Game of Thrones (Season 5)
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Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0pLbTXPHng
I've been waiting a long time for Season 5 and I did everything I could to avoid spoilers. But there was one spoiler that was unavoidable because it was all anyone was talking about....everywhere. More on that in a bit. So what about the season as a whole? It was a solid season, but there was a noticeable drop from previous season. I'm being picky here, but a season that doesn't have one scene involving Bran, The Hound or The Mountain would be enough to drop my rating for this. But factor in that there is hardly any Brienne throughout the bulk of Season 5 was a bit too much to fathom. The other reason why I don't think this is on par with previous season is that there wasn't a whole lot of moments to drive the first 7 episodes forward in a compelling way. With that said, it's the final 3 episodes where they went for broke and gave me (and I'm guessing every GoT fan out there) something truly breathtaking. Episode 8 gave us the White Walker War at the Wildings camp, Episode 9 finally gave us a Dragon moment that more than lived up to all the hype of what the series has been promising and Episode 10 is no doubt the most talked about Season Finale with Jon Snow.
Overall, as I said, the season was solid, but I think this season would play much better if it was part of one of my huge marathon's where I just play every episode back to back to back. But having waited so long to get my hands on Season 5, it was somewhat of a "letdown" as a whole. But the final 3 episodes more than make up for that. Definitely still picking Buying for sure. FYI, if any of you guys are watching Season 6 (I know it just started), keep any and all information out of this thread. I don't have HBO and will have to once again go into avoiding spoilers again. Ugh.
Lean Headey Shamed and Bullied Over Walk of Shame (http://www.inquisitr.com/3025457/game-of-thrones-star-lena-headey-shamed-and-bullied-over-breasts/)
Since I have spent so much time avoiding spoilers for Season 5, I never got wind of the anger most people have leveled at Lena. I don't think the scene itself is so troublesome to warrant this kind of negative abuse toward her. As I said in my post, they could have implied the n u d i t y at first and then spent the remainder of the scene shooting it in creative ways to hide it all. My issue with the scene had nothing to do with her acting ability (which by the way was off the charts amazing). My criticism is the FX itself because in spite of what other people are saying about it, it absolutely is NOT seamless. It looks off and awkward. I feel really bad that Lena has had to endure some much hatred for this.