as a medieval warfare expert who has played hundreds of hours of medieval 2 total war this scene makes my fricking mad >:(

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>Stabs straight through his helmet
Why bother wearing armor then

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I liked the part where he hit the guy with his sword and launched him backwards as if he weighed nothing.

>>215393586
mexicans love shlocky action squences

>>215393586
who

>>215393391
What did the first guy die of ? Having a sword graze his breast armor ?

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today I will remind them

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and this autistic image I made back when it aired on tv lol

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>>215393391
>OH N-

>>215393586
This faggot has seen 10 movies in his life. Lotr trilogy and random MCU movies. Why would his opinion matter?

>>215393747
I couldn't even see those five wights on Dany on your webm. Entire episode was too dimly lit.

>>215393586
who is Nick Fuentes?

>>215393391
Battle of the basterd benchods

>>215393391
I remember being excited for this episode because it was directed by the same guy who directed Hardhome, an unironically great episode, and maybe the only good part of season 5, and then he proceeded to direct the most hated episodes of the remainder of the series.

>>215393758
That's a big cut.

>>215393586
WHO??

>>215393833
>>215393833
>>215393833
>>215393833

>>215393645
nick fuentes

>>215393586
why should I care what a gay spic thinks?

>>215393586
>brownoid hates lotr
Love seeing that faggot fed spic roasted alive for that dogshit opinion

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Weren't the Northern houses supposed to betray the Boltons during this battle and stab the phalanx in the backs but D&D figured no one would understand that so they just had the Vale show up?

>>215393391
For me it’s Jon avoiding certain death from raining arrows, an entire wave of horses charging towards him, and somehow getting out from the bottom of a body pileup.

S6E9 is one of the worst episodes of the show

>>215393912
Get it? >>215393833
It's 4 (You)s!

>>215393391
>everyone is covered in SHIT and MUD and the knights don't take care of their armour because it's important to have tasteful RUST on your life saving expensive gear

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>>215393391
Honestly I'm able to turn my brain off for action sequences. I enjoyed this episode, even the vale twist which was especially retarded. Because we got to see jon beat Ramsay half to death and that was incredibly satisfying.

The problems came later in s8 when they had retarded plot twists AND "fuck you audience" moments at the same time. Like Arya killing the NK. So you couldn't enjoy it even with your brain off.

>>215394339
>Weren't the Northern houses supposed to betray the Boltons
Something like that would probably have happened in winds of winter if the fat fuck was actually finishing it, but it's totally unclear when and where. Most fans speculate that it would happen in a battle against stannis.

To be fair, they were given no direction for this scene and were just filming random shit

>>215395987
I heard it was a disaster behind the scenes because it was filmed chronologically for no good reason and the management of of the horses was absolutely amateurish.

>>215393825
Hardhome was rubbish. Watchers on the Wall was the last good battle
>>215395059
It's not just that stuff like that was unbelievable, it's that the show used to be good because 'the good guys' didn't have plot armour and downpours of arrows couldn't be mitigated by plot armour

God people (admittedly less on /tv/) still act like this show had one bad season/dropped the ball with the ending but it was absolute high budget high production value garbage since the very end of season 4 (specifically the 'smash the beetles' scene)

>>215393391
>>215393527
The way this battle was filmed was revolutionairy film work

It set the mark for movie making at a level that even movies are having a hard time to achief

For tv series this was never done before in rhis manner and probably 75% of the budget for that whole season went to filming that battle

>>215393758
He insulted her a little bit.

>>215393527
fucking hell. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The force required to knock a man off his horse with a swing like that would also be applied to the guy swinging the sword. The force of the horse charging and the swing of the sword would at the least knock the swordsman back but potentially break both of his arms.

This is so frustratingly stupid. The chaotic energy of the battle is kino though.

