Quote (xEternity @ Jun 13 2016 08:27pm)
d/d failed hard to re-produce the magic that was Oberyn;
so they pulled the plug out of it and just killed everyone first episode and had the Sand Snakes new ruler of Dorne(makes it even worse when you think that no other house would push for a power struggle LL, bastards, and kinslayers but oh well, y)
Hopefully they never go back there and simply update it from a character perspective '' Oh Dorne has now been engulfed by the sea. They are all dead. ''
I think a lot of fans expected a whole lot of scheming with the siege of Riverrun and Arya(how she willingly was in broad day light, walking around, (as if she was not getting pursued by the Waif/assassins), and she got stabbed 3/4 times, somehow survived that, rolled into sewage water(no infection) and basically happens to be patched up by that actress which has maester like medicine (Milk of the puppy) etc and how Arya story line served her for basically nothing and the FM are clueless
and people complaining about the way that Riverrun ended(another ''death'' with fade to black, same with the Waif) another 2-3minutes of wasted opportunities with Tyrion being awkward with Missandei/Grey Worm, etc
not my complaints, to be honest since s.5 D/D have been more straightforward and less tinfoil theories, I just take the show for what it is and take the books for what they are(one is vastly superior to the other)
still, not to sound like a hater, without nit-picking/comparing the books, since season 5 most of the story lines have made barely if at all any sense for a lot of character story arcs(their actions);
think this has to do with going straight forward to an ending, so there is less substance to the depth of certain characters but oh well
i agree with a lot of that .. but ...
Hound/Bronn/Jamie/Edmure/Brienne character development was good in this episode.
Although I disliked the Tyrion joke scene, it can't be said that "nothing happened". The plot did progress in a meaningful way.
Tommen outlawing trial by combat and seeing that Zombie Gregor is essentially indestructible are also new plot developments.
The Arya shit was the only part that had no redeeming qualities.
This post was edited by kayeto on Jun 15 2016 03:47am