Game of Thrones current season- Is it just me? (spoilers)

[SentientApe]

I don't think they will do that death. they are going in another direction. besides I don't think he is really dead in the books either, we will see in volume 6.

Well... they did it.

[megoscott]

I'm still all in. It's going to be fascinating to see what happens next year. There may be a new book by then and we might end up with dueling story lines as the show and books diverge simultaneously. I think they've eliminated a lot of the right stuff and truncated what needed to be condensed.

As to the unrelenting hopelessness and senseless violence. Well, that's just politics. Sometimes you have to choose between the sadistic rapist and the child-immolator.

Dragons vs White Walkers. Let's do this thing!

[cjefferys]

I had to skip a lot of posts, because I haven't read the books and don't want to know what's coming for the show.

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I don't think you have to worry about that as much as before Aaron, at this point the show has caught up with and in some parts passed the books. Plus there were some big changes and omissions made so the show and books have almost become different animals in many ways (kind of like Walking Dead). There are a couple major things that happened in the book that haven't happened on the show yet but at this point it looks like the show is not going to include them IMO. So overall I don't you have to worry about spoilers from the book as much as you used to. If anything, the show is causing spoilers for the book readers now.

[Brazoo]

I had to skip a lot of posts, because I haven't read the books and don't want to know what's coming for the show.

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This season felt really stagnant to me. At one point I felt like if I heard Jon Snow's "I took an oath to protect the realm" speech one more time I was going to be done with the whole thing.

I hate to admit it, but even the bleakest moments near the end of the season, like the cute girl being burned to death and the pedophile creep, were a bit 'been-there-done-that' for me. Like, we've seen every form of debauchery and horrific human behavior - I don't know if the show can really shock me anymore.

Having said that, some of the action and drama in the last two episodes made up a lot for me. While I wasn't riveted by the story that much this season it's still a really well done show, overall. AND it's my wife's favorite show. So, I'm going to see it no matter what I think.

[Gorn Captain]

this season has been hit or miss. the 8th episode with the walkers taking out the wildlings was one of the best episodes of the entire series. I can't wait for the ******* Bolton to get offed. that dude is just plain evil

Ramsay Bolton is indeed one sick individual. Can they at least let Sansa remove some of his body parts? Nothing much...like what he did to Greyjoy...

[Hector]

But for all it's worth...Game of Thrones is a million times better than Smallville...

[Hector]

Sorry...

[Nostalgiabuff]

you are in the wrong thread Hector, LOL

this season has been hit or miss. the 8th episode with the walkers taking out the wildlings was one of the best episodes of the entire series. I can't wait for the ******* Bolton to get offed. that dude is just plain evil

[Hector]

Not a fan of Game of Thrones...I miss my Spartacus on Starz...I loved that show.

[gummi]

I think this is the best season yet. It can be very bleak at times, but it's also one of the few shows on television that has left me with my jaw agape on more than a few occasions, and that's definitely not a bad thing. Besides, everything I've been dying to see since season one is coming to fruition now. The next few seasons are going to be amazing.

[SentientApe]

The only thing that would cheer me up next episode, is if Davos comes back, hears what has happened, and simply chops off that witch's head.
No hesitation, just "off with 'r head!"

He can't... he's dead. Oh, that's right -- so confusing.

I also agree about the Unsullied -- it's as if they have been utterly emasculated. I mean... Oh, you know what I mean.

[Mego Magyar]

Never read the books but started watching the show after a free HBO weekend where they were running a marathon of the first two seasons. I have Wiki'd the books and read what was to come in what he's written so far and decided not to watch this season. Giving up after the last season that finished book three seemed like a good place to stop.

Most epic stories have "heroes" that you root for and the villains that you can't wait to see get what they deserve but GoT doesn't seem to follow that. Every time there is a character that is brought along as the "good guy" he ends up getting killed off - even the villains shift to an extent. It's as though Martin is just having fun playing around in this world he created without a true direction waiting until it's time to end things ( if he lives long enough to write all the book at the rate he's going in getting them out ) and then he will tie everything up in a way that he likes. Just my 2 cents.

[cjefferys]

The only thing that would cheer me up next episode, is if Davos comes back, hears what has happened, and simply chops off that witch's head.
No hesitation, just "off with 'r head!"

I'd love to see that but it's doubtful, it seems like there is a bigger endgame in store for her and Stannis.

Btw, is it me, or have The Unsullied really become pretty weak fighters? Protecting their Queen seems to be too much for them these days.

It's been bugging me too, the Unsullied were born and raised to be fighters, they are supposed to be very formidable. One theory going around on the net is that they were trained to fight large armies on an open battle field, not small scale, one on one combat, but still....

[Gorn Captain]

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The only thing that would cheer me up next episode, is if Davos comes back, hears what has happened, and simply chops off that witch's head.
No hesitation, just "off with 'r head!"

Btw, is it me, or have The Unsullied really become pretty weak fighters? Protecting their Queen seems to be too much for them these days.
The Many Faced God guy is really working on my nerves as well.
And let's hope we will see an action figure of Arya, with "oyster selling action"...

This season has been rather disappointing.

[cjefferys]

Yeah, that scene at the stake was rough, really rough. I was kind of expecting/dreading it to happen because things really seemed to be leaning that way in the show and in the books. When there was that tender scene between Stannis and Shireen a few episodes, that made me start to worry, especially since it was really the first scene to humanize Stannis and make him almost likable. And then the sweet scene this week between Davos and Shireen and then Davos being sent away, I thought "Oh crap, this is it!". (I'm really wondering how Davos is going to react to all this when he finds out).

Now that for the most part the TV show is passing the books, a lot of this will be uncharted water for me, so I really don't know what the endgame will be for this. But I will stick with it, unfortunately this story takes place in a world where very unpleasant things happen to nice people. But I'll admit that last weeks scene was one of the more disturbing things I've seen (and heard) on a TV show. Kind of wondering what will happen in the finale now, considering we are being told it will "break the internet".