>>215393476
tl;dr it's a magic sword that can cut through armor


>>215396123
probably for continuity reasons, having to reset the field to go back and shoot a battle sequence during phase 3 of the battle would probably suck ass

>>215393391
Ah Jonathan Snow my favorite character

>>215397400
>complaining about physics in a magic show about dragons where a witch shoots ghosts out her pussy
uh huh

>>215397556
>magic sword that can cut through armor
Only Jon has that. The stabbing guy would have a regular sword

With everyone wearing nearly identical leather armor, I thought Jon accidentally killed one of his own men at one point

>>215395895
>Honestly I'm able to turn my brain off for action sequences. I enjoyed this episode
Only sensible opinion. The real retards are the ones who watch this borderline capeshit expecting perfect realism.

>>215395895
Only shot that triggers me during action sequences are spastic cuts and extra zoomed in cameras. So, it's been a rough couple decades

>>215393391
How come no one in movies can stay in formation?

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Why do normies love Battle of the Bastards so much when Lannisters vs. Dothraki was far superior considering there was actual tactics? (shield wall + spears vs cavalry charge)

Battle of the Bastards was so nonsensical.

>>215399292
The last decent moment of the show

D&D read about some random American Civil War battle so that's why they had the random body pile that somehow became 8 feet tall

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>>215399174
That has always been the case for art depicting battles. Especially fictional battles like from mythology. The art is meant to depict the chaos and glorify heroism of war, often highlighting notable leaders in the battle. The notables leaders tend to be the focus while the nameless heroes are chaotically strewn about, desperately fighting enemies. There is a difference between art showing its own time period and the past, too. Art from its own time tends to be more realistic and will more often include formations. But art depicting battles from the past or mythology will be much more chaotic.

I didn't enjoy a single battle in got. I'm not even sure I enjoyed anything beyond season 1

>>215399292
Because it was basically the largest scale battle people had ever seen on a tv show. It was just all around a cool battle episode. What's not to understand?

>>215398316
>basic laws of physics don't apply because magic

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>>215399292
Why did Dany burn the supply train? That's her future plunder for when she wins the battle

>>215399878
>largest scale battle

Lannisters vs Dothraki was bigger battle and we actually saw a dragon used in battle for the first time.

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>>215399292
>>215399974

How would you unironically survive as Lannisters?

>>215399878
It wasnt a cool or well filmed battle at all. Its double digit IQ viewers like you that turned the show into shit

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>>215399292
because regardless of how much people cry about hoe season 08 was bad because of "bad writing", their actual issue with it is that their favorite character didn't win. Battle of the Bastards is a proof of this: the writing was just as piss poor as season 08, but Jon wins so viewers rated it highly

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>>215399292
On rewatch it is pretty kino, Jaime charging Dany especially. Love how Randall looks like some aged Roman consul too

>>215400069
The episode with that battle came after and was everybody liked that too because it came as a surprise. Both were cool.
>>215400117
It was cool, huge scale, had lots of heroic moments and story payoffs. How hard is it to understand people like that type of shit?

>>215400232
I understand most people are retarded.

>>215393391
Regardless of logic, this is still one of the most kino moments in TV history. I still remember the night this episode aired.

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>>215400174
Consul Randall Tarly, father of Dickon "Bikkus Dikkus" Tarly

>>215400174

>villain shows incredible bravery in the face of danger

One of my favorite tropes desu. Seeing Randall command his troops was kino

>>215400097
fight in a city like new york that would limit the dragons ability to fight, you could set up rope traps between buildings to snare it and then murder it with big fuck off ballista as its struggling on the ground
fighting a dragon in the open field is suicide unless you have some serious anti-air emplacements like a DShKM or something similar

>>215393527
>launched him backwards as if he weighed nothing
That's the power of Valyrian steel anon, have you even read the books?

>>215393773
poor Dothraki spent multiple seasons making their way to Westeros only to die in the dark, I remember being astounded the episode came out in that state, at first I thought it must be something buggy with the leaked version we had

>>215400097
>place my army in an open area as a sacrificial play, have some officer wear my armor so it looks like i'm there
>ballistas in adjacent woods
>rain bolts on the dragon as soon as it lands to confirm kill and take prisoners

It would suck and I'd probably get killed by the leftover army but at least the dragon is dead.

