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[Kagey K]

Well that was something, I guess.

Not near as many people died as I expected and it really feels like the buildup wasn’t worth it.

Curious to see how the rest of it plays out,

 

[NYR]

Fucking garbage!

10 fucking years of build up for that lol.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Yeah that was unsatisfying. All that and the solution to defeating them was just Arya flying out of nowhere?

I know it’s fantasy but there wasn’t anything remotely clever or surprising about that episode...which is what I loved about game of thrones.

Seems like they really had no ideas this season other than simply advance the plot.

 

[Dacon]

I thought it was a great episode myself. Really well directed, and Arya pulling a Riddick was hilarious. I was super impressed by the special effects.

 

[888]

I enjoyed it. Everyone knew the idea was to kill the knight king. I thought it was pretty awesome to have someone else besides Jon do it. No one was expecting that.

I think the dragons were mostly useless and most of that was them just flying around. And not as many deaths of mains as I was expecting.

 

[NYR]

I thought it was a great episode myself. Really well directed, and Arya pulling a Riddick was hilarious. I was super impressed by the special effects.

It was not well directed. The first 20 minutes were in the dark, you couldn’t see shit. When action actually happened, it was like a Transformers movie, so much shit happening you couldn’t even tell what was happening.

 

[DragoonKain]

The Night King is basically Thanos in the GOT world.

Spoiler: Avengers Spoiler

That's like Thanos dying in act 2 in Infinity War.

 

[Onikaan]

The start was brilliant. Reminded me of helms deep but far more intense.

But that's my interested bottomed out. The silent death march of the NK was the only thing keeping me in. That was the finale for me.

Salty.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Who was in charge of planning for the living? This guy must have been

 

[Airbus Jr]

RIP Jorah and Lyana Mormont

 

[NYR]

RIP Jorah and Lyana Mormont

RIP the two characters who didn’t get plot armor.

 

[Dacon]

It was not well directed. The first 20 minutes were in the dark, you couldn’t see shit. When action actually happened, it was like a Transformers movie, so much shit happening you couldn’t even tell what was happening.

I felt the darkness helped set the atmosphere, and yeah I did have some complaints here and there about how obscured the action was at times, but I enjoyed watching it.

Not the most creative ending for the Night King, but it was better than expected.

 

[MetalAlien]

Brass balls they had to pull something like that.... not in a good way.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Not as shocking as I was expecting but a hell of an episode. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into that.

 

[EviLore]

Alt Shift X is in total denial right now and is convinced the Night King isn't really dead. He's laughing uncontrollably about the resolution, probably in place of crying, because of all the prophecies that have been totally discarded here and how contrived the Arya kill is.

As a fellow book reader I can relate, but nah man, this is reality. In the Behind the Episode, D&D talk about how it would be too "obvious" for Jon to do it so they set up Arya by "distracting" the audience to give an unexpected moment.

 

[Yoda]

I realllllyyy hope the books don't end like this. That was basically an hour and change of CGI porn.

Alt Shift X is in total denial right now and is convinced the Night King isn't really dead. He's laughing uncontrollably about the resolution, probably in place of crying, because of all the prophecies that have been totally discarded here and how contrived the Arya kill is.

As a fellow book reader I can relate, but nah man, this is reality. In the Behind the Episode, D&D talk about how it would be too "obvious" for Jon to do it so they set up Arya by "distracting" the audience to give an unexpected moment.

I just started listening and I agree, he sounds like he's in denial.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I'll have to process this.

 

[Kalre]

I enjoyed it. Everyone knew the idea was to kill the knight king. I thought it was pretty awesome to have someone else besides Jon do it. No one was expecting that.

I think the dragons were mostly useless and most of that was them just flying around. And not as many deaths of mains as I was expecting.

i think a lot of smart people where expecting arya to kill the night king from like season 4, more when she got her weapon last week lol, aswesome episode tought

 

[Arkage]

I really enjoyed this episode. It’s clear that the writers viewed this stand against the Night King as all or nothing, which is more logical than any half-victory/loss type scenario. Its placement mid season will definitely irk some people, somewhat deservedly, as Cersei as the main big bad doesn’t have the same Magic-Prophecy-Ultimate-Ending that I imagine Martin will likely end with. I doubt Martin will let things play out this way but that doesn’t mean I disliked this way of doing things, as I view this TV show as a somewhat separate entity and Cersei definitely had more character building for the viewership to hate her than the Night King.

 

[JimiNutz]

What a load of shit.

Firstly I do def need to watch it again because I bought a new TV a few days ago and I really needed to adjust the settings on my TV because I couldn't really make out any of the detail during the battle which really spoiled it and made it very hard to enjoy.

That being said, it felt like a huge anticlimax. They spent two episodes of this season on mostly fluff and now they kill the Night King and all the White Walkers (who have been built up as this overwhelming threat that will end the entire world) in one single battle? Nobody else really died either. It just felt like it was all too easy and not much was shocking.

I def need to watch it again but my initial impression is disappointment.

 

[Javthusiast]

So RKO out of nowhere saves the day?

Now D&D, explain to me how ninja Arya can't just stealth kill Cersei with ease?

