To be honest D&D didn't have to rush through A Storm of Swords A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons the way they did. They're replaced a bunch of good storylines with their own stupid bullshit and this show suffered because of it.
Hey, CBG19! I wanted to thank you for doing the Patreon Revolution! My 11 year old daughter and I love watching you together. Because you did this she is now able to donate a small part of her allowance to become a patron! She's not a high donator by any means but she's totally excited she now gets all your bonus content. She thinks you're the "coooooolest". I as a mom want to thank you for showing my daughter it's "coooooool" to love comic books and be yourself. You've shown her it's okay to be different and I can never thank you enough for that! You've totally boosted her self confidence and encouraged her to pursue her interests, because let's be honest, Kids are fucking mean. Aaaaaand, now I'm done rambling on. My daughter told me to add to this...Dazzler Rules.
Comic Book Girl 19 no need to say anything. Just know that what you're doing is awesome and helping people in ways you never thought it could! Keep doing you, girl!
Arya needs a bit of grit. It's weird that she's so capable, things go so well. Her revenge went so smoothly, she lost no fingers, she ended up without any scars. I think the action in the show works when things are portrayed as being messy and imperfect. The action with Brienne was much more interesting to me, as a result of how many failures she had to overcome in fulfilling her word to Lady Stark.
I can understand the sentiment, she's unreal. But I think her story's structure in the show made her seem too secretive, and that's why the story doesn't work there. I think you can make her story work in the show, she just needed more explanation. How she achieved her revenge, the faces she took on, scenes of Arya meeting her family's killers while she wore her glamour, that would have been great. Instead we saw too much of her training and then we jumped to the reveals of her efforts, the feeding. I like that there's a character whose work is so methodical and masterful but, cutting out that middle portion really doesn't work, for me. I think they were afraid we would have forgotten the players in the red wedding by now, and they didn't want to dedicate time to reminding us who they were. That's why they rolled it out that way, to hit the story beats they wanted to hit without slowing down for Arya's tale. And you can't tie up loose ends that way without disappointing your audience.
@Jake Skywalker Avengers was well written, for what it was, and the characters remained consistent throughout. Arya jumped the shark. Or the Stark, I should say.
Someone running from the lake where Jon Snow and the other Crows were, to the wall , then sending a raven to below the Neck, and having Dani fly all the way up to that lake . . . in less than day . . . that's too much for me.
My thing is that there are a number of ways to make that whole situation make more sense if each step is spaced out over several episodes. Instead of being stuck in the middle of a lake, extend the scenario across a larger region where the characters are still isolated, trapped in, surrounded, starving, etc. The whole thing can play out over a 1/3 of the whole season if you wanted to. BUT, I know we don't have time for that. The show is wrapping up. And I don't mind that things are moving quicker. We got 3 seasons worth of payoff this season compared to seasons past. At the old pace we would STILL be waiting for John to meet with Dany, we wouldn't be anywhere close to the summit meeting at King's Landing, and the white walkers would still be 4 seasons away from reaching the wall. So yeah, I can live with the loss of 3 seasons of pacing and content in exchange for 1 season with as many payoff moments and moving the narrative forward. It's not what I prefer but it's what we have left cause they're wrapping this ish up.
Green Whovian she flew in the direction of the arrowhead mountain. They found it from the ground, pretty sure she would have even less problems. Can Dany even freeze? Maybe she is like Melissandra?
I agree that while the story/writing tanked, the show still did a masterful job on the technical/production side and still turned out better than many big budget movies.
Lena Headey did the best acting in this season! Those scenes with Tyrion and Ellaria, oh man, still gives me chills every time I watch them! Hope she wins her long overdue Emmy next year 🤞🏻
saar144 I know right? She is so amazing, I read In a review (and I totally agree) that she has the ability to give glimpses of humanity to Cersei and then switch back to being a horrible monster. When the writing wasn't that good I would still look foward to the Cersei scenes, to see what could possibly horrible thing could she do next. She really deserves the Emmy (shoulda have won it since season 4 tbh)
Agreed, but if anyone's Emmy is overdue then it's Alfie Allen's. The on didn't have much to do this season that we haven't seen before, but for his contribution to the show overall...
They were cavalry, at least that one made sense. Cavalry en masse always beats any armored and well-trained army. The sheer force of horses is difficult to counter if you don't have large tower shields and proper positioning.
Worldweaver True, if they don't have shields and spears or pikes; and if the horses don't have brains and will just charge at a massive formation of troops with no qualms. Cavalry is only effective when the line of troops has been broken. This can be achieved in multiple ways; dragon fire is a good, quick and easy solution for such an issue.
Yea. Another thing that grinded my gears was during Stanis' charge on the wildlings camp during season-cant-remember. He splitted his cavalry in two and had them charge INSIDE A FUCKING FOREST FROM BOTH SIDES. It's a wonder how there were no casualties * sigh *
GRRM has fantastic writing and they are basically throwing it away at this point. You can tell the creative difference between the first few seasons and the last few.
i knew it was downhill when tyrion commented to Varys "if i ever do something like that again, punch me in the face" -- when he released the dragons in Mereen
There's nothing to throw away, there is literally no book to base their writing off of lol. Yes their ability to write new storylines is shit, but they didn't anticipate having to do this when they first started.
Everyone was complaining about George not finishing the books. He should have went all out on the show then go work on the books after the show is over. Just my opinion. Oh, well!
Why do you say that? Did you not like Cersai's arc in season 6 or Tyrell's storyline? Why did you not like Arya in Bravo (except the Terminator bit, that was silly). And what was wrong with Bran exploring the past?
Aunt-nephew incest shouldn't be an issue. There's plenty of 3rd degree incest in Westeros, just as there was in the middle ages. Tywin married his first-cousin, Rickard Stark married his aunt once removed, and there are many more like that. Westeros is all about "doing your duty" to your family.
did edmure and family move to casterly rock? i thought that what jamie promised if ed surrendered riverrun. it's like they forgot edmure. either place, he should be out and free.
I knew you'd do a video on this once the season was over, it had to be done really. Btw your Epic History videos from back in the day are what got me to read the books & become a Book Fanboy through & through, thank you CB19.
i thought D&D already confirmed that the ending of the show will be the one that Martin told them? You even included that clip in your video. Why would they ask George for the ending of the story if they didn't intend to use it? They also said during season 6, after "hold the door" twist, that they have one more big shocker from Martin himself and that it will happen by the end of the show. Probably that will be the twist that determines the ending. They said multiple times that they're just taking a different road to the same destination. So I say that the show will spoil the end of the books. Oh, and there was no info about season 8's premiere. That 2019 noise is bullshit so far. Possible though.
I think George will hold a lot back, for his books There needs to be a reason to read them, so there will still be a lot in the books, that we wont get in the show. Just like LotR didn't end with the One Ring being destroyed. It went on after that. The show will probably end with Night King being defeated, leaving us to read the books to find out what happens to every character afterwards. And frankly, I'd rather read George's take on the ending, than the show's take.
I think that giving the show the exact same ending as the books is a slap in the face to all book readers. Especially since the show has slowly changed since season 2 to the point that both show and book are 2 entirely different things by season 7 and book 5
Changing the ending just because Martin refuses to write the next book would be a slap to the face. I want the same ending. Also, I don't believe in book 7 to be completed.
