It’s been an exciting day, with the red carpet premiere of Game of Thrones taking over the Tower of London. The cast showed up in style and have headed off to the after-party, and the critics are now dropping the first reviews of season five.
Two of the reviews are very light on spoilers, but those wishing to remain Unsullied may wish to avoid reviews altogether. Each review will be marked for spoiler content (or lack thereof).
The Game of Thrones Season 5 world premiere kicked off in style at the Tower of London earlier this evening, with a surprisingly large number of cast members turning up to promote and view the show.
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Photos and interview quotes below the cut.
The world premiere for Game of Thrones Season 5 s currently underway at the Tower of London. Check out a livestream of the red carpet and more at the following link:
Livestream Link
HBO has also taken this opportunity to share a number of new official photos, and two clips taken from scenes in the premiere.
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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Bryan Cogman take on big questions from Entertainment Weekly about where our favorite characters are headed in season 5, as part of the magazine’s ongoing coverage this month of Game of Thrones.
The showrunners comment on the coming-together of characters, the new lands, and the ongoing adaptation of the books.
Benioff says of Arya and Tyrion‘s journey, “Worlds are colliding. For so long, we’ve been in separate continents, and finally this season we’re starting to see some crossover. Tyrion and Arya—at end of season 4, we saw two major characters bound for Essos. That changes everything for us.”
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A press release yesterday announced a small but important change in the way that HBO delivers its premium content.
Cablevision, a cable provider in the New York area, has agreed to offer HBO NOW as a standalone streaming service to their Optimum Online customers. As most of you know, cable providers make you subscribe to the HBO movie channel before you can access any HBO content online. But without that channel subscription, which goes along with paying for basic cable and often times one of the other movie channels, you’re out of luck. And as we all know, none of this is cheap or even affordable for a substantial portion of the population. HBO’s recent decision to sell HBO NOW streaming service separately at a reasonable cost point may have caused the cable television industry to sit up and listen.
To our knowledge, Cablevision is the first to offer HBO content without requiring customers also subscribe to the movie channel. Although experts estimate that only 2% of the population watches everything via streaming services, they expect this number to rise as younger generations become a larger part of the consumer economy (and as more of us “oldsters” become more tech savvy).
Perhaps Cablevision saw the writing on the wall and if so, it’s a smart move. This is an opportunity for them to retain customers who don’t want to pay for thousands of useless channels and obtain those younger customers who would have never signed up for traditional cable in the first place.
Are you a “never had traditional cable” person or an “I cut the cord” person? Or are you stuck, like me, in a multi-year contract but want to cut the cord when you get the chance? Are you in the New York area and a Cablevision customer? What does this news mean to you?
Additional info from the press release after the jump:
“Why does George R.R. Martin have time for [insert typical activity here] and yet he hasn’t finished the book yet?” is a frequent refrain heard from fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
And while it’s unreasonable to expect the author to set aside enjoying the occasional football game, people have brought up his convention schedule as an impediment to his writing- and that is a more reasonable complaint as Martin has famously said that he does not write when he travels.
Today, in a new blog entry, Martin confirmed that he’ll be skipping some of the conventions he had planned on attending this year, including San Diego Comic Con. For a lifelong bona fide comic nerd like Martin, that’s a sacrifice indeed.
Martin expresses his regrets at not being able to be able the cons this year as an enthusiastic fan, and that his reasons have nothing “to do with the con itself,” and that “it’s just a matter of time.”
The author says, “I have too much to do. Too many things on my plate. Son of Kong [His nickname for The Winds of Winter- Editor’s note.] foremost amongst them. My apologies to anyone who saw Saratoga on my Appearances page and planned to go in order to see me.”
Martin concludes with the sentence that really has fans buzzing tonight:
The new Game of Thrones trailer showing on HBO Asia is similar to the most recent USA ones but there are a few new shots, including one of Ellaria bowing before Doran Martell, and more. The clip is currently available on Youtube.
UPDATE: HBO has uploaded a newer version of the preview including footage of Dany entering the dragon’s dungeon, and a few other new shots:
