Rosie
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Post by Rosie on Aug 28, 2017 16:11:15 GMT -5
I've never seen GoT - I will be starting from the beginning soon - late to this party as I was to The Wire party.
Just a quick question. Is this the final season or is there yet one more?
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Post by merelei on Aug 28, 2017 16:16:53 GMT -5
I've never seen GoT - I will be starting from the beginning soon - late to this party as I was to The Wire party. Just a quick question. Is this the final season or is there yet one more? There is one more 6-episode season after this one so you have plenty of time for a marathon
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Post by Starlight on Aug 28, 2017 16:37:37 GMT -5
LikesLiked the opening the music score was perfect. Loved Cersi's reaction to deanerys / Drogon. Liked the interactions between Bronn/Jaime..Cersi/Tyrion..Cersi/Jaime..The hound/Brienne..Sansa/Arya..The hound / The mountain. Loved the fall of LF he was truly pathetic. Brienne and Jaime spoke and looked at each other. Jaime is finally free. The best part of the whole episode was Viserion destorying the wall with the Night King riding him. ConsThe pacing in the episode felt slow at times. Theon I'm just over this character..Yara doesn't need his help she will save herself. To many pointless scenes between Deanerys and Jon. Emilia and Kit lack chemistry to sell what the show is selling with this arc. Deanerys and Jon having sex... The show ends one incest relationship and begins another.I did like how short the sex scene was.I was expecting something bigger due to how long the show has been building to the scene. So I was thankful for that. Overall it was a good episide giving it a 7.
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Post by zinc on Aug 28, 2017 17:05:29 GMT -5
I have enjoyed watching all but the last episode but I know it's primarily the battles - the visuals - are what I enjoyed rather than the story. And the "build up" to these epic battles is precisely where one of the main problems with the show lies. It shouldn't feel that way, like some exhausting material to push through for a great visual reward in the end. I certainly never felt that way during the first 4 seasons. There was no "build up" to the battle of the Blackwater or the Red Wedding or the deaths of Joffrey, Ned and Tywin. Following the story was wonderful, re-watching to look for clues that I missed was exciting, and the character development was strong as it was character-driven rather than plot-driven. Now the characters are doing things as a means to an end, which is why they're positioned in ways that don't actually flow naturally from them, which is why a lot of their actions feel contrived and inauthentic. I agree. It's an important factor to me because poor dialogue pulls me right out of the scene. I don't need something pretentious, just something that's clever and matches the setting of the series and the character its coming from. Here the dialogue is written to communicate with the audience rather than the characters communicating amongst themselves, which is why it's so clunky and rarely feels like the audience is watching a conversation. I also find that we're being retold past interactions far too often like the audience (or rather the new viewers) aren't meant to have any recollection of them. By build up I mean the characters as individuals and where they belong and the overall story (the Great War). Like, that's all kind of done now, we know exactly where everyone is going to be and what they're doing it for. We know the characters and have our opinions on them and we either like them or we don't and there's little mystery left. I think there's some thinking that that was the part where most of the effort would be because that's the establishment, and now it's just like well that character is getting to be awesome and I've liked that character so don't have to think about it too much. I think now that the war is actually happening, it's shifted the amount of effort D&D think they have to put in, which is a shame. To a certain degree. They could still go in a different direction with Tyrion, Dany and Jon...but that's unlikely. And if it does, it's highly likely it will end up being in a way that lacks character consistency.
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Post by Ripley on Aug 28, 2017 17:27:52 GMT -5
THR
"TV Ratings: 'Game of Thrones' Finale Hits Record High with 16.5 Million Viewers
Game of Thrones' seventh season solidified it as the biggest show on TV — and Sunday's finale further cemented that status.
The abbreviated penultimate run, just seven episodes, has been averaging an astonishing 31 million viewers per episode once live, time-shifted, on-demand and streaming plays are tallied. That's up 34 percent from the previous record-shattering season in 2016. As for Sunday's finale, the last episode that will air for potentially 16 months, HBO logged another all-time high 16.5 million viewers with live tune-in and night-of streams.
