Sophie Turner is making a splash and representing the cast of Game of Thrones tonight at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
The actress has already hit the red carpet, wearing a dress by Galvan. Her sage-colored gown was created as part of the Red Carpet Green Dress challenge, with her gown made entirely of sustainable products.
While chatting on the red carpet, Turner dropped a few hints about Game of Thrones season 6, including a rather sizable one regarding her character’s fate this season.
(Spoilers ahead!)
While talking to Giuliana Rancic about season 6, Turner said, “They kill all of us off, so I check at the end of every [script], I’m flicking through, I’m like death, death death – I’m good for this season.”
It sounds like Sansa will be around for season 7, as most people expected.
Sophie shared images from her Oscar preparations:
Sophie Turner getting ready for the #Oscars #RedCarpet ? pic.twitter.com/2C0KTvCOsK
— Tyrion Lannister (@GoT_Tyrion) February 28, 2016
The actress stunned in her sustainable gown once she arrived:
And posed with Best Actor nominee Leonardo DiCaprio. Alright, with a cardboard cut-out- maybe she’ll hang with the real deal at the after-party?
#Oscars: ‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner poses with Leo on the red carpet pic.twitter.com/bkOdReKKsF
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 29, 2016
Hodor!
she’s stunning
Stunning!
So glad she makes it out of S6, hopefully this will at least cut down on the speculation that she’ll die around the time of the battle.
This is the closest I’ve ever been so….
Hodor!!!!
I study at freaking UCL and my sister goes to Royal Holloway and the actor who plays Hodor is doing a meet and greet at her university and not mines? Not fair at all!
Edit: How can I forget to comment on Sophie Turner?!?! A true beaut as usual. Simply stunning
First: *Swoon*
Second: YESSS!! She doesn’t die. I mean, I didn’t think so, but well, you never know with this series. Kind of intrigued about who DOES die. I thought when Emilia said, “They almost killed us all,” (or something to that effect) she was joking, but apparently she’s not if Sophie’s saying it too. Have we guessed who’s dying this season? Beyond Ramsay, and maybe Jorah and LF…I don’t know who else would die. Oh! Perhaps Loras since Finn is about to star in some other series. Should we be including any major cast members as well?
Good for Sophie being at the Oscars. She looks beautiful!
RosanaZugey,
I guess that spy on the set who reported
RosanaZugey,
Ellaria, Trystane. Walder Frey, Edmure or Blackfish, Roose, Walda,…. ?
So many interesting characters die but Sansa lives …
I’m a little suspect of all the “reporting” done
Ultimately, as long as I know that she lives…I’m ok with whatever this season throws at me. Actually…that’s a lie. I will not be ok with her mindlessly following LF’s agenda again…but methinks that’s not going to be something I should worry about this season.
Yes! Of course. Roose and Walda. How could I forget. You think Walder will die this season? I mean, if
Do we think any Lannisters die this season? Or is it still too early?
RosanaZugey,
I think she’s going to have a break out season. I’ve always liked Sansa, but I’m actually looking forward to her this season. I don’t think all the “Sansa has a great arc” talk is just show hype. I’d love to see Ep 10 end with everyone Northerner bending the knee to the new Queen of the North.
GRRM covets Sansa. She is on the ultimate slow burn throughout ASoI&F. But when her ultimate end-game does draw near, look out! Her predicament could be the most memorable of them all! 🙂
WTAF is a sustainable dress?
Apollo,
A dress made of sustainable material -such as bamboo – with environmentally friendly ink and dyes, and not made and shipped thousands of miles with sweat shop labor.
RosanaZugey,
Yes, I have heard unconfirmed reports of Sansa
Hair, makeup, jewelry, dress, and shoes all on point! And I’m glad she is going to live. They better not mess up her storyline like they did in Season 5!
teunteulai,
Agreed.
FYI you all still need to use spoiler coding- the spoiler warning in the post ONLY applies to the specific spoiler posted.
Ravyn,
The rightful heir, Bran Stark, still alive.
I agree with you. I think this will FINALLY be her season. And I can’t even begin to express the absolute catharsis that will be for me and every single Sansa fan who’s had to endure years and years of ‘hate’ and disdain for our girl.
But I think your particular scenario happens earlier than episode 10. I’m fully convinced we get a replay of S4E8 where she convinces the Northern Lords to “Live Free or Die Trying”!!! They get pumped, hyped, declare her Lady of the North/Winterfell, and then go to battle for her in ep 9.
I think ep 10 will end on an omnious note. If/when Sansa and Jon take back Winterfell, that story isn’t going to end happily. Jon knows what’s coming. And even if they end S6 with the Stark banners flying over Winterfell, they’re going to start S7 with an exodus south. House White Walker is coming, bitches! ?
Thanks for covering that. I thought I should, but I’m on my cell phone, and all of that gets a little tricky on here.
I had heard rumors of that, I think in that very thread (from the comments section, not the article). Granted, that could have been pure speculation on behalf of the commentator, but I do recall reading it.
Same. Arya is by far the better Stark girl. Sansa’s QitN potential plot is way too predictable.
To mix my franchises and paraphrase Obi Wan Kenobi: ‘His destiny lies on another path’
I’ll take Oberyn back….
Yes, two Lannister’s will die this season.
Well, Sophie looks beautiful. Gorgeous dress, hair, makeup, etc.
But I swear it doesn’t take much to rile up Sansa fans on this site. Somehow Sansa living equals all these epic plotlines that would make Daenerys’ story seem modest and subtle in comparison. Love y’all.
This!
Ravyn,
None of us knows. In my opinion, Bran will be the King in the North at the end.
Pigeon,
Sansa is the least interesting Stark.
In our defense, these plotlines are actually based on a lot of other news (filming, interviews, etc); not this particular one that she survives the season.
