I love it how Alt Shift's tone changes from sarcastic to serious when he tries to make sense of the show's mediocre writing with passages from the books.
Sansa: How do you know all this? Bran: The Three-eyed raven taught me. Sansa: I thought you were the Three-eyed raven? Bran: I meant the previous one. He died, and I took his place as the new Three-eyed raven. Sansa: Oh I see. Well that was a quick and easy explaination. Good thing you said that instead of cryptically implying it was "difficult to explain", accomplishing nothing.
we actually got rhaenys wearing bad ass dragon armour in ep 9 and 10 of HotD. Was so amazing. Very dumb that dany didn't wear anything for dragon back lmao.
I'm really looking forward to the conflict between Jaime and Cersei. It's being hinted at so much right now. Jaime not wanting to fuck with Cersei (remember, he said "no" to her as she approached him), and now this dialogue with Lady Olenna. I have the impression that her words actually kinda got to him, even though he tried to rationalise what cersei did. And I expect the reveal of her killing of joffrey to push Jaime a little more away from Cersei.
Laylo nope ,if you had read a little bit of world history you would have known iron bank is same as Rockefeller and Rothschild .rothchild did similar stuff as iron bank during Napoleon war ,Crimean war ,first world war , second world war and even recently in 2003 USA invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan .usa is comparable to Lannister here in amount of debt it has to pay back to iron bank or Rockefeller , infact usa borrowed 1 trillion dollar during war of Afghanistan and Iraq .this is exactly what trump is trying to tell common ppl .but if he speaks openly he will be murdered by sell swords of Rock feller
Korgull capitalism by itself is not evil but extreme capitalism is evil . extreme capitalism puts profit above everything including in those stuff where for profit it endangers human life .
+ayush kumar This is just another version of "it's not capitalism, it's crony capitalism!" The whole system is designed in a way that it will crumble into cronyism/"extreme capitalism". The basis of the system is that individuals, motivated by self-interest, will seek to build their financial empire, and in doing so, can be used to benefit society, as they will realize their moral obligation to give back to the society that allowed them to grow, and the workers that built their financial empire. Also the state will ensure this happens via taxation and welfare. This is Adam Smith stuff. However, there is a contradiction here. Capitalism rewards those who are best at looking after themselves, those who are best at looking after themselves are generally not the best at recognizing the effort of others to help them get where they are (see: the backlash against Obama when he stated "you didn't build that"). The most successful capitalists most likely won't believe they have any moral obligation to give back to society (see: the entire capitalist PR job/ideology known as Libertarianism/"Fuck You, I Got Mine"). Hence why the state must intervene with taxation and welfare. But, there is another problem. Money is power in a system like capitalism where money drives everything. Economic power can be transferred into political power with things like bribes/donations, lobbying, etc.. Capital does not simply drive job growth, it builds political careers. Capitalists can effectively neutralize the very thing that is supposed to regulate against the excess, the state, or worse, use the power of the state for their own benefit. On top of that, capital can also finance social movements and propaganda that turns working class people into some of the biggest defenders of capitalist excess. This is what the Tea Party is, rich people using Saul Alinsky's work on how to organize the proletariat, to organize them in support of capitalism, rather than in support of themselves, as Saul Alinsky intended. This is what people call "crony capitalism", or as you called it "extreme capitalism". But all that is is the logical conclusion of capitalist entrenchment.
It does not matter, NW's purpose was to "defend the realms of men from what lies beyond the wall", wildlings are no longer a threat and White Walkers will be dealt with by the end of the series. People who understand the real danger will understand how stupid it is to strictly follow an oath to the point that it serves no one.
Alt Shift's voice in this video pointing out sarcastically the plotholes and bullshittery of the show is so priceless. Miles better than the show itself. Oh boy I can't wait for Winds of Winter, Danny not beig given an armor to mount her dragons makes me scream internally. Ghost being completely neglected makes me acidic. The "they will win with the power of love" makes me scream externally. The Lannisters taking over Highgarden in 2 hours made me want to headbang the table. "Muh they aren't good fighters" assaulting a castle in the top of a mountain would take days, laying siege to it, years. And let's not talk about Euron's sea warping.
