The Princes That Were Promised

I Didn't Hear No Bells! (TV.804)

Sat, 18 May 2019 16:54:42 -0000

**_Wow! Another shocking, roller-coaster of a TV episode that subverted my expectations! I can't wait for a Star Wars trilogy by these guys!

Here are some things people are saying about The Bells!

"Wow! Another shocking, roller-coaster of a TV episode that subverted my expectations! I can't wait for a Star Wars trilogy by these guys!" - Rian Johnson.

"I feel like everyone is taking crazy pills," - Jon Snow

"I probably should have just marched south with Jon Snow in the first place," - Jaime Lannister

"I guess a plan B was necessary after all," - Cersei Lannister

"I will let the kid shoot the scorpion. Nobody can ever know that I hit 3 one in a million shots in a row. My reputation..." - Euron Greyjoy

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

The Princes That Were Promised watched the penultimate episode of HBO's Game of Thrones! Soon, they will watch the final episode! Wow!

The Princes That Were Promised are John and Seannie-Wan. Join them as they tear apart Westeros and sift through the pieces to bring their Leal and Loyal Subjects the history of the Realm and The Known World from both George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's adaptation, Game of Thrones.

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Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

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The Last of Whatever (TV.803)

Sat, 11 May 2019 21:52:51 -0000

This may have been Benioff and Weiss' worst written episode, but it did feature their best cameo! But their cameo was upstaged by a* Starbucks *coffee cup.

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

HBO may greenlight a spin-off show about the Starbucks coffee cup.

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Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

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PBlizz Watches 'The Predator' (2018)

Thu, 09 May 2019 09:00:39 -0000

Listen to the pod that The Princes That Were Promised are listening to as their Royal Souls struggle with the validity and/or impact of The Final Episodes Leaks.

Here is the newest member of the ActionPacked!Podcasts family, the longest-running and most-reputable Predator pod on the entirety of the Interweb...

Patrick's Predator Podcast - Getting To The Choppah So You Don't Have To!

Episode Notes

On the 434th edition of Patrick's Predator Podcast, PBlizz is joined by his guest, Seannie-Wan Kenobi of The Princes That Were Promised, for a watch-along of Shane Black's The Predator (2018).

Pat shatters the INCORRECT common knowledge of the veteran Hollywood writer/director's place in The Predator film franchise. As it happens, Shane Black is less a creative force when it comes to our deadly, ugly, alien friend and more of a tourist.

If watching one of The Predator films with Big Poppa Predator himself is one of the items on your bucket list, here is your opportunity to allow yourself to pass into the afterlife with significantly less burden.

Patrick's Predator Podcast - Getting To The Choppa So You Don't Have To!

Hosted by Pat Block

Developed and Written by Pat Block

Produced by Pat Block and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Recorded and Edited by _Sean Block

Patrick's Predator Podcast is an ActionPacked!Production

What's the matter? CIA got you pushing too many pencils?

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The Long Night of a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV.802)

Sun, 05 May 2019 01:02:30 -0000

Bryan Cogman hits a homerun with his final offering to HBO's Game of Thrones, but the beautifully written 2nd episode is upended by the lazy, lackluster, poorly thought-out, full-of-plot-armor culmination of what turned out to be a decade-long side story written by the boys!

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

TPTWP deduce that Benioff and Weiss are those guys you knew from college that seemed interested in everything that you were but ultimately don't understand what makes the things you love important to those who love it... tho knoweth of whom thy Promised Princes speak...

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Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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Winterfell - The Final Episodes #1 (TV.801)

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:27:24 -0000

Jon brings home his new girlfriend to meet the family and things don't go too well!

Sansa gets an even higher horse and climbs right up on it.

Arya continues her journey to become Batman.

Bran seeks out people under emotional strain and stares at them.

Ghost spends another day in a kennel too small for him and wonders why his master has forsaken him.

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

John and Seannie-Wan watched Winterfell, not knowing it was called Winterfell, along with 8.4 billion other people. Collectively, The Princes That Were Promised and the other 8.4 billion people forgot about Ghost while watching an episode with every living Stark set at the ancient seat of the Starks.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss finally accomplish their goal of erasing the direwolves from the story without so much as a whimper and celebrate with a high-five marathon.

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Prepared and Performed by John Khantzian and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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We Still Know Nothing, Jon Snow: Part 2 (308.5)

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:55:41 -0000

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

You can subscribe to the podcast and show fealty at:

Please take a few minutes to leave a review so others can find #TPTWP as well!!!

