The winners of the 68th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards were announced last night in Los Angeles, and Game of Thrones has a new addition to its trophy shelf!
Director David Nutter won the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for his work on the Game of Thrones season 5 finale, “Mother’s Mercy.” He was nominated five times previously, including once for the Game of Thrones Red Wedding episode, “The Rains of Castamere.”
Nutter also won the 2015 Directing Emmy Award for “Mother’s Mercy.”
The episode was packed with huge moments, handled ably by Nutter: Cersei’s Walk of Atonement, Arya crossing Meryn Trant off her list and going blind, Daenerys encountering a Dothraki khalasar, Sansa and Theon’s escape, Myrcella’s death by kiss and Jon’s fatal ‘For the Watch’ scene.
Other nominees for the DGA’s TV Drama award included directors from Downton Abbey, Homeland, The Knick and Mad Men.
Speaking of Cersei, Lena Headey appeared on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! this weekend to promote her new film, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Lena chats about Cersei, whom she calls “not a very nice girl” while admitting that she herself is just a “clumsy nerd.” She also says that while she hasn’t read the A Song of Ice and Fire books, her mother has read them all and likes to tease her, “I know what happens to you next!”‘ The actress recounts meeting her Walk of Atonement flasher on the set on Game of Thrones, and plays a fun round of “Games Worse Than ‘Game Of Thrones.'”
Check out the complete interview:
HODOR!
Hodor….
Every day that is not ”trailer-day” is ”tribute-day”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8zbDP7gotI – Jon Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9woijIERWw – Stannis Baratheon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjtXmcYGBU – Petyr Baelish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W19OCW81uc – Sandor Clegane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXD49ZJcFDU – Jaime Lannister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz_SjF7x5js – Barristan Selmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5I_aH_Fu7g – Season 5 tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJlK6O70iug – All season tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpTNdiPXJF8 – Ice and Fire tribute
I lOVE LOVE LOVE Lena Headey. What a great personality!!
Congrats to David Nutter! About time!
Love her! <3
Grats to nutter as well. "Mother's Mercy" was a solid episode with many great moments.
r-hard,
https://vid.me/Ds9r – Sansa
Congrats to David Nutter. He did a great job.
Lena’s interview was really funny.
I can’t believe that there are people who think she wasn’t there for the whole walk scene…
Can’t wait for season 6.
Did GoT usually get so many awards?
I’m really glad that David Nutter gets the professional recognition he deserves. Congratulations!
And about Lena… I’ll never get tired to praise her talent, beauty, sense of humour. If Cersei had had half of Lena’s qualities, she would have done less (hm, hm! fewer) stupid things. But Cersei is only beautiful.
Son jnow,
Can you please gives us a lin k?
r-hard,
Thank you for putting these together, it was treat in a Sunday evening with no trailer. I liked the Jon video the most: “He always comes back!”
Congrats! WGA’s are on Saturday and David and Dan are nominated for Mothers Mercy and Television Drama. They won the Writing Emmy for Mothers Mercy and Nutter won the Emmy and now the DGA for Mothers Mercy 🙂 I’m so happy this episode has gotten such amazing recognition.
Amazing.
Mothers mercy is master piece
Congratulations to Nutter. I thought Mother’s Mercy was the second best episode of the season.
MG,
Unless you are a rabid fan like us… you probably don’t read EVERY article or news piece on each scene or show.. but, the fact that body doubles are most often used in nude scenes, should be fairly common knowledge in todays world. Either way it was effective. The body double was close enough to her physique that it worked.
I was commenting on what I heard in the interview. She was asked if she actually had to do the walk (“That was a very long sequence. Now, first of all, did you actually have to do that?”)
and she answered that contrary to popular belief, she was actually there, doing the whole thing but not naked.
Congrats to David Nutter. Mother’s Mercy was such a good episode.
Lena Headey is awesome.
r-hard,
Thanks.. I especially LOVED the HOUNDS tribute!! That dude is just effing awesome!!
MG,
Yes I understood… just elaborating on that train of thought. No offense meant.
Ice Spider,
I agree with you, the whole scene was effective.
I Heard THE WGA was going to be longer then the DGA lol
But the competition for The Drama category is really good, can’t wait.
It’s a great feeling when the announce the nominees for that category and they say that name, awesome feeling.
Can’t wait for it ^^ Trailer can’t come soon enough.
On day 77
HBO is going to have upgrade from a trophy case to a trophy room!
It’s great to see such great work be acknowledged. Congrats!
I loved all of Lena’s NPR interview, but I found it particularly prophetic that they closed with Queen’s, “She’s a killer … queen; gunpowder, gelatine; dynamite with a laser beam; guaranteed to blow your mind….” Now we know how wildfire is made.
I’m truly happy for David Nutter, but I do have one question. Why was this episode, directorially speaking, better than “Hardhome”? This is a serious question without judgment, by the way, but I genuinely want to understand. I don’t know enough to be able to separate overall episode quality from director quality. “Hardhome” got 9.9 of 10 on IMDb while “Mother’s Mercy” received only an 8.6. So I don’t think I’m not alone when considering “Hardhome” to be the better episode by a significant and perhaps phenomenal margin. So what makes “Mother’s Mercy” better from a director’s perspective?
Yeah I’ll be following along with Deadlines live blog on Saturday night again 🙂
And yeah we are at 77 days until the premiere…trailer can drop any day now.
Ginevra,
I don’t know the answer but you you have to consider that Stannis Baratheon’s fanboys hated “Mother’s Mercy” and that had some influence on the final score.
This. Also I know some people had issue with all of the cliffhangers. I did not mind them. There are also the people who despise Olly at all costs and were mad that he finished Jon off.
I’m holding out for a surprise trailer tonight during the Super Bowl! Why not right?
