With second viewing and knowing what was coming, it's easier to be critical. A lot of characters made very dumb decisions in that episode and especially the "drama" in Winterfell feels very manufactured and not at all true to earlier in the story (ie when they had the books to go off).
Still incredible drama though and very enjoyable as always.
With second viewing and knowing what was coming, it's easier to be critical. A lot of characters made very dumb decisions in that episode and especially the "drama" in Winterfell feels very manufactured and not at all true to earlier in the story (ie when they had the books to go off).
Still incredible drama though and very enjoyable as always.
Timelines were a bit off too - seemed to me like they have all been zombie fodder long before there'd been time for Gendry to run home, a raven to fly to Dragonstone and then Daenerys to fly all the way north of the wall and find them in the waste lands. And they probably could've just melted the Night King while he was still surprised at being hit by three Dragons, but I'm trying really hard not to pick holes and ruin it for myself.
One thing I would say, now the writers are flying solo, as it were, they have to be careful not to over-egg the pudding. They pulled the last second rescue card three times in one episode, and thing like Mormont nearly falling off the dragon are a bit "Michael Bay". One of the things that GoT has got very right is that it understands that less is often more, I hope they don't just decide to go crazy with the finale and take the shine off it as it's been nearly perfect up to now, but there have been a few worrying signs in the season, imho.
With second viewing and knowing what was coming, it's easier to be critical. A lot of characters made very dumb decisions in that episode and especially the "drama" in Winterfell feels very manufactured and not at all true to earlier in the story (ie when they had the books to go off).
Still incredible drama though and very enjoyable as always.
At least it finally makes some sense what Littlefinger is up to. Although surely the origin of the note is going to come out, so why didn't he tell Sansa he took the only copy to protect her and Arya is now blackmailing her, cementing the wedge he has created.
There's a further 15 minutes of the show missing from Dazzler's link!
How long should it be? I torrented my version, 1hr 6mins
I can't check at the moment (I'm at work), but if you post the last scene you saw in the spoiler tags I'll tell you if that's the actual ending or not.
There's a further 15 minutes of the show missing from Dazzler's link!
How long should it be? I torrented my version, 1hr 6mins
I can't check at the moment (I'm at work), but if you post the last scene you saw in the spoiler tags I'll tell you if that's the actual ending or not.
Episode 6 airs at 9pm and thronecast starts straight after at 10:20pm, each ad break is 3 minutes long(ish) and GOT usually has 3 or 4 ad breaks... not forgetting the ads between programs... Therefore I'd assume those times include ads in the show but not between episodes.
If however you feel there are scenes that were missed from my link, can you use the spoiler tag (quote the following)
and drop in there what occurred in the missing scenes.
Also, does anyone else struggle with Arya's plummy received pronunciation accent? I get it with Sansa, she's been raised around the Gentry in order to be a princess, but Arya has lived a life on the streets and was always rough around the edges like the rest of the Starks, who are all very very much 'Ecky thump Duck, t'wheres t'whippet?". I guess it maybe fits better with her now cold-calculated assassin persona.
Arya was raised around the upper class and only began to live a life on the streets more recently. I actually think she's the more well rounded of the actual Starks remaining.
Also, does anyone else struggle with Arya's plummy received pronunciation accent? I get it with Sansa, she's been raised around the Gentry in order to be a princess, but Arya has lived a life on the streets and was always rough around the edges like the rest of the Starks, who are all very very much 'Ecky thump Duck, t'wheres t'whippet?". I guess it maybe fits better with her now cold-calculated assassin persona.
Must.... stop....... over...... thinking.......
I know it's a bit flawed, and as previously said, I think this is purely down to squeezing it into 13 episodes, so I won't spend much time defending it... but I've reached a point where I think I am just not going to read posts like your last two. Especially complaining about an accent. I just want to enjoy the show.
Also, does anyone else struggle with Arya's plummy received pronunciation accent? I get it with Sansa, she's been raised around the Gentry in order to be a princess, but Arya has lived a life on the streets and was always rough around the edges like the rest of the Starks, who are all very very much 'Ecky thump Duck, t'wheres t'whippet?". I guess it maybe fits better with her now cold-calculated assassin persona.
