Hey youtubers it’s Charlie and my Game of Thrones Season 4 countdown continues.
We’re within 30 days of the premiere and they just posted a brand new trailer with
a bunch of new footage with a really tall surprise that gives us an idea for just how
quickly the plot is going to be moving relative to the books.
If you’re finding me for the first time I’m doing a month long video countdown to
the season 4 premiere.
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I’m even doing a weekly giveaway for each new episode once the season starts.
So just like my previous breakdowns this is going to be a shot for shot analysis of the
new footage.
I’m going to exclude anything that was in a previous trailer.
Careful for spoilers in case you don’t want to know anything about season 4.
Here we go!
Starting off with a nice closeup shot of Widow’s Wail, Joffrey’s new sword made from smelting
Ned Stark’s valyrian Blade.
Then there’s a new shot of Sansa enduring more of Joffrey weapon play time.
Which cuts to her recounting the Red Wedding with new husband Tyrion.
She’s got a lot to cry about this season.
Next is a scene of Ramsay Snow joining his father Roose Bolton.
As mad as Roose seemed for aiding in the Red Wedding, he’s still not as crazy as Ramsay.
I always thought of the two of them like an evil version of Ned Stark and Jon Snow.
More Sansa sleeping in a room that looks like a cell and might as well be.
At least Tyrion isn’t making her sleep in his bed.
Then we finally get another nice long scene with Oberyn Martell talking to Cersei about
the value of revenge.
For people who haven’t read the books, this scene is incredibly ironic.
Hopefully during the season they’ll explain why that is.
They’re both looking for revenge.
Here’s another slightly better look at the city gates of Mereen.
Then Barristan Selmy counseling Daenerys and it flows nicely into a nice speech of hers
about bringing Justice to the city.
The shots of the unsullied army are all repeated from previous trailers, but the next shot,
this guy is brand new and somewhat spoilery.
It’s the Titan of Braavos, the place where Arya’s Dancing Master Syrio Forel and Jaquen
H’ghar are from.
Remember Arya’s coin, it’s a Braavosi coin.
I’ll let you rewatch the episode if you don’t remember his instructions on how to
use the coin and what it does.
Then there’s another shot of Daenerys' Unsullied traveling.
They’re trying to give us a visual reminder of just how big her army is.
I love the synchronicity of their movements too.
Grey Worm is actually the one that commands them, Daenerys gives orders to him and he
gives them to the Unsullied.
Then there’s my second favorite shot.
All three dragons.
Look at how much bigger Drogon is than Rhaegal and Viserion.
They can hunt on their own now, especially Drogon.
And it becomes a huge problem as they get bigger.
It’s like trying to raise a wild animal like a Tiger in your home.
At some point it’s going to get out of control and hurt or in Dany’s case, flame broil
someone.
Remember the dragons only eat charred meat.
Extra crispy.
It’s followed by another new shot of Daenerys trying to figure out how to be a real queen
now that she has all these people depending on her.
She doesn’t want to disappoint them.
Quickly followed by Tyrion standing trial in front of his father, Oberyn Martell and
Mace Tyrell.
With a nice voice over that mirror’s Dany’s sentiment of not wanting to disappoint his
father.
Here’s another amazing shot of Tywin sitting on the Iron Throne.
I just love the imagery here.
The real power of Westeros, currently.
Finally sitting in the visible place of highest power.
This shot of the girl with the bow confused a lot of people, but it’s just one of Ramsay
Snow’s girls from back when he was tormenting Theon with Sex.
She looks like she joined Ramsay on a hunt.
Hopefully they’re not hunting Theon again.
Next is a new shot of Bran crawling beyond the wall trying to reach the Three Eyed Raven.
The raven is guiding Bran to him with visions.
Then there’s another new shot of Oberyn Martell and Ellaria Sand enjoying themselves.
And finally a new or at least better shot of Jon Snow killing one of his former wildling
friends.
For a brief second I actually thought it looked like the same actor that played Benjen Stark
in season 1, but it’s not.
So given that we’re only a few weeks away it’s likely that they’ll release either
one more trailer or another long featurette or season recap like last year.
A lot of you have been asking for videos on different characters and history videos on
the great houses.
But I’d like to try and do a video just focusing on the history of dragons in the
world.
My next Game of Thrones video will be that Q&A tomorrow.
So I’ll try to get that Dragon video finished by Friday.
Which is Pi day, 3.14 make sure to celebrate.
Until then click here for to watch the full trailer again and click here for that Q&A
video.
Thanks for watching, see you guys tonight.
High Fives!