I was about to comment something similar lol she technically did take Jon's advice...she didn't melt castles or burn any cities, she destroyed an army outside the city 🤣
One of my favorite episodes. In the context of her conquest, i think this was the single best thing she could have done. She needed a win. And the only people that died were Lannister Army men, no civilians died, and she decimated the 'spoils' they got from Highgarden. At this point in the show, i was all-in on Dany. This was a win-win for Dany.
@@LukaBlight69 when I said decimated, i was referring to the supplies they took from Highgarden. The only thing she didn't get to was the gold, which is still a big deal in itself. The Lannister army is obviously bigger than that.
@@milkyrafael5860yep and it was kinda dumb to have her destroy the spoils rather than taking it herself to feed her armies, but they wanted to show off the dragon but didn’t want to have her burning the whole army
Referring to 17:51 Daenerys actually did listen to Jon's advice. He said that she would be no different when she burns cities (meaning when she kills innocent civilians and burn down their houses). She didn't do that. Instead, she just used Drogon and the Dothraki to kill soldiers and burn the spoils of war from Highgarden.
@@bradcarver8127 Yeah, the battle tactics in GoT are almost always pretty stupid, to be honest. And most of the episode here was just fanservice after fanservice. A spectacular battle with a fire-breathing dragon and the whole Dothraki horde without a major character dying, even though there were a bunch of them involved on both sides. But that was nothing new in GoT at that point, unfortunately. After season 4, the whole show went rapidly downhill, didn't it?
Ahh my favorite episode of this season!! Seeing Robert Baratheon’s greatest fear happening is so crazy wicked. Love the shoutout to season 1 there!! And the Stark reunion made me emotional! I love seeing them all back together. Arya as badass as ever! Just an amazing episode by far! Loved the reaction! Can’t wait for more!!
This is the most balanced reaction to this episode I’ve seen. Back at release, we were all just so gratified that Daenerys was finally going nuclear on the Lannisters.
One of my fav eps of the whole series. The first proper time we see Drogon in full force and actually hit by the scorpion. What a nail biter of an episode.
What a lot of people miss is the dagger Bran gives to Arya was referenced before with the war of the dead and the long night. When Gilly opens the book about the long night, on the first page she turns to has a drawing of that dagger on the page. Everything has happened before and will happen again.
The thing that always gets me about watching Bran and Arya and Sansa's reunion is not even just the characters reuniting but the actors. The last time they were onscreen together was literally Episode 1 of Season 1, they were all practically babies then, basically new to this world of professional acting, and now nearly a decade-ish later they're back together as actual adults with experience in acting and in these roles as these characters. It must have been such an interesting experience for them.
I will never understand why people call Dany evil for doing this. Like every other character hasn’t participated in war and killed others. Dany and her dragons are their Karma. I also think this episode is a great example of how people will easily forgive the actions of men because they make us laugh but demonise a woman whose always had good intentions, just for having more power.
Misogyny? You're joking right? She became the Mad Queen the second she allowed her husband to kill her own brother in brutal fashion, without a word of protest. She's no worse than the others, but no better either. Stans like to point to things they believe justify her horrible actions, but they don't.
@@Tirath That literally not true. You clearly lack the critical thought needed to understand what Im saying, so I will not be engaging further with you since its obvious you're try to argue in bad faith. Have a great day!
@@Tirath first of all, yes it’s a misogynistic trope. Research it if you want. Secondly, her husband didn’t kill her brother, he killed the man that abused her for most of her life. A man that would let men and horses r*pe her. A man that threatened to cut her baby out of her. I will never take someone, who thinks not crying over your abusers death makes you ‘mad’, seriously. Lastly, she made no horrible actions before season 8 that made her ‘mad’. She made mistakes, yes. But people love to take her mistakes and make them out like she’s evil. But ignore the actions of everyone else.
@@chlc4305 You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. Her brother/abuser certainly deserved to die, but the shocking manner should have prompted some response. Even if you ignore that example (easily the most justified btw) there are numerous examples of her mental decline as early as S1. Burning the healer that killed Her husband alive was horrible. Yes she deserved death, but it was unnecessarily brutal. Her servant betraying her certainly warranted a death sentence, but being locked in an uncrackable safe to at best suffocate and possible die of starvation/dehydration was uncalled for. The slavers deserved death, but crucifixion was also spiteful and unnecessary. These are all evil acts, no matter how you justify them and we can't simply choose to ignore the fact that she defaults to brutality EVERYTIME. To be clear, she's no worse than anyone else in the show, male or female, but she's not better either. As a person I love her, but her actions aren't justified in my mind.
In my own opinion, this battle scene was the best they ever did. Seeing the Dothraki FINALLY in action was amazing. And the similarities between this battle and the Field Of Fire from the lore made the nerd in me happy.
Tyrion, the same man that burnt people alive in blackwater, now has some superior moral conflict about using fire in battle. Please excuse me while I roll my eyes so deep to the back of my head. Dany was playing fair in the laws of war... That Dracarys felt damn good, especially after all the L's she took from Tyrions HORRIBLE advice.
He advocated for a different approach, one that is reinforced by Jon. He believes in her and her ability to bring real change. He's not wrong in saying that if she fights the same way previous rulers have, she will simply be viewed as the newest conqueror. Also, horrible advice? Just no. He offered sound council based on the known information.
@@Tirath Hia approach has done nothing but lose Dany all her westerosi allies. His plan was not and never was the best plan. Dany did listen to Jon, she didn't attack civilians she attacked the opposing enemy (After they killed her ally and their leige lord). It is ridiculous to hold Dany to an impossible standard of not using her dragons in war. Everyone has their weapon of choice and they are hers. She/her family were deposed by conquest and she now is doing the same to get it back. Again, stop trying to argue with me in bad faith. you don't make sense. Last time I'm engaging with you!
@@badgaltinginnit All I have done is disagree with your statements in a respectful manner and offered a dissenting opinion. You on the other hand continue to attack me personally. Who's really arguing in bad faith?
She fought a battle against an army she was at war with. There's no ethical difference between killing them with a Dothraki army, or Drogon. The most morally reprehensible thing in this episode was shooting that scorpion at the dragon. Jaime's lone charge on the other hand, was the dumbest thing anyone has done in any episode.
8:08 Don't forget the 2 actresses were bst of friends throughout the shows run. They were finally acting together after being separated all those seasons. They probably were unintentionally giddy to have scenes together. Which worked perfectly because, as you said, they are like children again.
Yesssss! Highlight of my day seeing a new episode drop! I want to thank both of yall for taking the time to bring us these reactions. I've loved watching every episode with both of you and it kinda makes me sad the journey is almost over. But here's to the future 🍻
A little tidbit is that near Highgarden is also where the "Iron Fist" army of House Lannister and House Gardener (who ruled The Reach before the Tyrells) fought Aegon Targaryen's invasion of Westeros. It's called the Field of Fire as the entire army of the two Houses was burned down by Aegon's dragons. After the battle it is in these fields Lorren Lannister bent his knee to Aegon the Conqueror. So this battle, the sides and the outcome mirror those events. But Jon should now that after subduing the south Aegon turned his eye northwards...maybe the new Conqueror will do the same.
