# Valar Hiatus: The Game of Thrones offseason thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208 "2012-06-05T22:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/261 "2014-07-11T02:28:58Z")
OTOH, he looks as old as my 76-year-old stepfather. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/262 "2014-07-11T11:04:46Z")
And he throws like a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/263 "2014-07-11T18:31:37Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And he throws like a girl. …who has palsy and has never, ever thrown a ball before. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/264 "2014-07-13T19:15:11Z")
Now you can play at the _Game of Drones_… [http://www.northernsun.com/Game-Of-Drones-T-Shirt-(8407).html](http://www.northernsun.com/Game-Of-Drones-T-Shirt-%288407%29.html) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/265 "2014-07-22T13:45:23Z")
The Queen’s Guard band recently played the GOT theme at Buckingham Palace. This _Rolling Stone_ article includes links to a number of other interesting covers of the song: [Queen’s Guard Performs ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song – Rolling Stone](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/queens-guard-nails-the-game-of-thrones-theme-song-20140719) ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/266 "2014-07-23T14:54:37Z")
As it is the off-season, I decided to start re-reading the books. Honestly, I just couldn’t do it. Where there was once enthusiasm and wonder, I was mostly feeling like I was just slogging through. And I didn’t even get out of the first book before stopping and switching to other books instead. That saddens me a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/267 "2014-07-23T15:34:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [Queen's Guard Performs 'Game of Thrones' Theme Song](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/queens-guard-nails-the-game-of-thrones-theme-song-20140719) > [@](#): > > Hodor actor Kristian Nairn recently announced plans to begin a DJ stint throughout Australia in late August. The six-date tour will be amazingly titled “Rave of Thrones.” I can hear it now: _Get it off on the left y’all, get it off on the right y’all_ **HODOR! HODOR!** ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/268 "2014-07-25T21:41:20Z")
Additions to the season five cast [announced at Comic-con today,](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/07/25/game-of-thrones-new-cast-hbo-comic-con/13172649/) including Jonathan Pryce (_Brazil, Pirates of the Carribean_) and Alexander Siddig (_Deep Space Nine_). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/269 "2014-07-26T02:21:36Z")
Great news on both counts! I saw Jonathan Pryce as Trigorin in _The Seagull_ in London in 1985, and later had the chance to meet him. A very talented guy, but shy in person. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/270 "2014-07-26T03:33:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Additions to the season five cast [announced at Comic-con today,](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/07/25/game-of-thrones-new-cast-hbo-comic-con/13172649/) including Jonathan Pryce (_Brazil, Pirates of the Carribean_) and Alexander Siddig (_Deep Space Nine_). I love both those actors. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/271 "2014-07-26T04:21:40Z")
The casting choices have been so consistently good so far that I have no doubt that any additional actors will do an excellent job. I’m really looking forward to see how next season deals with the challenge the rather twisted structure of AFFC and ADWD presents. My one hope is we don’t get too much more of the Ramsey Bolton arc. It’s been my least favourite part of the series so far. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/272 "2014-07-26T12:43:05Z")
I think, starting in the next season, the show will be veering off the course of the books _significantly_. I don’t expect to see much of the Greyjoys (if any, and this will be a shame, if so), Quentyn Martell going to Essos (which is fine with me – I thought that storyline was mostly pointless), and maybe not even Jon Connington and the new Aegon (or this may just be postponed). But whatever they do, I have faith in the showrunners – I don’t have a problem with story changes/cut characters on principle, as long as the changes work for the show. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/273 "2014-07-26T13:55:40Z")
Craig Ferguson ran the _Game of Thrones_ panel at Comic Con. Here’s [Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28vsAkfo94g)–that links to Part 2… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/274 "2014-07-26T15:53:36Z")
My favorite part of the panel: > [@](#): > > But it was John Bradley [Sam Tarly] who got perhaps the biggest reaction from the panel, addressing controversy that there’s not much male nudity on the show. He teased that perhaps Sam would need to fix that: “It will still get the boob count up … everybody wins.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/275 "2014-07-28T21:40:46Z")
Here are some GOT bloopers to bring a smile: ['Game of Thrones' bloopers will make you laugh (until they die)](http://www.today.com/entertainment/game-thrones-bloopers-will-make-you-laugh-until-they-die-1D79987746) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/276 "2014-07-30T18:37:53Z")
A Dornish casting controversy?: ['Game Of Thrones' Season 5 Is About To Upset Fans In A Major Way | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/29/game-of-thrones-arianne-martell_n_5629728.html) ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/277 "2014-07-30T19:56:58Z")
I think it would be odd, considering they’re apparently giving the sand snakes a lot to do, but I’m not sure it’s actually all that big of a deal. Dorne really hasn’t mattered at all yet, even though they spent a whole book there. Wasn’t Tristane the expected heirm since Arianne was supposed to be married off? They might have just fudged the character notes. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/278 "2014-08-13T00:43:23Z")
This is from back in April, but it doesn’t look like anybody posted it: [Honest Trailers: Game of Thrones](http://youtu.be/SVaD8rouJn0) (Contains spoilers for seasons 1-3, in the unlikely event you haven’t watched those yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/279 "2014-08-28T20:27:24Z")
Nice pic of GRRM and PD: [http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/\_\_cb20110709163240/gameofthrones/images/5/5d/George\_and\_Dinklage.jpg](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110709163240/gameofthrones/images/5/5d/George_and_Dinklage.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/280 "2014-09-01T17:13:25Z")
Fun GoT “fan theories” article on [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) today: > **[6 Insane (but Convincing) 'Game of Thrones' Fan Theories](https://www.cracked.com/article_21478_6-insane-but-convincing-game-thrones-fan-theories.html)** > > Fans of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series have had to wait a very, very long time in between each installment, because writing 1,000-page fantasy books is time-consuming and Martin could give two honey-glazed ham-shits about the fans... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208.md?page=15)