The latest season of Game of Thrones was...well...it happened. There
were some really good moments and some moments that made me rage. I
watch the show late at night so I can't properly yell out in case I wake
up anyone. Because there is a lot to talk about I'll be changing my
usual reviewing form to break this up into three parts.
The third and final part of this review will go over things that don't need their own post. This isn't because they're unimportant but because of the low word count. In other words I don't have that much to say about them.
In this post I also go over some predictions for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones. The show started out strong and in the seventh season it became extremely weak. Viewers deserve to see a good ending for the series that they've spent so long on. I am hoping that the writers learn from the failure of the seventh season so that a much stronger eighth season can be written.
The latest season of Game of Thrones was...well...it happened. There
were some really good moments and some moments that made me rage. I
watch the show late at night so I can't properly yell out in case I wake
up anyone. Because there is a lot to talk about I'll be changing my
usual reviewing form to break this up into three parts.
The second part of this review will talk about the characters. When writing I focus more on the characters than anything else in my story. If I don't have good characters in my fiction, I won't enjoy it as much.
Season 7 of Game of Thrones did horrible things with its characters and not in the usual way. In other words it wasn't that the characters died horrible deaths but that the writers seemed to have forgotten how to write them. Luckily a good majority of the actors were able to save their performances via their acting abilities.
I am not going to talk about every single character but only those that had the most impact on me. So if I didn't mention your favorites here, feel more than free to comment a question or two about them.
The latest season of Game of Thrones was...well...it happened. There were some really good moments and some moments that made me rage. I watch the show late at night so I can't properly yell out in case I wake up anyone. Because there is a lot to talk about I'll be changing my usual reviewing form to break this up into three parts.
The first thing I will talk about is something that is a major stain on Season 7: the so called relationship between Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen.
Now before I continue any further on this topic I'm bringing up two points:
The first things is that if you adore Jon/Daenerys then stop reading now. All you'll end up doing is raising your blood pressure and your mental health isn't worth it for this post. If you think you can stand the heat continue reading. But don't blame me if you start to get pissed off.
The second thing is that incest will not be mentioned as a reason I don't like this pairing. I do not mind incest at all if it is in a movie, book, tv. ect. This is because it's not affecting real people. So if you're preparing to comment about how I dislike this ship because of incest, just stop now. If you also don't like this pairing, be aware I make no moral judgement on this incest as it's fictional.
The topic of this post was voted on by the members of my Facebook group HERE WE STAND. If you would like to vote on future posts, feel free to join.
I'm hoping to get more reviews out by doing this
mini-review format. If I want to go into actual depth on this show I'll
do so via multi-vlog reviews or other posts.
In this review of the Game of Thrones episode "Dragonstone" there will be spoilers. So if you
haven't seen the episode, stop reading now and go see it before continuing.
I'm hoping to get more reviews out by doing this
mini-review format. If I want to go into actual depth on this show I'll
do so via multi-vlog reviews or other posts.
In this review of The Walking Dead episode "Hearts Still Beating" there will be spoilers. So if you
haven't seen the episode, stop reading now and go see it before continuing.
Basic Plot: The further adventures of the time traveling alien adventurer and his companions.
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The Mystery of Clara
The Doctor is introduced to Clara in the episode "Asylum of the Daleks". Not much of a mystery about her as she's clearly killed by the end of the episode. The thing that got people talking was the fact that the same actress was to reprise her role as the new companion in the 2012 Christmas Special. For the first half of Season 7 there is no real mention of Clara aside from "Asylum of the Daleks" as the focus for that part of the Season was the remaining time with the Ponds. With the second half of the Season underway, Clara takes center stage as 'the impossible girl'. There were so many theories going around of who/what she really was and it made me love my fellow Whovians for being so clever (though the good majority turned out to be wrong). Finding out who Clara is makes sense and gives some great callbacks to the Classic Doctor Who Era. Well...not so much callbacks as using clips from the Classic Doctor Who Era.
Letting go of Amy and Rory Pond
Amy and Rory were my first two companions of the Doctor. Yes, I watched other Seasons where there were different companions. But when I started to watch new episodes of Doctor Who they were the first ones I traveled with. I knew this Season would see the end of them and I was worried. When they left the show I needed a couple of tissues. The episode was very well done and it gave the duo a proper farewell. It highlighted Rory's love of Amy and Amy's love of Rory. The fact that they couldn't stand to be apart from each other, even when staying together meant death. The episodes building up to the duo's farewell were very well put together. When I cried that they had left it was a good pain. Not happy or giving me peace of mind. But a good pain nonetheless.
The Christmas Specials
The first of this Season's Christmas Specials ("The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe") was a poor episode. I don't like saying this, especially when I made a big deal about watching it with my fiance (well he slept during the good majority of it, he's not a Whovian poor soul). It didn't really capture me but I was pleased when the Doctor reunited with Amy and Rory at the end of the episode. The second Christmas Special of this Season ("The Snowmen") was much better. Besides bringing back the Great Intelligence (I've heard the same 'being' was in Classic Doctor Who), it also introduced us to Clara. Both would play a large part in the second half of this Season.
Final Thoughts
Overall this was a good Season. Long time companions were given a proper farewell and there was a mystery about the new companion to explore. Madame Vestra and Jenny were great to see onscreen together. They are lesbians (though they are also different species) that are married. "The Crimson Horror" showcased how well a spinoff of the pair would work. This Season pulled at all the right heartstrings and ended with a cliffhanger that won't be answered for many months. While "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" wasn't a good episode, there were more good than bad episodes. "Asylum of the Daleks" and "The Angels Take Manhattan" being two of them.