Have we had any easier deaths?????? MAESTER AEMMON!!!!!!! The ONLY character to die of old age. Didn't seem painful seemed joyful and a reunion of his own with his deceased brother. That said her dropping that knowledge is epic. Podric. The greatest squire that ever was. FACT. I know it's not a real fight. But the boutique between Arya and Brienne will ALWAYS be one of my favourite moments on this show. Bad asses at work! And subsequently Santa's face realizing. "OH shiiit, ayra is a bad ass with skills I knew nothing about!" Seeing the line callbacks. Seeing the DARK side of Dany. I did NOT expect Elden ring to show up in this. And Dan for as much as you say give encouragement. Addie. Welcome BACK to being a summer child. If you have never played a dark souls game.......prepare for pain.
Of course Jon knows Theon didn't kill Bran and Rickon. Like, what?! First of all, Sansa would have told him the very moment they reunited. And Jon himself saw Rickon being killed by Ramsey, then buried his body in the crypts beneath Winterfell. 🥴
I'm gonna say that this is actually a great episode from start to finish other than the Jaime unrealistically not dying part. But besides that ending, the other stuff is pretty awesome. The magnitude of how they shoot that battle feels huge. The whole episode is a perfect storm of action, drama and emotion. Hell they even manage to squeeze in a reunion in all this. That alone would've been the focus of the season finale of other shows. Here it's just a throwaway. For all the complaining this gets, most directors would feel lucky if they put out something 1/4th as majestic as the finished product here.
Since I KNOW you guys have already filmed season 8... can we just take a moment to appreciate Bran giving Arya THAT dagger under THAT tree and the significance of Brienne and Arya's "training session".... THAT DROP.... Just sayin, Juuusst saaaying 😉👏
This one of my favorite scene from a fantasy franchise period...To see the actual realistic damage of the Dragon in a land battle, essentially bringing a nuke to a sword fight turning shield walls into ashes, the special effects on Drogon, the shots the atmosphere just the fact that everything is all fire and ash I freaking love it
This episode is lit! Not just because of the epic, visually-impressive battle at the end, but also all the reunions and interactions between characters.
In fairness Dany wanted to fly to the Red Keep , burn it and take Kings landing. And Jon’s speech, she chose to not go to the city. Where people could die. But to face the army.
I am always so happy when I see you upload a GoT reaction and I gotta say I love your duo, usually I stop after a couple of episodes when one of the people saw it before because they cant shut up or act to obvious so the person that didnt see it knows whats up, but Dan is perfect, he doesnt spoil he always brings up stuff but talks perfectly in a way that Addie cant tell whats about to come. Really my favorite reaction to GoT I still dont understand how you dont get noticed more.(Probably because you started this late) fingers crossed when the prequel comes out and Got(hopefully) gets more hype again people will find these reaction gems.
Had the producers decided to portray the Westerosi armies in an actually appropriate manner, the Dothraki would be very less effective/„badass“! Remember season 1 when Jorah was talking to Rakharo and the fighting Drogo’s bloodrider?!? Their weapons aren‘t able to penetrate plate armour! The only thing they can do is killing those men-at-arms who wear just leather... knights with mail and plate would crush the Dothraki; heavy cavalry beats light cavalry
Dan the sweet release you can't let out at 17:40 is my love for this show every time. IDC about naysayers. It's great. Only 2 other shows come close or are equal. Vikings and Breaking Bad.
The reunions just hit different when you're watching in real time and wait with bated breath for years on end for it to happen. I used to love seeing the reactions of ppl freaking out lol. Let's not forget these weren't your standard 'TV reunions' that happen after about five episodes of separation. These were as genuine as it gets. That feeling of pure joy and poignancy can't be recreated, because these moments were seven long seasons in the making. I feel incredulous just thinking about that. Only in GoT.
"Isn't their survival more important than your pride" - Jon to Mance Rayder, Season 5 Episode 1 "This morning I heard a song all the way from Qarth, beyond the red waste. Daenerys Targaryen lives. She has three dragons. Even if what they say is true, it'll be years before they're fully grown and then there'll be nowhere to hide" - Varys to Tyrion before Blackwater, Season 2 Episode 8 "When my dragons are fully grown we will lay waste to great armies and burn cities to the ground" - Daenerys at the gates of Qarth, Season 2 Episode 4
Also just a point to make for a reminder ..Jamie and Lord Tarley and their army were transferring all that gold to pay back the iron bank to get support from them for their expansion of their armies and navies as Cersei was describing in that scene in the beginning, and Dany just burnt all the carriages holding it, and Bron also didn’t get paid cus he dropped his bag as well.
As always i love your and Addie's reactions. One suggestion though. Could you please figure out a way to make the audio of the reaction vid clear? The sound is key in many of the scenes and i think not having the clear sound takes away from the quality of your videos. Good luck!
dany should have just went to the red keep from jump she would have won so easy and than the rest of the season could have dealt with the fallout of dany being queen and john trying to convince her to help with thedead. plus you could have the rest of the houses cought in the middle chosing sides , the north or foloow dany
The stark family went from basic people from the north to the most nutty family in Westeros lol, one is a all seeing raven entity, one is a queen, one is an assassin from the faceless men clan, and one is a soldier.
I think it's hilarious that Jerome Brown and Lena Headey were exes and refused to film together. I mean, there's some bad juju there. I don't think Bronn and Cersei were ever in a scene together for the entire series.
Nice bout, but if anyone thinks Brienne is trying to hurt Arya or be anything less than careful not to, I think they are wrong. Oh, come on, Arya, no credit to Syrio Forel?
I do think Dany was being unfair to Tyrion. He has no reason or motive to aid Cersei or her position and Dany knows Tyrion has done things Cersei hates him for and vice versa. Even still, his plan was pretty solid, its just that The Greyjoy fleet has learned the power of teleportation. Who could have planned around that? I'd also ponder how Euron got his hands on the ability to see into the future as he just "knew" where both The Unsullied and Dornish and Yara's fleets were moving about. I mean for all we know Euron is some eldritch being who can bend space and time to his will. That or the writers are just making stuff up as they go regardless if it makes sense.