I just think that having the same ending for 2 entirely different things, at this point, makes no sense. Plus GRRM has a habit of changing plans and altering the story constantly, one of the reasons he takes so long to write. IE. the original plan to have a 5 year time jump between book 3 and 4
One of my biggest gripes has been the Lack of Dire Wolves. The Dire wolves are as important to the stark children as the dragons are to Daenerys. Ghost should never be far from Jon. One of the reasons the people of the North are in such awe of Jon's feats is his connection with such a powerful creature.
Aren't direwolves like... dogs just magnified? It can't be that expensive to add them in like 2 more scenes... I agree, they are to Starks what Dragons are to Dany... Where did Ghost go btw? Did Jon shoo him away in the previous season or something? I can't even remember.
Steel Xcaliber Those are dogs. Sansa's actress even adopted Sansa's dog :) I don't think they're just glued on there. The young direwolves were simply played by the dogs, when they are grown, they need to make the dogs look larger and more scary looking, not sure if they do it through a greenscreen or right there on the "film". Either way now it takes more work (although still probably a lot less than a dragon...).
I just when back and rewatched season 1. Holy shit the difference in quality between 1 and 7 is day and night. The writers just don't know what they are doing You can really see the difference between a book writer vs crappy tv writers when you watch season 1 and 7 back to back.
This. Halfway through season seven I went back to watch season one. I needed to remember why I used to love this show. And yes, the first three seasons were AMAZING. It's shocking the degree to which the show now sucks. I mean... SUUUUUUCKS.
I didnt know who Ed Sheeran was so that scene didn't bother me at all. Probably the best Arya scene all season TBH. She was acting like a normal person for once
I also didn't understand the hate for Sheeran. Actors play different roles, sometimes many iconic roles and somehow it doesn't break the immersion for people. But when a famous singer shows up everybody loses their shit. Eddard was freakin Boromir and nobody complains.
I mean it was such a nice scene. It was a break for the viewer as well who was so consumed into hating Lannisters. It was a change of scene to see that they really are not bad guys and that during wartime on most places of the world there are just ordinary people not wanting to be on a war. Parents, workers, farmers, artists.
That scene with Arya is so unrealistic. Little girl even dressed up as a little boy don't travel the king's road in Westeros alone without getting robed.
Arya - Sansa - Littlefinger play was purely for the watchers, not really for the GoT world. It was a typical TV twist which made it so bad, knowingly made it look like Arya is suddenly not capable using her abilities.
There is apparently a deleted scene where Sansa asks Bran what to do about Arya and he tells her about Littlefinger's scheme. So everything between Arya and Sansa was genuine.
That doesn't make the whole thing genuine. Arya single handed sneaked in, killed of all the Frey's, but then she doesn't see/sense LF hiding near and not just walking away from his room. She could fight blind but now suddenly lost her assassin abilities on a guy who she knows is very dangerous. Or that Arya and Sansa going neck on neck, Arya threatening/suggesting to kill(suddenly total psycho, not just a cold punisher) Sansa, her sister in a closed room with low voice, so it's not like they act like LF is at the door listening to their conversation. Then Sansa seeking help from LF, who killed her aunt, gave her away to some psycho, to a house who flays people, for basically no reason for Sansa. And if it's again just an act to get LF somewhere, like suggesting to her to kill Arya, why would be that the point where they think, ok, now he definitely should die? The whole stuff is full of plot holes. It shows they couldn't just handle it in time.
why would it not be genuine? They went through alot and have trust issues...Arya is a killer that can change faces..wouldnt you freak out about that? And Arya doesnt trust Sansa bc she knew her when she was a vapid airhead...checks out so far...one thing I dont agree with is the fact that the girls were not aware of LF...Arya telling Sansa she wants to be her and giving her the dagger... Sansa sending Brienne away after he starts to hint at using her...doesnt add up to me...seems like they had some issues they needed to sort and they knew what LF was doing...
Hi comicbookgirl... since you started talking about your relationship with GoT, I feel like I what to tell you mine. When I saw the first 3 ep of season 1 I didn't really like it, cause I didn't understand it. However many of my friends were really into it. I knew it was good, but I couldn't help falling asleep while watching it. UNTIL I found your videos of the history behind all of this and the way you spoke about it made me really curious. Besides, thanks to you I finally understood everything, so I could enjoy the whole season till now. You also inspired me to read the books. Since then I've been watching some other of your videos. I really like the way you talk about what you read or watch, cause you get transported to those universes just like I do. Sometimes I don't agree with your opinions, but I understand why you think a certain way cause you explain i, so I respect them. Alothough, most of the time I do like your cristicisms or analysis of the movie, series, etc... Sometimes I also learn things, so it's fun. I also want to point out that you made a book club and I think that is awesome! I love to hear your opinions and reflect on the stories together with people. Specially if it is a good book. I haven't read DUNE yet. I discover your club when it was almost over. But I'll read it and I'll watch the videos too. So... I look forward to some more videos, thanks!
I feel the rushed travel and ravens are due to the fact that there is only one more season and they're just trying to wrap things up. I agree that it goes against the established travel rules from early on, but this season really HAD to set things up for the finale. I accept the show as a good source of entertainment and have sort of separated them from the books (I know... I'm braced and ready for all the mean comments) because of various reasons. Mostly because it is a different medium and verbatim translations simply do not exist.
Spartak Alania. Those who read the books will often INSIST that a movie or show stay true to the source material or it's ALL WRONG. That part of my comment was directed toward those particular individuals. They also tend to treat those with differing opinions as inferior beings lol. Just covering my bases ;)
Get real. Martin is going to die before he finishes the last books. What we get in the series is going to be the end of it until some other author comes in and uses his notes to write it out to the end. It's basically Robert Jordan over again.
What I want from season 8 is to end already. I want the winds of winter to blow that festering shit away so that I may once again dare to dream of spring.
Angel Angelov hahaha although i agree with you, we may never get dream of spring. we should come to terms with that. that's the only reason I'm looking forward to season 8 because at least we'll be getting the "end point" GRRM is leading up to.
Well he one of the OGs on the internet but his videos don't go as in debt as CBGs probably because he has to burn through over ten movies a week. Love the stuff he does go in debt about tough, like his Exorcist videos.
NOTES~ A. awesome outfit AA. havent mentioned it but love the set too AAA. love that your hair is getting a bit longer B. Robot is the man, brain is insightful 1. thanks for pointing out the noticeable difference in writing. I think dialog especially took a hit. Its as if what was once multidimensional became squashed into very simplistic 'terms' (pun?). 2. couldnt agree more that it is really solidifying social groups, specially IRL :) & appreciate whats going on the show! 3. *magic number* just want to say thanks, nobody in my circle noticed the writing change (or they did but wont admit it) 4. Havent been getting into dune group :( but i did read it a few years back. huge fan of the movie, and atm ive just about finished the audiobook, the audible version is BOSS. 5. agree, aria... very 1 dimensional 6. red haired pop star, had to be told who he was, found the performance good. Mastadon has a few really cool songs, check out sleeping giant or oblivion 7. "old enuf to drink" not the only modern vernacular that has snuck into the new writing. rather disappointing. 8 why'd none of the nobles mind when the hound went to just march over and have a private convo with the mountain in the middle of court?! 9. shitty ending to little finger. fine ending but not for someone wwho has been built up. 10. party on. Be excellent to each other. I really hope that rev is working. Thanks for everything, MORE MORE MORE XOXOXO! X1 Brienne + Toorum/ Jamie / pod - i predict toorum! X2 incest+love= ( surprisingly? only )" a little wierd" "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." Hope you guys at team CBG19 are enjoying the season change, keep thy chins up, thou most excellent fadaykin warriors! have one for me ;) cant wait to see "it", and watch your review. Love you guys.
