Game of Thrones discussion thread (spoilers for the series and the book material covered)
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So that was 1 helluvan episode (7x4)
The wolf pack is gathering, Arya is a total badass, and that ending... The Showrunners compared it to an f16 entering a medieval conflict... Which is accurate... It reminded me a lot of the anime Gate, which was basically exactly that... Modern weapons and tactics in a fantasy setting.
The Dragon gets all of the attention of course... But the Dothraki deserve some praise as well... That had to be the single most expensive scene in TV history... Maybe not as epic as the battle of the bastards was.... But that was a full episode, this was 1 scene.
The wolf pack is gathering, Arya is a total badass, and that ending... The Showrunners compared it to an f16 entering a medieval conflict... Which is accurate... It reminded me a lot of the anime Gate, which was basically exactly that... Modern weapons and tactics in a fantasy setting.
The Dragon gets all of the attention of course... But the Dothraki deserve some praise as well... That had to be the single most expensive scene in TV history... Maybe not as epic as the battle of the bastards was.... But that was a full episode, this was 1 scene.
I'm really surprised by how quickly the plot is moving along. They really want to wrap this up. Just last season I was asking for stuff to happen because it was going so slow, but now I feel like they're rushing through all the plot points so they can get to the climactic "Winter is here" part of the story. I wouldn't be surprised if Cersei gets killed within the next two episodes.
As soon as she was talking about the annulment and secret heir, that was such an OMG moment, and no one else knows, and she doesn't understand what she just found out.
But I do love the chemistry between Jon and Dani. It's palpable.
Also, does anyone think Cersei is faking the pregnancy to get her idiot brother back under her spell?
But I do love the chemistry between Jon and Dani. It's palpable.
Also, does anyone think Cersei is faking the pregnancy to get her idiot brother back under her spell?
This thing is becoming some fanfiction levels of predictable, but man I kinda like how everything is just flowing and moving now. The episodes feel longer than they actually are, which in this case is a very good thing. I appreciate a lot of the more grounded moments in this episode as well, very smart dialogue without the "badass" kickers at the end of every sentence. Real fun shit.
the best thing is probably the budget, scale, and attention to detail in the actual production now
these battles are amazing
the worst thing is some of the forced tension, and the way they are quickly throwing away extrenious plots just to get them out of the way, that combined with the fast travel and quicker pace are making the world feel much much smaller
I still quite enjoy it though
these battles are amazing
the worst thing is some of the forced tension, and the way they are quickly throwing away extrenious plots just to get them out of the way, that combined with the fast travel and quicker pace are making the world feel much much smaller
I still quite enjoy it though
I'm honestly okay with the fast travel. I fully believe that a raven can fly overnight down to Dragonstone and that Dany can fly on a dragon up there in a few hours. Without a subtitle to say "2 days later" 0r "24 hours later", we just have to assume that a certain amount of time has passed, and we were lucky enough to not have someone rowing for 2 days be the plot of an episode.
That was unforgivable but I'm of the mindset that the show is schlock now so I dont really care for bad writing and editing like that. I could nitpick that whole ending sequence to no end but why tire myself. The show is wrestling.
If it wasnt clear before its clear now how far removed the show is from the books.
If it wasnt clear before its clear now how far removed the show is from the books.
I saw a headline somewhere saying that this season of Game of Thrones feels like fanfiction. I agree. Everything is too convenient, and all the plotlines are basically heading in the direction that the fanbase wants them to.
I'm still hoping that there is a deeper plot to this story. This is a world in which the mystical Children of the Forest created ice necromancers that raise the dead to fight the First Men; where a space-time wizard can see everything that has ever happened and will happen, and can create time paradoxes by manipulating people in the past; where dragons exist; where Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit routinely revive people to do their bidding; where the Drowned God is prophesized to return and wreck everything. I don't want to watch Jon and Dany's soap opera anymore, and I won't be satisfied if next season is just a 7-hour long fight between the dragons and the ice baddies.
I'm still hoping that there is a deeper plot to this story. This is a world in which the mystical Children of the Forest created ice necromancers that raise the dead to fight the First Men; where a space-time wizard can see everything that has ever happened and will happen, and can create time paradoxes by manipulating people in the past; where dragons exist; where Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit routinely revive people to do their bidding; where the Drowned God is prophesized to return and wreck everything. I don't want to watch Jon and Dany's soap opera anymore, and I won't be satisfied if next season is just a 7-hour long fight between the dragons and the ice baddies.
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I agree that everything seems very, very rushed to fit things in time. There are just too many series writer tropes going on and things that just don't fit in the original author's way of doing things. I'd love to see a revision in the future of what really happens in the book, if that ever happens.
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GOT Director concerning Fast Travel
GOT Director concerning Fast Travel
Wasn't an ice dragon, just blue fire
So doing my video tomorrow... What scene/story should we focus on?
Littlefinger
Incest
The wall
The wight display
Cerseis plot
We only cover a single aspect, then save the rest for the podcast
Also, any listener mail you guys want us to respond to?
Or does anybody want to guest
We record tomorrow at 9pm pst
So doing my video tomorrow... What scene/story should we focus on?
Littlefinger
Incest
The wall
The wight display
Cerseis plot
We only cover a single aspect, then save the rest for the podcast
Also, any listener mail you guys want us to respond to?
Or does anybody want to guest
We record tomorrow at 9pm pst