Euron was leaving king’s landing at the same time yara and the sand snakes were leaving dragons stone so I think euron basically ran right into them (literally and figuratively lol) so a bit of dumb luck for him. It’s also been mentioned euron spreads his fleet around in flotillas so he’s also got ships at casterly rock - which Jamie would know Tyrion would want to attack (Jamie also knew of Tyrion’s secret tunnels) so he abandoned it and set Tyrion up to “fail” by taking his army to high garden and leaving euron to destroy dany’s fleet at casterly rock. Which is also why Dany thinks Tyrion blew it - his strategy was too predictable by his bff bro. It would’ve been a solid strategy if it wasn’t against someone like Jamie that knows Tyrion better than anyone else 🤷♀️
How grandiose was the scene of Dothrakis breaking through the Lannister lines while Drogon flies over the skies menacingly as the inferno raged underneath. The Dothrakis all jumping on their horses at the same time with the war music playing that gets you all fired up? That shot was insane too. The choreography of that fight is off the chain! Some award winning shit right there. Like King Robert said so long ago, "only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field". Who would've thought then that it will be Jaime who ends up drawing the short end of the straw? Poor Jaime gets completely rolled over by the horselord hordes smh. Hard for me to watch.😔
that last shot never made sence too me :S u have shallow water less than knee high. and 3-4 feet next too it. so deep he is still sinking at the end of the shot. i mean its not impossible, dragons magic and zombies aint :) how ever thats a detail that bugs me every time i see it :)
ikr, it’s kinda like the huge chains ready under the water at the end of this season… and they can’t go in water so how did those chains get there… have to start throwing that kind of logic out the window with these final seasons haha
Def best ep of the season. Not close. Seeing the burning flesh, you could almost smell it. But prior, Jon vs Theon, Arya coming home… Jon in another cave scene with a chick… the Brienne and Arya sparring. Bran calling out LF. Fantastic. Only error was Jamie falling in a 3ft puddle that cut to being like 20ft deep. 😄😄ok, that was a mess up.
19:39 can we take note of how in season 1 Bronn wins the Trial By Combat for Tyrion and was accused by Lysa Arryn of not fighting with honor, and he retorts "No, but he did". Flash to season 7 and a Dothraki Screamer is chopping off the leg of his horse. They might as well call this series Full Circle of Thrones 😐
Bran didn't really die in that cave though. He was still Bran when he met up with Benjen, and still Bran when he had his revelation about Jon's identity at the Wierwood tree. Why did the writers need to turn him into an android in Season 7??
Some of it's down to the actor occasionally forgetting to put his contact lenses in for some takes. He normally wears glasses so sometimes he literally could barely see the people he was acting with.
The one thing they do well is make these battle set-pieces feel monumental. Just when I think they can't top the immensity of the previous battles, the visuals of the loot train battle leaves me impressed. The Dothraki to Tyrion : "Your people can't fight". But lol how did the Dothraki fair against the dragons? Not so well either. Who on earth can fair well against fire breathing dragons.....maybe there is someone 😶🥶
So slaughtering the Tyrells doesn't make the lannisters evil? It is war! I have always been amused about the love for a man who threw a child out of a window and crippled him.
And that my friends is what some would say is the last good episode of Game of Thrones and what I would say is definitely the best episode of season 7 and 8.
For a not so good season, this episode is better than the best episode of most shows. The battle of the loot train is one of the most visually stunning battles I've seen on screen and my opinion hasn't changed years later no matter what the haters say. No wonder superbowl numbers were watching at this point. Living up to your own standards can be a bitch sometimes. For all the post-facto purist whining, it's hard to find anything on television that even remotely matches the scale of this episode. In reality many amazing scenes from even this season leave you with your jaw hanging. But to purists it's almost as if GRRM's greatness cannot be established unless you go out of your way to shit on everything else. Some of the things they nitpick and whine about are jawdroppingly petty. Yet these 'experts' have the most remedial, superficial understanding of character psychology which they try to hide by wishful appeals to the source material.When they aren't too busy trivializing Ramsay ***** jokes on freefolks sub that is. Ironic thing is that these are the vindictive cretins who think of themselves as the supreme gatekeepers and perception makers of the series. I've seen toxic fandoms, but the pettiness and sycophancy of the freefolks type Asoiaf purists hellbent on discrediting even all the good stuff is next level psychotic.
You had remorse for Jamie and his army they just killed everyone including Olenna Tyrell by poison lets not forget about Sand people that were all killed. Danny was getting revenge for all of them I think we all seem to forget that fact that in this world you pick a side if its Danny comes fire that's her weapon period like Jon has a sword to wield and Jamie has a sword and army at his command the Dragon queen has her dragons that's where she started that's her power so burning your enemy is no different then beheading them all like Jon or Jamie would do if given a chance to Danny in a war. I didn't feel any remorse for Jamie army the only one I felt anything for was Jamie and Bronn no one wants to see them die but if its them or Danny I am team DRAGON QUEEN ! You burn your enemies or Arya poison them all what's the difference between Arya killing everyone that has wrong her or Danny killing everyone that wrong her family something to realize all of her family was wiped out in Kings Landing by the Jamie family yet Arya killed the whole house of Frey for just her mother and brother being killed. So weigh it her brother wife, kids and father all butchered by the people of Kings Landing compared to only 2 Starks from the Frey. Its a good argument what is enough revenge in this era of time seems to be a double standard in this show up to this part of the show we know a lot now what started the war ? It was Robert and Ned rebels over Lenna who had a child named Jon with Danny brother it was 3 eye Raven who drove the King mad Jamie hinted to that when he said over and over again burn them all burn them all sounds a lot like Hodor even the 3 eye Raven admitted he tried to warn the King yet it drove him mad. So 3 eye Raven actually drove the King mad people seem to over look this fact in the story! Starks were not on the good side of the war , Rhaegar was on the good side his father was drove mad by the 3 eye Raven just like Bran friend Hodor was messed up by him. Rhaegar should of been King period , Sir Arthur Dayne deserved better then being stabbed in the back while protecting Lenna and Rhaegar baby. The tragedy is Danny as a child lost everyone in her family blood line because of the lie from day one! Something to think about if Dragon queen just poisoned all her enemies all at once or burn them does it really changed the fact she kills them all because its war. The Game of thrones isn't a nice friendly game , the question I ask both you think it over then answer this question why do ya think the NIGHT KING IS COMING ? I think the answer is simple if you really think about the question!
@@badgaltinginnit She is claiming her home land can't argue enough about that Arya killed just for revenge had nothing to do with her home. Like I said double standard depends on who is doing the killing I guess. But in the end Starks and Lannister's were the same out for there own family period it came down to there own ! Dragon Queen freed slaves had nothing to do with her family or home she did it because she thought it was right. Who are we to argue she was put into slavery since being a baby has no one left because of the people of Kings Landing she don't know Cersei or the Mountain for that matter all she knows is KINGS LANDING is where he family were all killed. To be 100% honest Dani would hate everything about Kings Landing the people of Kings Landing are not slaves they support Cersei there not in chains or bondage.
