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Originally posted by jhe888:
https://www.gamespot.com/artic...t-with/1100-6466520/

Interesting, and basically correct commentary. The criticism is that the battle was a cheat to all the layering and possibilities opened up for the whole series. The show took the easiest way out, and simply had the Night King's army get wiped out in a fairly predictable way. Not only that, the argument is that one of the main themes has been that the characters' own personal struggles, even if they are for the throne, are not important in comparison to the threat from the north. But that threat turned out to be easily met.

In other words, despite eight years of warnings, winter is not coming.

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Originally posted by rusbro:

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Originally posted by jhe888:
https://www.gamespot.com/artic...t-with/1100-6466520/

Interesting, and basically correct commentary. The criticism is that the battle was a cheat to all the layering and possibilities opened up for the whole series. The show took the easiest way out, and simply had the Night King's army get wiped out in a fairly predictable way. Not only that, the argument is that one of the main themes has been that the characters' own personal struggles, even if they are for the throne, are not important in comparison to the threat from the north. But that threat turned out to be easily met.

In other words, despite eight years of warnings, winter is not coming.

Counterpoint (I'm not saying which I agree with - I don't have a firm opinion yet.)

https://reason.com/2019/04/29/...g-night-arya-cersei/

"It's called Game of Thrones for a reason: This is a show about the ambitions of a slew of characters vying for supreme political power."

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I would have liked it better, if, at least, it took a little more effort and something really clever to defeat the Night King. This has the feel of having to get the Night King out of the way quickly, after having spent much of the last season or two hyping him up.

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Originally posted by sig 226:
I'm pretty underwhelmed with how fast the end of the NK came. We've had years of 'Winter is Coming' and he's the big bad boogey man, which he is and it's over by episode 3.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by sig 226:
I'm pretty underwhelmed with how fast the end of the NK came. We've had years of 'Winter is Coming' and he's the big bad boogey man, which he is and it's over by episode 3.

But realize that "Winter is Coming" didn't equate to the NK. Winters came and went over the last 1000 years with no NK, and it's still winter.

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I think the main bitch (right now) is not enough main characters died in the battle; but considering the NK likely killed oh 20K+ people in an hour, it is pretty brutal.

Like all popular shows, you can never make everyone happy.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Well it was fought at night, so.....

There is some chatter that those that streamed it experienced a darker image than those that watched via Cable or Sat. While it was dark and in some instances it was difficult to detect which character was in the scene, it wasn't that dark on my TV with the Sat Feed...

Perhaps it was the feed source, tv settings, eyes of the beholder, or maybe it was just because it was late night....

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'Games of Thrones' Proves Why You Need an OLED TV

Last night's epic 90-minute Battle of Winterfell was shot entirely at night, and it was a muddy mess without an OLED TV.

If you (like me) watched Game of Thrones' Battle of Winterfell episode last night, you probably felt a mixture of emotions as The Night King's undead horde overtook the Stark's ancestral home. But you (also like me) have an old-ish LCD TV, you probably experienced another unexpected emotion: frustration over not seeing what's going on.

You weren't alone

Likely unintentionally, last night HBO created the perfect example explaining why OLED TVs are the future of home entertainment. The reason being that LCDs are horrible at night/dark scenes. Because the tech activates all pixels in a television (even if that color is black), the result is a hazy glow that muddies contrast and makes it hard to discern what's happening onscreen—especially when thousands of people and dragons are fighting one another.

OLED, on the other hand, produces its own light and can turn off those black pixels, creating a true black that not only saves energy, but is much more color accurate. It's even better if you can score a set with High Dynamic Range, increasing the contrast between light and dark and creating a better picture—something that would have been helpful on Winterfell's blood-soaked parapets.

If you're ready to embrace the future, you could consider these sets, which are great

If you're not quite ready to spend a couple thousand on a TV set (which, fair), there are a few things you can do to make your picture better on your old LCD set:

Check your streaming quality and make sure it's on its maxed setting. If you're not watching live TV, you could be streaming at less that 1080p, which is considered high definition (though 4K is ideal). Even streaming at high quality, the show is still a compressed version of the original.

Remember: Pixelation is the death knell of any sort of quality viewing experience.

- Cut down on external glare. Got the TV next to a lamp or a window? Then you're fighting against technology and the elements.
- Check your picture mode. Most TVs come with various types of picture modes. You'll likely want something that's more warm than cool.
- Max out that backlight. This will give you the brightest image possible (if not exactly the most beautiful image).
- If you can adjust black levels, do that, too, getting them as dark as possible.

Of course, last night's episode, "The Long Night," wanted a few scenes to be shrouded in darkness for scene setting and storytelling. But these tips will hopefully bring at least a little clarity to the chaos at Winterfell—and any other dark scenes that cross your path in the future.

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Originally posted by corsair:
There's not much of an army of the North left to march south; Starks, Umbers, Glovers, Manderly, Knights of the Vail, all largely decimated. There could be a wild card, in that Edmere Tully, who's still at Riverrun, still a prisoner of the Lannisters could rally and appear. Howland Reed and his daughter Mera (who saved Bran north of the wall) is still out there, not sure what kind of army they can muster, that train has likely already left the station with only 3-episodes left.

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Originally posted by Angus the Kid:
I think the key to the final battle will be The Golden Company.

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Originally posted by Angus the Kid:
I think the key to the final battle will be The Golden Company. Can they be turned against Cersei?

Will Cersei have Qyburn turn them all into "zombies" like he did to The Mountain.

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Originally posted by equivet:
I suppose you could argue the writers could have done a better job of just how the NK would go down, but Dany had a chance with dragon fire, Jon had a chance to go mano a walker and was blocked by raising the dead, Theon had no real chance. So why not the only trained assasin?

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Originally posted by corsair:
'Games of Thrones' Proves Why You Need an OLED TV

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Remember: Pixelation is the death knell of any sort of quality viewing experience.

- Cut down on external glare. Got the TV next to a lamp or a window? Then you're fighting against technology and the elements.
- Check your picture mode. Most TVs come with various types of picture modes. You'll likely want something that's more warm than cool.
- Max out that backlight. This will give you the brightest image possible (if not exactly the most beautiful image).
- If you can adjust black levels, do that, too, getting them as dark as possible.

Of course, last night's episode, "The Long Night," wanted a few scenes to be shrouded in darkness for scene setting and storytelling. But these tips will hopefully bring at least a little clarity to the chaos at Winterfell—and any other dark scenes that cross your path in the future.