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One Battle Scene in Game of Thrones Season 8 Took 55 Nights To Film

By 20-somethinglife | April 9, 2018

Per Watchers on the Wall, there will be a battle scene in the upcoming final season of Game of Thrones that took 55 consecutive nights to film. Yes. That is awesome. There are some spoilers as to the location where this battle will take place, but we’re going to leave those out. If you really want to know, you can find out here.

Both the Battle of the Bastards and the Loot Train ambush took roughly a month each to film, putting this battle scene at nearly twice the length. That helps to put into perspective how huge this battle scene will be. Both of those scenes pushed the limits of what has been done before, and it looks like this scene in season 8 will blow both of those out of the water in length, elaboration, or both.

Assistant director Jonathan Quinlan shared the below image on Instagram and later deleted it.

The fun part? You still have to wait until 2019 to see it. Check out the 20-somethinglife guide to other shows you can watch while you wait for Game of Thrones to return.

Westworld Season 2 Official Trailer

By 20-somethinglife | March 29, 2018

HBO released the Westworld Season 2 Trailer this morning and if their intention is to get you hyped while also completely confusing you, then this trailer does its job very, very well.

-Spoilers ahead-

We don’t see much of Shogun/Samuari World that was teased at the end of the first season other than a few quick cuts with Maeve in a kimono, likely looking for her “daughter”. However, we do get a few glimpses of what looks like the world outside of the theme parks and it looks like Dolores is there. She will clearly be making some very interesting moves this season now that she is fully awakened.

It seems like the battle should be one-sided between the Delos security team, who have off-road vehicles, armor, and high powered assault rifles and the hosts who have horses and 1800’s era rifles and pistols, so it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out and how the hosts manage to maintain their recently gained position of power.

The first teaser trailer that aired during the Super Bowl featured a beautiful rendition of Kanye’s “Runaway” by Ramin Djawadi. This new trailer features another cover by Djwadi, but this time its of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box”. If you listened carefully in the first season, there was also an orchestral version of The Rolling Stones’ “Paint It, Black”. Needless to say, we’re excited to hear what other songs Djawadi takes on this season.

There’s also a Delos website online that hints at some of the parks, but offers little information. You can check it out by typing 52.89.126.34. into your search bar or by clicking here.

Below is a great explanation and breakdown video of everything that happened in case you want a refresher or if you are still confused about any parts of the plot or backstory. It’s a bit long at just over 16 minutes, but there are many minor details the casual viewer may have missed.

Spoiler warning (obviously) if you haven’t seen the first season yet.

The first episode of season two airs on April 22nd.

Game Of Thrones Returns April 2019 For Its Final Season

By 20-somethinglife | January 26, 2018

While it’s not comforting for your impatient mind, we at least finally have somewhat of a confirmed timeline for the final season of Game of Thrones: April 2019.

—–Spoilers ahead—–

Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark in the show, recently mentioned in an interview with Metro that the cast will wrap up filming in December of 2018 with the first episode of the season airing four months later. She went on to add:

That’s a four-month turnaround for these huge episodes. There’s a lot that goes into the final edit. You would not want to rush this season at all. We owe it to our audience and our fans to really do this final season to the best of our abilities.

While the eighth and final season will only be six episodes long, each episode is expected to be 80 minutes in length at a minimum. We can’t wait.

If you’re bored while you wait another year and three months, you can check out the 20-somethinglife guide of shows to watch while you wait for Game of Thrones to return.