Genuine goosebumps.
We’re only three episodes into the new season of Game of Thrones and we’ve already been treated to some incredible set-pieces, action and scenes.
Yep, spoilers are coming.
Although it’s still early in the season, we can confidently say that scenes like Olenna Tyrell’s final insult to the Lannisters, Jon Snow meeting Dany and Euron Greyjoy’s viscous attack on Yara’s Iron Fleet will go down in Game of Thrones history.
This being said, the great war is yet to come and despite Jon Snow’s best efforts, it appears that the majority of the houses in the Seven Kingdoms are still focused on their petty squabble for the Iron Throne. As we all know, winter is here and the dead come with it.
Jon Snow said it best at Hardhome when he remarked that “The Long Night is coming, and the dead come with it. No clan can stop them. The Free Folk can’t stop them. The Night’s Watch can’t stop them, and all the Southern kings can’t stop them. Only together, all of us, and even then, it may not be enough, but at least then we’ll give the fuckers a fight.”
It’s practically impossible to choose the best episode of Game of Thrones, but if I was pushed, I’d always opt for Hardhome because there was something visceral, unrelenting and horrific about how the Night King’s forces obliterated the wildlings during that incredible scene.
In less than 10 minutes, every single Game of Thrones viewer knew that the realms of men were ultimately f**ked unless every single house in Westeros united against the army of the dead.
Miguel Sapochnik is a remarkable director on Game of Thrones – he also did Battle of the Bastards and The Winds of Winter – but with Hardhome, he perfectly showed a snippet of the icy doom that’s threatening to engulf Westeros. Â Simply put, all hell literally breaks loose in the best sequence of TV that you’re likely to see.
Wights, battles, action, death, panic, excitement, heroism and stone cold villainy are all prevalent at Hardhome as the Night King strikes the first blow in the great war.
Then again, Jon Snow isn’t going to just stand idly by and see The North fall without a fight.
Much like the plot of Christopher Nolan’s latest epic film, Dunkirk, the former Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch wasn’t prepared to let thousands of innocent people perish.
This mashup is bloody great but there’s another treat in store.
We defy anyone not to get chills after this.
If you wondered what The Battle of the Bastards would be like if it was given the similar Dunkirk treatment, here it is.
Winter is here.
Clips via –Â dragonmcmx