Yeah, that was *heck* of a sailing on Euron's part. I cut him some slack last episode for randomly bumping into the Sea Snakes at night (hey, he might be at least a little as sorcerous as he is in the books)...but to randomly appear over at Casterly Rock like that was odd. Truth be told, for Unsullied to attack it never made any sense anyway, since it really doesn't mean much with the Lannisters in King's Landing.
It's especially annoying because a lot of the asinine plot holes in the show could be explained away very easily while at the same time having to change very little and not having to change the story they are telling at all. The taking of High Garden could of made sense by simply putting a few Reach banners among the Lannister banners and then in the conversation between Jamie and Olenna, they could of mentioned Randyll Tarly being an excellent General and/or mentioned how Randyll managed to bring the other reach lords to his side, which would also of made more sense of forming an alliance with Randyll in the first place.
Paul Stephens um did you see that hawk that tore Jon up? The thing was huge and with razor sharp talons and it's naturally faster than a human, it's understandable why Jon got fucked up by it, most people would. Especially since the hawk was controlled by a warg.
Is no one else irritated by Dany demanding that Jon bend the knee? Even Aegon didn't do that. He didn't sit in Dragonstone repeating titles at people. He went out and conquered five kingdoms before approaching the North. Not to mention that in truth, the Targaryens didn't have the Iron Throne taken from them. They lost it in a cesspool of betrayal, torture, incest and paranoia. No, the daughter doesn't bear her father's sins, but that doesn't make her immune from the consequences of his actions. Aerys lost the Seven Kingdoms, so she's lost any right to rule them. Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Also what happens after Danny dies? and another crazy ass targaryens comes around killing people with fire. Why is the north inclined to believe all targaryens for the rest of time will be as cool as Danny wants people to believe she is?
I wouldn't be surprised if on top of all the other irritating things about Dany (and no to be clear, I don't find her irredeemably irritating, just a normal level or irritating i.e. fairly realistic), people just went "meh, this thing is clearly winding down so let's just go on the ride." I'm still irritated by the fact she's even trying to invade the seven kingdoms, instead of building up influence and power in the east and undermining the seven kingdoms within by buying out loyalists and without by sanctions, piracy and trade (hey, worked for Great Britain). I mean, it's obvious with Robert's death (and even before) the whole place is teetering and was in obscene debt. Best thing to do would be to have let it fall and then step in to 'help them back to their feet'. Oh, well.
Dany can still rule over the seven kingdoms. She just lost the right to have it passed on to her through succession, that doesn't mean she can't take it by conquest which is what she plans to do. Dany was right. Just like Robb, Jon is in open rebellion to the crown (currently cersei and possibly Dany if she wins). If Dany wants to potentially rule over 7 kingdoms and not 6 kingdoms, then there will be a problem between the two and he will eventually bend if he doesn't want to fight a war on both sides.
Have you ever read the books? Iron Throne and Seven Kingdom united under Targaryen rule. And they never actually lost line of succession. Robert Baratheon got the Throne because actually was next in succession line after Viserys. And that's why he tried to kill him. Eddard or much better Jon Arryn could have been King too if they hadn't count that. That's the ethics and logic in the world of Westeros. Daenerys has claim though. It really pisses me when people judge characters in game of thrones world under our world ethics. Yes, Daenerys could have sit in Meereen to be queen there and if you read the last chapters of her in DwD that she wants to do. But she can't!!!! Because she has commitment to her family. Everyone in GoT world would think the same. She has to restore her family's throne. The end.
Maria K. very good point! Dany's claim to the Iron Throne is definitely more rightful than Cercei's, considering that all of Cercei's children were bastards (and considering that Cercei murdered Robert, of course). The only problem I see, as Qarcon mentioned, is Dany's infertility. If Mirri Maz Duur was right, and there is no reason to not believe what she said, Dany will be obliged to make this clear to whomever she will marry. When she dies, only a bastard can follow. In the thinking of Westerosi politics this could be difficult and lead to another war. She really must pick her husband in Westeros carefully, she can not fall for another pretender like Hizdahr zo Loraq in Meereen.
@ 6:21 "... but in the show, the bank's role is to bankroll Cersei." Way to take the time to make your content super informative , interesting, and also super funny on the sneak tip.