Must.... stop....... over...... thinking.......
I know it's a bit flawed, and as previously said, I think this is purely down to squeezing it into 13 episodes, so I won't spend much time defending it... but I've reached a point where I think I am just not going to read posts like your last two. Especially complaining about an accent. I just want to enjoy the show.
No fair enough, I hate myself for thinking like it in the first place. It's definitely down to them trying to squeeze in too much, and to be honest I don't really understand why they chose to shorten the length of the last 2 seasons. Making 6 more episodes would have given the story line some crucial breathing space to allow some more measured pacing, and surely HBO makes enough money from the show to justify the extra production costs? Maybe the longer episodes next season will help, they definitely need to adjust the pacing if they want to hit the sweet spot next season.
I'm just really nervous that they're going to ruin it right at the last knockings, because it is far and away my favourite ever TV show and I desperately want the end to live up to what has gone before.
I guess I feel a bit like when Charlton are one-nil up and have been playing well but missing chances and you can just feel the opposition building some momentum going into the last 10 minutes and your gut is just telling there's going to be a sucker punch equaliser in injury time. Often my gut is wrong though and Charlton see it out for 3 points (at least they used to), and there is every chance the GoT team will too.
Timelines and accents I can get over no problem, it's just the forced nearly moments that we wouldn't have seen nearly as much of in earlier seasons. Tormund would've drowned, Jorah would've fallen to his death and Jon would've drowned or been engulfed by wights. Similar happened with Jamie charging at the dragon in an earlier episode. It's too forced and it's not what made Game Of Thrones so good.
I would assume a lot more than 4 minutes of ads in a 1hr 7m show. Could be they American airing has a "previously on" at the start and maybe even a "next time..." at the end
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Nothing can compete with this show!
Still incredible drama though and very enjoyable as always.
One thing I would say, now the writers are flying solo, as it were, they have to be careful not to over-egg the pudding. They pulled the last second rescue card three times in one episode, and thing like Mormont nearly falling off the dragon are a bit "Michael Bay". One of the things that GoT has got very right is that it understands that less is often more, I hope they don't just decide to go crazy with the finale and take the shine off it as it's been nearly perfect up to now, but there have been a few worrying signs in the season, imho.
Edit: Fuck work, 1:12:22
My version was 52:17 plus 14:54 With no loss of continuity. So unless the broadcaster deleted some scenes. It is indeed the full version.
As a side note, the latest files on there are choppy as hell even at 720p 30fps (allegedly, I will confirm tonight after I watch the Sky version)
Each episode length is listed below, however these include the break screens and full credits.
Episode 1: 59 minutes.
Episode 2: 59 minutes.
Episode 3: 1hr 3 minutes.
Episode 4: 50 minutes.
Episode 5: 59 minutes.
Episode 6: 1hr 11 minutes.
Episode 7: 1hr 21 minutes.
Episode 6 airs at 9pm and thronecast starts straight after at 10:20pm, each ad break is 3 minutes long(ish) and GOT usually has 3 or 4 ad breaks... not forgetting the ads between programs... Therefore I'd assume those times include ads in the show but not between episodes.
If however you feel there are scenes that were missed from my link, can you use the spoiler tag (quote the following)
and drop in there what occurred in the missing scenes.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/21/game-of-thrones-the-best-show-on-tv-just-became-the-silliest
Also, does anyone else struggle with Arya's plummy received pronunciation accent? I get it with Sansa, she's been raised around the Gentry in order to be a princess, but Arya has lived a life on the streets and was always rough around the edges like the rest of the Starks, who are all very very much 'Ecky thump Duck, t'wheres t'whippet?". I guess it maybe fits better with her now cold-calculated assassin persona.
Must.... stop....... over...... thinking.......
I'm just really nervous that they're going to ruin it right at the last knockings, because it is far and away my favourite ever TV show and I desperately want the end to live up to what has gone before.
I guess I feel a bit like when Charlton are one-nil up and have been playing well but missing chances and you can just feel the opposition building some momentum going into the last 10 minutes and your gut is just telling there's going to be a sucker punch equaliser in injury time. Often my gut is wrong though and Charlton see it out for 3 points (at least they used to), and there is every chance the GoT team will too.