hopeful people one week ago:
I'll bet there will be a lot of explaining about the NK, Bran and the 3ER next week, I'm sure of it. This week was the spectacle, next week they'll give us story.
The whole White Walker thing isn't over yet.
people this week:
We live in a world where modern western militaries factor acceptable civilian casualties in their wars against dictators and terrorists. We live in a world where it was deemed acceptable to nuke whole cities in a bid to save more lives and cause the surrender of horrible regimes. Yet I'm supposed to accept that in a medieval world, civilan casulaties of any kind are unacceptable in any effort aimed to root out a murderous despot who would use the people as human shields. So let's say Varys gets his wish and Dany is murdered in her sleep. What army does Jon have that can take KL, and how does that army do it without shedding blood? Tyrion advising anything other than surgically striking the Red Keep back in Season 7, has led to the deaths of thousands and perhaps even more by the end. So much for saving lives.
hopeful people one week ago:
I'll bet there will be a lot of explaining about the NK, Bran and the 3ER next week, I'm sure of it. This week was the spectacle, next week they'll give us story.
The whole White Walker thing isn't over yet.
people this week:
In the show, yes. Unless you want to headcanon that it was forgotten tech/outlawed after Aegon won the war. But re: GRRM and the books -- Meraxes
Same here. I still really enjoy it, but I wish these last two seasons were as great as the rest of them.
hopeful people one week ago:
I'll bet there will be a lot of explaining about the NK, Bran and the 3ER next week, I'm sure of it. This week was the spectacle, next week they'll give us story.
The whole White Walker thing isn't over yet.
people this week:
IDK but he sure does have a car at the very least. He left KL and made it to Winterfell fast enough and Cersei still isn't showing
Yes, but that quote is still extrapolating a bit too much, especially the "nearly invulnerable" part.
oh no
No she didn't, she has never attacked anyone under flag of truce.
Yeah I get that but Cersei doesn't play by any rules nor does she have a shred of honor. We're dealing with the one who tore up Ned's note containing final orders from the king himself.
Yes.
This is a terrible explanation to a very basic criticism though.
This.
Yeah, the Mereen saga was hated on every week outside of the Sons of the Harpy battle/attacks.
I disagree that the book-inspired material has anything to do with any quality dive. The quality dived because they decided they really wanted to hurry the show to its conclusion. Watch earlier seasons, there are plenty of good character-building or scene-setting or traveling moments that weren't related to anything that happened in the books. For some reason the showrunners decided they wanted to hurry up and get it done with, get to "the good parts" rather than taking their time to tell the story. Even HBO commented that they'd be fine with more episodes.
Most of S5 is not book material. The worst parts sure aren't anyhow.
