we are back with another year, another season and another trailer.
Whats going on guys, Carmine here we got this one super late and that is to be expected
considering the premiere will be in July, which is very unsual but then again Game of
Thrones has been very unusual for a while now.
With only 7 episodes, this will be the shortest season to date until next year when we get
6 episodes for season 8.
As for this trailer? it did what it was suppose to do: give us the hardest boners we've ever
had and it delivered on that.
Unfortunately we didn't get any cool songs, other than the one from the soundtrack, but
I'm okay with it that.
If you're wondering what my favorite trailer song is, then its got to be season 4's trailer,
Cities Lie in Dust by the Everlove but this one has become a close second.
Before we begin the breakdown, just letting you guys know, the Game of Thrones Podcast
Aftershow episode 2 was just released yesterday over on Preston's channel or head on over
to iTunes and Soundcloud to listen to it.
Links are in the description below.
Lets get to it.
So the first few scenes we get from the trailer are of Cersei, listing off that their enemies
are coming from all sides.
Jon in the North, Euron in the West, Dany in the East and the dreaded and Tyrells and
Sand Snakes in the South, now I don't who exactly this is, sharpening their sword but
if I had to guess it could be Randyl Tarly who is Sam's dad.
He is suppose to appear again this season and that could definitely be the case here
but I would also love it if it happened to be Sam sharpening the Valyrian steel sword
he took from his dad.
Cersei really screwed herself over when she decided to Hiroshima the hell out of her enemies
last season but she has money and men to throw at her enemies, so lets see if that works.
And I gotta say I really do love the giant map of Westeros she is standing on.
They clearly spared no expense here and I also love how she says "we're the last Lannisters"
and then I'm here like "hey wait a minute" and right after she says "last ones who count
" that sounds about right.
I'm also loving the shot of Tyrion and the Dragons flying off, as well as Dany arriving
in what appears to be Dragonstone which I always found unfortunate, mainly because I
would've loved for her to have taken Storm's end, which is the Baratheon stronghold.
because you know, Robert took her father's castle and now she is taking Robert's father's
castle.
So it would only make sense, kind of like poetic justice.
We also get a shot of the Unsullied taking over a Lannister stronghold, now I don't know
if this is some random place or maybe even Casterly Rock, the Lannister main castle,
but I do love the aesthetics here.
If Game of Thrones does do something right, it is make sure places are unique enough to
stand out.
At first I thought that area they're fighting in could've been Dragonstone, maybe Cersei
placed some Lannister men over there just for the hell out of it but judging from the
Lannister guard outfits, which are different, and so is the coloring of the material used
for the buildings, this is definitely some other place, possibly Casterly Rock
or another Castle along the the eastern coast.
The Lannister men stationed there are probably just castle guards or caretakers instead of
the normal professional soldiers that we saw earlier with the cape and shield.
Then we head on over to the North, Jon, Brienne and Sansa are all meeting with the other lords,
probably to divide up the spoils and deal with the Wildlings.
They were a major factor in the previous battle so they're going to want some lands to settle
and rightfully so.
We also have my favorite character, Petyr Baelish, doing what he does best, being shady,
but it looks like Jon gets tired of his shit.
Even though he was a big part in rescuing the North, I don't think him scheming like
this so far from home is a good idea.
We also see a brief glimpse of Theon, and judging by this scene here, he is probably
getting caught up in some fighting between the fleets of his sister Yara and his uncle
Euron.
Unfortunately its a night time battle which always annoys me, mainly because I have difficulty
seeing certain things when its on screen in the night.
For some reason, Game of Thrones has never had the hang of making night time battles
visible enough for me like other shows and movies so I'll be turning up the brightness
on this part.
I don't know if this is an issue for anybody else but I can't be alone in this.
But I am happy that we're finally getting ship to ship combat which is something we've
been lacking in this show.
And no the battle of the blackwater and slaver's bay does not count.
We also briefly see Melisandre back on what looks like Dragonstone.
Having her and Dany team up would be insane and unexpected but at the same time...I don't
know if it'll work.
