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 20th June 2016, 10:37 PM
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20th June 2016, 10:42 PM
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 The owls are not what they seem
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Amazing (probably feeling even better than usual following the England game!). That last thirty minutes was amongst the most gripping, emotional and beautiful battle scenes in the show's history, I gleamed so much at those last few minutes too. Couldn't have been a more appropriate and satisfying death. (The giant not quite making it through with them though
 )Definitely setting Daenerys' team and the Starks up very strongly for the final battle. Feels like ages since we've heard from Bran though, I assume he still has a part to play in the final episode. |
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20th June 2016, 11:16 PM
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QUOTE(Severin @ Jun 20 2016, 09:18 PM)  Sansa had accepted Rickon was dead the moment she knew Ramsey had him. She says as much before the battle. There's a calculating coldness about her and has been for a while now. That's the most chilling and the most exciting thing about Sansa. She's a cold strategist, almost Littlefinger's perfect student. I think the moment the Knights of the Vale rode over the brow and they cut between Sansa's face and the shock on Ramsay's at being outmanouevred was the most epic moment in several seasons. Total chills. So much amazing cinematography. Davos stood by Shireen's wood pyre in silhouette, the filth and the blood on Jon's face late on in the battle, Littlefinger's men stampeding on the Bolton army... God, it was amazing. I had to watch the whole thing twice. Sansa is just my favourite character in anything ever. So much more industrious, intelligent and better-drawn than Daenerys bloody Stormborn it's actually embarrassing. |
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20th June 2016, 11:36 PM
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WINTER IS COMING
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Loved the battle, was more intense than Hardhome, and while the same levels of predictability, I think the scene where the Nights King looks on Jon Snow is awesome and is a better ending than the one we got with Ramsay retreating to Winterfell. What a stunning sequence though, absolute props.
Episide 10, anything could happen. I imagine it will mainly set up Season 7 in all the locations bar Kings Landing. Cersei will be found guilty of course. Many hints again to the burning of Kings Landing.. As for the final scene, I imagine it will either be Arya sailing back to Westeros or Bran finishing his vision at the Tower of Joy. |
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21st June 2016, 12:05 AM
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QUOTE(Rooney @ Jun 21 2016, 12:36 AM) Loved the battle, was more intense than Hardhome, and while the same levels of predictability, I think the scene where the Nights King looks on Jon Snow is awesome and is a better ending than the one we got with Ramsay retreating to Winterfell. What a stunning sequence though, absolute props. Episide 10, anything could happen. I imagine it will mainly set up Season 7 in all the locations bar Kings Landing. Cersei will be found guilty of course. Many hints again to the burning of Kings Landing.. As for the final scene, I imagine it will either be Arya sailing back to Westeros or Bran finishing his vision at the Tower of Joy. Nah. Forthe final scene, Arya on a boat would be too similar to Season 4. Bran will finish his vision, cut to Jon Snow. At the moment I have 3 possible endings that could work. LSH, Dany sets sail or given the episode's title - The White Walkers arrive at/shatter the Wall/White Raven/Winter has arrived. However, that shadow of a Dragon over King's Landing(maybe) in Bran's vision still bugs me. This post has been edited by Severin: 21st June 2016, 12:06 AM |
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21st June 2016, 02:21 PM
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How many more series of GoT do you think there'll be? I'd like to see them tie it up now, I know I said this last year. I think two seasons would be perfect to get everything wrapped up. I really don't think we need more than that.
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21st June 2016, 02:39 PM
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 I found the love, I found the love in me
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Isn't it confirmed that they're splitting the next season into two shorter ones to tie everything up? (Could be wrong but I think that's what I've read - the next season is definitely only 7 eps!)
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21st June 2016, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jun 21 2016, 03:39 PM) Isn't it confirmed that they're splitting the next season into two shorter ones to tie everything up? (Could be wrong but I think that's what I've read - the next season is definitely only 7 eps!) Oh I did hear something like that. I think two seasons of 7 episodes sounds ideal. |
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21st June 2016, 05:02 PM
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13 episodes is the quoted but unsubstantiated number
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22nd June 2016, 10:17 PM
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Excellent return to form for the show. If a little predictable for the type of series it is but it had to come round to Ramsey being defeated eventually.
Some stunning battle scenes in both areas, we haven't had three dragons in the air for a while so I enjoyed that part and the battle of Winterfell, stunningly well directed. I didn't feel as much tension in any part except when Rickon was running because I figured out what would happen but those scenes were beautiful anyway. And Davos finding Shireen's toy, and some of the wide shots of Meereen, it was put together very well. On a story note, the writing bringing the Greyjoys onto team Daenerys was fun to follow and I was all over that scene. Sansa is really coming into her own so well. Will probably set her up at odds with Jon even more than their disagreement earlier this episode into next season. |
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27th June 2016, 01:50 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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Absolutely fantastic finale! This season for me, has been the strongest and most consistently good season yet. So many moments and so many stories being tied up and all set up for a huge battle is well underway now. Really impressed with this season on the whole <3 Roll on next year
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27th June 2016, 02:25 PM
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That opening sequence is the best thing the show has ever done. The music, the editing, the acting, the cinematography, everything was just perfectly balanced and timed for a truly EPIC sequence of events. The absolutely descent into MADNESS this episode brought for Cersei was rather fitting. I still absolutely live for her, of course, and I rather like the poetic nature the show has now taken on board. She was there when the mad king was overthrown, now she herself is the mad queen about to be overthrown. I was a little saddened to lose Marg but at least she had that final f*** YOU moment where she stared at the High Sparrow like ''you doomed us all you old c**t''.