The final episode of the seventh season marked a 13 percent increase from the the previous mark set two weeks earlier (10.7 million viewers), and a 36 percent gain over last year’s finale (8.9 million viewers). It was also up 19 percent from this year’s debut, which clocked in at 10.1 million viewers.
Records came on an almost weekly basis this season. Starting with the July 16 return that brought in more than 16 million viewers across platforms on premiere night. The linear ratings alone have been unprecedented for the pay cable network. Two weeks before the finale, a record 10.7 million viewers tuned in live to watch Game of Thrones on the channel.
At this point, an estimated 90 percent of U.S. HBO subscribers watch Game of Thrones. And while the lack of any advertisers on the pay service takes Game of Thrones out of the traditional "demo" conversation, it is now unquestionably both higher-rated and a bigger audience draw than AMC's The Walking Dead. It's latest live-plus-7 ratings, for example, give it a 6.6 rating among adults 18-49. And that's before the majority of the series' viewers (i.e., streaming and on-demand) are even taken into account.
Game of Thrones' ratings trajectory has been somewhat astronomical. In 2015, it topped The Sopranos as HBO's most watched series of all time when it crossed the 18.2 million mark. That has the current season of Game of Thrones pacing to top the peak of The Sopranos by 60 percent.
The series has added significant sums each season, meaning the eighth and final run (likely early 2019), could still outperform this one."
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Post by dark sister on Aug 29, 2017 8:21:46 GMT -5
One thing that interests me is Cersei's pregnancy. Since we're passed S7 I think it's okay to discuss this leak - the original script had her waking up in a pool of blood having miscarried. I wonder if they scrapped that because they want her to keep the child or if that scene will just be reworked for S8.
I really hope the white walkers fuck around in the North for a while because I need Jon to make it back to Winterfell to see Arya and Bran (and for Arya to see Gendry) before shit hits the fan.
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Post by murph on Aug 29, 2017 14:38:47 GMT -5
One thing that interests me is Cersei's pregnancy. Since we're passed S7 I think it's okay to discuss this leak - the original script had her waking up in a pool of blood having miscarried. I wonder if they scrapped that because they want her to keep the child or if that scene will just be reworked for S8. I really hope the white walkers fuck around in the North for a while because I need Jon to make it back to Winterfell to see Arya and Bran (and for Arya to see Gendry) before shit hits the fan. I'd wondered about that too. It was an interesting thing to take out with all the other "family" stuff still kept in.
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Post by Ripley on Aug 29, 2017 18:29:16 GMT -5
Variety- Isaac Hempstead talks about a deleted scene
"No “Game of Thrones” character changed as much from Season 6 to 7 as Isaac Hempstead Wright’s Bran Stark. No longer struggling with the loss of the use of his legs or adjusting to his newfound mystical powers, Bran has embraced being the all-seeing, all-knowing Three-Eyed Raven — a job that leaves him pretty disinterested in what’s going on in his friends’ and family’s personal lives.
Wright spoke with Variety about Bran’s attitude, his revelation regarding Jon Snow’s parents, and the scene that was cut from Sunday’s season 7 finale.
The scene with Bran and Sam was weirdly touching. What was it like filming that?
IHW: It was really fun. One of the most annoying things was that it was so hot in that studio. But aside from that, once we mopped up all the sweat, it was a really, really touching, really cool scene. And I think it was cool for both of them because they’re two of these characters in “Game of Thrones” whose weapons really are their wits. And the way they do battle is through knowledge. So I think it was great to see those two together — especially since the last time we saw them together, they were headed in opposite directions. Sam was heading south and Bran was heading north.
What has it been like this season to share scenes with actors who you know well but haven’t acted with in years?
