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Post by ctown28 on Apr 30, 2019 16:26:10 GMT
I know I’m in the minority here but I’m quite happy the way it’s playing out. To me the white walker/NK storyline was always secondary. It was bound to be anticlimactic with how powerful they made him out to be and have no problem with how his storyline ended. Now I did see one theory out there regarding how Arya was able to sneak up. Right before they show her attacking there is a quick glimpse of one of the white walkers and said walker blinks, something we’ve never seen white walkers do. This gives way to the theory that Arya used the faceless men to disguise herself this way.
Now the show can wrap up the main storyline and doesn’t have to rush it. The show is game of thrones not game of zombies. Now they have the remaining 3 episodes to get into the final battle for the iron throne which, to me, has always been the most intriguing storyline
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 30, 2019 16:46:50 GMT
I was sad to see Lyanna Mormont die. Always thought she should have sat on the Iron Throne. She had more smarts, balls guts than any on the main characters.
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Post by bluerisk on Apr 30, 2019 18:37:41 GMT
The only the goods news are that Sansa is well, and both dragons have survived according to the trailer for episode 4. Ghost...poor boy. But I guess they had shown his death...but they totally eclipsed him except for running with the Dorthraki into the certain demise. Ghost is apparently shown in the episode 4 preview. During the funeral scene, looks like you can see him in the crowd. They really threw him under the bus so far.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 2, 2019 16:52:04 GMT
I know I’m in the minority here but I’m quite happy the way it’s playing out. To me the white walker/NK storyline was always secondary. It was bound to be anticlimactic with how powerful they made him out to be and have no problem with how his storyline ended. Now I did see one theory out there regarding how Arya was able to sneak up. Right before they show her attacking there is a quick glimpse of one of the white walkers and said walker blinks, something we’ve never seen white walkers do. This gives way to the theory that Arya used the faceless men to disguise herself this way. Now the show can wrap up the main storyline and doesn’t have to rush it. The show is game of thrones not game of zombies. Now they have the remaining 3 episodes to get into the final battle for the iron throne which, to me, has always been the most intriguing storyline Not to be that guy, but the book saga is known as A Song of Ice and Fire, not a song of incestuous nitwits.
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Post by ctown28 on May 3, 2019 1:51:27 GMT
I know I’m in the minority here but I’m quite happy the way it’s playing out. To me the white walker/NK storyline was always secondary. It was bound to be anticlimactic with how powerful they made him out to be and have no problem with how his storyline ended. Now I did see one theory out there regarding how Arya was able to sneak up. Right before they show her attacking there is a quick glimpse of one of the white walkers and said walker blinks, something we’ve never seen white walkers do. This gives way to the theory that Arya used the faceless men to disguise herself this way. Now the show can wrap up the main storyline and doesn’t have to rush it. The show is game of thrones not game of zombies. Now they have the remaining 3 episodes to get into the final battle for the iron throne which, to me, has always been the most intriguing storyline Not to be that guy, but the book saga is known as A Song of Ice and Fire, not a song of incestuous nitwits. Touche, but I haven’t read the books. IMO the show would be just as good if Bran had dead when being pushed out the window and the Night King was never a part of the story line. To me, the battle for the throne is the more interesting story. But to each their own!
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 3, 2019 11:50:25 GMT
Not to be that guy, but the book saga is known as A Song of Ice and Fire, not a song of incestuous nitwits. Touche, but I haven’t read the books. IMO the show would be just as good if Bran had dead when being pushed out the window and the Night King was never a part of the story line. To me, the battle for the throne is the more interesting story. But to each their own! I still think it'd be great without the supernatural elements as well. But they've spent so much time hyping that aspect of the story that it feels like a let down to have it resolved so quickly, leaving three entire episodes to deal with an equally soulless yet less dangerous and therefore less compelling villain.
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Post by sdm3 on May 3, 2019 12:39:54 GMT
Touche, but I haven’t read the books. IMO the show would be just as good if Bran had dead when being pushed out the window and the Night King was never a part of the story line. To me, the battle for the throne is the more interesting story. But to each their own! I still think it'd be great without the supernatural elements as well. But they've spent so much time hyping that aspect of the story that it feels like a let down to have it resolved so quickly, leaving three entire episodes to deal with an equally soulless yet less dangerous and therefore less compelling villain. It'll also feel absurd if several major characters die in the coming conflict when they survived the end-all final battle with the forces of the dead. Yet I have a feeling that's exactly what'll happen. But then, it feels like certain characters could only die at the hands of very specific people.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 3, 2019 12:45:53 GMT
I still think it'd be great without the supernatural elements as well. But they've spent so much time hyping that aspect of the story that it feels like a let down to have it resolved so quickly, leaving three entire episodes to deal with an equally soulless yet less dangerous and therefore less compelling villain. It'll also feel absurd if several major characters die in the coming conflict when they survived the end-all final battle with the forces of the dead. Yet I have a feeling that's exactly what'll happen. But then, it feels like certain characters could only die at the hands of very specific people. It's one of the most aggravating developments of all of this. I was prepared to see some of my favorite characters die defending the world. Instead, they'll die taking back the throne from one of the least intelligent and most obnoxious characters in the saga. To make matters worse, now that Arya has killed the NK, there's no way they give her the Cersei kill as well. If Arya dies at Cersei's hand, we riot.
