The "everyone hanging out and being chummy" fanservice in ep 2 wasn't my favourite thing ever, but I got it. Episode 4 having a protracted sequence doing essentially the same thing struck me as unnecessary.
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Last night's Game of Thrones episode is the lowest rated episode on iMDB in series history
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People always question review bombing but how the fuck do 8,000+ people rate that episode a 10?
Yeah, I wouldn't put much stock into these ratings. Nearly 62% think it is either 9-10 or 1.Current stats:
The 1s are obviously brigading, but can I also question the people giving it a 10? lol
These ratings always seem to bring out the extremes.
The caveat to Lost is people began to realize not every thing will be answered by season 4/5 and jumped off, then came back. It was far less of a fan servicey were afraid to do things mess as GoT is
Yeah, no coincidence. I really don't understand why people stan for the showrunners. They're hacks.
Both would be great in a normal 10 episode season. In a 6 episode season where you waste 2 leading up to a pointless battle, it means you need to speedrun the last 3 to close every storyline.
Show is trash now.
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Yeah, to Lost's credit, it had the audacity to at least try something different. It failed so spectacularly at it that it's unbelievable, but at least it tried.
Game of Thrones feels like it's going through a checklist of fan fiction "awesome moments" with no regard for narrative payoff or coherence.
Were they not hiding in that big cove they came out from?
as a casual fan of this show, the way it's getting wrapped up is laughable [unless it is a genius marketing ploy to get the "real ending" from the final book].
What exactly is nerd rage? Expecting a show to have decent writing with internally consistent characters and stories? Or are you capable of discussing things outside of meme level?
I think that's a pretty optimistic interpretation of that scene. I thought it was far more obvious that he wanted to save her from being killed seeing as how he reacted only after hearing that Dany was going to murder her.
The Bronn scene was honestly the worst in a very long time. Nearly gave up on the ep because of it
I liked the first half of the episode, the problem was everything after it.
I know that lots of fans have criticized the last 3 season for rushing out thing to get the end game as soon as possible, but overall I felt like the pacing was fine there (until obviously rushed) but last episode really felt like they wanted to get over things ASAP in 30 minutes, while also murdering the character of half the cast
I know that lots of fans have criticized the last 3 season for rushing out thing to get the end game as soon as possible, but overall I felt like the pacing was fine there (until obviously rushed) but last episode really felt like they wanted to get over things ASAP in 30 minutes, while also murdering the character of half the cast
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It stings more when this is the third last episode of the entire series and the idiocy serves as setup for the final two.
I forgot about the Sandsnakes. 6 was half better than 5, i think the other half is on par. So overall it is better than 5, you're right about that much.
Wouldn't say ridiculously better, though.
One thing 5 (and somewhat 6) had going for it is that a lot of characters i enjoyed warching were still alive (or hadn't gone full stupid yet)
Now.... i don't think i care about anyone or what happens to them.
Pretty much sums it up.
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That scene and Dany just forgetting about Euron's massive fleet and the god damn siege weapons that almost took out her dragon already.
Dismissing the rating of the episode as "nerd rage" is ridiculous.
7.7/10 is a very fair score for the quality of the episode.
It had a lot of messy plot contrivances, awkward dialogue, clumsy acting and line delivery, but it moved the plot along at least.
7.7/10 is a very fair score for the quality of the episode.
It had a lot of messy plot contrivances, awkward dialogue, clumsy acting and line delivery, but it moved the plot along at least.
They also said that "Reddit loved The Long Night, ERA is just negative" last week but now since Reddit also hates this episode, they're like "do you really want to have the same opinion as those people?" lol
They lie on those things all the time. There's probably a montage on YouTube if you're interested.
It's more basic character stuff than jumping to conclusion. Jaime actually returning to Cersi's would be more of a twist tbh.
They were hiding but it seemed odd that she could not spot them in advance from the sky. They also had to get a clear enough shot to hit her dragons yet she still did not seem them until after it happened. It's possible but just seems odd seeing as she has an advantage
Also it would only make sense fo her to make sure the surrounding waters are safe considering Kings landing is not that far away and Cersi has a massive fleet.
Also it would only make sense fo her to make sure the surrounding waters are safe considering Kings landing is not that far away and Cersi has a massive fleet.
Pretty sure that was sarcasm, though I'll admit, it's hard to tell around here.
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The show has almost no resemblance to the first four seasons now. The Ghost thing is indefensible and shows how much the writers hate the material.
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Yup. The cognitive dissonance needed to do that without missing a beat is amazing.
Seeing as he panicked right after he was told that Dany was going to murder Cersei for killing her dragon and only then decided to go back to her, I'm not sure him fighting for Cersei again would be much of a twist anymore. I could be wrong, but I felt that's clearly what the show was telling us.
I think D&D are hacks but honestly wrapping up this story in a satisfying way using the framework GRR Martin has layed out up unto book 5 mission impossible. Even Martin himself is struggling with it and will most likely need one more book than originally planned to do it if it ever does get done. As soon as I saw HBO's plans to have the truncated 7th and 8th seasons I knew this would be a hot mess.
as a casual fan of this show, the way it's getting wrapped up is laughable [unless it is a genius marketing ploy to get the "real ending" from the final book].
While it wasn't the worst in the series, it was really bad. A great start to the episode that just tumbled and tumbled with each scene.
This is it. I agree.
This is it. I agree.
Euron's magical fleet and Cersei staring at this pathetically small army and not crushing it really bothered me. Not to mention the fact that Cersei would have killed Tyrion, full stop. Jaime was out of character, the wildlings just sort of leaving, not petting or having a moment with Ghost... It was all just shit tier. There better be a good payoff.
I don't know how much stock I'd put into IMDB reviews but...
That was definitely one of the worst, if not the worst, episode of Game of Thrones.
That was definitely one of the worst, if not the worst, episode of Game of Thrones.
They give Brienne a bit of happiness and it's cruelly pulled out from under her so Jamie can go back to being Cersei's fuckboy. It makes one of the best moments in a long time retroactively worse.
I think I went through the five stages of grief watching this one. I had hopes they would stick the landing and this season would at least make up for the slog that was 7. Now, I'm just hoping for some decent action from here on out.
As for the criticism, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
There is a way to do it in a compressed schedule, it just requires solid writing. "Dany kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet" is not good writing.
Nerd rage is when someone gets angry and merely sharing their opinion is not enough, so they go out of their way to share those fringe opinions through all channels possible (review bombing) and in the most exaggerated way possible (1 out of 10).
Classic Era. We do the exact same shit with Rotten Tomatoes scores.
High RT score? Proves movie is objectively good
Low RT score? Review aggregators don't matter, they're bullshit
Nobody cares about IMDB ratings lol. Online ratings are the most irrelevant and inconsequential metric to determine anything.
Everything starting with season 7 has felt rushed and I'm not sure that good writing alone could fix that.
