"The Long Night" 8x03 Game of Thrones Episode Review

[@LeprosySnail]

Remember how you could still see what was going on during The Battle of the Blackwater and The Battle of Castle Black even though they took place at night? Good times.

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

My (least) favourite moment was when Tyrion (paraphrasing) said "We're smart, we could notice something they don't. I should be up there helping somehow." ...Uh, Tyrion, never mind what you might see up there. What do you see here? IN A CRYPT. AGAINST A NECROMANCER KING. And then those ancient bones (just bones, no muscle) are somehow strong enough to punch through the sarcophagi they're interred in. UGH.

[@DanzieReviews]

Sorry for a few peaks in the audio, folks! It'll be back to normal in the next video.

[@jaybirdjetwings7516]

Loved the review!

[@maxmustermann9058]

This episode legitimately broke the internet, I have seen plenty of people upload videos shitting on it that do not even usually comment on the series

[@OneOnOne1162]

The secret revealed in the crypts was that Tyrion and Sansa's personalities have been dead all along. Not a very well kep secret though.

[@brianalondite]

I've legitimately given up on the show.

[@MrReelio3]

The main thing that bugged me in this episode was the plot armor. The castle is completely overrun, everyone is dead.... Except Pod, Brienne, and Jaime. The literal last three standing against that wall. Or maybe it wasn't them, I dont have epic night vision to see who it was.

[@barbara832001]

Sam was there too.

[@LizardsLore]

This is hands down my favorite review ever

[@BloodofBlackFire]

What I really loved is that in the next episode you literally see hundreds of funeral pyers that they were able to quickly build that could have been built before the war in order to PROVIDE LIGHT. But apparently no one thought that light and fire could be helpful against a very flammable army that was going to attack at night

[@thomaslevy7249]

I don't care about the protagonists, I wish that Cersei would win. She deserves it honestly.

[@LoganBluth]

Based on what, her MASSIVE amounts of plot armour, which is somehow even MORE ridiculously contrived than Jon, Tyrion, and Dany's put together...? The best possible ending would have been the White Walkers win due to every human character's endless stupidity! 🤣

[@thomaslevy7249]

@@LoganBluth Bruh why do you stalk my comments from years ago?

[@LoganBluth]

@@thomaslevy7249 Haha. Sorry, I just discovered this channel a week ago and have been binge-watching all her GOT reviews since I felt exactly like she did when the show was airing - Started disliking the show in Season 5, which gradually turned into outright hatred. I really enjoy talking about how bad the show became so have also been looking through the comments for people to discuss it with and yours must have just stood out. I didn't remember your name from previous videos so I didn't even realise that I'd replied to multiple of your comments along the way. 😁

[@kenj0418]

What did Beric do? Be an example of resurrection so show-only people wouldn't freak out saying Jon's came out of nowhere. He also shows how much war ages a man. I mean Season 1 Beric and Season 3+ Beric don't even look like the same man.

[@evilzelda044]

The ending of this episode once again reignited a fear I've had for a good bit, concerning the books. We now see how incredibly rushed the timeframe for everything in the show is - and I am honestly worried about how GRRM is going to tackle the same issue with the books. If he stick to his plan, there will be only two more books. That is not a lot of time to even begin wrapping up this mass of plotlines. Dorne, Lady Stoneheart, Arya, Alayne, Stannis v Boltons, Griff... I have no idea how he'll manage that.

[@alexfont5489]

This episode was visually stunning, but it was soooooooo stupid. Please GRRM, don’t let the books end like this!

[@ladylilith4944]

Great review!

[@gerardcollins6621]

"Bring the lights down sorta speak - not that much. Keep it in your pants Wagner!" God bless you.

[@kenj0418]

"If you think this has a crazy, twisty, turny ending, you haven't been paying attention."

[@josephezekiel2965]

Alfie and Carice have always been miles ahead of our main characters acting wise. Worried for the last couple episodes where we basically have Cersei doing all the heavy lifting in that department. Great review as always! Curious what you thought of Lyanna Mormont?

[@barbara832001]

I always thought the point of castles was to have thick walls to keep out invaders. And cavalry isn't really as effective at breaking through an incoming army without the infantry to back them up. Also the wights wouldn't be afraid of charging horses. And how were the Dothraki going to be effective without obsidian weapons?

[@ruthruthie2931]

The hound is probably my favorite character, he’s made me laugh the most. I think that’s why I like him so much...

[@asinineintelligence6194]

I've been waiting for you to pick this one apart. Usually I'm like "Danzie you're being too harsh" but this episode is on its own. It doesn't seem to care about the book or show plot or lore. Just a Good Guy Bad Guy battle with awful military tactics.