What'd you think of Cersei this season? In the past i liked her because she was def amoral but very complex. I felt like this season they where lazy with her and made her a black and white villain. I was pretty disappointed with her. Also, why the hell isn't her hair growing back? haha
They had millions of dollars, the set directors and cinematographers and special effects people did a great job, the writers have no excuse for writing absolute junk. There are high schoolers who could have written up a better plot, it makes no sense and isn't even self consistent
I was waiting for so long for this video, so glad to see it. You're the best! :) My first problem with the show this year was the lack of character development that is George's trademark.
That littlefinger trial scene was absolutely terrible writing, he acted completely out of character by admitting to murder in the show's attempt to force the viewers into thinking Sansa had evolved into a great schemer. I can't get the thought out of my head that Littlefinger could have just said when accused of murder "Hey Sansa, didn't you testify to the lords of the Vale (who are in this room right now) that you saw her fell? You were in tears recalling it" Lords: "Hmm that's right" Sansa: "You made me lie!" Littlefinger: "So you are saying you conspired to murder your aunt? You either lied to them then or you are lying now, either way, you have shown yourself to be completely untrustworthy" Boom trial over. What else was there? Bran saying stuff happened when he wasn't there in person? Come on. The show can be enjoyable if you turn off your brain and enjoy the action but the lack of consistent characterization and a betrayal of the show's own internal logic to force the story can really make your brain start collapsing on itself
spaceunicorn you serious? Probably the best scene of the episode and exactly how you'd expect a guy who thought he had everything figured out finding out he was out of options.
You're so right about sharing the show (I mean true story :)) with family and friends. This was a big deal for me and my son when we watched this together...makes wonderful memories. Now he's a US Marine stationed in another country and he still texts me about the upcoming season, and related videos.
I love the dragons and my heart broke when no one even seemed to know if it was Viserion or Rhaegal who died.. :*( Also pissed about Littlefinger.. I miss Tywin :*(
Coulter you may be pissed about littlefinger.. But I'm pissed about my Merman Varys.. they totally butchered his character, his birds just switched sides from candy.. he should be able to know everything and anything, he is so mysterious and interesting, yet they made him into a yes man this season..
regarding the teleport situation. the show runners said they will be getting straight to the point this season (even though weeks / months have passed in the shows timeline ) budget restrictions was the reason there was no direwolves this season. dragons aren't cheap and that polar bear really stretched it the plot in winter fell was so meh especially the trial but there was deleted scenes where bran explains what happened bran was so annoying this season . although there were a lot of big spectacle it felt too fanfiction #rantover
I seriously love your comments and thoughts! When you stopped making GOT videos I completely understood but I was still sad because I always looked forward to them. Probably because I started watching your videos way back when because I never fully understood the show until I found your videos! My friend FINALLY started watching GOT and I told her the only way to do it right was to watch your videos as well! When i came to your page to send her the link I found this video and it made my day! Anyway I just wanted to leave a comment letting you know how much I enjoy your videos and I really hope you do a few more GOT videos before & during the next season! (Maybe predictions?) I know you may not wanna be negative but so many of us feel the same way so it's fun to hear it sometimes lol. Also what did you think of cersei being pregnant?!
I think the best thing about these new seasons is that it's making me look forward to the BOOKS even more! That's not what I was expecting at all, I thought I would resent getting everything spoiled, but now it's a very interesting writing exercise. I want to see how a smart, experienced writer handles this as opposed to rushed, fan service writers. It'll be fascinating to compare the two. Although the worst thing would be if George dies before the books are completed and all we're left with is the inferior version of the ending to his story. And shout-out to Tyson for being able to handle playing two distinct characters while directing and running the technical aspects of the show. Very impressive, they've got that shit down to a science now, not sure how they deal with that on set. Really like how 19 turns from side to side to address the characters' eyelines correctly as well. Great job!
James Haack, dude chillax. That other dude is only complimenting ComicBGirl's laugh, not unzipping-taking out his pecker and poking the screen.... Why do you care do much?
yoooooo stoked on the Watchmen club! I find something new to analyze every time I read that book, and I may have to give it another read before the club starts up in Feb...
CGG19 i stopped watching your channel ever since your king artur review, i have to say, good to have you back making this great content that actualy got me subscribed for.
Thank you! I'll admit. I was not subscribed for that much time. I mean when you talk about things you love? Its great. Epic histories, covenant, n stuff. Awesomeness. Then your Logan review? Oh my gosh. You cry, then when I be sipping? I cry to see you cry. 😢😢 Whew!!! Every damn time. Anyhow. Yeah. Nice to see you just be a fan. Yeah, sometimes movies are crappy. I get it. We all get to enjoy different art differently and for different reasons. But you were just breathing fire on some of my fav flicks. It didn't even sound sincere. So I un'd you. But now after seeing you be honest and sincere again? I will click on your subscribe again. I'm still a fan. You're very eloquent in your vids. I like your style. 💥🙋🏽♂️🍻😈 Comic book girl!!!! Woo hoo!
To think you thinking rationally about the show is considered being irrational about it. The Dragon Demands is right this whole series is an exercise in learned helplessness and Stockholm Syndrome!
Thanks so much for your insight CBG. I have to agree about Sam's miraculous cure: they had a comment either in the books or on the show about how ground up dragonglass is a possible cure, and that's all they needed to do. This idea that peeling it off is ridiculous - it would have been tried dozens of times if it was that easy. The time travel/suspension of time laws is pretty goofy; I get it in terms of expediency, but building a massive fleet in two weeks (when you have no trees) was aggravating. Arya is awesome, and her tenuous nature is a great unknown. I thought her willingness to reveal her skills to joust with Brienne was a nice reveal of her immaturity. I was thinking that the "ice dragon" was breathing an explosive energy that has the ability to destoy/overcome magic. Monster babies! Where the hell are the dire wolves? And why, oh, why did they remove the warging ability that all of the Starks had in the book?
I don't know why you waited for the dragons to inspire you to retool your Patreon, because you could have just tuned-in to Vanilla Ice. CBG, if you got a problem, yo, he'll solve it. You know the rest....
I was disappointed by Petyr Baelish's story. Not because he died but because of how anticlimactic and unearned everything was. The evil genius was defeated by fucking Sansa, who's spent every episode doing what other people tell her to do. Arya (and also Bran) just seemed to be weird and unusually unapproachable for no reason, so this whole selling of that conflict that went on the entire season was something I never bought into and everything falls apart. Littlefinger is out of plans, he's just content to hang around Winterfell causing not distrust between sisters because somehow that will make him the king or whatever. Also, Bran's convenient awareness of everything somehow doesn't become relevant until the last episode. And despite no one knowing what the fuck a Three-Eyed Raven does or is, everyone just accepts it at face value without question. The Starks are lucky they don't have lawyers in Westeros.
