Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
ah, I enjoyed the Davos grammar nit, but only on the surface level, it didn't click for me that it was a Stannis callback. Pretty sick.

Arya vs Brienne is for sure in the running for best fight scene.

I think the LF dynamic is getting a bit strained. Bran being there and not being like loldudeisabaddie seems like a stretch. But I guess he hasn't seen everything yet.. or he has seen enough to know he's dangerous, but also enough to know that there isn't immediate danger. Or he warged LF to plant the seed of the idea to give him the dagger because he knows Arya will need it. *shrug*

When I saw the wild west setting for the BBQ scene in the previews, I was worried it would feel hamfisted as a homage to cowboys vs indians westerns-- but it somehow paid homage, yet didn't feel corny at all, even while dancing on the border of Wild Wild West territory with the solo operated anti aircraft scorpion. I get that as far as the story is concerned and for the visual impact of the battle it doesn't really matter, but as a minor military tactics geek, I was a little disappointed to see what essentially is a horde of steppe archers be reduced to head on charge spear fodder tactics. But I'm sure that was one of the most expensive scenes to date, and depicting something like a flanking maneuver would have increased cost significantly while not adding anything for 99% of viewers.
Napoleon is quoted boasting about how many men he can send to their death and not give a shit. The charge of the light brigade also comes to mind regarding the military mindset. So from what I've read it looked plausible. They have an overwhelming force, so they surround the enemy and just yolo. This is pretty much textbook Sun Tzu.