Teleportation?

You mean like in season 1 episode 1 whereby the lanisters and king robert travel from kings landing to winterfell within 10 minutes of screen time?

I dont understand this criticism. Its nothing new to the show, certainly not exclusive to last season.

Final season will be epic.

Not really. The criticism last season about teleportation was that:

-The party north of the wall was in trouble, they sent Gendry running on foot for help
-His message (raven) traveled to Dany (at Dragonstone)
-Dany got the message, then traveled from Dragonstone to north of the wall
-All while the stressful situation in the north seemed to have progressed only a small amount of time

The show doesn't explicitly show how much time supposedly passed, but it definitely doesn't add up. We know much far those locations are from one another. Ravens aren't fighter jets. If the dragons flew at Mach1, Dany would fall off or die in flight.

The show expects us to believe that the crew was trapped in the middle of the frozen lake for 4-7 days (no food, no heat) which just makes zero sense. The 'suspense" of the episode was so contrived. One minute, half the main cast is stuck with no way out. The next instant, Dany and dragons teleport into to save the day. It's terrible writing.

Imagine if, in Breaking Bad, Jesse started running away from the Nazis and 2 seconds later he was in the middle of Times Square. That episode would get absolutely crucified.

This post was edited by Kayeto on Apr 12 2019 02:04am

^ That whole thing was preposterous as hell. I understand needing to have action, wanting to build suspense and the need for them to have been saved in that way, but they could and absolutely should have gone about it differently. How hard would it have been to make a scenario where they've got a few days lead on the army and they send for help, while simultaneously fleeing, the army catches up and surrounds and instead of a small group of men holding out in impossible conditions, without food, shelter and while fighting an endless army that outnumbers them 10,000 to 1, for at least three days, the last stand lasts a matter of minutes or maybe an hour tops, before help arrives.

pretty pedestrian episode right up until the end. I am somewhat worried that they are going to keep dragging out this clash of armies. They keep telling us the Night King is "just around the corner!"



The way this episode ended supports the Bran/NK theories. The episode ended with 3 things (in order): Addressing Jon's heritage THEN letting us know there the NK is THEN the confrontation of Jaime/Bran. Leaving it to be the last thing as the episode's cliffhanger gives the impression that it is more important than the other 2.

The show laying ground for Samwell to become Lord Paramount of the Reach

There is in Aus, hence this thread


e/ for what it's worth, these are my bets

The Mountain to die before The Hound @ $1.67

Cersei Killed by Jamie @ $2.88

Cersei dying in King's Landing by Needle while Arya Stark is wearing Jamie's face @ $12

Jon Snow to rule Westeros @ $3.2
Any child of Jon Snow to rule @ $4.5

Here's hoping the "bitter sweet ending" is Dany sacrificing herself while defeating the Night King. This seems like a sufficiently "bitter sweet" slap in the face of fans as we've spent 7 seasons propping Dany up to be the rightful ruler, only to have Jon revealed (albeit the theory was already well established) to be the rightful heir. Obviously we can't have both, and the show writers probably wont spend too much time defending their Targaeryan-incest relationship. I feel like it just makes sense.

Either that or Zarkadon is right, both die and Tyrion is Regent. imo

This post was edited by Lil_Gueto on Apr 23 2019 06:04pm

what stops an HBO employee from going there and cleaning house?

what stops the house from hiring an HBO employee to set up a series of carefully worded bets to make sure the house wins?

I guess the thing that stops #1 is the absurd amount of money that the people who know all the answers are already making. Not to mention it would completely ruin their entire career if it ever got out.

The thing that stops #2 is legal things like NDAs and also career ruination. And the pride most people have for their work.

I doubt one of the lesser people on the set (like the person that baked the bread for episode 2) are making the absurd amount of money that the actors are.

But overall you're right

This post was edited by FroggyG on Apr 24 2019 01:43am

I bet that person doesn't know the secrets either so... Either way it's silly to put your career at risk for a few dollars.