Game of thrones 8x05♡Uncut Reaction &Review ♡
Added 2023-04-01 06:30:03 +0000 UTCThe Bells
Daenerys and Cersei weigh their options after their confrontation at the city gates. Their armies await instructions as they sit on the edge of battle.
Link to the reaction:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/makpsw6r3ksm9kn/GOT%208x05.mp4?dl=0
Comments
Yeah, I thought she could go either way all the way back in season 1 when she fell madly in love with the leader of a bunch of murdering rapist slavers, and was SO happy and proud to be carrying his child while he gave a big speech about how their son would be an even BIGGER murdering rapist slaver, who would bring their murdering rapist slaver ways to the entire world. Then, when the witch woman, who'd been raped multiple times and had her entire village murdered, raped and enslaved, took steps to stop the future from even more murdering rapist slavers infecting the lands, Dany didn't just have her executed (which would have been reasonable, considering the death of her unborn child), but took pleasure in hearing her scream as she was horrifically burned to death. Her entire storyline is filled with hypocrisy, narcissism and ham-fisted, self-indulgent acts of 'justice'.
Dustin A Shanafelter
2023-06-04 16:02:41 +0000 UTCAgreed, even as someone who really struggles with the last two seasons in terms of plot, the idea that Daenerys' taking a turn like that was not foreshadowed is ridiculous. It had basically been foreshadowed from the very beginning—blatantly so from season 2. She always had a tendency towards megalomaniacal ranting. I still feel that the transition was very much overly-rushed—that there needed to be some more development to really sell it, but that's more a flaw of the overall rushed nature of the season as a whole, and it's clearly a transition that was always in the cards, so I can sort of take it as written that it's a truncated version of how it really should have went. And in some ways, the last season is the best (some of the cinematography is absolutely stellar in this season, and Ramin Djawadi's scoring was really allowed to flourish towards they end; it took them a few seasons to really grasp the magic they had with him). Overall, the peak of the show will always be season 4 for me, and in terms of plot and character treatment, I'm really not fond of the later seasons (especially the trend of turning once-respectable characters into comic-relief gag fodder), but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of good qualities still to be seen.
TeddyBearBonfire
2023-06-04 12:11:58 +0000 UTCI had many arguments with people who believed her mind was rushed. I won't deny I did feel like the last season was a bit rushed, and I had wanted to see some things that weren't answered in the end, But it was foretold to me in season two when the wizard gave her a vision of kings landing in ashes and her meeting up with her dead husband and child. I immediately thought well she's going to die at some point. Lol.
Jessica George
2023-05-27 05:46:16 +0000 UTCOne of the reasons I like you as a reactor (and chose you as my first ever Patreon subscription!), is because you actually reason things out with nuance, and recognize the good, even during moments of imperfect execution. You know how to compartmentalize. Yes, this season is rushed and has some issues, but it also has some really great moments, and Dany's turn was not at all sudden or unexpected, as many others claim. I'm really glad you're able to give praise where it's deserved, even while questioning the things that don't quite make sense, without feeling the need (like SO many other people) to conflate the two into some generic, cliché outcry of, "OMG THIS SHOW IS GARBAGE NOW I HATE IT AND WILL NEVER WATCH IT AGAIN THEY RUINED IT STUPID HACKS OMG I CAN'T EVEN..." Looking forward to seeing your take on the series finale :-)
Dustin A Shanafelter
2023-05-11 06:37:21 +0000 UTCDaenerys: "no reason"? she was betrayed by everybody around her, she lost her 2nd dragon, Missandei, Jon betrayed her and stopped loving her, realized nobody in Winterfell loved her, half her army, wasn't eating properly.... Cersei, her problem was "self confidence". Never faced anybody like Daenerys. Like she explained: "we killed one dragon, we can kill another one". Arya: she was trying to kill Cersei before the attack. The Keep was falling all around her when The Hound told her to get out.
Fernando F.
2023-04-26 02:45:12 +0000 UTCEverybody inside the Red Keep was taking sides with Cersei. Daenerys mentioned that nobody in Winterfall loved her. She probably felt the same thing in the Red Keep. She felt betrayed by everybody close to her. They mentioned she was not eating properly so probably was losing her mind at that point. And Jon didn't love her anymore... agree... Jaime was addicted to Cersei. Their minds were twisted for the entire show. Both were cruel to others. Jaime show hope with Brienne but like a good addict went back to Cersei. Somebody else called The Hound by Sandor: -6x07: The Broken Man (the Priest) -4x10: The Children (Podrick Payne, when Brienne finds The Hound) When Arya is standing there with the smoke behind her (before she reaches for the horse) was an amazing image. Love your reaction. p.s.: as usual you look beautiful :)
Fernando F.