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Read The Westerosi Companion for scholarly essays and in-depth reviews.

The Princes That Were Promised is an ActionPacked!Podcast

Prepared and Performed by John Khantzian and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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We Still Know Nothing, Jon Snow: Part 1 (308)

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:14:57 -0000

He knew nothing but we had an idea... They all told him he knew nothing and we agreed but we kind of sort of knew... There was no way that he could have known anything and yet his friends and enemies were on his case about how little he knew but we knew... When all was said and done, nobody knew anything, including us... or did we? We will find out for sure if we knew or not but Longclaw to our head- We Still Know Nothing, Jon Snow...

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

The Man (maybe) destined to (perhaps) lead all of (most of) the living of the Known World (realistically just the continent of Westeros) against the one (possibly) true enemy and the very embodiment (seemingly) of death and evil- The (Others) White Walkers.

It's ya boy!!! Jon (Aegon) Snow (Targaryen)! (Maybe)

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Prepared and Performed by John Khantzian and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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Mother of Dragons (307)

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:00:43 -0000

Danaerys Targaryen was believed to be the last of her House through seasons 1 to 5, and most of season 6. Some on the ol’ interweb would have us believe that she is still the scion of House Targaryen in spite of clear visual and audible evidence that she is not. But the interweb is great for silly theories in both fiction and real life!

All the same, Danaerys Stormborn has been framed as the hero of this story since the final half of season 1.

Spoiler: She...

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

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Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

Spoiler (Continued): ... probably ain’t.

John and Seannie-Wan, or The Princes That Were Promised, as it were, break down her magical, heroic, red herring, Shaggy Dog of a journey.

And there will be no mercy...

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Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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The Imp (306)

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:00:08 -0000

Tyrion Lannister- Mayhaps the most popular of all the fictional characters in Westeros. Or... mayhaps... not so much. Either way, his journey went from incredible to solid to kind of boring to a bit forced.

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

Join #TPTWP as they embark on a journey to rehash and re-analyze the journey of Tyrion Lannister's journey(s). It is a remarkable and incredible... journey...

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The Princes That Were Promised is an ActionPacked!Podcast

Prepared and Performed by John Khantzian and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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No One (305)

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:00:13 -0000

MAN IN KITCHEN: 'Oi! Who are you?'

ARYA IN DISGUISE: 'I am Bruhmilda. I have been sent to assist in the kitchens.'

MAN IN KITCHEN: 'I don't require help. Who sent you to me?'

ARYA IN DISGUISE: 'Ehhh... Tim... Frey...'

MAN IN KITCHEN: 'Tim Frey? There is no Tim Frey. I been runnin' the kitchen 'ere in The Twins for near 30 years and I seen me all the Freys a man can see and I ain' never heard of no Tim Frey.'

ARYA IN DISGUISE: ...

MAN IN KITCHEN: 'An' why be ya draggin' that big sack... that big wet sack... by the Seven... be that blood leaking from that sack?'

ARYA IN DISGUISE: 'Yes, you see I was sent by Tim Frey to bring you this... cow meat...'

MAN IN KITCHEN: 'That's a human arm in there! Oi! One of you lot of nearly 40 kitchen workers, each of whom is required in order to cook meals for the large amount o' noble people that be livin' in this keep, go off an' get the guards!'

WARNING! FOR HERE BE SPOILERS!!!

SPOILERS INDEED FOR ALL PUBLISHED BOOKS IN #GRRM'S A Song of Ice and Fire AS WELL AS ALL TELEVISED EPISODES OF HBO'S Game of Thrones...

Born amidst salt and smoke- Just off the Long Island Expressway- Beneath a bleeding star...

Arya Stark- universally loved by all. John and Seannie-Wan have been of the Royal opinion that the Arya story in the source material upon which Game of Thrones is based is likely the best story of all. But the televised story based on it? Not so much.

Listen to #TPTWP criticize David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for producing television that doesn't seem to understand Arya Stark.

Also, The Promised Princes dig deep into the frequent and mind-boggling cast changes of minor characters that do not even attempt any sort of continuity.

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The Princes That Were Promised is an ActionPacked!Podcast

Prepared and Performed by John Khantzian and Seannie-Wan Kenobi

Produced by Sean Block with John Khantzian

Edited by Sean Block

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