If they are showing something tonight, I think they will announce the trailer. With a 20 second tease.
mau,
Jack Bauer 24,
Ah, thanks! I had recalled the bias of the Shireen uprising, but I didn’t think about the fallout from the slaughter battle and the death of all Stannis hope. I definitely think you’re right that the Stanninites influenced the score and that other loose ends further drove down the score, but I don’t imagine that accounts for the full difference. A tenth of a point from perfection is hard to beat.
Ginevra,
Mother’s Mercy is a weird one for me: I like every single scene of this episode but somehow the episode just doesn’t work for me as a whole. I can’t really pin the reason for this down (it may have something to do with the cliffhangers).
Don’t forget those who, because of one line they didn’t like, discount the entire episode as crap.
Do we usually get an announcement about the trailer release date? If yes, tonight would be quite a good time to announce the date as next Sunday with a short preview. Though I really really hope we get trailer tonight. And I’m so happy about GOT winning all these awards, they really deserve it.
Agnes,
Only remember last year as announcing trailer date and that was because they showed it with IMAX event – but you never know. I really don’t think we will hear anything til next week at the earliest tho.
Ginevra,
You also have to take an account the fact that IMDB voters are not known to be reliable, there has many many instances of trolls downvoting usually popular tv shows or movies just for shits and giggles,they did it with Breaking Bad,Sopranos and other high rated shows so GOT is not alone in this,they really don’t have a life .
Yes. That’s why ratings are not reliable these days. 1-5 are all negative grades but if someone doesn’t like an episode/movie, they automaticly give it 1. I never rated GoT episode lower than 7 because the acting and visulas are good enough on its own.
I remember Mother’s Mercy getting vast amount of 1 star ratings on Westeros.org. I gave it 10 because for me, it was one of the few non-battle episodes where every single scene was exciting on its own.
Jack Bauer 24,
Yup, I have deadline saved, great live blog. You get the announcement before twitter even, they’re fast with announcing the winners.
Also they could announce the trailer or drop it off just for surprise.
Anything could happen, so I’ll be on high alert this week.
Agnes,
I’m hoping we get some kind of announcement, it would put a lot of people at ease. Me especially XD
Just thinking about what they would put in the first trailer has me excited.
did they announce trailers before?? I mean someone mentioned above that only last year was announced but due to imax
No imax this year so I feel like it would be released by surprise like the teasers
Deesensfan,
They released a teaser for the season 4 trailer.
Someone asked in the other thread, and yes, I think IMDB is that bad. The lack of moderation allows trolling to run rampant. (Shout out to Sue, by the way, for putting in the time and effort here.)
GoT website ratings are also specious. People who have read the books are often rating based on what they expected to see rather than if what they saw was good or not good. Even the worst episode of GoT should never get the lowest rating based on acting, production quality, music and cinematography. Instead, people rate based on “did it meet my vision and expectations having read the book.”
As to a trailer, I wish, but I have no hope. Next week with the Vinyl debut seems to make the most sense. Then again, HBO could surprise me. And I will periodically whip out my phone to refresh this site looking for an update. I am pathetic.
Go Broncos? I guess? Hell. I don’t even fucking care. I would be fine if the cancelled the Super Bowl this year if I could just get a trailer.
Deesensfan,
They did (first one) for S4 and 5, but not for S3.
I dont know about S1 and 2.
Deesensfan,
Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3WsEKmID0
HotPinkLipstick,
I’d cancel a week of my life to get a trailer.
I’d kill for just a trailer announcement.
Anyway, does anyone know when we get the episode titles for season 6 ?
Will that be late next month or in April ?
Glanced at Facebook and saw an article on the “GOT Videos” page that Nicolaj confirmed the season is going to start off with a dead Jon Snow. Anyone else see that? Obviously he’s going to be dead, but it looks like we have an idea of how the first few minutes will be?
Ginevra
I liked the coherence of Hardhome with the focus on the battle. It was incredibly intense. Maybe they thought Mother’s Mercy was more challenging for a director since it had more of a range of key scenes.
r-hard,
Works for me.
One of Roose Bolton’s 20 good leeches,
Ugh no way!!!!
Okay so we may get an announcement then
Aw, hell, at this point, if I thought it would do any good, I’d probably seek out some HBO exec. and flash my bewbs for a trailer…and I’m not the bewb-flashing sort.
Hey, maybe we could come up with a Trailer Dance. If Rain Dances can bring the rain, maybe a Trailer Dance could bring the trailer. 🙂
I’m hoping they do this again same time too. 8:58pm right before Vinyl.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Age is not kind to breasts, so no one wants me to flash, but I would supply those execs with the finest of hookers if I thought it would work.
As to the Nikolaj comments, they were made last weekend at the SAG awards red carpet and they’ve been parsed pretty hard, but who knows what the actors even know of the other scenes and their ordering? Almost all of them throw out the line now that they just read their own bits and nothing else.
Wasn’t EW supposed to come out with some news last month too? Bastards. I subscribe to that stupid magazine just for GoT news.
Anyone watching the Super Bowl waiting for GOT news ?
Lol
I’ll be watching but for the game 🙂 was supposed to go to a Super Bowl party but I’m sick! So I’ll pay more attention for any GOT teasers, though I doubt we will get any 🙁
Here’s a fan-made trailer for S6 I found today. It’s not the real thing, but maybe it helps you to bear the wait just a little bit easier.
Can any American explain to me how do they show trailers during superbowl? I’m European so the big thing here is obviously what we call Football, or soccer to you. I have no idea how these american football matches work. Do they show the trailers during break? or at the end?
Deesensfan,
I’ve given a pass to the 4872 hours of pre-Super Bowl coverage. In the playoffs I was Team Not-the-Patriots. So at this point, I’m struggling to care. I’ll watch the game once it starts, but not with any particular enthusiasm.
I don’t think HBO needs to waste the money on a Super Bowl ad. The show has enough of a following that it’s just not necessary. The trailer is going to have enough views once it’s uploaded to YouTube. HBO doesn’t get any marketing benefit from that ad buy.