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Post by ctown28 on May 3, 2019 14:21:27 GMT
It'll also feel absurd if several major characters die in the coming conflict when they survived the end-all final battle with the forces of the dead. Yet I have a feeling that's exactly what'll happen. But then, it feels like certain characters could only die at the hands of very specific people. It's one of the most aggravating developments of all of this. I was prepared to see some of my favorite characters die defending the world. Instead, they'll die taking back the throne from one of the least intelligent and most obnoxious characters in the saga. To make matters worse, now that Arya has killed the NK, there's no way they give her the Cersei kill as well. If Arya dies at Cersei's hand, we riot. I was expecting to see more characters die in the big war as well. None that did were surprising at all as they were pretty much telegraphed. I actually want to see Cersei survive the entire show, but if she does die, 8 think it needs to be at the hand of Jaimie or Tyrion, fulfilling Maggie the frogs prophecy. I would be very surprised if Arya doesn’t make it through. I think tak8ng out the NK pretty much gives her plot armor one of the main reasons I’m glad they wrapped up the NK storyline is I didn’t want to see the rest of the story rushed and now that there’s 3 episodes left, they have plenty of time to wrap it up. Rumor has it that episode 5 will be even more epic than the long night
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 3, 2019 14:24:26 GMT
It'll also feel absurd if several major characters die in the coming conflict when they survived the end-all final battle with the forces of the dead. Yet I have a feeling that's exactly what'll happen. But then, it feels like certain characters could only die at the hands of very specific people. It's one of the most aggravating developments of all of this. I was prepared to see some of my favorite characters die defending the world. Instead, they'll die taking back the throne from one of the least intelligent and most obnoxious characters in the saga. To make matters worse, now that Arya has killed the NK, there's no way they give her the Cersei kill as well. If Arya dies at Cersei's hand, we riot. I know that GOT has always excelled at subverting expectations (for all of this past episode's issues, the end of the Dothraki was one of the most incredible sequences the show has had and it accomplished this by flipping the cliched "charge into battle while the music builds into a crescendo" completely upside down)....but if Cersei is going to lose, it has to be by Jamie's hand. Right? RIGHT?!? Watch, fucking Sam will inadvertently get catapulted into the Red Keep and will crush her to death by landing on her. Also, about the Dothraki ride into ruin, there was a great article about it in Slate earlier in the week: Dothraki
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 3, 2019 15:06:36 GMT
It's one of the most aggravating developments of all of this. I was prepared to see some of my favorite characters die defending the world. Instead, they'll die taking back the throne from one of the least intelligent and most obnoxious characters in the saga. To make matters worse, now that Arya has killed the NK, there's no way they give her the Cersei kill as well. If Arya dies at Cersei's hand, we riot. I know that GOT has always excelled at subverting expectations (for all of this past episode's issues, the end of the Dothraki was one of the most incredible sequences the show has had and it accomplished this by flipping the cliched "charge into battle while the music builds into a crescendo" completely upside down) ....but if Cersei is going to lose, it has to be by Jamie's hand. Right? RIGHT?!? Watch, fucking Sam will inadvertently get catapulted into the Red Keep and will crush her to death by landing on her. Also, about the Dothraki ride into ruin, there was a great article about it in Slate earlier in the week: Dothraki I don't care who does it, I just hope she has the same lame smirk on her face that she's had the entire series when she dies.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 3, 2019 15:09:23 GMT
It's one of the most aggravating developments of all of this. I was prepared to see some of my favorite characters die defending the world. Instead, they'll die taking back the throne from one of the least intelligent and most obnoxious characters in the saga. To make matters worse, now that Arya has killed the NK, there's no way they give her the Cersei kill as well. If Arya dies at Cersei's hand, we riot. I was expecting to see more characters die in the big war as well. None that did were surprising at all as they were pretty much telegraphed. I actually want to see Cersei survive the entire show, but if she does die, 8 think it needs to be at the hand of Jaimie or Tyrion, fulfilling Maggie the frogs prophecy. I would be very surprised if Arya doesn’t make it through. I think tak8ng out the NK pretty much gives her plot armor
one of the main reasons I’m glad they wrapped up the NK storyline is I didn’t want to see the rest of the story rushed and now that there’s 3 episodes left, they have plenty of time to wrap it up. Rumor has it that episode 5 will be even more epic than the long night See I disagree. I think she's served her purpose to the story and now her fate is up in the air. Episode 5 being more epic than the long night is setting a low bar. I know I'm coming off as overly negative here. I'm still anticipating the final three episodes, but with lowered expectations at this point.
