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Post by Staffsoatcake on May 14, 2019 10:52:36 GMT
It all feels rather rushed. It does,it's like they can't wait to get it over with.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 14, 2019 16:48:39 GMT
It all feels rather rushed. It does,it's like they can't wait to get it over with. I can't wait to get it over with if I'm honest. I'm only watching it now because I invested so much time in it originally (I've watched seasons 1-5, eight times each). I loved the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Madmen etc. and revelled in the fact that we were now living in the golden age of television but when GOT arrived on the scene, I thought it blew all of those shows completely out of the water and raised the bar for the small screen to a totally different level. There was a time when I never wanted it to end but the writing in the last three seasons has completely dropped off a cliff, it's so sad that it's become what it has become. Huge, huge shame.
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Post by zerps on May 14, 2019 16:52:15 GMT
To be honest I thought the latest episode was one of the best so far. Utter carnage.
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Post by zerps on May 14, 2019 16:54:06 GMT
It does,it's like they can't wait to get it over with. I can't wait to get it over with if I'm honest. I'm only watching it now because I invested so much time in it originally (I've watched seasons 1-5, eight times each). I loved the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Madmen etc. and revelled in the fact that we were now living in the golden age of television but when GOT arrived on the scene, I thought it blew all of those shows completely out of the water and raised the bar for the small screen to a totally different level. There was a time when I never wanted it to end but the writing in the last three seasons has completely dropped off a cliff, it's so sad that it's become what it has become. Huge, huge shame. So many shows have a terrible final series or more. Dexter, vikings (i think there’s another one after this but it’s crap now), breaking bad and the walking dead has been shite since neegan went ape shit.
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Post by Boothen on May 14, 2019 17:19:21 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/bo6gqw/spoilers_i_am_amazed_how_well_that_fits/
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Post by zerps on May 14, 2019 17:52:58 GMT
*SPOILERS* First off, I think the cinematics of this episode were superb and as I said for Winterfell they made a great use of “show don’t tell”. Second i think the themes presented in the episode were decent, Dany finally losing her shit, Tyrion’s desire to be loved by his family, Cersei’s protective instinct, Jon realising he’s the one for the job and of course Cleganebowl. But my third point is, they have hamstrung themselves by only doing 6 episodes, 80 minutes to resolve what just happened is way too short. Dany’s flip was also clumsily done, and this is where I think the error with Rhaegal was made, imagine the bells are ringing the surrender is taking place and then one Lannister soldier cheapshots Rhaegal with a scorpion killing him or Grey Worm for instance. In the short term nature of the writing this would have worked far better imo. In the long term, I’d have liked more allisions to Dany’s madness across the whole 8 seasons, as is we’ve had about a season or so which for me is not enough. A better episode than 4 by a mile, but just not executed as well as it could have been. Yep, deciding it was the final series and calling it the final series has put a downer on it and limited them to cram it all in. Nobody would have minded a further series to do it properly. Saying that the latest episode was fantastic.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 17:57:07 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/bo6gqw/spoilers_i_am_amazed_how_well_that_fits/ That is fucking quality
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Post by thevoid on May 15, 2019 16:17:45 GMT
The first six series were a game of chess, with characters being moved around with long-term goals and arcs. The last two series have been more like draughts, with vast areas being crossed in no time.
And why did the Mountain turn into Jason Voorhees? All that was missing was a hockey mask.
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Post by riverman on May 15, 2019 17:13:03 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/bo6gqw/spoilers_i_am_amazed_how_well_that_fits/ That is superb. Hat's off to whoever came up with that. THE perfect soundtrack.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 16, 2019 19:01:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 1:35:36 GMT
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Post by ParaPsych on May 17, 2019 5:05:56 GMT
I can't wait to get it over with if I'm honest. I'm only watching it now because I invested so much time in it originally (I've watched seasons 1-5, eight times each). I loved the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Madmen etc. and revelled in the fact that we were now living in the golden age of television but when GOT arrived on the scene, I thought it blew all of those shows completely out of the water and raised the bar for the small screen to a totally different level. There was a time when I never wanted it to end but the writing in the last three seasons has completely dropped off a cliff, it's so sad that it's become what it has become. Huge, huge shame. So many shows have a terrible final series or more. Dexter, vikings (i think there’s another one after this but it’s crap now), breaking bad and the walking dead has been shite since neegan went ape shit. Woah, woah, woah. Breaking Bad has the greatest final series ever. An absolute masterpiece.
