On June 16 2015 18:18 Shock710 wrote:
mountain was cgi? i thought they used the orginal actor with just some purple make up under the helmet, lifting cersi for that dude should be really easy

I guess the original actor is not tall enough ^^
He's 2m08 if I can recall, the CGI dude was much taller than that

helpman176

128 Posts

June 16 2015 12:32 GMT

#28482

That's true Bjornsson is not that big.

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Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

June 16 2015 12:44 GMT

#28483

Regarding the Stannis vs Boltons battle: All the mercenaries with horses abandoned Stannis shortly before the battle, and he was left with only foot soldiers. Stannis was then overwhelmed by a huge cavalry force. Were those horsemen all Bolton troops, or was it Stannis' own deserted mercenaries? Roose Bolton said earlier this season that Stannis had the superior army and it would be unwise to meet him in the open instead of a fortified position. So where did all these horses suddenly come from, and what good would they have been in a defending against a siege? On the other hand, if it really was Stannis' deserted cavalry: do the Boltons have so much money that they could outbid Stannis who is backed by the Iron Bank? Could it have been another party, like Littlefinger? If it was Littlefinger, will he use those troops to backstab the Boltons and conquer Winterfell for himself?

zatic

Zurich15366 Posts

June 16 2015 12:54 GMT

#28484

On June 16 2015 21:44 Scorch wrote:
Regarding the Stannis vs Boltons battle: All the mercenaries with horses abandoned Stannis shortly before the battle, and he was left with only foot soldiers. Stannis was then overwhelmed by a huge cavalry force. Were those horsemen all Bolton troops, or was it Stannis' own deserted mercenaries? Roose Bolton said earlier this season that Stannis had the superior army and it would be unwise to meet him in the open instead of a fortified position. So where did all these horses suddenly come from, and what good would they have been in a defending against a siege? On the other hand, if it really was Stannis' deserted cavalry: do the Boltons have so much money that they could outbid Stannis who is backed by the Iron Bank? Could it have been another party, like Littlefinger? If it was Littlefinger, will he use those troops to backstab the Boltons and conquer Winterfell for himself?

We don't really know, but I think it's very likely the cavalry was the deserted sellswords. Of course we don't know how Bolton convinced them. It might just that he made clear to them that their cause is lost, and that staying with Stannis they would freeze or starve to death outside the walls of Winterfell. He might have offered them an easy way out to cut their losses, like amnesty, safe passage back to the sea, and maybe some compensation in exchange for crushing Stannis.

aseq

Netherlands4019 Posts

June 16 2015 13:21 GMT

#28485

Wasn't Stannis also losing men all over the place on the journey from Castle Black and during the time they set up camp?

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6642 Posts

June 16 2015 13:48 GMT

#28486

On June 16 2015 22:21 aseq wrote:
Wasn't Stannis also losing men all over the place on the journey from Castle Black and during the time they set up camp?

I think so, also horses dying in the night, food running low, a bad situation all round.

BluzMan

Russian Federation4235 Posts

June 16 2015 14:10 GMT

#28487

They didn't need to outbid Stannis, all they needed was to convince them that Stannis was a lost cause, which he so conveniently confirmed by a public display of madness, and pay them at least something. They are far away from home, food or even means to travel, shouldn't be hard to convince them to win an easy battle. Being slaughtered by your own cavalry though is supposedly quite bitter.

Also, if the snow beneath Winterfell walls is deep enough for Sansa to live, how the fuck is cavalry supposed to even get out of the castle?

freelander

Hungary4707 Posts

June 16 2015 14:25 GMT

#28488

On June 16 2015 20:02 Diavlo wrote:

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It's GoT. Babies don't age in GoT.
Gilly's baby was born in season 2, so 3 years before the end of this season...Still a baby.

And for all the jump in snow naysayer. You can jump from pretty high if the snow is deep enough.

do you realize that you posted a video where the guy dies because his chute doesn't open?

Warfie

Norway2848 Posts

June 16 2015 14:29 GMT

#28489

On June 16 2015 23:25 freelander wrote:

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do you realize that you posted a video where the guy dies because his chute doesn't open?

if you check out the video's description on youtube, you'll see that he survived

aaanyway what the fuck do we do for the next year now (apart from discussing snow)

oGoZenob

France1503 Posts

June 16 2015 14:46 GMT

#28490

On June 16 2015 21:32 helpman176 wrote:
That's true Bjornsson is not that big.

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well bjornsson is credited in this episode, so maybe it was him. I've watched it again, and it still looks like cgi to me, in particular the part where he lifts cersei

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

June 16 2015 15:44 GMT

#28491

Why would they need cgi for that? An average man could lift Cersei, certainly the strongman with the unspeakable name can do it with ease. And even if they used a different actor, giving him a helm, makeup and vow of silence would be just as effective and a lot cheaper than cgi.

oGoZenob

France1503 Posts

June 16 2015 15:46 GMT

#28492

On June 17 2015 00:44 Scorch wrote:
Why would they need cgi for that? An average man could lift Cersei, certainly the strongman with the unspeakable name can do it with ease. And even if they used a different actor, giving him a helm, makeup and vow of silence would be just as effective and a lot cheaper than cgi.

I doubt 2m40 actors are that common. I'm not saying it's impossible to lift cersei, juste that i'm pretty sure they at least used cgi to make him bigger

Zeon0

Austria2995 Posts

June 16 2015 15:59 GMT

#28493

No CGI needed for that imo.

Vorenius

Denmark1979 Posts

June 16 2015 16:03 GMT

#28494

On June 16 2015 21:32 helpman176 wrote:
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Boots, Helmet, naked hunched Lena Headley. Looks about the right size for (Thor/2) Bearson.

He also looks to be about 30-40 cms taller than Qyburn when standing side by side. That's pretty accurate with ½Thor being 2.1m and Qyburn being human size.