Rewatching the Show (Discussion Thread)

I've been wanting to see Daznak's pit FOREVER too. Even though I think of myself as a Stark fan first, Dany has all the big moments I've wanted to see rendered visually, with the exception of the Red Wedding. The dragons' birth, burning Fuckhead and taking the Unsullied, flying on Drogon, and some things that haven't happened yet but I expect: attacking Kings Landing with her dragons and seeing them attack White Walkers. The only things I'm more excited to see are the Wall coming down and some freaking Starks reuniting. And of course, Cleganebowl + Kings Landing burning + DO NOT TELL ME IF IT'S HAPPENING.

But anyway, I guess because I was so excited for Dany's flight, I was disappointed by the scene too. It was partly because I was still emotionally reeling from Shireen's death, and it was partly because I thought the actual take off looked kinda cheesy. The flight was _okay_. I mean, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't visually epic like Hardhome was epic. And that was kind of a letdown.

I think that whole scene was really great, until the last minute or so. The flying was kind of lame, and I would have liked it more if Dany had shown some emotions while in the air, maybe not quite as orgasmic as in the books, but at least something (I don't blame Emilia though, I'm sure this was the direction she was given). The taming of Drogon would have been nice, too. And it was weird how she just took off and left her friends behind ... to die?

The soundtrack was pretty great though.

The two scenes I've wanted to see in the show ever since I read the books were the Red Wedding, I got that and it was perfect. The other one was the epilogue of ASoS. 

I think we're all very serious fans and so we are highly critical of every scene's acting and special effects (which is OK!). I agree that the CGI effects for Dany actually taking off on Drogon weren't the best, but all the parts leading up to that - especially him flying over the crowd in a ball of flames and his epic landing on top of two harpies, plus ripping some apart and barbecuing others... those parts all made up for the less than perfect flight part. I was on such a high watching it (and the music in that scene slays me) I didn't even care if it wasn't quite perfect when she was flying. CGI with a live person on the back of a flying creature that doesn't exist has to be some of the most difficult work to do in that area of special effects so I forgive them and ultimately it's the emotions and story unfolding at that moment that mattered most to me. 

You cannot because you are a beautiful person and this is a painful story to tell for many reasons. It's a testament to the show's creators that they are able to put us in that position of caring too much and to the author's magic.

Season 2 is easily the worst season of the show, IMO.

It is the worst, but I don't think it was bad. But nothing game-changing happened. Blackwater was great, but after that battle everything was the same.

Why Ramin Djawadi has not yet won an Emmy, is completely beyond me. Such a fucking genius.

I can forgive Qarth somehow. Sure, it was horrible, but it was pretty boring in the books (House of The Undying aside, pretty much nothing happens there). But I was REALLY disappointed with Jon's arc. His relationship with the Halfhand is absolutely crucial for his character development. The will to self-sacrifice, courage before the imminence of death, the deep sense of honor ... All of these are qualities that took root and deepened in Jon by his relationship with Qhorin in the book. The show missed all that and made the Halfhand a complete throwaway character.

202's my least favourite episode of the entire show and even still, you're right, there's a ton of good stuff to pick from it. My favourite moment is Balon saying, "And how do you feel about that?"

I'd gladly watch entire season of Qarth over the atrocity that was Brienne, Jaime and Sansa arcs in s5. Not combined - they are awful each and every one of those