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Damitol

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  1.  Eight out of 10. Visually stunning, and overall I was satisfied with what happened to certain characters. My main gripe is the same one I’ve had all season-so much is rushed. I so wish they had the extra four episodes to, if nothing else, show Dani”s slide into madness more.   I don’t have an issue with where they’re taking it, since this will lead to a bittersweet ending no matter what happens next, but she went from 0 to 60, and  it would have been so much better  to see her change in 5 mile per hour increments.  I just hope they don’t leave Winterfell hanging next week. Maybe the showdown is with Danny going after Sansa for the betrayal, Arya  missing her chance and Jon delivering the final blow. I know-jetpacking-but they only have 90 minutes.  My big question is what happens with Drogon?

  2. I gave it a 7.  It has some good stuff and it had some bad stuff, but that is par for the course now.  I know that they are rushed to finish as this point so plot and exposition are going to suffer to some degree, but I'm willing to cut a little slack from all the equity they have built up with me over the years.  I'm assuming next week will be another big battle with more character deaths, then it all ends on whatever "bittersweet" note they have decided on (my guess is Jon sits on the throne out of a sense of duty, although he never wanted it, and Dani gives her life - and Drogon's - in a selfless act that turns the tide of the battle).  At least we have a kick ass behind the scenes doc to look forward to the following week.

  3. 8/10  Not because I didn't love a lot of it, but because of this artificial time constraint they put on themselves (I know - "budget" - but I'll bet HBO, Warner and now AT&T could have found a few more bucks if asked nicely).  I hate the rushing because I want to spend more time with the people all together that I've watched being separated over the years.  We know half or more will be dead next week, then we have three episodes to rush down to King's Landing, fight the Golden Army and maybe the rest of the dead if the Night's King flew south, then resolve everything before the screen goes black for the last time.  This episode had to cram in all of the "people" moments for the 2488 characters, as the final 4-5 hours will mostly be fighting, then running and hiding before more fighting.  So, 10 out of 10 for what we did get during this episode, but 8 out of 10 for not making it at least another half hour longer to give everyone more time and dialog together.

  4.  I gave it a 10 after giving last week a five. Very good episode with so many good moments. Yes, there wasn't much in the way of  surprises, but when you have a  Big community debating various possible outcomes, chances are someone is going to nail it.  I'm just glad they finally settled the nonsense at Winterfell (very satisfactorily) and we got to see the dead marching south as the season's final scene . It's going to be a very long 10 months or so. 

  5. I had to give it a 5.  Visually - it was a 10+.  Mad props to everyone from the concept artists, to the set builders, to the directors and coordinators to the visual effects people for making it a beautiful episode to watch.  My issue was with the large gaps in logic - and I'm guessing that the culprit is there is still so much story left to tell, with almost no time left before the grand finale of the show.  If there was not this self inflicted "end" date - they could take time to establish how fast a raven and a dragon can fly, how you keep from freezing to death sitting on a rock past the Wall, how Jon escaped drowning and freezing to death wearing such heavy, then later wet clothes, where Benjen has been and what he's been up to and the purpose behind the dead  carrying such large chains  (I'm sure there are other things - but those spring to mind first). 

    Yes - some would have hated the explanations anyway - but at least in the past there was some attempt to throw some kind of logic - or at least clues behind an otherwise seemingly impossible event.  So - I'm not calling "lazy writing" like others - I'm calling "running out of time".

    I'll watch until the very last fade out of the end credits next year and cut them a mile of slack in the process, but I do hope they try to inject more "The gold arrived safely at King's Landing" moments next year.  Little things like a line of dialog or a quick visual clue that we can all point to as helping explain why something happened - or didn't happen, rather than watching a scene (even a very beautifully shot scene) and have it tainted by then thinking "seriously guys - where did that come from?". 

    Ten seconds.  Tyrion says "You don't where they are, or even if they are still alive" and Dany responds "Drogon will have me there before the sun sets, and HE will find them!" just before they leap off of the cliff.  I would have been satisfied.

    And to end on a positive note - I did appreciate them using the hike north to clear up some things like Longclaw and Gendry's feelings about the Brotherhood,  and almost every word out of Tormund's mouth was gold.  And yeah - the Dany/Jon thing had a certain amount of feels going on.

     

  6. On 8/22/2016 at 1:46 PM, Winds of Winter blow cold said:

    Kit in a commercial for Infiniti! :lmao:

    Yep - glimpsed it out of the corner of my eye and rewound to make sure.  It wasn't the best representation of his acting skills as all he does it sit there and look pretty.  The disclaimer at the bottom even confesses he was not actually driving ("Professional driver on a closed course").  But - he does sit still and look forward really well.

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