[@Mic-Mak]

❤️ your reviews. I Iive for your GoT shade.

[@kins1894]

In the eyes of Game of thrones

[@peterhaag5225]

I mean flannel is wonderful and my spouse loves them

[@Lidalgirl]

In his arms there's an Emmy XD I wish!!!

[@LoganBluth]

I'll tell you one thing Beric did - He sold Gendry to Melissandre for use as a ritual sacrifice victim. That's right - Beric is a literal slave dealer! Also, the reason I didn't care that Arya killed the Night King is that he has never and will never exist in the books, so it's utterly IRRELEVANT who killed him! 😁

[@gerardcollins80]

While Game of Thrones took its last, final and agonising breaths of life in season 8, Danzies videos trashing each episode gave me life again.

[@daijanbrown9478]

Raegar vs arthur dayne

[@danielleb5016]

Awesome review. M'lighting...

[@johnnystevens1248]

can m'lighting be a meme?

[@bigpav]

I’m cool with Arya killing the Night King. I just wish that instead of Bran warring into ravens, he tried going back in time (Like with Hodor), and warging into the Night King, giving Arya the opening to kill the Night King, and hopefully killing Bran in the process.

[@jreese2474]

I thought the Ayra sneaking bits would have been better if it had been undead Rickon chasing her. While you were off becoming a badass and your other brother was becoming leader of the X-men the youngest and weakest member of your family was betrayed and murdered. That would shake anyone. But I think I'm putting too much thought in.

[@jaybirdjetwings7516]

I didn't understand why arya was sneaking around, wasn't she just killimg them like normally outside? It looked good but i don't get it, could someone explain?

[@mcamurray]

She hit her head against the wall and lost her weapon. She was getting overwhelmed by the wights, so she had to find somewhere to hide and regroup. Also, the space was more confined inside the castles, so she could've been easily overrun if the wights knew she was there.

[@jaybirdjetwings7516]

@@mcamurray Thank you makes perfect sense

[@Stoltzy92]

Seeing what they are doing in these various episodes of The Game of Thrones TV series, makes me hope and pray to God that George RR Martin will actually finish the main series of books. Unlikely considering his age and his health but a guy can hope.

[@MrAllallalla]

Can people stop talking about this man's death as if he didn't exist? It's depressing. It makes it sound like you don't care if he lives 20 years less if only his books are already finished by then.

[@Stoltzy92]

@@MrAllallalla Expressing hope that he finishes what he started is bad how exactly?

[@madelinebell5046]

If he dies his editors will finish the books, hopefully with the help of Daniel Abraham, who co-wrote The Expanse series with Ty Franck, GRRM’s assistant. Abraham would be a good choice because he’s an excellent writer who has a similar style to GRRM, plus GRRM knows him and is a fan of his work, so I like to think he could be involved. Anyhow, the editors know the story inside and out - if necessary, they will finish it themselves.

[@goran77ish]

But cinematographer was kind of right. I saw episode on my TV and I saw everything just fine. Sure, night fight, but I saw it as it should be. Then I watched it with friend on computer monitor and only thing you could see was the faces. So he is kind of right, you could see if your TV is set right but show should be made so common folks don't have to do it. Also, complain why they made it a night fight is not valid. Night walkers bring storms and night with them so makes sense. Even if it was a day it was to damn cloudy. But it should be done right. Battle for the Helm's deep was almost entirely during the night, I saw none objecting they could not see anything. Speaking of casual s that you refer with "I told you so". Look no further then Angry Joe. At the end of last season he conclude with "don't listen to this idiots claiming the show went down the hill, it is still great". After this episode he made several rant video, he feels how Night King story ended was a letdown. Well I am not as angry because I saw it coming years ago so I was not as angry. I enjoyed it for a dumb spectacle it is, as long as they don't talk it is fine. Rest of it is just quips and "remember this line from ages ago" scenes.

[@qlipothian]

There have been movies and television shows that have shown night time scenes (in almost complete darkness) without confusing the audience (30 days of night, Pitch Black etc).

[@jevgenkova]

Reason why it was night battle is VERY simple. They can't afford to have aerial battle with 3 dragons in daytime, it would cost too much. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to see what's going on though.

[@goran77ish]

@@jevgenkova Well lets say they used the fact that Others bring darkness with them in their advantage and used it as an excuse. But I agree, we should be able to see things regardless. Lot of movies have done it way better as person below gave us examples. I could add there battle of the Helm's deep to. It was night battle and you could see more.

[@malloryreed4765]

I love your reviews but I have to stop, that song is making me queasy.

[@DanzieReviews]

Five years of music school, baby. ;)