re: GoT S7 E4 "The Spoils of War" MAESTERS Thread

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This is such a tired argument.

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It really is, why just because there's dragons and zombies can't there be any militaristic tactics. Jaime would most certainly have scouts out there screening his army. That's an incredibly basic thing for commanders to do. Unless they did have em out there and the Dothraki killed em before they were able to get word back to Jaime.

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Perhaps KL doesn't need the food either because everyone just decided to stop eating for a few months to help out Cersei? Dragons.

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When that dragon dies, they will eat him



Dragons

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Dany is so arrogant; she flies into battle with no armor and flies low as shite for archers to be in range, then turns her back on the enemy in the middle of the battlefield

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Well let's be honest, she has no military gifts. She's just got dragons.

Of course not. But if they flushed out every single detail to make the scene physically correct, it would take 30 mins. The writers have to balance what is a priority, and that is the main plot. Who cares about the scouts. You could also argue the dragons were scouting ahead, and killed their scouts. They do have like a 200-300 mile range. Point being, the main concept is not military details. It is about a women riding a dragon trying to take her hood back.

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I am sorry that I want more GOT and not something that feels rushed. It seems like the show is on a shot clock

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It is. Everybody is well aware now that the series is winding down and HBO only greenlighted a limited number of episodes to finish. The actors are paid on a per episode basis and the CGI is eating up their budget, so they are having to trim the fat. There are a TON of loose ends that still need to be cleaned up and covered in a very limited time frame. Yet you people still bitch about skipping travel scenes, the Lannisters sending out scouts, etc. The problem is not with the show writers. The problem is with the people that NEED to have something to bitch about. You can't just sit back and enjoy a good show.

If you want to be upset with somebody, be upset with the HBO execs for not dumping more money into the budget. But being mad with the show, the writers/directors, etc. is a complete misplacement of your frustrations.

With all that being said, there are millions of examples of other shows, books, movies etc. that skip mundane things like travel and leave it to the audience to connect the dots that time has passed. Use your imagination. Why is it so hard for some of you to just accept the reality that showing all the minute detail simply isn't possible at this point? There's nothing to argue about. That's the hand D&D were dealt and they are playing it as best they can.

I don't really know why they didn't make her some sort of armor. That's what the Targeryens traditionally wore when riding into battle.



There's Aegon looking like a badass.



Visenya for a female example.

Ohhh. That's right

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If you want to be upset with somebody, be upset with the HBO execs for not dumping more money into the budget. But being mad with the show, the writers/directors, etc. is a complete misplacement of your frustrations.

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i mean the writers wasted a bunch of money in scenes like the Euron battle, just for an example

It's because they caught up with the books.

If it slowed down, half of you would be bitching about "filler eps".