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Plansix
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9351 Posts
I hope Brienne and Jamie have a fight to the death. Arya has to fight the Mountain, maybe saving The Hound while she does it. | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9489 Posts
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VHbb
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Nakajin
Canada8988 Posts
On April 16 2019 03:55 TaKeTV wrote: My only question so far would be why they felt the need to end it in a rather quick pace? I am sure you could have made it a bit slower without giving the audience the feeling of it being fillers. Budget is there. Audience surely is there. The only reason I can see is that they got a few milestones + ending from GRRM and were not comfortable with writing the story around it. Thoughts? :S I remember hearing that 6 or 7 season was the norm in tv actor contract, meaning a lot of actors would be up to ressign their contract if they kept going foward, maybe the GRRM deal was also just for 7 season. Pure speculation on my part. | ||
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Broetchenholer
Germany1850 Posts
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
I think I remembering reading that? Very surprised to see this one at like 52m or whatever it was. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
which sure looks like the case from the preview | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On April 16 2019 05:54 DwD wrote: am I crazy or I thought the episodes were supposed to be like 1h 30m long since it was gonna be so few episodes this season? I think I remembering reading that? Very surprised to see this one at like 52m or whatever it was. This first one was supposed to be short. The rest are longer. On April 16 2019 05:55 TheTenthDoc wrote: I think I'll reserve judgment on this episode until I see the next one. It wasn't fantastic, but it did what it needed to do. If nothing meaningful happens in the next episode (+ Show Spoiler + which sure looks like the case from the preview NPR's Glen Weldon had a fun article about the first episode that pretty much said "They answered all our questions so we didn't need to worry about them." The whole episode seemed designed to clear the table for the rest of the season. https://www.npr.org/2019/04/15/713272556/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-1-nothing-lasts | ||
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fishjie
United States1519 Posts
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Emnjay808
United States10641 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
On April 16 2019 06:12 fishjie wrote: did not like ep 1. i wish there were more dialogue actually, the reunions felt kind of flat to me. but there wasn't much teleporting so in that regard, its better than the atrocious previous season. Yeah, the dialogue felt too short and quippy. I wish the conversations were more substantial, but I guess they needed to follow-up with as many characters as possible before the plot accelerates. | ||
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aseq
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Laurens
Belgium4518 Posts
On April 16 2019 14:48 aseq wrote: Don’t see why they couldn’t have made this episode 80 minutes too and show more conversations between characters that haven’t seen each other for years. Also, nobody (except Gendry) really seems too bothered about the approaching threat, there should have been much more panic, especially amongst the locals. If you scroll up, you'll see there are some people complaining that this episode already had too much conversation instead of action. They're trying to please both crowds I guess. Personally I would've been happy to see another 20 mins of dialogue but eh. Next episode is 54 mins, 3rd episode is 82 mins, longest of the season. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9351 Posts
On April 16 2019 18:53 Laurens wrote: If you scroll up, you'll see there are some people complaining that this episode already had too much conversation instead of action. They're trying to please both crowds I guess. Personally I would've been happy to see another 20 mins of dialogue but eh. Next episode is 54 mins, 3rd episode is 82 mins, longest of the season. I think the issue is that there were too many scenes, none of which were particularly well detailed or fleshed out. They seemed to need to do so many things that they didn't have the screen time to do any of them well. I complained about the lack of action, but replacing action with conversations that mean something and are well thought out would have worked fine. | ||
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FrostedMiniWheats
United States30730 Posts
I'm not a hard man to please, I actually defended seasons 5 and 6 despite all the hate. 6 I felt had several of the best eps in the series even. Now? It's strange that even though the Night King has finally breached The Wall, that there just feel like lower stakes than in the past. It's like a fanfic parade of GoT all-stars interacting and reuniting where you just aren't scared of losing most of these guys anymore like in the past. After that god-awful "Beyond the Wall" ep, I'm thinking most of the fan favorites make it out of the North even though things look hopeless. Gonna guess Bran is the secret weapon somehow... Cersei's scheme could be interesting as a somewhat bittersweet ending in the aftermath. Euron will probably betray her before things come to fruition though. Jamie dies somewhere in there. Possibly Tyrion as well, or he simply survives as the sole remnant of his extinct house. Yep, decent but nothing resembling the greatness that brought this show success in the first place. At least it won't go out like Dexter. On April 16 2019 04:12 Jockmcplop wrote: Who does everyone want to see fight each other in the last season? I hope Brienne and Jamie have a fight to the death. Arya has to fight the Mountain, maybe saving The Hound while she does it. Cleganebowl is one of the main things keeping me watching. No matter what, that's been hype as fuck since season 1. Aside from that...reanimated Hodor vs anyone | ||
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Lylat
France8574 Posts
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farvacola
United States18819 Posts
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FFGenerations
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semantics
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On April 16 2019 20:04 Lylat wrote: Am I twisted or did Aria just make some kind of sexual allusion to Gendry ? Too much fanfic. No otp in got | ||
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