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Game of Thrones (season 8)
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BlueHammer85
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Great stuff.
Good to see Cersei back to her bastard self. Can’t wait to watch her die.
A fitting end would be Bran killing everyone off with Ravens ... and as he makes his way to the iron throne, his wheel bursts and he starvs to death and gets eaten ironically by the Ravens.
Good to see Cersei back to her bastard self. Can’t wait to watch her die.
A fitting end would be Bran killing everyone off with Ravens ... and as he makes his way to the iron throne, his wheel bursts and he starvs to death and gets eaten ironically by the Ravens.
Really enjoyed this episode. Return to early seasons in theme and tone.
A lot of people are blaming bad writing as the reason things are not going as they expected but I don't really see it that way. There is a lot of 21st century battle knowledge being used to debunk certain scenes but the protagonists don't have that knowledge, nor do they have the hindsight of the viewer who knows much more than they do.
I've read all the leaks and have a fair idea how it will end. I knew what would happen in ep 4 before I watched it live. That didn't diminish it for me at all. It's fantastically made and for the most part acted and I'm super happy we are back to power games. This id Game of Thrones, not ASOIAF.
I think the main people people are talking about bad writing is because the writing is genuinely awful. The acting is not bad, some of the actors have really improved over the years, and there's a satisfaction to seeing how the story ends because we've been in for 11 years and 4 books, but the writing - especially dialogue - has been poor for the last 2 seasons and it's taken a lot of the quality of the show with it.
I think most people have accepted it now and are just happy to see the ending and enjoy the spectacle of £15m episodes.
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Alfred Hitchcock likes this.Great stuff.
Good to see Cersei back to her bastard self. Can’t wait to watch her die.
A fitting end would be Bran killing everyone off with Ravens ... and as he makes his way to the iron throne, his wheel bursts and he starvs to death and gets eaten ironically by the Ravens.
bluetonium
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Enjoyed that last episode, they managed to make it quite tense with the politics of the Seven kindgoms coming back into it, deceit at every corner.
But that last twenty minutes... As others have said, just didn't work. I looked away for a second to take a sip of my post match beer and all of a sudden they'd been transported from winterfell to the gates of kings landing. Have they got a bloody TARDIS now? No build up, no suspense, we had entire episodes in earlier series dedicated to journeys north and south and that is when most of the relationships and enemies were made... Not this time, just wish upon a fart and a whole army is teleported to the next scene hundreds of miles away.
Makes me worry for the ending, please don't be yet another series with a rushed conclusion.
But that last twenty minutes... As others have said, just didn't work. I looked away for a second to take a sip of my post match beer and all of a sudden they'd been transported from winterfell to the gates of kings landing. Have they got a bloody TARDIS now? No build up, no suspense, we had entire episodes in earlier series dedicated to journeys north and south and that is when most of the relationships and enemies were made... Not this time, just wish upon a fart and a whole army is teleported to the next scene hundreds of miles away.
Makes me worry for the ending, please don't be yet another series with a rushed conclusion.
BlueHammer85
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Enjoyed that last episode, they managed to make it quite tense with the politics of the Seven kindgoms coming back into it, deceit at every corner.
But that last twenty minutes... As others have said, just didn't work. I looked away for a second to take a sip of my post match beer and all of a sudden they'd been transported from winterfell to the gates of kings landing. Have they got a bloody TARDIS now? No build up, no suspense, we had entire episodes in earlier series dedicated to journeys north and south and that is when most of the relationships and enemies were made... Not this time, just wish upon a fart and a whole army is teleported to the next scene hundreds of miles away.
Makes me worry for the ending, please don't be yet another series with a rushed conclusion.
The ending will get slated no matter what.
johnmc
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Enjoyed that last episode, they managed to make it quite tense with the politics of the Seven kindgoms coming back into it, deceit at every corner.
But that last twenty minutes... As others have said, just didn't work. I looked away for a second to take a sip of my post match beer and all of a sudden they'd been transported from winterfell to the gates of kings landing. Have they got a bloody TARDIS now? No build up, no suspense, we had entire episodes in earlier series dedicated to journeys north and south and that is when most of the relationships and enemies were made... Not this time, just wish upon a fart and a whole army is teleported to the next scene hundreds of miles away.
Makes me worry for the ending, please don't be yet another series with a rushed conclusion.
Pretty sure it shown them on a boat travelling
Enjoyed that last episode, they managed to make it quite tense with the politics of the Seven kindgoms coming back into it, deceit at every corner.
But that last twenty minutes... As others have said, just didn't work. I looked away for a second to take a sip of my post match beer and all of a sudden they'd been transported from winterfell to the gates of kings landing. Have they got a bloody TARDIS now? No build up, no suspense, we had entire episodes in earlier series dedicated to journeys north and south and that is when most of the relationships and enemies were made... Not this time, just wish upon a fart and a whole army is teleported to the next scene hundreds of miles away.
Makes me worry for the ending, please don't be yet another series with a rushed conclusion.
The relationships between characters already exist though, and can't deviate too much with under 3 hours left for characters to finish their arcs.
Episode 2 was slated for its slow pace when it was all about refreshing those relationships and emphasising the bond between some characters.
The latest one was a pretty perfect episode IMO. Good blend of action and discussion.
shevtheblue
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IMO they seem to be trying to just get the series over and done with now, in a way maybe its a good thing not to just continue milking it like The Walking Dead have done but it also feels like it deserves more.