# 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:** 61
**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:** [October 7, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1201 "2020-10-07T15:47:19Z")
a book is coming out soon about the making of the show. Martin did interviews for it. One thing he mentioned was some scenes were not what he wanted due to budget reasons. For example when Robert was killed on the hunt he thought the group should have been 100 people instead of just a handful on the show due to the budget. They had more money to spend after season 1 was a hit. ---
**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 7, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1202 "2020-10-07T17:17:16Z")
Huh. I remember that scene - they didn’t even show the hunt itself; just Robert and some courtiers walking through the woods, the king drinking heavily IIRC. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1203 "2020-10-08T19:16:49Z")
The book on the show is out now. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon is the name. I believe Cersei told the King’s aide to get him drunk hoping he would be killed. Her plan worked ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1204 "2020-10-16T15:39:30Z")
I read the book on the show. It was a good book. Almost everyone major did interviews for it . One exception was Charles Dance. Martin kept saying the books will be different for some scenes. I guess he still thinks he is putting them out. The author visited the sets many times during the production. They asked boat owners to move their boats for a few scenes and they think Bruce Willis jerked them around by moving his yacht and then moving it back. Nobody saw Willis so they are not sure it was him. ---
**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 16, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1205 "2020-10-16T18:14:43Z")
For scenes at King’s Landing or somewhere else? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1206 "2020-10-16T18:29:12Z")
Yes. Evidently [the fight between the Mountain and Oberyn.](https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/game-of-thrones-mountain-viper-battle-bruce-willis) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1207 "2020-10-16T19:04:23Z")
the final battle vs. the Night King and his army took 2 months to film , all at night. And it rained quite a bit too along with the cold . Also in the last season 5 actors got $1 mil per episode. I would think that would be Cersei,Jamie,Tyrion, Dany and Jon Snow, After Snow died the scripts for the next season were marked LC for Lord Commander for him to hide his comeback from the dead . ---
**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 17, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1208 "2020-10-17T21:45:12Z")
Makes sense. I remember he admitted on a talk show that he got out of a speeding ticket in L.A. by confirming to the cop who’d stopped him that he’d be returning on the next season of _GOT_. ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1209 "2020-10-27T16:55:03Z")
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**Author:** ![JBlackstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jblackstone/32/5256_2.png) [@JBlackstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBlackstone)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1210 "2020-10-28T07:57:37Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Also in the last season 5 actors got $1 mil per episode. I would think that would be Cersei,Jamie,Tyrion, Dany and Jon Snow, After Snow died the scripts for the next season were marked LC for Lord Commander for him to hide his comeback from the dead . One million per episode!? Their money must’ve cost more than everything else put together! ---
**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 12, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1211 "2020-11-12T20:46:04Z")
> **[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Teaches You Danish Slang](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/nikolaj-coster-waldau-teaches-you-danish-slang)** > > Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister on Game of Thrones, teaches you Danish slang words and phrases like hygge, fedt, and stram ballerne. The final season of Game of Thrones premieres on HBO on Sunday, April 14th. ---
**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 29, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1212 "2021-01-29T21:24:14Z")
Fighting nowhere near Tarth… > **[Battle of Brienne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brienne)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The Battle of Brienne (29 January 1814) saw an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon attack Prussian and Russian forces commanded by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. After heavy fighting that went on into the night, the French seized the château, nearly capturing Blücher. However, the French were unable to dislodge the Russians from the town of Brienne-le-Château. Napoleon himself, making his first appearance on a ba... ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1213 "2021-02-02T15:43:59Z")
Fans of Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed) can now see him playing a hotshot American chess master in the very good Netflix series _The Queen’s Gambit_. At 0:35 here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrieqwSdgI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrieqwSdgI) This thread may also be of interest: > [@Are people still excited for the final Game of Thrones Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-still-excited-for-the-final-game-of-thrones-novels/931692): > > …or did the TV show kill all enthusiasm for it? I never finished the books but it seemed like people talked about them all the time but reactions to the TV finale seem to have erased all that. Are people still looking forward to the last two books? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1214 "2021-03-31T04:53:41Z")
> **[George R.R. Martin Finds New Way to Procrastinate: Game of Thrones on Broadway](https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/game-of-thrones-broadway.html)** > > Sounds like Medieval Times Dinner Theater with stronger IP. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1215 "2021-05-06T13:18:57Z")
Have a look, if you like: [House of the Dragon, an HBO prequel series to Game of Thrones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-an-hbo-prequel-series-to-game-of-thrones/941521) ---
**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 9, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1216 "2021-07-09T18:08:22Z")
Because George R.R. Martin doesn’t have any $%^&\*! better use of his time: > **[Dark Winds, thriller series from George R.R. Martin, heading to AMC](https://www.avclub.com/dark-winds-a-western-thriller-series-from-george-r-r-1847260590)** > > The series follows two Navajo police officers in the 1970s as they investigate a double murder case ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1217 "2021-07-09T21:37:59Z")
Yeah! He should be writing more Haviland Tuf adventures! ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1218 "2021-07-09T21:48:31Z")
Honestly, I’ve written off George completing _Winds of Winter_ (much less _Dream of Spring_) at this point. He’s old and rich, and clearly doesn’t have much motivation to get it done (at least compared to his other interests). We just had a year plus of everyone being locked in their houses in which he could have probably written _Winds_ twice over, but there’s no indication he’s close to finishing. And that’s fine. Like I said he’s old and rich, and with his years left he should be doing whatever’s most personally meaningful for him. If we do get _Winds_ that’ll be a nice little surprise, and if not I just hope that he’s set up his estate so that maybe another promising writer could take a crack at it. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1219 "2021-07-09T22:23:49Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > …if not I just hope that he’s set up his estate so that maybe another promising writer could take a crack at it. Give it to _The Expanse_ authors, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. They’ve shown they can finish a complicated series (they just [won a bet](https://twitter.com/JamesSACorey/status/1394357689249980420) against Martin for turning in the final Expanse novel to the editors before Martin finished ASoIaF), and both have collaborated with Martin and had a hand in various parts of the ASoIaF universe. ---
**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 9, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valar-hiatus-the-game-of-thrones-offseason-thread/624208/1220 "2021-07-09T23:28:50Z")
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