Slow build up for the first two episodes, but is just moving all the pieces into place for what should be an excellent episode next week.

 

There's going to be some bloodshed!

 

It's like a soap opera with better production but also guts and norks. Although the nudity has been sadly lacking from this season so far. 

As Stewart Lee brilliantly described it: Peter Stringfellow presents The Lord of the Rings!

Sums it up nicely

I'll be honest I never really watched it until before Season 7 started, When I was off work sick I started watching the Season 1 DVD and watched it all in that day (Season 1 not season 1-6)

I then preceded to watch the rest before Season 7 started.

 

Definitely one of the best TV shows I've watched

 

Only reading that now. Surely a simple do not go into the thread until up to date would have sufficed

You can't have a stalemate with an enemy like that. Either the whitewalkers won or lost and if they win they march south pretty much unstoppable. 

There's only 3 episodes left, had to happen sometime I suppose. A full one of nearly an hour & a half dedicated to it isn't enough? 

i'd say the white walkers originate from Mayo and season ticket holders with the footballers 

Croftman wrote: Yeah very similar alright. Think Bran speaking to Theon were the only lines in that time. Even the end, no music, just pure silence. Great viewing. Same director as Hardhome & Battle of the Bastards

Yep there was only Bran's "Your'e a good man" line in the last 20 minutes.

That Ayra scene in the library was brilliant  felt very Resident Evil/ Slasher horror-esque

Enjoyed the episode but I slightly agree with Hunty it seemed a bit rushed in the end.

The introduction of the dead felt like an excuse to churn out another one of those zombie movies. 

Really enjoyed the episode but can understand why some were disappointed with it.

The White Walkers literally did nothing. I had expected them to face off against some of the main characters and if any White Walker died for the wights they had reanimated to die making the odds slightly better for the living. Probably understandable given that killing them means killing a chunk of their forces but it still seemed poor not giving them the sort of battle Jon had with one of them before.

The crypt stuff was ridiculous. They knew the Night King could raise the dead, no one thought of that? Not even Tyrion? Seriously?

Thought more main characters needed to die. Since they ran out of source material they've given up on the shock element that made it so good back in the day in favour of fan service. There were too many scenes when major characters were on the verge only to survive in spurious circumstances.

I do feel the whole threat of the army of the dead and the NK was dealt with too quickly but with only three episodes left there wasn't really much else they could do unless they marched South and I've always felt that they can only move with the winter. Although whether they were bringing the winter with them is another thing I've wondered.

I've resigned myself that it's not going to hit the heights of the middle seasons, it's still excellent though.

The writing fell apart a bit once they passed the books. If GRRM does finish them I'd say they'll be quite different.

Agree with a good bit of this. They built up potential threats so much, but none of them truly delivered. They made the white walkers, the night king in particular, look almost unstoppable, and in the end they only managed to kill Theon. For a show that was so well known for having big names get killed off, it seems now that they’re almost invincible, even in the most perilous situations.

The dead were brutal fighters. Even Daenerys was slapping them around. 

It was nothing compared to the plane crash in Emmerdale farm

Scene 41, Episode 2. Series 8

A 12 year old girl who is one of the best character took her clothes off and was riding- how has the internet not broke over this... Araya...it was literally the last thing I was expecting to see. My poor eyes. Shocking

100% agree, but i'll add the below

In terms of Theon and Jorah getting killed off, both characters had completed their story arcs of being the hero then cast away only to be the hero again before there deaths.

Was there anything more for them to do? I'm not so sure, Theon could have probably ducked it out with Euron but I think that will be left to Yara who will return for the next big battle for Kings Landing.

I'm calling this one too Euron will run off like the sleazy prick he has been for the last few years when the going gets tough and he'll run straight into a Yara yielded weapon.

She is 22 now

I really was just expecting her to ask him to bake a cake or something. It was defintely the biggest shock ever watching the 8 series

God forbid anyone look at it with a critical eye. There's at least 5 GoT episodes I could name off the top of my head that are better without even considering other shows so hardly one of the best episodes of television ever. Still very good but had its faults. 

