re: Game of Thrones S8 E2 "A Knight of Seven Kingdoms." Official Thread

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This season is already worse than S7...I don't know if it's the writing, direction, or what but so many scenes just feel awkward, poorly acted, the timing is off, they don't flow, etc.

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correct on all points. the acting is very hammy and over the top (although having Sansa and Dany be so important will do that)

but they're trying to do a lot of fan service and the writing is just terrible, which affects everything else. the tone and pacing are all over the place because of this and the production suffers

one major issue is they had everyone converge on Winterfell for this massive final battle (so the fans could have a big battle), AND they feel like everyone needs a scene, so there is just too much.

this was basically the parallel to the best GOT episode, blackwater. blackwater was, iirc, the first episode in the series to focus on one location and one set of characters. however, since the show wasn't compacted and forced (like D/D have made it now), you could really explore the characters while they waited for doom and death

a super major issue is just fan service. D/D are wasting a lot of time making sure everyone gets a part in the episode, whether its pointless or not. also, due to the fan service, all these characters are now super noble and competent. if you want to see the 2 symbols of how shite this episode was (and how bad the show is not), just look at when we first see Pod and Gilly. their characters completely change offscreen and they're both now these super competent heroes, because what made GOT great was simplistic black and white characters with no variety for us to enjoy. now everyone is noble and competent (and we HAVE to see it, even though time has been limited by D/D the past 2 seasons)