Game of Thrones begins....

[katmai]

oooh boy

[katmai]

Not as big a butcher's bill as I expected.  But I was surprised they offed the NK with three episodes to go.

Now Arya got her big moment, though, it just reinforces my conviction that she won't off Cersei, too.

Some great moments in that episode.  The Dothraki lights going out bit was the best.

Very much evened out the odds for the coming battle for the Throne.

[viper37]

what an episode!

Although, it will be difficult to take on the Throne now...  Unless there is some shifting alliances again.

[Rex Francorum]

Indeed, I was flabbergasted. I wonder what Bran did do besides worging ravens. It was a bit disappointing to see him not do much.

[Habbaku]

I do wonder if they've decided to scrap prophecy and the other mystical stuff now? There's plenty of time left (3 massive episodes) for them to keep to it, though.

[crazy canuck]

I suppose they had to kill off the Dothraki and the unsullied to make the final conflict interesting.  But what a waste - hey let's just charge into the darkness and see what happens.

But I agree, watching the lights go out was a good scene. 

Now I really hope the books are finished.  This was all too straightforward with only tertiary characters dying - more like standard fantasy fare rather than the style of Martin.  I want to see how he brings everything to a conclusion.

[Razgovory]

Well, there is only so much you can subvert and still keep it interesting.  You can take a circuitous route, but you still need to stop the world ending threat.  I was kind of hoping we'd actually hear the Night King speak.

This season has been much better than last season.

[Sophie Scholl]

I liked it at lot upon completion, but... problems are arising as I think it over.  At the very least... are Dany, Jon, and company the worst tacticians and planners ever or is it just me?

[grumbler]

I liked it at lot upon completion, but... problems are arising as I think it over.  At the very least... are Dany, Jon, and company the worst tacticians and planners ever or is it just me?

The battles have always been tactically dumb but visually spectacular.  Like most of the swordfighting - just chop, chop, stab.  Arya's fight was the only one that showed the value of finesse.  That used to bother me, but I realized that TV has its own needs.

[jimmy olsen]

Murder-hobo?

Basically an RPG character in D&D or any rpg game, tabletop or pc. They just wander the land doing what ever they want, killing anyone who crosses their path.

[Grinning_Colossus]

This episode greatly improved my opinion of Peter Jackson.

[HVC]

This episode greatly improved my opinion of Peter Jackson.

Watch the hobbit again to correct it.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Anyone who's ever rushed to finish one of his girlfriend's reports, discarding most of the content and only using parts of the outline, because she freaked out the night before it was due and someone's got to do it or it won't get done before the 9 AM deadline understands what happened to those movies.

[Josephus]

From Cersei's point of view, she did the right thing.  The Union army is pretty much destroyed.

On paper, she has the upper hand, though Danaeyrs has the trump card dragon.

Three episodes to figure it all out. Wonder if Bran did anything, other than sleep through the whole thing. We'll find out.

[Grinning_Colossus]

For years I assumed the series could be summed up as: "An ancient evils rises in the far north. The inhuman Others and their undead host march inexorably southward, determined to extinguish the light of civilization, humanity, and life itself. Only the men of the Night's Watch stand against the darkness. Meanwhile, the lords of the south pointlessly scheme and war against each other, oblivious to the true threat."

But I was wrong. It's about who sits on the Iron Throne after all.