2023-04-26 02:40:21 +0000 UTCGreat reaction and great analysis. As always.
Valene
2023-04-02 19:14:24 +0000 UTCMind you dany was suppose to go mad, but they rushed it. The creators decided to take a Star Wars opportunity that NEVER HAPPENED BTW and gave up on GOT their successful awarded tv series and gave us this shitty season. There was lots of signs and scenes of dany going mad but since they recklessly didn't care about being rushed, they showed us this and it was rushed, not out of no where but rushed. I saw it coming but not like this. It would've made sense to me by the end of season 9 or start of season 10. So I blame the writers now and always 🤞
izzy
2023-04-01 20:55:27 +0000 UTCActually Varys would tell Jon like that, just like he told Ned straight in the dungeons, plus Varys is desperate to save the civilians in KL. He's always been for the realm. I wanted Jon to just sleep with her to make her feel loved again too but unfortunately he doesn't her to be more than his queen now, which u cant blame him for, he's still clearly loyal to her but she feels rejected anyway since she's in love with him & wants it back to how things were. Also nobody's gonna laugh at Arya's skills after she's killed the NK, she's a hero to the north just like her fave big bro Jon.
Chantelle Miles
2023-04-01 10:53:40 +0000 UTCDid you realise Varys was using his little bird for poisoning Dany's food?
Vishnu Vatheriparambil Mohandas
2023-04-01 10:51:10 +0000 UTCBringing humor where it's not supposed to be I like to throw a jab at Jon saying many thousands of people died in King's Landing because he wouldn't bang his hot aunt the night before...lmao..Jokes aside this episode is beautiful in a destructive way and brilliantly executed from a cinematography perspective though the end result and many of the writing decisions underpinning the whole finale situation of the show in many people's minds including mine has it's load of problems...None bigger than the fact that burning King's Landing was entirely unnecessary at that point in time.Again I stress that although Daenerys is set up as wanting to take the Throne at all cost, it's never truly justified that she would destroy absolutely everything she intends to rule unless it were the ONLY WAY she would win. Now if that were the only way to win, what she did would be terrible but could make sense (although everything was still terribly rushed),....But the fact she had already won and did that after totally undercuts any kind of sense or interest and just makes it seem like trying to really turn Danny from breaker of chains to genocidal Hitler in the span of two eps just because you need to half ass something for your finale episodes... I will save most of those thoughts and discuss them after the finale.
Lucas
2023-04-01 08:58:30 +0000 UTCShe's my queen are now Jon's favourite words
Razzer95
2023-04-01 08:31:10 +0000 UTCThere is so much wrong with this episode. The characters are just a shadow of their former selves. Daenerys - Snaps for no reason at all. The battle was won and now she's just crazy, I guess. The whole Targaryen coin thing is just a lame excuse to make Dany suddenly " mad". Can Dany be ruthless? Yes, but never towards innocent people. If they wanted to go down that road with her character, they needed more time. Jon - Mister "I don't want it" and "she's my queen" is soo boring this season. He was never my favourite but man, give this character something to do. Tyrion - His character is just completely destroyed. Suddenly he's stupid and naive and where does this endless love for Cersei come from? The only reason I still feel anything for this character is Peter Dinklage's performance. Jaime - What a waste of a character. "I never really cared for them. Innocent or otherwise." Need I say more? And wow, Jamie vs Euron was the fight we were all waiting for, right? No, I couldn't care less! Cersei - just standing there looking sad.... What exactly was her plan? Again, give this character something to do! Arya - For what reason was she even in this episode? She travels all the way to Kings Landing and then suddenly decides "yeah, revenge isn't worth it". Okay, I guess? Where are her superpowers in this episode? And I love the scene where she just drags people out of a safe hiding place into the open, only to have them killed on the spot. Good job Arya! Euron - Can we all agree that Euron is the worst character in this show? I've heard that in the books he's one of the scariest people in Westeros. And here? Here he's just a clown.... Excuse my rant, but I really don't like the way this story ended. I never really connected with any of the characters in GOT, but after this episode I just don't care....
Namikaza
2023-04-01 07:44:42 +0000 UTC