Fixed that for you

Had its faults like every episode or show does but I'd agree, was one of the best I've ever seen too. Each to their own

While I understand peoples complaints about the lighting, I think it's done as to not make the CGI look cheap but also, it's night time and it would look stupid if they added more lighting than just natural lighting. I thought the dead coming alive in the crypt was fairly obvious considering the week before they couldn't stress enough how safe it was going to be down there, but I get your point on no one even thinking they might come alive. Then again, maybe they thought the NK had to kill them for them to come alive.

There wasn't enough death of the main characters and the fact Sam survived was laughable but again, I think when they kill off big characters they like to give them screen time and it just didn't seem possible in that episode.

A few of my mates were saying they felt ripped off because of the battle being done in 1 episode and it seemed like they rushed that story line after building it up for years but again, the white walkers are a side story in the whole show, a pretty large one but still. The main premise of the show is who will end up on the iron throne. We've barely seen the white walkers throughout all seasons, it's just been built up incredibly well, maybe too well to their detriment, and people have lost sight of the fact they aren't the main story line in all of this. 

I thought last night was excellent. The knife drop was just brilliant and also the dothraki running in to battle with the flames all extinguishing was brilliant. 

I am going for Gendry the blacksmith chap who is the bastard son of a King. Not much talk about him and all the focus on the main characters. I am thinking the throne won't go to anyone obvious.

 

Nothing wrong with a critical eye, in fact I encourage it

 

People moaning about it being too dark despite it being a war, at night, against the Night King

Or the Dothraki being wiped out too easily, despite them using fear as one of their main weapons, again an army of the undead who don't know what fear is,

People just picking holes for the sake of trying to be cool and going against the grain

 

 

 

Speak for yourself Lass, I waited until it was over!

I don't think it's picking holes to think that was a sh*t end to the white walker threat which had been built up for seven and a half seasons. Walder Frey did more damage than the Night King who was just added as a self destruct button for the show to dumb things down in my opinion. 

Was a brilliant episode and for TV it was pretty epic. It deserved to be seen on the big screen it was that good. The only problem I had with it was playing safe with the character deaths. Maybe I am being hasty and the battle for the Iron throne will be carnage but I think it has lost that shock value as well where if you hadn't read the books(which I hadn't) some deaths came as a complete shock. Theon and Jorah were probably B players really. Melisan dre was a big character but hss fallen into the background and Beric and Lady Mormont were expendable at any time. I thought Brienne could have been killed heroically as a Knight and maybe one of Tormund(what does he care about the Iron throne) or Gendry. They played it to safe.

When you have two dragons I am not sure you need many soldiers.

Just give us the Mountain vs the Hound, the one we all want to see.

Still very enjoyable all the same 

 

I think I was just annoyed with people critising it for being too dark. Of course there were flaws, and defeating the night king was surprisingly easy, but still, thoroughly enjoyable and one of the best episodes of TV I've ever seen

No. People have this idea in their heads that they’ll differ. He sat down with the writers and told them how to finish the show as it’s how he intends to finish the books.

ChesterCopperpot wrote: As far as I know there's both, people who died in the books are alive in the show and people who are alive in the show have died in the books

Isn't the Stark mother still in the books as a ghost or something like that?

 

She is reanimated and is called Lady Stoneheart.

 

 

There are also characters in the TV show who didnt exist in the books.

 

They're the same thing....same thing they are

So u don't believe in dragons?

 

These last two episodes are going to have to be something else to pull it back. It has been huge disappointment.

What parts are getting you Hunty?

Few bits made me a bit pissed last night too

seanyshuffler wrote: They really built those dragons up and they seem to be fairly useless really.

tbf they were caught by surprise.

Though I do have a feeling that Rheagal is still alive. based on the trailer for the next episode. As you see Euron looking up and you hear two distinctly different Dragon roars, and he looks up very worried indeed.

Caught by surprise?! How the f*ck do you miss an entire fleet from the sky?

Croftman, theres a long list to be honest. It's unreal how many basic mistakes they're making with this season. Given how good the seasons before were (although 7 was hit and miss IMO), it's so noticeable now. I'll go mental if that useless c*nt Jon ends up on the throne, hes a terrible character

Did it not come from behind low lying clouds, that's what i thought anyway.

