Beluga Whale Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Pretty hollow episode. Almost no consequences for the major characters when they were in positions where they should have been killed. I would say the main difference between the show before and after they passed the book was just that - lack of consequences. My God that ending was disappointing. Not at all satisfying after 8 seasons of build-up. Where they hell does Arya even jump from? The Night King was surrounded by like 10 White Walkers and they did nothing. Those things are supposed to be these supremely powerful creatures. It's like they did it for cheap shock value. What did Bran even do to help? Again, it seemed like he was built up to be something bigger? I mean the Night King risked everything to kill him after waiting thousands of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, HerrDrFunk said: I think so. Jorah mentioned that he and Lyanna were the last of their line the episode before. I'd imagine a new family becomes the lords of Bear Island or it gets absorbed by another house. Speaking of other houses, I'm interested to see what they decide to do about Robett Glover, now that they've beaten the Army of the Dead without the help of Deepwood Motte. If I'm Dany/Jon, that's another holdfast with a new ruling family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: what, like multiple episodes of 1000s of dead guys wasn't quite enough Man the budget decisions on this show must have been something... do we spend $1 million more on dead dudes, or on dragon scenes? I would have liked to see more of Ghost, TBH. The last thing I remember seeing was him running along beside Jorah.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 13 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: thought the first half of the episode was really great and tense. continued to lose me as it went. too many contrived plot devices saving the right people at the right time, too much stuff that just felt cheap and empty - works sometimes, but after a while i find it tiring does this ep confirm that the night king was a targaryan, then? with the fire thing Agree with first part. I don't think the Night King is related to the Targs. I think parts of the lore suggest he might have actually been a Stark. But the fire resistance is probably because he and the White Walkers are so cold that the fire can't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigmund.Palffy Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Beluga Whale said: Pretty hollow episode. Almost no consequences for the major characters when they were in positions where they should have been killed. I would say the main difference between the show before and after they passed the book was just that - lack of consequences. My God that ending was disappointing. Not at all satisfying after 8 seasons of build-up. Where they hell does Arya even jump from? The Night King was surrounded by like 10 White Walkers and they did nothing. Those things are supposed to be these supremely powerful creatures. It's like they did it for cheap shock value. What did Bran even do to help? Again, it seemed like he was built up to be something bigger? I mean the Night King risked everything to kill him after waiting thousands of years. Wrong your wrong. it was good ending. if you look closely, of the White walkers hair blew , that was Arya running , thats when she jumped. Bran gave the dagger dragon glass to Arya at the same spot Arya killed Night King. Now the real war begins. People need to realize that this wasnt even the finale. Now that White walkers are out of the way, the fight for the throne begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 minute ago, WalkWithElias40 said: Wrong your wrong. it was good ending. if you look closely, of the White walkers hair blew , that was Arya running , thats when she jumped. Bran gave the dagger dragon glass to Arya at the same spot Arya killed Night King. Now the real war begins. People need to realize that this wasnt even the finale. Now that White walkers are out of the way, the fight for the throne begins. I stopped reading at "your". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigmund.Palffy Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Just now, Beluga Whale said: I stopped reading at "your". what a waste of a post.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, WalkWithElias40 said: what a waste of a post.. You just called a subjective opinion "wrong". Grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 I'm sure they will explain your questions in the episodes to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Can't wait to watch S8Ep3 again tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: I would have liked to see more of Ghost, TBH. The last thing I remember seeing was him running along beside Jorah.... yeah thats a good point.... maybe he's being saved for later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 To be fair, the producers forgot about Ghost for three seasons. I'm not surprised they forgot about Ghost now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: yeah thats a good point.... maybe he's being saved for later? He's dead We saw him run into battle, we never saw him retreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo5789 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: I also didn't like the strategy. They send the Horde straight at the Army of the dead and then start using the trebuchets? They only got off a few salvos before they had to stop for fear of hitting their own guys. Why not rain fire for a half hour or so and then let the Dothraki have at them? Gotta say though, the fiery arakhs was a cool effect when seen from Jon and Dany's viewpoint.....and pretty stunning to see how they were quickly extinguished from the Winterfell viewpoint. I'm wondering why Red Mel had such an easy time with those, but had to repeat the spell so many times to light the trench fire... 2 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said: I think it was alluding to what happens to her later on. Nothing left. I think maybe with the Dothraki, she didn't have a horde of white walkers barreling down at her. She seemed like she was distracted and under pressure which could cause more difficulties in focusing on the spell. It also wasn't the plan for her to light the trenches, so it was a desperation move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 5 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said: He's dead We saw him run into battle, we never saw him retreat. Somebody posted a still from the trailer for next week's episode. Ghost is alive You can see him there behind Dany... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, theo5789 said: I think maybe with the Dothraki, she didn't have a horde of white walkers barreling down at her. She seemed like she was distracted and under pressure which could cause more difficulties in focusing on the spell. It also wasn't the plan for her to light the trenches, so it was a desperation move. Could be. It also might have been that the wood was so cold. We saw it basically extinguish fire arrows.... Mostly though, I think it was a way for the producers to build up suspense. Kind of like how guys always cut the blue wire, a second before the bomb is set to explode.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Somebody posted a still from the trailer for next week's episode. Ghost is alive You can see him there behind Dany... don't think I remember that scene from trailer on saw Edit just rewatched it that clip is quick! Edited April 29, 2019 by Shift-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 41 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Speaking of other houses, I'm interested to see what they decide to do about Robett Glover, now that they've beaten the Army of the Dead without the help of Deepwood Motte. If I'm Dany/Jon, that's another holdfast with a new ruling family. Why did they send that girl, I believe Lady Castark(sp?), along with Theon to Bran? I guess Umber, Castark and Mormont are all but done. Also what happen to that big guy from the Vale, Royce?(by the way I had no idea his son was one of the Crows killed in the pilot episode.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 So why was the NK after Bran? I'm not sure Bran's purpose aside from seeing into the past. NK isn't in the books so you can't really look too deep into those for the reason I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Is it wrong for me to say Hardhome and Battle of the Bastards did a better job of capturing the feel of an epic battle. I will rewatch it tonight but I thought most of the battle was too dark, murky and blurry. Still was an epic episode but there certainly was more left to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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