After months of posters and teasers and my fan fiction stories about Littlefinger and Varys FINALLY hooking up, the season three trailer for Game of Thrones, which returns on March 31, is finally here — and it’s HOLY SH*T DRAGONS. Watching it in real time is like a one-minute stream of loud exclamations: DINKLAGE WALKING THROUGH A DOOR, PICKAXES, I HOPE ONE OF THOSE RUSTY SWORDS GOES UP JOFFREY’S BUTT, BRAN FINALLY LOOKING LIKE A BADASS AND SHOOTING AN ARROW, and so on.
HBO clearly realized GoT is its cash cow in the break between seasons two and three, because the production values in the trailer look stellar, especially in the scene with one of Dany’s dragons flying alongside a boat. It’s a shame HBO can’t put dragons into all its shows; I would give them all my money to see a talking dragon call Veep‘s Jonah a “Down syndrome mole in a vest.” Alas. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the song you’re going to immediately download on iTunes is “Bones” by MS MR. Now let’s overanalyze. OMG THE CAVE.
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Boner Alert: Me Edition
excellent lead off btw, kudos.
OMG, Y’ALL. OMG.
TOO BUSY BEING EXCITED TO ANALYZE RIGHT NOW.
That is the perfect gif for this situation.
Thank you for this
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For once, HBO uses a song in one of their trailers that I actually know!
On another note, anyone else freaking out that this starts on the same day and time as the Walking Dead season 3 finale?
it’s not even a hard choice
DVR Walking Dead, late night.
I’m more pissed that it’s running most of the way just before Mad Men. While it makes for an awesome 2 hours I’d rather have them spread out and fewer fallow parts of the year.
I’m east coast, so i can watch GOT, then the encore of walking dead, but honestly, I doubt I’ll stay up for the WD finale, this second half has been so disappointing.
Perhaps, I’m still watching the Walking Dead but the reason why I watch is not affected by spoilers.
hell, spoilers were what got me into GoT in the first place. I heard the killed the main character in the first novel and I had to read it.
Yeah, there’s usually a later repeat of TWD, I’ll just watch it then.
You mean you didn’t know Seven Devils?
The voiceover is done by Varys, I think? I wonder if Charles Dance is the lead actor for this season.
*SPOILERISH*
I’m curious how they will arrange the, uhm, ceremonies that will happen. RW at the end of this season, the bathroom scene at the end of S4?
RW is ep 9, and I’d be surprised if GRRM didn’t write that episode like he did blackwater last year
GRRM wrote episode 7 this season. That’s way to early for RW.
ah yeah, like i said ep 9 is RW, im surprised he’s not writing it
IMDB claims that we’ll see the Arryns in E7. WTF?
It seems way too early for the Vale storyline of book 4. Probably and added scene so that the viewers don’t forget about the Arryns, and if so, it’s good that something that wasn’t in the book would be written by Martin himself.
Also the episode is called “Autumn Storms”, make what you want of that, I personnally can think of a couple scenes from the book that it could refer to.
*SPOILERISH*
I have also read on some forums that the RW might not be in this season, it has never been confirmed by the showrunners or GRRM that it’ll be in S3, just that they’ll get to shot it, but since S4 is already ordered…
I personally hope it is the very last episode of this season, to kind of break the mold of the 9th episode being the huge one in the first two seasons, I think the show has build enough of an audience to handle such a dramatic cliffhanger.
If the RW is the last episode and they show GW’s head on R’s body i’ll die a happy man.
Spolils ahoy.
RW will be episode 9. Either 9 or 10 would probably have Ygritte @ the wall. Episode 10 will probably have Arya at the Inn
I wonder if they have Bran saving Jon like in the book, would be a pretty cool scene to watch play out.
Oh and Dany acquiring unsullied this season.
When she buys the unsullied non-book readers will sigh to themselves and say “finally she can go take that throne now”
If RW doesn’t happen this season, then I must say Season 4 is gonna be quite eventful with everything else that happens in SoS.
I would have loved to see the RW as a cliffhanger ending for the season finale, but yeah, that’s not happening. The RW will be in the ninth episode, as it’s already been filmed and it’s clearly the event everyone from production keeps talking about. GRRM wants to be “somewhere they don’t have television when it airs, after the response to Ned’s death.” Yep, it’s the RW.