I'll agree though that this season hasn't been the best, a lot seem to meaningless talk and build up only for what they were building to , to be underwhelming 

Sansa said "what if there's someone better" when talking to Tyrion about who ends up on the Throne, say there's a few twists to come yet. 

Again not getting the scatting criticism it's been getting but each to their own

Saying that, next two would want to be epic to give it the send off it deserves

They've ruined Tyrion as a character. He was basically Helen Lovejoy when trying to negotiate with Cersei

Nah he just switches on the microwave and watches that. :)

Trying to get the ‘Dukes of Hazard’?

there was loads going on in that 20 minutes, 

we know the hound wants to kill his brother 

we know dany is sh*ting it john snow will become king 

we know sansa is going to play a big part later on 

we know thormund will be able to move in on Brienne now 

Also saw Dany noticing how less favoured she is in compared to John & the worry she has that he'll end up on the throne/she'll never have the full support of the northeners

yeah could be for sure 

Tbh wasn't the best episode. 

Clegane bowl was good though 

They were offered 10 episodes and decided to only do 6. It definitely seems to me like they are mad to get out of there. Real pity as the last two seasons have spoiled the show somewhat. Big pressure on GRRM to do better now and get the books out. 

Right about Clegane-bowl.

Thought it was the best episode of the season but still not even in the top 10 of the series.

What made GOT so good was the character depth in each episode in the earlier seasons. I know people complained saying it was a bit slow in earlier seasons but even in those so-called slow episodes or scenes, that was were we got to see character relationships develop, which was a huge part in the success of the show IMO, because when a character was killed unexpectedly, it had a lasting impact on the viewers.

Felt they could have shown more of Danerys when she was destroying the city to show how she's descended in to the Mad Queen.

 

Cersei and Jamie dying- Poetic ending but slightly boring

 

Jon Snow- Worthless again

 

Daenerys- The Mad Queen- were Missandei and Jorah really keeping her in check the whole time

 

Varys- The master of whisperers caught out at last

 

I don't know I am not really feeling this final season. It feels so rushed. It has still been good but pretty disappointing. Although honestly hand on heart I don't know if it has been built up so much it really was never going to reach those expectations. Visually though easily the best and most epic TV series I have ever seen. It deserves to be on the big screen.

 

 

 

 

Yeah sums it up for me alright.

Visually and sound wise (Music and use of background noises) has been brilliant but the whole story parts of what made the show great around seasons 3-6 has fallen flat upon its-self.

 

 

 

It being so rushed has been the most annoying thing. Defeating the Night King and obliterating King's Landing all in the space of three episodes. It may well be one of those seasons that needs a second watch. Daenerys meltdown in particular seems to be so rushed. But then I suppose if as I think Jon Snow ends up on the throne Roberts Rebellion and Game of Thrones was all worthless as Rhaegar's son will end up ruling anyways

So I take it now she either ends up on the throne or someone gets her?

and then the credits come on and you realise it's not real life 

 

 

 

Yeah you would have to think she will be killed. Probably by Jon Snow. He seems to have been disgusted by her actions so I expect him to put forward his own claim to the throne. I wonder will the army split in two and Daenerys and Jon will face off? Hard to fit that into 60 minutes though.

 

 

True it's a TV show. Well done.

Last episode is going to be 1hr 20 minutes

Pretty much like the last two episodes. Great spectacle, enjoyed it but the plotting and pacing are terrible. I get why Dany has gone mental but that needed to have been properly building for 3 seasons, not 3 fcuking episodes. And properly built rather than the little foreshadowing there was. Could say the same about many threads in the story. 

I wasn't expecting much from this season to be honest after the way season 7 went so am just enjoying each episode on its own terms. Miles off its golden years though. 

Humans have spent their whole time on earth trying to escape reality; it's why we drink, take drugs, listen to music, follow football and go on forums!  

My only problem with GOT is people I haven't met before telling me that I would love it. 

I reckon she'll bring the dragon back to Winterfell (cue laughter from the Scientist) and try to kill the Starks, and Jon will end up killing her in the end. Still don't think he'll want the throne but will kill her after seeing what she has done to King's Landing.

Wonder if those who received Varys' letters will become known and have a part to play in the final episode.

When Arya was training to be a many faced assassin, then ran off, your man promised that she would be found and killed.

That has yet to happen.