GOT - there will be spoilers
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@chimoaus said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
I was happy with how it ended, sure a little Hollywood but in the end I thoroughly enjoyed one of the best TV shows I have ever seen. I look forward to their next TV Show and the prequel that is coming.
Yeah, at least it showed that there was a reason behind all the plot devices.
The character storylines certainly all seemed rushed once they got past the books and IMO that was mainly because the pacing of the story was so different.
I agree that most of where things ended up has a traceable thread so in that respect it wasn't bad. In retrospect another 6 episodes to flesh things out along the way would have been good and maybe some of the more outrageous plot devices could have been avoided. The show certainly had the following for one more season but got bogged down in spending so much time and money making huge spectacles. -
@Machpants said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
@Machpants said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
Nah, can't see him being alive. Mad Queen will promise to free everyone like she made the people of king's landing free. She'll imprison or fry Tyrion, he'll confront her. Jon will finally do something useful and stab her whilst kissing her. He then head to the north in shame, but at least ghost gets a pat fan service. So that leaves just bran for the throne, Sansa will stay north. Dragon will fly off with Danny dead, Arya will go off too. Horse lords and unsullied will return to the east, they've an empire there. Most of that doesn't make much sense but it ties everything off, DND style
How did Tyrion the prisoner get the rights to take over Kingmaking proceedings?
Head of House Lannister? Didn’t know who some of those other dudes were though
I thought it was a good ending BTW. The first 15 mins were as bleak as anything I’ve seen on TV, ever. Terrific television.
I’m hoping we get a series of Arya’s adventures in wherever at some point.
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Impossible job to satisfy everyone, but I mostly enjoyed that.
Not a fan of Bran as King, seems like a twist for the sake of it. I was hoping for Gendry, so it will end where it started in some ways.
I guess the dragon didn’t smoke Jon because of the Targarian blood?
The visuals on this show are pretty much movie quality, beautiful cinematography. Acting is outstanding as well.
Two more episodes to stretch out Dany going mad and the Night King resolution and it would have been more satisfying IMO.
On to the Expanse
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Bran makes more and more sense as I think about it for 3 reasons.
1/ As Tyrion said he has a story, he played a role... a role that can be embellished for the peasant classes.
2/He is acceptable to the nobles. He is a noble, but not a war monger or tyrant.
3/ He is bloody well mystical as fuck. His all seeing eyes would make loyalists knowledgable and traitors nervous.Who exactly is better?
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@Kirwan said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
How good was this shot?
It was cool - I thought she had transformed into the Night King in the very first shot (not shown in that clip).
Good ending to the entire show, even got a few things right in my terrible predictions (really thought when they were doing the "who's the new ruler" selection that Gendry would be the one picked but alas)
Loved the final scene as it was a nod to the very first scene in GoT.
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Is Bran the Broken just as culpable for the slaughter of KL as Dany?
It was implied that he knew everything that was going to happen and was allowing it to play out so that they could reach the simple point of removing succession and claim from the throne.
So, he too wanted a better place and was willing for hundreds of thousands of deaths to occur to reach that point of change.
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I loved the nod to certain ideologies. Only one more corpse away from utopia. It is precisely her essence of virtue that made her the worst tyrant of them all.
I enjoyed the first half of it but overall it felt a little flat. I think it needed a scene showing what happened after the throne room incident, seemed a little lazy and plot elements unlikely skipping that out. Why would grey worm be reasonable and measured once his queen had died? Didnt fit for me. Both Tyrion and John should have got the axe or there be some awesome series of events to get them out...what those events could be without being super cheesy?..well I don't know. Maybe there just couldn't be a way to end this satisfactorally for all. Still, a remarkable series overall. I wonder if they might look at releasing extra scenes from all the series much like when LOTR went on dvd, that might help a little bit of the pacing...or at the very least squeeze some more cash outta it.
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said@Rembrandt said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
I loved the nod to certain ideologies. Only one more corpse away from utopia. It is precisely her essence of virtue that made her the worst tyrant of them all.
