again..).
Got me thinking. GOT premiered 8 years ago in April, 2011 well before the MeToo movement began. Would several GOT scenes get written and filmed if the series started today? Even in the first episode there was a brutal sexual assault of a lead character.
I wonder if movies and television, even cable, have been irreversibly changed in the current age of MeToo.
It's definitely going to be seen through a different lens. Go back to the first season of the Big Bang Theory and watch the way Howard treats Penny without cringing. Straight up sexual predator behavior.
I more wonder if the appreciation for context will be lost in a way we haven't seen before. For instance, All in the Family is still a classic study of the times, and the characters (Bunker) and situations (bigotry) are appreciated according to their proper context 40 years later.
I suspect period pieces, even those set in fantasy, will receive far more lenient objections than modern sitcoms. That said, people lost their collective #### over an off-screen rape in the 6th (?) season.
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