Could have used some more scenes of Arya escaping death. I think 5 were not enough.
And yeah i dont get the significance of the bells for Dany, was that foreshadowed in any kind that i dont remember or was it some random crapshot?

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 13 2019 02:19 GMT

#35523

I dont think those scenes were about Arya escaping death they were about her failing to protect someone time after time after time.

FreakyDroid

Macedonia2616 Posts

May 13 2019 02:20 GMT

#35524

Expected a shitshow, got a shitshow.

Expectations were not subverted.

You failed DD.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 13 2019 02:20 GMT

#35525

I mean I guess the only reason they got the dragon before is because he was both wounded and they ambushed him. I guess its not hard to exploit the fact that they turn super slow if you know where they are.

FueledUpAndReadyToGo

Netherlands30548 Posts

May 13 2019 02:22 GMT

#35526

Two years for this

D&D went full George Lucas with his 'so much explosions to see' while ditching every inch of sensible story telling

Absolute garbage

Even the music was bad

Sbrubbles

Brazil5776 Posts

May 13 2019 02:24 GMT

#35527

GoT - horrors of war edition

KadaverBB

Germany25658 Posts

May 13 2019 02:25 GMT

#35528

Sounds great, cant wait to see it haha.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 13 2019 02:26 GMT

#35529

Two full years for what I would call a proper episode. We finally got to see firsthand how Targaryen madness in and how despite all her proclamations she really is just like her father. Sandor got his fight and it went as badly as expected for him. Cersei got crushed literally and figuratively.

If anything had gone different, I probably would have considered it dumb and nonsensical (like if Sandor had just won somehow or Arya killed Cersei), so that was a good episode. Now to see if Jon has it in him to up his kill count by 1.

palexhur

Colombia730 Posts

May 13 2019 02:30 GMT

#35530

What a shitshow for real, so Danny goes mad only for the bells ringing?, she just destroyed the city that was supposed to be ruled by her, even putting in danger her followers, you got straight scenes without any depth, this is not GoT, this is Megalodon or somehing like that, just replace the monster with a dragon.

Emnjay808

United States10665 Posts

May 13 2019 02:36 GMT

#35531

Wasnt it supposed to be snowing in KL? As seen in one of the closing eps from last season?

smh, GoT. I cant believe you guys slipped that up.

Sermokala

United States14104 Posts

May 13 2019 02:39 GMT

#35532

I mean we went through season 7 in order to justify why they didn't just sack the city stright away

They sack the city anyway after dany sees the home her family built that she could just go to and kill whoever is in it. LEts just destroy that and everything in the city anyway for shits and giggles.

Sbrubbles

Brazil5776 Posts

May 13 2019 02:39 GMT

#35533

Think of how many people would have survived if only Jon had done his duty and boned his aunt.

FueledUpAndReadyToGo

Netherlands30548 Posts

May 13 2019 02:40 GMT

#35534

On May 13 2019 11:36 Emnjay808 wrote:
Wasnt it supposed to be snowing in KL? As seen in one of the closing eps from last season?

smh, GoT. I cant believe you guys slipped that up.

it's ashes

Nakajin

Canada8989 Posts

May 13 2019 02:41 GMT

#35535

Nah wasn't half bad.
Cleganboll was stupid, the dragon blowing a wall from behind (???) was just an insane idea, the Euron scenes was the ending the character deserved and the overemphasis on the main character in the battle was a bit annoying.

Everyone else was good for me, you could say it's an odd way take the story line but it's not an inherently bad one to me, but the start at Dragonstone was good, and I quite loved the KingsLanding sacking scene, a good bit of violence porn, but that's like half the show. The cinematography was great most of the time.

Honestly I'm not that against the mad queen angle, it's not like Dany is the first person to sack and burn a city and they did plenty of foreshadowing, Dany succumbing to blood lust doesn't seem that crazy to me, she's been at war almost all her life and lost almost everything. At least I'm able to swallow it without to much problems.

I liked the episode overall honestly, if it didn't have to tell other story (the Hound and Euron) I think I would have loved it.

Also poor Quibern, he deserved better lol

Emnjay808

United States10665 Posts

May 13 2019 02:42 GMT

#35536

I know its ash. But its supposed to be winter in KL, remember? The LONGEST winter that we have been waiting for for 8 seasons.

Idk how they can scuff that up. Having the snow at the start of the ep then have it contrast with ashes later wouldve been cool. smh GoT.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

May 13 2019 02:42 GMT

#35537

Writing aside, I enjoyed the episode for its enthralling spectacle and gruesome eye candy.

Writing considered, I still need to finish The Wire so at least there's something that's good and nuanced from beginning to end.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 13 2019 02:43 GMT

#35538

I mean is everyone really shocked that Dany who hast literally lost everyone important to her over the past season has finally snapped and lost her mind. She is a Targaryen and they are particularly susceptible to madness after all and that is without losing her closest friend, two of her "children", her longest serving and most loyal adviser, all of which happened right in front of her. Combo that with the fact that she is not getting anywhere near the reaction she expected when she returned to Westeros and in fact many of her own subjects prefer another and she was bound to lose it at some point.

The big question now is who gets to finish the Mad Queen off or does madness rule the seven kingdoms again?

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

May 13 2019 02:44 GMT

#35539

This show is a train wreck and it is going to get obliterated by both critic and fan reviews.

It 100% deserves all the flak that it's getting. There is basically nothing positive to say about this season from a writing perspective. I feel bad for all of these quality actors that have to go through this farce.

The development could make sense.

The problem is that there is no development. It's horribly written and incredibly rushed.

The execution of her "going mad" is just awful. That's why people are so pissed.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 13 2019 02:45 GMT

#35540

On May 13 2019 11:42 Emnjay808 wrote:
I know its ash. But its supposed to be winter in KL, remember? The LONGEST winter that we have been waiting for for 8 seasons.

Idk how they can scuff that up. Having the snow at the start of the ep then have it contrast with ashes later wouldve been cool. smh GoT.

I kind of figured with how the GoT seasons are magical anyway that the Winter was caused in some sense by the White Walkers themselves and that with them defeated Winter had turned out to be short.

Either way, even if season 1 they were saying that no one really knows how long Winter will last which tells you there is some mystical element to it all.