More like they're cramming too much into too few episodes, combined with slashing half the editing budget to pay for the renewed actor's salaries. I would hope this isn't the norm, they've already increased funding for a season from 60mil to 100mil to cover the renegotiated salaries and bigger scenes, hope they aren't also cutting other things like editing or cgi or anything.
I think that is the main reason for the butthurt. I would be interested to hear what kind of mental gymnastics fanboys will use to explain how the two sand snakes wound up on the ship in KL when all of them are waving it away back in Dorne.
That is my biggest complaint about the first episode. So many stories to follow, its a little annoying you only get 5 minutes with each one.
That's really my biggest concern going forward - regardless of plot holes, Dorne retardation etc last night - the writing/story telling didn't seem very tight (some of the character dialogue in particular was eye-roll worthy). I'm sure some of that is the rush to start tying up loose ends to finish within the frame allotted by HBO - but I can't help but think some of it (maybe a lot of it) is they don't have GRRM's writing to fall back on. I get it, everyone hates him for being a fat dip-shit or whatever, but drawing off his writing, particularly characters lines etc has to be super helpful - when you don't have that anymore, you get scenes that were literally created by tv writers - their only goal now is to follow the outline set out by GRRM. Not saying they can't do it, I hope and think they can - but if last night was any indication, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Enemy of enemy and all that. Roose even said this episode there is a coming battle with the Lannisters. I doubt the sand snakes are so utterly retarded to think they can take on the alliance at King's Landing single handedly.
about the boat or about the merkins.... because it was a boat.
My biggest gripe with the direction, and it has been this way a few seasons now, is that almost every scene is predicated by an interaction between two characters. There isn't very much individual character building it is just "What happens when we pair X with Y?"
I thought it was somewhat humorous but not very accurate in the tone that a blood rider would talk to his khal
I thought that was more rhetorical because Ramsay thought highly of himself for winning against a drastically inferior force. I seem to recalle Littlefinger and Cersei saying something about fighting the Boltons last season... but that doesn't seem right. Correct me if I am wrong?
I can't recall but Roose said he rebelled against the crown to secure the North. But I actually can't recall his rebellion. I thought the crown gave him the North for killing Robb but I could easily be misremembering.
Having Ramsay marry Sansa instead of turning her over to Cersei. She's still considered a conspirator with Tyrion in the death of Joffrey.
