not to rehash this dumb show but it’s so odd we find out the White Walkers basically have their own city and civilization and then they get no development of any kind for like three seasons
White Walkers were easily the most intriguing aspect of the show and they shit their entire diaper with how they wrapped them up.
The show couldn't make up their mind whether they wanted them to have more meaning or just be a weapon that got out of hand. It was the worst. On one hand, they don't explain anything aside from how they were created (which is fine - just keep their motivation and their backstory simple). But then on the other, the Night King apparently has an insane grudge against Bran for apparently no other reason than that Bran "holds the memories of man". He's a demon who wants nothing other than destroying humanity, yet he somehow feels so strongly about killing Bran with his own two hands that he gets himself killed, jeopardizing his mission after thousands of years on the first night that he's beyond the wall. The whole thing was so pointless lol
the opening scene taking the baby to their “home” is easily the most interested i’ve been in a thread of this show and they completely abandoned it lol
Season 1 marathoned yesterday and now Season 2 is on today. This is probably the season I’ve watched the least besides 8, or at least definitely the one I’ve seen the least recently. Lot of good dynamics between characters in this season. But yesterday I was wondering why I recognized Ser Hugh of the Vale, like “I know I’ve seen this guy in other stuff at some point”….so I googled it today and turns out he was the podcast dude from the 2018 Halloween reboot. Which is funny because when i watched that movie I was thinking “hey this guy looks familiar” lol
I rewatched the first few seasons last month as well. GoT might have the perfect pilot episode and probably one of the best opening scenes in TV history right up there with The Wire's Snot Boogy scene.
It's a top-tier pilot for sure. My wife started a rewatch recently but got distracted. I think she left off early season three. Seasons two through four were absolutely exceptional and peerless for the genre.
Finishing up season 3 on a rewatch today. These early seasons are legitimately some of the best television ever.
Yeah as I’ve watched through Season 2 I remembered how much I liked it. It seemed to get rated as the “worst” of the first 4 seasons when people did rankings because let’s face it, 3 and 4 are top tier TV and 1 was a mostly true to the book ace way to start it off. But I think 2 is just as good. Has lots of palace intrigue like season 1, but gives us a lot of great interactions and team ups. Tyrion/Bronn, Tyrion and Cersei, Stannis/Renly/Catelyn, Stannis/Davos, Arya and Yoren, Arya and Tywin, etc. Plus you get Robb kicking ass and all the goings on with his men and the seeds of discord being sewn, and the tragedy of Theon begins. Maester Luwin and Rodrick Cassel are underrated sad deaths
ugh damn this show was so good when it was good. they really fkin nailed the casting with so many of the characters.
This might be the first time I've seen Theon listed as a favorite character. I really liked Tywin until his death.
Season 3 marathoning today. They really leaned into the songs after everyone loved Blackwater ending with the Rains of Castamere in the credits. Had forgotten about Jaime getting his hand cut off and his screaming going right into the Hold Steady doing Bear and the Maiden Fair lol....and then episode 5 ends with Shireen singing the songs that Patchface would sing in the books.
I never caught the Shireen thing. I did turn it on today and hear that awful hold steady rendition though.
Yeah I wish they did a more medieval-sounding song like the way the Snow Patrol dude sang it in the episode
they had what, Ed Sheeran, Mastodon, and Sigur Ros all make appearances and The National also did a song for the credits, right?