WESTWORLD's Recent GAME OF THRONES Crossover Was Author George R.R. Martin's Idea

WESTWORLD's Recent GAME OF THRONES Crossover Was Author George R.R. Martin's Idea

This past Sunday's episode of Westworld included a phenomenal Game of Thrones Easter Egg, and it's since been revealed that we can credit prolific author George R.R. Martin with suggesting the idea!

By Nighthawk01 - Mar 24, 2020 10:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Westworld
Source: Variety

HBO aired the second episode of Westworld's third season on Sunday night, and with that came the jaw-dropping reveal that Game of Thrones is a sister park to "Westworld." 

The cable network is hoping that the series can fill the void left in their Sunday schedule by shows like Game of Thrones and Watchmen, and creators creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have explained in an interview with Variety what led to this unexpected crossover moment.

"We’re also friendly with George R.R. Martin, and George had consistently since the first season said, 'We’ve got to do a tie-in with ‘Game of Thrones.'' People forget that George was originally a TV writer and he came up in the TV world in which you’d occasionally have these crossover shows, which the fans would f***ing freak out over. So George had always been pitching the crossover."

Season two of Westworld was criticised for being too complicated thanks to multiple timelines, so a feel-good cameo like this to get fans talking is a sensible direction to head in. 

Thus far, the third season has been quite the departure from what we're used to when it comes to Westworld. That has alienated some fans of the sci-fi drama, especially now that it's no longer set in the theme park which first intrigued us all way back when! There are also still a lot of lingering questions left over from that convoluted second year that the show needs to answer over the coming weeks. 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 3/24/2020, 11:03 AM
What other HBO shows would make great cross-over theme parks? I guess Rome's the obvious answer. Maybe Baltimore Land from The Wire? New Jersey-ville from Sopranos, with a Tony Soprano host?
tmp3
tmp3 - 3/24/2020, 11:06 AM
@TheJustinHammer - Fun for the whole family!
tmp3
tmp3 - 3/24/2020, 11:14 AM
@BillCipher - We gotta find a way to put you in the writers room for season 4
Himura
Himura - 3/24/2020, 11:15 AM
@tmp3 - chernobyl
Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 3/24/2020, 11:17 AM
@tmp3 - You could do His dark materials world. Maybe not a full world. But Dafne Keene with a polar bear cameo. Assuming bbc is okay with it.
Victorg1983
Victorg1983 - 3/24/2020, 12:57 PM
@BillCipher - real sex ... nuff said.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 11:04 AM
"Season two of Westworld was criticised for being too complicated thanks to multiple timelines, so a feel-good cameo like this to get fans talking is a sensible direction to head in."

Don't really think that makes sense, especially with how reviled GoT was in its final season. This was just a cool cameo and nod, nothing more. Also, season 2 required you to really think, big brain mentality; it was a complicated, intellectual, intricate season. That's not for everyone- some people just want to be told how to get from point A to B with a straight line, while others are perfectly fine with the zig zags, roundabouts, upside down, back and forth, AA-AZ, A1-A100 etc. detours before you get to point B.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 3/24/2020, 11:06 AM
My Maltese started barking at the TV when D&D showed up. I taught her well.
Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 3/24/2020, 11:16 AM
@WakandanQueen - They are very unlikable looking.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 11:07 AM
The GoT nod was cool (also pretty sure that some of the deactivated hosts that Bernard and Stubbs were looking at were actors from GoT), but I'm more excited about the island off Costa Rica that was mentioned...

GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/24/2020, 11:11 AM
I didn’t like it
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 11:13 AM
- Westworld
- The Raj
- Shogun World
- War World
- Medieval World

- Park 6
Victorg1983
Victorg1983 - 3/24/2020, 12:59 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - jurassic world ?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 12:59 PM
@Victorg1983 - ;-) that's what I'm hoping, would be pretty neat. Both Westworld and Jurassic Park were written by Michael Crichton.
Repian
Repian - 3/24/2020, 11:16 AM
A cameo by George R.R. Martin can also be fun. He could appear as the director and creator of the Game of Thrones park. Similar to Robert Ford.


Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/24/2020, 11:40 AM
I didn't give a shit about this.

But Thandie Newton in that white dress though...

TheLight
TheLight - 3/24/2020, 1:44 PM
@Necropolitan - Good Lord, YES! She looked amazing.



DeathSeal
DeathSeal - 3/24/2020, 11:43 AM
This show lost me the same way BSG lost me. I will never feel sorry for a toaster.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 3/24/2020, 12:30 PM
@DeathSeal - And you are exactly the type of person who would be rolling up to the park ready to rape and murder some very obviously sentient "toasters".
DeathSeal
DeathSeal - 3/29/2020, 12:23 PM
@SerKurtWagner @TheJustinHammer - The thing is these toasters like BSG are all about exterminating humanity. So if I have choose between people me being one of them and a bunch of murder bots I'm going to stick with people
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 3/29/2020, 1:16 PM
@DeathSeal - It's really just the one that wants to destroy humanity. And, you know, that's because of being treated like "a toaster" for her entire existence by humans who raped and murdered her for fun.
DeathSeal
DeathSeal - 3/30/2020, 3:08 PM
@SerKurtWagner - I never said that treating sentient beings like they do or creating AI that functionson that lvl is a good thing. I'm just saying the show asks you to make a choice between people or the machines and I cant choose the machines. :)
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 3/30/2020, 4:41 PM
@DeathSeal - How much of the show did you watch? Just curious.
DeathSeal
DeathSeal - 3/31/2020, 6:38 PM
@SerKurtWagner - the first 2 seasons. I really liked the first one but by the end of the second one they kind of lost me turning Delores into a psycho and the man in black into an idiot. Well maybe idiot is to strong of a word.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 3/31/2020, 8:33 PM
@DeathSeal - You interpreted that show VERY differently from me. Delores has become an antagonist. Her mission to destroy humanity is not portrayed positively. The show doesn’t want you to root for her. The heroes are those like Bernard trying to stop her.

Also, Man in Black losing his mind came across very differently.
thunderpun573
thunderpun573 - 3/24/2020, 12:18 PM
Thanks for the spoiler alert ya [foo foo]
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 3/24/2020, 12:31 PM
Did he write their dialogue, too? Because they were pretty much roasting themselves here.

Bored storytellers wanting to scrap their project and move on to something else. Sound familiar?
MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/24/2020, 5:18 PM
How is season 3 so far. Loved season 1 but season 2 was a mess.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/24/2020, 7:19 PM
@MrDandy - its been really good, but the first two episodes are super different from each other. First episode is set in the real world, second episode for the most part takes place in Westworld and the Delos parks as a whole. So the first episode doesn't feel like the previous 2 seasons, while the second one does.
GratefulBat
GratefulBat - 3/25/2020, 12:04 AM
This headline spoiled what would have been an awesome reveal for me. I’m a huge fan of ASOIAF. Please don’t do this again.
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