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Post by fjenkins on May 3, 2019 15:13:04 GMT
I can tell you how the show ends in two words.
Do not read further if you do not want to know:
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Timmy Westphall
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Post by xystophoros on May 4, 2019 3:18:30 GMT
Not to be that guy, but the book saga is known as A Song of Ice and Fire, not a song of incestuous nitwits. Dude, as terrifying as the White Walkers were, they were an implacable enemy and an existential threat. They didn’t talk. They couldn’t be negotiated with. There was never going to be human drama, court intrigue or any of the shit that makes GoT so juicy if the last season focused exclusively on the WWs. The way they’ve done this is the only way the series can be brought to an end in a satisfying way. Cersei is the most hated villain, and with the WWs out of the way, the show can return to focusing on the elements that made it a cultural phenomenon. Think about it: Every moment that blew people’s minds was a moment of human drama, betrayal, etc — Ned’s beheading, the Red Wedding, Joffrey’s death, Cersei blowing up the Great Sept. That’s the stuff that makes the show great.
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Post by xystophoros on May 4, 2019 3:21:59 GMT
Anyone complaining about GoT is just being a twat.
The show has become a cultural phenomenon and is the undisputed most successful book to TV adaptation in history. It’s also the most-watched, most-pirated show in history.
It’s 2019, do we really still have salty “book fans” mingeing about Stannis and stupid shit like not including Lady Stoneheart?
“OMG Renly didn’t eat a peach in that scene and the show never mentioned that the Unsullied are given puppies! What an abortion of a show! D&D have RUINED GRRM’s masterwork! Waaaaah!”
Shut the fuck up.
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Post by sdm3 on May 4, 2019 3:30:32 GMT
Anyone complaining about GoT is just being a twat. The show has become a cultural phenomenon and is the undisputed most successful book to TV adaptation in history. It’s also the most-watched, most-pirated show in history. It’s 2019, do we really still have salty “book fans” mingeing about Stannis and stupid shit like not including Lady Stoneheart? “OMG Renly didn’t eat a peach in that scene and the show never mentioned that the Unsullied are given puppies! What an abortion of a show! D&D have RUINED GRRM’s masterwork! Waaaaah!” Shut the fuck up. No one is complaining about such trivial nonsense. That particular section of fandom stopped watching years ago.
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Post by MrFurious on May 4, 2019 9:21:22 GMT
Watched the first 2 eps last night and enjoyed them. I see the IMDb score for ep 3 has gone from 9.7 down to 8.7. I'm guessing its all these idiots that watched it on their smartphones and are moaning that it was too dark that voted it down. Looking forward to it anyway this evening
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Post by bluerisk on May 4, 2019 9:40:03 GMT
Watched the first 2 eps last night and enjoyed them. I see the IMDb score for ep 3 has gone from 9.7 down to 8.7. I'm guessing its all these idiots that watched it on their smartphones and are moaning that it was too dark that voted it down. Looking forward to it anyway this evening A six feet 8K TV won't help you out: first a dark mess, then a reddish-brown one.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2019 9:44:14 GMT
Watched the first 2 eps last night and enjoyed them. I see the IMDb score for ep 3 has gone from 9.7 down to 8.7. I'm guessing its all these idiots that watched it on their smartphones and are moaning that it was too dark that voted it down. Looking forward to it anyway this evening A six feet 8K TV won't help you out: first a dark mess, then a reddish-brown one. Sounds like the state of the khazi the morning after a heavy night on the old Guinness and vindaloo.
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Post by Aj_June on May 4, 2019 9:51:03 GMT
Anyone complaining about GoT is just being a twat. The show has become a cultural phenomenon and is the undisputed most successful book to TV adaptation in history. It’s also the most-watched, most-pirated show in history. It’s 2019, do we really still have salty “book fans” mingeing about Stannis and stupid shit like not including Lady Stoneheart? “OMG Renly didn’t eat a peach in that scene and the show never mentioned that the Unsullied are given puppies! What an abortion of a show! D&D have RUINED GRRM’s masterwork! Waaaaah!” Shut the fuck up. No one is complaining about such trivial nonsense. That particular section of fandom stopped watching years ago. A bit of a problem is that people do not adjust their expectations. Of course season 8 is not at par with earlier seasons. But ep6 of S7 should have been a catalyst for people to downgrade their expectations. I for one am satisfied with this season so far because I had lower expectations. Although I would say they did a bit of mistake in incorrectly using Jon Snow in the battle of Winterfell. As for the whole "I couldn't see anything group", the episode's name was "the long night" and it was expected to be dark. The Night King was creating cold storms to cover everything in darkness so I am not sure how it could have been any different.
That said I have a bad feeling that we might not get a bittersweet ending that was promised. The latest trailer insinuates Dany as a kind of future villain. It might actually turn into a tragedy than a bittersweet ending. Now I guess that different people will have different take on that and some might enjoy an all Stark victory. I probably won't. I wanted Arya to be dead by the end but it seems they won't kill her.
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