I enjoyed the first half of it but overall it felt a little flat. I think it needed a scene showing what happened after the throne room incident, seemed a little lazy and plot elements unlikely skipping that out. Why would grey worm be reasonable and measured once his queen had died? Didnt fit for me. Both Tyrion and John should have got the axe or there be some awesome series of events to get them out...what those events could be without being super cheesy?..well I don't know. Maybe there just couldn't be a way to end this satisfactorally for all. Still, a remarkable series overall. I wonder if they might look at releasing extra scenes from all the series much like when LOTR went on dvd, that might help a little bit of the pacing...or at the very least squeeze some more cash outta it.
Yeah, that jump from Drogon flying off, to the gathering of the great and good left a lot untold. Picking at nits here but I also felt underwhelmed by the Small Council meeting which was all a little too light-hearted for me, but as @Kirwan said, they were never going to satisfy everyone.
Overall a fantastic series, great cinematography, great acting and characters, great storylines, just brilliant, compelling TV.
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I just don't know how I feel....
No baby dragons, no Jamie resurrection...I think I'm disappointed overall?? It was emotional for sure.
There were some great moments, Drogon melting the throne was PERFECT, absolutely my fave moment, closely followed by Jon&Ghost, aaah my heart!Jon absolutely did the right thing killing Dany had to be done and he was the right person for it, she stayed crazy to the end.
Happy that Jon's now gone wild and all "eff you wall". Although I would have liked it to be more like this...
Tyrion, perfect as always, he's had the best journey of them all,should have died every season and made it to the end.
Every single scene with Sansa was painfully annoying. I can't even talk about her, sickens me.
Arya sailing off was lovely.
I just feel like it's not over... Does anyone else feel like we are waiting for another season now???
Tempted to read the books now to see what the craic is there- if he finishes them... I mean can HIS ending be the same, did he have creative input in the TV ending to protect his future work? Surely he can't write the same ending?
Can we start up a Handmaid's Tale thread now with as much enthusiasm and stroppiness? Yeah? Please?
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Loved the first half, was ok with the second half. Felt the hard transition to selecting the new ruler disrupted the intensity a bit. But after setting the scene with KL being run by the unsullied and Dothraki that may have been a bit hard to swing. Really wanted Greyworm to get his beans in the end to.
That feeling of impending doom during the first bit was epic, soldiers everywhere Jon went etc. And that scene that's already been posted with Dany coming out with the dragon behind her. Fucking awesome.
Bran, meh (tv outcome only btw). Feel like they didn't mine enough of his character and story to show what he could bring as King. Bran the broken is apt also given the broken ass state of the country and most of the kingdoms.
Loved the 'sit down' and the sword bump bit. Did seem like Sansa thought she'd get the crown and freeing the north as an independent kingdom was the runner up prize.
Jon. Good lad - great scenes with Tyrion, and loved how they swapped roles in consoling/counselling each other in their respective cells. Did what had to be done and paid the price. Although what would have stopped him being brought back once the unsullied sailed off? who else wanted him dead for what he did? Anyways he got hug his wolf so that was pretty cool.
Noted we had another whoopsie with the water bottle scene too. Also noted they'd edited Jamie's gold hand back in during the recap scenes.
Phew, pretty crazy ride all up. Going to do a binge watch of the whole thing in a month or two. But for now I'll enjoy the tears of all the folks who are pissed with how it ended.
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@RLx31 he said the outcome is the same but the journey to it will differ. Which makes a lot of sense given how far the show diverges from the books even around the mid-point of the story telling.
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@Paekakboyz what would Sansa have done if she had became Queen? Would she still have freed the North, perhaps pardon Jon and send him to be King of the North? Interesting.
I'd love to know what the shows alternative endings were.
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@Paekakboyz I don't mind Bran being King so much just the story leading up to him being King... There should have been more Bran.
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Ahhh my fave Author!
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Done and dusted and can quite honestly say I'll never ever watch a single episode again in my life.
Glad Bronn didn't bag it, Bran being king is predictable as he did fuck all and things were obviously building towards it.
RIP to the characters who entertained me along the journey.
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@Paekakboyz So you say King All Bran TV only, where did you get that from? DnD have said they will neither confirm nor deny differences, GRR pretty tight lipped...