Gav,
RosanaZugey,
What news besides being in a battle? I’m not trying to be contrary but I feel like I didn’t hear a whole lot about Sansa until the battle spoiler. Presumably most of her filming was indoors so we weren’t privy to the content of those scenes from the outside. We the fans can only guess. But, hey, what’s speculation for in promo season but for fun? I’m sure Sansa will play an important part as all the major characters do but you’d think Sansa was lining up for Azor Ahai in these threads.
Sophie looks absolutely gorgeous.
I’m glad Sansa will survive through this season, and I hope she will have a good storyline this year, since she is one of the most interesting characters in the show.
Apparently it means repurposed shower curtain. The folds! The bunches! The horrid lines!
Satin,
yeah I feel like there wasn’t much Sansa news this time??? my guess is that’s probably because Sansa had mostly indoor scenes? But I feel like its naive to assume that Sansa is gonna have the biggest arc this season.. that’s gonna be dany and jon imo. Sansa isn’t even gonna be the sole main character in most of her scenes. She’s going to be sharing a lot of scenes with Jon, Theon, Ramsay and LF and we all know how much D&D love these characters.
None know, but some guesses are better supported by evidence than others.
Sansa has become one my favourites
Love her arc
For someone who’s been through much and has survived it all.
Love it!
Oh and Sophie is soooooo gorgeous
Ginevra,
I can write an essay with all the evidences that Bran is returning to Winterfell to take his place.
Selina,
To you.
HBO tweeted a video with their upcoming lineup and used the year ender footage for GoT.
Jack Bauer 24,
At this point, they must be mocking us lol
Very glad to get the confirmation that Sansa survives S6, which was what most of us were expecting. The only Stark I can realistically see dying next season is
. I really hope all of them could survive, but
It sounded more to me like a general statement about what most of the actors do when they get scripts. And a lighthearted comment as well. I wouldn’t take it as confirmation one way or the other.
That said, I think that most of us assume that she’ll last until at least close to the end, as will the other Stark kids. Although we probably would have said that about Robb, too….
It was obvious her story wasn’t over. The haters can seethe.
I agree.
Azor Ahai is about the only moniker she hasn’t been given at this point.
Sophie’s makeup and dress are gorgeous tonight.
Less interesting than Rickon?
Huge congrats to Leo and especially Brie Larson who I was rooting for. What a gal! 😀
Rickon dead. Like so dead.
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ghost of winterfell,
Same here.
Sansa might end up QitN for all we know and this being predictable is not exactly the best argument as someone here posted. Jon being KitN or King of Winter is also predictable. It can be said about many other things but that never stops them from happening.
No new information for months. Pointless.
Geralt of Rivia,
There has been so much speculation about all possible conclusions to the northern plot, Sansa as QitN, Jon/ Rickon as KitN, that no matter how this ends, somebody or the other will find it predictable 🙂 .
Sansa becoming queen/ regent in the north seems most likely to me. I thought it was curious that she was positioned next to Robb in the HotU S6 character posters released. Or maybe I am just reading too much into it!
ghost of winterfell,
Edit: HoBaW not HotU!
So, what are the next potential trailer dates for those who still want to hold on to hope? Near the S5 DVD/Blu-Ray release on the 15th of March? Anything else coming up that might make for a good day to release a trailer?
I’m slowly coming to terms with the idea they might not even show a proper trailer this year. It’ll certainly make S6 even more of a journey into unknown territory.
Sansa comes face to face with undead Rickon and is killed by the kid.That would be so sad and a big twist 🙁
?
There was a clip of Emilia Clarke on Vanity Fair saying “Leo is a winner every day.” 🙂
Maybe Sunday the 20th or Friday the 25th. Right around a month before the premiere.
Jack Bauer 24,
Thanks Jack Bauer 24. You’re giving me hope for the trailer, just like Ramsay gave hope to Theon for getting back to Iron Islands. 😀
My most optimistic view about the trailer being late is that they want to finish the CGI for the teases of White Walkers and the Dragons. A man can hope.
Tommen?
I have a feeling we will get the trailer this week, or next maximum in order to hype up the S5 DVD/Blu-Ray release. No way they won’t drop a trailer, they want to hype up the show however they are clearly delaying not to give too much away and to build up excitement.
The blue ray comes out on the Idea of March. Considering Jon Snow’s storyline last year, that’s kinda cool.
Why so many people think Rickon is going to die at some point? The whole point of the character is to be the spare Stark. Also, it wouldn’t be much of an impact, since we haven’t seen him in years. I don’t think this would be a good twist.
I think all Starks survive until the final season, do I’m not expecting Arya to survive it. I think Bran may die just because he’s becoming too powerful.
I have alot of thoughts about who dies this season and I don’t like any of them…lol….I agree Sophie looks totally beautiful! As to whether we get a trailer, well I have my doubts at this point, but still hoping. I can’t believe they won’t release one (hope I’m not being optimistic).
ahh lovely Sophie , who’d have thought that small ginger lass from season one would become such a stunner?
smitzzz,
me
Pigeon,
I was also so glad for Brie Larson, her part was impressive. I’m also happy for Mark Rylance, I admired him in Bridge of Spies and Wolf Hall.
“Kill the spare.”
– Lord Voldemort
Brie Larson was incredible in Room, and so was Jacob Tremblay! Tour-de-force performances both.
I saw Mark Rylance live on Broadway once – in drag, as the Countess in Twelfth Night! Stephen Fry played Malvolio. They were both amazing.
Sophie was in my dream last night – all perfectly respectable I assure you!
Would like to see Sansa as QitN at Winterhell, sorry, Winterfell in S6, but who knows how it will play out…
Show!Sansa is so pointless and thanks for D&D to make her that way by changing her storyline
Honestly it won’t be that suprise for me if she dies in the show
Geralt of Rivia,
I think you mean trump card. Ugh, Trump.
