A Game of Thrones (HBO Series)

[gocubsgo3822]

Who even cares about the battle for the throne. Snow has two dragons. Spoiler alert Jon snow sits on throne

[drakan]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo3822

Who even cares about the battle for the throne. Snow has two dragons. Spoiler alert Jon snow sits on throne

I doubt he wants it.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by smokew11

Jamie got brought down by a horde and should have died. Same with Brienne and Pod....I hate it when the show lowers the stakes. At the frozen lake both Tormund and Jon should have died based on what took place. If you're gonna let them live, dont place them in unwinnable scenes

I couldn't agree more.

[OK_Ant]

Would be interesting if the Night King does somehow come back. Where did he come from in the first place? Old Nan's stories, from what I remember, seem to suggest he's been defeated before.

No ice spiders???!!!!!

[grace2]

Originally Posted by smokew11

Jamie got brought down by a horde and should have died. Same with Brienne and Pod....I hate it when the show lowers the stakes. At the frozen lake both Tormund and Jon should have died based on what took place. If you're gonna let them live, dont place them in unwinnable scenes

Look at the episode and Greyworm, Brienne, Pod, Jamie, etc were all on the front line. They should, by show rights, be done.

that was jamie that got pulled into that entire mob of wights?

i agree with this whole post. great episode for sure, but more people should have died based on where they were.

did anyone else think there was going to be some kind of twist where the night king wasn't going to try to kill bran but instead they would show they're actually on the same team? probably makes no sense, but for some reason i was hoping for that

[junior94]

Originally Posted by cpxc.

Yeah, Arya cannot be azor ahai. NK has to come back.

orrrrr... there's a danger in trying to take prophecies too literally... ? I think there was a famous author who talked about that once.




As much as I liked the ending (especially the callback to her dropping the knife to her other hand) and I don't WANT Arya to die, but it seemed like when Melisandre explained that's why Beric was brought back so often, that by itself virtually guarantees, not Arya killing the NK, but her surviving til the end. If the whole point of Beric was for him to save her life in a tight moment?


I did think they were going to cut back to Bran "coming back to reality" way earlier than they did. It seemed like the use of him warging into that crow was finished pretty quickly.

[junior94]

Originally Posted by grace2

did anyone else think there was going to be some kind of twist where the night king wasn't going to try to kill bran but instead they would show they're actually on the same team? probably makes no sense, but for some reason i was hoping for that

well okay, a tiny part of me was like, how insane would it be if Bran turns and goes "so what took you so long?" Not that I really thought it would be a 'same team' thing, but I was starting to think the WW were just going to kidnap him or something, and there was a longer plan at play there. well plus I was thinking there'd be a reveal that maybe regular WW could be killed with Valerian steel, but not the NK.

Originally Posted by OK_Ant

No ice spiders???!!!!!

thank gooooooooddddddddddddd




and I can't help but agree, with the situations they were shown to be in, Brienne, Jaime and Pod should ALL be dead. I kinda don't think Tormund is, I don't remember them directly showing him killed or his dead body.

[OK_Ant]

Originally Posted by grace2

that was jamie that got pulled into that entire mob of wights?

i agree with this whole post. great episode for sure, but more people should have died based on where they were.

did anyone else think there was going to be some kind of twist where the night king wasn't going to try to kill bran but instead they would show they're actually on the same team? probably makes no sense, but for some reason i was hoping for that

Yeah, all that anticipation for such a quick ending to him. But, as we've seen, nobody could get close enough to the Night King. Theon was close, but his weapon was too clumsy, and not the right kind anyway. Arya, through years of training, was able to catch him off guard.

[coldengrey12]

Bran: You're a good man, Theon. You did a great j—

Theon: Leeeeeeeeeeroy Jennnnnnnnnnnnkins!

[junior94]

btw, so the first few undead people that Arya was quietly skirting around inside the castle, those were just wights who had busted in from different openings outside, right? or where they supposed to have been bodies from the crypts?
just that cause they didn't make it totally obvious to a bit later that it was crypt people, showing the bodies breaking out of the coffins right by where all the women and children were hiding

[OK_Ant]

Just realized the guy who directed last night's episode also directed Hardhome, Battle of the Bastards and The Winds of Winter. Hot damn.

[coldengrey12]

Battle of the Bastards remains the gold standard for battles on this show.

Not the least of which because you could actually see WTF was happening.

[junior94]

yeah but the thing is, did we honestly think the army of the dead was going to attack during the daytime? No, part of their whole plan (as was also done by the mist) was obscuring as much of the enemy's view as possible. Plus seeing as how they're all about BRINGING "the long night", they pretty much prefer to work the late shift.




and yea I forget who's directing 4 next week, but Sapochnek returns to direct ep5 (another big KL battle?), then D&D themselves direct the finale.

[neumdogg]

Arya having the best week ever!

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by junior94

yeah but the thing is, did we honestly think the army of the dead was going to attack during the daytime? No, part of their whole plan (as was also done by the mist) was obscuring as much of the enemy's view as possible. Plus seeing as how they're all about BRINGING "the long night", they pretty much prefer to work the late shift.

In some spots, it worked well — the Dothraki's flaming swords slowly extinguishing on the horizon. Ominous and good use of low lighting.