@@dalelapointe9289she was burning the food, gold that Cersei Lannisters army stole from the Reach and enemy forces who fallowed the Queen which destroyed the Cept and the faith militants who she gave to in the first place 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah I'll say it, the Field of Fire battle sequence is better than the description of any battle in the books, including Blackwater. The shots of the Dothraki charge scene alone is worth the admission price. BTW the insane nitpicking about Jaime is laughable when you think of the 'heroic survival rate' in battles in your average shows/movies. The poignant ending of the last episode & the battle sequence of this one is quite frankly, great. But of course at this point it's blasphemy to say anything positive about D&D. All the fandom opinions become some bad-faith variation of "they ruined this or that" & you get browbeaten if you point out the positives. Some criticisms are justified, but most are laughably minor inconsistencies, straight up retroactively inventing faults, crying about why they condensed 500 page subplots, & insane nitpicks over subverted expectations & just purists overcompensating with the hive mind circle jerk at GRRM's alter to cover for one's general lack of analytical ability to comprehend basic storytelling. Goes without saying that the overtly critical perception wasn't reflective of the viewership numbers as the show hit unheard of levels of popularity at this time, but it was a reflection of the fandom for whom the intents of every character in the show somehow became a three dimensional plot to demean the Stannis cult. But yeah, if you were watching without a preconceived notion from all the fandom negativity, you tended to have a different perception of the seasons. You can look at Season 7 as all trash because it's a show with 3 & half good seasons according to the purists, or you can look at it as a season with 22 Emmy nominations, tens of millions of viewers & enough fan investment for it to become the most watched drama series of all time.
People could be sad that Joffrey died, and Tywin too, because they are compelling villains to watch. The show suffered a bit after they were gone. Still great, though
The sermon that Jon gave to Daenerys about the use of dragons during the war is boring and of considerable stupidity. This guy still shined by his administrative and military incompetence and he comes to tell us that using dragons to kill people is wrong, because of course there is a right way to kill people (plan in season 8).
@@enzonicolas7501 Those are not the same thing. There's a difference between dropping a bomb on a military outpost and dropping one a school or a hospital. One is understandable in war, the other is a war crime.
@@defer114 In these periods (Middle Age) of history killing civilians and destroying a city was logical when the city did not surrender during negotiations. - Alexander the Great destroyed Thebes and selling it's people into slavery because the city rebel against his authority. - When alexander the Great launch his invasion of Persia, all the cities that didn't surrender were sacked (Miletus, Halicarnassus, Tyr, Gaza, ...) most of it citizen were killed or inslaved. Alexander the Great also order Persepolis (ceremonial capital of Persia) to be pillaged and burned, retribution for the persian invasion of Greece and the burning of Athen's sacred temples in 480 bc. - During the Gothic Wars, in 536 Eastern Roman General Flavius Belisarius invaded the italian peninsula and clash against resistance from Naples, when the Romans sneak into the city, there is a savage slaugter of Goth os Italians citizens alike. - When King Khosrow I of Persia invaded the Eastern roman empire in 540 ad, the persian sacked and burned Beroea and Antioch and he was hailed as Anushiravan, the Immortal soul. - Even in the XIX th century, Napoleon threatened to obliterated the city of Madrid during his invasion of Spain in 1808 if the city did not surrender andnopened its gates to his army. Later during the 1809 campaign against Austria, the French bombarded the capital Vienna, before the city surrenders.
This was no different than any other time Daenerys used her dragons to destroy those who opposed her. The only difference is everyone now knows and sympathizes with some on the other side. We've spent several seasons developing a "relationship" with these characters. Dany has been making her slow march to "Burn them all" since season 4.
Also, this episode was AWSOME, however it never made sense to me why she was burning the food supply when she could’ve taken it instead. Those wagons should’ve been confiscated and used for her armies. And it’s a little cheesy to have Jaime be saved by Bron out of nowhere and land in a super deep river that close to shore. Oh yea, and this is when I started to really despise Sansa’s character. Super annoying for the remainder of the show.
Sansa at Wintefell trying to solve the food shortage problem and making plans for the people who are expected to seek refuge. It's an interesting juxtaposition with Dany mindlessly using her nuclear weapon to destroy most of Westeros food supplies. I've been waiting for her to cross the sea and destroy all those people I spent the whole show hating. But it was right there, the moment Jaime charged against her, I realized she won't be a good queen I didn't want her to win.
No she listened to Jon and fought an opposing army as opposed to a city of civilians
I was about to comment something similar lol she technically did take Jon's advice...she didn't melt castles or burn any cities, she destroyed an army outside the city 🤣
One of my favorite episodes. In the context of her conquest, i think this was the single best thing she could have done. She needed a win. And the only people that died were Lannister Army men, no civilians died, and she decimated the 'spoils' they got from Highgarden. At this point in the show, i was all-in on Dany. This was a win-win for Dany.
"decimated" reduced them by 1/10??? XD Nah, but I get what you mean.
Yeah she destroyed this Lannister army and suffered minimal casualties.
@@LukaBlight69 when I said decimated, i was referring to the supplies they took from Highgarden. The only thing she didn't get to was the gold, which is still a big deal in itself. The Lannister army is obviously bigger than that.
@@slimgenzy1102 The writers never do anything with this plot point.
@@themingler441 Amazing battle with zero consequences, what a waste.
@@milkyrafael5860yep and it was kinda dumb to have her destroy the spoils rather than taking it herself to feed her armies, but they wanted to show off the dragon but didn’t want to have her burning the whole army
Referring to 17:51
Daenerys actually did listen to Jon's advice. He said that she would be no different when she burns cities (meaning when she kills innocent civilians and burn down their houses). She didn't do that. Instead, she just used Drogon and the Dothraki to kill soldiers and burn the spoils of war from Highgarden.
Don't do that 😂😝
Spoils of war they could’ve used. It’s a great visual, but a shitty battle tactic.
@@bradcarver8127 Yeah, the battle tactics in GoT are almost always pretty stupid, to be honest. And most of the episode here was just fanservice after fanservice. A spectacular battle with a fire-breathing dragon and the whole Dothraki horde without a major character dying, even though there were a bunch of them involved on both sides. But that was nothing new in GoT at that point, unfortunately. After season 4, the whole show went rapidly downhill, didn't it?
@@bradcarver8127 ya, can't argue with that
@M.R.
Preaching to the choir over here buddy.
Remember when Olenna Tyrell said “You’re a Dragon, be a Dragon”?
She should have listened!
Ahh my favorite episode of this season!! Seeing Robert Baratheon’s greatest fear happening is so crazy wicked. Love the shoutout to season 1 there!! And the Stark reunion made me emotional! I love seeing them all back together. Arya as badass as ever! Just an amazing episode by far! Loved the reaction! Can’t wait for more!!
A DOTHRAKI HORDE IN THE OPEN FIELD
Jon Snow knows Theon didn’t kill Rickon.. because he saw Rickon die at the battle of the bastards..
The dragon scene in this episode is maybe my favorite in the whole series.
Jon saw Rickon alive in 6x9, so Ima pretty sure he knows Theon couldn't have killed him...
Theon also told Sansa he never killed them , how did she never tell Jon this info ? Writing really went downhill .
