It was still possible to ignore the worrying signals, until now, but this episode actually manages to remind me of how far off the track this show has gone. Not only is it a bad episodes, it's actually so poorly written that it lifts the veil off the preceding episodes of the season as well. I started feeling it in the sixth season, but that still had its highs. There's barely any intrigue left, all characters are boring and one-dimensional, nothing really shocking. It's become totally predictable, stupid popcorn entertainment. And gruesome, heartbreaking and still surprising.Īll of this is gone now. And just when you thought that you'd hit bottom and surely a sweet revenge story would start and things would get better. There's been no other show where you always felt that anything could happen, any time, to anyone. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. ![]() Jon and his team go beyond the wall to capture a wight. With Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Aidan Gillen. They've just become bland, stupid Hollywood stereotypes, completely hollow. 'Beyond the Wall' is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 66th overall. Beyond the Wall: Directed by Alan Taylor. And it's not because of their character arcs. He's completely uninteresting, a shadow of his former self. Compare Tyrion in the first two seasons to the Tyrion in the last two. They were always surprising you with new depths and character development. None of the characters felt like stereotypes or flat. Multi-layered, deep, interesting characters.GoT has on multiple occasions left me trembling from shock. Sure, there are splatter and gore movies that are "worse", but it's a completely different thing to see it realistically portrayed and happening to characters you're heavily invested in. Few movies or shows have displayed such graphic deaths. Truly gruesome violence and head-turning sex scenes.How sophisticated the political relations that did not treat the audience as idiots. How many times we were shocked to see key characters unpredictably turn on each other. There were so many layers of betrayal, intrigue, and loyalties (and lack thereof). A quick reminder, here are the things that made Game of Thrones an amazing and unique show that both hardcore fantasy fans and those not so much into fantasy could enjoy, for at least four seasons: ![]() Instead I want to emphasize how far from the earlier seasons this show has come. That's been done thoroughly by others already. If you can get it for much cheaper, like for maybe 1 euro, or buy it together with the main game as a bundle, I can’t recommend this DLC for full price.I don't want to focus here on the large number of plot holes or the absurd level of suspension of disbelief necessary to take anything in this episode seriously. ![]() While more Mors is always great, I just can’t justify that price for the amount of content you get. I think I finished it within 1 hour, and I bought it for 5 euro, which is probably more than I paid for the main title. I was not expecting a 10-20 hour experience here, but this barely qualifies as side-quest than an actual expansion. So, while the story is fun to follow, especially since we this time get to go to the top of the wall, and experience the wilds beyond the giant ice barrier – the DLC is incredibly short. The gameplay is also the same, with you fighting together with random companions, leveling up, upgrading your talents, and looting dead dudes with split heads. Just like the original, the writing is good, and at times very witty, making me snicker in front of the computer. In this little expansion we get to experience the backstory to all our favorite character Mors, 10 years before the actual story in the main game. Beyond the Wall is a DLC for the game Game of Thrones, which I reviewed here.
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