HBO's Game of Thrones

[EndoSickness]

One episode and the looming threat of the series is dealt with!?
Congrats HBO, you just ruined Game Of Thrones.

 

[DinoDB1975]

One more thought on last night’s episode...

Spoiler

Winterfell lived up to it’s name. The names of the major cities/castles in Westeros are pretty literal...Harrenhal was a hall built for Harren, Casterly Rock was built into the stone/rock of the surrounding area, the Twins are twin keeps spanning a river, and the Wall is...a wall

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Winterfell sure has some ****** defenses

 

[Jmek]

Man that was badly shot and edited. I really could not tell what the heck was going on for most of the runtime.

 

[abake]

Ah, thank you for that!
I knew there was a reason I wanted to see the entire series again before this final season...

 

[Sidewinder]

Epic episode! I did think more characters were going to die during this battle, but it is certainly going to make the war against Cersei interesting. I don't know how the hell Sam survived though. He was pretty useless out there lol.

Theon completely redeemed himself going out the way he did.

Jorah's death was heartbreaking. Dany has lost her voice of reason.

Thankfully the Dragons and Ghost survived the battle.

Arya killing the NK was expected after Millesandre mentioned she would kill those with blue eyes. Was still a great scene though.

I don't know wtf Bran was doing the whole time. I expected him to Warg into Ice Viserion and it never happened. Bran didn't seem to play much of a part in the war other than being the bait. Will he feature in the war against Cersei and the Golden Company at all?

Can't wait for the aftermath next week.

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[Johnny Utah]

Great episode aside from the poor lighting for 90% of it.

 

[rushmore223]

Loved how Arya used the dagger to kill the NK, that was originally meant to kill Bran, nice irony.

Now I'm assuming The Hound will use Fire to kill the mountain and Jaime will use his ***** to kill Cersei. [emoji38]

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[EXOTICLEX]

Arya from the top rope....

Was I the only one thinking Arya had a face of Bran and she was the one in the wheelchair....that would have been a great twist. But not so sure the NK would have been fooled so easily. He did catch Arya. Should have squeezed her throat immediately.

The NK was way too overconfident.

As far as the picture quality I never felt it hindered anything they were trying to achieve. I could see just fine. I do have a strong internet and use HBONOW so maybe it's not as compressed as some viewers may get through U-Verse or DirectTV.

I expected more to die but I'm glad they didn't. Guess they are setting us up for some major deaths the next three episodes.

We can still get Clegane Bowl, Jaime/Tyrion killing Cersei, Dragons in Kings Landing.

Gonna be so hard not having Game of Thrones anymore in another 3 weeks.

Honestly though if they have two Dragons is there really any reason they shouldn't be able to defeat Cersei and her Golden Company army?

I realize they just lost 80% of their Army fighting the undead but COME on. Dragons! They are worth 20k men alone.

 

[ZE_501]

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Honestly though if they have two Dragons is there really any reason they shouldn't be able to defeat Cersei and her Golden Company army?

I realize they just lost 80% of their Army fighting the undead but COME on. Dragons! They are worth 20k men alone.

Dragons are powerful, but as we've seen they make big targets and they're really not all that manoeuvrable.

Cersei knows they have dragons. She has more than enough capital to buy or develop anti-dragon technology and she bought herself the time to do so. All it takes is one well-placed harpoon to take one down.

 

[A Jedi Warrior]

Episode was good However I am a little dissatisfied. I mean I expected a lot more from the battle, also for Jon to have a big battle one on one with Night King but was robbed. Now the main threat is dealt with hmh just like that, felt rushed I myself think Battle of the Bastards was so much better definitely still my favorite episode. The deaths were pretty much what I expected, my poor little Lady Mormont you went out like a true Warrior she had a very good death and was one of my favorites of the episode.

 

[karamazov80]

Funny, I was rewatching the end of the prior episode before, and was also thinking, "some of the guys drinking wine this night aren't going to make it," and how poignant that made the scene. But sure enough.

Podrick was fighting beside Brienne. Not sure if he survive. Jon just ignore Sam's call for help, lol.

Podrick definitely survived. He was standing next to Brienne and Jaime after the zombies fell.

Some good moments but overall very disappointed.

I agree with many of your points here. It is interesting how the fog and darkness are so polarizing. I was alternating between being annoyed and frustrated, and thinking that it did a good job capturing the "fog of war," literally. They needed to demonstrate how hard it was to see what was going on, because this was the perspective of the good guys, but. . .maybe they could have done a bit less of it.

Great episode.
Melisandre: Great arc and redemption. Yeah, that scene with the swords..
and then being snuffed out in the distance. Yikes.
Wouldve liked to see her slowly ignite as she was walking away as an old women.

