Game of Thrones (HBO) TV Show • Page 405

I was expecting more main character deaths after the last episode. But I’m happy that brianne and Arya still alive. Also glad tat Theon is finally dead.

 

What's not to understand? It refers to characters surmounting unbelievable odds or taking unrealistic amounts of damage but still pulling through not because they're so much stronger than anyone else but because the story demands it. It's a pejorative because it's lazy storytelling

 

FUCK YEAH THAT WAS MY OTHER BULLETPOINT I MEANT TO TYPE! Why wasn’t the prince/princess who was promised revealed? Wasn’t the prophecy supposed to take place against the dead?!

 

I'll be interested in revisiting this episode whenever the blu-ray comes out, as it is the quality was really distracting outside of the hallway sequences which had that nice moonlight

 

It’s only a problem when you base like your entire identity as a show around “anyone can die” and trolling the audience for years into thinking no one is ever safe. It’s been super clear for YEARS that the show doesn’t work that way anymore, but everyone is still so tied up in it that they expect those stakes to still be in play. But just like it doesn’t follow the books, it also doesn’t follow its own views from the start. It’s a big action blockbuster, not a super niche character study drama. The rules are veeeeeeery different.

 

Like i’m completely reaching, but my first thought when Bran sent the ravens was that he was almost giving the NK a heads up.

 

took them two goddamn months to film that episode and they forgot to turn the lights on smh

 

And who does that apply to here? I mean really it doesn’t apply to literally any of the people who survived.

 

Anyone else get Dunkirk vibes from the score?

 

To be clear the episodes look great with on demand the next day/streaming, but live on the actual HBO channel they look like this....?

 

I really wish they wouldn’t have botched Arya’s storyline post-books so I could’ve enjoyed that payoff to its fullest. Also, it’s just lazy to have her jump in there without showing us how she got around the literal wall of dead soldiers surrounding the NK. Hopefully the books finish and do it justice.
That said, what an intense and fun episode of television, even if the lighting is a viewing problem.

 

I don't really think it applies here. But you were just talking generally, so

 

A few questions:

Where did Bran warg to?
Was Jon just ready to take on a fucking dragon?
Was Arya just a faceless WW for that whole sequence?

I liked the episode, will need to watch it again to take it in.

 

Was it arzt

 

Cersei is such an interesting character but seeing Euron’s awful face in the preview was such a mood killer. Like who cares about that dude or anything else? They defeated the existential threat of thousands of lifetimes, but we have to deal with a gross Captain Jack wannabe??

 

The opposing army carried torches, which helped significantly, perspective-wise

 

You got a little on you.

 

Its also my favorite alcohol

 

I thought Arya was gonna be a Faceless Bran for a minute there

Why the fuck did you charge, Theon? Play some D my dude

 

I think I bruised my hands from clapping so hard when Arya did that

 

You miss the last ten minutes of his life or something? Haha

 

Also the "anyone can die" aspect was never about deaths in the middle of battles. The most shocking deaths have always been the ones that happened during relatively peaceful scenes -- Joffrey deciding last minute to kill Ned, Red Wedding, Joffrey's wedding, Jon getting betrayed

 

This times a billion. Like...he can’t jist be a big bad zombie. There has to be a bigger pay off.

 

I jumped out of my chair and slammed my fist into the floor while screaming “fuck yes” at the top of my lungs. What an incredible episode.

 

Lord of the Rings was lit way better than this show

I know they're going for different things and I know this was supposed to feel chaotic but it still wouldn't kill this show to try and contrast with color and shadows like actual movies do.