Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]

[Mogden]

That was a bit meh. Arya heading off for some Jack Sparrow cosplay was possibly the worst bit - she's just spent several years fighting to return to her family, then as soon as she gets back she decides to Frodo off into the west?

Edit: And that stupid bit with the book can fuck off too. "It's called A Song Of Ice And Fire. Like the show. Geddit? GEDDIT??"

I was almost expecting a breaking the fourth wall moment with the book bit it was that fucking obvious.

 

[Steel Icarus]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

Tyrion: "The world will always need a place for bastards and broken men."

 

[Steel Icarus]

Still wondering why Jon didn't just hide round the corner for half an hour until the Dothraki and Unsullied had gone off to Naarth?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Also lol

 

[Orang Utan]

Loved it but it's like when John Major became Prime Minister

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Half of that was amazing... half of it was a bit meh. But I guess it's always going to be hard wrapping up a mainstream show. I can't think of any show I've loved where I've really been blown away by the ending. It could certainly have been a lot worse, though (Mad Men ).

 

[Crispy]

The first twenty minutes were great. Made me think maybe all the clumsy writing so far was worth it if it was to set up a satisfying ending. And then ... Pffffhplplplpl.plp.

 

[quimcunx]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

I had been thinking the same. But There wasn't any nightwatch. Just wildlings there. I reckon they pulled a fast one on the unsullied.

 

[souljacker]

It was just a bit...dull.

And there is no way that, in time, some fucker isn't going to start it all up again and there will be a big arse row.

 

[donkyboy]

so arya is going west of westeros and spreading smallpox to its citizens? Hmmm.....

 

[donkyboy]

A good point made on Reddit:

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

I'm sure thousands of years ago when the white walkers were defeated, some twat on reddit was asking the same question

 

[Crispy]

If I can ever bring myself to watch got all the way through again, I'll stop after the Drogon/Dani/Jon scene. That'll do as an ending. A bit like stopping Return of the King at "you bow to no one"

 

[Steel Icarus]

Gotta say though that although a couple of episodes of this series have been cold piss, The Long Night was one of the most gripping and tense things I've ever watched on telly, and Arya doing for The Night King was genuinely up there with my favourite moments of the year

 

[Johnny Vodka]

If I can ever bring myself to watch got all the way through again, I'll stop after the Drogon/Dani/Jon scene. That'll do as an ending. A bit like stopping Return of the King at "you bow to no one"

I had exactly the same thought!

 

[quimcunx]

Yesterday i had the sudden thought that samwell might end up on the throne. In the end I suppose we were meant to laugh at his idea being poo pooed but I was disappointed. Me and magneze had been enjoying imagining a large socialist small council the other week .

 

[DotCommunist]

Loved it but it's like when John Major became Prime Minister

He'll ban repetitive lute playing and privatise the maesters

 

[Steel Icarus]

I'm dismayed by the amount of American YouTubers thinking that Lords selecting monarchs is democracy

 

[Voley]

I predicted this ending.

Night King to freeze the Iron Throne then smash fuck out of it.

Obviously when I said 'Night King' I meant 'Dragon.' And 'melt' instead of 'freeze.'

 

[Steel Icarus]

I think I may have won work's GoT predictions pool.

 

[Voley]

I'm a bit sad it's over tbh. It's been such a fucking brilliant series.

Battle Of Bastards
The Door
Long Night

Tormund giving Brienne the eye.

Ace telly.

 

[rubbershoes]

If the Nightking has been defeated, then what is the point of the Nightswatch?

Joining the nightswatch is like sitting by a pond all weekend fishing. It's for men who want to get away from their families

 

[Voley]

I liked the bit right at the end.

Spoiler: Just in case no-one's up to date yet

Jon riding off into the sunset with Tormund. Last episode Tormund said something like 'You've got The North in you' to him.

 

[cybershot]

The only emotional part of the final episode was Jon patting his dog’s head.

Can’t wait to see what these writers do to Star Wars.

 

[Orang Utan]

The only emotional part of the final episode was Jon patting his dog’s head.

Can’t wait to see what these writers do to Star Wars.

They're perfect for Star Wars

 

[DotCommunist]

I thought this was interesting although I am not sure I agree entirely
The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thron
but it did lead me to spot this joke and appreciate it:

Still only one throne that counts:

 

[imposs1904]

If I can ever bring myself to watch got all the way through again, I'll stop after the Drogon/Dani/Jon scene. That'll do as an ending. A bit like stopping Return of the King at "you bow to no one"

I'm the same with Leigh Griffiths second free kick goal against England. I always stop the video after his celebration. I don't need to see the rest.

 

[agricola]

They're perfect for Star Wars

TBF they could easily have gone back in time and done everything since 1997, apart from Rogue One which was somehow written, directed and produced by the Hound.

 

[Orang Utan]

Brienne devotedly writing up Jaime's biography with a nice quill was the shittest bit and a massive let down of her character

 

[belboid]

One of the dumbest memes ever, that totally missed the point of Bran's whole existence. Which, granted, wasn't done many favours by his televisual portrayal. He was/is all of those stories, and every other story. That's why the bloody Night King wanted to kill him! Of course a story teller is going to make him King.

The ending was great, in my book. No fan service, but something that was vaguely plausible within its own world. We get Magna Carta, and Arya goes off to find a new world to exploit, and give rise to Elizabeth I and the birth of capitalism. I'd like to have seen where Greyworm & the Unsullied ended up, and I would have liked another thirty minutes of bitching political intrigue, but that came as close to what I could have hoped for in such a mainstream show.

In a world where series ending are ranked:

The Sopranos - A
The Wire/Breaking Bad - B
Buffy - C
A series I got bored of and never made it to the end, like Girls - D
Lost - E

That's a B- I think.

 

[YouSir]

I liked it. Last few episodes seemed rushed and a bit desperate but the lad Bran taking over was a nice spin on things. Short of a peasant uprising I'm not sure who could have been more satisfying. Certainly not Dany or Jon. Also enjoyed the last Small Council meeting, happy ending for the more likeable characters. Sansa and her new Dominatrix getup taking the North? Meh. Arya floating off? Alright, best not be a route to a spin off though. Bit off key that Jon seems to have basically fucked off the King's justice and gone walkabout though, pure happy ending, no real suffering.