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Post by notpropaganda on May 20, 2019 9:08:17 GMT
Didn’t even bother to show winter was over at the end what an absolute shower. there was a green shoot beyond the wall, was brief but there.
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on May 20, 2019 9:35:08 GMT
Didn’t even bother to show winter was over at the end what an absolute shower. there was a green shoot beyond the wall, was brief but there. Citadel confirmation or it didn’t happen 😤
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Post by Slim Jim on May 20, 2019 11:57:30 GMT
I didn’t hate it.
After thinking about it, I can see why they made all the choices they did and I like quite a few of them. The problem for me is how rushed the whole thing has been but that was always going to be the case when they announced seasons 7/8 as only 13 episodes. If Season 7 had the first 3 episodes of Season 8 added to it, then the rest of Season 8 was spread over 6-10 episodes (personally I like a slow, tense build so 10 would’ve been great but I think I’m at the extreme end of that scale) they could have given much more depth and meaning to lot of the choices, and explained a lot more.
As much as I hate Bran and how wooden they’ve had him play the character, I can sort of see why he was chosen. Although why weren’t Iron Islands/Dorne like “yo, where’s our independence?” after Sansa freed the North (with no resistance)...
Was the Arya thing setting up a spin-off?
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Post by allah on May 20, 2019 12:33:01 GMT
Bit harsh to call him Bran the Broken in front of him, innit? Like you're anointing him king but you're still going 'still a cripple tho.' Again as an episode of television it was pretty good but as the ending to GoT and especially the ending of this season it just feels rushed and sloppy.
The main feeling I get shouldn't be 'eh' to the ending of something as grand and epic as GoT was.
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Post by Бенне on May 20, 2019 17:03:07 GMT
I didn’t hate it. After thinking about it, I can see why they made all the choices they did and I like quite a few of them. The problem for me is how rushed the whole thing has been but that was always going to be the case when they announced seasons 7/8 as only 13 episodes. If Season 7 had the first 3 episodes of Season 8 added to it, then the rest of Season 8 was spread over 6-10 episodes (personally I like a slow, tense build so 10 would’ve been great but I think I’m at the extreme end of that scale) they could have given much more depth and meaning to lot of the choices, and explained a lot more. As much as I hate Bran and how wooden they’ve had him play the character, I can sort of see why he was chosen. Although why weren’t Iron Islands/Dorne like “yo, where’s our independence?” after Sansa freed the North (with no resistance)... Was the Arya thing setting up a spin-off? Not to over complicate things but you could easily fill that, and more, with compelling material if you add in Young Griff, Dragonbinder and a somewhat interesting Dorne...
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 17:38:37 GMT
Plot leaks made that a bit easier to digest tbh.
That shot of Dany with Drogon behind her at the beginning is one of the best in the entire series at least.
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Post by #FreeBTS on May 20, 2019 18:03:18 GMT
Was winter even over? I’m finding a lot of the complaints on Twitter are more books based than what’s been in the show, a load of the tweets with lots of likes are just people showing how much of the lore they know about without it being that relevant to the show. I know season 8 gets all the hate right now but it’s been steadily declining since about season 5 or 6, I really don’t think any episode in this season on its own was that bad.
Cersei getting killed by rocks is unforgivable though, that’s completely basic storytelling, an absolutely shitty payoff for the most hated character in the series.
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Post by Maskya Yoshida on May 20, 2019 18:27:27 GMT
This season was clearly too nuanced for some of you plebeians.
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on May 20, 2019 18:32:14 GMT
A few quick questions.
What’s to stop Sansa bringing Jon back to Winterfell once the Unsullied fuck off to Naath?
What is the purpose of the Night’s Watch or the wall once the Night King is dead?
How can the six kingdoms even have any jurisdiction over the wall and send people their given it is not part of their territory?
Why should the six Kingdoms accept a Stark as a ruler when the north isn’t even part of their territory? It’s not even as if Bran has ever spent a significant amount of time in the south.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 18:36:09 GMT
Thought the little smile on Jon as the gate closed behind him was basically him abandoning the night’s watch instantly. He’s going north and he’s staying there because it’s a futile organisation.
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Post by Gobble Gobble on May 20, 2019 19:08:47 GMT
That was shite
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Post by Gobble Gobble on May 20, 2019 19:11:28 GMT
I feel like George R R Martin told them where each character should be at the end with one episode to go and somehow that episode was made. Agree it’s on par with Dexter, although the final season of Dexter was so bad I didn’t actually watch the final episode.
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Post by allah on May 20, 2019 19:24:21 GMT
From a political point of view isn't the lords of the six kingdoms choosing their next ruler way more likely to create political problems? You now get to be king if the current ruler meets an unfortunate end and you can get enough votes from the other lords, Littlefinger would have been king within a week in that situation.
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Post by #FreeBTS on May 20, 2019 19:49:35 GMT
Rewatched it. Try telling me everything after Daenerys dies isn’t a sitcom you could put a laughing track and comedy sound effects over it and it would work.
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Post by sween on May 20, 2019 20:15:07 GMT
Someone literally did that on reddit for the council scene and it improves it lol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/bqutm8/i_added_a_laughtrack_to_the_council_scene_to_make/
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