>>215400128
how does this reasoning work when Red Wedding was a huge success? There's no reason not to like Robb and I'm sure some moms probably thought Catelyn was a badass bitch somehow

>>215399756
The battles were always disappointing from the moment Tyrion got knocked out and flashforwarded, some of the fights were very decent though.

Dumb but fun

>>215393527
lmao

>>215393391
this guy is very believable in action roles

>>215393420
this but unironically

>>215399974
She kinda forgot that food came from poor malnourished peasants.
And that hungry dothraki will raid farms to feed themselves.

>>215400174
>>215400616
It's a shame they never had Randyll Tarly tell Dany that he knows what loyalty is. He was loyal to her father and was the only commander to defeat Robert Baratheon in the field.

>>215402644
We saw after The Short Night that Dothraki simply respawn back at base after being wiped out.
That was the only good thing about that episode and then whoops they're back.
>Well, at least all the Dothraki are dead now.
>Oh wait, there they are.

>>215393773
>five Whites take on Dany
got a link, homie?

>>215400128
i think it was more about just getting to see the Boltons lose, they were cartoonishly evil and got away with everything

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>>215403557
>they were cartoonishly evil
Only Ramsay. Roose was awesome and the last compelling villain on the show.

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the defense of castle black clears every other battle and it's not close

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>>215403599
STANNIS
STANNIS
STANNIS

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>Battle in book was more epic than in the show

I will forever be mad. Most kino battle so far

https://youtu.be/mQ9XDFiFj8o?si=VZOCkK_0nj2U7RKd

>>215403664
For me, it's Ser Godrey Giant Slayer.

>>215399946
It's the GoT world where a tiny little girl can send giant men flying with a kick and giant fat lizards can fly. And magic in the show inherently defies physics.

>>215400097
Line is ridiculously spread thin to take on that cav and there are zero fortifications or natural terrain to hide from a fucking dragon in. Have this battle in a steep mountain pass or a lush heavily wooded area so the dragon only has a couple ways in or out to attack and you can concentrate arrow, ballista, and bombard fire on it. You should spread out your infantry AND artillery to avoid an instant BTFO scenario, but not nearly as much as they did in the pic, the dragon is not the only threat here. As-is this is a losing battle even without the dragon.

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>>215403823
well it's an ambush battle, but even though the line is thin if the spears have high enough defense and the cav has weak armor it could be possible with heavy losses. Spear units are strong against cav and their numbers are negated by the fact there's only so many units that can attack in one direction at a time before they start bunching up making them sitting ducks for missiles, imo phyrric victory for the lannisters sans dragon

>>215404165
>phyrric victory for the lannisters sans dragon
Even Lord Randyll says at first "we can take them."
Then the dragon shows up.

>>215393527
Holy greenscreen

>>215396610
yeah despite the dumb details I always found it impressive, you really feel in the middle of all the action if you are watching the entire episode

>>215399974
based
>>215400117
trying too hard

>>215393586
Lol, why?

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>>215400097
Enable guard on all spearmen. Turn the archers around and quickly kill the hero unit for morale debuff.

Then have archers attack @ .75 max distance each cavalry closest to them at that distance until they break and flee. Then bring spearmen that were fighting that unit up and flank cavalry next to them, causing them to flee and cascade morale collapse.

>t. Total War autist

The god of light bent causality to bring him back from the dead, he literally has magic plot armor you fucking retards. This is like complaining Jesus wasn’t killed again after he came back.

Jon died and was brought back with magic to kill Danaerys and inspire others to kill the Night King

>>215398316
>>215403783
The showrunners thinking the way you do is why GoT lost its entire fucking appeal and turned into utter slop

>>215394339
>D&D figured no one would understand
Just have them yell "For the Starks!" or something? I forgot how retarded they were

>>215395963
well, its not unclear. its very blatantly going to happen during the battle of ice.

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mace pulls up to the club wearing his jumper, with his plastic armour from the charity shop on top, slaps your gf's ass and yells MADNESS HAS HAD ITS DAY!

realistically, what do you do?

>>215405519
So did you want the show to be realistic to physics? No dragons? No magic? No characters with superhuman strength? I don't understand what you actually want here

>>215406013
We want you to shut the fuck up, retard.