@@henrychinaski5938 well, dont forget that Theon still invaded Winterfell and executed a few people there. So Jon still had good reasons to hate Theon
This is the most balanced reaction to this episode I’ve seen. Back at release, we were all just so gratified that Daenerys was finally going nuclear on the Lannisters.
One of my fav eps of the whole series.
The first proper time we see Drogon in full force and actually hit by the scorpion. What a nail biter of an episode.
Jon literally just drew those cave paintings. You can’t fool me.
Addie is an absolute delight and Dan does a great job guiding her through without going overboard. Such a great duo!
Finally. I've been waiting for 20 minutes since I saw the last reaction video.
I heard that Veruca Salt impression... ;)
What a lot of people miss is the dagger Bran gives to Arya was referenced before with the war of the dead and the long night. When Gilly opens the book about the long night, on the first page she turns to has a drawing of that dagger on the page. Everything has happened before and will happen again.
The thing that always gets me about watching Bran and Arya and Sansa's reunion is not even just the characters reuniting but the actors. The last time they were onscreen together was literally Episode 1 of Season 1, they were all practically babies then, basically new to this world of professional acting, and now nearly a decade-ish later they're back together as actual adults with experience in acting and in these roles as these characters. It must have been such an interesting experience for them.
I will never understand why people call Dany evil for doing this. Like every other character hasn’t participated in war and killed others. Dany and her dragons are their Karma. I also think this episode is a great example of how people will easily forgive the actions of men because they make us laugh but demonise a woman whose always had good intentions, just for having more power.
YUPP. the misogyny is strong within the last 2 seasons pertaining to Daenerys and her power.
Misogyny? You're joking right? She became the Mad Queen the second she allowed her husband to kill her own brother in brutal fashion, without a word of protest.
She's no worse than the others, but no better either. Stans like to point to things they believe justify her horrible actions, but they don't.
@@Tirath That literally not true. You clearly lack the critical thought needed to understand what Im saying, so I will not be engaging further with you since its obvious you're try to argue in bad faith. Have a great day!
@@Tirath first of all, yes it’s a misogynistic trope. Research it if you want. Secondly, her husband didn’t kill her brother, he killed the man that abused her for most of her life. A man that would let men and horses r*pe her. A man that threatened to cut her baby out of her. I will never take someone, who thinks not crying over your abusers death makes you ‘mad’, seriously.
Lastly, she made no horrible actions before season 8 that made her ‘mad’. She made mistakes, yes. But people love to take her mistakes and make them out like she’s evil. But ignore the actions of everyone else.
@@chlc4305 You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I respectfully disagree. Her brother/abuser certainly deserved to die, but the shocking manner should have prompted some response. Even if you ignore that example (easily the most justified btw) there are numerous examples of her mental decline as early as S1.
Burning the healer that killed Her husband alive was horrible. Yes she deserved death, but it was unnecessarily brutal.
Her servant betraying her certainly warranted a death sentence, but being locked in an uncrackable safe to at best suffocate and possible die of starvation/dehydration was uncalled for.
The slavers deserved death, but crucifixion was also spiteful and unnecessary.
These are all evil acts, no matter how you justify them and we can't simply choose to ignore the fact that she defaults to brutality EVERYTIME.
To be clear, she's no worse than anyone else in the show, male or female, but she's not better either. As a person I love her, but her actions aren't justified in my mind.
In my own opinion, this battle scene was the best they ever did. Seeing the Dothraki FINALLY in action was amazing. And the similarities between this battle and the Field Of Fire from the lore made the nerd in me happy.
Tyrion, the same man that burnt people alive in blackwater, now has some superior moral conflict about using fire in battle. Please excuse me while I roll my eyes so deep to the back of my head. Dany was playing fair in the laws of war... That Dracarys felt damn good, especially after all the L's she took from Tyrions HORRIBLE advice.
He advocated for a different approach, one that is reinforced by Jon. He believes in her and her ability to bring real change. He's not wrong in saying that if she fights the same way previous rulers have, she will simply be viewed as the newest conqueror.
Also, horrible advice? Just no. He offered sound council based on the known information.
@@Tirath Hia approach has done nothing but lose Dany all her westerosi allies. His plan was not and never was the best plan. Dany did listen to Jon, she didn't attack civilians she attacked the opposing enemy (After they killed her ally and their leige lord). It is ridiculous to hold Dany to an impossible standard of not using her dragons in war. Everyone has their weapon of choice and they are hers. She/her family were deposed by conquest and she now is doing the same to get it back.
Again, stop trying to argue with me in bad faith. you don't make sense. Last time I'm engaging with you!
@@badgaltinginnit All I have done is disagree with your statements in a respectful manner and offered a dissenting opinion. You on the other hand continue to attack me personally. Who's really arguing in bad faith?
She fought a battle against an army she was at war with. There's no ethical difference between killing them with a Dothraki army, or Drogon. The most morally reprehensible thing in this episode was shooting that scorpion at the dragon. Jaime's lone charge on the other hand, was the dumbest thing anyone has done in any episode.
8:08 Don't forget the 2 actresses were bst of friends throughout the shows run. They were finally acting together after being separated all those seasons. They probably were unintentionally giddy to have scenes together. Which worked perfectly because, as you said, they are like children again.
Yesssss! Highlight of my day seeing a new episode drop! I want to thank both of yall for taking the time to bring us these reactions. I've loved watching every episode with both of you and it kinda makes me sad the journey is almost over. But here's to the future 🍻
A little tidbit is that near Highgarden is also where the "Iron Fist" army of House Lannister and House Gardener (who ruled The Reach before the Tyrells) fought Aegon Targaryen's invasion of Westeros. It's called the Field of Fire as the entire army of the two Houses was burned down by Aegon's dragons. After the battle it is in these fields Lorren Lannister bent his knee to Aegon the Conqueror. So this battle, the sides and the outcome mirror those events. But Jon should now that after subduing the south Aegon turned his eye northwards...maybe the new Conqueror will do the same.
Thank you both, it was a pleasure. Queen Addie is very smart. I love it. She can really check people out i admire this.
One of my favourite episodes, YAY
The cave paintings look like Jon painted them 10 minutes before
Have we had any easier deaths?????? MAESTER AEMMON!!!!!!! The ONLY character to die of old age. Didn't seem painful seemed joyful and a reunion of his own with his deceased brother. That said her dropping that knowledge is epic.
Podric. The greatest squire that ever was. FACT. I know it's not a real fight. But the boutique between Arya and Brienne will ALWAYS be one of my favourite moments on this show. Bad asses at work! And subsequently Santa's face realizing. "OH shiiit, ayra is a bad ass with skills I knew nothing about!" Seeing the line callbacks. Seeing the DARK side of Dany.
I did NOT expect Elden ring to show up in this. And Dan for as much as you say give encouragement. Addie. Welcome BACK to being a summer child. If you have never played a dark souls game.......prepare for pain.
