Game of Thrones
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Skacel
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Charlie from the Mighty Ducks
dbarila
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Ah, the guy from The Affair!
Heath
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I did too!
I know it's way too late in the series for this to happen, but I spent way longer than I should have thinking that this was where the show was headed
I think we'd see Drogon conflicted over whether to listen to Dany and Jon. Then Dany seen Drogon conflicted, gets mad about it, and she kills Drogon herself
(this better not be what actually happens)
Believer101
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Disappointed With How Quality Of Fans Has Dropped Off Over Past Couple Seasons
LOS ANGELES—Saying their once-beloved viewers have lost much of their luster in recent years, Game Of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff acknowledged Friday they have been frustrated with the way fans of the HBO series have declined in quality over the past few seasons. “During the...
entertainment.theonion.com
‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Disappointed With How Quality Of Fans Has Dropped Off Over Past Couple Seasons
Obviously, Arya steals Dany's face and rules the seven kingdoms. Drogon is fooled and settles down in Westeros where he gets grumpy when the kids get on his lawn.
Bennnnn
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Not reading not reading not reading.
It is super late and I’ve just gotten halfway into the season seven finale. Tomorrow I have to somehow find time to watch it and all of season 8 leading up to the finale. Wish me luck.
It is super late and I’ve just gotten halfway into the season seven finale. Tomorrow I have to somehow find time to watch it and all of season 8 leading up to the finale. Wish me luck.
I have no predictions, I am just going to watch and digest tonight. I know some people are bracing for disappointment but I am so bummed to see it all end, I don't want to add vitriol or anything nasty to my emotions tonight.
Enoch
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I haven't read anything on this thread as I don't like reading guesses, but I am trying to decide if I am excited for the finale or ready for disappointment
Getting drunk enough to piss yourself is probably a good idea for being able to get through it.
Heath
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Damnit, I love theremins and I got so excited for this video. But. Then I watched it.
Game of thrones is still a good TV show, against other TV shows it's great but against itself in the early days there is no comparison it feels like it's completely lost it's way.
Since the CGI budget increased it's like the writing became an afterthought. Everything has been so rushed especially this season which has been the most un game of throne-sey type season yet.
Apart from the impressive battles it's been awful plot wise especially.
There is still so many questions left and we wont get the answers.
Jon will kill Dany and go back north to Ghost, Sansa will sit on the throne with bran as her hand, Tyrion and Bronn will drink and philander with prossies in high garden and that will be all. Brienne will buy a dildo and name it Ser Jamie
Since the CGI budget increased it's like the writing became an afterthought. Everything has been so rushed especially this season which has been the most un game of throne-sey type season yet.
Apart from the impressive battles it's been awful plot wise especially.
There is still so many questions left and we wont get the answers.
Jon will kill Dany and go back north to Ghost, Sansa will sit on the throne with bran as her hand, Tyrion and Bronn will drink and philander with prossies in high garden and that will be all. Brienne will buy a dildo and name it Ser Jamie
Heath
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I was thinking about this the other day, because this is a common criticism right now, but are there really that many open questions left? It seems to me like they’ve been rushing to try to answer all the questions, albeit maybe not as gracefully as we were all hoping they would.