Does anybody else feel like Season 7 is extremely underwhelming so far? A lot happened in Episode 3, but the stories feel all cut up and jumbled together, like they've clumsily been cutting secondary story lines to make room for the main ones but that has left the story without a lot of its flavour. All the characters feel out of character, too. Extremely "meh" so far.
Yeah, I just watched the leaked Episode 4. It suffered from some of the same problems as the other ones so far, but it was pretty damn cool. Gives me some hope for the rest of the season!
I don't see how believing in dragons, which were known to exist only a few generations ago, and which can be seen now, mandates also believing in White Walkers which haven't been seen in thousands and thousands and thousands of years. One does not demand the other.
I'm more inclined to believe tyrion reasoning. Basically believing in a monster like cersei is more easier to understand than a white walker. So people just choose not to believe in zombies
Daenerys has literally spent seasons whinging that people don't believe in dragons until she shows she has them. The fact that she of all people absolutely refuses to believe in magical zombies is contrived..
I agree. They had dragon fossils. It's like dinosaurs are to us today. There are no White Walker fossils. Moreover, it's not long ago that the 7 kingdoms were conquered by Aegon on dragons. Yeah, that comment made no sense.
it's the same story, as people can believe in airplanes, AKA heavy metal things that fly, but not in man made climate changes, kind of the same story really, they are probably rationalizing the coming of long winters with some mystical changes in sun and earth orbit, and denying the white walkers impact in climate alltogather.
12:20 "This is one of the big advantages of having dragons. You can scout with them, find out where enemy armies are." Well, that comment didn't age well.
I'm starting to feel like Hodor was the last great reveal of the show. I wouldn't be surprised if somehow in the remaining 10 episodes or so, the producers of the show just rush us into a human vs whitewalker cgi epic multiepisode finale and don't even brush up on all the more subtle aspects of the show we saw in earlier episodes that were more rooted in the books.
I agree. The writers are seriously phoning it in. Have been for a few seasons now. I'm not even a book reader, and I still want to know about the fates of characters like Edmure Tully and Ellaria Sand. Seems ridiculous to make us invest in characters and then just ignore their fates for the sake of shaving off a few episodes of the final 2 seasons.
Exactly, why is Jon being resurrected not a big deal?? How did Sam know that Jon was at Winterfell? If he knew that Jon was stabbed to death by his brothers, and was resurrected, he would investigate that. No one questions Jon for abandoning the Nights Watch except for Ramsey. None of the northern lords ask him about it. Tyrion, Dany also didn't ask him why he left the Watch and became King in the North. Don't know how the show will address this...
Levi Ackerman The news that he became King in the North spread over Westeros, so Sam would probably know about it. But he would be curious as to why Jon abandoned the Watch and what happened at the Wall after he left.
15:00 In episode 2, Jaime says to Randyll Tarly that "the other Lords of the reach are looking at" him more than ever. So I think these houses just followed the Tarlys.
nah not those houses they wouldnt, Olenna is a redwyne, house florent is destoryed, and Margarey, and loras's mother was a hightower, but the rest of the houses could have.
well done, again. shame they've turned it into a highlight reel now and are doing a massive disservice to all these great characters and storylines. Oh well... Guess all good things must be rushed to an end
Yes, I agree it’s a shame that the producers ended up being selfish, self centered fuks who couldn’t have cared less about a loyal and committed audience of ten years, and just wanted to move on regardless, even though they didn’t have to, and could have ended the series in a timely manner, instead of breaking the hearts of thousands of people all around the world by butchering the last 2 seasons.
Sansa: john!! John: I'm Targaryen now Sansa: 🤐 omg bran!! Bran: 😑 I'm the 3 eyed raven. Sansa: who told you that? Bran: the 3 eyed raven. Sansa: 🤐 omg Arya!!! Arya: I'm no one. Sansa: who told u that? Arya: no one. Bran: u looked nice in your white wedding dress. .. 😐
Tycho Nestoris never says anything about their involvement in the slave trade. He says: 'Slavery has taken a downturn', and thus only agreeing with Cersei's mention of the failing slavery in the East. He tries to make Cersei believe they lost money, thus making them weaker, which is not the case. He is making sure Cersei thinks she has nothing to fear from the Iron Bank, so he can operate freely
yeah no shit, but jon was the same, after fucking death, people in the books aren’t the same after death, and even in the show. all jon has is that he tells mel not to bring him back a second time
@@goldykanda4899 Yeah, we all heard the comparison of the resurrected book people being changed when they come back in the video, and Jon being the same in the video too, but thanks for the instant replay anyway.
peaaanuuutz She is the same Cersei maid since early episodes that told her about Sansa period and Tyrion-Shae relation. Seems like the girl is obsessed with Cersei.
