Game of Thrones

[Ozza]

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Beast of an episode.

[Scraggers]

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I was screaming at the TV last night ... absolutely EPIC !!!

[Cyberdoggie]

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Yep it was a ripper.

Not sure how the Dothraki teleported themselves to the battlefield so quickly while poor Theon has taken two episodes to get back on a boat and head to shore baffles me.

[hujsh]

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Yep it was a ripper.

Not sure how the Dothraki teleported themselves to the battlefield so quickly while poor Theon has taken two episodes to get back on a boat and head to shore baffles me.

Apparenlty the scenes aren't even necessarily in chronological order so anything is possible

[jazzadogs]

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Yep it was a ripper.

Not sure how the Dothraki teleported themselves to the battlefield so quickly while poor Theon has taken two episodes to get back on a boat and head to shore baffles me.

They did make a lot of mentions of flogging stragglers and the like, presumably to make it believable that the Dothraki could catch up to them.

[Bornadog]

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I am amazed how they film those battle scenes, with all the horseman, soldiers etc.

[EasternWest]

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My beef was that he didn't get stabbed to death by needle.
For a moment there I thought it was going to happen but then it didn't.

What bothered me was that all the Lannister soldiers in that scene were just too overly nice. Like they got recruited straight out of bible college or something.

This season so far is up there with GOT best, can't wait to see the remaining few episodes.

The end of episode 2 had me banging my head against the wall though. I totally understand it what they are trying to do but theon is so frustrating. I think he's paid his dues and needs a win somewhere surely.

Eh, I heard a lot of hullabaloo about Ed Sheeran, but afterwards I couldn't for the life of me think what the big deal was.

Arya hates Lannisters, so making her see the soldiers as "nice" and just people humanises them for her.

I dunno, I thought that scene was ok.

I agree re Theon. It's time for him to get ultimate redemption or to die.

The Drogon battle scene was, well, it's hard to think of enough superlatives. It amazes me how they've managed to make the Dragons look real.

Best TV show ever made.

[Bornadog]

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Amazing episode last night, totally unexpected

[chef]

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Amazing episode last night, totally unexpected

The ending was awesome.

[G-Mo77]

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Haha

[EasternWest]

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Amazing episode last night, totally unexpected

I dunno. I reckon they're starting to ski towards the shark enclosure.

[Topdog]

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I dunno. I reckon they're starting to ski towards the shark enclosure.

How so? It's a series that has to end soon.

[EasternWest]

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How so? It's a series that has to end soon.

A number of reasons - ending the series not being one of them. I am glad there is an end date, nothing annoys me more than when a series is extended simply because it's a cash cow.

Truncating this season to 7 episodes was a bad idea in my opinion. The series has had some pacing issues in the past, but losing three episodes has meant some of the actual character development has meant we're now getting clunky, awkward dialogue that hurries to get it's point across ("oh wow John Snow you don't look like your Dad").

I'm annoyed by the lack of adherence to distance and time - if you're going to set some boundaries, then stay consistent with it. How long were the merry men standing on that rock? Overnight? Two days? And Gendry ran all the way back to the wall, a raven flew all the way to Dragonstone and a Dragon flew all the way from Dragonstone and beyond the wall in that time?

I'm bothered by the amount of Deus ex Machina tropes that have crept into the show. Our heroes keep getting saved at the last minute in the unlikeliest of circumstances. When someone needs to die there's a handy redshirt or two nearby. Contrast that to the grim reality of previous seasons where nobody was the golden goose and it at least created an air of suspense.

John Snow is incompetent. Arya is being needlessly cryptic. Does Dorne just give up now? How did Euron build 1,000 ships overnight?

I have a number of other of issues with how the show is going, but I don't want to seem like I'm shitting on it because as far as I'm concerned it remains the best TV show ever made. But, regardless of what you think of George Martin as an author, there's no denying that since the show moved past the availability of the source material, there has been a decline in the storytelling.

It still looks bloody awesome.

[Topdog]

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Yeah look the pacing has been been an issue but I believe they called that as being the trade off for the CGI and general costing of the series but I dont think it has been anywhere near jumping the shark.

[EasternWest]

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Yeah look the pacing has been been an issue but I believe they called that as being the trade off for the CGI and general costing of the series but I dont think it has been anywhere near jumping the shark.

Each to their own.

They've still got time on their side, but I'll be disappointed if the race to the finish continues at this pace.