hbo HBO's Game of Thrones

[Luc2k]

This show needs a 2hr finale. Finale's used to go 2 hrs.

It will be 65/66 minutes going by various posters on IMDB. They need to cram around 8 major events in that (supposedly).

[Shiranui]

After last week's very strong episode, this week's episode was the worst ever!

Admittedly, I was only watching it with one eye as I was working, but it was mostly a black screen with hack and slash noises for 45 minutes. Didn't really care about the battle as that whole arc of the story is just as boring as anything to do with Daenerys.....

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After last week's very strong episode, this week's episode was the worst ever!

Admittedly, I was only watching it with one eye as I was working, but it was mostly a black screen with hack and slash noises for 45 minutes. Didn't really care about the battle as that whole arc of the story is just as boring as anything to do with Daenerys..

i love the battle scenes in GoT and Vikings!     But this episode was pretty much a single not that exciting battle.   you cannot stretch a battle this long!    or it will be boring. like this one was.

[+Warwagon MVC]

 

 

At least I have nice ######.

[MorganX]

It will be 65/66 minutes going by various posters on IMDB. They need to cram around 8 major events in that (supposedly).

That's better than 40-ish. Hopefully there won't be much fluff.

After last week's very strong episode, this week's episode was the worst ever!

Admittedly, I was only watching it with one eye as I was working, but it was mostly a black screen with hack and slash noises for 45 minutes. Didn't really care about the battle as that whole arc of the story is just as boring as anything to do with Daenerys.....

It was actually one of my favorites. I think it's the only one I've watched more than once. I was disappointed the author chose not to write a deeper relationship between Jon and Ygritte, but the actually tragic end was well done. As much as they focused on her building up to it, it just deserved a little ... more. Other than that I thought it was excellent. I'm definitely going to be eagerly awaiting the next season.

I think they need to up the pace and cut some of the fluff next season. They have way too much to cover.

[episode]

That's better than 40-ish. Hopefully there won't be much fluff.

 

Every GoT episode is 50+. Some 52, some 55-56. Last seasons finale was 62.

 

They don't do two hour finales on HBO. And the channels that do - its just combining two episodes.

[Innervisions33]

I played high school basketball against this guy.  He's a good kid.  Was surprised when I read this last night!

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/alert-that-game-of-thrones-giant-is-a-former-mcdonalds-all-american/

[Rappy Veteran]

On the eve of the show's fourth season finale, author George R. R. Martin has expressed a feeling quite a few fans have - that ten episodes feels a bit slight. He tells The New York Times:

"I wish we had more episodes. I'd love to have 13 episodes. With 13 episodes, we could include smaller scenes that we had to cut, scenes that make the story deeper and richer."

Martin however, who has background working on television, also understands the economics. "Battles are expensive" he says, and further episodes wouldn't necessarily improve the show - at ten episodes the series is forced to be incredibly lean and tightly paced.

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[Luc2k]

at ten episodes the series is forced to be incredibly lean and tightly paced.

And yet they found time for almost an episode-worth of filler..

[Rappy Veteran]

Episode 10 Promotional Stills

[Syanide]

Really curious about what they do with The Hound.

 

The trailer has him facing Brienne, so they've changed that bit considerably.

 

I fear the worst.

[Rappy Veteran]

Really curious about what they do with The Hound.

 

The trailer has him facing Brienne, so they've changed that bit considerably.

 

I fear the worst.

Yeah I hope they don't kill him off :(

[game_over]

Finally caught up.. those giants were ######ing awesome.

[TDT]

Finally caught up.. those giants were ######ing awesome.

And dumb as ***k. Two giants and a mammoth couldn't pull that gate, but one giant lifts it up by himself. Genius. 

[ViperAFK]

And dumb as ***k. Two giants and a mammoth couldn't pull that gate, but one giant lifts it up by himself. Genius. 

They were trying to pull it open to let the attacking force in. The giant was only able to lift it open long enough for him to get in and it slammed shut.

[TDT]

They were trying to pull it open to let the attacking force in. The giant was only able to lift it open long enough for him to get in and it slammed shut.

I know that. But why didn't they try to LIFT it in the first place if a giant was able to do this?! That's what's stupid IMO.

[Rappy Veteran]

Here's who HBO submitted for Emmys

Actors: For best supporting, Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner and Kit Harington. Surprising omission: Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger), who has been great this season, and has had plenty to do. For guest actors, Pedro Pascal was submitted for Prince Oberyn and Diana Rigg for Lady Olenna.

Writers: Instead of the usual series tactic of submitting multiple episodes, the Thrones team is sending in only one entry: This Sunday?s finale ?The Children,? an episode showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are very proud of.

Directors: Three episodes with three different directors were submitted: ?The Children? (Alex Graves), last week?s Castle Black mega-battle ?The Watchers on the Wall? (Neil Marhsall) and ?The Laws of Gods and Men? (the Tyrion trial episode directed by Alik Sakharov).

[MorganX]

They were trying to pull it open to let the attacking force in. The giant was only able to lift it open long enough for him to get in and it slammed shut.

Plus the implication was he was in berserker due to watching his brother die. Plus, it's fantasy.

[Rappy Veteran]

[LaP]

I know that. But why didn't they try to LIFT it in the first place if a giant was able to do this?! That's what's stupid IMO.

 

They had an army to pass thru this door. How do you plan to keep it open long enough ? You would need to build or rise a structure under it while the giants are holding it (providing they can hold it long enough to do that) . In those weather condition the best plan was to break it. It was the best plan until a giant was killed and his brother went berserk.

[Luc2k]

The one that got in was Mag the Mighty and he was the chieftain of the giants. I don't know where you guys got this "brother" thing from.

[Guest]

Its a TV show. Of course characters are going to be ridiculously stupid in order for the makers to make more episodes.

 

They had an army to pass thru this door. How do you plan to keep it open long enough ? You would need to build or rise a structure under it while the giants are holding it (providing they can hold it long enough to do that) . In those weather condition the best plan was to break it. It was the best plan until a giant was killed and his brother went berserk.

 

And they didn't have axes to chop through the wood and the metal?

[LaP]

The one that got in was Mag the Mighty and he was the chieftain of the giants. I don't know where you guys got this "brother" thing from.

 

brother in the sense that it was another giant "fighting with him" not his brother.

[MorganX]

The one that got in was Mag the Mighty and he was the chieftain of the giants. I don't know where you guys got this "brother" thing from.

I don't know about everyone else, but I didn't mean it literally, didn't read the books. Brother as in bro, homie, fellow giant. All giants are related, everyone knows that :)

[Luc2k]

brother in the sense that it was another giant "fighting with him" not his brother.

I don't know about everyone else, but I didn't mean it literally, didn't read the books. Brother as in bro, homie, fellow giant. All giants are related, everyone knows that :)

I suppose, with only knowing the show, that's the most logical way to look at it. On the other hand, I like to think he changed in there because he was the biggest and the strongest of the giants, not out of bromance.