Game Of Thrones

[LogGrad98]

I was really hoping the translator women was going to grab cersei and jump off the edge of the castle with her.

She should have. You know you're going to die. The second she is close enough to whisper in your ear you grab her and jump, pull her down with you. But that would make too much sense and we wouldn't get the dramatic "drakaris", and we can't break our trend of terrible writing and terrible choices by previously intelligent characters. We gotta trope our way to the end

 

[LogGrad98]

Geez this show was one of the best things ever happened in its first season and now it’s being killed with turrible writing. I didn’t even watch the last episode but I’m in no rush after reading the comments.

Basically nothing happened.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I think Jaime will kiell Cersei. I think Tyrion will find more dragons. The theory of people riding 3 dragons has to happen. I hope Sam Tully is one of them. I think someone will kill Daenerys because she is turning into the mad king. I think Jon Snow, Arya, or Varys are the most likely. Obviously the Hound has to kill the Mountain, they probably both die in the fight. Arya has to kill someone else. If its not Daenerys or Cersei maybe its the creepy side kick to Cersei or Euron.

Those are my guesses. I hope I am pleasantly surprised. This season has been pretty meh so far but they can save the season and give the series a great ending if they finish up well.

 

[Zombie]

I came across this reddit post which nails the differences between how the early seasons were successful in surprising the audience in ways that made narrative sense vs how it's been done the last few seasons. Definitely worth a read.
(contains a swear)

Spoiler: Swears inside

 

[addictionary]

Basically nothing happened.

Yeah man. I mean I remember the moment Ned calls out for Mountain. What happened to those insane atmosphere build up techniques? Didn’t the writers grab any gosh darn method at all from previous experiences? Don’t you have any pride and respect on the material you put out? That was what made Game of Thrones special. Ned was even better than the book Eddard. I’d prefer they never even show the darn wights at all instead of this poopsy.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Oh, and the White Walkers return for the final episode. Since the season 8 premiere showed Winterfell covered in snow, no one there, and Jon Snows sword in the ground with a white walker walking in. They did have those 99 babies taken by the white walker and the 100th one was not taken... Sam Jr.

 

[Gameface]

So when the books are finished and we have a proper ending and all the pieces make sense leading up to it are they going to have to make another GoT?

This thing was being done right season 1. Season 2 was still pretty solid. By season 3 they started to diverge and all the ways they diverged made the show less good.

I get a little confused as far as how TV show seasons and books line up, but when they decided to take books 4 and 5 and condense that into a single TV season (basically) I thinks that's when things went into a nosedive. Books 4 and 5 could have been made into 3 TV seasons. Maybe they were worried that the actors wouldn't stick around for a 10-12 season show, or they'd grow up too much or whatever. I don't know, but had they actually used books 4 and 5 instead of making a sub-par condensed version of them then I think book 6 might have come out in time for them to use it. They'd still almost certainly be on their own for the ending, but there would be fewer holes leading up to it.

People cried when Rob got killed. They were SHOCKED. It was a gut punch.

Did any of you cry or feel shocked or gut punched when the dragon died in episode 4? I didn't. It was like, oh hey is that dragon really dead, hum. That escalated quickly. Sucks for Danny I guess.

 

[LogGrad98]

So when the books are finished and we have a proper ending and all the pieces make sense leading up to it are they going to have to make another GoT?

This thing was being done right season 1. Season 2 was still pretty solid. By season 3 they started to diverge and all the ways they diverged made the show less good.

I get a little confused as far as how TV show seasons and books line up, but when they decided to take books 4 and 5 and condense that into a single TV season (basically) I thinks that's when things went into a nosedive. Books 4 and 5 could have been made into 3 TV seasons. Maybe they were worried that the actors wouldn't stick around for a 10-12 season show, or they'd grow up too much or whatever. I don't know, but had they actually used books 4 and 5 instead of making a sub-par condensed version of them then I think book 6 might have come out in time for them to use it. They'd still almost certainly be on their own for the ending, but there would be fewer holes leading up to it.

People cried when Rob got killed. They were SHOCKED. It was a gut punch.

Did any of you cry or feel shocked or gut punched when the dragon died in episode 4? I didn't. It was like, oh hey is that dragon really dead, hum. That escalated quickly. Sucks for Danny I guess.

Well said. I didn't feel anything when the first dragon was killed either because I was stuck on "ok so this guy runs back to the wall, they send a Raven, Dany gets on the dragons and flies up here....all in about a day and a half? Umm...ok"

 

[Gameface]

Well said. I didn't feel anything when the first dragon was killed either because I was stuck on "ok so this guy runs back to the wall, they send a Raven, Dany gets on the dragons and flies up here....all in about a day and a half? Umm...ok"

Yeah, totally agree that the first dragon dying didn't really get me, either.

Those should have been monumental moments in the series. Ned getting executed was the first indication that this series was gonna be different. His death was shocking and at the same time really drew people into this story. Then Rob dies (along with Catalyn) and it shocked us all over again. Joffrey was another shock. A happy shock, but a shock.

Jon Snow dies. This is the last thing that happens in book 5. Another big TV moment.

Jon Snow is brought back to life with a little hocus pocus, kalamazoo (not in the books) and it was like ok, we knew he'd be back, so he's back, that's nice.

Then Bran's direwolf died (something that hasn't happened in the books) and it was kind of meh. We forget about all that because Hodor dies, which was sad. I have a feeling GRRM developed that scene with the producers in some ways. That was the last big death that had an emotional impact, imho.

Then Rickon's direwolf dies (not in the books), meh.

Then Rickon dies (not in the books) medium sad.

Littlefinger dies (not in the books) and it was nice but not as satisfying as it could have been. And it bugged me that Sansa passed the sentence but didn't "swing the sword" as is the tradition for House Stark.

 

[LogGrad98]

Yeah the resurrected catlyn from the books was completely absent. I'm shocked how much of the really good material they just left out.

 

[Zombie]

Yeah the resurrected catlyn from the books was completely absent. I'm shocked how much of the really good material they just left out.

Not that it's necessarily the "good material" from the books per se, but not incorporating the (Fake)aegon storyline is hurting the show as well. There are entire swaths of the continent completely ignored in the show now, and as a result the world feels small and empty especially compared to how it felt in the beginning of the series.

 

[Stoked]

Not that it's necessarily the "good material" from the books per se, but not incorporating the (F)aegon storyline is hurting the show as well. There are entire swaths of the continent completely ignored in the show now, and as a result the world feels small and empty especially compared to how it felt in the beginning of the series.

I’m gonna have to read the books.