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Post by zerps on May 17, 2019 5:24:29 GMT
So many shows have a terrible final series or more. Dexter, vikings (i think there’s another one after this but it’s crap now), breaking bad and the walking dead has been shite since neegan went ape shit. Woah, woah, woah. Breaking Bad has the greatest final series ever. An absolute masterpiece. You think? I wasn’t enthralled in the end
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Post by ParaPsych on May 17, 2019 7:27:11 GMT
Woah, woah, woah. Breaking Bad has the greatest final series ever. An absolute masterpiece. You think? I wasn’t enthralled in the end Oh I was. I think it's generally considered one of the best seasons by others too. But agree on the others and GoT has gone downhill. It's still watchable though. The Walking Dead became just unwatchable misery porn.
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Post by zerps on May 17, 2019 7:30:11 GMT
You think? I wasn’t enthralled in the end Oh I was. I think it's generally considered one of the best seasons by others too. But agree on the others and GoT has gone downhill. It's still watchable though. The Walking Dead became just unwatchable misery porn. Yeah the walking dead went from awesome to pointless in about 2 episodes. Have you seen better call saul? That’s brilliant too. Maybe I just didn’t want breaking bad to end.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on May 17, 2019 11:01:37 GMT
BB's last season was average by its own standards.
I gave up on The Walking Dead after S4 or 5, indescribably repetitive. How many times can you watch a group of people leave safety, encounter zombies, and return one light?
That is essentially the premise of every single episode.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 17:54:21 GMT
BB's last season was average by its own standards. I gave up on The Walking Dead after S4 or 5, indescribably repetitive. How many times can you watch a group of people leave safety, encounter zombies, and return one light? That is essentially the premise of every single episode. Somehow spawned 1 spinoff and another one starting up soon as well. Madness. I don't really see how the show can end? The only way it would end properly is if they all get eaten otherwise they can endlessly write out and bring in new survivors.
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Post by DentySCFC on May 18, 2019 10:20:42 GMT
Woah, woah, woah. Breaking Bad has the greatest final series ever. An absolute masterpiece. You think? I wasn’t enthralled in the end The final season of Breaking Bad is outstanding. Ozymandias is the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV.
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Post by rivival on May 18, 2019 11:00:48 GMT
I just wanted to watch the dragon bite off Cersei's head then to let Sansa stick it on a Spike on the highest tower.
How letting a pile of rocks fall on her while having a cuddle got the nod over my ending for her I'll never know. Soooo underwhelming.
The last episode really needs to finish on a high. Still you know we all can't wait.
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Post by Paul Spencer on May 18, 2019 11:55:49 GMT
I just wanted to watch the dragon bite off Cersei's head then to let Sansa stick it on a Spike on the highest tower. How letting a pile of rocks fall on her while having a cuddle got the nod over my ending for her I'll never know. Soooo underwhelming. The last episode really needs to finish on a high. Still you know we all can't wait. Yup. Since the end of season 1, Arya has been utterly committed to killing Cersei. How many times over the seasons did we hear Arya repeat her kill list, with Cersei the number one target? There's no way she would have got into the Red Keep and then, when she was just moments away from confronting Cersei, shrugged her shoulders, turned round and walked off. What was the point in her going to the Red Keep in this episode, if ultimately, she wasn't going to do anything when she got there - a pointless storyline? When Cersei gingerly walks past the Hound on the steps, Arya must only have been a few metres away from Cersei. Why couldn't Arya have noticed her and then used her stealth tactics to follow Cersei until she finds Jamie and then when Jamie says "only us matters" it's immediately followed by a ton of blood shooting out of his mouth, as it becomes apparent that Arya has just knifed him in the back. Jamie collapses to the ground dead, Cersei falls to her knees grieving over Jamie, before realising she has to beg for her and her babies life, before Arya sticks it to her with the pointy end? Alternatively ... Arya doesn't follow her and the audience thinks that Cersei has found Jamie but in reality it is actually Arya who pulls off Jamie's face to reveal who it really is, before killing Cersei. Just my two penneth.
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Post by thevoid on May 18, 2019 12:20:32 GMT
Anything hyped up to the extent series 8 has been was bound to disappoint.