Firannion,
I can’t imagine them playing those parts, but I’m sure they were amazing. To be in the audience at Broadway is a dream for me but, if I had the chance, I wouldn’t know what play to choose: Shakespeare, something contemporary, some edgy musical like Cabaret or Hedwig and the Angry Inch?
Off topic but does anyone think that Mad Max really wasn’t that great of a movie or is just me,all the people are like best action movie of last year and i’m like yeah,it was just ok really not that amazing,really not that original and last but not least not at all influential . The Oscars last night proved again that agenda is more important than quality,not that quality isn’t subjective but whatever .
“I’m like death, death death – I’m good for this season.”
I wouldn’t take this as a confirmation that she will live. She describes the way she usually feels when reading the scripts, not the way she specifically felt like when reading the script for this season.
The Blood of Winterfull,
I think she is actually better in the show even though she isn’t one of my favorite characters in either medium,Sansa is a boring character in the books,yeah i said it,suck it book purists !
Dang, she’s hot.
Technically, there is some new footage there. We get the shots of Jaime, Cersei and Dany without the Game of Thrones title covering half of the screen, a later timeframe of the same shot of Ramsay, also without the GoT title, and a new glimpse at Kings Landing (doesn’t look like Winter yet though), this one has got the GoT title all over it though.
Here is the full video btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVmSoMEb4s
dragonmcmx,
That King’s Landing shot isn’t new it’s from this scene :
Pounce,
Ah, nice catch. Damn you HBO!
dragonmcmx,
Stingy bastards !
everyone but you?
Target has a video alongside the season 5 bluray exclusive. I am not sure it was available before
http://www.target.com/p/game-of-thrones-season-5-blu-ray-target-exclusive/-/A-50663225#prodSlot=medium_1_2&term=game+of+thrones+target+exclusive
I can’t see it. Is there anything interesting on it?
BTW, I’ve ripped off Abyss and made gifs of all currently available footage from Season 6. Enjoy! http://imgur.com/a/hfmMe
ace,
Can’t see it either :/
Waiting patiently for S6 is NOT sustainable!
Stargaryen,
Because Rickon is not really a character, and Sansa and Jon are a far more interesting options as rulers of the North than him.
Name *,
Dragonmcmx,
It’s just below the bluray box, right corner.
It’s basicly a sneak peek at the hardhome behind the scenes special from the bluray. It looks really good
Joffrey's Cunt,
Thanks.
Joffrey's Cunt,
I saw it, but the video won’t play.
Dragonmcmx,
Same.
Dragonmcmx,
Strange, maybe it works only within certain regions
Love Sophie’s goofy sense of humor. 🙂 Looking forward to seeing how Sansa interacts with LF next time she sees him!
The eco-friendly dress she wore on the red carpet was okay; I absolutely loved the blue dress she wore to the after-party.
Emilia was also in town and at the Vanity Fair after-party, but she doesn’t appear to have gone to the ceremony itself.
Here’s a rarity: something on which you and I can agree! I gave Mad Max: Fury Road what was apparently one of its very few negative reviews in American newspapers last year. I found it mostly ridiculous and overblown. I don’t consider a two-hour car chase a good use of my moviegoing dollar – or my time! There was no story and almost no character development (although Charlize Theron made the best she could of the underwritten role they gave her, I thought). The photography all looked overexposed to me, and the sound that won all those awards last night just seemed like an endless onslaught of noise. And don’t get me started on that idiotic guy with the flamethrowing electric guitar!
I think that, besides the large number of people whose idea of an entertaining movie is nonstop action, there’s also a coterie of fans of the earlier Mad Max films for whom this was a huge wallow in nostalgia, so they don’t mind the new one’s faults. I only saw one of the earlier movies, years ago, and wasn’t impressed enough to join the cult.
Whatever floats your boat, I guess. I’m just glad it didn’t win Best Picture. I was shocked that it even got nominated when so many worthy movies didn’t.
Manhattan is only a two-hour drive from where I live, so getting to Broadway is easy for me – it’s the insanely expensive tickets that keep me from going more often! But my son is a theatre student, so I try to take him at least once a year for Christmas or his birthday. Usually we choose a show with discounted tickets available, but sometimes we pick one for an actor we really want to see, like Alan Rickman in Seminar five years ago. Hearing That Voice live was quite a thrill.
I can wait a while longer for the trailer as long as it’s guaranteed to drop eventually.
If it’s not coming at all then HBO seem to be forgetting trailers aren’t only about attracting new viewers but also about recognizing and maintaining a relationship with existing fans. Can’t imagine them pulling something as haughty as that.
Tyrion the Myrions,
I was one of the people who enjoyed Mad Max perhaps less than most. You will not find me quoting it. Also, I’m hard to impress these days. But I loved:
– that I could always make sense of the action in it;
– the stylishness of it;
– that it was a 70-year-old guy who made it. Because wow, I hope to be so imaginative at that age;
– the fact that it’s essentially Furiosa’s movie… It just felt like Miller wanted it to be totally about her, he just slapped Max’s name on it because he was aware he would get more funding for a movie with a male main;
– and, being a person as easily amused by fandom drama as I am hard to impress by what causes it, I absolutely LOVED the backlash it caused in MRA/gamergate/Puppy/whatever they call themselves these days, circles. Stupid men often love postapocalyptic escapism because they think it will make women dependent on them. It was cool to see one of the iconic series taken away from them…. by its original creator… who is 70 years old… unpressured by a studio, or a backlash, or anything else. LOL. That, if anything, more than made up for some issues I found with the movie itself.
Yaga,
I’m not saying the movie was bad or anything,it enjoyed some parts from it as well,just that i hate how people treat it like it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread,it was a decent action flick that’s pretty typical of it’s Hollywood formula,didn’t see anything different that i haven’t seen before in recent movies,and i’m sorry but badass female isn’t anything original these days in fact it’s become sort of a cliche in itself,not to mention the typical brooding antihero archetype . In my opinion Kingsman The Secret Service was the best action movie of last year,it was witty,funny,had some interesting ideas and an actual interesting villain,probably one of the best roles of Samuel Jackson in recent years,and when you see Colin Firth kicking ass in a church what more can you ask from a movie ?