Great work as always Alt-Shift but I want to touch on some things you said 1: I think that Jon did change from his resurrection but not just in the way people expected. People expected him to go a bit evil or lose contact with reality, become aloof and lose parts of himself like Dondarrion but that's not what happened except Jon did loose a part of himself. He lost his to will to fight, his will to live. When he first woke up after his death Davos had to convince him to go out and "fail again". Here it shows that Jon believed he failed and he had to be convinced to continue. After this Jon continually attempts to give up. He leaves the night watch even though he knew about the white walkers and when he met up with Sansa he refused to try and take back Winterfell from the Boltons even though Winterfell's his home, the one true home he's ever known. He only tried to take back winterfell to save Rickon and when Rickon was called he charged into an enemy army knowing full well that meant certain death. His reason for fighting, saving his brother, was gone and he charged into death. He even tells Melisandre to not bring him back again, showing that if he dies he does not want to live again. Jon did loose a part of himself, his purpose, his reason for living. He only becomes the Jon Snow we know again when he is appointed king in the north, when people show their faith in him to be their leader, the leader to name him the king in the north and to stand against the incoming darkness. People saying that Jon didn't change didn't in my opinon look for the right changes. 2: I think Daenarys arc in this season is to embrace her Targaryen ancestry. Olenna tells her to be a dragon and in the preview for episode 4 she says "enough with the clever plans". She's acting like a lannister instead of a Targaryen. She needs to back to go forward, she needs to be like her ancestor Aegon the conqueror and bring fire and blood. She's so afraid of becoming her father who burned men alive but she's a dragonlord. Every dragonlord who's ever existed has burned men alive. Aegon burned thousands in the field of fire and he probably would have burned traitors alive aswell. People give her shit whenever she gets mad or something, saying that she's Aerys 2:0 but she's doing what every dragonlord before her has done. The reason why Daenarys didn't scout with Drogon was because she hasn't accepted who she is out of fear but that has to change or she will loose. 3: It makes sense that the houses of the reach doesn't follow Olenna because House Tyrell is dead. Mace is dead, Loras is dead and Margaery is dead. Only Olenna is left and Olenna isn't even a Tyrell, she's a Redwyne. So even though The Redwynes might still be loyal every other house has no reason to. House Tyrell as a house is done and in times of war The Tarly's has always been the reach's true leaders. As you said in the previous video, the houses of the reach has always felt that the Tyrells didn't deserve their leadership as they only became wardens of the south because they happened to be in Highgarden. It makes sense that most of the reach would follow Tarly rather than Olenna I know it's a long comment but I hope you read it so some plot points may be cleared up for you
eXcommunicate1979 > Well, Tyrion claims his innocence quite convincingly, and him being accused is a major driving force for his evolution, psychology and future actions. No point in letting any doubt about who did the deed. Plus Tyrion is not a cunt and would probably not choose poison to kill someone.
You and your team are CLASS , head and shoulders above the rest , GODS amongst GOT you tube channels , I just wanted to let you know this . The quality and explanations are simply STUNNING , to say I look forward to your videos is an under statement . Thank you Alt Shift X thank you so much from the UK .
As much as I love the show, your videos help to make it more understandable. I can't remember or keep track of all the details, but your videos sum up all the key points with those details. Thank you for the videos!!
I was so surprised I didnt remember Jon was attacked by an eagle. I usually remember everything on the show, then I realised it was The Red Wedding Episode. Just shows how shocking that really was that the rest of the episode was lost to me
The point of Jon's resurrection, as I understand, was to release him from his Night's Watch vows. He gave his life to the Night's Watch. After hanging Ser Alliser and the others for treason, he says, "My watch has ended." He, "killed the boy, to let the man be born," And his death released him from his vows, allowing him to leave Castle Black, retake Winterfell from the Boltons, and become King in the North. He pledged his life at the Godswood to the Night's Watch. He died. And now his watch has ended.
