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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle

@patman.bsky.social

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I used to spend a lot of time on Twitter as patman23, but Elon Musk turned it into the proverbial Nazi Bar. I used to blog a lot about Game of Thrones, but that's just sad to bring up, I feel. (I'm happy to talk about Game of Thrones though, pleasantly.)

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · Feb 19

An image of George Washington with the blue field of the American flag acting as a background. The text "GONDOR HAS NO KING, GONDOR NEEDS NO KING" is in the foreground.
(Of course, George Washington did not say that, it's a line from Boromir in Lord of the Rings - who was wrong in stating this, because the fictional kingdom of Gondor did have a King in Aragorn, but this is meant as a joke! Also, George Washington implies the downfall of kings, so this line tracks well with him. I can't believe I once had to explain that.)

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 1h

LFGGG!

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

I'll allow it.

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

Alright, 87 screenshots. I'll write up something for my dad this weekend on the blog. (It'll be non-spoilery. Mostly.)

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

It looks so good.

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

OUCH. (We recognize the spiky bits on the approaching rider's helmet.)

Point of View from the inside of a helmet, looking out the eye slit. A knight with a helmet that is stylized like a dragon is approaching, swinging a flail - one of those spiked balls on the end of a chain.

Point of view is looking out the eyeslit of a jousting helmet. The spiky ball end of a flail is about to impact the helmet. Ouch.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

Egg got that sword out of the stone just in time.

Merlin: Wait, what?

A young bald boy running carrying a sword almost as big as he is.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 2h

Not only are the production values in this trailer good, but the production values of Dornish puppet shows during this time are WILDLY GREAT! 5 stars.

Pic from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Trailer. It's a puppet show, with a HUGE dragon puppet. The Dragon is on the right of the shot, a man is crouching behind a shield in the left of the shot. The dragon is spraying a liquid that is catching fire because a puppeteer ninja is holding a torch up to ignite the liquid.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

If that guy blows that horn three times, he'll summon the Others.

A guy with a horn (an actual bovine's horn, hollowed out) blowing it as part of a ceremony at a joust.

A pic from the first episode of Game of Thrones, with one of the Others (the White Walkers) mostly in shadow with glowing blue eyes, carrying a blade and a severed head.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

The trailer had a nice symmetry, with our handsome main character putting on his helmet, and this chad doing likewise.

Knight putting helmet on his head with both hands.

Knight with ominous dark scaly armor. He's not wearing a helmet, his hair is silver-white.

Knight placing a helmet on his head, the helmet is stylized like it is a dragon's head, with spiky scales as a decoration on the top of the head.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

Magnificent.

Scene from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer. Seven mounted knights, with lances held upright, in a line. It's a gloomy looking day for jousting.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

"Well, how ya like them apples?!?"

Pic is a screenshot from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer. A young man with a red apple Fossaway shield is being kicked through a fence by his opponent, who is wearing the same livery colors.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

I'm going to have to make sure my TV settings are calibrated for some dark environments.

Picture is from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer. It's an indoor scene at night, of some fancy nobles up on a dais that is poorly lit via candles.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

IT SO DOES!

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

The final shot of the trailer - starting with this moment and following behind Dunk, is A+

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 3h

Relatable.

Pic is from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, showing the main character, Ser Duncan, standing in a candlelit room. He's shown from the midtorso-up and has a look on his face like "I do not enjoy bureaucracy."

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 4h

The dragon has three heads, typical. But, THE DRAGON HAS TWO LEGS! YES. (There had been that whole Targaryen sigil with the dragon having 4 legs near the end of GoT and during HotD that got people spun up.)

That's one less thing for the fans to complain about.

Stannis: Fewer.

Pic is from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, showing horseman carrying Targaryen banners - red dragons on a black background. The dragons are reminiscent of the dragon images in Game of Thrones, but stylized a bit more horizontally (mostly the wings) since the banners are long.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 4h

Egg has second thoughts about his life decisions.

Pic is from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer. A young bald boy in a cloak in in the center of frame, looking disconcerted. He is holding the reins of a large horse, but that's not worrying him.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 4h

Wow, that kid is bald as an ... I don't know. Something smooth and hairless.

🥚

Pic is a screenshot from the recent Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, showing a young boy, bald as an egg, sitting in the dark near a fire.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 4h

I like this framing shot, particularly the statues of tourney jousters on either side of the gateway.

A pic from the recent A Knight of the Seven Kingdom trailer. There is a stone arched gateway, with workers in the foreground. On either side of the gate is a statue of a jounted knight holding a lance, on a horse that is rearing up. In the middle background is a man on a white horse, looking towards the viewer. In the further back background are tents.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 4h

I'll have to write up a breakdown of the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer for my dad - I'm getting screenshots and I want to point this out:

Dunk has his right hand nicely armored, but his left hand is just a glove, because he's going to have a shield there.

A screenshot from the recent A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer, showing a mounted knight from the torso up, putting on a helmet with both hands. His arms have mail, his forearms have metal plate, his right had has plates going over the hand - his left hand is just a glove. The helmet covers his whole face, with just a horizontal slit to see through.

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 8h

It is SO GREAT

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 11h

I HAVE SEEN IT!!! (Thanks @obienator.bsky.social , you handsome rogue)

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 12h

I am on my lunch break and therefore have access to Social Media. But no A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer yet? 😢

Please, my reliably-online (and attractive) mutuals, tag me when the trailer drops so I won't miss it.

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Obie @obienator.bsky.social · 12h

Let’s Go! #DunkAndEgg

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Official Teaser Trailer | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

youtu.be

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Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 11h

HERO OBIE!!!

Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle @patman.bsky.social · 12h

Good call! (I might need to plan on an afternoon break at work, so i can see it. Very exciting!)

Thanks!