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Post by lagwafis on May 18, 2019 13:41:49 GMT
I just wanted to watch the dragon bite off Cersei's head then to let Sansa stick it on a Spike on the highest tower. How letting a pile of rocks fall on her while having a cuddle got the nod over my ending for her I'll never know. Soooo underwhelming. The last episode really needs to finish on a high. Still you know we all can't wait. Yup. Since the end of season 1, Arya has been utterly committed to killing Cersei. How many times over the seasons did we hear Arya repeat her kill list, with Cersei the number one target? There's no way she would have got into the Red Keep and then, when she was just moments away from confronting Cersei, shrugged her shoulders, turned round and walked off. What was the point in her going to the Red Keep in this episode, if ultimately, she wasn't going to do anything when she got there - a pointless storyline? When Cersei gingerly walks past the Hound on the steps, Arya must only have been a few metres away from Cersei. Why couldn't Arya have noticed her and then used her stealth tactics to follow Cersei until she finds Jamie and then when Jamie says "only us matters" it's immediately followed by a ton of blood shooting out of his mouth, as it becomes apparent that Arya has just knifed him in the back. Jamie collapses to the ground dead, Cersei falls to her knees grieving over Jamie, before realising she has to beg for her and her babies life, before Arya sticks it to her with the pointy end? Alternatively ... Arya doesn't follow her and the audience thinks that Cersei has found Jamie but in reality it is actually Arya who pulls off Jamie's face to reveal who it really is, before killing Cersei. Just my two penneth. Either of the above would have been visually stunning to see play out on screen. At the same time, I was okay with how it ended with Arya / Cersei. It added weight to the last conversation between the Hound and Arya. Cersei was as good as doomed at that point. Ayra heeds his advice, takes a step back and realises how vengeance will most likely kill her in the end. It let her finally find some peace (so long as they don't have her go full on 'terminator' on Danearys in the finale...) Overall I've not got any real problems with how the storylines are unfolding, the only real issue has been the rushed pace after such a slow, steady build from 1-5.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 14:11:40 GMT
It does,it's like they can't wait to get it over with. I can't wait to get it over with if I'm honest. I'm only watching it now because I invested so much time in it originally (I've watched seasons 1-5, eight times each). I loved the Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Madmen etc. and revelled in the fact that we were now living in the golden age of television but when GOT arrived on the scene, I thought it blew all of those shows completely out of the water and raised the bar for the small screen to a totally different level. There was a time when I never wanted it to end but the writing in the last three seasons has completely dropped off a cliff, it's so sad that it's become what it has become. Huge, huge shame. I thought season 6 wasn't too bad, or at least it had some pretty epic moments. Season 7 was when I finally made peace with the idea that it had all turned a bit 'Hollywood'. Some pretty average writing and very little development. I sort of accepted that perhaps it needed to be that way to move all the pieces into place for this season. I genuinely didn't mind eps 1-3, and was a little surprised at just how much kickback there was for e3. It wasn't flawless but it was a great piece of TV I thought. Episode 4 did me though. The transition from Winterfell to Kings Landing was way too rushed and ep 5 suffered massively for it. (As a standalone episode, I think it will fare better over time). I actually think the plot has been decent but its execution has been very poor. The fact that they allegedly turned down the chance to extend the season by another 2-3 episodes because they were convinced they could do it in 6 is a big mistake and they may well regret it, if they're not already doing so. I'll watch episode 6 because, as you've said, there's been a lot of investment in the story from my view. Can't say I'm particularly excited for it though, especially if the rumoured ending comes true. (Again, not necessarily because of the plot itself, but to go from where e5 finished to this supposed ending will be a massive rush and wholly unsatisfying).
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Post by thevoid on May 19, 2019 17:22:19 GMT
My theory- John to kill Daenerys?
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2019 18:33:43 GMT
The world will end for some fans tonight
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2019 2:30:15 GMT
Few words to describe that, none of which are positive. My 3:30am self can’t process how shite that was yet, find me tomorrow after I’ve finished weeping over the corpse of the series.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 2:37:20 GMT
What a pile of shit lol onto the next one
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2019 2:39:19 GMT
What a pile of shit lol onto the next one Like, I’ve tried to be as positive as possible in the face of overwheming crap this season, but that was just....indescribably bad.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 2:44:38 GMT
What a pile of shit lol onto the next one Like, I’ve tried to be as positive as possible in the face of overwheming crap this season, but that was just....indescribably bad. So rushed for a 2 year project
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 2:45:20 GMT
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