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Someone convince me to try watching this again... I've watched the first few episodes but just haven't been able to get into it.
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You really have to watch the first season, almost entirely, before you get hooked.
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I couldn't finish the first episode. Tried a few times.
I blame Terry Brooks and The Sword of Shannara for that
I blame Terry Brooks and The Sword of Shannara for that
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Oh man just stick with it, you'll be rewarded.
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I have read all the books, but since the show has long surpassed them I have very little incentive to finish the written series. Kinda like him
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I had to watch the first 2-3 episodes a few times before I decided to give the rest of the season a chance. Around the 5th episode I was glad I did.
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don't. you're mind is already made up if someone has to convince you..save your time
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First 3-4 books in the Shannara Series were great... Got a bit odd after that though....
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First book made a good projectile about half way through. Other than that, Terry Brooks is awful.
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If you're going to go off of the first few episodes you're doing yourself a great disservice. The character intro lines are beginning to be set, but where the show goes from there you can't really even imagine. The show you watch in the first few episodes, is not not the show you end up with. It constantly changes and the story line/character development will hook you in.
Even say seasons 1-3 and 4-current there's major development of characters from childhood to adulthood.
Once the original turmoil begins it runs from there. Have to wait until that hits the fan.
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Came back in here to see if anyone had some theories on the new trailer that was released.
None of this is spoilers. All speculation. Unless people consider trailers spoilers...
Sooo many questions.
None of this is spoilers. All speculation. Unless people consider trailers spoilers...
Any thoughts on the statues that were there? They looked surprised to see them, which was really odd.
Also, that John was the only old one, and Bran wasn't a statue. That bc he's the raven, or bc he's the night king? Is that Bran approaching as the night king? Is it all a vision or is it reality?
Also, that John was the only old one, and Bran wasn't a statue. That bc he's the raven, or bc he's the night king? Is that Bran approaching as the night king? Is it all a vision or is it reality?
Sooo many questions.
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I can't speak for the books, but the show based on them was pretty much the worst thing I've ever watched. "The Shannara Chronicles".
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People are making way too much of that trailer. For a point of reference, remember the season 6 trailer?
[video=youtube;FVh6W2V5zcI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVh6W2V5zcI[/video]
I think Jon's statue was just worse, not older. The interesting thing was no Brann statue. The only take you can come away with is that Winter and the NK is coming to WF.
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No spoiler here. Seems like they picked the least spoilery thing possible. This is all nothing more but a lead up to what all already know is coming. It's all about Jon's lineage. As they walk past the other statues you hear the voices of all those tied to him from the beginning. You first hear the voice of his real mother, Lyanna, from when she told Ned, "you have to protect him" as she lay dying fearing if any knew who Jon's real father was, he'd be killed. Then the feather, that Robert Baratheon left with the statue of Lyanna, falls. The next voice heard is Catlyn's as she blames the horror that has come to her family on the fact she couldn't love Jon, who was seen by her as a constant reminder of Ned's infidelity. The next voice is Ned's from when he last saw Jon and told him "you are a Stark, you might not have my name but you have my blood." That is true as Lyanna was the sister of Ned. After that line was when Ned promised Jon he'd tell him about his real mother the next time he saw him but he never saw him again before he died.
Don't think the statues or Bran's absence means anything as this just looks like an extended scene put together solely for this promo.
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Yeah, I don't think this was a scene from an episode, I think it was filmed strictly for the trailer.
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I think your right, but I wouldn't rule out a scene in the crypts shortly after Jon learns of his true parentage.
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In the one official footage of Season 8, we see Jon and Dany arriving at WF. In the background we see Brienne. How was it possible for Brienne to beat them there?
Also, thoros is dead, so no bringing back Jon.
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Melisandre has been exiled but she is still alive.
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Yeah I’m probably reaching, but it got my wheels turning.
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But she will die early in the season is my guess, she her self said she would return to die in Westeros.