On the other hand, ESPN got a boost on it’s MNF football coverage for having the SW: TFA trailer air, and they hyped the fuck out of that. But that was SW pulling viewers into MNF. The Super Bowl doesn’t need GoT to pull in viewers and GoT doesn’t need the Super Bowl to reach it’s trailer audience.
A twenty second teaser during the pre-coverage might be cheaper and easier though…but like MNF/TFA stuff, the channel would be hyping it already. “And coming up, the latest teaser for GoT Season Six!” Said before every commercial break for about two hours before they show it.
Tyrion the Myrion,
That is there to be certain, but given how well IMDB scores do at predicting the success of movie sequels, the signal tends to swamp out the noise.
Joffrey’s Cunt,
American football has breaks constantly. So you don’t have 45 minutes of continuous play. Acutal NFL football game time totals 60 minutes plus a 15 (in the case of the Super Bowl, 20) minute half time. The actual time a game lasts close to three hours because of all of the time outs, commercial breaks, instant replay reviews, etc.
Yes, they specifically stop play and stop the game clock to show commercials. No matter how stupid that sounds.
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Trailer……
Ser Low-Res,
Good one!
Joffrey's Cunt,
For every minute of football, there are 2 minutes of commercials on the Super Bowl. That is an exaggeration, of course, but not much of one. Companies shell out huge amounts of money to get ads on during the Super Bowl, too.
Obviously, there will not be anything for Thrones: the only TV shows advertised in the Super Bowl are midseason replacements on the network televising the game. Cable series would never be advertised there: the amount a network would charge to advertise rival networks fare would be astronomical: and these already are the most expensive commercial slots that exist. Besides, even if HBO was charged “only” what movie studios are charged, why would they spend so much advertising for a show with an established audience?
HotPinkLipstick,
Seriously?? So much Consumerism xD
Wimsey,
Yeah I get your point, but for the sake of me and every single person on this website I hope you’re wrong. Come on… a small 10 second teaser would suffice!!
Joffrey’s Cunt,
The kind of funny thing is, some folks watch the Superbowl just for the commercials. I know, in many ways “great commercial” seems like an oxymoron, but given the obscene price tag, a lot of thought goes into some of the commercials, and some of them end up being pretty good. Of course, I haven’t watched in years, not even for the commercials. If I even turn on the television, it’s to watch Puppy Bowl. 🙂
The roster for the SB commercials came out a couple of weeks ago, and there was no Thrones. There never are surprise commercials on the SB anymore: the competition for the slots is just too intense.
Indeed, some of the best-known commercials in history were created for the Super Bowl. This is sort of like “Oscars Season” for commercials. I think that it was the Macintosh commercial from the early 1980’s that really made people realize just how potent a captivating commercial aired during the Super Bowl could be. (And the Apple executives thought that it was an awful commercial, too!)
Evidently, one can tell a lot about marketing trends for the coming year based on these commercials: or one can if one understands anything about marketing. (I pretty much just gave the extent of my marketing knowledge right there!)
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Sounds ridiculous! But yeah I know some of them are pretty good, I’ve watched a few compilations on the internet, but still, I hate everything they represent, the interests of the big companies behind it, consumerism and such.
Wimsey,
Come on mate, let’s be positive 🙂
Yay congrats, so well deserved!!
And as for Lena Headey, I thought she loved Cersei? She’s usually like this when speaking about her http://youtu.be/yMDW9TwyZmA
Joffrey’s Cunt,
There is one commercial, I must admit, I seek out every year, and that’s the Budweiser Commercial with the Clydesdales. I don’t really drink beer, and if I did, it sure as shit wouldn’t be Budweiser, but I love those commercials, and I have since I was a kid. Fortunately, we have the internet, now, so I don’t have to watch tv to see it.
Hoping for a Game of Thrones commercial at this point is like hoping that the Chicago Bears will be in the game. What commercials are being aired was determined a while ago, and it’s known what those commercials will be. There are lists out there somewhere, and evidently you can even get the roster so that you’ll know the order in which they’ll air. If there were a Game of Thrones commercial, then the people running this site would have been tipped off about it a while ago.
David took a break from the show this season but most probably he’ll be back for season 7. he’s a very talented director, huge congratulations.
Insofar as I am concerned, you can say “I don’t drink beer” and “I do drink Budweiser” without contradicting yourself.
😀
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Yeah from what I’ve seen so far, budweiser commercials are the best, It’s a shame the beer isn’t :P… how I love my portuguese beer (sigh)
Wimsey,
Ok I give up. Your arguments are just too strong. Thank’s for destroying any hope I still had left 😀
This isn’t new, but nfl.com did an all Game of Thrones football team. For those who haven’t seen it, you may get a chuckle out of it.
http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap2000000352675
Shy Lady Dragon,
Evening Shy one *waves* I finally managed to finish the GoT Top 20 countdown transcript for you, kept being interrupted by work 🙁
For anyone who’s interested, it was a 2 hour programme on Sky Atlantic last year which has never been posted on Youtube (hence the transcript) that included brief interviews with quite a few cast and crew members, and GRRM, about the greatest 20 moments from series 1-4. Maybe worth a look if you’re going stir crazy. Only problem is I don’t know how to attach a file to a post? Only how to post pictures on imgur (this is a 17 page 1.3MB pdf, not the same at all). Help needed from a more technically minded Watcher please!! 🙂
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
The Clydesdales are great. I remember the original. “Here comes the king, here comes the big number one…”
Lulus Mum,
Is it something you could do in the forums?
I’m interested.
Daughter of Winter,
Hey Wintery one *waves* I think we were mid-conversation when I got overtaken by work, this is the first time I’ve been on here for about a week, don’t want you to think I was suddenly ignoring you!