 

[888]

i think a lot of smart people where expecting arya to kill the night king from like season 4, more when she got her weapon last week lol, aswesome episode tought

“Smart” people. Is that an insult because I wasn’t expecting her to do it?

 

[Airbus Jr]

Ghost and Rhaegal survive?

 

[888]

Ghost and Rhaegal survive?

Ghost didn’t come back from the initial charge for sure. Would be shocked if he is still alive.

 

[TacosNSalsa]

That was some AvP Requiem level cinematography there ..I couldnt tell what the hell was going on half the episode..

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Holy fucking shit

I need a change of shorts after that.

What an episode. The Arya inside stealth scene was amazing. The musical score was fantastic, frantic and defining.

I need to watch it again before giving full impressions but wow

I have more questions than ever before. So no full explanation/bio of the Night King and his powers, for the rest of time we are just gonna be stuck with the little we know about the white walkers?

I knew the “blue eyes” comment for Arya meant the dead but I didn’t know it meant the NK himself. I didn’t see that coming.

Wow.

 

[NYR]

I realllllyyy hope the books don't end like this. That was basically an hour and change of CGI porn.

Yep. It was basically a transformers movie. It was very disappointing.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Ghost and Rhaegal survive?

I'll laugh if Ghost shows up next episode with no acknowledgement again.

 

[Arkage]

Ghost and Rhaegal survive?

They damn well better. I care more about the animals than most of the people at this point

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I can honestly say I have no idea how the last three are gonna play out. The North is pretty much decimated, right?

 

[MetalAlien]

final kill is on youtube

 

[TacosNSalsa]

Holy fucking shit

I need a change of shorts after that.

What an episode. The Arya inside stealth scene was amazing. The musical score was fantastic, frantic and defining.

I need to watch it again before giving full impressions but wow

I have more questions than ever before. So no full explanation/bio of the Night King and his powers, for the rest of time we are just gonna be stuck with the little we know about the white walkers?

I knew the “blue eyes” comment for Arya meant the dead but I didn’t know it meant the NK himself. I didn’t see that coming.

Wow.

I'm ready to accept that the Night King and pretty much anything beyond the wall was just straight up mcguffin ..

 

[dorkimoe]

I can’t believe so many disliked it. I thought it was fantastic. I do wish night king went a little differently. But wow when he caught her. And that piano music was epic.

 

[manfestival]

Garbage episode, way too many scenes that took me out of immersion. Way too many convenient things. Not enough important people dying. The plot armor was worse than comic book physics

 

[GoldenEye98]

I'll have to process this.

Not a lot to process unfortunately..

 

[dorkimoe]

I’m convinced Bran doesn’t actually serve a purpose. Useless turd.

 

[manfestival]

Also I looked at the preview for the next episode. Where is this new army of the north coming from? I saw the unsullied being used and that is some hot garbage too. Feels like this show really George rr Martin really bad with his actual ending instead of this trash

 

[Arkage]

I can honestly say I have no idea how the last three are gonna play out. The North is pretty much decimated, right?

No dothraki, no unsullied, but still two dragons. I think Tyrion is going to have to come up with extra clever shit to make up for his past mistakes somehow, but not sure what.

Also WTF was Bran doing with his eyes rolled back 90% of the time? Flying with crows because he's bored or actually contributing somehow?? For being the "history of humanity" he does approximately jack and shit.

Though I did enjoy how the battle got more and more desperate. Dragon being swarmed with walkers crushed my soul. It definitely arrived at the "all or nothing" crossroads fairly naturally despite all the other inconsistencies.

Also I'm not too bitter at Arya, as it somewhat justified Beric's continual resurrections and saving her for a greater purpose. But I still doubt Arya will be the one to do it in the books.

 

[Dacon]

Alt Shift X is in total denial right now and is convinced the Night King isn't really dead. He's laughing uncontrollably about the resolution, probably in place of crying, because of all the prophecies that have been totally discarded here and how contrived the Arya kill is.

As a fellow book reader I can relate, but nah man, this is reality. In the Behind the Episode, D&D talk about how it would be too "obvious" for Jon to do it so they set up Arya by "distracting" the audience to give an unexpected moment.

The ironic thing is, it wound up being super obvious that Arya was going to kill him.

 

[NYR]

Also WTF was Bran doing with his eyes rolled back 90% of the time? Flying with crows because he's bored or actually contributing somehow?? For being the "history of humanity" he does approximately jack and shit.

This bothered me so much. It made no sense. This was a terrible episode. I won’t be surprised it this ends up being the worst rated episode on IMDB.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Alt Shift X is in total denial right now and is convinced the Night King isn't really dead. He's laughing uncontrollably about the resolution, probably in place of crying, because of all the prophecies that have been totally discarded here and how contrived the Arya kill is.

As a fellow book reader I can relate, but nah man, this is reality. In the Behind the Episode, D&D talk about how it would be too "obvious" for Jon to do it so they set up Arya by "distracting" the audience to give an unexpected moment.

I have no problem with her doing it.

I lay in bed with my wife watching it. First I yelled at the TV because...