The rest of the episode was certainly the most concise any season finale has been. Almost every hanging thread was dealt with on some level, and it's very clear the show is moving into the endgame now. Dany finally getting out of Essos was probably about 2 seasons too late, but with so many scorned houses on her side now I'm actually rooting for her again for the first time since S3. It will be interesting to see what she does with Jon/Sansa, something tells me the show will simply team them up to take down Cersei, rather than the MUCH more interesting 3 horse race with the 2 'good guys' versus Cersei. The big Jon reveal was handled very well for something which was already widely known and the scene of Sam in the library was amazing, even if it was basically ripped from that Dr. Who episode. Arya having her big moment wasn't quite as sweet as I think they thought it would be. Yes the line 'they're here' was hilarious and the realisation of what she meant was delicious to watch, but I find it difficult to revel in her violence because it all feels quite gruesome and barbaric. That's not to say that blowing up a city ISN'T, but there's a slight difference there, megalomania/insanity versus calculating vengeance. |
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27th June 2016, 03:42 PM
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f*** me, that opening scene was IMMENSE. The music was obviously foreboding something but it took me a very very long time to figure out what - and then it all came together entirely perfectly, and with 6 named characters dying instantly with no fanfare and just leaving Cersei smirking as the spiritual successor to the mad king.
The three ending scenes all individually gave me chills, the heroes' ride from the East (FINALLY) for Dany, the roaring approval of the King In The North for Jon harking back to Season 1 with Robb, only this time most probably being the real thing, and the culmination of all of Cersei's plans finally setting her up to completely rule. I'm quite interested in how they sort the three teams too, you would think Cersei can't last long, but maybe Jon/Sansa will be pitted against/swept away by the White Walkers so Dany must finally confront them at the end. On the smaller stuff, yes at Varys taking Doran's bit from AFFC that I thought wasn't going to make it (and making Dorne somewhat worthwhile as a signifier for all the beaten houses joining with Dany), and Oldtown and its library both looked aesthetically wonderful. It's weird in the world of Game Of Thrones as Oldtown is more of a generic fantasy town, peaceful and away from it all, threats starting to show up but not imminent yet, and with the maester school, contains a cabal of intellectuals that would probably be mages or wizards in another work. I guess it's comforting in a sense. |
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27th June 2016, 06:17 PM
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Satisfying on every level. It pretty much resolved everything we already knew would come to pass and swept the board clean for next year.
It was truly now or never for Lady Stoneheart so even without The Hound et al appearing, (and with Jaime back in King's Landing just in time to be the Valonquar) we can forget that idea. Now for a frustrating 10 month wait |
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27th June 2016, 08:27 PM
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Best episode in GOT history.
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27th June 2016, 10:25 PM
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I've just rewatched and the GAY COMA from all that Cersei in the first 20 minutes is too much. Her slowly reciting the 'shame, shame, shame' line kills me. I know she's utterly insane and psychotic at this stage but god damn does she make for some epic watching.
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27th June 2016, 10:58 PM
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Wow, where to even begin with that. I think that might be one of the best finales I've seen in GOT's history, much better and more cohesive than last year's definitely. As a whole, this season has been a bit slow and not as consistently strong as previous seasons, but the last two episodes have more than made up for that. That final left questions, but not TOO MANY and wrapped up everything conclusively going into the final season, it was what last year's finale did somewhat lack.
As has been said, the first sequence was absolutely stunning. It's been too long since we've had properly evil, unsympathetic Cersei back, that's where she reigns supreme. All the different announcement of the three main 'sides' were all chilling to watch and Danys' sail with Tyrion at her sie (though a bit overdue) was a perfect scene to end on. Bran's vision and that oh so familar mother I saw coming, but still that's even more they've got to cover next time. I can see why they're splitting it up into two if they are, I don't know how they're gonna resolve everything but I have trust in the show. |
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27th June 2016, 11:13 PM
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27th June 2016, 11:39 PM
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WINTER IS COMING
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So it looks like Season 7 will be the battle of the Queens. At some point Jamie is going to take Ceresi out!
Really good finale. I would have liked to have seen The Hound and the BWB, but also ney! We're moving towards the endgame now, but it was good to see all the major players make their next steps on the chessboard. I liked the King in the North scene best, although that opening 15 minutes was beautiful. It was so well shot, just a bit disappointed it took out a couple of major characters who I thought had more to play in the story. |
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28th June 2016, 09:49 AM
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QUOTE Arya having her big moment wasn't quite as sweet as I think they thought it would be. It was a little Scooby Doo-ish. |
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