Yeah, I wasn’t even planning to see it until the Men’s Rights Movement (or whatever they call themselves) types got their tighty-whities in a twist over it. And then I heard that Eve Ensler was brought in as a script consultant, which further piqued my curiosity. As it turned out, the only bit I really liked was the scene with the battling badass grannies. At least that was something you don’t see in the movies very often.
But you’re right, it is pretty amusing that some guys are so insecure in their masculinity that a sci fi/fantasy flick in which some of the women can fight better than most men gets them all in a righteous lather about how white males are the new oppressed class! “I’m a bigger victim than you are, nyah-nyah.” It’s a competitive phenomenon that I think of as “one-downsmanship.”
Tyrion the Myrions,
Loved that movie!
But I really disliked Samuel Jackson’s accent…
Mihnea,
Yeah,but i think it was done on purpose to be annoying,i found that it fitted his character .
I can’t even remember it having any lines to quote! Lots of grunting, though.
Firannion,
I’m glad for you that you had such a treat as Alan Rickman live! I didn’t know Seminar, I googled it, seems interesting. Living so near to Manhattan is unimaginable for someone who lives in Europe. But I am happy I could see online the filmed Cabaret with Alan Cumming (the London 1993 version) and bits from other performances of the same musical.
It’s lovely that you go to the theatre with your son as his birthday present. I hope that, years from now, when we discuss the newly published A Dream of Spring (a girl can dream), you’ll tell me to watch certain films in which your son is part of the cast.
Just a heads up…remember the post showing bran/meera, alfie/pod, and a few others being interviewed? I messaged the publication and they said the interviews will be posted at the end of the month (March).
Tyrion the Myrions,
I haven’t seen Mad Max yet, it’s on my list, the old films impressed me.
I loved Kingsman, I watched it for three times. It seemed fresh and interesting, the cast was great (I’m a fan of Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Firth), the idea of having a dancer playing an amputee fighter was strange, but very effective.
Jack Bauer 24,
another long wait -.-
This! Samuel L. Jackson is a talentented actor.
Yeah at least tomorrow we can say “next month GoT premeires” since it’ll be March. We just have to gey through March and we’re at the finish line 🙂
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Maisie to star in iBoy.
Hamish Linklater was in Seminar too, playing the most gifted of the writing students. I hadn’t ever heard of him then, but it seems like I see him in a lot of movies now.
And of course, I dream of living in Europe as a great privilege, while you think the same of living near NYC!
Thank you for the kind wish, which I share – although my son’s interest seems to be turning more from acting to playwriting, and he’s taking his first screenwriting class this semester. So maybe by the time Spring is published I will be urging people to go see movies or plays that Evan helped write, rather than ones in which he appears!
Ravyn,
Beautiful and eco-friendly. Could Sophie be any more perfect?
Firannion,
Go Evan, whatever he chooses to do in the theatre and cinema world!
I’d like to live in London, Barcelona, Munich, Vienna, Budapest… but I live in Timisoara, Romania, I’m afraid it’s not on anybody’s list of dream residence. But it’s a nice multicultural town (besides Romanians, there are Hungarian, German, Jewish, Serbian people), which was part of The Austrian-Hungarian Empire until 1918, which one can see in the old architecture. It has several theatres, I go to the Romanian and to the German ones.
Ok, so, I’m back. Sorry for the delay. I’m currently suffering from the plague *coughs* so we went out to get ice cream. Because…what’s better than ice cream when you’re sick? 🙂 But I’m back to respond.
In my original response, I said these speculative plot points were based on filming and interviews. So, I’ll give you 3 from each category.
Filming:
. Now, I suppose one can believe that Sansa (the only *living* main character in the North with actual ties to the Northern Lords), will have nothing to do with the NL’s, and that her
is because she went out for a leisurely stroll and happened upon it; or that her presence in that referenced scene is purely for decorative purposes, but for a lot of other people, you can make logical assumptions about her role and storyline based upon that information.
Interviews: You have 3 different people, in three different interviews (although, Cogman’s quote isn’t from an interview, it’s from the commentary on the S5 DVD’s) talking about Sansa’s story this year. Liam Cunningham said, “Sansa has a great arc this season.” Brian Cogman said, “…setting her on the path to reclaiming her home and becoming a major player in the big overall story,” and Sophie Turner said, “She, this season, really commands the respect that she deserves and she grabs hold of it and runs with it and it’s really good…[Sansa] will finally get that storyline you’ve been craving for the past five seasons. It was amazing because the past five seasons, it feels like it’s been building up to that…you can only suffer so much before she finally gets her…the respect that she deserves.”
Now, if you take the filming news and interview quotes, I think one can reasonably make any number of assumptions, including all of the ones that have been made in this thread (which, btw, I don’t think are putting Sansa on the level of Azor Ahai).
But your comment reminds me of something I’ve been thinking for a while now; just as it’s perceived that Sansa fans go “overboard” with assumptions about her role in the story and any future actions she may take, I perceive that Sansa ‘haters’ seriously undervalue and underestimate the strength of her character and her importance to the story. No, she’s not Azor Ahai (and to be honest, I never seen a Sansa fan actually suggest that), but neither is she a perpetual sob story, irrelevant to the overall narrative. It is not out of the realm of possibility that she controls her own kingdom, or that she commands/demands the respect of her family’s own vassals. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that she kills people, hell, it’s been foreshadowed in both book and show. It’s not implausible for her to convince people to take the actions she wants or get them to believe what she wants them to believe (S4E8 being the example of that). I guess…in the same way our “love” shouldn’t blind us to her faults….neither should people’s hatred blind them to her importance.
