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Post by stephen on May 21, 2019 0:55:25 GMT
Season 1: 1. Mark Addy 2. Charles Dance 3. Peter Dinklage
Season 2: 1. Alfie Allen 2. Jack Gleeson 3. Conleth Hill
Season 3: 1. Alfie Allen 2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 3. Gwendoline Christie
Season 4: 1. Rory McCann 2. Charles Dance 3. Pedro Pascal
Season 5: 1. Stephen Dillane 2. Alfie Allen 3. Michael McElhatton
Season 6: 1. Maisie Williams 2. Lena Headey 3. Diana Rigg
Season 7: 1. Diana Rigg 2. Anton Lesser 3. Lena Headey
Season 8: 1. Rory McCann 2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 3. Gwendoline Christie
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Post by fiosnasiob on May 21, 2019 1:00:13 GMT
Charles Dance was the MVP when he was there, then probably Lena Headey around season 5-6 and Kit Harington in this last season. Emilia Clarke, really guys ? Peter Dinklage rock solid in most of the show but often on autopilot in the last season tho, however the actress who play Brienne de Torth has some really nice and genuine moments.
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Post by pupdurcs on May 21, 2019 1:04:38 GMT
Season 8 is easily Maisie Williams for me. Her performance in Episode 5 alone was stunning, and beyond anything most of her elder castmates managed this season. Watching the destruction of Kings Landing through her eyes and attempts to survive it was the strongest part of that very flawed episode.
Alfie Allen is the unsung acting MVP of the entire show (he doesn't get the recognition of obvious standouts like Heady or Dinklage). Brilliant in all his character evolutions. Shame he didn't get much screen time this season.
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Post by pupdurcs on May 21, 2019 1:06:47 GMT
Charles Dance was the MVP when he was there, then probably Lena Headey around season 5-6 and Kit Harington in this last season. Emilia Clarke, really guys ? Peter Dinklage rock solid in most of the show but often on autopilot in the last season tho, however the actress who play Brienne de Torth has some really nice and genuine moments. Yeah, really not getting this Emilia Clarke thing at all.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on May 21, 2019 1:38:22 GMT
Charles Dance was the MVP when he was there, then probably Lena Headey around season 5-6 and Kit Harington in this last season. Emilia Clarke, really guys ? Peter Dinklage rock solid in most of the show but often on autopilot in the last season tho, however the actress who play Brienne de Torth has some really nice and genuine moments. I've been HUGELY critical of her (and the character) over the years, but I have to give credit where credit is due.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 2:10:32 GMT
Season 1 1. Mark Addy 2. Peter Dinklage 3. Sean Bean
Season 2 1. Peter Dinklage 2. Alfie Allen 3. Lena Headey
Season 3 1. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 2. Charles Dance 3. Peter Dinklage
Season 4 1. Peter Dinklage 2. Charles Dance 3. Rory McCann
Season 5 1. Stephen Dillane 2. Lena Headey 3. Alfie Allen
Season 6 1. Lena Headey 2. Jonathan Pryce 3. Liam Cunningham
Season 7 1. Lena Headey 2. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 3. Diana Rigg
Season 8 1. Rory McCann 2. Maisie Williams 3. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Overall 1. Charles Dance 2. Stephen Dillane 3. Lena Headey 4. Peter Dinklage 5. Alfie Allen 6. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 6. Rory McCann 7. Mark Addy 8. Michael McElhatton 9. Rose Leslie 10. Diana Rigg
HM: Donald Sumpter
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 2:27:36 GMT
Season 1 - Peter Dinklage Season 2 - Alfie Allen Season 3 - Charles Dance Season 4 - Peter Dinklage Season 5 - Stephen Dillane Season 6 - Natalie Dormer Season 7 - Diana Rigg Season 8 - Emilia Clarke
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Post by quetee on May 21, 2019 4:36:45 GMT
This guy didn't get everything right but he was on point with several things.
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Post by jakesully on May 21, 2019 5:58:13 GMT
What a lackluster finale to a lackluster final season . Kind of a fitting ending though lol. If I were a huge / hardcore GoT fan, I'd definitely be pissed off at the show runners' effort with the final product. It seems like they half assed it and were almost checked out entirely so they can focus more on their Star Wars trilogy. Glad I'm just a casual fan of this show .
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Post by Archie on May 21, 2019 6:51:33 GMT
Season 1: 1. Sean Bean 2. Peter Dinklage 3. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Season 2: 1. Peter Dinklage 2. Alfie Allen 3. Lena Heady
Season 3: 1. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 2. Gwendoline Christie 3. Charles Dance
Season 4: 1. Jack Gleeson (that's right) 2. Charles Dance 3. Pedro Pascal
Season 5: 1. Stephen Dillane 2. Lena Heady 3. Jonathan Pryce
Season 6: 1. Lena Headey 2. Natalie Dormer 3. Liam Cunningham/Carice van Houten
Season 7: 1. Lena Headey 2. ??? 3. ???