So….casts mind back to what we were saying….I’m flattered you think of me in such a positive light, and no worries about you being ‘comfortable’ in posts as you put it, but believe me I’d make a rubbish mum in real life 🙁 To cats yes, even if I say so myself, as they don’t need much from you, but humans are something else altogether and it would end badly I fear. Can’t cook to save my life but I do like eating cookies, in the style of Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. In this cold weather I wear a furry top that makes me look uncannily like him! 😀 Glad you got your results and did well, there’s nothing like having to wait ages for results to compound the agony. Actually got to go to bed now, so this is just a flying visit! Last thing I was going to do was post the transcript for the bashful dragon and realised I couldn’t, then say your post and thought I’d say hello. Anyway must stop rambling now. Catch up with you (and everyone else I know on here) later. Byyyyeeeeeeeee all *waving* 😀
HotPinkLipstick,
I agree
Just saw the vinyl trailer haha!
HotPinkLipstick,
Hi Pinky *more waving* I did have a quick check over there as people have definitely posted links to documents before but I can’t see any obvious way of doing it. It looks like you have to upload things somewhere else and then link from here? The only site I know is imgur which I think is just pictures. Will have to do some proper investigation tomorrow unless anyone can post the solution in the meantime. It’s time for bed here so I gotta go now….watch this space 🙂
Lulus Mum,
My skills are limited to a cut and paste of the entire doc into a forum post…so…yeah…not helpful.
Hopefully someone can help soon.
Ginevra,
The show is generally good at finding the perfect music to finish a segment. That one was especially wonderful. (I loved when she is asked what would happen to you if you told us something. She answered, its not what would happen to m e, its what would happen to you…. 🙂
During the SB?
Jack Bauer 24,
Yup, but I’m in Canada
I don’t get all USA commercials
So it may have just been us In Canada
HotPinkLipstick,
Your not pathetic, just a crazy fanatic like the rest of us, lol. But I would advise you to slow your roll a little, Hypermania can lead to anxiety and unreachable expectations.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
I love that Ghost and the dragons are also part of the team, but… I’d like to see something similar done with a soccer team – if this is done, I’ll fully enjoy it!
Lulus Mum,
Nice to see you again, how are you, dear, besides tired of this big pile of work? I’m so sorry I put you to this kind of torture, I didn’t know what it meant.
Unfortunately I’m not a technical mind, so I won’t be able to give you any advice. Let’s hope some good soul will read this…
A big hug for you and your cats – I hope they won’t scratch me!
Lord of Bones,
Oh…my expectations are low. But I just need that constant dribble of information. They’ve cut me off cold turkey.
Ginevra,
I dont know anything about directing but personally I think Hardhome was a better episode. I think Mothers Mercy won because of the emotional factor in the episode, but for me Hardhome was complete quality
mau,
Just because Stannos died, come on.
Valar morghulis
Yay for David :D.
Also, does anyone think that we’ll get the trailer during superbowl time? This will be the biggest season yet, you’d think they’d make a massive announcement like superbowl ad time.
Might just be me desperate for a trailer though.
Hawk,
I mentioned that a couple of days ago, when I said that IIRC I heard a director saying they will start season 6 where they left off season 5.
GameofHype,
Every season is the biggest yet. Wasting millions for a trailer would be a dumb move from HBO since the show already has a huge audience.
It’s coming next week, relax people.
Just saw a GOT commercial during the SB
All it said was
Game of thrones season 6 premieres April 24 on HBO
And the screen just showed game of thrones and the date and hbo logo
next week……..
Pounce,
How do you KNOW it’s coming next week? What lead you to this conclusion?
Next Sunday before Vinyl is our best chance. If it isn’t next Sunday then it probably won’t be until the end of the month.
Jack Bauer 24,
Oooh, Vinyl, can’t wait 😀
I’ve also thought that Bran’s “They have no idea, what is going to happen” from the tease is not only referenced to the people of Westeros, but also to US.
Maybe that’ll be their strategy? Little promotion leading to large word-of-mouth leading to a huge anticipatory wait. I dunno, just reaching here.
Deesensfan,
Is this all, just a simple announcement? Anyway, enjoy the Superball and get well soon!
These Super Bowl commercials are wretched. There are some ad people I want to punch in the face right now for being idiots.
I love that Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me host Peter Sagal is such a stone GoT geek. Contrary to most interviewers, he did not ask stupid questions and clearly is up on what’s been going on with Cersei. He seems as eager for S6 to get here as any of us.
Ok. Some people may well react with a “what do you mean you’ve never heard one of her songs,” but, well, I haven’t. I’m speaking of Lady Gaga. I’m one of those people who, yes, even though I’m a wing-nut for GoT, isn’t really into most popular culture stuff. I think much of it is due to age, but I’ve always kind of been like that. Sure, I know who she is. It’s impossible not to, since she is seemingly everywhere. Anyway, I was reading reactions to Superbowl stuff, and as I’m reading, I keep seeing people saying she sang the National Anthem and was amazing. Yeah, yeah, whatever, but then I kept seeing it, so I checked it out (already on youtube).
Wow. That woman has a serious set of pipes. I may never listen to any of her music, but I cannot discount her as a singer. I had no idea she was that talented. It’s good to know someone who gets so much attention has so much talent.
Halftime show was pretty underwhelming
Shy Lady Dragon,
Yup that’s it!
GameofHype,
It was posted on and removed from Reddit yesterday.
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Jt0sYTcs5qgJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/44g40y/no_spoilers_its_been_confirmed_now_the_season_6/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu
Rygritte,
I’m guessing you don’t game or anything, do you?
Someone I know who knows someone is the oldest troll in the book. Kudo’s if they DO actually know said person, but 99% of times its total BS because of how easy it is.
That definitely is anything BUT confirmation.
So its confirmed ? cool I guess XD hope this guy is to be believed. i’ll trust it for now, since everyone and their mother has said the 14yh. planned on watching Vinyle anyway XD
Matthew The Dragon knight,
Vinyl does look good doesn’t it :3
Rygritte,
I suspect it was removed because everyone laughed at how silly it was….
GameofHype,
I’m not saying I believed it. I’m just saying I saw it. 😛
Heard the Lena spot on the radio unexpectedly today- she was hilarious!
Also, Dothraki FTW!