Jack Bauer 24,
Yes it all sounds great until you realize it’s only at the end of April. So we basicly have march and april still to go through 😀
I just wish they’d quit being so pretentious about the show and show some respect for us fans, by releasing the god damn trailer like, now!
Tyrion the Myrions,
Ehh, OK. Like I said, I was not as impressed with it as others, but… I’ll bite.
Essay: Why People Loved Mad Max 4
1. It presented a complete world, including a religion, a culture, an environment, a set of customs. And just wacky enough and yet familiar enough to be believable. The chrome-spray ritual, ‘we live/we die/we live again’ (here’s me not quoting it… oh what a day, what a lovely day…). Something completely new at a time when most of the worlds we see in movies are sequels, remakes, Marvel movies. Kingsman, which you quote, was a pastiche – it was not something invented from scratch. So, novelty.
2. It had a clear feminist message which went against what the genre had stood so far for in a lot of popular opinion. Not just a female lead, a feminist message. The whole story is pretty much literally about women freeing themselves.
Now, you may personally find that this message is obvious, or unnecessary, or superfluous. But the fact is, gamergate exists. The Puppies that gave Martin so much problems last year exist. For some people, a feminist message in a postapocalyptic scenery is a novelty. For some, it’s a cool novelty. For some, it’s an anathema.
So, novelty again.
3. It was a novelty executed very well technically. I don’t know much about technical stuff, so I’ll refer you to the technical Oscars on that. But basically, if you have a gun in that movie? It always sounds like it should. (And that’s not always the case.)
4. But, in particular, I mentioned easy to follow action. This is for a very specific reason. This movie never -never – requires you to shift your eyes from the centre of the screen. Instead, the camera moves so that the object you are supposed to concentrate on is always in the centre. (Look up on YouTube videos about filming the action in this movie.) After years of shaky cam, horrible focus and whatever, this was Something New again. (Notice the pattern?)
5. The abundance of practical effects in the movie. After years of plastic superhero movies, there is a bit of an anti-CGI fashion right now in Hollywood and everywhere else. Actually shredding these all these cars feels more organic, or something. I won’t speak to this, but to a lot of people this is important.
6. Editing. Basically – again, to a lot of people – there is not a single moment lost in the movie. Scenes never overstay welcome; it sets out to be nonstop action, and it achieves this goal.
7. Visuals. It’s a horrendously visual movie, and visually, it can be beautiful. Most people have a dominant visual sensory channel – you know, how people say that we get 80% or 90% of information from body language, and very little from the actual content? There are some frames in these movie that I still remember. The sandstorm, and the creatures in the swamp, for instance. Seeing – beauty – aesthetics – is not something you expect in, or is demanded from, an average action movie. (And again, I refer you to the point about the camera.)
So, that’s about it. To a lot of people, it’s a beautiful, perfectly technically executed movie with a positive, topical (and important) message – and a lot of panache – which also allows them to immerse themselves in a completely new, believable world. Does this answer your question?
Joffrey’s Cunt,
How’s your left nut doing?
I put mine in little bag, like Davos did with his fingers..
Mihnea,
I recommend you stick it in the freezer until it’s needed.
Shy Lady Dragon,
Hah,macar nu traiesti in Bacau,Transilvania e mult mai frumoasa ca Moldova .
I’ll believe Sansa survives Season 6 after Season 6 is completely aired.
hahaha Just like Name * suggested we should keep them in the freezer until they’re required. We also need a good samaritan willing to sacrifice his cock to get the complete package, so that we can preform the ritual for the next weekend.
Any “R’hllivers” here??
RosanaZugey,
:claps:
You tell ’em, RZ!
I’m not a Sansa girl – much more of an Arya tomboy – but I can read, and appreciate, the writing on the wall. Or should that be the Wall?
Off-Rosana’s-topic: I’m going to try to strip and load the Target video if it turns out folks still cannot see it.
Tyrion the Myrions,
Suntem mai multi decat credeam. 🙂
Such a shame. The character is boring, useless and the actress is one of the worst in GOT’s cast. Her voice and the manner in which she delivers her lines irritate me to no end. She’s also too tall for the role imo. It just looks weird with her towering over everybody but Sandor, Gregor and Brienne.
Mad Max might not have been the best movie last year but it was definitely better than Spotlight which won Best Picture. All the other candidates were better than Spotlight too imo.
Joffrey’s Cunt,
No one has the balls to do it.
And the one who was willing to do it, lacks an actual cock…
You should be ashamed guys..
Mihnea,
Well we certainly don’t have the balls to do it for obvious reasons. But the rest of them yeah…Shame!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCYmgwPyAI
Inside GOT Season 6!
OMG!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCYmgwPyAI
Rhaegar,
Damn you Rhaeger you beat me!
Oooh, something new. I only wish I had the time right now to watch it in slo-mo in order to catch any spoilery bits of filming that may have gotten past them.
Nice to see the techs getting some appreciation!
Joffrey’s Cunt,
I’m cutting my own cock!
Lord of TV, we beg you give us a trailer! For the off-season is dark and boring!
Those kids fighting in winterfell, might be little Ned’s flashback
Rhaegar,
Nothing much really,but at this point i’ll take anything,hopefully they post more of these .
Joffrey’s Cunt,
And Mel with Davos!
And Harpies fighting!
And Meera in the snow!
And Bolton army!
And Dothraki!
And our true queen!
WITNESS ME! (that’s about it)
Yaga,
Well said. All great considerations. Is the movie of the year? No. But there is much to pull from for entertainment/nostalgia (I watched the originals many times as a kid), as well as from the aspects you mentioned surrounding feminism, and the overarching message. I also really appreciate the audacity of Miller going for such ballzy live stunts and ambitious camerawork. The production value alone is worth it, IMO. Just don’t expect a drama, and allow yourself to be entertained….