Season 8: 1. Emilia Clarke 2. Rory McCann 3. Uhhh.... Vladimír Furdík
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Post by Archie on May 21, 2019 6:53:41 GMT
Hot take: Coster-Waldau is fucking TERRIBLE after season 3.
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Post by notacrook on May 21, 2019 7:44:55 GMT
Charles Dance was the MVP when he was there, then probably Lena Headey around season 5-6 and Kit Harington in this last season. Emilia Clarke, really guys ? Peter Dinklage rock solid in most of the show but often on autopilot in the last season tho, however the actress who play Brienne de Torth has some really nice and genuine moments. Yeah, really not getting this Emilia Clarke thing at all. I gave it to Clarke because a) she was genuinely really good b) she had some terrible stuff to work with and almost sold me on it c) the shoddiness of S8 prevented normal MVPs (e.g. Headey) from taking it. I've never been as hard on Clarke as most seem to be - in fact, I think she's been frequently great throughout the show, especially in seasons 1 and 3. However, I would say she's often been one of the weaker links of the main cast, so props to her for going out on a high note.
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Post by pupdurcs on May 21, 2019 9:00:31 GMT
Yeah, really not getting this Emilia Clarke thing at all. I gave it to Clarke because a) she was genuinely really good b) she had some terrible stuff to work with and almost sold me on it c) the shoddiness of S8 prevented normal MVPs (e.g. Headey) from taking it. I've never been as hard on Clarke as most seem to be - in fact, I think she's been frequently great throughout the show, especially in seasons 1 and 3. However, I would say she's often been one of the weaker links of the main cast, so props to her for going out on a high note. "Normal" MVP's like Heady literally had nothing to do for the whole of season 8 (she spent most of the time drinking a goblet of wine in the Red Keep) or had been turned into Dany's emasculated henchmen (Dinklage). I guess Clarke gets shitload of screen time in Season 8, but it's mostly the same overwraught performance she's always given.She's fine, but I think people are confusing getting the most screeentime with giving the strongest performance. Maise Williams can and does act circles around Clarke this season, imho. Rory McCann is also acting circles around Clarke this season, but Williams has more to do.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on May 21, 2019 11:04:03 GMT
Season 1: Mark Addy with a HM to Maisie Williams Season 2: Peter Dinklage with a HM to Alfie Allen Season 3: Alfie Allen with a HM to Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Season 4: Pedro Pascal with a HM to Rory McCann Season 5: Lena Headey with a HM to Stephen Dillane Season 6: Lena Headey with a HM to Carice van Houten Season 7: Kit Harrington with a HM to Sophie Turner
Season 8: Kristofer Hivju with a HM to Maisie Williams
That was really tough, and I'm not at all happy to leave a lot of folks off. Still, some people gave more consistently good performances, that simply never saw them as a one Season MVP or HM....as you'll see below.
Top Dozen Performances
01 Lena Headey 02 Alfie Allen 03 Maisie Williams
04 Stephen Dillane
05 Peter Dinklage 06 Charles Dance 07 Gwendoline Christie
08 Liam Cunningham
09 Rory McCann
10 Conleth Hill
11 Natalia Tena
12 Carice van Houten
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Post by ibbi on May 21, 2019 11:39:53 GMT
1, 2, and 3 are on a different level from the rest for me. Putting them in order is tough as I've not rewatched any of them since they aired. I remember not liking 2 quite as much as 1, and thinking that the two double teams of Dinklage-Headey and Dance-Williams pretty much kept it afloat, so I'd probably put that third, then maybe the first one above it just because... Well, I remember more about 3, and I always found it so funny how in 1 they had Tyrion get knocked out that time so they could avoid the expense of a big battle scene. How far we've come 4 would come in at an easy 4th. It's like those Simpsons seasons like 9/10 when it's clearly not as consistently great as it used to be, but still way better than what was to come. I remember hating a lot of it, but the King's Landing trial stuff, and the Arya-Hound double team kept the thing afloat. Also, I fucking hated that penultimate episode. It was dark as shit, and they killed one of my favourite characters so this guy could hook up with his auntie and pretend like it's the same thing. After that, just fuck this show. I would probably have season 7 in 5th place and the reason why is not because it was particularly good, it's just... A lot of people complained this year about how they cut out all the character stuff and it was just plot, plot, plot. My issue is that in seasons 5 and 6 when they were still moving at a snails pace this show turned to total shit. I love slow burn storytelling done right (Deadwood and The Wire are maybe my two favourite shows ever) but if you're going to suck at it as much as I felt these guys were starting to, then I'll be much happier if you just get the fuck on with telling the story the way they did in 7. After that I just can't help but shrug at 5 and 6. It's all just blurred together in mediocrity for me without the clear distinctions lent by the qualities the earlier