Jon Snow is NOT dead. Well, not to me, anyway. I vote bringing back to life, but who knows. He looked pretty darn deceased. Loved that the Tyrion and Varys Show is back on the boards again. Two of the most wonderfully nuanced and witty characters and they are even bettering combination.
In this episode, I kinda thought that Sam is the author's stand-in for GRR Martin. Maybe not that Martin thinks of hum that way--but that the show runners do. The facial hair and the way he was shot reminded me of Martin.
They made very certain to bring Melisandre back to the Wall BEFORE killing Jon (where the fuck was Ghost?). There were several things that played out more satisfyingly in the books (basically everything people said up thread about Sam), but some I didn't mind. I have no fucking idea what's going on with Dorne...I guess it can go hang with the Iron Isles in that regard. Jaime would probably be best served NOT going home just now...
They slimmed down the cast significantly, and our only remaining Baratheon is still rowing that boat. I was definitely yelling at the screen telling Theon and Sansa that if either of them were proper Starks, they'd go to the crypts. They did not listen. The timeline for Sansa's outing doesn't seem like it should line up with the length of even that lopsided of a battle.
The combinations of characters next season will be interesting. And I wonder how far they're rewriting the book on Arya's blindness...And we have no word on the status of Margaery.
The cinematography on Cersei's haircut was odd. Like, it was clearly a body double in that scene. Why they didn't just go with it and just use the shots from the back and from the collarbones up, saving the nudity for the street scene, I do not know.
Jon Snow is NOT dead.
Melisandre needs a resurrected man to save the world from the White Walkers. That's the prophecy. Beric has already proven it can be done. Jon's the guy.
I expected he'll be changed. Perhaps he'll come back with a sense of humor.
The cinematography on Cersei's haircut was odd. Like, it was clearly a body double in that scene. Why they didn't just go with it and just use the shots from the back and from the collarbones up, saving the nudity for the street scene, I do not know.
Lena was apparently fairly pregnant for this portion of shooting. So they used a body double and put her head on it CGI style (see, Capt. America).
What I don't understand from the haircut scene is why she seemed to be bleeding, and wasn't later.
I expected he'll be changed. Perhaps he'll come back with a sense of humor.
It would be a stretch, but I suppose less so than Knowing Something.
I've never been more happy for the existence of a fast-forward button on my DVR.
Jaime would probably be best served NOT going home just now...
Just what I was thinking: turn around - leave Trystane in Dorne - get what's her name properly executed and THEN go back to face Cersei.
I was thinking more from the "Cersei's is on trial, everyone is calling her brother-fucker, and you're not that good a liar" angle, but, yeah, that, too.
Bryan Fuller will be writing the adaptation of American Gods for Starz.
Does Starz offer any streaming options for those without cable?