The aerial dragon fight was similarly confusing, but, also, kind of the point.

But there were some spots, particularly the fighting on the battlements and in the baileys (yes, I looked up castle terminology to say this, what's your point? ; ) of Winterfell where it was so dimly lit as to be confusing what was going on.

There's someone who fell off of the battlements and I'm still not sure if it was Gendry. (I'm presuming not because I haven't seen a lot of RIP Gendry on social media.)

[diableri]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

In some spots, it worked well — the Dothraki's flaming swords slowly extinguishing on the horizon. Ominous and good use of low lighting.

The aerial dragon fight was similarly confusing, but, also, kind of the point.

But there were some spots, particularly the fighting on the battlements and in the baileys (yes, I looked up castle terminology to say this, what's your point? ; ) of Winterfell where it was so dimly lit as to be confusing what was going on.

There's someone who fell off of the battlements and I'm still not sure if it was Gendry. (I'm presuming not because I haven't seen a lot of RIP Gendry on social media.)

Soooo... assuming we're not worrying about tagging stuff based on these first few replies but I think Gendry was with Tormund right? Standing off to the side? Pod was with Jaimie?

Arya and Lady mutha fuckin Mormont. Good stuff.

[unccrombie]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo3822

How did she get by all of them?

I'm pretty sure she took the face of one of the NK's cronies.

[OK_Ant]

Where was Varys in all this craziness? In the crypts? Would've been nice to see him do something other than talk.

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by OK_Ant

Where was Varys in all this craziness? In the crypts? Would've been nice to see him do something other than talk.

mot sure if you've watched Game of Thrones, but all Varys does is talk. That's literally it. And he hasn't even done that in 2 season

[smokew11]

I'm still not thrilled with the low death count. I don't want characters to die for the sake of it, but it's almost as if DD are scared to kill anyone with a name anymore.

In terms of the darkness, I was using a plasma in low light, and there was a good amount of macroblocking any time they show the night sky. I didn't think the overall episode was too dark though, but I've seen a lot of complaining about it. The dragon scene specifically was really bad with the macroblocking and it was really confusing, but that was the point- Jon and Dany were completely lost

just a lot of interesting choices for this episode. As always, the battle is at it's best when it's focusing on specific characters. I was also waiting for the tracking shot and was a little disappointed it was so quick. It was much better in Battle of Castle Black, Loot Train, and Bastards

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo3822

Who even cares about the battle for the throne. Snow has two dragons. Spoiler alert Jon snow sits on throne

we also thought Jon would kill the NK

[M. Steng]

You guys need better TVs, other than the intentional confusion in the way it was shot, I had zero issues with the darkness you guys are mentioning.

Having had a night to sleep on it, still think it was awesome, anyone who didn't like it has a big dump in their pants.

[M. Steng]

Also, RIP to my guy Beric, went out like the true bad ass mother fucker that he is. That one hit me the hardest, he was one of my favorite characters.

[Gene Parmesan]

Arya creeping around the library was a little too Scooby-Doo. Agree with most that they Glen-dumpstered too many characters. Hope we don't have to hear Brienne Monica Seles all over Kings Landing. Thought Viserion crashing and thrashing into Winterfell was one of the best scenes of the episode. The climactic scene with Arya and the Night King was well done with the music and build up.

What was the deal with Melisandre and Grey Worm? They shared the faceless men greeting?

[dontdrink36]

I thought Arya in the library was more Jurrasic Park than Acooby Doo. It was intense but a nice little break from the gore, and it set up her chase scene nicely

[YouNeverKnow25]

Originally Posted by Gene Parmesan

Arya creeping around the library was a little too Scooby-Doo. Agree with most that they Glen-dumpstered too many characters. Hope we don't have to hear Brienne Monica Seles all over Kings Landing. Thought Viserion crashing and thrashing into Winterfell was one of the best scenes of the episode. The climactic scene with Arya and the Night King was well done with the music and build up.

What was the deal with Melisandre and Grey Worm? They shared the faceless men greeting?

That’s a general bravosi/essossi greeting, not specific to the faceless men

[UCFish]

Originally Posted by M. Steng

You guys need better TVs, other than the intentional confusion in the way it was shot, I had zero issues with the darkness you guys are mentioning.

Having had a night to sleep on it, still think it was awesome, anyone who didn't like it has a big dump in their pants.

Have an LG 4k OLED with blazing internet.....Maybe HBO Go just sucks.

[swordo84]

Good episode. Thought it was too dark, but I get why it was. I just hope the remaining battle(s) are in daylight.

[bradshaw06]

Originally Posted by M. Steng

You guys need better TVs, other than the intentional confusion in the way it was shot, I had zero issues with the darkness you guys are mentioning.

Having had a night to sleep on it, still think it was awesome, anyone who didn't like it has a big dump in their pants.

Same here, no darkness issue, i wonder how much the battle confusion plays into it.

Only thing i wish we saw was the white walkers actually fighting.

[M. Steng]

Originally Posted by UCFish

Have an LG 4k OLED with blazing internet.....Maybe HBO Go just sucks.

Maybe, but my HBO Go worked wonderfully last night.

Do you stream through a third-party deal like Roku or PS Vue etc.?

I go right through the HBO Go app on my TV and it's crystal clear for every show.