A random question. Does anyone imagine if any actor/actress will be promoted to the main cast this season?
Matthew The Dragon knight,
That is very far from confirmed. That’s why it was removed from Reddit, I’m guessing.
But the trailer showing up with the debut of Vinyl has been a common guess for months. No inside source needed.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
She fuckin killed it, very happy for her. And I’m not exactly a fan…
Aww, I think you’d make a great mum. Cooking is overrated. What matters most is love, attention, and support, which you dole out to all of the regulars on here. So I see you as very maternal.
I use Dropbox.com all the time. You can create a free account, load documents into your account, and then share their public links with others.
Sue the Fury,
If it’s thought to be a common source, then i’m convinced. Bring on next week 🙂
I know, well believing that is enough to get me through the week XD and if not the 14th, well there’s always the week after :p
Speaking of the Denver Dothraki….FTW! 🙂
Vinyl looks awesome, mr Scorsese and team never disappoints.
Just lurking out of the darkness to say I need a trailer. Just, you know, fyi.
the Crimson King,
I feel like a junkie, ready to go out and by some wobbly, blurry street footage, just for a fix.
Lol!
Hodors Bastard,
Yessir. Congratulations! Connington can now return to exile and see about that affliction… Very happy for your great Khal to go out on top. They certainly learned a valuable lesson about the power of a great defense from their experience two years ago! (So glad we could help with that). 😉
Jesus I think everyone has gone mad waiting for a trailer, the majority of us will be feral by the time this bloody trailer comes out….
ok let me give you guys a little grain of hope, we are 11 Sundays away from season 6.
maybe when we are 10 Sundays away from the season, that’s when they will drop a trailer lol
so happens that next Sunday we will officially be 10 Sundays away, I’m just grasping as straws but it’s something lol
Hodors Bastard,
Yes & Von Miller is Khal! Woot!
She is amazing. Check out her ‘Sound of Music’ tribute at last year’s Oscar’s, where I think she left a few jaws gaping of those who dismiss her as another weird pop star. https://youtu.be/yXS1cpSwwbQ Classically trained, and her album with Tony Bennett is so fun. She will be doing the tribute to David Bowie at the Grammy awards this year, I can’t imagine anyone better.
And the only reason I get happy for her is because normally she is the type I can’t stand, but she won me over. LOL.
Pigeon,
Looking forward to her Bowie tribute. I have always respected her as an artist- I just don’t go for her musik. She is so talented though. Her live playing and vocal work is always tops. I also like her duets with Bennett.
11 Sunday’s doesn’t actually sound too bad. I can smell it.
Worst director in season 5.
Sister Kisser,
Yeah, the fact that she can play as well as sing is something I admire – I played the piano for years but had a lot of trouble focusing on singing while playing!
Pigeon,
It’s tough engaging both. Took me forever to learn to do both.
She also writes her own material, which many pop stars do not. I think she’ll be around for awhile, and this performance is timed right- it is going to give her career a major boost (as if she really needed it)
True King,
Let me guess,going by your name you’re a Stannis fanboy. You guys are so predictable and so sad and pathetic i almost feel sorry for you,almost .
Matthew The Dragon knight,
Lol @ feral. Ya know what? I think we should all just put out there that we do not desire, and have no expectation for, a trailer. Reverse psychology karma or whatever you want to call it 🙂
I said it guys, we need a sacrifice.
Isn’t this like the 143rd award win for ..game of thrones in total. ……??? is there any other show that have won more? ?? I checked a few suspects on imdb …They aren’t very close to 143…..
Pigeon,
Wow! If there had been no mention of the singer, I wouldn’t have guessed her real identity. Not in a million years! I have listened to her Alejandro song, which didn’t need a great voice imho and I thought that was all she could do. I didn’t like her showing off, it seemed to me like a modern way of imitating the shocking ’80ies Madonna – sorry! I had seen her briefly in some action movie, never watched Horror Story. So I’m amazed and I’m afraid I was too hasty to judge someone. This woman has a great voice and really knows how to use it. Thanks for pointing this out to me!
Matthew The Dragon knight,
I’m home with the flu, so this waiting for a trailer is not what the doctor recommended. But, fortunately, my GOT colouring book arrived, and its unexpectedly soothing. It’s been my first time colouring since my art classes when I was a teenager. If I had to comment upon the book, I would have liked less sigils and more characters to colour, but you can have them all.
You do realize what Stannis would have to say about this…
Firannion,
Seven Hells, thank you for showing the right way, m’lady! By all means, fewer sigils, just a slip of the… mind plus typing fingers, I remember the uncountable/countable nouns distinction from English class, a long time ago 🙂 And I do praise myself of having a “good command of English”, as it’s written in my cv… Shame! Shame! Shame!
Firannion,
I guess it was my way to annoy Stannis even if he’s gone 😉
Lulus Mum,
Hey Mum, how are you doing?
It’s ok i never thought that you ignored me, you said you were busy.
Oh come on you amazing fellow watcher/reader sansa lover sweet friend of mine, you totally rock as a mother, judging by everything i learnt so far you’re very passionate incredibly kind and truly smart all of which crucial for being a great mother, a lot more is needed sure but nothing that you can’t achieve, and cooking is just overrated really so no big deal in that regard, besides i always get an interesting maternal vibe from you which is one of the reasons i respect and love you.
Yes january was very intense because of exams but also it’s nothing compare to next May in which i have my highly anticipated entrance exam for master’s degree and i’m telling you it’s scaring the hell outta me, i failed last year unfortunately so don’t wanna fail again. What’s even worse is that the exam is slated two weeks after start of season 6 and i hate it, i probably going to catch up with the show from episode 3. FOR CHRISSAKES IT’S THE NEXT SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, ok i’ll shut up now.
It looks like the HBO schedule goes six weeks forward, which means we should know the name of the first episode on the 13th of March or thereabouts, if the names are not released earlier. It’s one date you can add to your calendar with some confidence, since we still don’t know for sure when we get the trailer or even any kind of S6 photos or footage.
