Tre Mac Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 9 hours ago, Gnarcore said: Cersei's stupidity and shortsightedness is fall too under played in the show. Her ineptitude is on full display in the books...plus she has some good girl on girl scenes that wouldn't have hurt ratings I'm sure.... Damn, all the more reason I wish the role went to Charlize Theron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 "‘Game of Thrones’ Cinematographer Defends Lighting Choices for Battle of Winterfell Episode" https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/game-of-thrones-cinematographer-battle-of-winterfell-1203202023/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messier's_elbow Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 4/30/2019 at 11:21 AM, Jimmy McGill said: I wonder if it was to keep Jon away from the NK? If Jon had managed to get closer he would have &^@#ed the whole thing up. Maybe he entered the dragon to keep Jon occupied. No, the writing just sucked this episode. John yelling at the Dragon probably made GRRM throw up in his mouth when he watched it. It it really is strange cause the episode before this I thought was quite good. Episode 3 was fan service poop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 7 hours ago, messier's_elbow said: No, the writing just sucked this episode. John yelling at the Dragon probably made GRRM throw up in his mouth when he watched it. It it really is strange cause the episode before this I thought was quite good. Episode 3 was fan service poop. Yeah, that latest episode undercut a lot of what was so great about episode 2. I think GRRM has been done with the show and their horrendous writing since season 7. He's on the record saying he didn't have the time to watch season 7 - that says a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canorth Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 4/30/2019 at 4:22 PM, RUPERTKBD said: Not only does the Night King smile, he likes the occasional cold one...(pun intended) Arya though... Cersei is meat Probably the Mountain That Rides as well My cash is on Arya... that scrap scene of hers was better than the Red Vipers, IMO Absolutely lethal Question; who wins in a cage match. Arya fricken Stark? Captain Marvel? Thanos? Or Vader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Canorth said: Arya though... Cersei is meat Probably the Mountain That Rides as well My cash is on Arya... that scrap scene of hers was better than the Red Vipers, IMO Absolutely lethal Question; who wins in a cage match. Arya fricken Stark? Captain Marvel? Thanos? Or Vader? Thanos by a mile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canorth Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Just now, BabychStache said: Thanos by a mile. Pffft.... No respect for Vader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, messier's_elbow said: No, the writing just sucked this episode. John yelling at the Dragon probably made GRRM throw up in his mouth when he watched it. It it really is strange cause the episode before this I thought was quite good. Episode 3 was fan service poop. No less dumb than hiding in a crypt when you have an enemy that can raise the dead. It's like giving your cat to Alf to babysit. Unless the Starks have a cremation policy. Edited May 5, 2019 by NewbieCanuckFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Canorth said: Pffft.... No respect for Vader? Not compared to Snap Happy Grimace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: No less dumb than hiding in a crypt when you have an enemy that can raise the dead. It's like giving your cat to Alf to babysit. Unless the Starks have a cremation policy. They don't. The danger of hiding in the crypt was something that was brought up before the episode by an extremely intelligent poster, who shall remain nameless I think what the show writers missed however, is other than Lyanna, Ned and Rickon, (if they recovered his body after the BotB) all of the dead Starks should have been nothing but dust (and maybe the odd bone here and there)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Canorth said: Pffft.... No respect for Vader? The one advantage Vader has over the Night King is that he doesn't have to get within stabbing distance to choke someone.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Canorth said: Pffft.... No respect for Vader? Cage match with Vader? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 35 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Cage match with Vader? The old school blue cage was far more bad ass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhukini Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Avoided spoilers for the day somehow, that last 30 minutes was so so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Don't really that as such a big twist like it was made out to be. Psycho Dany needs to die. All Hail Aegon Targaryen 6th of his name. Hopefully Varys makes it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 My favorite episode of the season by a mile. