yeah.. ^^THIS^^.. the idea was sound.. it made sense in the story.. but the big lumbering timing.. blind timing coming from below.. made zero sense.. unlike what it did some episodes ago.. which made physical sense. To explain the timing you'd have to assume it could use some sort of radar.. or "the force".. but if it had that then other things it does or fails to see would make zero sense.
Makes perfect sense. Vhagar/#1 being so big and lumbering would normally need a surprise chomp for a kill shot. #1 and rider was hiding behind the castle. They could see #2 coming via shadows or the angle (being a bit below). Then.....chomp. They had plenty of time to get in position. Heck, maybe this was rider #1's plan all along?
My expectations were sky high for this episode and I was still blown away. Not just the dragon battle, but also the characters, dialogue, and storytelling. Just amazing quality so far.
Disagree. Consider the first tangle between the two of them. The battle was there to be had. That the large one and rider could plan and spring a surprise attack from below and behind the castle makes zero sense.. Meleys (or whatever dragons's name was) was actively seeking out the large one, following its tracks. It sought battle. If the big one could see it to time and attack then it could see the big one. It was a BS encounter... a fail.
Makes perfect sense. You are grasping at straws just to complain. The angle was correct for Vhagar to ambush and surprise Meleys. Rhaenys was also logical to turn back to battle. Vhagar would eventually outrun and catch up with her. Also, she has some guilt with not taking care of the Greens in Season 1 episode 9.
Makes sense that is why she turned back to behind with.... I kept thinking WHY!!! Run Run....
No. I am not "grasping" just to complain. It did not make sense. Instead, I suggest, you are just blindly supporting it to complain about my opinion. Yeah.. the angle is fine.. IF the ambush happened faster past the castle where Vhagar would have time to SEE his target. His target could have appeared ANYWHERE.. but he predicted.. and timed it perfectly.. to get his target as it cleared teh castle.. BLIND LUCK? It is completely teh opposite of when he snapped up the kid and his dragon.. tracking him through the clouds from below where he could see the dragon above but the dragon rider above could not see him. This was a BS blocking of a fight scene.. one done in CGI.. I suppose it was cheaper to do it this way. Less time for the graphic artists and less rendering time to extend the scene another 10-20 seconds. And exciting.. BLINDLY exciting.
95%+ reviewer score for the episode on various sites. Pretty much nobody agrees with you.
Apples and oranges. Besides, I don't change my opinion based on what others missed or ignored because the episode had lots of good dragon-on-dragon action.
They've made us wait. Even showing us the end results of battle's without showing the battle's themselves.
Battles needs set-up, meaning, consequences, and have to be earned. Otherwise, you just have random and pointless Marvel battles or Star Wars lightsaber fights.
There is a lot of speculation that an existing character in the TV show will claim a particular dragon instead of a yet to be seen different book character. Pretty much meaning that book character is not included in the show. Totally fine if this happens. Can't do everything.
Battles are meaningless without story, set-up, and stakes. Plenty of mayhem so far this season.
That's what went wrong with the later seasons of GOT. They didn't have full-fledged novels.. and long ones at that.. to work from. They had an outline of this happens and that happens and that's what the show became. A rough outline of a show.. a timeline recounting... crib notes barely fleshed out.
Agreed. Dumbass Dan and Dave wanted to end of series as quickly as possible, so they just jumped from event to event to event and ruined years of story, context, and payoff. Also, think about Marvel. Battle after battle after battle. All to save the fate of the universe. Big moments need to be earned. They can't be artificial.
Try Obliterated on Netflix. I think it has what you are looking for. (not a joke, not an insult.. serious suggestion who for those who want hard-R-rated fast action with comedic overtone) Also.. that show knows what it is and leans into it.
Series.. all Las Vegas for Vegas fans.
Any thoughts on the season finale and what will overflow to E1 season 3? We may get a mix/combo of a few battles.....Gullet, Honeywine. Fishfeed. Not sure.
They have clearly gotten better at producing CGI more economically. GOT debuted way back in 2011.. and they even avoided showing the dire wolves much at all... never mind the dragons. If they remake GOT in the 2030s for the next generation it should really be something visually... where tech will be by then. They did use awesome real-world locations and sets.. but tech is going to make it so much more economical to do a fantastic job.
A few things. The point of Daemon's visions is not that he is going mad, but rather him coming to terms with his past, his relationship with his brother, and his overwhelming ambition to become King at any cost. The last scene with Viserys may have been the climax of Daemon's understanding of what the crown really means and if he truly wants it.
Most of this season deviated from the books, I don’t understand what they are doing here.
I struggled with this early, and didn't even watch beyond S1 E1 initially(granted I was between cable companies for a stretch) but once I got into it, I'm not sure I find this cast of characters any less compelling then GOT.