BACK ON TOPIC
Sophie is a stunner. Gorgeous. And what a great sense of humor. Who really expected Sansa to die this season? Not I, so this is not so much of a spoiler. I am curious, however, about “death, death, death…”
hahahaha
Save it for next weekend, they just gave us an inside look at season 6, I doubt they’ll give us the trailer any sooner
Joffrey’s Cunt,
anyone watch it yet? are there any spoilers? lol
I think I saw wildlings aswell. Exciting!
No spoilers I’m afraid, but still super exciting!!
Rhaegar,
Well at least we saw SOME snips of season 6 😉 Thanks for sharing
Great video !!!
Yeah, that’s immediately what I thought when I saw that.
I was very happy to see Meera.
I noticed Mel looking despondent and her hair looking quite disheveled in one shot. Also noticed some wildlings running/jumping from screen right to left towards the end of the video.
Tyrion the Myrions,
Did you add an “s” to your name?
hahaha
Thanks Rhaegar! The glimpses of Jorah and Jaqen were all I needed today. 🙂
And Daario the techie. Lol.
FUCK YEAH! STOKED!!!
Tyrion the Myrions,
Reading here a post in my native language was more surreal than imagining Mihnea & Joffrey’s Cunt cutting their nuts to get a trailer 🙂 And there were no mistakes, that means no google translate. I have never been to Bacau, so I can’t say anything about it. But I agree with you, the part of the country I live in is the most beautiful, at least imo.
The quality is as good as I could stream, and it really sucks about 23 seconds in, but the rest is meh. We’ve seen loads of behind-the-scenes for Hardhome already, with a 30 minute feature, I believe, and some commentary attached to the episode. So I’m not sure if any of this is new, but here it is:
https://youtu.be/1PGJOrlrnq8
I loved Kingsman! The first time I saw the trailer I screamed because I was so pleasantly shocked to see Colin Firth in such a badass role. I’m not in love with the guy, but I do love him in Love Actually and a dozen other movies, and this is nothing like he’d ever done before. The dialogue and overall writing was the best of any action movie I’ve ever seen: clever doesn’t begin to cover it. It was extremely well done and should have been the first to win any awards.
I watched 15 minutes of Mad Max before turning it off. I asked the old man later if I just didn’t get it because I hadn’t seen the first few, and he said that was probably right but that the first was definitely the best.
Pigeon,
And
but I’ll take it!
Joffrey’s Cunt,
Good, I didn’t want any spoilers LOL
thanks 🙂
Pana acum trei 😉
My comment was flagged for moderation, so I’m going to try breaking it up.
Regarding the Target video of Hardhome, the quality is as good as I could stream, and it really sucks about 23 seconds in, but the rest is meh. We’ve seen loads of behind-the-scenes for Hardhome already, with a 30 minute feature, I believe, and some commentary attached to the episode. So I’m not sure if any of this is new, but here it is:
ETA: Well, it looks unmoderated now. Most of the time, my comments stay in perpetual moderation, once there.
I could definitely see Fry as Malvolio, but I don’t like the idea of Olivia being played by a man in drag. I’m not a Shakespeare purist in any sense (my one rule is don’t change the language), and I’m sure the actor did a fine job, but some choices work better than others.
BunBunStark,
that’s right! I’ve noticed that about Mel too
Rhaegar,
YAAAAAAY!!!
Ginevra,
Thanks for that.
Ginevra,
Thanks for Hardhome! Any scene, old or new, it’s a pleasure.
I saw Mad Max when I was a teenager and it made a strong impression. I don’t know how it would seem to you now (both your age and the age of cinema&TV are different), but it’s worth a try.
I love Colin Firth whom I first saw as Mr Darcy and, if I hadn’t been an Austen fan, I certainly would have become.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
I agree with your language rule, it was on for me when I saw Romeo + Juliet with DiCaprio and Claire Danes. I liked the idea and the film itself, but neither of the protagonists impressed me. Now I like them both, as they are now.
I googled and found pictures from that 12th Night and even some short videos. The pictures were promissing, but I disliked what I could see from the performance (Olivia and Viola). I guess I should be glad I didn’t live in Shakespeare’s time!
Yaga,
The latest Mad Max had been on my list, but obviously not important enough, otherwise I wouldn’t have postponed it for more than once (possibly because the old films impressed me). Now you made me curious to watch it.
I couldn’t find Mel. I see lots of fighting: Sons of the Harpy, Battle of the Bastards (?), and perhaps more.
Here is perhaps a corpse whose face is being removed, perhaps a flayed man sigil being burned in the middle of a battlefield, and perhaps Young Ned doing his needlework. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/andycyw2jw1qyfn/AACIYITAu1ZZtYEU6G_pOGaBa?dl=0
Some names I think have decent to strong chances of dying this season:
– Kevan, obviously.
is back in town.
– Lancel: Not much point in having him around that much longer. He’ll die for sure once the High Sparrow story is wrapped up, but again, it might be early next season.
– Jorah: The only question is when, not if. But the show isn’t afraid to kill a character off earlier than people expect, so it might be this season.
– Loras: Aside from the actor signing for a different show, I don’t think the character has a purpose any more other than being a high profile casualty in the Lannister-Tyrell power struggle.
– Tommen: I think Tommen will die (perhaps accidentally)
. His death, along with the death of Loras, will end the official alliance between Lannisters and Tyrells for good.
– Olenna: Natalie Dormer said something about Nanny not being around. It could be that she’s simply in Highgarden, but it makes sense to let Olenna die to push Margaery into taking over more responsibility (and let’s face it, Mace ain’t capable of something like that).
