Since the rise of the Walking Dead and its success as first a comic book and later a TV show, there have been literal millions of zombies in mainstream media TV, novels or comic books. I'm fed up with them. I have seen enough for a lifetime. That a horde of them was the main antagonist of a splendid character ensemble like the Game of Thrones cast really was one of the main downside of the show in my eyes (considering that their role was way smaller in the books).
Now people are clamoring that the Night King was beaten too easily in just one episode. They even seem angry that so many of the characters have survived. Well, I never understood the fascination with the undead and am definitely glad the zombie war is over and so many characters are still there to enjoy in the last three episodes!
I have to be frank with this: I'm 46 years old and have the feeling that I've seen more than enough bloodshed and slaughtering on TV for a while life. I really love a show that has characters that feel like actual people and can interact for a whole episode without anybody dying (like 8.02 last week). I have little joy with 78 minutes of constant fighting. I don't understand why people want some bad guy like the Night King to survive even longer to see even more fighting. I actually had to fast forward during some of the scenes cause I did not want to see this hopeless battle any longer. So Arya comes out of the blue and gives us an ending to it all? I'll take it. I don't care how she got there and if she might not be mentioned in any prophesy - I'm just glad it's over and the good guys won... Not to mention that Aryas act of valor kind of WAS foreseen by Melisandre many episodes back in season 3 (wow!).
In the end this was not an episode made for me. It certainly was not bad, and it gave those impatient people who could not get over the first two episodes having so little killing and maiming something to revel in. In the end all is well that ends well. In my book, the only thing missing now is an end to Cersei who has no reason to sit on that throne in the beginning...
Now people are clamoring that the Night King was beaten too easily in just one episode. They even seem angry that so many of the characters have survived. Well, I never understood the fascination with the undead and am definitely glad the zombie war is over and so many characters are still there to enjoy in the last three episodes!
I have to be frank with this: I'm 46 years old and have the feeling that I've seen more than enough bloodshed and slaughtering on TV for a while life. I really love a show that has characters that feel like actual people and can interact for a whole episode without anybody dying (like 8.02 last week). I have little joy with 78 minutes of constant fighting. I don't understand why people want some bad guy like the Night King to survive even longer to see even more fighting. I actually had to fast forward during some of the scenes cause I did not want to see this hopeless battle any longer. So Arya comes out of the blue and gives us an ending to it all? I'll take it. I don't care how she got there and if she might not be mentioned in any prophesy - I'm just glad it's over and the good guys won... Not to mention that Aryas act of valor kind of WAS foreseen by Melisandre many episodes back in season 3 (wow!).
In the end this was not an episode made for me. It certainly was not bad, and it gave those impatient people who could not get over the first two episodes having so little killing and maiming something to revel in. In the end all is well that ends well. In my book, the only thing missing now is an end to Cersei who has no reason to sit on that throne in the beginning...