Of course Jon knows Theon didn't kill Bran and Rickon. Like, what?! First of all, Sansa would have told him the very moment they reunited. And Jon himself saw Rickon being killed by Ramsey, then buried his body in the crypts beneath Winterfell. 🥴
Love y'all from Iowa ❤️
Great way to start my day! Appreciate you making the GoT screen a little bigger. Great reaction as always.
I wish the movie theatres would’ve opened GOT to the public. This show would’ve been phenomenal on a huge screen like that.
I'm gonna say that this is actually a great episode from start to finish other than the Jaime unrealistically not dying part. But besides that ending, the other stuff is pretty awesome. The magnitude of how they shoot that battle feels huge. The whole episode is a perfect storm of action, drama and emotion. Hell they even manage to squeeze in a reunion in all this. That alone would've been the focus of the season finale of other shows. Here it's just a throwaway. For all the complaining this gets, most directors would feel lucky if they put out something 1/4th as majestic as the finished product here.
Since I KNOW you guys have already filmed season 8... can we just take a moment to appreciate Bran giving Arya THAT dagger under THAT tree and the significance of Brienne and Arya's "training session"....
THAT DROP.... Just sayin, Juuusst saaaying 😉👏
And given who gave that dagger to Brann, and that he gave it to Arya, makes it poetic justice later on.
And now after watching Hot D it’s even crazier 🐉🔥
This one of my favorite scene from a fantasy franchise period...To see the actual realistic damage of the Dragon in a land battle, essentially bringing a nuke to a sword fight turning shield walls into ashes, the special effects on Drogon, the shots the atmosphere just the fact that everything is all fire and ash I freaking love it
This episode is lit! Not just because of the epic, visually-impressive battle at the end, but also all the reunions and interactions between characters.
In fairness Dany wanted to fly to the Red Keep , burn it and take Kings landing. And Jon’s speech, she chose to not go to the city. Where people could die. But to face the army.
This episode is stunning 😎 looove it
I am always so happy when I see you upload a GoT reaction and I gotta say I love your duo, usually I stop after a couple of episodes when one of the people saw it before because they cant shut up or act to obvious so the person that didnt see it knows whats up, but Dan is perfect, he doesnt spoil he always brings up stuff but talks perfectly in a way that Addie cant tell whats about to come.
Really my favorite reaction to GoT I still dont understand how you dont get noticed more.(Probably because you started this late) fingers crossed when the prequel comes out and Got(hopefully) gets more hype again people will find these reaction gems.
*Drogon first spits fire*
Addie- 👁👄👁
Dan - 🤐
Dany actually did take someone's advice and that was Jon Snow's advice.
John has to know Theon didn't kill the two brothers. Ricon was at the battle of the bastards remember.
Another crazy balls to the wall episode!
15:20 Samwell met Bran. He knows Bran is alive!
Had the producers decided to portray the Westerosi armies in an actually appropriate manner, the Dothraki would be very less effective/„badass“!
Remember season 1 when Jorah was talking to Rakharo and the fighting Drogo’s bloodrider?!? Their weapons aren‘t able to penetrate plate armour! The only thing they can do is killing those men-at-arms who wear just leather... knights with mail and plate would crush the Dothraki; heavy cavalry beats light cavalry
Dan the sweet release you can't let out at 17:40 is my love for this show every time. IDC about naysayers. It's great. Only 2 other shows come close or are equal. Vikings and Breaking Bad.
The reunions just hit different when you're watching in real time and wait with bated breath for years on end for it to happen. I used to love seeing the reactions of ppl freaking out lol. Let's not forget these weren't your standard 'TV reunions' that happen after about five episodes of separation. These were as genuine as it gets. That feeling of pure joy and poignancy can't be recreated, because these moments were seven long seasons in the making. I feel incredulous just thinking about that. Only in GoT.
"Isn't their survival more important than your pride" - Jon to Mance Rayder, Season 5 Episode 1
"This morning I heard a song all the way from Qarth, beyond the red waste. Daenerys Targaryen lives. She has three dragons. Even if what they say is true, it'll be years before they're fully grown and then there'll be nowhere to hide" - Varys to Tyrion before Blackwater, Season 2 Episode 8
"When my dragons are fully grown we will lay waste to great armies and burn cities to the ground" - Daenerys at the gates of Qarth, Season 2 Episode 4
At least we were warned that it was going to be carnage/slaughter
@@enzonicolas7501 Did the Tyrell's experience carnage and slaughter?
@@TonyWilliams-pu6qt Yes but they were the victim (in Dorne). And during the dance of the dragons, there will be many slaughter !
Arya and the guards--callback to the guards in season one who thought Arya was a ragamuffin boy.
Also just a point to make for a reminder ..Jamie and Lord Tarley and their army were transferring all that gold to pay back the iron bank to get support from them for their expansion of their armies and navies as Cersei was describing in that scene in the beginning, and Dany just burnt all the carriages holding it, and Bron also didn’t get paid cus he dropped his bag as well.
Jamie´s most heroic scene, that´s what a knight is supposed to do
Who taught you that? "No one!"
Cyrio Forell: "Excuse me?"
Welcome to the crossroads, since here you have to choose one house now because support everyone from every house is not gonna work anymore.
Great reactions
Dany burning the supply wagons is extremely stupid
Weren't thier weapons in there or food
The Lannisters army already stole them 😂😂😂😂😂😂
As always i love your and Addie's reactions.
One suggestion though. Could you please figure out a way to make the audio of the reaction vid clear? The sound is key in many of the scenes and i think not having the clear sound takes away from the quality of your videos. Good luck!
Addie is a queen ❤️🔥
dany should have just went to the red keep from jump she would have won so easy and than the rest of the season could have dealt with the fallout of dany being queen and john trying to convince her to help with thedead. plus you could have the rest of the houses cought in the middle chosing sides , the north or foloow dany
The stark family went from basic people from the north to the most nutty family in Westeros lol, one is a all seeing raven entity, one is a queen, one is an assassin from the faceless men clan, and one is a soldier.
Only two of those seem nutty though.
I think it's hilarious that Jerome Brown and Lena Headey were exes and refused to film together. I mean, there's some bad juju there. I don't think Bronn and Cersei were ever in a scene together for the entire series.
Nice bout, but if anyone thinks Brienne is trying to hurt Arya or be anything less than careful not to, I think they are wrong. Oh, come on, Arya, no credit to Syrio Forel?
I do think Dany was being unfair to Tyrion. He has no reason or motive to aid Cersei or her position and Dany knows Tyrion has done things Cersei hates him for and vice versa. Even still, his plan was pretty solid, its just that The Greyjoy fleet has learned the power of teleportation. Who could have planned around that? I'd also ponder how Euron got his hands on the ability to see into the future as he just "knew" where both The Unsullied and Dornish and Yara's fleets were moving about. I mean for all we know Euron is some eldritch being who can bend space and time to his will. That or the writers are just making stuff up as they go regardless if it makes sense.
Tyrion was an inept military strategist.
@@TonyWilliams-pu6qt Battle of The Blackwater? Would you call what he did there inept?