+Green Whovian oh yeah it's very in keeping with little' finger's character for him to jabber and stutter like an idiot and not demand a trial. He is a lord, he has rights, how many times like Tyrion demand a trial? Or else fails demand trial by combat. But apparenlty little finger is too stupid to think of that.
TigerNightmare you're overestimating LF. At least show LF. He has NO PLAN beyond sowing chaos. He's a sociopath. He sees a sandcastle and can't help but kick it over. Pushes Lysa to her death and counts on a 14 year old to back him up? Sells said 14 year old. Sets up conflict between the Stark girls. He's just constantly rebooting and hoping he can dance enough to come out on top.
+SuperMAN Prime trial by combats was outlawed? really? By whom? King Tommen a king the starks don't requenize? And how many times did Tyrion ask for it and got it?
GoT was one of the best TV shows ever made, season 7 dragged it through the mud and left no survivors. I wish season 8 can restore and seal GoT fate as one of the greatest. If not, the episode Winds of Winter still feels like a satisfying open end to the series.
Girl, I found your videos in 2012, in a time where they were the only GoT videos out there! Thank you for all the work you 've done and for coming back to talk about Season 7. It 's not GoT time if CBG19 is absent.
oh fuck, Watchmen? Sign me the fuck up. I already own a dusty old copy of the book with the old DC logo on it but I'll buy the shit out of your box for this!
One more gripe. Did Arya and Sansa tell everyone in Winterfell "We're going to act like Aryas on trial and then call out littlefinger?" Because no one in the hall reacted when they pulled the switcharoo. Also, no one was shocked to see a little girl cut a mans throat?
As usual Love the posts and you are rocking that leather coat. I admit I haven't read the book series but I really came to love GOT and the tension waiting to see how they would out do the Death scenarios of characters we love. Great drinking games and wagers on characters.
ZatoichiBattousai she has spent the entire show getting stronger in power...by defination a mary sue starts out all powerful for no reason...see ray in the new starwars movies
This may be a bit off topic, but I'm going to have to argue about Rey being used as an example of a Mary Sue. The Mary Sue concept is about a character who is written as the first, youngest, and best at everything. Rey, like Luke, was a bit of a loser, a kid just getting by. When her power was finally unlocked, like Luke, she took to it well, but she wasn't the best, certainly not the first, and far from the youngest. I respect the argument that her skill came across unearned (though I disagree), but that's far from the concept set forth in the stories of Lt. Mary Sue.
I wanted to talk about just one thing you mentioned, about the Undead Dragon fire. The kinds of flame one would need for the dragon to be, would have to be just over 100 degrees celsius. Compared to the normal dragon fire in the show, their fire burns in the 1000s. So Which would have been enough heat to just cause the wall to evaporate. So I would think, that with just how much force a dragon's fire spews out, that with a blue flame, which comes around the 1600+ degrees Celsius(which would cause it to go more violet if it were hotter). That amount of heat and with the force behind the firing of the flame, it would literally cut straight through the wall and any water would instantly be evaporated. No chance to melt.
Surprised you can do as much as half an hour on this season. It's just telly now. Lots of money on screen, everyone involved is competent so it's still watchable, but... eh. I find it weird that we have to regularly 'rediscover' that TV tropes don't reflect our real animal nature. Our minds shouldn't be blown by Martin's stories - he's just writing about humans. Why are we scared to talk honestly about humans?
To be honest D&D didn't have to rush through A Storm of Swords A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons the way they did. They're replaced a bunch of good storylines with their own stupid bullshit and this show suffered because of it.
IdeasOfIceAndFire I agree with this
"bad pussy"
Yeah it felt unnecessarily rushed to me, they didn't lack for source material
yesss ideas
IdeasOfIceAndFire Completely agree Quinn, that's why I haven't been happy with the TV show since season 5.
The show has become fanfiction with an amazing budget.
Hey, CBG19! I wanted to thank you for doing the Patreon Revolution! My 11 year old daughter and I love watching you together. Because you did this she is now able to donate a small part of her allowance to become a patron! She's not a high donator by any means but she's totally excited she now gets all your bonus content. She thinks you're the "coooooolest". I as a mom want to thank you for showing my daughter it's "coooooool" to love comic books and be yourself. You've shown her it's okay to be different and I can never thank you enough for that! You've totally boosted her self confidence and encouraged her to pursue her interests, because let's be honest, Kids are fucking mean. Aaaaaand, now I'm done rambling on. My daughter told me to add to this...Dazzler Rules.
Im HONORED! So honored I didn't know what to say back yesterday. Give yo daughter a high-five for me and tell her I said to keep rockin.
Comic Book Girl 19 no need to say anything. Just know that what you're doing is awesome and helping people in ways you never thought it could! Keep doing you, girl!
Arya needs a bit of grit. It's weird that she's so capable, things go so well. Her revenge went so smoothly, she lost no fingers, she ended up without any scars. I think the action in the show works when things are portrayed as being messy and imperfect. The action with Brienne was much more interesting to me, as a result of how many failures she had to overcome in fulfilling her word to Lady Stark.
I can understand the sentiment, she's unreal. But I think her story's structure in the show made her seem too secretive, and that's why the story doesn't work there. I think you can make her story work in the show, she just needed more explanation. How she achieved her revenge, the faces she took on, scenes of Arya meeting her family's killers while she wore her glamour, that would have been great. Instead we saw too much of her training and then we jumped to the reveals of her efforts, the feeding. I like that there's a character whose work is so methodical and masterful but, cutting out that middle portion really doesn't work, for me. I think they were afraid we would have forgotten the players in the red wedding by now, and they didn't want to dedicate time to reminding us who they were. That's why they rolled it out that way, to hit the story beats they wanted to hit without slowing down for Arya's tale. And you can't tie up loose ends that way without disappointing your audience.
@Jake Skywalker Avengers was well written, for what it was, and the characters remained consistent throughout. Arya jumped the shark. Or the Stark, I should say.
I agree with Robot, there is a good chance GRRM will never finish the books...
Why? Are you worried he will die before he finishes the books?
Someone running from the lake where Jon Snow and the other Crows were, to the wall , then sending a raven to below the Neck, and having Dani fly all the way up to that lake . . . in less than day . . . that's too much for me.
That is also another issue. The whole epissode was a collection of "convenient" stuff happening to force the plot.
My thing is that there are a number of ways to make that whole situation make more sense if each step is spaced out over several episodes. Instead of being stuck in the middle of a lake, extend the scenario across a larger region where the characters are still isolated, trapped in, surrounded, starving, etc. The whole thing can play out over a 1/3 of the whole season if you wanted to. BUT, I know we don't have time for that. The show is wrapping up. And I don't mind that things are moving quicker. We got 3 seasons worth of payoff this season compared to seasons past. At the old pace we would STILL be waiting for John to meet with Dany, we wouldn't be anywhere close to the summit meeting at King's Landing, and the white walkers would still be 4 seasons away from reaching the wall. So yeah, I can live with the loss of 3 seasons of pacing and content in exchange for 1 season with as many payoff moments and moving the narrative forward. It's not what I prefer but it's what we have left cause they're wrapping this ish up.
It was a stupid thing. Why not have Bran follow the group along in a raven. Do not understand that narrative choice. Episode was fun nevertheless.
that white walker didn't make that one wight did you even pay attention to that episode? "I think that white walker made them all except that one"
Green Whovian she flew in the direction of the arrowhead mountain. They found it from the ground, pretty sure she would have even less problems. Can Dany even freeze? Maybe she is like Melissandra?