Heehee…that I can certainly relate to! And annoying diehard Stannis-the-Mannis fans is especially hard to resist, since they tend to get so worked up over so little.
But one of the ways I earn my bread is by copyediting, so I sometimes have trouble taking off that hat and letting grammatical errors slide – especially when they’re the One True Grammar Nazi’s special pet peeve ; )
Daughter of Winter,
That’s exactly how I feel about Lulus Mum, she’s warm and kind, a real welcoming presence! I’m glad every time I see her name on this site.
Don’t despair, brave Winter Child, I know a thing or two about being defeated, but you must stay strong no matter what, it’s one of the Starks lessons! Jon said that one can be brave only when being afraid, I’d say one can be truly victorious only after tasting defeat – I’m sorry if it sounds corny, it’s how I feel. It’s a pity you will taste the winds of winter in May, but prepare your Valyrian sword and smash those damned exams! I’m sure you can do it! After that you’ll be free to enjoy spring while binge-watching season 6 for how many times you’d like! Season 6 won’t go anywhere! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, may the Old Gods and the New protect you!
173 wins 🙂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Game_of_Thrones
High five!
At one time I was working as editor in a publishing house and this kind of thing was part of my job. Hence, I’m also somewhat of a grammar nazi, though I do try not to be as insufferable as I once was!
Maisie won the Rising Star award at the Evening Star Film awards last night 🙂
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBhoZkbnqmS/
Ginevra,
Aww thanks chuck 😀 I am quite a protective person, especially where a certain small smiley character is concerned, but Daughter of Winter, bless him, said he imagined me as a cookie baking type of mum and I’m definitely not one of those! Hmmm Dropbox, I’ll give it a go. Watch this space……
Neither you, nor Firannion are bad guys 🙂 I have much respect for editors, they are the ones who make books as good as can be. I have tried myself this kind of work for about five times, but it was just a collaboration, not my first job. But I have seen how difficult it is.
English not being my first language, I’m glad when I got my mistakes corrected – no matter how long and seriously one learns a second language, it’s exactly that – a second language!
Jack Bauer 24,
I’m so glad! Last night I saw Falling on Cinemax, I had been curious about it for some time. Strange film, very low-paced, a bit disturbing, but Maisie was fantastic, as usual. Please, Maisie fans, gather you patience and watch it, this young amazing actress deserves it! I’d like to remind all her fans about Cyberbully, which I watched online, Maisie is literally the only presence on screen, but such a presence!
Shy Lady Dragon, Daughter of Winter
Thanks for your lovely words guys, I’m blushing! Love you all too! And now you’ve seen my home movie clip you know I’m also bright blue, furry and have terrible table manners 😀
Ok I signed to Dropbox so here’s what I hope is a link to the GoT Top 20 *hopeful face*. Well it seems to work on my computer but I don’t know if that’s because I’m the one who uploaded it? Anyway give it a try Your Shyness and HotPinkLipstick and let me know if it works. If you like it there’s a story so far programme that goes with it which I could stick on as well. Need to keep Pinky away from the S6 dodgy footage dealers! And if predictions are correct we still have around a week go to before the waaaaaahohmygooooooodit’sthetraaaaaaaileeeeeeerjustkillmenoooooow moment 😉
Shy Lady Dragon,
Heyyy Shy Lady, how are you doing dear? Are you done with all the extra work your boss provided you with?
Amazingly kind and heart warming words as always my lady, it always makes me happy talking to you. Yes i did learn my stark lessons of course and hopefully going to use them. I also don’t mind being defeated you know because i truly believe it’ll make you stronger and prepared for next challenges if you’re smart enough and have full trust in your strengths of course.
Anyway i’m going to be really busy next three months but i absolutely won’t let that the preparation process for that exam ruin other aspects of my life, that’s actually one thing i’m good at you know dividing my attention.
You are most kind. I do try not to be smug or insufferable about it – especially outside of work contexts – even though I am often tempted to pounce on a juicy grammatical error, not because it makes me superior but because of the thrill of the chase.
I have two sets of personal standards: one for formal writing and one for colloquial chat. In a post higher up the chain I ended a sentence with a preposition, because that’s the way people normally talk; but if I were writing for my publication rather than posting on a fansite, I would (almost) never do that!
Anyone who uses ‘less’ when they should use ‘fewer’ on a GoT/ASoIaF fansite, however, is automatic fair game for teasing! (I’ve noticed that even the admins here and at WIC do it rather a lot. You’d think that they’d have their ‘fewer’ antennae out by now.)
Shy Lady Dragon,
Thanks! Language is a living thing and what is today considered bad form may tomorrow be perfectly acceptable or even mandatory. That was part of the challenge of my job, to know when to insist on the “proper” usage and when to let things slide, especially since my native language is what they call a pluricentric language with multiple standards. Sometimes it gets extremely difficult to discern what belongs to which standard, what is correct and what isn’t. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of language purism where you dismiss perfectly appropriate stuff for fear of it being part of “foreign” standard.
Thoughts on the trailer:
GoT is very very big already, and doesn’t need that much promotion (HBO released 4 trailers for Season 4, but only 2 for Season 5).
I think they might use the trailer release to give extra support for Vinyl’s debut, so releasing it next weekend with a short announcement/teaser would make sense.
I think they did that with a Season 4 trailer and True Detective (S1) back in 2014.
Did anyone see the teaser on Saturday evening on HBO. As I recall it was the Lannister flag, very dark, very short. And it sounds to me like Jaime doing the voice-over.
Re: Lady Gaga. I too had never really heard her and wondered what all the big deal was about her, until I did. Then I was impressed to my toes. Great singer and fine musician. (I didn’t watch the Superbowl, but will watch the National Anthem online today).
Seeing the teaser this weekend put a bit of solace on the trailer withdrawals and do hope that it comes before or right after Vinyl, which I will be watching on Sunday, looks very interesting.
