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 Originally Posted by Penneywize
Agree on the 'impossible standard' bit, rilla, that was a nice way to put it. (I however fail to understand your comparison to Diablo 3, which has a lot more close substitutes than the awesomeness that is GoT ever will)
As for why or whether the walkers seemed different between S1E1 and S2E10, I'm kind of confused as to why anyone really feels they've had enough of a sample size to make a determination one way or the other. Regardless, it must seem at least a little unfair to brand those in episode 1 as "creepy and mysterious" while those in s2e10 are dismissed as 'straightforward' and 'cartoony'. While I think Rilla is right about the purposes of these episodes, try and consider the contexts of the scenes themselves as well. S1E1; small group of crows investigating a farm / dwelling; white walkers essentially appear out of nowhere and brutally kill two of them, letting one walk away unharmed. S2E10, a multitude of white walkers march presumably in the direction of the wall. In more or less broad daylight, during a snowstorm. It's all quite a bit less subtle in this case, so it's not all that shocking that they were not portrayed as being 'creepy and mysterious'.
Edit: really wish I was a better writer but I believe I got my point across.
The biggest difference was the directing. Like literally I would think the guy who directed the finale was not nearly as good as the one who did the pilot
Everything from how the snow fell to how Sam hid behind the rock to the presentation of the Walker.... Virtually everything
I honestly couldn't describe it, partly because I don't know the right cinematic vernacular. I haven't rewatched it yet so I couldn't say for sure, but the first flaw is that Winter Came yet it didn't feel like it came. When Winter Comes, there needs to be a feeling of dread. All they did to demonstrating Winter Coming was put the snow machine on full. The rock Sam hid behind didn't even look like a real rock. The entire milieu was different. In the pilot there were lots of trees a fleeing person could hide behind, but in the finale there was only one rock Sam could hide behind. That's a really subtle, yet very telling directorial mistake
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