years had. Having Arya spend 2 whole seasons wasting away in that inane subplot was unbearable, having Sansa basically stuck in an endless loop of the same old bullshit when you thought we were supposed to be moving things along was comical, they fucking killed Stannis, but not before assassinating his character, trying to care about Jon Snow's subplot without Ygritte was never going to happen, and that whole thing with Cersei just murdering everyone? Nat Dormer was legit one of the best things on this show, her character seemed so interesting and destined to do seriously crafty shit, and then they just blew her up for no god damn reason, and she didn't even get cast as Captain Marvel? Fuck this show. I might take 6 over 5 just because... The Hodor episode was cool, so were all the flashbacks, and they didn't fool us into thinking we saw Lena Headey's ass. Actually after writing all that I'd probably put 8 over those two seasons. It might have been stupid as shit, but at least it was only 6 episodes of it instead of 10, I think the second episode was really good, and the third and fifth episodes might have been stupid as fuck, but they both featured some seriously classy filmmaking as well. I don't remember anything like that in seasons 5 or 6 except the endings of The Door, and Hardhome. TL; DR 3, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 6, 5. As for episodes:- You Win Or You Die And Now His Watch Is Ended Kissed By Fire The Rains of Castamere The Laws of Gods and Men Mockingbird The Children The Spoils of War Something like that.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on May 21, 2019 12:19:11 GMT
1: Season 1 A+
2: Season 3 A+
3: Season 2 A
4: Season 4 B
5: Season 6 C-
6: Season 7 D
7: Season 8 D-
8: Season 5 F
I recently re-watched the whoLe lot , which helps.
My long opinion, which was that from 1 - 5 the show got a little worse to varying degrees has been changed, albeit slightly. I now give 3 the edge over 2 would consider it almost on par with 1, but 1 still has a few more things going for it. I give it the edge as it has my favourite episode of the series "You Win or You Die" and my favourite scene of the series in Robert and Cersei having their perfectly written and acted conversation over wine. I also give it credit for being probably the best book to screen adaptation of anything I have read. The gap down to third place really isn't that wide, however occasionally I would throw the word dull at Season 2; but these instances are few and far between. One thing you could never say about 4 is that it's dull, but while still very good television, the cracks started to appear.
Season 6 is not anywhere near the first four, but at the same time, it isn't as poor as the rest. It has a lot of great momentS, and some good episodes. These aren't enough to counteract it's many, many problems, but they are at least something. I sort of lump 7 & 8 together to an extent, as for all their grand and occasionally spectacular set pieces, they are a disaster of storytelling. Season 5 on the other hand, is just plain poor. A horse that lame would be shot...it really was a case of "give me something for the pain and let me die".
At least Buffy had the decency to quit on it's worst Season and not carry on for another 23 episodes.
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Post by cheesecake on May 21, 2019 22:10:23 GMT
It wasn't as much of a hot mess as I feared it would be, but it was a very underwhelming close.
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Post by stephen on May 22, 2019 17:11:14 GMT
Fish, you'll appreciate this:
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Post by theycallmemrfish on May 22, 2019 17:23:41 GMT
Fish, you'll appreciate this: Such a shame that Varys is supremely underappreciated among the more casual fandom... an even bigger shame that the writers basically ignored him these past two seasons... But god damn, he went out with more balls than any of them!
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Post by Archie on May 22, 2019 18:10:53 GMT
Oh wait I just remembered, they introduced fucking time travel in "The Door" and never brought it up again.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on May 22, 2019 21:08:24 GMT
Oh wait I just remembered, they introduced fucking time travel in "The Door" and never brought it up again. Well they introduced high quality storytelling in the first 4 Seasons and never brought it up again, so...
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Post by Archie on May 22, 2019 21:14:36 GMT
Oh wait I just remembered, they introduced fucking time travel in "The Door" and never brought it up again. Well they introduced high quality storytelling in the first 4 Seasons and never brought it up again, so...
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Post by Archie on May 23, 2019 1:47:44 GMT
Anyone else think that Varys might end up being the only main cast member to live to the end? WELP
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Post by theycallmemrfish on May 23, 2019 2:14:54 GMT
Anyone else think that Varys might end up being the only main cast member to live to the end? WELP I WAS SO YOUNG AND INNOCENT!
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Post by Martin Stett on May 23, 2019 4:35:15 GMT
I don't watch the show, but...
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