By Joe Buckley With as many characters and locations and plots as we have in Game of Thrones, and the fact the series is beginning its climb towards the final stage, it’s inevitable that characters have to come back into contact with each other after years and multiple seasons away. We’ve already seen it in […]
Continue reading →Eight days remain until the premiere of season 7, and today in our Memory Lane, we’ve reached Oathbreaker. The episode sees the return of multiple Starks- Jon, Rickon and the late Ned in flashback- and the realization of the Tower of Joy, a scene that fans have waited twenty years to see. But of course, […]
Continue reading →Just nine days remain until the season premiere of Game of Thrones! Today in our walk down Memory Lane, we take a look at an episode packed with eagerly anticipated moments. The debut of Euron Greyjoy, a heartbreaking return to Winterfell for Bran, and the resurrection of Jon Snow all feature in “Home.” Taking on […]
Continue reading →Last year, as part of the GoT50 celebrations leading up to Game of Thrones season 6, the Watchers looked back on previous years’ episodes with a fresh eye, remembering the highs and lows and how the world reacted along with any significant points. All 50 episodes were covered, and we figured that we should continue […]
Continue reading →A Guest Post by Ryan Neuner Way back in June, we learned who would be helming Season 7 of Game of Thrones, and in October, Watchers on the Wall discovered the directors-episode line-up. However, we weren’t quite certain as to who the directors of photography and editors for each of the episodes would be. But now, after […]
Continue reading →Two months, dozens of polls, thousands upon thousands of votes, and we’ve reached the end of the Watchers on the Wall Awards voting for 2016. One more category, and one more vote to be cast, for the biggest category of all: Best Episode of Game of Thrones Season 6. It’s been a few months since […]
Continue reading →It’s our second-to-last day of Watchers on the Wall Awards final round polling, and we’ve saved the silliest for the end! Funniest Quote is a category that reminds us Game of Thrones isn’t all grim gore and bitter misery. Even the darkest scenes coming on the heels of grief and shock can be laced with […]
Continue reading →Today we’re tackling Best Fight, the category with the most awesome punch-’em-ups, sword fights, and stabby highlights of Game of Thrones season 6. As we explained in the initial nomination suggestions post, this year at the Watchers on the Wall Awards we’ve split the Best Action category into two: a bigger-scale category for the entire action sequences […]
Continue reading →Deep into the final round of the Watchers on the Wall Awards, and we’ve reached Best Visual Effects Scene, celebrating the dazzling skills of the world-class artists who create some of Game of Thrones’ most remarkable scenes. Fans aren’t the only ones who take notice; Game of Thrones has won the Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for […]
Continue reading →We’ve celebrated the leads and the guest actors who shine on Game of Thrones and now it’s time for the supporting performers of season 6 to have their moment at the Watchers on the Wall Awards. Admittedly, the line between lead and supporting category is a very fine one in Westeros, and actors shift between them […]
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