# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/541 "2016-08-01T21:42:20Z")
they will give you the price when the next book comes out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/542 "2016-08-01T23:12:48Z")
The season 6 Blu-ray releases November 15th; it was over $60 when I preordered it and it’s already down to $39.99 now. ---
**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 9, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/543 "2016-08-09T19:28:33Z")
Here’s an artist-signed collection of illustrated Dunk & Egg short stories: [http://www.budsartbooks.com/index.php/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-signed-by-gary-gianni-732.html](http://www.budsartbooks.com/index.php/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-signed-by-gary-gianni-732.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:** [August 25, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/544 "2016-08-25T19:50:03Z")
Trying to stump GRRM with GOT quotations: [George R.R. Martin, Amy Poehler and Seth Play Game of Thrones Trivia - Late Night with Seth Meyers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT9BhS9Cos) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/545 "2016-10-12T13:40:40Z")
President Obama, GOT and registering to vote: [5 Things That Are Harder Than Registering To Vote, Featuring President Obama - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eE7Da_6AMM) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/546 "2016-10-19T03:48:40Z")
The actor who played Doran Martell is not happy with his character’s exit… and I wouldn’t be, either: [http://thronesrealm.com/actor-played-doran-martell-not-happy-exit/](http://thronesrealm.com/actor-played-doran-martell-not-happy-exit/) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/547 "2016-10-19T04:05:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The actor who played Doran Martell is not happy with his character’s exit… and I wouldn’t be, either: [http://thronesrealm.com/actor-played-doran-martell-not-happy-exit/](http://thronesrealm.com/actor-played-doran-martell-not-happy-exit/) I object to Alexander Siddig (Star Trek’s Doctor Bashir) just being described as “the actor”! 😃 He’s a damn good actor. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/548 "2016-10-19T04:06:00Z")
True dat. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/549 "2016-10-19T05:19:45Z")
And like a good actor, or maybe like just an actor, the first place he goes is, “They were worried everyone was loving me too much.” ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/550 "2016-10-19T19:02:34Z")
So Dean-Charles Chapman just got a lot of “exposure”, but not the kind actors usually intend for. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/551 "2016-11-15T21:59:41Z")
A funny GOT-related ad for SodaStream. Shame!: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EuNmQOpbw) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/552 "2016-11-15T22:07:22Z")
That is funny! Thanks. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/553 "2016-11-15T22:11:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A funny GOT-related ad for SodaStream. Shame!: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S\_EuNmQOpbw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EuNmQOpbw) Reminds me of a promo for a TV show I saw recently. Don’t remember the show but it was a bunch of people in a bakery or a coffee shop or some such. It had a bell over the door and every time someone walked in woman from the show said, “Shame!” At first under her breath. . … Now I wish I remembered what show it was promoting. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/554 "2016-11-16T01:02:03Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Reminds me of a promo for a TV show I saw recently. Don’t remember the show but it was a bunch of people in a bakery or a coffee shop or some such. It had a bell over the door and every time someone walked in woman from the show said, “Shame!” At first under her breath. . … > > Now I wish I remembered what show it was promoting. [Better Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Things_(TV_series)) on FX. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/555 "2016-11-16T01:39:02Z")
Thanks! ---
**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:** [November 16, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/556 "2016-11-16T04:14:57Z")
And here it is: [Better Things | Season 1: Shame Promo | FX - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dU6_3KyKnQ) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/557 "2016-11-29T19:56:09Z")
Photo leaked from the set of S7 which shows some characters together. Some may consider this a ‘spoiler’: [S7 production photo](http://imgur.com/a/LlyK5) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/558 "2016-11-29T20:04:05Z")
Hmm. Interesting! ---
**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:** [November 29, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/559 "2016-11-29T20:17:11Z")
Very interesting! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/560 "2017-01-09T21:37:58Z")
For fans of Jonathan Pryce (the High Sparrow), he’s in a new costume drama for FX, _Taboo_ (trailer at the bottom of an interesting article on the historical background of the series): [Taboo | So Reviled - presented by FX and SlateCustom](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/taboo/2016/12/taboo_so_reviled.html?utm_source=liftoutbrain&utm_campaign=taboo&utm_medium=desktop) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208.md?page=29)