It was really bad.
Uh, that was their strongpoint when they still had the books as a crutch. The political intrigue has been garbage for the last few seasons.
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Game of Thrones S8, Apr 14-May 19 @9PM EDT |OT| Aunt-Man and the Frost
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"The Night King" is up on Spotify already, so you're in luck. ;)
A show known for killing off main characters left and right surprises viewers by not killing major characters.
One of the most gorgeous episodes on tv ever.
Not entirely accurate, as the scholars have declared it boring and one of the worst episodes of tv they have ever seen.
~fin
That was beyond the wall though, they were hunting him down, not the other way around.
Steps to become master assassin:
1. Get your ass kicked a bunch.
2. Do something really fucking dumb that should have gotten you killed.
3. Master Assassin.
Eh, I thought the KL storyline with the High Sparrow in season 6 was pretty well done.
Jon was trying to catch up to the Night King and save the world and Sam was too busy crying like a baby.
Jon did the right thing.
Surfinn's not wrong though, too often those words are tossed around.
"First battle" my ass. Hardhome? Beyond the Wall? Eastwatch?
He did barley anything this episode and he let his friend almost die, that's the most unJon thing to do.
There was no way he could've reached him or the NK.
It was solid except for the citizens not giving a shit at the end of it.
Besides that though we've had Dorne, Littlefinger get hit with the stupid bat and Tyrion get hit with the stupid bat.
Yeah but before the giant came rushing at her. No weapon drawn. Like the fuck?
44 days of night filming. Just call it a movie at that point.
These gifs are really living up to this freefolk meme
https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/bijcjr/s08e03_without_context/
https://www.reddit.com/r/freefolk/comments/bijcjr/s08e03_without_context/
So cheap. Still not over how poorly that ended, NK stared straight at the Dragon, took a direct blast of dragon fire then smirked at hin, but Arya materialised from thin air and takes him out? I mean, all you needed then is a good archer with Dragon stone, boom job done. So stupid.
My main issue with Arya saving the day was that it was just the same old tactic that had been used a whole bunch of times during that same episode:
1) Character is in mortal danger
2) Thing trying to kill character gets ready for the final blow
3) No wait! Here's other character to save the day!
That they decided to go with literally just that when it came to the Night King's defeat really deflated things. You knew something like that was going to happen and they had even foreshadowed that Arya herself would do it so when it did happen I didn't feel any kind of exciting payoff. It's just a thing that happened because it 'made sense', and that's not good storytelling in my eyes.
I hate to make a comparison but this scene from Infinity War did the whole 'Villain slowly makes his way towards the macguffin' thing much better. Frankly I'd say Thanos in that film felt magnitudes more threatening than the Night King despite having so much less build-up.
1) Character is in mortal danger
2) Thing trying to kill character gets ready for the final blow
3) No wait! Here's other character to save the day!
That they decided to go with literally just that when it came to the Night King's defeat really deflated things. You knew something like that was going to happen and they had even foreshadowed that Arya herself would do it so when it did happen I didn't feel any kind of exciting payoff. It's just a thing that happened because it 'made sense', and that's not good storytelling in my eyes.
I hate to make a comparison but this scene from Infinity War did the whole 'Villain slowly makes his way towards the macguffin' thing much better. Frankly I'd say Thanos in that film felt magnitudes more threatening than the Night King despite having so much less build-up.
Refusing to kill someone who didn't deserve it was not a failure. Every kill Arya made throughout the show has been someone who deserved to be killed. Turning into someone who'd do it for the hell of it, THAT'S a failure. She's not like that.
She was already assassinating people before being blinded. We're talking about a character who from episode 1 was shown to be out of the ordinary, excelling at things someone like her shouldn't be. We're talking in canon around 8 years of this character literally doing nothing but surviving, killing when necessary, eating, and most importantly, training.
This. Plot hole is still valid through, but those other two mean nothing.
That was intense. Holy shit the whole time my friends and I were watching it we all were like "How do you fucking fight this? Its like World War Z but with no guns!" I feel they handled that aspect of the night kings horde brilliantly. Danny landing was one of the worst tactical decisions I had seen on this show and boy have we seen a lot of them.
