Game Of Thrones Season 8 Predictions and Discussion

[docsherm]

Has anyone realized that the two main woman in the show both played the same famous character?

[SteyrAUG]

Has anyone realized that the two main woman in the show both played the same famous character?

Are you Sarah Conner?

[docsherm]

Are you Sarah Conner?

Winner Winner Chicken dinner.........

[Five_Point_Five_Six]

Has anyone realized that the two main woman in the show both played the same famous character?

Arya Stark never played Sarah Connor.

[WillBrink]

I enjoyed the season opener. Perfect no, good enough to hit the GOT spot, yes. As current society is looking to ruin pretty much everything, they're ruining GOT too with the wining. My favorite of them is some complaining that the show treats women badly. You'd have to be a f-in moron to conclude that, but this is the right time for GOT to end before it's completely ruined.

[Jer]

I, too, was underwhelmed by the final season opener. The dragon scene covered none of the importance it should and was sappy and lame instead of intense and epic. Twilight was still a better love story.

I didn't read the books but my wife did and she has echoed much of what has been said here. Lots of plot lines that could have been easily covered that made the books super deep. She also believed the story of Tyrion and that was never covered but when he freed the dragons it was pretty obvious that he wasn't just some Lanister. It made me made that the last two seasons had episodes that seemed rushed and drug on w/o substance at the same time. This story could have been told better in those instances. Lots of other main plot lines could have been expanded upon while keeping things moving.

We watched the entire series again last month and just finished last week and it was fun at first. I found myself catching stuff in the early seasons that I missed the first time and foreshadowing you couldn't even know until the later seasons played out. That being said, I found myself being noticeably bored during some episodes of the later seasons. Once they started going ahead of the books things thinned out for me.

I was expecting more but it was still decent. I feel that they're trying to build into something truly great and if they came out of the gate super hot in episode 1 it would have been difficult to maintain let alone build. That being said, I kind of wish they would have at least tried to set that pace and maintain/better it. If any series in history was established to do that, this is it.

I keep trying to remind myself that the first couple episodes of the season are an hour long and then all the rest are supposed to be 1.5hrs+ each episode. Basically a feature-length movie. When I think of how much character building, plot developing and excitement & epic-ness can occur in just one movie I'm hopeful for the future of this series even though there's only 5 episodes left. I hope this lives up to how well it started so many years ago. If it whimpers down the finish after how the series started it will be something that makes history for TV/movies alright but not in the way creators are hoping for.

We came out of the gate slow but let's hope for a massive burst forward and a strong finish.

[Korgs130]

Like Will, I enjoyed the the premier even though it was not perfect. My wife and I spend the last 2 months rewatching the series from the beginning. I found the show even better the second time through.

Prediction:

Tyrion Lannister is the third Dragon (ie a Targaryen) an is the bastard son of The Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen and Joanna Lannister. There is ample evidence for this (some book SPOILERS below):

- Tywin Lannister made several allusions to the possibility Tyrion wasn’t his. He talked about raising Tyrion as a Lannister because he couldn’t prove that he wasn’t actually his son. His dying words were, “You’re no son of mine.”

- Daenerys Targaryen’s mother died giving birth to her, Aegon Targaryen’s (Jon Snow) mother died giving birth to him as did Tyrion’s mother.

- Tyrion’s interaction with the dragons in Meereen when he goes to the dungeon to unchain them. The only others the dragons allow to get that close are Daenerys and Jon Snow.

- In the books there are several references to how much Aerys II loved Joanna Lannister (Lannister was also her maiden name) who served as Aerys’ sister and future wife Rhaella’s handmaiden. There were also rumors that Aerys took Joanna’s maidenhood and that she was one of his paramours.

- While Tywin served as Aery’s Hand, Joanna and their children Jamie and Cersei lived at Casterly Rock. They did come to Kings Landing for Aery’s 10 anniversary tournament. Joanna had some interaction with the Mad King while there. The following year she gave birth to Tyrion.

[WillBrink]

My GOT Predictions 🤔🤔🤔

The Night King will win, everyone dies in the North. Cersei Lannister, realizing it's hopeless after The North falls and a few survivors make it to her pad to show it's hopeless, heads for the island of Asha Yara Greyjoy, where it ends not knowing if that's the one place they can survive or not. The End. You don't think the makers of GOT would do that to us? 7 past seasons suggests otherwise! Long live the Night King!

I see no reason the end will be any more feel good "hoora for the good guys" as any prior seasons, which pretty finds the ruthless and violent win over the the well meaning and moral.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

My GOT Predictions ������

The Night King will win, everyone dies in the North. Cersei Lannister, realizing it's hopeless after The North falls and a few survivors make it to her pad to show it's hopeless, heads for the island of Asha Yara Greyjoy, where it ends not knowing if that's the one place they can survive or not. The End. You don't think the makers of GOT would do that to us? 7 past seasons suggests otherwise! Long live the Night King!

I see no reason the end will be any more feel good "hoora for the good guys" as any prior seasons, which pretty finds the ruthless and violent win over the the well meaning and moral.

That seems like a very fitting ending if written by Martin, but Weiss and Benoiff are a little more feel good and I'd be surprised to see it go that bleak.

[Jellybean]

I'm still sitting here thinking about Dany's vision in the house of the undying from season 2 where she's in the burnt-out throne room in the Red Keep with snow falling....
There's a couple ways to get to that that could be...interesting. I'm still betting Cersi will go full-metal-mad king and be like "BUHN DEM!" and Jamie will kingslay her, and just the palace will roast.
OR,
The dragons burn it down after the night king is dealt with.
I have almost a strange guess, that Dany is not meant to BE the ruler of Westerors, she's more a facilitator to bring a new ruler to power. I think the "bittersweet" ending they've hinted at may be her finally coming to this realization. Or not, because SJW politics...
That being said, I seriously doubt Jon would want it.... I have a gleeful fantasy that at the very end, Tyrion takes the throne as the King of Tits and Wine...
Or maybe the 7 kingdoms split into independent rule, truly "breaking the wheel", each area ruled over by one of those intended by various prophecies and claims of rulership.