HBO's Game of Thrones (Lots of spoilers-stay out if you don't want to know all)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Nice pics, Jim.

Straight out of the family archives

[Catfish]

^

[Jimbuna]

Tonight we will be treated to episode 3 portraying the Battle of Winterfell, the anticipated faceoff between the living and the dead, which will reportedly be not only the biggest fight in the history of the show, but the longest battle sequence ever filmed.

This episode will be a bloodbath and I expect more than one of the main characters will meet their demise.

It looks like the battle is filmed in a night setting so I'm hoping it won't be so dark as to mask some of the important details.

Can't wait.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

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Sounds like you're writing a sales pitch for an advert.




Anyway, I just saw it, and all I can say is

[Jimbuna]

Definitely the best episode yet and hopefully the remaining three will maintain the standard.

[Onkel Neal]

So, I just came across a very interesting analysis, about the climax of episode three. Super spoiler, don't read this until you have seen the episode.

 

When I watched the ending where Jon Snow was "frustrated" and stood and screamed at the bad dragon, I assumed he was just ready to go out in a blaze of blue glory. I did catch what he was saying, and it didn't click with me at the time. But a lot of people did figure it out:

An eagle-eyed Game of Thrones fan rewatched the scene with headphones and realized that Jon isn’t actually screaming at the dragon. He’s screaming “GOOO, GOOOO, GOOOOO”—presumably at his little sister, who passed him on the way to killing the Night King. To quote u/Applesoapp:

“Jon screamed at the undead dragon to distract it so Arya can run past and kill the Night King. The undead dragon was protecting the entrance to the Godswood. Watch it again, you can actually hear him scream ‘GOOOOO - GO - GO.’ Ten seconds later...you can see the hair of a White Walker flying up when Arya sprints past the group of White Walkers. Jon once again was ready to sacrifice himself to kill the Night King.”

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/enterta...he-night-king/

So, yeah, that made perfect sense, subtle but really impactful storytelling!

[Sailor Steve]

 

It does make sense. I'm not totally convinced, but it beats thinking that Jon was just sitting there being useless the whole time.

[Dowly]

@Neal, that's just people trying to make sense of the episode. Similarly as after the episode where Arya gets stabbed. People cling to the hope that maybe there's something more to come, some big twist that explains it all. I think we've seen enough from D&D to know that's not the case.


As for the last episode, this guy sums it up very nicely. Especially towards the end he makes a damn good case against the current state of GoT.
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[August]

This is hilarious. NSFW bad subtitle language.


https://twitter.com/i/status/1123703400351313920

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah that was pretty funny, as was Dowly's link. It all leaves me of two minds, as it seems to with everybody on the internet.

All that is left now is for GRRM to (hopefully) finish his books and we can see his real vision of what he's doing.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Dowly

@Neal, that's just people trying to make sense of the episode. Similarly as after the episode where Arya gets stabbed. People cling to the hope that maybe there's something more to come, some big twist that explains it all. I think we've seen enough from D&D to know that's not the case.


As for the last episode, this guy sums it up very nicely. Especially towards the end he makes a damn good case against the current state of GoT.
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I made it through 4 minutes of this, good analysis but he sounds like a total retard, I couldn't take any more

Who is D&D?

[Onkel Neal]

Oh, and where Arya got stabbed over and over, that was ridiculous. No one survives that type of traumatic injury, without some kind of magic and that was never mentioned, right?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I made it through 4 minutes of this, good analysis but he sounds like a total retard, I couldn't take any more

If anything, watch it from 25min forwards. He really makes a good point of how the last 7 seasons don't matter now.

Who is D&D?

The two writers, David Benioff and Daniel Weiss.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Dowly

If anything, watch it from 25min forwards. He really makes a good point of how the last 7 seasons don't matter now.


The two writers, David Benioff and Daniel Weiss.

Ah, yes, ok thanks.

 

I mean, he's right about a lot of stuff. It's pretty bad, the placement and tactics of the Winterfell defense. The Dothraki charge. Dany sitting around waiting for her dragon to get covered by swarms of zombies. Especially the "that's it they are dead! -- Camera cut -- they are still fighting!" that was silly TV. So many times they set up a scene where the odds were overwhelming and that's the impression they want the audience to have, only to yank it back away.

I can only excuse it by acknowledging that the audience has made its stamp on the writing and direction of the show. Lots of fan service.

The zombie dragon, ok, he did have super fire power but they had Jon's dragon damage his neck, lots of leaks so fire power downgraded lol. But I still think they managed to salvage the show with Jon distracting the dragon and Arya using Faceless Men ninja stuff to jump the NK. I guess. I still liked it!!!

This reminds me of when I was 6 and made my dad take me to the Batman movie with Adam West. When Batman was hanging from the Batcopter on the rope ladder and the shark was hanging on one leg, my dad laughed! Come on, Dad, he used his Bat Anti-Shark spray, it makes sense! Why are you laughing?!

[August]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I made it through 4 minutes of this, good analysis but he sounds like a total retard, I couldn't take any more

Who is D&D?

Dungeons and Dragons?