JR: That episode was retitled as “Chains” a while back, signaling that it’ll be when Dany purchases the Unsullied, which makes sense to me, as that event features just as much butchery as the RW, and GRRM always writes the episode with the most butchery, i.e. Battle of Blackwater and the massacre of Stark followers like the Septa in “The Pointy End.”
I’d be pretty disappointed if the RW is episode 8 or 9… the remainder of the season would be anti-climatic in comparison. Even with the white walkers at the end last season, I felt episode 10 was a bit of a let down compared to the awesomeness that was Blackwater.
@Board With a Nail in It : I had this mixed up and thought “Chains” was the old title, but yeah you’re right, this probably refers to the Unsullied scene. The previous “stormS” name could also refer to Balon Greyjoy on the bridge.
Eh, I loved Valar Morghulis and have gotten used to the structure of the penultimate episode being the climax and the finale being the aftermath from watching Breaking Bad (well, its first three seasons used that structure) and The Wire. It’s utilized very well in GOT while still making the finales powerful connective tissue to the next season. I certainly get where you’re coming from, though.
Oh, I had completely forgot about Balon on the bridge. That would’ve made sense for the old title. I’m glad that they know they need to show that sequence, it’s another vital shift that comes with the transition from the novelistic medium to television. You cannot just have an event like that happen entirely off-screen without the context of limited perspectives that the books have.
It’s funny, I never realized/mind it in BB or The Wire, but now that you mention it’s true that it also applies to them. I also didn’t mind it that much in the first GOT season.
It’s just that Blackwater was so so good, and I probably watched it 5 times the week it aired, that nothing could compare with it for me so close to it’s airing. And I expect the RW to have as much impact.
did they cast Euron for this season? If so I missed it.
its not it’s, I hate it when people make this mistake…
I think you’ll get Arya and the hound with a mixed group of the Mountain’s men and Freys(compensating for the Tickler being gone) in the inn in episode ten so that should give the episode enough blood
Don’t think Euron (or Victarion) was cast, but they could delay his arrival compared to the timing mentionned in the book, and introduce him next season.
yeah her screaming “where’s the gold! where’s the brotherhood” is gonna be a powerful scene, then leaving the hound like that… Arya’s story is gonna steal the season IMO.
Yeah, that would work fine for the introduction of Euron. He can be set up by his arrival being referred to this season, just like Ramsay was set up by Roose talking about him with Robb.
eh but you’re right, The Tickler’s dead. I guess she’ll scream at Raff the sweetling. Although they can’t really kill him eithe. Ok Rorge and Biter, wait, rape of saltpans.
They better not leave that fucking scene out!
I don’t know, you’d think Euron would have to be in the episode when Balon dies, since he comes into port the next day.
I do wonder to whom Arya will. .take out her rage on, considering the passing of the Tickler by Jaqen’s hand.
Occam: Yeah, the privy scene will likely be the climactic event of the fourth season. I do wonder when the PW will occur, though, since it would have to be earlier in the season. It makes sense to condense Robb’s storyline entirely into the 3rd season, and the Lannister/Oberyn stuff largely into the fourth, so the third isn’t mostly set-up and the fourth overstuffed with events.
Also they need to have Tom of Sevenstreams sing to the old crone, so she can give her prophecy and the audience can suspect Euron of kiling balon with a faceless man.
I think you get around the tickler by changing what the group’s joking about before the Hound speaks up. You could have them comparing swords(showing needle) and have a Frey brag about his being the sword that killed Grey Wind. A decent writer(better than me) could come up with something along the lines of “have you ever heard a wolf squeal?” for Arya to say again and again. I don’t think it’s something a decent writer would have a problem working around and I doubt you trust a tv audience to remember something from season 2 anyway.
Yeah I don’t think they’ll use the same sentence for Arya to scream in that scene, the scenes with the Tickler where good, but the lines weren’t repeated as often as they are in the book.
As for the PW, I’d say episode 4 in S4, maybe 5… there’s still a lot to show from SoS that won’t be in this season… the PW, the trial, Tyrion in the privy, the Moon Door in the Vale, the huge event at the Wall (which will probably cost a ton of money too, if they stick to the scale of the fight in the book)… what am I doing getting all excited for S4 when season 3 is still more than a month away?!