Euron was leaving king’s landing at the same time yara and the sand snakes were leaving dragons stone so I think euron basically ran right into them (literally and figuratively lol) so a bit of dumb luck for him. It’s also been mentioned euron spreads his fleet around in flotillas so he’s also got ships at casterly rock - which Jamie would know Tyrion would want to attack (Jamie also knew of Tyrion’s secret tunnels) so he abandoned it and set Tyrion up to “fail” by taking his army to high garden and leaving euron to destroy dany’s fleet at casterly rock. Which is also why Dany thinks Tyrion blew it - his strategy was too predictable by his bff bro. It would’ve been a solid strategy if it wasn’t against someone like Jamie that knows Tyrion better than anyone else 🤷♀️
@@LukaBlight69 How did that help is queen?
@@TonyWilliams-pu6qt Irrelevant? He was protecting King's Landing from Stannis; Dany had nothing to do with that battle.
Great reaction!!! Guys the new house of the dragon trailer just came out you should definitely react to it!!!
How grandiose was the scene of Dothrakis breaking through the Lannister lines while Drogon flies over the skies menacingly as the inferno raged underneath. The Dothrakis all jumping on their horses at the same time with the war music playing that gets you all fired up? That shot was insane too. The choreography of that fight is off the chain! Some award winning shit right there. Like King Robert said so long ago, "only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field". Who would've thought then that it will be Jaime who ends up drawing the short end of the straw? Poor Jaime gets completely rolled over by the horselord hordes smh. Hard for me to watch.😔
that last shot never made sence too me :S u have shallow water less than knee high. and 3-4 feet next too it. so deep he is still sinking at the end of the shot. i mean its not impossible, dragons magic and zombies aint :) how ever thats a detail that bugs me every time i see it :)
ikr, it’s kinda like the huge chains ready under the water at the end of this season… and they can’t go in water so how did those chains get there… have to start throwing that kind of logic out the window with these final seasons haha
Really getting into the endgame now! Always enjoy these reactions.
You were right the second time..Jon knows theon didn't really kill bran and rickon but he knows he betrayed the Stark's.
Def best ep of the season. Not close. Seeing the burning flesh, you could almost smell it. But prior, Jon vs Theon, Arya coming home… Jon in another cave scene with a chick… the Brienne and Arya sparring. Bran calling out LF. Fantastic. Only error was Jamie falling in a 3ft puddle that cut to being like 20ft deep. 😄😄ok, that was a mess up.
Jon said if you use them to burn cities and castles, she is burning food and money from the Reach that Cersei told her armies to steal 😂😂😂😂😂
Only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field.
You can see Lady Stark in the background as Lady Stoneheart when Arya and Brieanne are sparring! ua-cam.com/video/GzGtfSK695g/v-deo.html
19:39 can we take note of how in season 1 Bronn wins the Trial By Combat for Tyrion and was accused by Lysa Arryn of not fighting with honor, and he retorts "No, but he did". Flash to season 7 and a Dothraki Screamer is chopping off the leg of his horse. They might as well call this series Full Circle of Thrones 😐
Bran didn't really die in that cave though. He was still Bran when he met up with Benjen, and still Bran when he had his revelation about Jon's identity at the Wierwood tree. Why did the writers need to turn him into an android in Season 7??
Some of it's down to the actor occasionally forgetting to put his contact lenses in for some takes. He normally wears glasses so sometimes he literally could barely see the people he was acting with.
Y’all should watch the new House Of The Dragon trailer
The one thing they do well is make these battle set-pieces feel monumental. Just when I think they can't top the immensity of the previous battles, the visuals of the loot train battle leaves me impressed. The Dothraki to Tyrion : "Your people can't fight". But lol how did the Dothraki fair against the dragons? Not so well either. Who on earth can fair well against fire breathing dragons.....maybe there is someone 😶🥶
Maester Daemon was the only peaceful death I remember
Aemon Targaryen died in the most savage way in this universe. Due to old age 😎
So slaughtering the Tyrells doesn't make the lannisters evil? It is war! I have always been amused about the love for a man who threw a child out of a window and crippled him.
While everyone else is cheering the attack I feel so bad for Jaime here 😩
the greatest are the wolves an ghost is the best if u think about look back at the things ghost did if it wasn't for him alot wouldn't be the same
Love your beginning of a beard, Daniel
And that my friends is what some would say is the last good episode of Game of Thrones and what I would say is definitely the best episode of season 7 and 8.
We need to hear updates of Addie's Elden Ring playthrough, please!
Watch the "Oathbreaker" short about Jaime by Garo studios here on youtube. You will thank me.
I miss Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner Vines 🥺
No reaction to House of the Dragon trailer?
Ramsey Snow as Mick Mars is oddly entertaining and extremely weird at the same time. (Motley Crew "The Dirt" movie)
For a not so good season, this episode is better than the best episode of most shows. The battle of the loot train is one of the most visually stunning battles I've seen on screen and my opinion hasn't changed years later no matter what the haters say. No wonder superbowl numbers were watching at this point. Living up to your own standards can be a bitch sometimes. For all the post-facto purist whining, it's hard to find anything on television that even remotely matches the scale of this episode. In reality many amazing scenes from even this season leave you with your jaw hanging. But to purists it's almost as if GRRM's greatness cannot be established unless you go out of your way to shit on everything else. Some of the things they nitpick and whine about are jawdroppingly petty. Yet these 'experts' have the most remedial, superficial understanding of character psychology which they try to hide by wishful appeals to the source material.When they aren't too busy trivializing Ramsay ***** jokes on freefolks sub that is. Ironic thing is that these are the vindictive cretins who think of themselves as the supreme gatekeepers and perception makers of the series. I've seen toxic fandoms, but the pettiness and sycophancy of the freefolks type Asoiaf purists hellbent on discrediting even all the good stuff is next level psychotic.