1. Why are you riding the Dorthraki at them. Jesus fucking wine drinking Christ, they have the knowledge that anyone who falls joins the Night King. Who the fuck thought this was gonna be a positive as they were riding towards the AotD? Show of hands?

2. Why didn't the dragons back them up or something. Only the Living were surprised at the Dorthraki quick butt fucking

I then yelled at the TV...

1. Why aren't you shooting arrows at the AotD as they stand lifeless in front of the fire trench?

2. Why Jon are you sitting on a Dragon on a wall doing nothing while the AotD stand lifeless in front of the trench. For a guy who couldn't stop saying "We don't have time" he sure picked a hell of a time to find some fucking time.

I yelled some more

1. How is the Night King a better Dragon rider than Dany?

2. How did the Living not see the corpses in the Crypt coming to life, WHEN YOU HAVE THE FUCKING KNOWLEDGE THAT THE NIGHT KING CAN RAISE THE FOOKING DEAD?

The answer to all these questions, and many more is.... Because the Plot requires it!

It was so frustrating to watch a group of people discuss the threat for over a season, gather information from places including Bran, and forget all of it between episodes 2 & 3.

 

[Yoda]

(cynical) guess for the final 3 eps:
4: recover from battle, reintroduce Cersei, march south, initial diplomacy between Cersei <-> Dany (fails cause we need another batter), battle teaser
5: battle, few minor characters die, Cersei wins the 1st half, Yara shows up, Cersei loses the 2nd half, Dany wins battle
6: Cersei has a trial, some drama about who gets to be emperor of Westeros, everyone lives happily ever after

 

[MetalAlien]

Winter is coming! Winter is coming! Winter is... oh wait never mind.

 

[Jon Neu]

Alt Shift X is in total denial right now and is convinced the Night King isn't really dead. He's laughing uncontrollably about the resolution, probably in place of crying, because of all the prophecies that have been totally discarded here and how contrived the Arya kill is.

As a fellow book reader I can relate, but nah man, this is reality. In the Behind the Episode, D&D talk about how it would be too "obvious" for Jon to do it so they set up Arya by "distracting" the audience to give an unexpected moment.

They subverted our expectations.

It's about family, that's why is so powerful.

It's like poetry, it's like busta without the rhymes.

All this moments will be lost, like tears in the snow storm that doesn't let you see shit.

Right now I'm SUPER INVESTED in the next episodes. Cersei, that Euron clown and the Golden Company. It can't get any better than that.

And Ghost killed offscreen, that was amazing too.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

(cynical) guess for the final 3 eps:
4: recover from battle, reintroduce Cersei, march south, initial diplomacy between Cersei <-> Dany (fails cause we need another batter), battle teaser
5: battle, few minor characters die, Cersei wins the 1st half, Yara shows up, Cersei loses the 2nd half, Dany wins battle
6: Cersei has a trial, some drama about who gets to be emperor of Westeros, everyone lives happily ever after

Do you think they can even find south. These dumb fucks will probably march north, passed the wall going "was this here the last time"?

 

[GoldenEye98]

So RKO out of nowhere saves the day?

Now D&D, explain to me how ninja Arya can't just stealth kill Cersei with ease?

Arya already ninja jumped and is flying through the air towards kings landing now.

 

[EviLore]

I have no problem with her doing it.

I lay in bed with my wife watching it. First I yelled at the TV because...

1. Why are you riding the Dorthraki at them. Jesus fucking wine drinking Christ, they have the knowledge that anyone who falls joins the Night King. Who the fuck thought this was gonna be a positive as they were riding towards the AotD? Show of hands?

2. Why didn't the dragons back them up or something. Only the Living were surprised at the Dorthraki quick butt fucking

I then yelled at the TV...

1. Why aren't you shooting arrows at the AotD as they stand lifeless in front of the fire trench?

2. Why Jon are you sitting on a Dragon on a wall doing nothing while the AotD stand lifeless in front of the trench. For a guy who couldn't stop saying "We don't have time" he sure picked a hell of a time to find some fucking time.

I yelled some more

1. How is the Night King a better Dragon rider than Dany?

2. How did the Living not see the corpses in the Crypt coming to life, WHEN YOU HAVE THE FUCKING KNOWLEDGE THAT THE NIGHT KING CAN RAISE THE FOOKING DEAD?

The answer to all these questions, and many more is.... Because the Plot requires it!

It was so frustrating to watch a group of people discuss the threat for over a season, gather information from places including Bran, and forget all of it between episodes 2 & 3.

100% on all of those. Everyone acts retarded.

Bran doesn't give them any intel on the situation or provide any clever twists through his own actions. All he does is sit there and glare, setting up Arya Ninja Leap.

 

[Yoda]

Winter is coming! Winter is coming! Winter is... oh wait never mind.

Yeah school is no longer canceled, only a 2 hour delay.

 

[Pantz]

I liked it. It hit on most of the things I like to see in action and battle stuff that gets me hyped up.

Only thing that took me out of it was most of the major characters just parking in a corner and not getting overrun.

 

[NYR]

Never forget...The Night King blew a 3-1 series lead in the Finals.