You'll have to buy a big DVD set to see Sean Bean reunite with his Game Of Thrones family
Aux Features TVFor nearly all of Game Of Thrones’ run, one of the big questions was when/if the scattered Stark kids would be reunited. As the years went on and the Starks got beheaded, stabbed to death at weddings, and joined faceless assassin cults, it seemed increasingly hard to believe that Jon, Sansa, and Arya would ever get a chance to hang out and talk about their direwolves again (even though, uh, most of the direwolves are also dead now). Of course, save for Jon going out to flirt with his aunt, the remaining Stark kids are all back together as we head into the final season, and HBO is even planning a larger Stark reunion for once the series comes to an end.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, dearly departed Stark patriarch Sean Bean is set to appear in the Conan O’Brien-hosted Game Of Thrones reunion special alongside—at the very least—the actors whose characters managed to survive long enough to make it to the final season. That means he’ll definitely get to meet back up with Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams, as well as Alfie Allen, even though he’s just an honorary Stark. EW says that Jason Momoa has also been spotted a few times hanging around the Game Of Thrones set this year (even though his Game Of Thrones character also died a while ago), which means he might appear in this special as well.
If this sounds like a lot of fun and you’re excited to check it out, there’s a massive catch: The special won’t air on HBO… or any TV network. It’ll actually be exclusive to an upcoming Game Of Thrones series box set, so you’ll have to buy all eight seasons on DVD or Blu-ray if you actually want to see Ned Stark hug his kids one last time. Currently, HBO is selling a box set that includes the first seven seasons of the show for $230, with that box presumably being marketed exclusively to fools, so the complete series set will definitely cost slightly more than that. Then there’s the fact that some big fans have probably been buying the individual seasons this whole time, so they’re being extra screwed here.
Though, to be fair, somebody’s just going to post it on YouTube immediately anyway.
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What are those… DVDs you speak of?
I was thinking the same thing. Who would buy a DVD these days? If you’re gonna own a physical copy of the whole damn series, why not buy the HD version on blu-ray?
Extra odd since the original article never mentions DVD.
nah, but it’s there. I looked.
I hadn’t ruled out him appearing in a scene where past Ned in the godswood is spied on or even communicates with future Bran, but it doesn’t sound like that will happen. One of my theories was that they may have past Ned, oiling his sword in the godswood (that sounds so dirty) being the person who shocks Bran out of his current “BEING THE 3 EYED RAVEN HAS TURNED ME INTO A COMPLETE SOCIOPATH” state.
It could cut back to just before he was captured and executed, sending a raven to Howland Reed.
Speaking as someone who’s still very big on physical media when it comes to movies/TV – this sort of thing really irritates me. How about rewarding the people who have been buying your blu-rays on day and date since the first season came out? I know it’s not really that big a deal, but it’s still kind of annoying.
Speaking as someone who has been getting burned by new box sets and definitive releases since 1995, I’m beginning to think maybe they don’t actually read this website.
Fellow physical media fan here as well. I knew HBO would do something like this especially given the shows popularity. I sold off ny individual season sets for a fair amount a year ago in preparation . As the saying goes. Box sets are coming.
LOTR did it right, the extended edition for the last movie included a send away for a slip box that would hold all three.
Michelle Fairley’s gonna be there too, but she’s got a frog in her throat. All raspy-voiced.
“somebody’s just going to post it on YouTube immediately anyway.” It’ll probably be posted on YouTube before you can buy it (then get taken down, and reposted, ad infinitum). I guarantee it’ll be available for download. In places. So I’ve heard…
Came to say this.