Thumbs up for shannonbrigante AND GenomeSoldier... Before I seen someone else say, "nice catch!" when I opened up the comments... I said, "nice catch." Here it goes again: Nice catch!
Jon hit Ramsey Bolton with a Bear Island shield. The men that followed Jon besides Wun Wun and Tormund are also from Bear Island. The few men Lyanna Mormont had did their job. Respect.
Yeah like fella above said they ain’t from Bear Island. They’re from beyond the wall, interestingly one of Tormund’s nicknames in the books was “Husband to Bears” because he allegedly once drunkenly slept with a bear, which may be an allegory for him boning a chick of House Mormont. Maybe even their head of house at the start of the series, Maege Mormont.
So tiny book details I wish they would have mentioned in the show....Ramsey's dogs are named after all the women he's hunted down and killed. Extreme cosmic justice.
Been waiting so long for this episode. The very definition of epic. Hard to believe that this was a TV episode. The scale of it was on a another level for a television show.
I'm so excited for this reaction! Been waitin for this one! Edit: A lot of the men surrounding Jon and giving him space to breath were Bear Island men! And the shield my boy Jon picks up when he's facing Ramsey's arrows bore the sigil of Bear Island! Those men held their own for their little Lady Mormont!
Zig zag zig zag!! Its honestly how many of us reacted and said the same thing for Rickon when we first saw this episode. Sadly he is just a boy, a scared and terrified boy and didn't think of it at the time, and nobody can blame him. It is what it is. Sansa was wise enough to foresee it though. We'll never get him back.
It amazes me how many people believe zig-zagging is actually a thing. Any marksman or decent archer can anticipate, even when someone is moving erratically, and hit their target.
@@JonInCanada1 While you may be right for short distances, moving eratically and in practically no patterns is a fine way to avoid arrows from a long range, unless there is a hell lot of them coming at you. In this particular case the range was quite long on those last arrows. It doesn't matter if you have a perfect aim, a good moving target that is unpredictable can avoid it. Arrows don't have the speed the bullets have.
después del 6x10 (la joya de la corona) unos años sabáticos para los actores y al salir Vientos de Invierno empezar con el 7x01 y hacer 10 temporadas,, NO PIDO NA, jeje
I know everyone wanted Rickon to zig zag and stuff, but if Ramsey saw him doing that, he probably would have just told all his archers to shoot. You saw how easily they litterred his body with arrows. Overall one of the top 5 episodes of the whole series, up there with blackwater and hardhome and watchers on the wall.
@@danieljcferreira well i would add that and spoils of war, but i was keeping it to things up to this episode. but it seems theyve already watched spoils of war so i guess its safe.
yeah imo once he was a certain distance away he should have just gotten flat on the ground and waited, but tbh that would have just made Jon the easy target.
@@leonrobinson2475Cuz Robb wasn't a dishonorable cunt. He played it smart. The difference between them is that Ramsey doesn't fight because he's a coward. Robb didn't fight because he understands his limits and his enemy's capabilities and made a tactical decision. Even a child could see the difference.
@@leonrobinson2475 Glad I'm not the only one to notice the hypocrisy. We can all recognise Ramsay is one of the most despicable characters without calling him a coward for declining the one-on-one, especially when Robb got tons of praise for declining a one-on-one. It was the smartest thing to do, to decline.
Fking Finally!!! Battle of the Basterds is the best in TV history ! The horses charging at Jon was a reel shot no CGi involved. And the scene where Jon was getting stumped on this was a real life fear that Kit Harrington had and the director used to make it most believable he was actually gasping for air for quite a while!
Honestly one of my favourite episodes of the entire show. The Battle of the Bastards is a cinematic masterpiece. It is exceedingly rare to experience a battle with actual emotional storytelling going on underneath and where a lot of the battle is driven by character. Amazing! Also really cool that you point out that Jon probably has the Lord of Light's protection here. That is a really good catch that many seem to forget when pointing out that Jon got "plotarmor". Well duh, he literally got resurrected. It would be worse writing if he died right then and there. What would the point be? The great thing about Thrones is that it still keeps you guessing at the edge of your seat, no matter what. Edit: Also a cool detail visually is when Jon gets up from almost being trampled to death, the overhead shot is very remeniscent of the "Mhysa" scene with Dany! The parallels between characters in this season is unreal.
Fun fact: Iwan Rheon (Ramsay) was supposed to play the role of Jon Snow. But the makers of the show asked him to read those lines of that other character and he did so well, they rewarded him by denying him the role of pretty much the main character of the show.
There was no way he was "supposed" to play Jon Snow considering the role was cast like 5 years BEFORE Ramsay showed up in the show. And so the likelihood he read for Ramsay an entire season before they even introduced the character is VERY VERY LOW.
@@GeekFurious There is a "tiny" contradiction in your comment. Firstly you are saying "no way" and at the end it is a very, very low likelihood. But to be fair, I phrased my statement wrong too. Actually, Iwan Rheon (along with hundreds of other actors) auditioned for the role of Jon Snow on Game of Thrones. Along with Kit Harington, he was the favorite. When he was asked to audition for the role of Ramsay Snow, he either could have sucked and therefore had been still in the run for the role of Jon Snow, or he could have sucked and been fired. I don't know if Kit Harrington (Jon) was asked to audition for the role of Ramsay.
One thing alot of people don't realize, is in the scene where the flayed men are burning, serves as distance markers. Ramsey was a excellent shot, he knew exactly how far to let him run before he couldn't reach him anymore.
25:32 - Aaron just gave me chills with that one. I have watched this series so many times and i never realized- it totally is the lord of light handling the situation. WOOOWW
Jon makes the same offer to duel Ramsey that Jaime gave Rob in season 1, but for narrative purposes the audience feels differently netween the two scenarios.
