GAME OF THRONES #8:Hardhome ACT 10 /2015

Truth Seeker · Jun 1, 2015

Hardhome

Arya makes progress with her training; Sansa confronts an old friend; Cersei finds herself struggling; Jon travels

Dog Moon · Jun 1, 2015

Well, the Imp is still alive... at least for now. That's good.

Now that Arya is actually training, her storyline has gotten more interesting, though I'm still trying to figure out how what she's doing as any purpose for the rest of the world.

I enjoyed this episode. Partly because of the action but partly because this episode seemed to have more focus instead of trying to show you little bits of everything that the beginning of the season seemed to be. And the enemy seems like it would most certainly be very difficult to defeat!

Kaodi · Jun 2, 2015

Valyrian steel = best "holy ****" moment for both parties involved.

Olgar Shiverstone · Jun 3, 2015

Good episode; glad to see the pace is picking up. The quality here makes up for the silly off-handedness of the sand snake scenes.

The last segment is an example where I think the show does better than the books -- it combines a number of things that do happen in the books in a way that doesn't, collectively, but makes better storytelling sense when combined.

Dog Moon · Jun 4, 2015

Olgar Shiverstone said:
Good episode; glad to see the pace is picking up. The quality here makes up for the silly off-handedness of the sand snake scenes.

The last segment is an example where I think the show does better than the books -- it combines a number of things that do happen in the books in a way that doesn't, collectively, but makes better storytelling sense when combined.

Out of curiosity, since I haven't read the books, can you give an example?

Olgar Shiverstone · Jun 5, 2015

Dog Moon said:
Out of curiosity, since I haven't read the books, can you give an example?

OK:

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(1)In the books, Jon Snow sends a fleet to Hardhome to evacuate Free Folk refugees, but they get hit by weather and a Zombie attack. Snow isn't with them.

(2) In the books, Jon Snow convinces Mance Rayder to bring all the Free Folk inside the protection of the wall, which he does (minus some who turn away, and the ones who run and get trapped at Hardhome.

The series combines the two events in a way that enables #2 to occur while simultaneously showing #1, and having Jon Snow both be a witness and a way to get the audience more emotionally involved. The series shows the risk of the Wildlings falling to the Others, where in the book Jon Snow just talks about it. It's much more powerful when edited this way, IMO.[/sblock]

Dog Moon · Jun 5, 2015

Olgar Shiverstone said:
OK:

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(1)In the books, Jon Snow sends a fleet to Hardhome to evacuate Free Folk refugees, but they get hit by weather and a Zombie attack. Snow isn't with them.

(2) In the books, Jon Snow convinces Mance Rayder to bring all the Free Folk inside the protection of the wall, which he does (minus some who turn away, and the ones who run and get trapped at Hardhome.

The series combines the two events in a way that enables #2 to occur while simultaneously showing #1, and having Jon Snow both be a witness and a way to get the audience more emotionally involved. The series shows the risk of the Wildlings falling to the Others, where in the book Jon Snow just talks about it. It's much more powerful when edited this way, IMO.[/sblock]

Ah, thanks! (1) seems to make more sense though than in the show, but I do like how the show did it. The end though with the staredown and then the people rising was pretty terrifying, which makes sense for an Undead Army!