'Game Of Thrones' Season 6 Costs $10 Million Per Episode http://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleyc...e-has-biggest-battle-scene-ever/#4150961a4b22 Guess that's low rent if I've ever seen it.....
I think people are thinking only cool CGI battle scenes like Hardhome have high budgets. I'm sure they do, since they are so well done. But episodes like Ep 7 this season also have high budgets...that's a lot of scenery, a lot of on-location shots, a lot of extras and Ian McShane's pay too, probably.
eh, wasn't bad. There were a few useless scenes in this last episode that served no purpose (Arya and the actress/EMT/nurse being among them).
What exactly was useless about that scene? It explains how Arya survived (the actress saved her life), then it immediately followed with the actress being murdered and, Arya being chased by the Waif. It's not a perfect show, but some of y'all nitpick a bit much.
I agree... I don't really nitpick, and the scene that most people have found fault with (the "tell a joke" scene) was actually something I found as a good change of pace. As far as the Arya scene I was referring to, it was more showing (again) her cry-worthy scene in the play... followed by her dialogue about how she got the advanced training to treat wounds followed by her sedating Arya... was slightly drawn out and ultimately proved worthless since the character was killed off. I'm all for character development... but in this case, the actress never had enough screen time to create any realistic viewer attachment to her, making her death seem uneventful (and highly predictable)... yet she did probably have the most single dialogue/lines for the entire episode (if you include the play scene). nitpick away!
The play part, I agree they could have left that snippet out. Everything else didn't seem out of place to me, and I question tv show/movie logic constantly. (Much to the chagrin of the Mrs.)
The actress was how the Waif found Arya. Since Arya didn't kill her, the Waif had to go settle the only life pays for death score. The Waif didn't know Arya was there, just bad timing. So it makes sense that Arya would trust the actress and go back. But wasn't wise because Arya should have thought an assassin had to replace her for that job and it might be the Waif. The only thing to nitpick was the ability to recover so fast
Spoken like a fool who's clearly never had MILK OF THE POPPY in his **** life. That's what half of y'all sound like. Lulz.
Googled and found this: Then Wikipedia had this to say about poppy: So yes you're right. And it seems obvious to me now. Damn, I feel like an idiot. Maybe I confused it with "Mother's Milk" from Mad Max: Fury Road. Maybe.
Knowing that this was going to deviate from the what the books had provided...there was literally no way that this season wasn't going to get nitpicked to death. It hasn't been perfect but geez...it's at least been on par with the other seasons. Hold the Door still the most amazing scene in the whole series.
I admittedly haven't read the books, but other than a few dumb things (and a very clear lull in action the past few episodes) I've really enjoyed this season. I agree that some of the episodes were definitely stand outs for the entire series (including the one you mentioned).
Probably the worst GOT season, unfortunately. The character building and dialogue is starting to detiorate as expected with the show writers taking more of a role in the writing.
I'll agree with the deterioration of the dialogue to a certain degree. Not as sharp. I like (sarcasm) how a character will sneak in a reference to the location so that the slower viewers can keep up: First episode: "Well, now that I'm stumbling to my wheelchair, here in Dorne, oh look a message---hey, you guys killed Cinderella, I didn't order that hit" (stab stab stab) "ow......!" Later episode: "Well, Missandei, I'm trying not to look at your goodies while walking over here....And how has that worked out for you here in Meereen...." But the highlights (and from what I understand the last two episodes kick major ass) obviously must follow GRRM's books to a degree, so....and the "Hodor" episode was not lacking.
I will add my agreement to the list as well. I think the writers had an outline of what will happen from GRR Martin, and very few details. So the way they come up with dialogue, and development isn't as good as what GRRM would do it. It's a different beast to create everything except the outline than it is to move something already written in book form to the television screen. This season still has interesting things happening in it and really cool moments. It has good production value, so it isn't horrible, but there has definitely been a drop this season.