– Roose: All signs point toward Ramsey offing him (along with his wife and unborn son) to take over. I guess he’s also
Rickon: He’s very much an afterthought in this story. Why should he suddenly return as the new leader of House Stark? That makes no sense. But he would be the rightful heir to Winterfell (technically Bran is older, but is also missing and can’t have children, which may disqualify him from succession. Besides, he has his own role to play), so he’ll have to be removed in order to allow either Sansa or Jon to take back WF. The Umbers betraying the Starks and delivering him to the Boltons makes a ton of sense and I can easily see him
Ramsey: He won’t be in charge for long, though. I doubt he’ll survive
, but who knows. Maybe his fate isn’t to die a honorable death in battle, but get eaten by a WW when hiding like Alliser’s lackey (forgot the name). I’m all in favor.
– Balon: Again, this one is obvious.
– Walder: Not so sure here. He might have to see his family wiped out from the face of Westeros before he’s allowed to die himself. And I don’t think we’ll have time for any of that this season.
– Edmure: Only a tertiary character at best and his actor’s quite busy on Outlander. I can see him returning for an episode or two so that they can kill him off for good.
– Ellaria: She won’t get away with it easily. But if Doran was in the know after all, she might be save for this season.
– Tristane: If he’s really going to KL, that’s by far the least safe place imaginable for him.
– Bronn: He’s always in danger and I was surprised he made it out of Dorne alive.
– Daario: Okay, that’s more wishful thinking, but maybe Jorah gets rid of the guy (to cover up his greyscale maybe). Besides, I’d prefer the actor coming back to the Orphan Black set anyways.
I probably forget half a dozen other candidates, but I’m fairly sure we’ll see at least half of the above kick the bucket. Valar morghulis, after all!
teunteulai,
My sentiments exactly! Not sure why everyone is pulling for her to be QitN. She’d be awful! She has no experieince of leadership and is hardly the mastermind people seem to think she is ( riling up Ramsay isn’t exactly Machiavellian!). If she does she would be as weaker ruler as Renly or Robin would have been and as bad as Joffrey only without the maliciousness.
RosanaZugey,
Chance of Death
The coffin is in the post
Balon
Kevan
Pycelle
High
Ramsay
Roose
Bronn
Tommen
Relatively High
Any SS
Loras
Walder Frey
Melisandre
Davos
Olenna
Lancel
Not out of the Woods
Brienne
Jaime
Cersei
Littlefinger
Ed
Daario
Hound
Mountain
Annoyingly, that covers pretty much all the characters I find most interesting!
TheTouchofFrost,
Ha, forgot about Pycelle!
I think the SS’s are a bit safer than Ellaria herself. She was in command and did the actual killing. Plus, if she didn’t secretly have Doran’s blessing, he’ll be much more likely to punish the lover of his brother (he doesn’t believe in third chances…) who is not blood related to him than his nieces.
Melisandre could die this season, but I think she has a big role to play in the endgame. That could be covered by surviving Jon and then dying, but I doubt it.
Davos: It doesn’t really make much sense to kill him off now. If his story was over, they might as well have him killed last season along with Stannis.
Otherwise, I agree with your categories (expect maybe Bronn, who I see merely as relatively high).
Conan Troutman,
I jsut think that the SS are very disposable plus they all seem to be occupying the same role. This could work in their favour or against them. Iwould quite happily watch them die! Ellaria is certainly more at risk I think. Areo’s may be sharpening his axe!
I thin Mel’s purpose is to res Jon then she doesn’t really have any. I think Jon himself will end her. Davos’ life expectancy will depend on how bigger part Rickon will play ( hopefully a lot as would love to see another young , borderline feral Young Wolf plus Shaggy who was the youngest but , as I remember, largest of the Dire wolves and undoubtably the wildest). Who better to unite the north and the Wildings than a wild Stark raised by a Wilding! Bran even calls him “winter’s storm”. Give me that over whining and lemon cakes any day of the week!
Bronn did incredibly well to get out of Dorne alive. Though he was going to take Arys’ role. Let’s hope he escapes the Hangman’s noose and avoids becoming other characters! He’ll probably just be “killed” by Brienne as all the interesting characters seem to.
I actually enjoyed Fry’s performance much more, but it was striking how different a character Rylance could play in Twelfth Night vs. Bridge of Spies.
I usually prefer my Shakespeare straight up as well. But would you swallow your objection to all-male casts of classics if it meant a chance to see Peter Dinklage live in a drag part?
His wife, theatrical director Erica Schmidt, was artist-in-residence at a college in my area in 2012, where she did a production of Moliere’s The Imaginary Invalid with male actors in all the female roles, as they would have done in Moliere’s time. She cast Peter in the role of a saucy servingmaid. He was as funny in a mob cap and apron as you might imagine!
Firannion,
It’s not an objection to males cast in female roles per se, I just didn’t like the short scene I watched. I like Mark Rylance a lot (in Wolf Hall even more than in Bridge of Spies) and I felt as if I were watching a parody. But Peter as servingmaid, that I would have loved to see!
Shy Lady Dragon,
Mmm, I’m glad. Just as long as you read Firannion‘s post – she presents a very good counterpoint why she felt it sucked. At the end of everything, it -is- an action move.
Firannion,
As I said, I’m not a Shakespeare purist by any means. I’d never have an issue with an all-male cast, especially given that’s how the plays were originally done. I’ve been part of all-female casts, myself, and part of a cast of R&J where the Capulets were women and the Montagues men (which I thought worked surprisingly well, but that is because the director really thought through it, and set the play at a time it actually worked). I just don’t like the idea of Olivia played by a man.
And Firth is Mr. Darcy. But the Kingsman role was a cool one: it was a bit different from his usual fairly wide range. Hmmm: was he the only major British Actor who didn’t appear in Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings?!?!
I’d say “glacial” but that would be mixing metaphors! It does seem that GRRM did decide to expand his Big 5 into a Big 6. I do wish that he had started evolving Sansa’s character a bit earlier, but I suspect that whereas he had basic beginning->middle->end trajectories for Jon, Daeny, Tyrion, Arya & Bran in his mind from the start, he didn’t have one initially for Sansa, and that caused things to lag.
