Game of Thrones Season 8

[jdoggivjc]

Am I crazy or is Dany razing King’s Landing analogous to us nuking Japan.

I don’t see a parallel.

King’s landing had been defeated and would’ve continued with their surrender. The Japanese were still fighting tooth and nail in the island hopping campaign and would’ve prolonged the war as long they could. The a-bombs showed the Japanese that their total destruction was assured if they didn’t surrender.

In a "hindsight is 20/20" sort of way that is historically debatable. If there is one thing the Japanese feared more than losing WWII to the US, it was losing WWII to the Soviet Union. They eventually figured that by surrendering to the US they largely would have been able to keep their culture and way of life - and they for the most part were correct. If they were forced to surrender to the USSR, that never would have happened (see China). Yet another AlternateHistoryHub video goes into this a little bit:



But yes, at the time we fire-bombed Tokyo as a control study and then dropped two different kinds of nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part "end the war"/part science experiment, the Japanese were fighting tooth and nail in the manner you suggested.

 

[State43]

 

[randomfan44]

Is everyone still nerding out because the last season hasn't been 30 episodes with comic book style story wrap ups or have we all calmed down yet?

 

[isufbcurt]

Count me in the camp where if I was a major actor in this series, I could make it work for another season or two then retire comfortably and never work another day in my life.


But, I suppose us simple folk don't understand that lifestyle.

Or maybe they like acting and want to get on to other projects instead of having their whole career tied to one HBO series.

 

[cyups2323]

So pissed i read spoilers. It starts out with everyone standing around talking about how crazy dany is but jon isnt there. They go looking for him and he had passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Then greyworm is killed when drogon accidentally steps on him. A northerner and a dothraki had a disagreement over ale and davos got caught in the neck with a crossfire arrow. Arya lived but she fell off her horse and broke her back so she is in a wheelchair next to bran.

 

[State43]

So pissed i read spoilers. It starts out with everyone standing around talking about how crazy dany is but jon isnt there. They go looking for him and he had passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Then greyworm is killed when drogon accidentally steps on him. A northerner and a dothraki had a disagreement over ale and davos got caught in the neck with a crossfire arrow. Arya lived but she fell off her horse and broke her back so she is in a wheelchair next to bran.

#bittersweet

 

[burn587]

So pissed i read spoilers. It starts out with everyone standing around talking about how crazy dany is but jon isnt there. They go looking for him and he had passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Then greyworm is killed when drogon accidentally steps on him. A northerner and a dothraki had a disagreement over ale and davos got caught in the neck with a crossfire arrow. Arya lived but she fell off her horse and broke her back so she is in a wheelchair next to bran.

A lot fatalities caused by that game, I’m not surprised it took out Davos.

 

[CycloneVet]

I still would name my daughter Daenerys. It’s a badass name.

I agree she just burned a huge city to the ground. That should intimidate any gentlemen callers.

 

[SpokaneCY]

So pissed i read spoilers. It starts out with everyone standing around talking about how crazy dany is but jon isnt there. They go looking for him and he had passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Then greyworm is killed when drogon accidentally steps on him. A northerner and a dothraki had a disagreement over ale and davos got caught in the neck with a crossfire arrow. Arya lived but she fell off her horse and broke her back so she is in a wheelchair next to bran.

I read she was paralyzed but it was from the waist up so her legs worked fine. So with Bran being top-able and Arya being bottom-able they made 1 whole good person that could do lots of special magical things but never does for dramatic effect.

 

[Shawker]

The spoiler I read didn't really make any sense. It was one of the reddit ones. I'm really hoping it's not accurate.

 

[Tailg8er]

Or maybe they like acting and want to get on to other projects instead of having their whole career tied to one HBO series.

Yeah, that was the part of my post that said I don't understand their lifestyle. Same thing for a professional athlete that plays for 20 seasons, or a CEO of a major company that works till they're 80 - doesn't make sense to ME. (Doesn't mean I think them or their motivations are wrong)

 

[ThatllDoCy]

Or maybe they like acting and want to get on to other projects instead of having their whole career tied to one HBO series.

Having a long running TV Show that pays a ton is the best acting gig possible. Lena Headey got $1m per episode I heard. I think the vast majority would stick around.

Who is getting too big? Sophie Turner, maybe.

 

[Doc]

So pissed i read spoilers. It starts out with everyone standing around talking about how crazy dany is but jon isnt there. They go looking for him and he had passed away in his sleep from natural causes. Then greyworm is killed when drogon accidentally steps on him. A northerner and a dothraki had a disagreement over ale and davos got caught in the neck with a crossfire arrow. Arya lived but she fell off her horse and broke her back so she is in a wheelchair next to bran.

Dany flies to Slaver’s Bay to be with Dario, finds him in bed with a woman and a couple dudes, and then burns down Mereen. The footage of Meereen burning look awfully similar to episode 5. Arya is even in a couple of the shots.

 

[Bret44]

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Having a long running TV Show that pays a ton is the best acting gig possible. Lena Headey got $1m per episode I heard. I think the vast majority would stick around.

Who is getting too big? Sophie Turner, maybe.

Pompeii came on HBO one night and I watched about 30 minutes. Kit Harrington better not be one of those actors pushing for an end to GOT.

 

[State43]

 

[runbikeswim]

I guess, my biggest plot complaint after last episode is Tyrion.

He turns in Varys for being a traitor, yet, let's his brother out to go try and free Cersei....

 

[isucyfan]

Not sure if this has been discussed, but some speculation that Jamie Lannister could make an appearance:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/583146/game-of-thrones-major-character-still-alive-fan-theory

 

[ISUChippewa]

No way Arya would go out that quickly.

 

[Doc]

Not sure if this has been discussed, but some speculation that Jamie Lannister could make an appearance in the finale:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/583047/game-of-thrones-products

I'm not sure that's the right link, but yeah, this image from the finale leaked. Looks like the gold hand deflected all the rubble.