This was another scene that I couldn't imagine Martin writing. She did demonstrate that all along, she was living her life for the Lord of Light, and wasn't being selfish in anything that she did. But, killing Stannis's daughter is among the most horrific and evil acts in the show. So, maybe she didn't deserve to go out as a kind of hero. Davos seemed conflicted, but I would have totally supported him gutting her like a fish.

Apparently there was a quick shot of Ghost in the background of one shot of the teaser for the next episode. He lives!

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Update: Ghost made it too, There is a quick shot of him at the beginning of the preview.

I thought about him frequently in the episode. Wasn't sure if he got zombified or what, but we didn't see him retreating that I noticed. Early in the show the Direwolves were interesting and mysterious, with some meaning to the story. Now, Ghost is an afterthought, and the writers don't seem to know what to do with him. Hopefully he will play some role in the conflict with Cersei.

Episode was good However I am a little dissatisfied. I mean I expected a lot more from the battle, also for Jon to have a big battle one on one with Night King but was robbed. Now the main threat is dealt with hmh just like that, felt rushed I myself think Battle of the Bastards was so much better definitely still my favorite episode. The deaths were pretty much what I expected, my poor little Lady Mormont you went out like a true Warrior she had a very good death and was one of my favorites of the episode.

The showrunners explain their decision not to involve Jon in the behind the scenes segment you can see on the app.

 

[gagaliya]

Battle of the Blackwater was my favorite, battle of Bastard was a close second.

That’s what made this so disappointing, as those are suppose to be just minor skirmishes compared to the undead final battle.

 

[rushmore223]

Look at it this way, had the NK not been destroyed last episode, the only characters that could have possibly survived would have been Dany and Jon, and only because they had dragons.

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[karamazov80]

In the run-up to this season, I remember them saying how this season would have, by far, the biggest and most impressive battles so far. But agree with you that it doesn't seem so out of line with what we've seen before. I thought it was good, but certainly nothing to blow away the major battles before.

Look at it this way, had the NK not been destroyed last episode, the only characters that could have possibly survived would have been Dany and Jon, and only because they had dragons.

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Partway through the episode, I was actually expecting something like that! Maybe just 4 or 5 major characters living. And while it would have sucked to lose characters we are attached to, the shock of unexpected death would have matched Martin's approach to things, the remaining episodes would have been really damn interesting.

 

[rushmore223]

In the run-up to this season, I remember them saying how this season would have, by far, the biggest and most impressive battles so far. But agree with you that it doesn't seem so out of line with what we've seen before. I thought it was good, but certainly nothing to blow away the major battles before.

Partway through the episode, I was actually expecting something like that! Maybe just 4 or 5 major characters living. And while it would have sucked to lose characters we are attached to, the shock of unexpected death would have matched Martin's approach to things, the remaining episodes would have been really damn interesting.

Don't worry, I'm sure the ensuing struggle will deplete the ranks soon enough.

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[Hydeous]

So how many dragons are left? **** were too foggy and dark to make out whats goin on with the battles of the dragons.

 

[ZE_501]

So how many dragons are left? **** were too foggy and dark to make out whats goin on with the battles of the dragons.

At first I wasn't sure if Rhaegal was dead, but:

1. If he was dead the Night King would have raised him.
2. You can see two dragons in flight for the Episode 4 teaser.

He was obviously wounded, so even though he can fly by the next episode, not sure if he's at full strength. I really think both dragons are toast by series' end, though.

 

[ZE_501]

Episode was good However I am a little dissatisfied. I mean I expected a lot more from the battle, also for Jon to have a big battle one on one with Night King but was robbed.

While interesting, I feel like it would have been too predictable. I also think the Night King would have killed him in a fair fight. Arya got the drop on him, only reason he died.

[...] I myself think Battle of the Bastards was so much better[...]

It was a stunning battle sequence, but had we got something similar it may have felt unrealistic and forced. This battle felt unpredictable and horrifying in a completely different way -- I respect what they did for the most part, except that I think too many main characters survived the slaughter.

 

[Brett Banner]

Episode was good However I am a little dissatisfied. I mean I expected a lot more from the battle, also for Jon to have a big battle one on one with Night King but was robbed. Now the main threat is dealt with hmh just like that, felt rushed I myself think Battle of the Bastards was so much better definitely still my favorite episode. The deaths were pretty much what I expected, my poor little Lady Mormont you went out like a true Warrior she had a very good death and was one of my favorites of the episode.

I thought it was a great moment to have Jon courageously rushing towards the Night King, who in contrast like a little ****y relies on his undead minions to do his dirty work for him. Oh but go kill a kid in a wheelchair and the Night King wants to do it himself, lol.


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