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Beyond the Wall

Jon's mission continues north of the wall, but the odds against his ragged band of misfits may be greater than he imagined.

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Episode Discussion

Mum2StaffyBulls posted 4 years ago

Oh My Goodness! I owe the writers a HUGE apology. A box I put myself in when I make sarcastic comments as I did for S07 E03! This has been so much better, more complex and more surprising than my simplistic suggestion - hmm . . . Could this be a hint about why I never ended up a successful writer? I believe so!

I'm surprised that the old lady of the group does not find it to be too fast! I agree with Thomas about the speed and the relationship between Daenerys and Jon! I know exactly why the episodes seem too slow to me and I find this with most series and movies, which does lead to valid complaints about screen writers. Because I haven't had a TV in years and certainly not a budget to include cable, I watch these in either a VLC player or some of the newer online players that allow you to add subtitles (thanks so very much addic7ion.com and subscene.com - you folks are great and appreciated along with TVMaze!) and they also allow you to adjust playback speed.

For parts of a show that have dialog, I use 1.25 speed for playback and love how it shortens binging time. But for all the time wasting scenes without dialog (long scenes of a character running, running, running - okay, we've got it already!) I quickly switch to at least 1.5 speed or faster. Those are the scenes that annoy me when I realize that some of the really best shows are pretty much filled with dialog, not objectionable language - we'll get on the soapbox about that later (Tee hee hee!), but actual interesting, well-written narrative that moves the story along. Too many shows have too many scenes that do not serve to move the story forward - IM less than humble Opinion. If you don't believe me, go back and watch this episode again looking for such scenes and the time wasted.

However, I also agree with the majority here - this episode especially was GREAT and worth ignoring the time wasting scenes. There's a lot that I don't like about shows like this, but I love monsters, fantasy, sci-fi, action, thrillers and if I just pay attention to the actual story, I still love this series - a guilty pleasure.

Thanks to all for voicing your opinions here, keeps my "thinker" working!

Legendares posted 6 years ago

@vidomark Yeah, characters like Tyrion, Littlefinger and Varys are empty without Martin. Its a pity...

vidomark posted 6 years ago

yeah, the plot's annoyingly fast imo, even if I take into consideration the fact that these might be parallel storylines or there might be a few weeks inbetween two actions. Also, the writing feels weaker than ever.

deleted posted 6 years ago

Definitely one of the most enjoyable seasons of GoT. The chemistry between John and Daenerys is just amazing with lots of action. I actually enjoy it being on a fast pace. Unnecessary scenes will be cut.

JuanArango posted 6 years ago

Well, they said, they do not have the budget for 10 episodes, so they are at least making the episodes a bit longer :)

KennethVanGysel posted 6 years ago

@Legendares

I was thinking the same, quite disappointing to see it all happen to fast, they could build it up slower and make it a 10 episode season.

Greyhound posted 6 years ago

Winter is... here?!

Legendares posted 6 years ago

I'm pretty much dissapointed in GOT. Things happen too quickly for me and there are some great holes in the script.

johntapos posted 6 years ago

HOLLY SHIT!!!

BEST GOT EPISODE EVER!!!

JuanArango posted 6 years ago

Well, this was the best GoT ep by light years, unfucking believably amazing!

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