Game Of Thrones fans spot ANOTHER gaffe as they claim the sea around Kings Landing has disappeared… after bungling editors overlooked a takeaway coffee cup in pivotal scene
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With its large bays, busy harbours and sweeping coastal vistas it has always looked more like a picturesque holiday destination than a hive of prostitution, drunkenness and routine brutality.
But teeming citadel Kings Landing, the focal point of Game Of Thrones, resembled a remote desert outpost in the latest episode of the epic fantasy drama – prompting inevitable outrage from fans.
Incredulous viewers watched as Daenerys Targaryen and her ragged army of Unsullied approached the city gates as episode four reached its nail-biting conclusion on Sunday evening.
Which way to the beach? Kings Landing, the focal point of Game Of Thrones, resembled a remote desert outpost in the latest episode of the epic fantasy drama – prompting inevitable outrage from fans
With the captive Missandei mercilessly beheaded and Queen Cersei refusing a peaceful surrender, its closing scenes promised an eventful climax to the show’s hugely successful nine-year run.
However its dramatic impetus appeared to be undermined by a dusty, barren landscape completely at odds with the fertile backdrops usually displayed beyond the towering walls of Kings Landing.
Taking to Reddit, one perplexed fan wrote: ‘Everyone’s talking about the coffee cup but can we talk about why the f*** King’s Landing is now in a desert without mountains?’
Suitcases at the ready: With its large bays, busy harbours and sweeping coastal vistas it usually looks more like a picturesque holiday destination than a hive of prostitution, drunkenness and routine brutality
Not a drop in sight: But it looked radically different as Daenerys Targaryen and her ragged army of Unsullied approached the city gates during Sunday evening’s episode
While another viewer added: ‘I don’t understand where this even is, isn’t KL surrounded by water except for the entrance?’
However some die-hard fans insisted the lack of seawater was caused by the show’s long-awaited winter, a season that has been key to many of its key story-lines.
‘The sea receeds (sic) during winter, like a super long lasting low tide. This is one of the areas where the bay has receded leaving barren area leading up to a city wall,’ wrote one.
Another wrote: ‘It has 7 gates. I am sure one of them is like this one.’
Confrontation: With the captive Missandei mercilessly beheaded and Queen Cersei refusing a peaceful surrender, its closing scenes promised an eventful climax to the show’s hugely successful nine-year run
Let down: Its dramatic impetus appeared to be undermined by a dusty, barren landscape completely at odds with the fertile backdrops usually displayed beyond the towering walls of Kings Landing
Stunning: Kings Landing looks rather more welcoming in old stills from the hit show
Somewhat improbably, another claimed Cersei had strategically moved the capital further south to Dorne – a city rarely featured in Game Of Thrones yet well known for its warmer climate.
‘Guys stop being dumb. It’s obvious that while Jon and Danny were fighting the dead Cersie took the opportunity to move Kings Landing to Dorne.
‘This is an excellent strategic move on her part and I’m so annoyed people don’t get it smh.’
One shot or two? The perceived geographical blunder followed a very real editing gaffe that resulted in a takeaway coffee cup being overlooked during another pivotal scene
Is that from Starkbucks? Fans were left spitting their cocoa after spotting what appeared to be a takeaway coffee cup in Winterfell’s Great Hall
The perceived geographical blunder followed a very real editing gaffe that resulted in a takeaway coffee cup being overlooked during another pivotal scene.
Fans stayed up late to watch an eventful episode four as the long-running fantasy drama, now in its eighth season, prepares for a bloody conclusion in little more than a fortnight’s time.
But they were spitting their cocoa after spotting what appeared to be a takeaway coffee cup in Winterfell’s Great Hall as Daenerys, Jon Snow and the united army of Wildlings, Unsullied and Dothraki warriors basked in their victory over the Night King.
Breathing fire: Many viewers took to Twitter after noticing the unfortunate blunder on Sunday evening’s show
Cafe King: More used to a horn of ale than a coconut cappuccino, Jon and Daenerys appeared oblivious to the offending cup
More familiar with a horn of ale than a coconut cappuccino, Jon and Daenerys appeared oblivious to the offending cup, placed on one of the hall’s long trestle-tables, as their raucous celebrations kicked off the episode.
But the error was not lost on eagle-eyed viewers, who promptly expressed their disbelief on social media.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: ‘So this is where we’re at now! A Starbucks cup!’
Twitter is coming: The comments were inevitably followed by a flurry of hilarious memes
While another joked: ‘If that’s Dany’s Starbucks coffee I feel bad for the barista who has to write her name on the cup…. hand must be cramping.’
‘I missed the story arc where dany discovers pumpkin spice lattes,’ wrote a third.
Another fan dismissed claims that the cup had been Photoshopped onto the scene for comical effect, writing: ‘It isn’t I just rewatched the scene on hbo now is that a candle or something wtf.’ (sic)
Game Of Thrones concludes on May 19.
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