Foxtel installs dragon on Sydney Opera House steps ahead of Game of Thrones premiere
A model dragon is being installed on the steps of Sydney Opera House as it prepares to host the premiere of season five of hit HBO drama Game of Thrones on Monday evening.
The installation is being put in ahead of the premiere party hosted by Foxtel at the venue on Monday, hours after the new season airs in the US.
Dragons are associated with one of the central characters of the US show Daenerys Targaryan, who brings the extinct creatures back to life.
Foxtel has secured the rights to show the fantasy show at the same time as it airs in the US, and is making it available to people for $30 as it looks to stem the trend of pirating in Australia.
The last season was one of the most pirated of all-time, with Australia the worst offender according to figures from Torrentfreak.
Foxtel said the Dragon would be unveiled tomorrow morning at 8.30am.
Update: Foxtel have just tweeted:
If only they could install Game of Thrones on Presto. Maybe then it would be worth it’s price.
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The name is “Targaryen”.
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The name is “Targaryen”.
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Can they put the dragon outside the iTunes office please
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HODOR
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I can’t stand Game Of Thrones. Why do we love it so much in Aus? In the US it barely gets a mention.
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Winter has come!!
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Glen, I think the US audience gets a sore brain from having to remember more than a handful of cast members…… Most of us can handle it.
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Murder, sword fights, supernatural beings and sex scenes @Glen, that’s why.
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Why is it ok to visually pollute our foreshores and cultural icons with this kinda stuff?
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Ummm Glen… GoT in the US last season got 19 million viewers… it broke HBO’s record set previously by Sopranos…
Perhaps you’re missing out on something here. But each to their own!
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Glen – As an Aussie living in the US I have to disagree! There’s been nothing but endless guests from GoT on late night and morning shows all week leading up to the premier. They even had marathons of all the previous seasons on the last two weekends.
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Because we live in a television programming wasteland.
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Can’t pirate it anymore due to judge decision, so Aussie’s have to pay for the legitimate digital copy on iTunes, yet Apple hikes up it’s iTunes price because it can’t ship it’s tax revenue earnings offshore due to royal commission. Chuck on Hockey’s new GST tax for digital products and….one episode of Game of Thrones = $67AUD (obviously exaggeration).
Consumers never win.
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When does the dragon get removed from the forecourt. Is it still there after 12am tonight?
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@GST Is Coming
VPN mate, too easy.
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