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Daz

HomeSteak wrote:
Shit first episode.

I thought it was ok. Just reminding us all where shit is up to.

Biggus

After, she looked more in my age group.

Burnwinter

Rooney has rushed off a preorder for the blu-ray, no doubt.

Biggus

😆

Shady

Pile of rubbish. What are they doing in Dorne? 😆

Qwiss

Yeah I couldn't give any less of a fuck what goes on in Dorne with a bunch of characters I know fuck all about.

I really hope after all that place setting they stop trying to fit every storyline into episodes. It slows things to a halt and allows no depth to any of the story lines. Such a terrible way of structuring a TV episode.

Gazza M

They totally put me off with the season 5 finale. What i saw yesterday didn't excite me either. Watching dany tooling about with the dothraki, the dornish harpies vs the lannisters, and arya 'daredevil' stark, i can see multiple threads I'm not keen on

Really im only looking forward to sansa getting to the wall and (hopefully) the return of jon snow

goon

Enjoyed it myself, it's a good start. The Sansa and Castle Black story lines look promising. The Dorne stuff you would think is building up to a confrontation with the Lanisters which I reckon could get interesting providing they don't faff about like they usually do.

The Dany story is the big frustration, looks like another season dedicated to wheel spinning. In fact we've actually gone back to season 1 by the looks of it.

Hopefully the Arya thread gets about as much screen time as it did in this episode, preferably less.

Just hope we get less wheel spinning in general this season.

flobaba

Too many characters, too many threads to weave together.

Biggus

Oh ffs what do you want, the young and the restless?

ElGeniodeOviedo

It's a little annoying how they continually waste 1-2 episodes per season on episodes that serve only to recap prior action and "set up" what's coming next. And then they'll rush to stuff every major plot turning point in one episode towards the end.

More Arya training and Mereen adventures. I blame mostly Martin, as the HBO show runners are still using him as the template, deviations and all

Burnwinter

Actually having her training almost in real time, on camera, is clumsy storytelling of a very "epic fantasy" variety.

We've got a limited appetite for the clichéd story of Arya's slow aggregation of wicked assassin skills, it'd be better off as a montage followed by more of her actually being a wicked assassin—and even that sounds hackneyed.

ElGeniodeOviedo

It's just incredibly tedious and redundant. I'd rather they showed more of Bran's training to be honest, at least there's a more explicitly fantastical element and intriguing possibility of Bloodraven's arc being woven in more coherently with the rest of the story's history/mythology

Biggus

El Genio de Oviedo wrote:
It's a little annoying how they continually waste 1-2 episodes per season on episodes that serve only to recap prior action and "set up" what's coming next. And then they'll rush to stuff every major plot turning point in one episode towards the end.

I'd agree with that Genio, if people don't know whats going on they should watch something else.

Irishgunner

Solid episode, moved the plot along and continues placing charters where they need to be.

A few important points: Jon's body is safe and unharmed. They seem to be setting melisandre up to resurrect Jon just like thoros and beric. I'm convinced it's a red herring though, she won't be able to. Jon will be resurrected by flame, coming back as AA.

I also didn't like the Thorne scene and the manner of jon's death. In the books his murder was understandable and arguably justified.

The dorne plot was surprising.

I'm glad that brienne found sansa quickly, hopefully that story arc can advance quickly now.

Qwiss

Biggus wrote:
El Genio de Oviedo wrote:
It's a little annoying how they continually waste 1-2 episodes per season on episodes that serve only to recap prior action and "set up" what's coming next. And then they'll rush to stuff every major plot turning point in one episode towards the end.

I'd agree with that Genio, if people don't know whats going on they should watch something else.

Or just give a 5 minute "previously on" instead of an hour long one.

Meatwad

the only thing good about the first episode was the dothraki conversation.

Jens

The Jaime on the show seems to be going quite a different way from Jaime in the books if what he said meant anything.

Disappointed they killed of Doran Martell, as I found him one of the better written characters in the books. With him out of the way it seems inevitable Dorne will march on King's Landing, but I bet they will take their sweet time doing it. Maybe that will be the big 9th episode this season? Could be.

Rex

GoT is decent enough, this episode too IMO. Personally, I don't see the fascination with the Sansa arc; she is the ultimate victim character where things just happen to her without her doing anything to affect anything. She is dragged through the story, and often literally dragged, by someone else who does everything for her. Weak, boring character IMO who hasn't, to my recollection, made one, single decision for herself for over 5 seasons now.

Qwiss

Yep there is nothing to her beyond what is happening. No real character there at all. And this week she complained about being cold, I thought she was a fucking Stark.

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