Game of Thrones: Season 8

Episode 1...

I mean, it was cool to see everyone and learn some new stuff, but nothing really happened in this episode. What's more, the episode was only 52 minutes or so, which is half as long as many people thought it would be (many people thought each episode would be nearly 2 hours long since there are only 6 episodes for this final season).

Well in case you didnt notice its officially published by HBO how long every episode will be

This includes 1minute opening theme+ recap and 1 minute ending credits
So discount 2 minutes of runtime and you have the real length of episodes

Season 8

E1: 54 minutes
E2: 58 minutes
E3: 82 minutes
E4: 78 minutes
E5: 80 minutes
E6: 80 minutes

So yeha E1 was only 52 Minutes.

I thought it was a very good opener with a lot of beautiful pictures
Indeed very slow but "fitting" pace

I personally feel it should have been like ~ 3 minutes longer showing some more Nightking action
I would have loved to see the army of the dead starting war on that boys house and progressing through

++ beautiful pictures
++ original pace
++ good atmosphere

-- not enough undead army screentime

hm weird it was only 51 minutes on HBOGo for me

Anyway I'm suggesting we don't keep the thread spoiler free, unless something leaks. It's a person's own mistake if they open the thread after an episode has aired and spoiled themselves.

Episode 1 was pretty slow I'd say. Also don't really understand the ending, how did they end up in the middle of night king/winterfell???

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The episode was alright. It felt a bit rushed.

@ spitfiree it was 51 minutes since 1 minute was Season 1-8 recap..... i dont think they will do a season 1-8 recap every episode >-< therefore 2 minute discount .....
I dont understand what you mean by middle of winterfell?

The boy killed was of House Umber
They have their castle in the North at a place named Last Heart

you can see it here

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/g...jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150826183800


So the Night King and his Army have reached Last Heart starting from Castle Black at the beginning of the Episode
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/g...png/revision/latest?cb=20150511053547
So they are about ~ 10-12 days foot march away from Winterfell



@ RIKD
Interesting i was surprised it didnt feel rushed at all for me
I was afraid that they would rush it ....

But instead for me it felt like the whole Episode handeld a timespan of maybe 3-4 days

But when i look at the distances coverd you are probably right.... the little boy did + 10 day travel within that episode and the Night Kings Army did about 6 days travel (And we all know they are hella slow so probably needed 10days+ also)

fwiw, it takes fucking 2-3 months to go from King's Landing to Winterfell and Jaime supposedly did that in what 2 weeks?

edit: apparently its supposed to be around 2400kms, so lets say u are solo moving(which he isnt) going at 120km/day (pretty sure the horse will die after 3 days), you still need 20 days

On April 15 2019 20:42 Spitfiree wrote: fwiw, it takes fucking 2-3 months to go from King's Landing to Winterfell and Jaime supposedly did that in what 2 weeks? edit: apparently its supposed to be around 2400kms, so lets say u are solo moving(which he isnt) going at 120km/day (pretty sure the horse will die after 3 days), you still need 20 days

Jamie has the conversation with Cersei right after the meeting and he decices to fight with the other day so he left not long after Daeneris army.

yea i thought he left right behind them as well

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Soft Fantasy Show ?

Plz name me an unsoft Fantasy show then that is on this level ?

On April 17 2019 12:37 PplusAD wrote: Soft Fantasy Show ? Plz name me an unsoft Fantasy show then that is on this level ?

yea probably there is nothing better on TV, just used the term soft to be more specific but you are right... and u got angry, relax boy im a fan :D

On April 15 2019 20:42 Spitfiree wrote: fwiw, it takes fucking 2-3 months to go from King's Landing to Winterfell and Jaime supposedly did that in what 2 weeks? edit: apparently its supposed to be around 2400kms, so lets say u are solo moving(which he isnt) going at 120km/day (pretty sure the horse will die after 3 days), you still need 20 days

its a show about zombies, fire magic, and dragons

who cares about time/travel distance making sense. prob had to do it with the time allotted per episode/# of episodes left

they proved last season they dont care with the dragon flying up to save them all north of the wall. all in one night

On April 17 2019 12:50 Zografa wrote: Show nested quote + On April 17 2019 12:37 PplusAD wrote: Soft Fantasy Show ? Plz name me an unsoft Fantasy show then that is on this level ? yea probably there is nothing better on TV, just used the term soft to be more specific but you are right... and u got angry, relax boy im a fan :D

I am not angry... i was looking forward to some outstanding hardcore fantasy TV shows ?
T_T

If there were any fantasy shows that are not miles behind GOT in basically every aspect and overall quality i would happily watch them.

I tried Vikings and while it is pretty good its still not even close to GOT in my opinion.
So feel happy to share in case you know more stuff that is like vikings

On April 17 2019 13:33 FrinkX wrote: Show nested quote + On April 15 2019 20:42 Spitfiree wrote: fwiw, it takes fucking 2-3 months to go from King's Landing to Winterfell and Jaime supposedly did that in what 2 weeks? edit: apparently its supposed to be around 2400kms, so lets say u are solo moving(which he isnt) going at 120km/day (pretty sure the horse will die after 3 days), you still need 20 days its a show about zombies, fire magic, and dragons who cares about time/travel distance making sense. prob had to do it with the time allotted per episode/# of episodes left they proved last season they dont care with the dragon flying up to save them all north of the wall. all in one night

Sigh again the "this show has magic so nothing needs to be logical" argument... thats bullshit.

Its a universe with dragons and magic, it has to adhere to its rules, if suddenly Michael Jackson appeared and killed the undead-army with a thriller dance that would be awful and "theres magic, so its possible" wouldn't justify it.

what if suddenly ed shareen appear'd and starting singing?

On April 18 2019 05:15 Stroggoz wrote: what if suddenly ed shareen appear'd and starting singing?

it was almost the other way around - the whores were talking about him in the bronn scene

On April 18 2019 05:15 Stroggoz wrote: what if suddenly ed shareen appear'd and starting singing?

Rick Astley would stab Ed Sheeran through the heart with dragon glass to ensure he dies and doesn't return as a white walker. Then, Astley would dance over Sheeran's corpse while singing "Never Gonna Give You Up."

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On April 17 2019 19:14 PplusAD wrote: Show nested quote + On April 17 2019 12:50 Zografa wrote:   On April 17 2019 12:37 PplusAD wrote: Soft Fantasy Show ? Plz name me an unsoft Fantasy show then that is on this level ? yea probably there is nothing better on TV, just used the term soft to be more specific but you are right... and u got angry, relax boy im a fan :D I am not angry... i was looking forward to some outstanding hardcore fantasy TV shows ? T_T If there were any fantasy shows that are not miles behind GOT in basically every aspect and overall quality i would happily watch them. I tried Vikings and while it is pretty good its still not even close to GOT in my opinion. So feel happy to share in case you know more stuff that is like vikings

btw check out the series - The Expanse - its basically GoT in space, also there are cool books that the story is based on... really good imo. New season that is coming out will be on amazon so show will get upgrades(bezos said its his fav. show) :D

thx will check it out.

Concerning Episode 2 of Season 8 and what to expect :

I guess it will be pretty similar to Episode1 since its another build up for big battle of episode 3.

I expect some beautiful piuctures , good music , some small action and slow progress.
I would bet on the End of the upcomming episode being the arrival of the NIghtkings Army in Winterfell