Judging from the current situation, "Game of Thrones" can basically be determined to be unfinished, and it is very unlikely to expect to reverse the word of mouth through the ending of the last episode.
The rating of the fourth episode aired last week has hit a new low. Originally, I thought that this episode would never be worse than the last episode. After all, it is a battle for the throne, and the effect of the big scene should not disappoint. However, after watching the fifth episode of the eighth season of "Game of Thrones", I found that the show keeps breaking the lower limit, there is no worst, only worse.
Although the soundtrack and special effects of this season are still remarkable, the grand scenes have never been able to cover up the plot loopholes and the collapse of the characters. Is this still the epic drama that made us want to stop?
Now that it has a gorgeous appearance, but has lost its inner soul, it has become less and less like Game of Thrones.
In addition to disappointment, the audience will also feel regret and regret. Especially seeing that the three Lannister siblings and some other actors still show a high level of acting skills, but no amount of superb acting skills can change the fact that the plot is rough.
[Warm reminder: There are spoilers below. The last episode has already made me unable to complain. This episode directly made me lose the mood to write well. 】
The plot is still full of loopholes
In fact, "Game of Thrones" has shown a downward trend since the fifth season, but the problem was not obvious at the time, which was barely acceptable to some audiences. At the end of the final season now, the shortcomings of insufficient screenwriting skills have been completely magnified.
Previously, the characters from different branch lines finally converge in the main story. If handled skillfully, it will present the audience with a strong dramatic tension and chemical reaction.
However, what we finally saw was that the screenwriter reversed for the sake of reversal, forcibly creating a climax, but could not justify it.
The reason why Ned's beheading and the bloody wedding became famous scenes of Game of Thrones is mainly because the cards are not played according to common sense, but the premise is that the reversal settings are clever enough, both reasonable and meaningful.
Many of the twists in season 8 are not even reasonable at the very least. For example, in this episode, Drogon can destroy Cersei's entire force with a single dragon, and multiple dragon-slaying crossbows are useless. Poisonous dragon slayer weapons are useless.
Is this still the Dragon Slayer Brigade that could shoot a dragon to death in the last episode? There are obvious contradictions in the plot, not to mention that there are loopholes in the opening of Euron in the first episode, and the combat strength before and after Cersei's camp is too poor.
It's hard not to doubt that in some places, the screenwriters really can't make it up, and directly used the simplest and most rude way, simply releasing the dragon flame killer to promote the development of the plot.
After the enemy surrendered, Long Ma could only burn the Red Fort, which would completely capture Cersei. As a result, she had to spend a lot of time slaughtering the city, hurting innocent people, and almost letting Cersei escape. .
There are also Erya, Hound, and James, three people with very obvious appearance characteristics, who are so easy to wander under the eyes of the defending soldiers, even if they are mixed in the crowd, they are particularly prominent.
Although Erya's last scene is very beautiful, it is too magical. If I hadn't watched the preview of the next episode, I would have thought that she had died in Longyan and went to heaven.
Being able to survive under the dragon's flame is itself a hang-up. Cersei and Moshan on the Erya list have died, which means that her many years of revenge has been fulfilled.
After witnessing the tragedy of Jun's Landing with her own eyes, Long Ma's name may have been added to her list.
The main characters of this group lunch are as follows: Varys, the Hound, Biochemical Mountain, Cobain, Euron, Cersei, Jaime and the leader of the Golden Corps.
Combined with Melisandre's prophecy and Dragon Mother's previous words, we have roughly guessed how Varys will die.
Varys himself also left a suspense: Who was he going to send the letter about Jonghue's life that he burned? Will that ring he took off and the little birdie working in the kitchen come in handy in the next episode?
Although the golden sentence "Everyone has one death" runs through the whole play, some people's death methods are too hasty.
The Golden Group is the strongest and largest mercenary group in the free trade city-state. As a result, the Golden Group of more than 20,000 people in the play was wiped out in an instant, with the same thunder and rain as the Dothraki cavalry.
The leader of the Golden Group looked like a powerful person no matter what, but he hurriedly went offline before he had time to enlarge his moves.
