Game of Thrones (TV ONLY) [Leaked Spoilers prohibited]

[aabattery]

Some thoughts after sleeping on it:

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Why didn't he pet the dog???

 

[DAR]

14 minutes ago, aabattery said:

Some thoughts after sleeping on it:

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Why didn't he pet the dog???

 

 

I mean 

 

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  Not even a pat on the head.   #unfitforthethrone

 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

I actually really liked that episode. Felt like it got a little bit back to old GOT. I always wanted a pretty dark ending which is what we're going to clearly get.

[MrGamer]

Seriously, how the fuck did no one see Euron's fleet creeping up in broad fucking daylight?

[RichWS]

Dany: "You can't tell anybody."

 

[The Dark Rock]

The episode was just shit. The writing and character arcs have all gone down the drain. Episode was free of any logic and filled with stupidity. Its like they just want to wrap this up. They are setting up Dany as mad queen in rush that it looks meh. Sansa is as bland and boring as ever. I now even prefer Cersei on the throne compared to Sansa. In fact the series and these Stark family drama have gone so awful that I won't mind her killing them all and winning. Although not going to happen. The have made everything so evident what is going to be the outcome. And for shock values they are using the stupidity like Rhaegal's one. Looks like the legendary series is going to end on bitter note due to stupid D&D. I feared without books they will struggle to close the series properly.

 

*** Also the episode is lowest rated episode of GOT at IMDB with 7.3 at the moment. No episode in so many years have gone below 8. This may end up around 6.5.

[4815162342]

14 minutes ago, MrGamer said:

Seriously, how the fuck did no one see Euron's fleet creeping up in broad fucking daylight?

 

He used portals from the Sorcerer's Sanctum

[MrGamer]

3 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

He used portals from the Sorcerer's Sanctum

I guess we know what Wong was doing while Infinity War was going on.

[Warhorse]

On 5/6/2019 at 2:03 AM, A Panda of Ice and Fire said:

Lmao have you paid attention at all to th show?

 

Arya’s character has never wanted to be lady of a castle, which was what Gendry was asking of her.

And you really think Gendry is going to be a proper lord of that castle with no formal training? Give me a break. 

Edited May 8, 2019 by Warhorse

[DeeCee]

Was I the only one who thought we were already down to only 1 dragon?

[4815162342]

18 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Was I the only one who thought we were already down to only 1 dragon?

 

First one is all on Jon and Tyrion.

[The Panda]

1 hour ago, Warhorse said:

And you really think Gendry is going to be a proper lord of that castle with no formal training? Give me a fucking break.

You seems like you’re whinging for the sake of whinging

Edited May 6, 2019 by A Panda of Ice and Fire

[Darth Lehnsherr]

1 hour ago, DeeCee said:

Was I the only one who thought we were already down to only 1 dragon?

Nah I also got confused. 

[Ozymandias]

1 hour ago, DeeCee said:

Was I the only one who thought we were already down to only 1 dragon?

its okay, it was hard to see a lot in episode 3

[Ozymandias]

Edited May 7, 2019 by Ozymandias

[Lordmandeep]

Yeah it seems there is a backlash building by a segment of the fanbase...

 

Like on IMDB the battle of Winterfell went from 9.5 on IMDB down to 8.5 and dropping  

 

I think the issue is that a lot of writers in Hollywood these days think subverting expectations is an excuse to create any kind of storyline choice and a way to defend it if people do not react to it well. 

 

I think if you subvert expectations and people did not like it, you just wrote a shitty story then lol...

[Brainbug]

6 hours ago, MrGamer said:

Seriously, how the fuck did no one see Euron's fleet creeping up in broad fucking daylight?

 

Its because the writers needed a dragon to die.

 

There is literally no other reason. The scene with Eurons attack in this episode might be the single most stupid scene in all of Season 7+8 and thats saying something. Like i said earlier, all in all i kind of liked this episode, but that scene ... oofff.

[Jonan23]

58 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Its because the writers needed a dragon to die.

 

There is literally no other reason. The scene with Eurons attack in this episode might be the single most stupid scene in all of Season 7+8 and thats saying something. Like i said earlier, all in all i kind of liked this episode, but that scene ... oofff.

I also liked a lot of the character scenes in this episode but I agree that dragon death was the worst scene of the series.

I really wish they had just killed dragon in the last episode if this is what they were going to do. It would have added to the feeling of episode 3 having more of an impact on the status of their army.

You could still have the same scene with Euron ambushing the boats. Dany would be hesitant to fly near as she would only have one dragon left.

 

[Agafin]

I'm typically not a very critical person (I liked the first two episodes and despite its glaring flaws, I still found the third one enjoyable), but this episode might just be the worst episode I've ever seen in Game of Thrones. The first thirty or so minutes felt like bad fanfiction and were way too dragged out considering we only have two episodes left. Little did I know that they would end up being the best that the episode had to offer.

 

In this episode, it's obvious that the writers knew where they wanted the plot to move and were ready to do anything to get there. Nothing bad with that but you have to at least make it logical and internally consistent. Like, we know Tyrion is the hand of the queen, how exactly was it so easy for Bronn to sneak up on him? It's like everyone forgets that they are in a war here. And his (Bronn's) behaviour during that scene felt totally out of character honestly. Then you have Jaime heading back to King's Landing when he learns that Dany will attempt to kill Cersei. Um, what exactly did he think Dany and the others were going to do south? He seems surprised as if he wasn't part of the council when they were discussing the war strategy. War strategy that was pretty bad by the way. Sansa was absolutely right that they had to wait (even though she was mostly speaking for the northmen). There was no reason for Dany to be in such a haste. Unlike with the Night king, there's no deadline on when the throne should be taken so they should have taken their time and rested for a bit (weeks at least) after the war they had just fought.

 

The cake though definitely goes to the Euron scene. When the dragon was killed, it felt so surreal that I thought Dany might be hallucinating. When the camera panned towards the sea and we saw Euron's fleet, I actually laughed out loud. So you mean to tell me that they somehow decided to go back to Dragonstone without sending anyone to scout the area? Remember in season two when Tywin and Robb could monitor each other's movements thousands of miles apart thanks to an elaborate network of spies? And now, we are supposed to be believe that these war strategists somehow missed an entire fleet, which by the way had already attacked them in the past (Yara and Ellaria)? And even beyond that, Dany flying several hundreds of feet above the sea didnot see a dozen large ships until they hit her dragon. Absolutely terrible scene, I couldn't believe my eyes. It's so obvious that the writers want to even the playing field in Cersei's favor but to achieve that they decided to make Tyrion and Varys dumb and Euron, an omnipresent magician. God Euron sucks.

 

Even the end in King's Landing sucked. How many times will Dany try to negociate with Cersei? Hasn't she already shown herself to be completely untrustworthy? Dany, didn't you loose a f-king dragon to the night king to convince her and yet she still betrayed you? Tyrion, you say your sister is not a monster yet she's proven beyond any reasonable doubt that she absolutely is, why have you become such a terrible adviser?

 

Honestly, I'm still in a state of shock at this episode. Very disappointing. I hope Sappochnik salvages things a bit next week.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Agafin

[Jonan23]

I think it shows how knowing an endpoint is not enough as you also need to connect the dots well
 

- Euron’s got a magical horn in the books (I forgot the name) and it now seems obvious to me that he will kill Rhaegal in the books using it somehow.
 

- D&D were probably told “Euron kills Rhaegal” and they come up with him being ambushed by magic ballistas-on-boats so they can move on to the next plot point.

One potential positive of the show is that GRRM can see what works and doesn't and can then adjust the ending of his books accordingly.