Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
#51
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Still loving the show, but they're coming up with some pretty lame fan service stuff and illogical things. In fairness, though, it seems that GRRM hit his own writer's block with Books 4 & 5. Hoping that the rumored ending scrolls to the saga (if they ever emerge) aren't a major disappointment.
Not liking the implied manipulation of Arya by Littlefinger. After all she's seen & experienced in her travels, her Spidey sense should be tingling. Kind of a downer after the emotional reunion with Sansa. Also...the note in the mattress was about as obvious a hiding place as putting the key under the doormat. That should have aroused some suspicions.
I just don't want to feel that the audience is being manipulated through lazy writing, although the producers can't please everyone. There are just too many scenarios they could explore. The White Walker plan is just silly on many levels, IMO. Just have to go with it, I guess.
Obviously, Sam got 99.9% of the male brains of the family.
#53
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
I love the interaction between Dany and Jon... you can see it in her face she is intrigue and not to mention when he touched Drogon.
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#57
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
#58
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Another great episode. Love how everything is wrapping up as we move to the final showdown.
#59
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
I don't like what Varys has devolved into. Used to be one of the smartest/knowledgable people in the lands. Now he's just someone who occasionaly provides some thought provoking quote to Tyrion. It's like he was labotomized. He hasn't used his "birds" to his own advantage in a long while.
#60
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
I don't like what Varys has devolved into. Used to be one of the smartest/knowledgable people in the lands. Now he's just someone who occasionaly provides some thought provoking quote to Tyrion. It's like he was labotomized. He hasn't used his "birds" to his own advantage in a long while.
#61
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Littlefinger has years of experience as a sly motherfucker but yeah....I thought Arya should have at least had the sense that something was not right. She found that note way too easy.
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
I'm just waiting for the moment where things are about to come to ahead, and Bran just says that Littlefinger is trying to pit the two of you against each other and rolls away.
#64
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
This bugged me about the start of the episode. Especially with Tyrion knowing Jamie was on the battlefield and him and Dany seeing him knocked in to the lake, seems like it would be clear that someone would look for him to fish him out.
#65
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Their plot armor must have been very light to survive that swim...
#66
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
So it sure looks like S7E6 will be a single-location episode. How many of those have we had over the years? Blackwater, Watches on the Wall, Battle of the Bastards. Any others?
#67
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
One thing that bothered me was how both Jon and Danny just sort of shrugged off Jon's encounter with the dragon with a "hey, isn't this dragon cool?" - the way the dragon reacted to Jon was kind of a big deal that both should've treated with more gravity and curiosity.
#68
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
I really can't stand how there are masses that want this to happen. And I'm sure it will in the season finale or something.
#69
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#70
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Jon would have no idea that it was a big deal. He's never encountered a dragon so how would he know how one would react?
#71
Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
Battle of the Bastards was not a single location episode. There was some King's Landings stuff in there too.
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#74
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Re: Game of Thrones (S7E05) -- "Eastwatch" -- 8/13/17
For those who didn't catch on, the implication of what Gilly was reading is that Rheagar Targaryan was actually married to Lyanna Stark before she had Jon Snow. Which means he is not a bastard, and which also means that he's the true heir to the throne (not Daenerys).