Well for another year it's over. The last episode of the season of Game of Thrones
was last night, so I'm gonna double up my review for episode 6 and episode 7. And a
recurring theme that's been going on for the last few weeks, if you've been
watching all the misc videos, is that there's some things I've been greatly
enjoying – there's some of the spectacle moments I've liked – but some of the
things I feel are less than great is the speed at which we seem to be rushing
through the end game of Game of Thrones. We had so much build-up and now it just
feels like we're just getting as quickly to the end as we possibly can. And episode
6 was the worst case of this, where it felt very much the worst case of TV
writing, where we're just truncating things from a source material and it's
throwing it at the screen where character motivations seem not as clear
as you would hope, where people seem to be doing stupid things like they do in the
classic horror movie – like bad horror movies – where characters just randomly do
things because the plot tells them to and not because it feels organic to the
story. I can get into the minutiae of that but I would rather not. Because I
think all of that stuff that I wasn't a huge fan of in episode 6, as much as the
beginning part I really liked – the walking and having those small character
moments, and the small character beats – it was eventually overshadowed by this
great big battle, which again felt forced. And the bringing together of all of the
characters, while cool and the fact that we're seeing all those characters
together and meeting the Night King for the first time (at least the characters
meeting the Night King for the first time) just didn't feel as grand as it
could have been because we feel like we're just throwing things at the screen.
Where Daenerys changes her mind randomly or, "We don't have time!" as Cold Hands yells.
But it's like ... but there's two people can fit on a horse! I don't understand
why we're exclaiming that. Anyways, we kill the dragon and we get
to episode 7. In episode 7, and I don't know
if this is a bold statement or a controversial statement, but my ideal
Game of Thrones is kind of the behind the scenes talking, the scheming of all
of the characters – that is the part where I enjoy it the most. Where I see the chess
pieces being moved around the board, and yeah it's cool to see the the
culmination of that in big battle scenes. But the battle scenes don't mean
anything if we don't care about the characters that are going up to that. And
this was an entire episode (the longest episode that they've ever created) really
just designed to see the people and understanding where they are going. As we
go into the end game why they've chosen to do what they're doing, that's the
thing. The whole Winterfell thing is kind of a waste of time.
Sansa and Arya were working together which was, I guess, kind of obvious. But I
don't know. I feel they could have handled that a little bit better, or more
clearer. I think that the meeting between Cersei and Jon and everybody else worked
well for me. I mean, again, I don't really know Cirsei's true endgame here, because
she's kind of doing exactly what everyone expects you to be doing. So I
feel that there must be, like, Tyrion must have some sort of be plan here, where he
understands that she's probably not actually gonna help, and how is he gonna
use that to his advantage. And we end with that scene of
the White Walkers finally coming past the wall. I think that the
greatest accomplishment of this episode is that we have everyone clearly pointed
in the direction they need to go, and it's up to the show to give me those
cathartic moments, and having those surprising moments, but also hopefully
throwing some things in front of them so it's not just battling zombies versus
dragons to end off the show. I think the show is much more than that. It does need
that, absolutely. That is exactly where this is going, but i think George R. R.
Martin is smarter than just to end it like Lord of the Rings in a way where
it's like, oh it's just a battle and then everything is happy-ever-after.
There is going to be deep divisions and there's going to be deep scars that
Westeros is gonna have to deal with. I think that's what excites me the most. So
next year it's the end! Six episodes and we're done. Or will it be? Yes it will be.
No it won't. Let me know what your thoughts are down in the comments below.
I enjoyed Game of Thrones a lot, so let's nerd out down in the comments, and
I'll see you next week!
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