#384

Calm down Shakespeare, there wasn’t enough time for even half a tit to show up and you want more talking? Let’s be realistic, please.

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#385

i’d read the leaks ages ago tbh, so I knew where it was going. disappointed that they were right

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#387

100% agree with you there.

After the opening ten 10 minutes I was quietly hopeful - the shots of walking around what was left in King’s Landing in the ash-snow were visually and psychologically very strong.

But the uncovering of Jaime and Cersei, Arya and Jon talking, Tyrion and Jon’s scene in the prison cell, Jon and Dany arguing, the King Debate scene (in particular Sansa’s declaration of independence), and the small counsel scene were all just laughably bad writing before you even begin to figure them into an overarching plot.

Sort of felt like a A level student having to write an essay about a very complex subject in 500 words. So to cover all the main individual points you try to make every single sentence a concise yet utterly profound one. And inevitably the final product is utter gibberish.

HGWIR? Game of Thrones: as said above, started out exceptionally for the first 2-3 series. Genuinely some of the best big-budget TV I’ve seen. Then went rapidly downhill (despite showing enough odd flashes of brilliance to keep hopes up they’d turn it around). Last couple of seasons were laughable in hindsight. A real SHAME!

2/5

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#388

yeah i accidentally opened up twitter and this was the first thing I saw. Then later I opened up Facebook and thanks to The Ringer saw a picture of Jon and Ghost.

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#389

Think i’d have enjoyed it more if I’d watched 5 and 6 back to back. Just a bit of a boring 80mins. Mind started drifting about halfway in. I’d have made Bran Flakes do a bit of magic just before the credits rolled. Summon the dragon back. Even a spot of minor levitation.

#390

Just watched this, my one and only episode. Is it always this slow? They could’ve done it all in half an hour. Maybe it was more exciting if you knew the backstory :woman_shrugging:

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#391

It’s not Friends, you don’t dip in and out and it’s mostly fine.

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#392

Yeah but was that a typical episode? Cause I couldn’t sit through 8 series of that.

Also ‘it’s not friends’. Burrrrrn

#393

Septa unella is on throne cast and she is SMOKIN :scream:

#394

all right, grey worm

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#395

No, it wasn’t typical. It’s trying to find an ending to a cumulative eight series worth of narrative - arguably poorly - and also conclude a whole load of character arcs in one episode. It’s probably the least typical episode in a lot of ways because of that.

#396

all’s game that thrones well!

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#397

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#398

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#399

That was like brilliant

I think people being so annoyed is genuinely testiment to d&ds grasp on the characters and the world, on an almost subconscious, primal level, which is why they struggle so much to articulate themselves properly in interviews

That’s why the reaction has been so much more polarised and emotional than it was when grrrm was still involved. He only really understands the characters on an intellectual level, theyre akin to pieces on a chess board, which means that while he never sacrifices logical consistency he doesn’t really get them on the human level the way d&d do

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#400

I mean it’s a good breakfast but is it king? I THINK NOT!

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#401

By all accounts this episode was one of the worst of the whole run. As someone that thought the show fell off a cliff after season 3, this doesn’t surprise me. I lost the will to continue after the first episode of season 5.

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#402

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#403

Kellogs Bran has more personality and depth than Bran

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#404

I left Twitter a while back and somehow I have found my FB feed devoid of spoilers. It’s been really great this season and I appreciate it even if I don’t quite believe it was possible to avoid all spoilers. Maybe my FB friends are all just really boring.