Jon Connington is one my favorite POV characters behind Theon and Tyrion. Tyrion was made a saint in the show, but in the books hes the darkest character; someone who has raped women and ordered the murder of other men, killed Shae willingly rather than self defense, and of course patricide. The show didn't want to show this cause your supposed to root for Tyrion which is easier in the books despite him being a monster cause your in his head, but in the show if you see him commit dark acts you'll just think of him as a villain. These are just some of the differences between the books and the show. Please, read the books. Its a great examination of the characters true inner selves, and what drives them, and what conflicts they have in themselves.
You going over the stuff from the books only highlights just how much more intricately thought out and superior they are to the show. The show is great, but the books are on another level. Fans of the show who don't get around to reading the books will be seriously missing out.
The take-down of Highgarden and Casterly Rock (but ESPECIALLY Highgarden) is one of the most stupid and nonsensical rushed things this show has done since Doran's stupid death. Real talk the quality of this show has dipped super hard ever since they moved past the books. Sorry not sorry
CadaverJunky Wow I wonder if people actually ONLY want to bash the show?! No one ever said that the Lannisters didn't besiege Highgarden! Maybe they held a siege which might have given Euron time to get to Casterly Rock? Maaaybe? Jesus Christ I know it's not all perfect and the books are more complex (I loved reading them as well) but just put that aside for once and stop nitpicking, will you?
Im a huge ASOIAF nerd and watch a shit ton of dumb videos on the subject but i gotta say, you make far and away the best videos i've yet to find. Always stoked to see a new one pop up in my feed. keep up the good work, man:)
Really? did he say that in books? makes him really dick of a character since Mel begged stannis to take her along and that she'd protect his fleet with help of lord of light...Davos was the one who talked stannis out of it.
If Cersei doesn't care about being seeing with Jaime is because as she said in the show, she's the queen now and she does whatever she wants. But also, she destroyed the faith, so in her mind she killed the gods who frowned upon her relationship. Also in show where characters are separated by huge distances, they do seem to travel a lot more and way faster these days.
Is it possible that Jamie would be Azor Ahai? Kill his lover which is Cersei and fight against white walkers and sacrifice himself for trying to kill the night king with the wild fire?? It's just my imagination above...
I feel like Brans robotic expression towards Sansa is because hes seen the future and knows of a possible betrayal, but her love for his sister creates doubt and his mind is conflicted on how to emote towards her
minor Episode 4 SPOILERS!! ok after watching the recent leaked episode, yeah its more evident that his robotic nature is more due to his lost in humanity rather than being caused through knowing the future
Tycho actually never says that they are doing poorly because of the slave trade. He says that the slave trade is doing poorly. He picks his words wisely.
At 6:08, the sketch of the room while you are discussing the iron bank - does that come from a GRRM illustrator? Because the design on the door is very similar to the Masonic logo. And the Templars, who were a Masonic order, pretty much formed the first sort of international bank. I'm wondering if GRRM has based his iron bank on the Templars and if so, whether we will see either the Iron Bank or maybe their enforcers, the Faceless Men, meet the same fate the Templars did.
Saying that Dany shouldn't be as sceptical about the army of the dead because she has seen dragons is a bit unfair I think. Dragons are a real thing that everyone knows about. It wasn't too long ago that there were actual dragon skulls in the throne room, no? I doubt I could convince people that zombies are real because there are elephants in the world.
subwayvesubscriber what? Not in the slightest, zombies and white walkers are real in the story they existed in the world previous to the current story.
Dany gave the Unsullied the opportunity to live as free men when she freed them from slavery. They chose to remain in her service and to help her fight for the Iron Throne.
Well... I don't know, man. She did say she is freeing them, but they just stood there, completely still, as obedient as ever. I don't think they even have a clue what being free means, not after their training. So they just go on and serve another "slave master". Kinda sad.
Same, I tried but couldn't even get through the first book because it was so boring and confusing (which is weird since I'm an avid reader and rarely leave a book unfinished). But now I don't have access to it anymore and it makes me frustrated because all the things people say about the books sound so amazing.
13:28 it is true... The Unsullied were given the choice to leave or fight for Dany as free men... They made the CHOICE to fight for her and to free enslaved people... To fight for freedom, like Tyrion said
