GOT - there will be spoilers
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@Machpants I have a flat in the UK where I have the same TV I’ve got here in NZ but connected to a Sky UK “Sky Q” box, which is 4K UHD. I got to watch the first of this series of GoT there a couple of weeks ago and the difference between there and back here in NZ is depressing. It’s a real pain that The Apple store in NZ doesn’t do TV shows either. They have same day release of GoT downloads in 4K in other parts of the world but not here.
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Yes, it seems I shot myself in the foot in first watch. I use Now TV to get episodes and I downloaded a copy on iPad before going to work. Apparently Now uses adaptive streaming so would have adjusted quality based on my WiFi rate.
I have since watched on our fairly average TV and it has come out fine, likely due to being connected via 100 Mbps cable so has come through at a high bit rate -
About three articles I've read now mention theories that the night king isn't really dead?? Is this in relation to Bran possibly being the NK? Also the NK targaryn theories... Not sure about that one though. Im quite happy with him being gone and maybe just having a bit more back story on his motives but that would be a rubbish twist and surely there's not enough room for that in this series anyway.
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@RLx31 Yeah I'm sort of in the same place. Surely that story is not finished, there must be something else, but... do we have enough time to provide anything meaningful. I'm hoping for a short but major plot twist that provides some closure here.
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@RLx31 said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
About three articles I've read now mention theories that the night king isn't really dead?? Is this in relation to Bran possibly being the NK? Also the NK targaryn theories... Not sure about that one though. Im quite happy with him being gone and maybe just having a bit more back story on his motives but that would be a rubbish twist and surely there's not enough room for that in this series anyway.
Doubt the NK is Targaryen, he was created thousands of years ago. The Targs only invades Westeros 300 years ago. (Fucking nerd!)
Having re watched the final scene with Arya several times it was a fucken epic moment imho.
If you go back at past Arya moments throughout GOT it makes a lot of sense. Her early training with Syrio (he had her sneaking around the dungeons of kings landing trying to catch cats)
We know she’s handy in the dark (Gendry really knows) and the use of that dagger is a complete 360 given it was used to kill Bran back in season 1.
And was given to Arya by Bran in that exact same spot were the NK was taken down.Also did anyone spot bran briefly looking down at the NK as he stared him down? Like he knew where the fatal stabbing was going to happen
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Yeah NK is gone, there'll be so much more in the books if they are ever done. GRR has said that Arya has a very important part to play, but I think the books will diverge a lot, I dunno if she'll do the deed in the boks.
It is a nice circle of the dagger, Arya has had decent arc, so yeah. Just bummed that the NK was nothing but a BBEG.
The writers, I think, have said the last 3 Eps are almost standalone in that Ep 4 Beginning, Ep 5 Middle, Ep 6 End.
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@Machpants said in GOT - there will be spoilers:
The writers, I think, have said the last 3 Eps are almost standalone in that Ep 4 Beginning, Ep 5 Middle, Ep 6 End.
well they need to rebuild thier army for a start!
Cersei will be feeling very smug about now.
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@taniwharugby Yeah, she's awesome. I just love her in the Sept destruction Ep. Then when Boy King jumps - she hardly bats an eyelid, as she's already written them off with the prophecy, and straight into usurping the throne and being Queen.
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Cersei is a fantastic villain. Smart, cunning, and absolutely ruthless. Hot too, let's not overlook that fact. I actually wouldn't mind if she wins a pyrrhic victory.
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@mariner4life Yeah she's become cunning, but not smart, all her plans are great short term but they are long term fails. But cunning plus zero scruples makes a great villain
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@Machpants good point, she lacks her father's and her brother's grasp of the long term.
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@mariner4life live for the now! What good would future planning have done her kids?
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@taniwharugby Yeah look at Jon build up R+L=J, Prince that was Promised, Azor Ahai, and he's nothing but a second rate general, with an Assassin cuzzie & a (soon to be insane) megalomaniac aunt/lover
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Sensational episode. Still 3rd for me all time behind the first war of the dead and battle of the bastards, but just incredible.
I did spend a lot of the series wondering why Arya snd Sansa had soooo much air time. Arya resolved ....
So that leaves Sansa.
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@MajorRage Sansa’s gonna kill Cersei. I feel it in my bones. Probably defending Tyrion. Or maybe if Cersei kills the wee bloke first, Sansa will kill her for that. Maybe using the knife Arya gave her.