Wait.. Addie is a gamer?! Does she have a channel or twitch stream or something? I’d follow
You had remorse for Jamie and his army they just killed everyone including Olenna Tyrell by poison lets not forget about Sand people that were all killed. Danny was getting revenge for all of them I think we all seem to forget that fact that in this world you pick a side if its Danny comes fire that's her weapon period like Jon has a sword to wield and Jamie has a sword and army at his command the Dragon queen has her dragons that's where she started that's her power so burning your enemy is no different then beheading them all like Jon or Jamie would do if given a chance to Danny in a war. I didn't feel any remorse for Jamie army the only one I felt anything for was Jamie and Bronn no one wants to see them die but if its them or Danny I am team DRAGON QUEEN ! You burn your enemies or Arya poison them all what's the difference between Arya killing everyone that has wrong her or Danny killing everyone that wrong her family something to realize all of her family was wiped out in Kings Landing by the Jamie family yet Arya killed the whole house of Frey for just her mother and brother being killed. So weigh it her brother wife, kids and father all butchered by the people of Kings Landing compared to only 2 Starks from the Frey. Its a good argument what is enough revenge in this era of time seems to be a double standard in this show up to this part of the show we know a lot now what started the war ? It was Robert and Ned rebels over Lenna who had a child named Jon with Danny brother it was 3 eye Raven who drove the King mad Jamie hinted to that when he said over and over again burn them all burn them all sounds a lot like Hodor even the 3 eye Raven admitted he tried to warn the King yet it drove him mad. So 3 eye Raven actually drove the King mad people seem to over look this fact in the story! Starks were not on the good side of the war , Rhaegar was on the good side his father was drove mad by the 3 eye Raven just like Bran friend Hodor was messed up by him. Rhaegar should of been King period , Sir Arthur Dayne deserved better then being stabbed in the back while protecting Lenna and Rhaegar baby. The tragedy is Danny as a child lost everyone in her family blood line because of the lie from day one! Something to think about if Dragon queen just poisoned all her enemies all at once or burn them does it really changed the fact she kills them all because its war. The Game of thrones isn't a nice friendly game , the question I ask both you think it over then answer this question why do ya think the NIGHT KING IS COMING ? I think the answer is simple if you really think about the question!
PURRR PERIOD! Theres a weird double standard when it comes to Daenerys literally just fighting a war.
@@badgaltinginnit She is claiming her home land can't argue enough about that Arya killed just for revenge had nothing to do with her home. Like I said double standard depends on who is doing the killing I guess. But in the end Starks and Lannister's were the same out for there own family period it came down to there own ! Dragon Queen freed slaves had nothing to do with her family or home she did it because she thought it was right. Who are we to argue she was put into slavery since being a baby has no one left because of the people of Kings Landing she don't know Cersei or the Mountain for that matter all she knows is KINGS LANDING is where he family were all killed. To be 100% honest Dani would hate everything about Kings Landing the people of Kings Landing are not slaves they support Cersei there not in chains or bondage.
@@dalelapointe9289she was burning the food, gold that Cersei Lannisters army stole from the Reach and enemy forces who fallowed the Queen which destroyed the Cept and the faith militants who she gave to in the first place 😂😂😂😂😂
Melisandre is a 600 yoears old witch, disguised as an attrective woman, so her time has come
Yeah I'll say it, the Field of Fire battle sequence is better than the description of any battle in the books, including Blackwater. The shots of the Dothraki charge scene alone is worth the admission price. BTW the insane nitpicking about Jaime is laughable when you think of the 'heroic survival rate' in battles in your average shows/movies. The poignant ending of the last episode & the battle sequence of this one is quite frankly, great. But of course at this point it's blasphemy to say anything positive about D&D. All the fandom opinions become some bad-faith variation of "they ruined this or that" & you get browbeaten if you point out the positives. Some criticisms are justified, but most are laughably minor inconsistencies, straight up retroactively inventing faults, crying about why they condensed 500 page subplots, & insane nitpicks over subverted expectations & just purists overcompensating with the hive mind circle jerk at GRRM's alter to cover for one's general lack of analytical ability to comprehend basic storytelling. Goes without saying that the overtly critical perception wasn't reflective of the viewership numbers as the show hit unheard of levels of popularity at this time, but it was a reflection of the fandom for whom the intents of every character in the show somehow became a three dimensional plot to demean the Stannis cult. But yeah, if you were watching without a preconceived notion from all the fandom negativity, you tended to have a different perception of the seasons. You can look at Season 7 as all trash because it's a show with 3 & half good seasons according to the purists, or you can look at it as a season with 22 Emmy nominations, tens of millions of viewers & enough fan investment for it to become the most watched drama series of all time.
You guys not react to House of Dragon Trailer ? 😍😍😍🐉🐉🔥🔥👑
People could be sad that Joffrey died, and Tywin too, because they are compelling villains to watch. The show suffered a bit after they were gone. Still great, though
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The sermon that Jon gave to Daenerys about the use of dragons during the war is boring and of considerable stupidity. This guy still shined by his administrative and military incompetence and he comes to tell us that using dragons to kill people is wrong, because of course there is a right way to kill people (plan in season 8).
Jon wasn't saying not to use the dragons. He was saying not to use them on cities filled with innocent civilians.
@@krayzy932 Same thing !
@@enzonicolas7501 Those are not the same thing. There's a difference between dropping a bomb on a military outpost and dropping one a school or a hospital. One is understandable in war, the other is a war crime.
@@defer114 In these periods (Middle Age) of history killing civilians and destroying a city was logical when the city did not surrender during negotiations.
- Alexander the Great destroyed Thebes and selling it's people into slavery because the city rebel against his authority.
- When alexander the Great launch his invasion of Persia, all the cities that didn't surrender were sacked (Miletus, Halicarnassus, Tyr, Gaza, ...) most of it citizen were killed or inslaved. Alexander the Great also order Persepolis (ceremonial capital of Persia) to be pillaged and burned, retribution for the persian invasion of Greece and the burning of Athen's sacred temples in 480 bc.
- During the Gothic Wars, in 536 Eastern Roman General Flavius Belisarius invaded the italian peninsula and clash against resistance from Naples, when the Romans sneak into the city, there is a savage slaugter of Goth os Italians citizens alike.
- When King Khosrow I of Persia invaded the Eastern roman empire in 540 ad, the persian sacked and burned Beroea and Antioch and he was hailed as Anushiravan, the Immortal soul.
- Even in the XIX th century, Napoleon threatened to obliterated the city of Madrid during his invasion of Spain in 1808 if the city did not surrender andnopened its gates to his army. Later during the 1809 campaign against Austria, the French bombarded the capital Vienna, before the city surrenders.
@@enzonicolas7501 are you sure about that??
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This was no different than any other time Daenerys used her dragons to destroy those who opposed her. The only difference is everyone now knows and sympathizes with some on the other side. We've spent several seasons developing a "relationship" with these characters. Dany has been making her slow march to "Burn them all" since season 4.
She only burned the food and gold that the Lannister’s army stole from the Reach 😂😂😂😂
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arya became one of the worst characters as soon as she parted ways with the hound
Also, this episode was AWSOME, however it never made sense to me why she was burning the food supply when she could’ve taken it instead. Those wagons should’ve been confiscated and used for her armies. And it’s a little cheesy to have Jaime be saved by Bron out of nowhere and land in a super deep river that close to shore.
Oh yea, and this is when I started to really despise Sansa’s character. Super annoying for the remainder of the show.
Also the battle itself has zero consequences for the defeated side.
It’s because the Lannisters armies already stolen them 😂😂 😂😂😂
Sansa at Wintefell trying to solve the food shortage problem and making plans for the people who are expected to seek refuge. It's an interesting juxtaposition with Dany mindlessly using her nuclear weapon to destroy most of Westeros food supplies. I've been waiting for her to cross the sea and destroy all those people I spent the whole show hating. But it was right there, the moment Jaime charged against her, I realized she won't be a good queen I didn't want her to win.