The duel between Euron and James is a bit absurd, and his words and deeds are not in line with Euron's style.
In addition, for Euron's super strong combat power, a lot of preparations have been laid ahead. It stands to reason that such a strong opponent should have died at the hands of Jon Snow. Euron and James, who only had one hand, ended up being unreasonable.
Jaime had previously told Bronn that his most desired death was in the arms of his lover.
He ends up embracing Cersei, and together they are crushed to death by a falling roof brick. Although dying with Cersei was destined to be his destiny, it was an understatement too, and it always felt less meaningful.
Although there are flaws in the plot, it still does not prevent Uncle Gou from being the only bright spot in this episode.
The grievances between Uncle Gou and his elder brother Moshan started with flames and ended with flames.
The only person who could let him overcome his fear of flames was Erya. This time, he finally bravely fought his brother face-to-face and perished in the fire together with him.
Unlike Brienne's oath to Caitlin Tully, Uncle Dog has no obligation or reason to protect Sansa and Erya.
He became the guardian of the wolf sisters, both by accident and necessity, because there was a trace of humanity left in him.
The most worth mentioning is that he and Erya have the feeling of being a father and a friend. Whenever someone mentions Erya, he will show a kind smile like an old father.
When Erya called Uncle Gou by his real name for the first time and thanked him for everything he had done to herself, that moment was a happy moment for Uncle Gou.
The audience is as reluctant to Uncle Gou as Erya. I think in the hearts of the Gouya party, the best ending for the two of them is to walk the world with swords.
Character charm is greatly reduced
I am not a bachelor, and I do not cite history, Your Majesty. My life depends on the sword, not on the book. But every child in the Seven Kingdoms knows that House Targaryen has always been on the verge of madness. Your father is not the first exception. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin, and that every time a Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin into the air, and the whole world will watch it with bated breath. - "A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice"
For those of House Targaryen, there is only a fine line between greatness and madness.
Whether it is in the original book or in the play, Long Ma's blackening has already laid the groundwork.
The illusion that Long Ma saw in the Temple of Immortality in the second season is a hint to her ending.
The city of King's Landing on the ruins has been fulfilled, so the Iron Throne and the falling snow may mean that she will be ended here by the snow.
Therefore, the tragedy of Long Ma is doomed. Whether the audience can accept her transformation depends on whether the reason and transition for awakening her sleeping dragon's wrath are sufficient.
Long Ma will become a crazy tyrant, but in fact, she is driven crazy step by step by the people around her.
The bear who understood her best, Missandei, her closest best friend, died tragically, and the only people she trusted were Grey Worm.
Her beloved boyfriend, Jon Snow, is far more loved than her, and will even take away the Iron Throne she has been chasing. He didn't understand her insistence and worries, he would only talk about surrendering, but he would not put it into action.
The courtiers Varys and the little devil around him are useless, they will only persuade her to pay blindly and let her learn to forgive.
When she keeps compromising under their advice, once she deviates from what they think is correct, someone will immediately stand up to betray her, so as to stand on the moral high ground and identify her tyrant nature.
She lost almost everything for the North, but she couldn't get her heart back.
In this case, even a normal person wants revenge.
However, when the bell of the enemy's surrender sounded in the play, Long Ma, who had been waiting on a dragon, was suddenly angry, and then set King's Landing on fire.
Although there are sufficient reasons for the blackening, there is a lack of convincing plot to foreshadow. Although her inner struggle can be seen from her expression, such a change still feels a bit abrupt.
This makes everything Long Ma did in the slave city-state meaningless. You must know that in Long Ma's long list of titles, the reason why she has the title of "shackle breaker" is precisely because she is a person with a heart. monarch of the people.
At the beginning, in order to avoid hurting more innocent civilians, she reluctantly put her two children, Viserion and Lego, in the dungeon.
Because one last word of a girlfriend kills the city, which is not in line with Long Ma's consistent proposition.
What's more, as the queen's best friend and comrade-in-arms, Missandei could not fail to understand how Long Ma won the hearts and minds of the people step by step. Missandei herself came from a poor slave, and it is unlikely that she would encourage Longma to slaughter the city.