IHW:Really cool. It’s weird more than anything to actually see them in the context of a “Game of Thrones” set. I’m used to seeing most of them at events and press stuff. It’s like, “It’s weird seeing you in ‘Game of Thrones’ clothes rather than a pretty dress or a nice suit.” But I love the show as well, and it’s really cool getting to be in scenes with characters I love watching on screen. And obviously getting back with the Starks [Sophie Turner’s Sansa and Maisie Williams’ Arya] is such a big thing. We literally only ever had one scene together, with all three of us together onscreen, so it was almost like this was the first time working together, which is bizarre.
It’s clear after Sansa turns the tables on Littlefinger that she has had some sort of conversation with Bran, but we don’t get to see it. When did it take place?
IHW: We actually did a scene that clearly got cut, a short scene with Sansa where she knocks on Bran’s door and says, “I need your help,” or something along those lines. So basically, as far as I know, the story was that it suddenly occurred to Sansa that she had a huge CCTV department at her discretion and it might be a good idea to check with him first before she guts her own sister. So she goes to Bran, and Bran tells her everything she needs to know, and she’s like, “Oh, s—.”
Bran seems happy to see Sam and concerned about Jon. Is he going to start warming to other people again?
IHW: I don’t think so, really. I think that what’s happening there is that Bran is in many ways a bit bored at Winterfell. Can you imagine having someone so high-functioning that they have the history of the world in their head? He’s sitting there with all of this really great information, just waiting for the Great War to come about. He probably does really hard crossword puzzles. But when Sam comes with this really important piece of information that is actually going to change the fate of “Game of Thrones,” he’s actually like, “Oh, this is really interesting. This is actually something that it appears I need to do.” It’s a destiny Bran didn’t realize he had. All he’s been concerned about is the Night King and the White Walkers.
Why did he wait until now to tell anyone that Jon is Lyanna and Rhaegar’s son?
IHW:To be honest I think until this time Bran has been so focused on the White Walkers that that hasn’t really mattered. Jon was what Bran thought was Rhaegar’s illegitimate child. That doesn’t have that much impact in the face of the swirling chaos that is about to descend on Westeros. Then Sam comes to Bran and it becomes clear that this is actually really important. That is why Bran gets a bit more animated in that scene.
Will Bran be the one to break the news to Jon about his parents?
IHW:I don’t know. I don’t know that Bran has quite got the charisma anymore. I think that would be a bit of a disappointing reveal for Bran to go, “Hi, Jon. You’re the heir to the Iron Throne and I’m back in Winterfell and I know everything.” I think it would be a bit better if Sam did it. Bran can do the finding out and Sam can do the talking.
How do you think the other Stark kids will take the news about Jon’s parentage?
IHW:In terms of their bond together, I think it will have absolutely no impact. The big question now is how it will go between Jon and Daenerys. I can’t imagine she’ll be pleased."
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Post by dark sister on Aug 29, 2017 19:39:18 GMT -5
I really hate that they deprived Bran of all emotion. His departure with Meer remains one of the most disappointing scenes this season. I hope this is D&D fan fic and not how it goes in the books. murph re: Cersei. I've seen others post about it as well. What of Cersei carries to term and in the end Tyrion is the one that raises her child after she dies. She'd hate that.
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Post by murph on Aug 29, 2017 20:41:19 GMT -5
I really hate that they deprived Bran of all emotion. His departure with Meer remains one of the most disappointing scenes this season. I hope this is D&D fan fic and not how it goes in the books. murph re: Cersei. I've seen others post about it as well. What of Cersei carries to term and in the end Tyrion is the one that raises her child after she dies. She'd hate that. The thing about the question of how the books will go is for me I'm just like is how the books will go now the same as how the books were going to go, or is GRRM going to change it because of the show. I worry there's always going to be unanswered stuff there. GRRM doesn't seem very amused by this season anyway. Ha! Wow, she really would hate that. Does that mean Jamie's dead in that theory? On Bran, surely there must be some adjustment in how he feels. Like, something has to happen that he will react to. I think Jon will play into that. And on what you said before about Jon spending time with Bran and Arya, I think that may be depend or at least be decided around Bran telling Jon about being a Targaryen too. I'm not sure if that's good or bad but I imagine that's what it will be based around.
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