Yay episode titles 😀
Good news, the wait is killer.
A jaime teaser ? No way, must have been the one with the high sparrow.
True King,
You’re the only one who says that 😛
Mihnea,
I’m happy to sacrifice Stannis. I’ll do my duty.
Lulus Mum,
You marvelous woman you! I can see it all, but unfortunately, I must earn my keep for the next few hours. Perhaps I shall view this at lunch. *attempts to reschedule meeting*
Thank you so so much.
I really was thinking about heading out to LA armed with photos of Nymeria Warrior Queen’s fabulous rack, ready to do a deal for eight seconds of grainy footage.
Matthew The Dragon Knight,
I just watched it online, the one that we have already seen and I think you might be right…but this was the first I saw it on HBO. I was rather stunned. And excited. Those teasers are so dark that they leave you sort of quiet and introspect.
Noo don’t do it (no offense Queenie I’m sure you have an awesome rack! 😉 ) that’s how people get trapped into addiction. It’s starts off with a simple yeah just give me (the dealer) one picture and you can have a whole series to watch and ends up with you having to give them compromising photos of the entire fandom and in return get 2 seconds of footage that could quite frankly be from anything. It’s a slippery slope, I’m telling ya. The longer we wait for the trailer, the closer we are to S6, ep1 airing. She says gnawing through a metal pen pot in frustration 😉
JCDavis,
Got a link?
I’m hoping “The Falling” be on TV before too long – I don’t pay for any movie channels or download / on demand services. Thinks it’s one of those films you love or hate.
Maisie has her first sex scene (nothing at all revealing/explicit I know) – not sure how I feel about that, she still looks so young!
Stannis would tell you to “pray harder” for a trailer instead… only to relent in the very next chapter and allow the sacrifice, of course. Incidentally, critics of how Stannis sacrificed Shireen in the show often cite that passage… conveniently ignoring the events that happen in the very next Asha chapter, the aptly named… “The Sacrifice”. Anyway… I’m rambling now…
WE NEED A TRAILER!
Ahahahahahahahahaha…
Oh, and I wouldn’t call them fabulous, I just never underestimate men’s desire to see bewbs, and if it would get us a trailer, yeah, I’d take one for the team and flash ’em.
Lulus Mum,
Hello, Lovely. Thanks for all your work on that transcription. I look forward to watching it!
Ser Not Appearing in this Series,
Don’t worry, it involves no Maisie nudity and the scene is not very long, something usual on any TV channels, I think. She still has her teen innocence during the film. There are other reasons for that scene to be disturbing (it’s about the relationship, I won’t say more so that I shouldn’t spoil it for you or other people), not what the audience can see or what Maisie did. I suppose for her it was difficult because she’s so young and it was her first scene of this type.
I’d just like to make it clear that not all Stannis fans are obnoxious fanboys. I love his character, but that doesn’t mean I approve of his actions. However, said actions are part of why I find him so fascinating – how he’s willing to destroy everything he loves, damning his soul to hell, in order to (in his mind) save the rest of the world. The sacrifice of Shireen, I felt, just made him all the more interesting. Because of this, I would have liked to have seen him stick around longer. I get it though – they have other, more important characters they need to focus on. Time to start cutting down. And I thought the death scene itself was PERFECT, even if I wish it could have happened a bit later.
My only problem with his portrayal in the show, compared to the books, is that I feel he’s a bit TOO reliant on Melisandre – In the show he only goes to the Wall because she tells him to, while in the book, it was his own decision.
On topic though, congrats to David Nutter! Definitely well-deserved! Mother’s Mercy was a fantastic episode.
Though, like others have brought up, from a direction standpoint, I do wonder why it wasn’t Hardhome…
Lulus Mum,
It was a real pleasure to read your hard work – and hard it was, I see, and very professional, with the talk structured as a theatre play, coloured lines, pictures and even footnotes for us foreigners, very touchy! I’ve been in a dark place for some time and the only things I’m still waiting for are GOT/ ASOIAF related. I’m mentioning this because I’d like you to understand that your effort really managed to bring some sunshine for me, thank you!
I liked many things from that talk, the most beautiful being the fact that Ygritte put 3 arrows in Jon with no intention of killing him and The Hound as the voice of Westeros.
Ha, yes I think it is because we have seen her since 12/13 y.o. so it’s a bit like “OMG what are they making my little girl do?!” Which is a bizarre thing when we see what she has to do as Arya and what Sophie T has been put through as Sansa! 😀
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Don’t deny the power of your titties. 🙂
Seriously though, if we don’t get a trailer next week with Vinyl, I’m going to implode. Y’all will find me in sobbing in the fetal position, clinging to my S3 DVDs (fav season).
Any news on the details for the S5 DVDs? Who is doing what commentary? Are there any pretty new photos?
And congrats to Maisie on her award. I hope she really has a strong career coming out of GoT. The red romper she was wearing was…something only someone in their teens can work. But I like that she takes chances.
Shy Lady Dragon,
Awwww really sorry to hear things haven’t been so good for you, very glad I could give you a bit of a smile! Come and hang out with the nice kids on here (just ignore the meanies). Sending you a big internet hug across the 1,300 or so miles and I’m sure many others are too 😀
Lulus Mum,
Thank you so much for your kind words, I’ll hug you and your cats and I’ll feel better 🙂
Congratulations to David Nutter!
I hope we have a trailer this weekend. Too quiet this year.
The gods of TV need a sacrifice!
If Burning a couple of important people means getting a trailer, I’d do it in a heart beat.
Mihnea,
Watch Vikings or Black Sails, time will pass not faster, but in a more pleasant way.
Shy Lady Dragon,
Your recommending Vikings b now
Yay!!!
I started the affair
Don’t ask why or how
Typically not my type of show at all!!!!