If she used "mortals are all mortal" as her last words, it would seem more reasonable than "Dragon Flame" .
In the third season, when Long Ma just bought Missandei from the slave owner, she had already told her what kind of dangerous situation she would face in the future. Missandei's answer at that time was "Everyone has one death".
The screenwriter basically knew the direction of the plot and everyone's ending from the original author, Uncle Martin, but in order to push it to the final ending as soon as possible, they did not hesitate to abandon the charm of the characters, and the transformation of the characters lacked reasonable foreshadowing.
Under such circumstances, the characters in the play will inevitably collapse towards the collapse of the characters. Even Missandei, who does not have a lot of scenes, has the collapse of the characters.
Little Devil and James are two characters whose personalities have collapsed. How much we loved them in the early stage and how disappointed we were with them in the later stage.
In this episode, the scene where the little devil and James are embracing and crying is very touching. Their acting skills are still online, but the plot has not kept up with their acting skills.
Since the little devil became the queen's hand, his IQ has never been online, which is extremely inconsistent with his witty and humorous personality. Thinking about how he strategized when he was Prime Minister in King's Landing, it is not easy to be able to retreat.
When he was tried, he angrily accused everyone and said that Stannis should kill everyone. Now that he has sympathy for the people of King's Landing and Cersei, it's incomprehensible.
Jaime is a conflicted character who dreams of becoming a great knight, when reality makes him give up his honor and become a perfidious kingslayer.
The script he got should be the same as Theon, a story of self-redemption.
However, when he was about to be whitewashed, he became Jaime Love Brain Lannister . He quickly established an intimate relationship with Brienne, then left suddenly and relentlessly, returning to Cersei's side to spend her final moments with her.
Everything that happened to James left us baffled. In fact, the actor who played James had already suggested to the screenwriter that the character's behavior was unreasonable in the previous seasons, but his opinion was not adopted.
Jon Snow is still the Jon Snow who doesn't know anything, which in itself is very unreasonable.
A person who has gone through so many changes and came back to life can never be stupid again.
He couldn't even see the wariness of Sansa and Erya towards Long Ma, which was a bit childish.
After the Battle of Winterfell, Jon Snow's presence in the Battle of King's Landing was still very low.
He was like a younger brother beside Grey Worm, who didn't know that he thought Grey Worm was the commander-in-chief of the battle. As the hand-picked first heir to the Iron Throne, this is too low-key.
Long Ma will fall into madness and eventually lead to blackening, which has a lot to do with the incompetence of Jon Snow.
He didn't really understand Long Ma's hardships and behavior. Although he didn't say it, he was also like Varys and the others. He looked at Long Ma from the moral high ground.
In order to save 囧雪, Long Ma sent the dragon thousands of miles away, but 囧 Xue did not seem to give anything to Long Ma, the only thing she did was to swear allegiance to her and verbally promised to give up the right to inherit the throne.
The reason why Da Xiong can gain the trust of Long Ma is because he always puts Long Ma first.
On the other hand, Jon Snow always considers her family (Sansa, Erya, and Bran) to be more important than Mother Long, and she cannot feel any sense of security in Jon Snow.
The only thing that Long Ma asked him to do was to strictly keep the secret of his life experience. However, he couldn't satisfy Long Ma with this one thing. He insisted on telling Sansa and Erya that this was not like what a leader should do.
If Jon Snow is really like Ned in his dealings with others, then he should be like Ned, rot this secret into his stomach and not tell anyone, including Long Ma.
Jon Snow's original character, just like Theon's evaluation of him before, is the kind of person who has always been right and wrong.
What he did before his resurrection is very popular because we can see his sense of responsibility and big picture as a leader. But starting from the Bastard War, in every battle I could not see the wisdom and foresight that I should have as a coach and a leader.
The most attractive thing about Game of Thrones was that it created many charming characters.
When I see my favorite character living the way I hate the most, my heart is really mixed.
It's a pity that the Eight Seasons Game of Thrones was destroyed in the end.
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