I agree that while the story/writing tanked, the show still did a masterful job on the technical/production side and still turned out better than many big budget movies.
gunm808 not really...
tanked how?
the title though...😂😂 this alone can the review of this entire season....👍👍
Lena Headey did the best acting in this season! Those scenes with Tyrion and Ellaria, oh man, still gives me chills every time I watch them! Hope she wins her long overdue Emmy next year 🤞🏻
Sad it never went back to Ellaria for one more scene.
Agree. At times, I feel she carried the entire season herself.
saar144 I know right? She is so amazing, I read In a review (and I totally agree) that she has the ability to give glimpses of humanity to Cersei and then switch back to being a horrible monster. When the writing wasn't that good I would still look foward to the Cersei scenes, to see what could possibly horrible thing could she do next. She really deserves the Emmy (shoulda have won it since season 4 tbh)
Agreed, but if anyone's Emmy is overdue then it's Alfie Allen's. The on didn't have much to do this season that we haven't seen before, but for his contribution to the show overall...
Nacho Flores Lena Headey...yuuuum. She's good if I can just look at her.
I wish the DireWolves had some more screen time.
Clint McKee maybe then Jon would get a little respect
Clint McKee or any at all
You know the CGI department is already prepping a scene where they all do the one cool thing, then they die.
han dler ghost and nymeria are the only ones left
Too expensive. I think they pretty much chose dragons over direwolves for their budget.
You know what really grinded my gears? Seeing the f*cking Unsullied fighting close-quarters combat WITH A SPEAR. INSIDE A CASTLE'S WALLS.
They were cavalry, at least that one made sense. Cavalry en masse always beats any armored and well-trained army. The sheer force of horses is difficult to counter if you don't have large tower shields and proper positioning.
worldweaver have you attacked someone in armour on horseback you sound like you have experience.
Worldweaver True, if they don't have shields and spears or pikes; and if the horses don't have brains and will just charge at a massive formation of troops with no qualms.
Cavalry is only effective when the line of troops has been broken. This can be achieved in multiple ways; dragon fire is a good, quick and easy solution for such an issue.
I sound like a shady guy who charges unsuspected people on his horse don't I? It's mostly logic and a few studies on warfare
Yea. Another thing that grinded my gears was during Stanis' charge on the wildlings camp during season-cant-remember. He splitted his cavalry in two and had them charge INSIDE A FUCKING FOREST FROM BOTH SIDES. It's a wonder how there were no casualties * sigh *
I can't wait to see your coverage of the final season!
Spoiler alert from the future, it didn’t turn out too well :/
GRRM has fantastic writing and they are basically throwing it away at this point. You can tell the creative difference between the first few seasons and the last few.
book 4 and 5 are shit...stop with the hyperbole nonsense.
i knew it was downhill when tyrion commented to Varys "if i ever do something like that again, punch me in the face" -- when he released the dragons in Mereen
There's nothing to throw away, there is literally no book to base their writing off of lol. Yes their ability to write new storylines is shit, but they didn't anticipate having to do this when they first started.
Everyone was complaining about George not finishing the books. He should have went all out on the show then go work on the books after the show is over. Just my opinion. Oh, well!
Why do you say that? Did you not like Cersai's arc in season 6 or Tyrell's storyline? Why did you not like Arya in Bravo (except the Terminator bit, that was silly). And what was wrong with Bran exploring the past?
Aunt-nephew incest shouldn't be an issue. There's plenty of 3rd degree incest in Westeros, just as there was in the middle ages. Tywin married his first-cousin, Rickard Stark married his aunt once removed, and there are many more like that. Westeros is all about "doing your duty" to your family.
Annie Brown Exactly. Also a previous Lord Stark married his niece.
edmure tully : ill just stay in the cell then shall i ? ...... yes
did edmure and family move to casterly rock? i thought that what jamie promised if ed surrendered riverrun. it's like they forgot edmure. either place, he should be out and free.
I knew you'd do a video on this once the season was over, it had to be done really. Btw your Epic History videos from back in the day are what got me to read the books & become a Book Fanboy through & through, thank you CB19.
Jeremiah Kane those epic history vídeos are GOLD.
i thought D&D already confirmed that the ending of the show will be the one that Martin told them? You even included that clip in your video. Why would they ask George for the ending of the story if they didn't intend to use it? They also said during season 6, after "hold the door" twist, that they have one more big shocker from Martin himself and that it will happen by the end of the show. Probably that will be the twist that determines the ending. They said multiple times that they're just taking a different road to the same destination. So I say that the show will spoil the end of the books. Oh, and there was no info about season 8's premiere. That 2019 noise is bullshit so far. Possible though.
I think George will hold a lot back, for his books There needs to be a reason to read them, so there will still be a lot in the books, that we wont get in the show. Just like LotR didn't end with the One Ring being destroyed. It went on after that. The show will probably end with Night King being defeated, leaving us to read the books to find out what happens to every character afterwards.
And frankly, I'd rather read George's take on the ending, than the show's take.
David von Doom why?
I think that giving the show the exact same ending as the books is a slap in the face to all book readers. Especially since the show has slowly changed since season 2 to the point that both show and book are 2 entirely different things by season 7 and book 5
Changing the ending just because Martin refuses to write the next book would be a slap to the face. I want the same ending. Also, I don't believe in book 7 to be completed.
I just think that having the same ending for 2 entirely different things, at this point, makes no sense. Plus GRRM has a habit of changing plans and altering the story constantly, one of the reasons he takes so long to write. IE. the original plan to have a 5 year time jump between book 3 and 4
One of my biggest gripes has been the Lack of Dire Wolves. The Dire wolves are as important to the stark children as the dragons are to Daenerys. Ghost should never be far from Jon. One of the reasons the people of the North are in such awe of Jon's feats is his connection with such a powerful creature.
LessThanJames75 dragons looking awesome or Wolves. Spent part of the budget was spent on Nymeria BTW.
they did shoot some Ghost scenes... but they didn't have enough budget. This is what the director said.
Aren't direwolves like... dogs just magnified? It can't be that expensive to add them in like 2 more scenes... I agree, they are to Starks what Dragons are to Dany... Where did Ghost go btw? Did Jon shoo him away in the previous season or something? I can't even remember.
@@Evija3000 The thing is, the direwolves are actual wolves (or just big dogs, idk) that are green screened into scene. It shouldn't be that hard.
Steel Xcaliber Those are dogs. Sansa's actress even adopted Sansa's dog :) I don't think they're just glued on there. The young direwolves were simply played by the dogs, when they are grown, they need to make the dogs look larger and more scary looking, not sure if they do it through a greenscreen or right there on the "film". Either way now it takes more work (although still probably a lot less than a dragon...).
I just when back and rewatched season 1. Holy shit the difference in quality between 1 and 7 is day and night. The writers just don't know what they are doing You can really see the difference between a book writer vs crappy tv writers when you watch season 1 and 7 back to back.
This. Halfway through season seven I went back to watch season one. I needed to remember why I used to love this show. And yes, the first three seasons were AMAZING. It's shocking the degree to which the show now sucks. I mean... SUUUUUUCKS.
This is just what I needed right now!