>>215406013
having dragons and giants etc is a completely different thing from having realistic physics. jon is le epic azor ahai yes, but he has no magical powers.

>>215406013
should frodo and sam have been backflipping across middle earth, because magic exists in their setting?

>>215406041
So you're just dumb and angry? Just say that
>>215406048
>having dragons and giants etc is a completely different thing from having realistic physics
No it's not. Biology abides by physics, too.
>>215406069
Not sure what you mean. The rules of magic and physics are apparent in LoTR as they are in GoT.

>>215399292
>Why do normies love Battle of the Bastards so much
It looked cool, it was Jon finally avenging the Starks who'd suffered for 6 seasons straight, and the action felt visceral and immersive.
>Lannisters vs. Dothraki
It was okay, nothing special.
>actual tactics? (shield wall + spears vs cavalry charge)
No one gives a shit about that. The emotional connection and the intimate nature of the Battle of the Bastards was far more compelling.

>>215399974
>That's her future plunder for when she wins the battle
She didn't need it. She shouldn't have even wasted time on Casterly Rock. She should've marched straight for King's Landing, tore the walls asunder with her Dragons, and then sent her men in to claim the land. There was zero reason for her to fight Cersei in a series of pitched battles. It made ZERO sense.
Even if Cersei threw some meat shield armies between Daenerys and King's Landing, then Daenerys could easily carve through them with her:
>100k Reachmen
>100k Dothraki
>100k Unsullied
>40-50k Dornishmen
>3 DRAGONS

>>215398530
Valyrian steel isnt that superior its just lighter, sharper and holds an edge

>>215400097
I just form a pseudo square vs cav. Not needed because doth are retards. So they die to spearmen ez and you just have to scorpion the dragon

>>215399756
I read the books after s1 and hate watched the rest of the show. Even s1 sucks, terrible exposition bad dialogue etc. Ever notice theon after the whispering woods repeating the same lines from several episodes ago?

>>215393527
Jon is a zombie, retard

>>215393391
Second most overrated episode in the series history, right after Hardhome. Way more stupid than Hardhome too

>>215399644
>some random American Civil War battle
Inshallah these kikes will never touch anything about the Civil War, especially after that proposed "what if le Confederacy won" show offended so many Twittertards, it got canned.

>>215407159
She should have put Tyrion in a catapult and flung him at Cersei, thus fulfilling the prophecy

>>215406543
If your brain had any sense of decency it'd have massively haemorrhaged before you could hit post. Please do everyone a favor and rope.

>>215407531
Tyrion was the worst hand of all time.
>N-no Daenerys you can't just fly to King's Landing and end the war in a day
>Y-you need to fight a series of pitched battles and waste tens of thousands of soldiers taking over castles that don't matter

>>215393758
>sansa orders peter baelish killed
>arya kills him
>"this is just like what my father said during the first scene in the first episode - the person who passes the sentence should swing the sword"

are sansa and arya retarded

>>215396410
and thats exactly when GRRM left the show btw

>>215399292
>when Lannisters vs. Dothraki was far superior considering there was actual tactics?

Because the subplot to setup Dany's heelturn was dropped (Dothraki rape legions roaming through the Reach, gives Sam a good reason to man up and take command, and leave Jon, chastising him for his slavish devotion and subordination to prophecy against his conscience like a pussy whipped nigga). And D&D being budgeting idiots insisting on gorillion apes on steeds for Battle of the Bastards type shit.

Lannisport Stalingrad/Berlin '44 should've been the big battle. Naval shit off the coast with Euron. Pressure from the North, and Southeast from a dragonfire booby trapped total propaganda victory at King's Landing making Dany's rule completely untenable. Then Northmen simply peeling a staged withdrawal, with the city zerg rushed by wights ...

The Godseye not being central to defeating the white walkers and/or Bloodraven-Cripple was almost as retarded as Tyrion and Baldy saying absolutely nothing about Dany killing his father's one successful commander that beat Robert, the best living general - a Targ loyalist - AND HIS SON.

When should I stop watching?
After season 4?