I guess I felt like watching something different
I’m pretty impressed with the production values for the 3rd season of Black Sails. The first season looked fairly cheap in terms of vfx and the limitations of their budget forced large portions of the plot to take place on their Nassau set with not much left for actual pirating on the open seas. But the 3rd season is shaping up nicely. The plot moves along much faster than in previous seasons. Ray Stevenson as Blackbeard is always a welcoming addition. And the storm in episode 2… well that was Black Sails Hardhome in terms of sheer spectacle.
What do we get if we burn Donald Trump?
A deep sense of satisfaction and a nasty odor of smoldering toupee.
HotPinkLipstick,
You’ll get all the fun! There are lots of politicians in my country I’d like to burn. But what if R’hllor is picky and doesn’t want them?
Anvil,
I’m only in the first season of Black Sails, but I’m looking forward to watch their Hardhome.
I have liked Ray Stevenson since I saw him in Rome – the show, not the city 🙂
It’s Friday or bust when it comes to the trailer premiering with Vinyl I believe. If no announcement by Friday then we’ll be looking to sometime next week hopefully.
Since season 5 has ended i’ve watched House M. D. and Sons of Anarchy. And both series was 10/10 for me. I think Gregory House is the BEST CHARACTER EVER IN THE MOVIE/SERIES UNIVERSE. And there is everything in SoA what i love in the movies/series. Now i watch Shameless till season 6 arrives.
If it helps, have another warm cookie! And a hug, both are free. ((hugs))
JCDavis,
Thank you, m’lady! *hugs her* I’ll pour another glass of wine for you. An Arbor gold, this time!
House is one of my favorite shows of all time. Happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Shy Lady Dragon,
Maybe I should flash my bewbs at you!
It seems a higher calling than doing it for a trailer. 😉
Seriously, though, as someone who has been through more dark times in my life than I’d care to think about, you’ll get to the other side of them, and as cheesy as it sounds, when you do, you’ll appreciate the lighter side even more. Far be it for me to give advice, but there have been times my insistence on finding beauty in the tiniest things…the warmth of sun on my skin, a bird’s song, my cat’s purr, or just a flower blooming in an unlikely place…have gotten me through when nothing else could.
On a GoT note…
Y’all know that song by Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, S.O.B?
I think some brilliant lyricist needs to redo the lyrics so it’s about needing a trailer.
This long wait….
you know, I think this is the punishment for what we’ve done…..
For every spoiler we’ve looked at, one or two days will go by without a trailer 🙁
How long does it go on ? 🙁
I follow GoT and HBO on Twitter and everyday I see a tweet I’m hoping it is the trailer, but its been everything except GoT. Just today new trailers for Girls and their March Madness documentary.
Jack Bauer 24,
I am also a huge House fan. Hugh Laurie is what makes it though, I doubt that anyone else could bring that character to life. He is ironically droll and very refreshing to see a character who is gruff and mean and lies and I LOVE HIM.
Shy Lady, I am off in an hour, so I will hold that wine and savor it when the time is right. I just hope for you that you are in a better place soon. We must take care of each other, right?
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Thank the Gods I have this computer and this site with all these amazing people who can confort me! Thank you so much, Queen Nym, you are great. I googled that song. I can pour myself a drink and I own a lovely purring cat and the sun will rise tomorrow. I should say what is happening to me it’s not an existential state of mind, but a real loss in my life and a real question mark about how to carry on. But April will come with season 6 and hopefully TWOW will be published one day. So, there are things to wait for. Thanks, once again!
Shy Lady Dragon,
Hey I love all your comments, you seem like a very sweet person and always positive, I’m sorry that you have been in a dark place but I’m pretty sure your inner glow and positivity will outshine any dark moments, we woke up this morning so that is more than alot of people out there
Irishton,
Thank you so much, kind ser, for pointing out something of extreme value! Indeed, all starts from that.
Let’s see at least we have the Histories and Lore Videos coming next month 🙂 also the new dance of the dragons animation as well.
and someone even said we will have the first episode title next month.
as long as we think about the good things coming, it’s not so bad 🙂
Jack Bauer 24,
I only started doing this for Hbo, I was already doing it for Game of thrones on twitter.
so what are your favorite trailers from past seasons of Game of thrones ? mine are season 3
and season 2
Shy Lady Dragon,
No need to thank me. If there’s a silver lining about going through horrible things in one’s life, it’s the chance to maybe, even if only in the tiniest way, use one’s experience to offer comfort or help to others. My darkest time was after the loss of my mother, and then the hits just kept on coming for a couple of years. And, yeah, things like GoT, something you love and which offers complete escapism, can be a really great thing!
Only 76 days…and counting…’til the premiere of Season 6. When the countdown clock first went up, it was over 100 days.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
we are 11 Sundays away 🙂
and next Sunday will mark that magical number 10.
Yeah the blu ray/dvd drops March 15th, so there has to be something by then.
Wow, I love this place! So glad to share the waiting-for-a-trailer pain and read all of your witty banter, folks. Firannion you made me laugh out loud with the smell of charred toupe. 😉
I never thought that I was a grammar nazi (BS in English, worked for a publisher back in the day) until my kids started correcting their peers, tv commentators, and yes, me, on grammar lapses. I created little grammar nazis. :-/
Shy Lady: Hang in there, sweetie. It DOES get better. ♡
when they start airing S5 again.
S3 – March 1st — 12 character posters released.
S4 – Feb 25th — 18 character posters released.
S6 – When your womb quickens again & you bear a living child.
Are they airing it weekly? If start watching Season 5 weekly starting this Sunday then by the time it is done Season 6 will be premiering 🙂
Jack Bauer 24,
Well that’s something positive for you guys. I don’t have season 5 re-airing to look forward to because I’ve had all the seasons available all year long. As you can imagine all the episodes I wanted to see again have been watched, and more than once 🙂 I’m all GOT’d out until new material comes along.
Ashara D,
Thank you, grammar lady! You make people speak as they should, there’s no shame in that! I used to teach English to highschool students and University students, so at that time I tortured them with grammar rules. I love English grammar no matter how much I worked to learn its rules when I was in school.