I didnt know who Ed Sheeran was so that scene didn't bother me at all. Probably the best Arya scene all season TBH. She was acting like a normal person for once
I also didn't understand the hate for Sheeran. Actors play different roles, sometimes many iconic roles and somehow it doesn't break the immersion for people. But when a famous singer shows up everybody loses their shit. Eddard was freakin Boromir and nobody complains.
But Sean Bean is a great actor and not a singer.
I mean it was such a nice scene. It was a break for the viewer as well who was so consumed into hating Lannisters. It was a change of scene to see that they really are not bad guys and that during wartime on most places of the world there are just ordinary people not wanting to be on a war. Parents, workers, farmers, artists.
That scene with Arya is so unrealistic. Little girl even dressed up as a little boy don't travel the king's road in Westeros alone without getting robed.
But Ed Sheeran got only a small cameo.
10:25 "So now we're done with my compliments. Lets get into my criticisms":
Im going to start using this in conversations.
Arya - Sansa - Littlefinger play was purely for the watchers, not really for the GoT world. It was a typical TV twist which made it so bad, knowingly made it look like Arya is suddenly not capable using her abilities.
There is apparently a deleted scene where Sansa asks Bran what to do about Arya and he tells her about Littlefinger's scheme. So everything between Arya and Sansa was genuine.
That doesn't make the whole thing genuine. Arya single handed sneaked in, killed of all the Frey's, but then she doesn't see/sense LF hiding near and not just walking away from his room. She could fight blind but now suddenly lost her assassin abilities on a guy who she knows is very dangerous. Or that Arya and Sansa going neck on neck, Arya threatening/suggesting to kill(suddenly total psycho, not just a cold punisher) Sansa, her sister in a closed room with low voice, so it's not like they act like LF is at the door listening to their conversation. Then Sansa seeking help from LF, who killed her aunt, gave her away to some psycho, to a house who flays people, for basically no reason for Sansa. And if it's again just an act to get LF somewhere, like suggesting to her to kill Arya, why would be that the point where they think, ok, now he definitely should die?
The whole stuff is full of plot holes. It shows they couldn't just handle it in time.
I think I misunderstood your original comment
pretty sure arya knew he was watching her.
why would it not be genuine? They went through alot and have trust issues...Arya is a killer that can change faces..wouldnt you freak out about that? And Arya doesnt trust Sansa bc she knew her when she was a vapid airhead...checks out so far...one thing I dont agree with is the fact that the girls were not aware of LF...Arya telling Sansa she wants to be her and giving her the dagger... Sansa sending Brienne away after he starts to hint at using her...doesnt add up to me...seems like they had some issues they needed to sort and they knew what LF was doing...
Soooo happy to see a video from this channel! I miss your weekly reviews and shizzle.
The raven in episode 6 is faster than my broadband
Hi comicbookgirl... since you started talking about your relationship with GoT, I feel like I what to tell you mine. When I saw the first 3 ep of season 1 I didn't really like it, cause I didn't understand it. However many of my friends were really into it. I knew it was good, but I couldn't help falling asleep while watching it. UNTIL I found your videos of the history behind all of this and the way you spoke about it made me really curious. Besides, thanks to you I finally understood everything, so I could enjoy the whole season till now. You also inspired me to read the books. Since then I've been watching some other of your videos. I really like the way you talk about what you read or watch, cause you get transported to those universes just like I do. Sometimes I don't agree with your opinions, but I understand why you think a certain way cause you explain i, so I respect them. Alothough, most of the time I do like your cristicisms or analysis of the movie, series, etc... Sometimes I also learn things, so it's fun.
I also want to point out that you made a book club and I think that is awesome! I love to hear your opinions and reflect on the stories together with people. Specially if it is a good book. I haven't read DUNE yet. I discover your club when it was almost over. But I'll read it and I'll watch the videos too.
So... I look forward to some more videos, thanks!
I feel the rushed travel and ravens are due to the fact that there is only one more season and they're just trying to wrap things up. I agree that it goes against the established travel rules from early on, but this season really HAD to set things up for the finale. I accept the show as a good source of entertainment and have sort of separated them from the books (I know... I'm braced and ready for all the mean comments) because of various reasons. Mostly because it is a different medium and verbatim translations simply do not exist.
why would anyone react negatively to that comment? Its perfectly reasonable
Spartak Alania. Those who read the books will often INSIST that a movie or show stay true to the source material or it's ALL WRONG. That part of my comment was directed toward those particular individuals. They also tend to treat those with differing opinions as inferior beings lol. Just covering my bases ;)
Thank you for this. Taking your time was so worth it - great take on the whole thing :)
Loving the extra production on the intro music and everything, and of course always love me some more GOT discussion!
AAAHHHHH! Waited so long for this!
You're my fave CBG, even with your flaws :D
Oooo! WATCHMEN CLUB! I just got shivers. Awesome review! Love your top ( and also your story analysis, of course ).
Get real. Martin is going to die before he finishes the last books. What we get in the series is going to be the end of it until some other author comes in and uses his notes to write it out to the end. It's basically Robert Jordan over again.
The best thing to come out in all of your GOT discussions is you constantly mouthwatering over Jorah. Haha!
Great video as always
What I want from season 8 is to end already. I want the winds of winter to blow that festering shit away so that I may once again dare to dream of spring.
Angel Angelov hahaha although i agree with you, we may never get dream of spring. we should come to terms with that. that's the only reason I'm looking forward to season 8 because at least we'll be getting the "end point" GRRM is leading up to.
Thanks CB19, you always have such insightful views I love listening to your rundowns! Keep it up girl 👍😊
This woman is by far the best critic on youtube, by far!
Eoghan900 comicbg 19 is fantastic but in the same league as Mark Kermode of BBC.
Well he one of the OGs on the internet but his videos don't go as in debt as CBGs probably because he has to burn through over ten movies a week. Love the stuff he does go in debt about tough, like his Exorcist videos.
NOTES~
A. awesome outfit
AA. havent mentioned it but love the set too
AAA. love that your hair is getting a bit longer
B. Robot is the man, brain is insightful
1. thanks for pointing out the noticeable difference in writing. I think dialog especially took a hit. Its as if what was once multidimensional became squashed into very simplistic 'terms' (pun?).
2. couldnt agree more that it is really solidifying social groups, specially IRL :) & appreciate whats going on the show!
3. *magic number* just want to say thanks, nobody in my circle noticed the writing change (or they did but wont admit it)
4. Havent been getting into dune group :( but i did read it a few years back. huge fan of the movie, and atm ive just about finished the audiobook, the audible version is BOSS.
5. agree, aria... very 1 dimensional
6. red haired pop star, had to be told who he was, found the performance good. Mastadon has a few really cool songs, check out sleeping giant or oblivion
7. "old enuf to drink" not the only modern vernacular that has snuck into the new writing. rather disappointing.
8 why'd none of the nobles mind when the hound went to just march over and have a private convo with the mountain in the middle of court?!
9. shitty ending to little finger. fine ending but not for someone wwho has been built up.
10. party on. Be excellent to each other. I really hope that rev is working. Thanks for everything, MORE MORE MORE XOXOXO!
X1 Brienne + Toorum/ Jamie / pod - i predict toorum!
X2 incest+love= ( surprisingly? only )" a little wierd"
"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."
Hope you guys at team CBG19 are enjoying the season change, keep thy chins up, thou most excellent fadaykin warriors! have one for me ;)
cant wait to see "it", and watch your review. Love you guys.