The whole ordeal felt very rushed, but overall I liked it. At first I felt Arya killing NK like that was cheap and bullshit but after thinking about it...it makes sense. Everyone probably wanted to see Jon and the NK square off one on one but that is unrealistic. When the opportunity arised the NK showed he was not fighting for pride but was playing to win. I assume Arya took the face of a walker to get close, as Melisandre said "Yes, I saw you would take faces of people with many colored eyes, including blue..." or something along those lines which I felt gave her the idea maybe? Either way, a fast kill was the right decision. Damn good episode.
The whole ordeal felt very rushed, but overall I liked it. At first I felt Arya killing NK like that was cheap and bullshit but after thinking about it...it makes sense. Everyone probably wanted to see Jon and the NK square off one on one but that is unrealistic. When the opportunity arised the NK showed he was not fighting for pride but was playing to win. I assume Arya took the face of a walker to get close, as Melisandre said "Yes, I saw you would take faces of people with many colored eyes, including blue..." or something along those lines which I felt gave her the idea maybe? Either way, a fast kill was the right decision. Damn good episode.
the littlfinger storyline in season 7 may be up there with Dorne as one of the dumber storylines if it wasnt for the awesome payoff
I enjoyed the episode. Just some thoughts
-Where's Ghost? I hope next episode lays who died.
-Lyanna was amazing. The hardest death to swallow
-Fuck Sam. He should have died. Useless.
- Why the fuck did Melissandre commit suicide? I honestly for a second believed she was gonna resurrect people with her life or do something but nah, she just walked out into the cold and died.
-Arya killing Night King was kinda obvious. You figured that she'd kill NK or Cersei this season. Probably both.
-Wtf was Bran doing? Was he just spectating the whole time? "Gotta go Theon lol. This is boring"
-Seriously how the fuck can they kill Lyanna and not Sam. Fuck Sam
-Where's Ghost? I hope next episode lays who died.
-Lyanna was amazing. The hardest death to swallow
-Fuck Sam. He should have died. Useless.
- Why the fuck did Melissandre commit suicide? I honestly for a second believed she was gonna resurrect people with her life or do something but nah, she just walked out into the cold and died.
-Arya killing Night King was kinda obvious. You figured that she'd kill NK or Cersei this season. Probably both.
-Wtf was Bran doing? Was he just spectating the whole time? "Gotta go Theon lol. This is boring"
-Seriously how the fuck can they kill Lyanna and not Sam. Fuck Sam
Because Sam is awesome. He's the entire reason they stood any chance. Without his knowledge, there's no dragonglass. He also told Jon of his claim to the throne.
Because he didn't have time. That was supposed to be one of the big moments that would stick with you. We've seen Jon always go out of his way to help Sam over the seasons. This time it was hell on earth, for all the marbles. There was no time. He had to find the NK of *everything* was going to end. He felt the impending loss of Sam, but the big picture forced him to push on.
It was a wonderful moment.
People throw plot hole around like nothing, it's definitely lost all meaning like the other words. They use it for decisions they didn't like lol and rarely understand what it even means.
I'm probably in the minority with this but Littlefinger went out exactly the way he should, on his knees crying like a little chump because he got too cocky and finally over played his hand.
It's the first time he's fighting an actual organized army and he gets chumped pretty badly.
And lets be honest the reason really is that D&D want to move on and do Star Wars, so this all has to happen in one episode basically because they still have to resolve the Cersei plot and then have a series epilogue only have 6 episodes to do it all in.
Let's hope this is not the end of the WW.There are still so many questions.They were using babies in the first seasons?why?Who was the NK ?his purpose?
Arya killing the NK was great actually.
Better than some stupid John Snow Vs the NK showdown.
But yeah the "just kill him to defeat the whole army" thing was a bit...meh.
I still don't understand Bran's purpose.
Where were the dragons when John was stupidly facing the zombie dragon?
Episode was too dark also.Hard to see things.
Arya killing the NK was great actually.
Better than some stupid John Snow Vs the NK showdown.
But yeah the "just kill him to defeat the whole army" thing was a bit...meh.
I still don't understand Bran's purpose.
Where were the dragons when John was stupidly facing the zombie dragon?
Episode was too dark also.Hard to see things.
Eh. I'd say "plot hole" is used far too often when a person is really just annoyed by a contrivance.
Yeah lol :D
Yeah, I agree, I wasn't sure which of the two ways that was going until Tyrion got up, which was pretty interesting. It was a great moment.
Then again I loved the ep overall lol.
I hope they do a making-of documentary for this episode because I would be hella interested how much was practical effects/extras vs. cgi.
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