New HBO Series: Game of Thrones

[Bjornebye]

The Hound dying has all but ended it for me. 

[Leyton388]

The writers have rushed this season so they can move onto Star Wars. 

[Sugar Ape]

Not sure how you can say they rushed it when there was almost two years between season seven and the current one. Most people were moaning they’d taken too long if anything.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Just now, Sugar Ape said:

Not sure how you can say they rushed it when there was almost two years between season seven and the current one. Most people were moaning they’d taken too long if anything.

Clarification on 'rushed'. When I said it, I definitely didn't mean rushed the process. I mean they could have done with many more episodes to cover the content. 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

[Special K]

I thought last night's episode was fucking stunning

[Captain Turdseye]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

The Hound dying has all but ended it for me. 

 

You only started watching it about three weeks ago. 

[Funkasy]

Will the hand kill the queen, just like his brother who also was the hand of the mad king? 

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, Funkasy said:

Will the hand kill the queen, just like his brother who also was the hand of the mad king? 

Jaime was never the hand.

[Funkasy]

Damn, there goes my theory

[Dave D]

1 hour ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Clarification on 'rushed'. When I said it, I definitely didn't mean rushed the process. I mean they could have done with many more episodes to cover the content. 

I was of the impression the delay between season 7 and 8 was down to a strike or some sort of industry dispute?

 

I 100% think more episodes were absolutely necessary.

 

To wrap up the stories of Cersei, The Hound and Varys in one episode (among others) was rushed. They deserved an episode each 

[Dave D]

Cersei and Daenerys should have had a showdown that involved both verbal and physical confrontation.

 

Not sure they were ever even in the same room after 10 years of build up

[littletedwest]

I didn't hate the episode but they should have done more episodes it felt like they really rushed it.

[Numero Veinticinco]

19 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Cersei and Daenerys should have had a showdown that involved both verbal and physical confrontation.

 

Not sure they were ever even in the same room after 10 years of build up

Came last season. 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

21 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Cersei and Daenerys should have had a showdown that involved both verbal and physical confrontation.

 

Not sure they were ever even in the same room after 10 years of build up

 

 

Boss scene.

[Curly]

I didn’t realise that the guys making it are doing Star Wars too. That makes sense as that’s the type of film it feels like. Fantasy, Hollywood extravaganza. It is so detached fro the grit and substance of the early series for me, that it feels like a totally different programme now. 

 

Not saying it isn’t good, but I don’t enjoy the episodes, even though I get excited for each one and am desperate to enjoy them.

 

Its like of the sopranos started as it was, then they do a super quick last series where Tony’s crew are involved with high action police shoot outs, chases and one on one duals with a rival gang.

 

Some people like how they’ve developed this series, but it’s not for me.

[Numero Veinticinco]

16 minutes ago, 1892-LFCWasBorn said:

 

 

Boss scene.

Included in the ‘shit writing’ diagram, I’m afraid. 

[Sugar Ape]

26 minutes ago, belarus said:

I didn’t realise that the guys making it are doing Star Wars too. That makes sense as that’s the type of film it feels like. Fantasy, Hollywood extravaganza. It is so detached fro the grit and substance of the early series for me, that it feels like a totally different programme now. 

 

Not saying it isn’t good, but I don’t enjoy the episodes, even though I get excited for each one and am desperate to enjoy them.

 

Its like of the sopranos started as it was, then they do a super quick last series where Tony’s crew are involved with high action police shoot outs, chases and one on one duals with a rival gang.

 

Some people like how they’ve developed this series, but it’s not for me.

 

Thing about that is they also made all the episodes from the earlier seasons that you did like. And it isn't just a case of them copying everything from the books either, loads of stuff from the earlier seasons wasn't in the books and they wrote it themselves. Jon Snow and Ygritte is completely different on the show compared to the books for example or Arya ending up serving Tywin Lannister when in the books it's Roose Bolton she ends up serving under. Not to mention the white walkers are barely mentioned in the books at all.

[Curly]

Fair enough mate, but the last 2 series still feel like completely different programmes to the first 5 or so. 

 

As I say, understand people like it, just explaining why I don’t.

[Sugar Ape]

3 minutes ago, belarus said:

Fair enough mate, but the last 2 series still feel like completely different programmes to the first 5 or so. 

 

As I say, understand people like it, just explaining why I don’t.

 

I agree that the pace is a lot faster the last two seasons, I just don’t agree with some of the reasons such as they didn’t have time when it’s taken almost two years or that the writers aren’t talented when it’s the same people who made the show so good to begin with.

 

For me it was always going to be this way once they confirmed they only had 13 episodes left to wrap it up.

 

Personally I think they could have done the first two episodes in this season as one episode and had the night king story spread out over two episodes, but it is what it is now, and there have been enough spectacular moments in this season for me to still have enjoyed it.

[Davelfc]

I think it’s now set up for John and the batshit crazy dragon queen to both die, or at least for John to kill her. Gendry takes the throne and Arya his queen. 

 

It it was obvious Daenerys was going to torch kings landing, and bollocks to them. Fucking southerners.

[KMD7]

8 hours ago, Sugar Ape said:

 

Thing about that is they also made all the episodes from the earlier seasons that you did like. And it isn't just a case of them copying everything from the books either, loads of stuff from the earlier seasons wasn't in the books and they wrote it themselves. Jon Snow and Ygritte is completely different on the show compared to the books for example or Arya ending up serving Tywin Lannister when in the books it's Roose Bolton she ends up serving under. Not to mention the white walkers are barely mentioned in the books at all.

I haven't read the books but I'm assuming the battle of the bastards wasn't in it (or had got to that part anyway). Fantastic tv.

[Sugar Ape]

41 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

I haven't read the books but I'm assuming the battle of the bastards wasn't in it (or had got to that part anyway). Fantastic tv.

 

Yeah it’s not happened in the books. Stannis is still alive in the books and seems more likely to lead the fight in what the show called the battle of the bastards than Jon Snow. Good chance Jon snow isn’t even there.

 

Hardhome is another thing that hasn’t happened in the books. Jon Snow gets a letter from a ranger saying ‘there are dead things in the water at Hardhome’ and that’s it. The tv episode was wrote from

that throwaway line. 

 

Another iconic moment with Hodor and the ‘hold the door’ episode isn’t in the books either. 

 

Slag off Benioff and Weiss by all means but it seems a bit churlish not to acknowledge that they also created the show in the first place, and didn’t just lose their way as soon as they got further than the books. Like I say, some of the most celebrated episodes; ‘Hardhome, The door, Battle of the Bastards’ were created by them from scratch.

[Grinch]

Whatever the reason for it, it's fallen off the cliff spectacularly. 

 

It can't be saved in one episode either. 

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 hour ago, Sugar Ape said:

 

Yeah it’s not happened in the books. Stannis is still alive in the books and seems more likely to lead the fight in what the show called the battle of the bastards than Jon Snow. Good chance Jon snow isn’t even there.

 

Hardhome is another thing that hasn’t happened in the books. Jon Snow gets a letter from a ranger saying ‘there are dead things in the water at Hardhome’ and that’s it. The tv episode was wrote from

that throwaway line. 

 

Another iconic moment with Hodor and the ‘hold the door’ episode isn’t in the books either. 

 

Slag off Benioff and Weiss by all means but it seems a bit churlish not to acknowledge that they also created the show in the first place, and didn’t just lose their way as soon as they got further than the books. Like I say, some of the most celebrated episodes; ‘Hardhome, The door, Battle of the Bastards’ were created by them from scratch.

Yeah, it's all a bit weird to me all of this.