What'd you think of Cersei this season? In the past i liked her because she was def amoral but very complex. I felt like this season they where lazy with her and made her a black and white villain. I was pretty disappointed with her. Also, why the hell isn't her hair growing back? haha
27:27 the sickest burn from Robot damn roasted her like thanksgiving come early
They had millions of dollars, the set directors and cinematographers and special effects people did a great job, the writers have no excuse for writing absolute junk. There are high schoolers who could have written up a better plot, it makes no sense and isn't even self consistent
I was waiting for so long for this video, so glad to see it. You're the best! :)
My first problem with the show this year was the lack of character development that is George's trademark.
That littlefinger trial scene was absolutely terrible writing, he acted completely out of character by admitting to murder in the show's attempt to force the viewers into thinking Sansa had evolved into a great schemer. I can't get the thought out of my head that Littlefinger could have just said when accused of murder "Hey Sansa, didn't you testify to the lords of the Vale (who are in this room right now) that you saw her fell? You were in tears recalling it" Lords: "Hmm that's right" Sansa: "You made me lie!" Littlefinger: "So you are saying you conspired to murder your aunt? You either lied to them then or you are lying now, either way, you have shown yourself to be completely untrustworthy" Boom trial over. What else was there? Bran saying stuff happened when he wasn't there in person? Come on. The show can be enjoyable if you turn off your brain and enjoy the action but the lack of consistent characterization and a betrayal of the show's own internal logic to force the story can really make your brain start collapsing on itself
spaceunicorn you serious? Probably the best scene of the episode and exactly how you'd expect a guy who thought he had everything figured out finding out he was out of options.
He literally just listed his unused options in his comment.
How about the fact that NO ONE even mentioned that the wall should stop White Walkers ?
Yohn Royce would have happily wanted Littlefinger dead.
Exactly thank you
This was a great review. This was the Comic Book Girl 19 that I subscribed to.
I still appreciate your show while still accepting ITS flaws... :P
Ditto
lol me aswell
leatherwings007 "O
You're so right about sharing the show (I mean true story :)) with family and friends. This was a big deal for me and my son when we watched this together...makes wonderful memories. Now he's a US Marine stationed in another country and he still texts me about the upcoming season, and related videos.
I love the dragons and my heart broke when no one even seemed to know if it was Viserion or Rhaegal who died.. :*(
Also pissed about Littlefinger..
I miss Tywin :*(
Coulter you may be pissed about littlefinger..
But I'm pissed about my Merman Varys.. they totally butchered his character, his birds just switched sides from candy.. he should be able to know everything and anything, he is so mysterious and interesting, yet they made him into a yes man this season..
I'm cheering for Sindragosa, hope everyone dies.
They'll be fools to come to her place!! The icy wind of the north will consume their souls!!!!
Viserion. I think it was the prefect choice considering both his color and the man that he was named after.
Well the show never bothered to make much of a distinction. It was just Drogon and...the other ones.
This new book club is pushing me towards finally sitting down to read Watchmen. Thank you CBG19 I’ll be there this February.
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, Comicbookgirl!!!!!😎😃😃😋
regarding the teleport situation. the show runners said they will be getting straight to the point this season (even though weeks / months have passed in the shows timeline )
budget restrictions was the reason there was no direwolves this season. dragons aren't cheap and that polar bear really stretched it
the plot in winter fell was so meh especially the trial but there was deleted scenes where bran explains what happened
bran was so annoying this season .
although there were a lot of big spectacle it felt too fanfiction
#rantover
I've only lived in Huntsville for nine months, but I don't appreciate that jab, ROBOT.
You will after another nine months ;)
I just saw all GoT this week... completely forgot you guys had GoT reviews.. Time to binge those!!! :)
sir davos seaworth was my favourite in this season
I seriously love your comments and thoughts! When you stopped making GOT videos I completely understood but I was still sad because I always looked forward to them. Probably because I started watching your videos way back when because I never fully understood the show until I found your videos! My friend FINALLY started watching GOT and I told her the only way to do it right was to watch your videos as well! When i came to your page to send her the link I found this video and it made my day! Anyway I just wanted to leave a comment letting you know how much I enjoy your videos and I really hope you do a few more GOT videos before & during the next season! (Maybe predictions?) I know you may not wanna be negative but so many of us feel the same way so it's fun to hear it sometimes lol. Also what did you think of cersei being pregnant?!
cbg19 i loove your shirt and that jacket. always soo good 👌
ikr
The hopeful music as you came to peace with the shenanigans of S7--HAHAHAHA
PS Your hair looks incredible right now.
I was lucky.
I had no idea who Ed Sheeran was beyond the guy who gave me herpes in the Poconos.
Singer, you say? That just blew my hat off!
I think the best thing about these new seasons is that it's making me look forward to the BOOKS even more! That's not what I was expecting at all, I thought I would resent getting everything spoiled, but now it's a very interesting writing exercise. I want to see how a smart, experienced writer handles this as opposed to rushed, fan service writers. It'll be fascinating to compare the two. Although the worst thing would be if George dies before the books are completed and all we're left with is the inferior version of the ending to his story.
And shout-out to Tyson for being able to handle playing two distinct characters while directing and running the technical aspects of the show. Very impressive, they've got that shit down to a science now, not sure how they deal with that on set. Really like how 19 turns from side to side to address the characters' eyelines correctly as well. Great job!
Am I the only one that notices how she pronounces "so" and "only"?
"Seaux"
"Eaueaunly"
Finally became a Patreon❤ Love your content CBG19💥💪
I am just so glad D and D are done with the series, because they were the worst part of it.
Awesome review! Your always on point ! Your one of the very few original GOT reviewers including James Johnson. Great 👍 job y muchos kudos.
You have an amazing laugh.
Philip Hamel ikr
My info I hear it and it makes me so happy. It sounds so genuine.
you need a GF dude
Philip Hamel creep
James Haack, dude chillax. That other dude is only complimenting ComicBGirl's laugh, not unzipping-taking out his pecker and poking the screen.... Why do you care do much?
yoooooo stoked on the Watchmen club! I find something new to analyze every time I read that book, and I may have to give it another read before the club starts up in Feb...
no please, get started on jimmy fallon
27:27, "I thought that's what they do in Alabama" had me laughing my ass off.
Damn that hair! Fucking awesome!
CGG19 i stopped watching your channel ever since your king artur review, i have to say, good to have you back making this great content that actualy got me subscribed for.
ROBOT IS BACK!
Thank you! I'll admit. I was not subscribed for that much time. I mean when you talk about things you love? Its great. Epic histories, covenant, n stuff. Awesomeness. Then your Logan review? Oh my gosh. You cry, then when I be sipping? I cry to see you cry. 😢😢
Whew!!! Every damn time. Anyhow. Yeah. Nice to see you just be a fan. Yeah, sometimes movies are crappy. I get it. We all get to enjoy different art differently and for different reasons. But you were just breathing fire on some of my fav flicks. It didn't even sound sincere. So I un'd you. But now after seeing you be honest and sincere again? I will click on your subscribe again. I'm still a fan. You're very eloquent in your vids. I like your style. 💥🙋🏽♂️🍻😈
Comic book girl!!!! Woo hoo!
To think you thinking rationally about the show is considered being irrational about it. The Dragon Demands is right this whole series is an exercise in learned helplessness and Stockholm Syndrome!
