Comments by "Ronin Dave" (@RoninDave) on "The Drinker Fixes... Game of Thrones" video.

  1. it was silly to make her seem more of a threat than the white walkers but they tried to do that in Episode 4 by miraculously killing off a dragon with a once in a lifetime shot then wrecking a good part of Danni's fleet. It made you think "hey, maybe Cersei is a big threat! Then Episode 5 her entire army is obliterated in less than 10 minutes
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  2.  @bojangles8873  Clegane-bowl is a good example of the old adage be careful what you wish for
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  3. yeah but no
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  4. In order to properly fix GOT, you'd have to start from Season 5 with a clear cut end in mind for the overall story and the characters and work towards that goal likely taking an extra season or two like HBO wanted. But if you can only start with Season 8, the way I was hoping the Battle of Winterfell would end is that the Nightking doesn't appear. They defeat his second in command with several character losses but the question raised by Jon at the end is where is the Nightking? Cut to the Nightking further south and before him is the Golden Company sent by Cersei to wipe out Danni's remaining forces if they are victorious. Episode 3 ends with Golden Company surprised by their arrival and the last scene is on the Nightking's face with a faint look of smugness having outsmarted his enemies. Next episode Cersei sees the Golden Company returning to King's Landing but it doesn't take long to realize something is wrong. The men are all wights riding on skeletal horses and even skeletal elephants. When the people realize this suddenly the sky turns black and cold. The army of the dead has cut a fast and narrow way to king's landing obliterating everything in their path and driving others to the sides with no way of communicating - a scene can show undead birds killing messenger ravens. Now King's Landing is under siege. With this we can see the strategic sense of the Nightking - take out the central authority then the rest of the 7 Kingdoms will be easy to overwhelm. Also this would punish Cersei for playing the Game of Thrones instead of focusing on the existential threat. Euron then proves how much of a coward he is pulling up anchor and abandoning Cersei to her fate and once again humbling her in her poor choice of allies. Danni and Jon race south on their dragons while the rest of their army sails south. They meet Euron where he is humiliated for fleeing. He is executed and Greyjoys take the Iron Fleet with them to Kings Landing. There they help evacuate much of the people to their ships as the White Walkers overwhelm the defenses. When the undead reach Cersei's last refuge she then unleashes the wildfire killing herself and much of the undead army. Jon and Bran are left to confront the Nightking in the end to stop him from raising the dead who weren't burned up in the wildfire. Bran goes into the past to find a weakness of the Nightking then he wargs into Drogo to fight the ice dragon while Jon finishes off the Nightking. in the aftermath where several characters have been killed along the way - Jorah, Theon, Beric, grey worm. Jon and Danni are chosen as co-rulers and although Danni is fine with a marriage Jon is not which could lead to trouble down the road. Sansa becomes Warden of the North, Tormund is made king of the Wildlings with his people to live above or below the Wall, Sam becomes a Grand Maester and one of the small council and he's the one who records the history that we've been watching. Bran leaves to go North to become a guardian in case the white walkers should ever rise again. He promises to return in case of trouble. Jaime survives but quits the service and he decides to do the Arya thing and find some kind of peace in distant unknown lands. He gives Brienne his blessing to become the head of the Kingsguard. Tirion who actually gives good advice this time around is both lord of the Lannisters and King's Hand. The show can end with him and Varys mirroring Littlefinger and Varys from earlier seasons watching the coronation of Danni and Jon in the background speculating on the future and what troubles might arise. Not saying it would be great but a damn sight better IMHO than the crap we got. You could also throw in something about the Mountain being turned into a slave of the White Walkers and killing his creator then in the aftermath put out of his misery by the Hound who realizes the brother he has long hated is truly gone. He gives up his vengeance which makes Arya do so as well. At the end they become healers and protectors of the sick and poor forsaking their former violent paths. anyway, just an idea.
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  5. and it's a shame because as good as seasons 1-4 are knowing how all the promise of a compelling conclusion went out the window and ended dismally. There's something to be said for the more simpler episodic series where a few bad episodes don't ruin the entire series
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