I think Sansa and Arya get together in the next episode, squash the beef, and put Little Finger down for good. I also expect CleganeBowl.
Thanks. I'm always down to hear people's opinions and theories, but don't want to hear a possible spoiler.
I don't want to spoil anything, but I think that ending scene, where the dead dragon's eye opened means the white walkers have an undead dragon (or frost wyrm). Did you notice that the eye was blue? Blue eyes with no whites is always a sign of undeath in the GRRM universe. I'm pretty sure of this one. Just been seeing lots of confusion over what that final scene meant.
Is Bran the Knight King? http://theberry.com/2017/08/22/so-b...lr/?utm_source=facebook_chive&utm_medium=post
When I first read this post, I didn't agree and thought it was a bit unfair. It didn't seem "video gamey" to me, aside from the fast travel option. But after thinking about it, I agree to some extent. The "high fantasy" aspects (that I presume BlazerCaravan was referring to with the "D&D" comment) don't bother me--a fantasy series needs to have some magic. As much as I love people sitting around a table and talking (and I do love that--I much prefer palace intrigue fantasy, like A Song of Ice and Fire, to heroic quest fantasy, like Lord of the Rings), it can't be all talking, especially in a visual medium like TV. The dragons and sorcery are fine. What bugged me in the last episode was the pointlessly long hack-and-slash sequence between Jon's merry band and the wights. I realize that it's meant to feel raw and bloody and all of that, and that worked quite well in the Battle of the Bastards--that felt both epic and real. This just felt like the standard "hero band killing hundreds of low level minions."
That's kind of the point of zombies though. Honestly, I think zombies are boring, and I think the appeal of the first few books is that it's different houses doing battle for control of the realm. Now it just feels like it's going to be zombies... and I find it annoying that they made Wyverns so damn vulnerable.
I'm OK with stuff like the LoTR movies (not the Hobbitses) because you know exactly what you were getting. So much of the appeal of the GoT books/shows was that it had a very grounded sense of fantasy and it was all pretty internally consistent to its own rules . . . up until this season. I'm still giving it a chance and I understand that it's building to some kind of climax, but I just wished it would have of maintained the sort of ruthless detachment to its characters that it always did before and that there weren't the liberal use of deus ex machina; e.g. Uncle Benjen swooping in out of nowhere was ludicrous and stupid and the worst kind of fan-service wank.
At least they (supposedly) killed him off for that fan service. While I still enjoy watching, I tend to agree with those who say the show has gotten progressively worse since moving past the books.
Um, actually, dragons reproduce asexually. This was detailed in the little-known magazine short story, "A Chaste Kiss of Dragons." Dork.
In fairness, it was the 2nd rock he threw, that didn't hit the zombie but landed on the ice and the ice didn't break that made them aware the ice had re-formed. Why he threw the rock to begin with I don't know. Why he threw the 2nd one makes no sense to me at all.
Yeah. The second rock is the one that made the brainless drone suddenly becomes a sentient being more capable of complex annalist than your typical Liberal Arts Degree recipient. Okay..that better? haha
He threw the rocks out of a mixture of boredom and aggression. You know, the same reasons most people post here.