I was one of those people who had written Sansa off as a simpleton who was never going to start actually thinking for herself, despite GRRM’s claims that she was eventually going to show some vague signs of sentience. However, the last season plus of the TV series has changed my mind on that score. Having been tossed into the deep end (whoops: I’m mixing metaphors again!) and gotten out alive, I expect that she will start playing the game a bit better in the future. Still, it’s going to be a hard game for her as she’ll have a few strikes against her: she’s a woman, she has one ex-husband who is not popular with the northerners, an estranged husband who is not popular with the northerners AND an estranged husband (my guess is that attitudes are pre-1950’s on that score), and a half-brother who just let the Wildlings invade the north. So, Sansa might have an uphill battle next year.
Given that there is no reason to think that Bran will ever leave the Tree at this point and also given that nobody would even know where to start looking for him, and given that both Book!Rickon and Show!Rickon are with northerners, it certainly is most parsimonious to assume that Rickon will be there: it will require substantially fewer miracles!
Why does it not make sense? Who is Lord of Winterfell is a fairly minor plot element in this story. Now, it would not make any sense if Rickon is one of the people who makes one of the anguished, soul-tearing choices at the zenith of the series’ story: but that is an entirely different issue.
You could be right about Mel having fulfilled her role with Jon’s resurrection, but I think there’s more to it. Besides, she told Arya they would meet again. That line was on the show for a reason. Other characters making such predictions often get proven terribly wrong, but I don’t think that Mel falls under that category.
As for Rickon, see below.
Wimsey,
It doesn’t make sense because Rickon is such non-entity in the story so far and I do believe that who will be the next Lord (or Lady) of Winterfell will have a fairly big impact on the story going forward. Otherwise, why bother spending so much time setting up the conflict in the North when it’s ultimately irrelevant who holds WF?
I’d be disappointed if Rickon, who has barely any characterization whatsoever (other than that he likes to crack nuts, I couldn’t say a single thing about him), comes out of nowhere (most viewers have probably completely forgotten that he even exists) to fulfill that in my opinion crucial role with probably quite a bit of screen time. Same would be true if Benjen were to show up, take over WF and just be a regular presence from there on. Especially if you have main characters like Sansa and Jon who could fill that role just fine – and in Sansa’s case, it would render her arc pretty pointless if they aren’t giving her something really important to do at some point.
I agree with you on that, ser meta4-mixalot! I’ve always appreciated her glacial, roundabout pace throughout ASoI&F as a direct contrast to the pace/trauma of the remaining Stark PoVs. Vive la difference!
Personally, I think GRRM is working out all his Beauty & the Beast ya-yas with Sansa. She has been exposed to all varieties of layered human monsters in this tale and has survived. But is she any more than a survivor though? Will she ever thrive? Will she ever outmaneuver her manipulator? How will she mature her custom gameplay…by gathering estranged husbands? I don’t know.
Obviously, the show is escalating her story quicker than GRRM has (with the WF arrangement and debauchery). If she does survive, she may have the most bittersweet, debatable predicament of them all. Yeah..its not dragons and witchcraft, but as I stated before, GRRM covets her and is building her slowly (via the Vale and Riverlands in TWoW before heading north, imho). But will he destroy her slowly as well, or will she explode with willpower and northerner support? If anything, she has been (is being) given an extreme lesson in game-playing and has gained invaluable perspective of manaical rulers, manipulative power-grabbers and jaded warriors.
Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Sean Connery, and I’m sure the list goes on and on and on. Hugh teased about being cast as Gilderoy, and despite the hair color, he would have made a perfect one. #typecasting
I’m one of those rare folks who prefers David Rintoul in the 1980 P&P. I love Firth’s Darcy, too, but I think the first P&P I saw will always be my favorite version and favorite Darcy, despite the low budget nature.
Ginevra,
I was a child when I watched the Rintoul version, I had already read Pride and Prejudice. At Mondays, at school, I used to think that, even if something bad was happening, it was all right, because in the evening I would watch the show. So, it would be always very dear to me. But, in 1994, child no more, when I watched “the Firth-Ehle” version, I was mesmerized. This is the best for me. I own this series and I don’t know how many time I have watched it.
Conan Troutman,
Perhaps but I think they’re going to have to start condensing the story at some point and Mel , is easily expendable. I think Sam will be the one who will provide the knowledge for defeating the Whitewalkers which is pretty much the only role left for Mel once Jon is up and running again.
Even with his brief appearances , Rickon is still a much more interesting character for me than Sansa. That’s quite telling as she’s been a PoV character for both the show and book and still done pretty much nothing. Sounds weird but I was glad she was thrown to Ramsay last season as something actually happened to her! I don’t even think her character has developed in that time. She still doesn’t really understand how to play the game and from tWoW chapters released so far she’s still trapped in a novel of manners!
If you look at both Sansa and Rickon as candidates for ruling Winterfell then he a much more suitable candidate. He is a male Stark and we all know that in this world being male is a huge advantage when trying to claim a position of power. He has a connection with the Wildings which is going to be crucial now with the North crawling with them and their allegiance being critical for the coming wars. He’s still young so can be moulded/manipulated which will appeal to Northern Lords and Wilding alike. He’s been holed up with the Umbers (as far as we know) and that tie to perhaps the strongest house in the North besides the Boltons sets him in good stead. Plus he has a bloody great dire wolf which is quite a rallying point.
What exactly does Sansa bring to the table in the eyes of the north. She’s a Stark. That’s about it. All the pros of her are the same as Rickon only not as strong.
I hope there is a point to Sansa but I don’t think being a Queen in the North is it. She may be a rallying point initially but as a long term Queen she would be a poor choice.
In regards to character screentime/development. Tommen is the King of Westeros and we barely see him each season!