05-07-2019, 02:01 PM
(04-29-2019, 04:29 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Yeah. And also, trebuchets are siege weapons for battering castles and towns. Not real effective against troops in the open, especially troops that are charging. Maybe they took out a handful with the flaming boulders. In this case, though, they might have been more effective as firewood, eh.
That's another thing. Tens of thousands of dudes on horses waving flaming scythes about. I know it is fantasy. But in reality, some of them dudes are gonna be accidentally lighting their buddies and their horses on fire. That's just how humans function. There would be at least one Private Sad Sack in Row 299, Column 170 who would accidentally (or maybe on purpose) light the tail of the horse in front of him on fire, and that horse would rear throwing the rider with his flaming sword into the guy and horse next to him lighting them up, whose horse would then bolt forward into the guy in front of him.... etc. You get the picture. Humans do some dumb shit sometimes. And it's pretty clear that Dothraki don't exactly prize intelligence.
But, like I said, it is fantasy. Suspended disbelief. I still enjoyed the show.
Fragmentation rounds with dragon glass instead of grapeshot would be effective against wights in the open. Even grapeshot might damage them enough to degrade their effectiveness at fighting.
Overall, I was disappointed in this episode. First, I could barely see what was happening even with all the lights off. I understand weather and light affect visibility during warfare and the Night King was using that to his advantage, but this is a TV show that relies upon the audience being able to see the show. The editing was too choppy in addition to the scenes being too dark so I couldn't tell who was who or what the hell was going on. I expected a better defense/battle plan. Did they even have a military technical adviser? Seemed like they could have sorely used one. The Arya Hail Mary ending was pretty anti-climatic for me.
Speaking of Arya, her sex scene was the most disturbing scene I've watched on GOT. We've practically watched her grow up from a little girl. I was sitting there like, "Noooooooooo Arya, don't take your shirt off!"
