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[Zardnaar]

I thought I saw the worst, dumbest medieval-ish battle in The Battle of Winterfell, but Battle of Eregion did remove it from the throne.

I'm almost to battle of bastards on rewatch.

I don't think it's that bad let alone Winterfell. Battle actually had some emotion. Guess what Elrond/Ned Stark the Dwarves aren't coming.

Winterfell was really dumb even by that seasons standards.

 

[The Soloist]

But their story is relatively short, and is spread rather thin. It would have been better, I think, to approach it in the way Tolkien did, and devote whole episodes to each storyline, rather than cutting between them.

I agree.

 

[Maxperson]

In the latest episode, the orcs use catapults to destroy a mountain so that it blocks a river so they can walk across its now-dry riverbed. Where did the water go? Don't know, but it's cool, right?

"Prepare for ground assault!"

Didn't see any AT-ATs, though.

Yeah. The last episode was fun, but two things really bugged me. The mountain, since the rock of a mountain, even spires like that, wouldn't be moved by a catapult. That and catapults didn't fire anywhere remotely close to that far. The second thing was Sauron's mind control of the elves. I get that they are trying to show how badass he is, but his boss Morgoth who he went on about in this episode as being a god who could torture even him, couldn't break the mind of a man he had captured for 28 years. A man, not an elf who had even greater strength in resisting the influences of evil by their very nature. Sauron could deceive the elves, and he could kill the elves with his power, but he couldn't take their minds that way.

I agree with the bulk of your prior points in the post, which is why I cut them out. There was no need for a response.

 

[Maxperson]

By Tolkien’s definition, such an assassination attempt would not be wise.

That wasn't what I was talking about. She could have whispered that Sauron was was manipulating Adar or given other quick warning during the kiss scene. Keeping silent in that moment when she could have gotten information to him unknown was unwise.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That wasn't what I was talking about. She could have whispered that Sauron was was manipulating Adar or given other quick warning during the kiss scene. Keeping silent in that moment when she could have gotten information to him unknown was unwise.

As already pointed out, that wouldn’t be telling Elrond anything he hadn’t already worked out, and would not have changed his actions in any way.

 

[Maxperson]

I thought I saw the worst, dumbest medieval-ish battle in The Battle of Winterfell, but Battle of Eregion did remove it from the throne.

Ha! It wasn't even close to Winterfell bad.

War council at Winterfel.

Jon Snow: Alright. I need a fool proof plan guaranteed to kill off most of our army.

Tyrion: Well, you could stick your army outside of the fortified castle so that they get crushed in-between the army and the walls.

Jon Snow: Brilliant! We need more, though.

Sansa: What if you put the siege engines outside, too. Oh! And you can put them in front of the infantry to make them even more vulnerable.

Jon Snow: I don't know why you have been underappreciated in this show, Sansa. That was great.

Tyrion: Okay. I've been thinking. Stay with me here. What if... What if we took the Dothraki cavalry and stuck them in front of everyone in the pitch black and had them charge blindly out at an enemy that they have no idea of the exact location or when they are coming. It would of course be across uneven ground covered by snow and ice.

Melisandre: And I could come up right before they charge and light their swords on fire, destroying what little night vision they have, rendering them unable to see past the head of their horses as they charge!

Daenerys: Dragons!

Jon Snow: And I think that about closes this up.

 

[Maxperson]

As already pointed out, that wouldn’t be telling Elrond anything he hadn’t already worked out, and would not have changed his actions in any way.

Also, they could have planned a lot more through mind speech. The whole having to speak out loud thing didn't make much sense.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Also, they could have planned a lot more through mind speech. The whole having to speak out loud thing didn't make much sense.

They need each need to be wearing an elven ring to use that in this version. And if we assume instead that it is a general high elf ability, Adar would be able to listen in.

And what would there be to plan aside from what they did anyway? Galadriel: escape. Elrond: try to stop Adar destroying Eregion.

 

[Maxperson]

They need each need to be wearing an elven ring to use that in this version. And if we assume instead that it is a general high elf ability, Adar would be able to listen in.

And what would there be to plan aside from what the did anyway? Galadriel: escape. Elrond: try to stop Adar destroying Eregion.

That's stupid, sloppy writing. They established the mind speech WITHOUT the rings in the LotR movies. Watchers who didn't even read the books are aware of it. Hell, even the numenoreans could do it.

 

[The Soloist]

When I don't like a series, I stop watching it. No entertainment is better than bad entertainment. I don't understand why people waste their precious time on things they know will invariably displease them.