I get it, audience wants to see wars and the fight for Westeros and the fight for the wall. But cramming up so much 'story' in one episode with Ser Davos going from DragonStone to King's Landing and back, and then onwards to Eastwatch is a bit comical. Did Westeros invent chartered air travel betweens seasons 6 and 7?
Tyrion throwing caution to the wind in going to King's Landing, Dany burning the Tarly father-son right after proclaiming she is unlike Cersei, Jon allowing Gendry to join in like 2 minutes - such decisions are unlike the characters themselves and do not go well with their overall character arc.
HBO is paying more emphasis to visual imagery and CGI ( Drogon - Jon scene was amazing! ) and less on nuanced story telling at this point. In some sense, I am also happy that things are moving at a brisk pace and the war with the Night King is finally upon us. Maybe this is necessary evil, but the book reader in me feels injustice done towards the painstakingly detailed world of George R.R. Martin!
Tyrion throwing caution to the wind in going to King's Landing, Dany burning the Tarly father-son right after proclaiming she is unlike Cersei, Jon allowing Gendry to join in like 2 minutes - such decisions are unlike the characters themselves and do not go well with their overall character arc.
HBO is paying more emphasis to visual imagery and CGI ( Drogon - Jon scene was amazing! ) and less on nuanced story telling at this point. In some sense, I am also happy that things are moving at a brisk pace and the war with the Night King is finally upon us. Maybe this is necessary evil, but the book reader in me feels injustice done towards the painstakingly detailed world of George R.R. Martin!