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I personally didn't like it. A couple of golden moments like giantsbane being sad about losing Brienne to Jamie, Ghost getting a happy ending to go live in the cold North, and Gendry being made a lord. However: 1. How did Dany 500 feet flying above the water not see Euron and his fleet? There's no way she wouldn't have spotted 10 ships behind a rock. The dagger to the dragon should not have been a surprise 2. If Cersei was as ruthless and bada*s as she's supposed to be, she would've killed Dany who was standing 100 yards away from her with no protection or army, and with 100 arrows pointed at her. It would've been the quickest and easiest death Cersei could have asked for Dany. Makes no sense showing her mercy. 3. Why not add a couple extra minutes to the episode and show Sansa and Arya's reactions to just finding out life changing news that their brother isn't actually their brother but a freaking Targaeryan .. 4. The ending. So they mentioned in the episode that it'll take 2 weeks for Jon and the rest of the army to get down to Kings Landing. The episode ends with Dany turning her unprotected back to 100 arrows and walking away. So are we just to assume Cersei made no attempt on her biggest enemy and 2 weeks just went by? Or will next episode show Jon's adventures travelling south? HBO definitely prioritized profits over good story telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miler Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Gnarcore said: Don't really that as such a big twist like it was made out to be. Psycho Dany needs to die. All Hail Aegon Targaryen 6th of his name. Hopefully Varys makes it happen. lol. "Psycho" Dany has been righteous, loyal and courageous throughout the series. That's not gonna change. Can't wait to see her take her place on the iron throne. Poor John is nothing but a loving bumbler. He'll do well to go join his dog with the Wildlings at the end of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miler Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said: I personally didn't like it. A couple of golden moments like giantsbane being sad about losing Brienne to Jamie, Ghost getting a happy ending to go live in the cold North, and Gendry being made a lord. However: 1. How did Dany 500 feet flying above the water not see Euron and his fleet? There's no way she wouldn't have spotted 10 ships behind a rock. The dagger to the dragon should not have been a surprise 2. If Cersei was as ruthless and bada*s as she's supposed to be, she would've killed Dany who was standing 100 yards away from her with no protection or army, and with 100 arrows pointed at her. It would've been the quickest and easiest death Cersei could have asked for Dany. Makes no sense showing her mercy. 3. Why not add a couple extra minutes to the episode and show Sansa and Arya's reactions to just finding out life changing news that their brother isn't actually their brother but a freaking Targaeryan .. 4. The ending. So they mentioned in the episode that it'll take 2 weeks for Jon and the rest of the army to get down to Kings Landing. The episode ends with Dany turning her unprotected back to 100 arrows and walking away. So are we just to assume Cersei made no attempt on her biggest enemy and 2 weeks just went by? Or will next episode show Jon's adventures travelling south? HBO definitely prioritized profits over good story telling. I assumed Dany was out of range just as Cersei would have been out of range. I'd guess the unsullied could have thrown up a shield defense anyway. That didn't bother me. Agreed on the dragon thing. Not showing the family reaction may be to provide a future plot twist. Edited May 6, 2019 by Miler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Am.Ironman Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I knew something was afoot with Daenarys flying her dragons over the sea approaching the iron islands with the triumphant soundtrack in the background. Just as I thought to myself "a dragon is going to die here" the arrow pierced Rhaegal and down he went. They did a good job on the death scenes of both Missandei and Rhaegal. I thought Cersei was going to fill Tyrion with arrows and/OR Tyrion was going to tell everyone listening that Jon Snow was Aegon Targaeryon. But as mentioned above, how did she not see them. If the projectile can hit the dragon, the dragon can see the ships, especially from a few hundred feet in the air. Not to mention that the Iron Islands have sworn allegiance to Dany - How did they not notice the Iron Fleet and sound the alarm as they approached. And all of what, 20 unsullied, Tyrion and Varys made the beach? There were some lazy aspects to that episode but all in all I liked it. Dany has to attack the King's Landing dragon defence ballistas on the wall under the cover of night. That's my strategy. Also, Varys has to use his 'little birdies' to plant the Aegon seed throughout the realm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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