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Game of Thrones Season 6: Anatomy of A Scene: The Battle of Winterfell (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93k4uhpf7g
Incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93k4uhpf7g
Incredible.
He died off-screen.
Man, now you got me all disappointed. A direwolf killing Ramsay would've been way better.
I dipped over to the No Spoilers thread to see if the amazing hour of television hype is real over there too...
That is a scary place.
If anything wouldn't the Bolton's tactics have been more like Hannibal's at Cannae since they were the ones that enveloped Jon's men because Jon's men charged forward too much, allowing them to get flanked and surrounded?
Main difference being the Romans at Cannae didn't have magical Littlefinger's cavalry to come save the day, I guess.
If the gods are kind, Tommen is dying next episode.Everyone now is expecting a bunch of people to die next episode since this one had a happy ending.
But the impression I'm getting now, based on what they actually showed, is that Sansa turned down the Knights in the first place because she's (understandably) bitter at Littlefinger, and never spoke up about them because she wanted to hide the fact that she'd let her feelings possibly doom them all. That her keeping quiet was out of shame, not some tactical brilliance or deep insight into Jon's stubbornness.
I get that Jon would have fucked over their plan to rescue his brother no matter what, but the pile of corpses stacking that perfectly and Wun Wun being able to break through a door but not a phallanx just felt ridiculous to me. Enormous tactical failures on everyones part.
Like Wun Wun could have started throwing corpses at the phallanx with the kind of force they'd never be able to withstain. Just a tough pill to swallow I guess.
jikes
you were not wrong.
This episode will win all the awards, the writing to get us here was a bit messy but the end result was very satisfying, I'm pleased.
Everyone now is expecting a bunch of people to die next episode since this one had a happy ending.
Given that this episode just reminded us about the Wildfire under King's Landing, yes, we're getting a Long Pork BBQ next week.
Now I hate the ending. Thanks a lot."My dogs won't harm me."
"You're right. *Whistle*"
[Ghost enters]
"...shit."
Everybody should watch this.Game of Thrones Season 6: Anatomy of A Scene: The Battle of Winterfell (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B93k4uhpf7g
Incredible.
All this does is show you how Dany and 1 dragon could pretty much beat any army.
Everyone now is expecting a bunch of people to die next episode since this one had a happy ending.
I get that Jon would have fucked over their plan to rescue his brother no matter what, but the pile of corpses stacking that perfectly and Wun Wun being able to break through a door but not a phallanx just felt ridiculous to me. Enormous tactical failures on everyones part.
"My dogs won't harm me."
"You're right. *Whistle*"
[Ghost enters]
"...shit."
Because season 6 and season 5 were very poorly written and rushed messes.
This episode isn't amazing on a writing level. It's amazing on a directing level.
Miguel made this episode good. And yes, some of the earlier dialogue for this episode was good but it falls apart once the battle of the bastards starts imo.
If that's what they were going for then they should've shown that. But what I saw was Jon saying "We've picked up every army we can, we either fight now or never," and Sansa keeping her mouth shut. If there'd been a scene of Sansa saying "The Knights of the Vale will help if we can get in touch with them: Littlefinger owes me big time," and Jon saying "lol no," then things would be fine (except we'd be complaining about Jon's stupidity).
But the impression I'm getting now, based on what they actually showed, is that Sansa turned down the Knights in the first place because she's (understandably) bitter at Littlefinger, and never spoke up about them because she wanted to hide the fact that she'd let her feelings possibly doom them all. That her keeping quiet was out of shame, not some tactical brilliance or deep insight into Jon's stubbornness.
I get that Jon would have fucked over their plan to rescue his brother no matter what, but the pile of corpses stacking that perfectly and Wun Wun being able to break through a door but not a phallanx just felt ridiculous to me. Enormous tactical failures on everyones part.
Like Wun Wun could have started throwing corpses at the phallanx with the kind of force they'd never be able to withstain. Just a tough pill to swallow I guess.
Ramsay was keeping Rickon alive to kill him in front of them. But if Jon had known about the Vale Army, he never would have marched on Winterfell to begin with. Jon would have had a winning army backing him, and might not have acted so rashly.
Sansa is either an idiot, or she wanted him to die in the battle.
Because season 6 and season 5 were very poorly written and rushed messes.
This episode isn't amazing on a writing level. It's amazing on a directing level.
Miguel made this episode good. And yes, some of the earlier dialogue for this episode was good but it falls apart once the battle of the bastards starts imo.
Can someone loop beating Ramsay to a bloody pulp into a GIF?
Eh. You can say that, but S6E07 had some of the best dialogue scenes in the entire series.
This.
I'd love to see a gif of Jon, Tormund and Wun Wun coming into screen looking like mad dogs. I got a kick out of that.
I don't remember that episode at all? Is that the one where they tried to paraphrase the Broken Man speech but lost the point of it being about humanizing soldiers and broken men?
Very little about this battle made any sense, but it was fun to watch regardless. It's a dumb show. It is what it is.
Eh, more like D&D are the idiots. I bet nothing will come out of your notion that Sansa actively wanted Jon dead.
Ramsay was keeping Rickon alive to kill him in front of them. But if Jon had known about the Vale Army, he never would have marched on Winterfell to begin with. Jon would have had a winning army backing him, and might not have acted so rashly.
Sansa is either an idiot, or she wanted him to die in the battle.
The one with Blackfish and Jaime talking, Asha cheering Theon up, the Hound showing up...
Amazing scenes, all of them.
S6 is the best season since S2
Even if the Dorne and Riverrun plots made little sense whatsoever
S6 is the best season since S2
Even if the Dorne and Riverrun plots made little sense whatsoever
Did she even know the Vale would come? She sent a Raven and never got a response. I assume the Vale rode up to where she was/where they were camped after the battle had started and that's when she found out. Then she went with them.
Still stupid to not tell Jon to wait for a response.
Wait, D&D think Tyrion was doing a good job running Meereen this season!?
Wait, D&D think Tyrion was doing a good job running Meereen this season!?