We've all seen Melisandre use her charm on Stannis for 5 seasons but when it comes to
Dany?
I don't think Melisandre will last too long, especially since Dany has had experiences
with people who use the dark arts.
Not only that but where the hell is Kinvara.
They did really just leave that red priestess back in Mereen?
I mean if they did that's fine but we've never seen two red priestess in the same room together
and I'd love if they could team up too...mainly because they're both hot I love them but because
it would be cool too....yeah.
Here we get to see Arya, it looks like she's heading north and judging by those newly released
pictures we got recently, she does make it to Winterfell.
I am excited for a Stark reunion, mostly with her and Jon Snow.
Now this is a question for you guys...
do you feel like Arya's story line is basically over?
I doubt we're going to get her killing any major characters and against the white walkers
there is no way she can be much help....I don't know I just feel as though Arya has
nothing else to do and we know how the writers are in regards to making up stuff for people
to do so I'm worried but let me know your thoughts.
We also get a look at Davos who once again, in every trailer, is warning everyone about
the living and the dead and how we all must come together to face this threat.
It's like his job at this point, to warn us about the coming doom and banding together
to fight the evil sauron and stop the death star from destroying Narnia.
Or something like that.
At this point I really do feel like Davos is being misused and they don't know what
to do with him but hopefully he finds Gendry and tries to restart House Baratheon, that's
really what I want from him.
Next we get some really cool shots of the fellowship of the north, beyond the wall.
Now we don't really know who is in this group but we do know Jon Snow and possibly the Hound
is apart of it.
The leaks earlier did say that there would be other main characters apart of this expedition
beyond the wall but we haven't seen them yet so who knows.
But one of my favorite new shots of the trailer has got to be the Mountain's new look.
We've seen some leaked pictures of what the King's guard will look like and I do love
the black with silver but I especially LOVE the zombie Mountain's new look here and this
is what I've wanted since we first saw him in season 5 episode 10.
I hated how his eyes could be seen and his mouth was covered with cloth.
I may be wrong here, this may not be the mountain but I hope it is.
I hope they keep his face covered and the eyeholes blacked out to keep the aura of mystery.
It's how I envisioned him in the books and in my opinion it is something the show is
severely lacking.
The aura of mystery, yeah we'd all know it was the Mountain under there, who else is
that tall other than Preston but the fact that the helmet would be blacked out and you
couldn't see him through the eyeholes would give you a sense of doubt and thats enough
to make it cool.
And for a brief second we get to see what looks like Jorah's arm reaching out.
It seems he still has the greyscale and its definitely progressed quite a bit.
Personally I do like Jorah's character in the show a lot more because he is more...charming,
in a sense, than his book counterpart.
I wouldn't want him to die but I can see it happening in the season finale or in season
8 at some point.
And this next scene really annoys me because....I don't know why but Ellaria is still around
and is making out with Yara which....why?
Oh my god.
She doesn't need to be on the show as much as she is, in the books Ellaria doesn't nearly
appear as much post Oberyn's death as she does in the show.
It really does make YouTuber 'The Dragon Demand', it makes his argument about the show runners
having a big crush on that actress a reality now.
Because they do try to push her whenever possible for some reason even though the Sand Snakes
and arguably Doran Martell should've had better material and more stuff to do.
I just don't want to see anything Martell in the show anymore because of how bad they
wrote them in and how centered it all was on her even though her character has nothing
big going on but they'll be pushing for it anyway regardless of the obvious fan blacklash.
It's just so dumb at this point.
And finally I want to say I love the shots of the dothraki getting in some fighting throughout
the trailer and the ending shot with them charging in with drogon.
It really was the best scene to end the trailer on and I loved that they're teasing big battles.
They're also giving us more siege battles with the Unsullied and ship to ship combat
which makes me super excited.
But let me know what you guys think about the trailer, did it deliver on what you wanted,
what did you like and didn't like.
Let me know down below and if you're wondering we will be covering this trailer more in depth
in the Game of Thrones Podcast later on so look forward to that but be sure to leave
some comments and questions down below and we'll discuss it.
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