@Milk — yeah, I agree the writer’s could get creative there, they better. Also I think I’m getting Raff and Polliver confused. Polliver has needle right, have we met Raff?
A good TV writer would in fact trust their audience to be smarter than goldfish, Milk Steak. Anyway, I would prefer Arya to stick with what she originally said even with the change of context, since it’ll still be someone from Harrenhall like Polliver, most likely. I just love the insanity of “Is there gold in the village?!” *Stab stab stab*
I doubt they can kill Raff, since he is castellan (or in charge) of harrenhal when Jaime gets there in Dance.
er the scene with jaime and raff (with raff wearing the vargo’s ear-necklace) was in Feast sry
I think we’ve met them both but I’m not sure. Frankly other than the tickler none of them were all that distinct in the show. The Hound talking to them and seeing that one has needle should be enough set up for what’s needed.
Also they cast Anguy but not Tom or Lem?
Polliver was distinct, we saw him kill Lommy and we see Arya starting at needle on his hip a few times in harrenhal. My money is she stabs the shit out of Polliver.
Prayer: Composite character, perhaps?
MS: And Polliver would be the one that killed Lommy and has Needle in this case. I can’t recall how much of a presence, if any, Raff had, but they did make Polliver noticeable enough.
Yeah, like Prayer said. That’s what I was going for as well.
I think they just haven’t announced all the small parts, because they have to take Jaime’s hand, so Vargo Hoat has to be in it. Come on, we need more death by gangrenous head
Hoat was apparently replaced by some Bolton man named Locke.
Yes, Locke is just Vargo without the lisp, effectively. I think they said something about the lisp messing with the tone of his scenes as to why they made the change, which I get. The lisp at least kind of worked in text, but I can’t imagine not being distracted/amused by it if I actually heard it.
I’d be pretty disappointed if we never get Vargo, and while the composite character for Tom/Lem/Anguy seems plausible, that would suck that they kept the name of the least memorable one. I’ll cross my fingers and hope all the Brothers without Banner that are noticeable in the book (that means also Hardwin, Edric, and the Mad Huntsman at least) make it in the show.
Harwin has to be in it, otherwise how do they gain Arya’s trust at all?
That got really long…
I agree that it wouldn’t make much sense if RW was delayed into S4, there is so many other good stuff that needs to be covered.
SPOILERS ARE COMING
Sorry, what does the P in PW stand for? Privy? Would be an odd acronym then. I want to play with the cool kids, please enlighten me *waves hands desperately*
Regarding the Arya scene, I think it would be strange if she killed someone from Harrenhall, it would require a bit of builtup during the season, and IMO wouldn’t be worth the screen time. Maybe some bragging Frey or Bolton man, or someone significant like the Hound.
IF they did a ‘Once upon the time in the West’ style flashback with Harrenhall guys right before the event, I’d get a cinematographic boner tough.
I’d certainly be up for a flashback like that as well. The Hound being attacked has to be a separate event in season four, so he couldn’t be the victim at the Inn. Like I said before, Polliver would do nicely, although you make a decent point out of a bragging Bolton/Frey post-RW as another potential victim. And the PW is the Purple Wedding, i.e. Joffrey’s wedding to Margaery. These comments are spoileriffic enough as it is for the non-readers, so let’s just stick with calling it that. We all know what happens.
I think I figured it out.
My apologies for the apparently pointless long-winded response, then.
What scene from the book corresponds with Robb and Catelyn walking inside castle walls among piles of dead guys? I couldn’t figure this out.
@Board With a Nail in It
Sorry, I posted that before I saw your reply. I really didn’t wanted to be snarky. Never tought that P stands for purple, but thinking about it, it is quite fitting.
No worries, Occam. The Purple Wedding is a name that fans, bitter over the RW, concocted back when ASOS first came out as a way to mock the Lannisters. I just picked it up on the way while reading the series, because it is pretty clever. Didn’t mean to assume that everyone was familiar with it.
haha “purple wedding” i’d just call it the wedding of the joustings dwarves. Which, I’m sure, will be omitted. Although you never know, Dink certainly has done enough dwarf movies.
I’m still upset we won’t get to see Brienne fight a bear in a pink dress.
