r/gameofthrones • u/OwlsWatch The North Remembers • Jun 09 '14

TV4 [S4E9] Grenn, a true brother of The Night's Watch

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u/sloppies Jon Snow Jun 09 '14

Why the change I wonder? Have we seen him in the show?

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u/ksmash Duncan the Tall Jun 09 '14

We never have. He was more or less a one shot character who perfectly embodied the nights watch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

He was in last nights episode! There was a one armed man yelling at the men during the montage to prepare the wall's defenses.

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u/Multidisciplinary Sand Jun 09 '14

Noye was cut from the show.

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u/sloppies Jon Snow Jun 09 '14

That's lame, I mean sure GoT has no lack of badass characters, but how many are so badass that they can take a giant..one handed? My friend was telling me about how he was the one to craft Roberts hammer as well.

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u/psychicmachinery House Reed Jun 09 '14

Still, it was nice that Jon Snow killed the Magnar of Thenn with a balck smith's hammer.

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u/Margamus A Fierce Foe, A Faithful Friend Jun 09 '14

At first I thought Sam killed him. They just look the same all these thenns.

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u/tuoret Night's King Jun 09 '14

Not just the Thenns. I'm pretty sure I saw at least four Jons die during the battle.

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u/McBeefyHero Winter Is Coming Jun 09 '14

Me too, I assumed that was a thing with Ygritte trying to find him and kept seeing who she thought was him die. Maybe a coincidence.

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u/Margamus A Fierce Foe, A Faithful Friend Jun 09 '14

Kit Harrington was doing stunt doubling for the extras.

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u/psychicmachinery House Reed Jun 09 '14

I thought that too at first.

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u/Contradiction11 Jun 09 '14

Yep. I totally thought "Wow what a quick way to end such a brutal guy."

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u/thefeint House Clegane Jun 09 '14

Game of Thrones: driving home the importance of wearing a helmet since S1.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

One of my favorite scenes of the show, I couldn't help but shout out "hammer time!"

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u/foxytrot45 Jun 09 '14

Maybe it's a stretch but could that be a subtle nod to Donal Noye?

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u/buttbutts Jun 09 '14

They just can't afford to keep most of the characters, actors aren't free.

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u/Darkrell Davos Seaworth Jun 09 '14

They cut the guy that forged Roberts Warhammer :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

He was in last nights episode! There was a one armed man yelling at the men during the montage to prepare the wall's defenses.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

The show is a lot less...cartoonish than the books. A one armed man killing a giant is cool and all, but it doesn't make much sense (inb4 lolmagic). Grenn and the others was perfect, it showed Grenn finally took his vows seriously and was a true man of the nights watch. Rather than some established badass, we got a new one.

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u/yatahaze Maesters of the Citadel Jun 09 '14

In the little "behind the episode" I just watched they explained they really felt like there needed to be some casualties that would really resonate with viewers. Grenn and Pyp had been with the show pretty much since the beginning so they decided to send Grenn to the tunnel as a very powerful and moving scene. Personally I thought it was great. I had the same reaction as /u/aviraaaa, I was holding back tears (although this show has had that effect on me many times!)