The Little-Finger bit had me rolling, especially when the camera went back to robot for a sec, too funny!!!
I replayed that part 5 times! and laughed each time, before i moved on. :D
Watchmen announcement stole the show!
Thanks so much for your insight CBG. I have to agree about Sam's miraculous cure: they had a comment either in the books or on the show about how ground up dragonglass is a possible cure, and that's all they needed to do. This idea that peeling it off is ridiculous - it would have been tried dozens of times if it was that easy.
The time travel/suspension of time laws is pretty goofy; I get it in terms of expediency, but building a massive fleet in two weeks (when you have no trees) was aggravating.
Arya is awesome, and her tenuous nature is a great unknown. I thought her willingness to reveal her skills to joust with Brienne was a nice reveal of her immaturity.
I was thinking that the "ice dragon" was breathing an explosive energy that has the ability to destoy/overcome magic.
Monster babies!
Where the hell are the dire wolves? And why, oh, why did they remove the warging ability that all of the Starks had in the book?
Thankful I had no idea what the fuck Ed Sheeran looks like. Even after all the blowback after the episode. Instantly forgettable face.
Surreal Cereal same here
Yay I've missed your GoT videos so much! It's what I originally subscribed for xD
"If you're a big person, you want to be with another big person" Maybe women. Staff like that is completely irrelevant for men.
The brienne section was by far the best part of this video oh mYGOD JUST THANKS FOR THIS
I don't know why you waited for the dragons to inspire you to retool your Patreon, because you could have just tuned-in to Vanilla Ice.
CBG, if you got a problem, yo, he'll solve it.
You know the rest....
I was wondering why you hadn't done these. I even googled it. Thank you for posting your feedback.
I was disappointed by Petyr Baelish's story. Not because he died but because of how anticlimactic and unearned everything was. The evil genius was defeated by fucking Sansa, who's spent every episode doing what other people tell her to do. Arya (and also Bran) just seemed to be weird and unusually unapproachable for no reason, so this whole selling of that conflict that went on the entire season was something I never bought into and everything falls apart. Littlefinger is out of plans, he's just content to hang around Winterfell causing not distrust between sisters because somehow that will make him the king or whatever. Also, Bran's convenient awareness of everything somehow doesn't become relevant until the last episode. And despite no one knowing what the fuck a Three-Eyed Raven does or is, everyone just accepts it at face value without question. The Starks are lucky they don't have lawyers in Westeros.
apparently little finger is too stupid to demand a trial.
+Green Whovian
oh yeah it's very in keeping with little' finger's character for him to jabber and stutter like an idiot and not demand a trial. He is a lord, he has rights, how many times like Tyrion demand a trial? Or else fails demand trial by combat. But apparenlty little finger is too stupid to think of that.
TigerNightmare you're overestimating LF. At least show LF. He has NO PLAN beyond sowing chaos. He's a sociopath. He sees a sandcastle and can't help but kick it over. Pushes Lysa to her death and counts on a 14 year old to back him up? Sells said 14 year old. Sets up conflict between the Stark girls. He's just constantly rebooting and hoping he can dance enough to come out on top.
TentaclePentacle trial by combats were outlawed. And the Starks don't recognize The Seven. So there would be no faith trial
+SuperMAN Prime
trial by combats was outlawed? really? By whom? King Tommen a king the starks don't requenize? And how many times did Tyrion ask for it and got it?
Loved ComicBook Girls reaction at the end. Miss your weekly takes on GOT.....I know it's not your cup of tea now but you are the best at it.
Who's house do I have to buy to be your neighbor?
Yes! I've been waiting waiting for this video! Looking forward to what you have to say about GoT
Hi comicbookgirl19 you look absolutely gorgeous
As a reader first and a viewer second, you are my spirit animal. Much love.
This season was a 10/10 for me because of this one quote from Tormund, "Dick? I like it."
I bet you do.
"Dickon." "hahahahahahah!"
That's because you're a simpleton
@@guitarpop Still better than the rest of the season.
Yay I've missed your GOT reviews so much. Please give us another Epic History video.
This season had flaws for sure but the show is still very good.
Turdsley That's how I feel. It's flawed but still very good, particularly production and acting wise.
GoT was one of the best TV shows ever made, season 7 dragged it through the mud and left no survivors. I wish season 8 can restore and seal GoT fate as one of the greatest. If not, the episode Winds of Winter still feels like a satisfying open end to the series.
Girl, I found your videos in 2012, in a time where they were the only GoT videos out there! Thank you for all the work you 've done and for coming back to talk about Season 7. It 's not GoT time if CBG19 is absent.
I can see the photoshop in your profile pic.. how do you sleep at night?
Also with a black filter :)
oh fuck, Watchmen? Sign me the fuck up. I already own a dusty old copy of the book with the old DC logo on it but I'll buy the shit out of your box for this!
Oh I needed this in my life. Thanks for making a mundane Thursday fucking awesome!
It's been absolute unmitigated garbage since Stannis died. Search your feelings you know it to be true!
maybe stop watching?
One more gripe. Did Arya and Sansa tell everyone in Winterfell "We're going to act like Aryas on trial and then call out littlefinger?" Because no one in the hall reacted when they pulled the switcharoo. Also, no one was shocked to see a little girl cut a mans throat?
ramsay was great in the show. fantastic actor. you missed me with that dis
As usual Love the posts and you are rocking that leather coat. I admit I haven't read the book series but I really came to love GOT and the tension waiting to see how they would out do the Death scenarios of characters we love. Great drinking games and wagers on characters.
Arya is becoming a Mary Sue......
ZatoichiBattousai she has spent the entire show getting stronger in power...by defination a mary sue starts out all powerful for no reason...see ray in the new starwars movies
No, she's already become a T1000 who has assumed the face/body of Mary Sue. It's a subtle distinction.
This may be a bit off topic, but I'm going to have to argue about Rey being used as an example of a Mary Sue. The Mary Sue concept is about a character who is written as the first, youngest, and best at everything. Rey, like Luke, was a bit of a loser, a kid just getting by. When her power was finally unlocked, like Luke, she took to it well, but she wasn't the best, certainly not the first, and far from the youngest. I respect the argument that her skill came across unearned (though I disagree), but that's far from the concept set forth in the stories of Lt. Mary Sue.
Finallyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! I have been waiting alllllll season for your thoughts on this season!!!!
Yes!
I wanted to talk about just one thing you mentioned, about the Undead Dragon fire.
The kinds of flame one would need for the dragon to be, would have to be just over 100 degrees celsius. Compared to the normal dragon fire in the show, their fire burns in the 1000s. So Which would have been enough heat to just cause the wall to evaporate. So I would think, that with just how much force a dragon's fire spews out, that with a blue flame, which comes around the 1600+ degrees Celsius(which would cause it to go more violet if it were hotter). That amount of heat and with the force behind the firing of the flame, it would literally cut straight through the wall and any water would instantly be evaporated. No chance to melt.
Surprised you can do as much as half an hour on this season. It's just telly now. Lots of money on screen, everyone involved is competent so it's still watchable, but... eh. I find it weird that we have to regularly 'rediscover' that TV tropes don't reflect our real animal nature. Our minds shouldn't be blown by Martin's stories - he's just writing about humans. Why are we scared to talk honestly about humans?