Saw this on YouTube the other day and it kinda conveys what I'm thinking and I think alot more too. It annoyed me how they explained why the night king wanted bran so badly with two throwaway lines one by bran & one by samwell that was it explanation over. Why was the night king created by children of the forest? Why is bran the three eyed raven? Just some of my frustrations. What help was bran when he warged during the long night? Then other loose ends getting sewn up badly like Euron & Jamie have that ridiculous fight and Eurons sign off line was cringeworthy, Cersei death....ah I could go on
Edit: I know there are answers to some of the questions too but any answers that were given are pathetic at best. Game of thrones was great at story depth until the last couple of seasons
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Heath
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Saw this on YouTube the other day and it kinda conveys what I'm thinking and I think alot more too. It annoyed me how they explained why the night king wanted bran so badly with two throwaway lines one by bran & one by samwell that was it explanation over. Why was the night king created by children of the forest? Why is bran the three eyed raven? Just some of my frustrations. What help was bran when he warged during the long knight? Then other loose ends getting sewn up badly like Euron & Jamie have that ridiculous fight and Eurons sign off line was cringeworthy, Cersei death....ah I could go on
That’s all fair...though I think some of these might get answered this evening. And others I just don’t see as all that important to answer beyond what has already been shown (Cersei’s pregnancy, Cersei’s prophecy, Craster’s kids, to name a few)
And I kinda loved Euron’s last line...it was exactly what a dbag like that would say before dying
Also I hated Cersei’s death too until I saw a recap article describe it as the city she worked so hard to control crushing/coming down on her in the end...kind of a house of cards concept. Which made the death scene slightly more acceptable to me
Ok the house of cards concept isnt that bad actually. Ah I think really every fan had their own ideas about how the story should have unfolded and they could never please everybody it's impossible. Safe to say they have probably pissed more people off than made happy though lol. The biggest issue overall is definitely the pacing, they rushed it compared to its previous self of development and that's why the payoff feels cheap I think. It's still one of the greatest things to ever be made for TV but I cant help but feel let down especially to be told for the best part of a decade that winter is coming only for winter to be killed with one stab and a sleight of hand. I shouldnt have been left feeling when the night king died "is that it?" But that's how it felt
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Saw this on YouTube the other day and it kinda conveys what I'm thinking and I think alot more too. It annoyed me how they explained why the night king wanted bran so badly with two throwaway lines one by bran & one by samwell that was it explanation over. Why was the night king created by children of the forest? Why is bran the three eyed raven? Just some of my frustrations. What help was bran when he warged during the long night? Then other loose ends getting sewn up badly like Euron & Jamie have that ridiculous fight and Eurons sign off line was cringeworthy, Cersei death....ah I could go on
Edit: I know there are answers to some of the questions too but any answers that were given are pathetic at best. Game of thrones was great at story depth until the last couple of seasons
Some thoughts from a book reader.
1. Jon was brought back just like Beric Dondarrion. The Lord of Light was not done with him yet. In the books I'd imagine GRRM is going with Jon is Azor Ahai reborn, the one Melisandre thought Stannis was from her vision. In the books when she looks into the flames to see Azor Ahai's identity, she sees only snow. The show needed him to be the bridge between Dany and the North folk. Plus they needed that hot incest action and a vehicle to drive a wedge between Sansa and the rest of Westeros.
2. Brienne is clearly the most noble character on the show. She's always been about keeping her word and her ideals as to what a knight should be. Jaime is the reality of what a knight is in Westeros. They're fairly shitty people. I honestly didn't mind Jaime going back to Cersei. He's seen what Dany can do. He knew what was coming for Cersei and he couldn't keep away. He wanted to die in the arms of the woman he loved, just like he told Bronn way back when.
3. He was going to fight for the living because he saw what they were up against. Then when he lived and humanity was saved, he went right back to the woman who brought out the worst in him. I agree his character arc was badly mangled but I doubt it's that far off from what GRRM had in mind. Jaime was trying to be good but he's still a Lannister.
4. It was all about her getting her comeuppance through the death of her children, the people she cared about the most in this world. For the people who hated the way she went out, she went out seeing everything she had built be destroyed because of her own arrogance. That's after watching or being a participant in every one of her children's demise due to her scheming/hunger for power. She died numerous times on the show.
5. To show how much Ned Stark loved his family. He went through the whole lie because he loved his sister and he made a promise. He never spoke the truth of Jon's birth because he knew what that would mean to the Kingdom and how he would place his family over King Robert. And it came at a great cost to his honor. Plus it adds the whole forbidden element to him and Dany. Of course, that's now out the window and Jon is a threat to Dany's rule.
6. Cersei is never more dangerous than when she's fighting for her children. I think it was also to force Jaime to stay. But Jaime never cared about his children. Or it was all a lie.
7. The Night King was a wholly D&D manufactured character. I highly doubt GRRM even has him in there. The show apparently needed a Big Bad according to D&D. First, it was Ramsey. Then the Night King. Now Dany.
8. In the books, Craster's sons are just given to the Others as an offering. The show created this idea that the sons later become the Night King's lieutenants, capable of independent action from the wights the NK controlled.
9. Because everything is too accelerated. Why they went with 6 episodes is beyond me. I am very curious how they wrap it all up tonight.
NateOEB
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Our hotel doesn't have HBO so we decided to watch the finale at a public viewing at an Austin Irish Pub, Darcy's Donkey, which is more fun anyway. They've got special menu for the showing.