I’d like to think the dwarves will be included, since it’s a significant part of Joffrey’s provocation of Tyrion during the wedding, that leads both the audience, potentially, and the people at the wedding into justifiably believing that he’s responsible for what happens. And the jousters come back later on, as well.
I think they could get away with just showing Tyrion spilling the cup onto the floor as reason enough to think he did it.
@prayer Actually I think I heard somewhere that the bear scene will be included.
Martin’s episode – 7 – is Queenstown, of which a couple shots made it into the trailer
Queenscrown*
The Arya inn scene is definitely going to be in Season 4. With the RW in episode 9, I’m guessing she’ll only get kidnapped by the Hound in E8, and she’ll travel with the Hound for awhile after the RW. If they put that scene in S3, she won’t have much to do in S4, unless they send her abroad early I guess. But I don’t see that happening, either.
THE RED WEDDING IS ALMOST HEEEREEE
I don’t think HBO should put a dragon in each of its shows. I shudder to think what a hipster dragon would look like in Girls.
They’d have tramp stamp tattoo’s of Leah Dunham.
Is that Theon with the bag over his head??
I think they have to have a bit of him this season to establish Ramsay and his cruelty. Really looking forward to seeing Theon in some scenes this season.
Most likely Theon, IMO. Aanybody knows what castle is shown at 0.08?
It’s gotta be him, but he was not in Storm of Swords at all. Of course Jaime wasn’t in A clash of kings and they had him in season 2.
Definitely Theon, the backdrop seems gloomy and dark enough to be the Dreadfort’s dungeon.
i hope they show his “escape” with Kyra and Ramsay’s bitches.
Occam, that’s Dragonstone.
@Jambo, yeah that makes sense, since Stannis had to flee there after the battle.
I also really, really want to see Roose Bolton hand Catelyn the skin from Theon’s finger. That is really gonna make people start to take notice of Bolton.
It is Dragonstone, if you watch the Burning the Seven scene from S2 it’s the same castle. Although Dreadfort looks pretty much like that in my head, it shouldn’t be beside a large body of water like that
So excited for that flaming sword scene we get a glimpse of! Also the wall climbing shot looks gorgeous. The production value seems even higher than season 2 indeed.
In the immortal words of Bart Scott : CAN’T WAIT !
yeah what a scene that’s gonna be. “He didn’t die, he was just sleeping off that sword through the clavicle”
Season 2 had to scrimp to get enough money for the Blackwater. The big events should be somewhat cheaper this year
Thoros is an excellent healer.
You’re right Milk Steak (cool name btw), the fact they don’t have to shell out so much cash for one episode, they can spread the budget more or less equally on every one of them, and if the trailer is any indications, it shows in visual quality!
yeah those dragons aren’t getting cheaper as they get bigger either. Also, great name Milk Steak, wish i’d have thought of it
Thanks
EEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!!! hahahahha EEKKKK!!!!! (incomprehensible sounds…. passes out)
rhymes with geek
What castle is that supposed to be at :08?
Dragonstone
Thanks, I was confused, because I thought that was Brienne in the boat, and so I was confused why she would be near the ocean, but yeah, that looks more like Davos upon closer inspection.
It seems the logical choice, but it’s clearly lacking in stone dragons, compared to what is described in the book, and this far away shot from season 2, even if it’s the side of the castle, the stone dragon is looming of the entire cliff in this shot.
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*Spoilery*
First Impressions
-Wildings climbing The Wall; for some reason, that scene in the book was the easiest to visualize, loved it every sentence.
-Daenerys Unsullied army, those are some bad motherfuckers…hardcore, it’ll be great to put a face to Grey Worm, wonder if they show and tell all the things about these soldiers.
-Mance!!! read somewhere McNulty from The Wire turned down part [facepalm] but have been told this actor is a stud
-Beric vs the Hound; yes, yes and YES!
-Jamie Lannister screaming in pain; Jaime became my favorite character in aSoS, can’t wait for him to shine this season.
Even though Theon isn’t in aSoS, they will definitely show many many torture scenes. I’m pretty sure i saw members of The Watch about to turn on Lord Commander.
