Επεισόδιο 6ο - Beyond the Wall

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Νομίζω πως μόλις διάβασα την πιο εύστοχη κριτική για τα τελευταία επεισόδια, Την πέτυχα στο Trakt και την παραθέτω στο spoiler απο κάτω, Συγνώμη για το Εγγλέζικο αλλά βαριέμα να μεταφράζω  (rofl) (rofl)

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SpoilerI don't want to complain, because we really are receiving an embarrassment of riches this season, but 'Game of Thrones' is starting to feel like an elaborate fan-fiction on growth hormones.


In the race to get this series wrapped up, so the producers can move on to some other HBO property, the dizzying acceleration of plot-lines and the craziness of Westeros fast-travel is really becoming noticeable. In fact, it's taking almost physical effort to overlook it.


I appreciate that most fans of this show just want to see dragons lighting shit up all over Blackwater Rush and in the frozen wastes north of Eastwatch, but, holy crap, 'Game of Thrones' is sacrificing a lot of serious character development and countless dramatic moments in lieu of all this hectic, CGI-fueled action.


'Game of Thrones' is entering what I call Soap Opera Mode, where almost everything the characters do is in service of the next big plot point, regardless of whether it is actually something the character would do.


Would Bran Stark really keep important weirwood information to himself? Probably not. So let's suddenly make Bran seriously impaired in social interactions (never mind just plain creepy), so that he does keep it to himself.
Would Samwell Tarly abandon his sacred, Night's Watch-assigned task of becoming a maester? Probably not. So let's make every single maester of the Citadel more stubborn and idiotic than wise maesters should be, so that Samwell does leave.
Daenerys won't even consider taking one of her dragons up north to capture a wight, because she doubts Jon Snow's reports of the Night King. (Even after Jon is allowed to pet Drogon!) But, wait. It only takes her receiving a single raven from Gendry at Eastwatch to completely change her mind. Has she even met Gendry? Does she have any logical reason to trust Gendry's claims over Jon's?
And so on.


Jon Snow is doing uncharacteristically suicidal things. The Hound may still be a grouch, but he's acting totally out of character. Jaime is way too forgiving of his nutbar sister. And freshly-reunited long-lost-sisters Arya and Sansa are already at each others throats. A good deal of what these characters are doing right now is completely beyond the boundaries of their established identities, all to propel the plot in a certain direction so we can have a dragon here, an army of the dead there, and a big, showcase clash between them.


And it's fun. There's no denying that. But I'm afraid that, when we start suffering the loss of some of these major characters... when the so-called iron price comes due in the eventual saving of Westeros, it's not going to mean half as much as, say, Ned Stark's beheading, or Hodor's sacrifice, or even Oberyn Martell's squishy-headed demise. Because the characters we're watching right now will have been acting so atypically for so long.


Here's an example of what I mean: Ask yourself, how torn up would you be if Bran Stark died right now.


Heck, you've only been watching this kid get pushed out windows and dragged all over The Lands of Always Winter for seven seasons. But, honestly, if he died right now, would you really feel the loss? Probably notsomuch. Because Soap Opera Mode has removed his previous personality, and motivations, and left him a hollow shell of his former self. Why? Because he has too much knowledge and power for the current plot mechanics. He's literally a 'Game of Thrones' world-breaker.


That is what denigrating a well-developed character for the sake of plot looks like. That, my friends, is Soap Opera Mode.


And, at the rate this show is going, Bran won't be its only casualty.

Δεν συμφωνώ. Για το τηλεοπτικό κοινό αυτή η σειρά παίζει 7 χρόνια. Αν συνεχίσει για άλλα 7, τότε είναι που θα έχει καταντήσει τελείως σαπουνόπερα. Οι χαρακτήρες περιγράφονται και διαμορφώνονται εδώ και 65 επεισόδια. Για τηλεοπτικά δεδομένα αυτό είναι ίσως πρωτοφανές. Η ιστορία έχει ξεκινήσει με το "winter is coming" και πια αυτό έχει συμβεί, οπότε είναι λογικό να κλείνει αυτός ο κύκλος και να συμβαίνουν όλα όσα περιμέναμε τόσο καιρό.
Η αλήθεια είναι ότι κάποιες φορές γίνεται λίγο άτσαλα αυτό, αλλά δεν μπορεί να τραβήξει άλλο. Η σειρά είναι στο τέλος της και η αφήγηση πρέπει να κλείνει όλες τις εκκρεμότητες.
Όσοι ενδιαφέρονται για μία βαθύτερη οπτική σε όλα τα γεγονότα και τους χαρακτήρες σίγουρα θα επιλέξουν τα βιβλία.