This, this was a epic trailer, music, cut scenes…perfect
D. West turned down the role only to then be yelled at by his entire family. Even though the only reason he didn’t take the job was because he’d be in iceland for months away from his family.
I doubt we will get “many many torture scenes”, but instead just one or maybe two before near the end we see the full transition.
Also, I’m so glad we got C. Hinds over D. West, much better choice
I haven’t seen Ciaran Hinds perform yet, I’m sure he’s good, but if you’re in some way suggesting that Dominic West is a poor actor, I simply have to question it. He’s great, not the stand-out of the Wire, sure, but still great.
I pictured Mance younger than the actor portraying him, I also pictured him very fit and athletic build, Hinds seems on the wrong end of 50 and not the “alpha” a expected…..but i don’t know shit about him and could be way off base. My buddy claims he’s perfect, fantastic character actor and will draw attention immediately
And Dominic West has so much charisma, he surely would have nailed Mance.
And i say many, many torture scenes is because Alfie Allen is just fantastic in this series, you have to keep him on screen….he really came through, gave almost sympathy to such a hated character…..Scenes like Ramsey letting him and the girl go, only to be hunted by the dogs (his girls) and other mind fuck scenarios to turn him to Reek….The Bastard will make Joffery look like a boy scout
Fair point on your part, ML. Mance is supposed to be the new, young leader that’s open to new ideas and has a young wife and son. I don’t particularly mind the shift, but it and the fact that West is excellent do deserve to be noted.
Also, is *Mance* not the most ridiculous, obviously masculine kind of a name anyone else has heard? I literally did a double take and burst out laughing when I first saw him mentioned early on in the first novel.
haha, i actually did give that a thought when i first read his name and immediately went over male character names:
The Starks are your generic Smith family :Ned (Eddard) Robb, Brandon, Rickon (umm Rick?)
The Lannisters are more eloquent Country Club names : Tywin, Tyrion, Jamie (that name just fits so perfectly, dont know why, it seems like it shouldn’t) Joffery (stuck up Jeffery) and Lancel
The Baratheons are like the jocks name : Robert, Stannis (great name) Renly
sorry, stoned and rambling…but yeah Mance is over the top alpha name…and it’s perfect name for a turncloak,radical, free spirited warrior
I’m guessing D. West will change his mind and we’ll see him on the show in another role in the future. JonCon, perhaps?
Flying dragons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so excited!
And appropriately enough for the occasion, the second season dvd set just arrived in the mail. Perfectly timed. *Clasps hands in a diabolical, calculating fashion* Excellent.
I’m imagining you standing at your mailbox slow-clapping like joffrey on the iron throne, for some reason in my imagination you are dressed like a carpenter, a la the dude in big lebowski
Unfortunately, my Logjammin’ carpenter’s outfit was in the wash, so I had to go with my second-favourite evil-conspiracy outfit today.
Pretty sure that perfect time was planned by the HBO marketing department.
Which is the red pyramid helmet and white robes worn by Pyramid Head of Silent Hill, to clarify.
Oh, don’t ruin the fun of the illusion, Taco.
Josh, how dare you just assume that I’m going to love the song so much that I have to download it immediately on iTunes. You don’t know me! You don’t know what I’m going to do! I don’t even use iTunes, so ha!
/proceeds to Amazon to immediately download the song.
//thanks for making it so I didn’t have to find the song on my own
My car ride to get a 6pack and smokes just seemed more important and epic with that song playing.
Solidarity Brother/Sister! I didn’t buy the song on iTunes either! I bought the whole EP!
HA!
/I also bought the first Bat For Lashes album.
Not so smart now, are we Mr.Kurp?
I’m over analyizing EVERYTHING. Sweet, sweet Ygritte! Cave scene! I’m a little upset about Stannis and Melisandre not making their appearances, but still….
SO MUCH TO OVERANALYZE.
Listen to the Narrative.. In line with who is on screen.. “Death is coming for everyone and everything l”…… “..When you put a sword in its hand”.. Cant feckin wait.. but Sadly living in Germany land gonna have to watch this streamed…. HAve the 2 box sets.. Why cant these tv companies cotton on that we will pay for content if A: you make it available and B. You dont ripp the piss out of us with the price. They have the greatest distribution network for media the world has ever known and yet they still using the equivalent of Feckin Ravens…