@@leonrobinson2475I’d play it down to favouritism. Lotta people loved Jaime and Robb, and the same for Jon. They called it smart. But when faced with the most hated character that is Ramsey, they call it cowardly.
The more I watch this episode, the more my appreciation shifts. Awesome stuff all around, but the thing that sticks out is definitely Davos. Not 'Charge!'. Not 'GO!'. His order is 'Follow!' It's such a great detail that makes me just love it more every time I see it.
Obviously we’re here for the fight between Jon and Ramsay, but Danaerys’ scenes fit so well into this episode. She looks glorious. “Sleep well” is such a badass line. I love my girl! That argument between Jon and Sansa is one of my favorite scenes and it’s underrated. The acting with Kit and Sophie is some of the best acting I’ve seen. You can see how terrified Sansa is at the possibility of being back in Ramsay’s grasps and she’s trying everything she can to make sure her or Jon don’t end up like the rest of their family (even if that means not getting Rickon back). “I never demand, but I’m up for anything really.” Yara has game. Her and Dany had some chemistry ;) I already know everyone’s gonna be talking about the cinematography, so there’s not much I need to say. It’s spectacular. I adore Sansa. Her move here was the best thing she could’ve done. People get mad at her for not telling Jon, but she made sure to have absolutely NO risk in letting her move be known to Ramsay. Ramsay was always good at surprising his enemies, so Sansa made sure to play dirty just like him. Someone needs to count the amount of times Jon punches Ramsay. That smile at the end was PERFECT. I’m SO SO excited to see your reaction to the next one. More than any other reaction channel, I’ve been waiting for your commentary on Winds of Winter the most. I’ll see you guys there!
The Waif had a name. We just stay out not realizing. Arya. She went down there having to fight herself. Her Evil Twin version. He doppelganger. Every scene with the waif was Arya on Arya. Symbolically. That's why when the waif disappeared, Arya stark came back out.
Today for the first time in many months (years actually) I was trully at peace and even happy. And what an incredible ending for this day! One of the best reaction chanels reacting to the best episode of my favourite TV show! What a wonderful world!
Hey fellas, Great reaction!! I’ve been chewing my nails anticipating your reaction to this episode as well as being able to watch it. I must admit that I couldn’t control my impatience and checked it out on another reaction video but it was shit! Just so you know, I’m sixty years old and a former street and prison gang member. I’ve spent the majority of my adult life behind prison bars and the majority of those years were in solitary confinement and I did a lot of reading and it was in 2010 when I was able to read the Songs of Ice and Fire books. As I said, I’m sixty years old, I said that prematurely, for I’ll turn sixty this coming August and, God willing, four days before I turn sixty my Federal probation will expire. The adrenaline rush that you both have is exactly what I was experiencing as I watched this episode with you two gents. I’ve personally been in battles somewhat similar to the scene on this episode, hence my being confined in solitary confinement for an indefinite term. This episode gave me flashbacks!! I mean, I could actually taste the copper of someone else’s blood in my mouth as I watched this episode. And the excitement?! Man! What a rush! I hope to be able to watch the entire series someday soon. I’m in the free world now and I’m focusing all my time and energy on becoming a mentor to our youth from my very own Lived Experience so that they stay away from street gangs and everything that comes with it, violence, drug trafficking/addiction etc. But on my free time I do like to watch movies and unfortunately, due to my current circumstances, all I have is my smartphone to watch them on. The mentoring I do is purely voluntary and from the heart and hopefully, again, God willing, it will become an income and I’ll be able to afford to get my own place to live and work hard giving back to the community and society as a whole and receive some sense of belonging. I have a conscience now and I know that I can’t bring back the lives I took and I now have remorse and compassion where as I never did before. I should be in a prison cell at this very moment serving twenty years but God, with His Magnificent Grace and Glory put it in the judges hands to give me thirty months in Federal prison when I was fifty six years old and that’s when I was hit with an epiphany of my having a purpose in life and I believe it’s saving the lives of at risk troubled teens. I apologize for going on one but I feel like I personally know you two gentlemen and our reactions are the same ( yes, even emotionally 🥲) You two gents have a great and blessed day. God bless 🙏🏽✌🏻😎
My favorite episode of the Series. One of my favorite reactions. Absolutely love that both of you are men willing to feel a story and let the emotions overtake you. It's pure magic!
31:50 No, that's not what Sansa was talking about, when she said "don't do what he wants you to do". Jon did that when he charged forward to get Rickon. He abandoned their entire war plan, in the attempt to save his little brother. He played right into Ramsay's hand.
I'm so mf PUMPED right now ❤ I just know you guys are experiencing an absolute mic drop of a season with these last 3 season 6 episodes. This one gives me chills. Absolutely mind-blowing battle
This episode is one of my all time favorites in TV. For so long, winterfell had been occupied by the enemy and the starks were either dead, on the run or in deep shit. Finally, things turned in their favor.
Man, i didnt know i needed yall reacting to game of thrones in my life. Just found you guys and no spoilers but y'all got some great instincts for the story. Can't wait to see y'all react to ep 10. Beside thjs episode, that one is one of my favourite. Scored so beautifully as well. Man, im excited!
Is it ridiculous that i am crying BEFORE I watch this? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been waiting for this, *deep breaths* here we go, i'll edit when it's over... Mkay, *sniffles I still think this is one of the best filmed battle scenes ever, your reactions were awesome, and just prepare yourselves if you thought that was intense.
Nah, fuck Sansa. She was willing to sacrifice both Rickon, Jon and everybody else, rather than tell Jon she had written Littlefinger about the Knights of the Vale. Had Jon known about a potential massive army joining them, he would have approached the entire battle differently.
Were all proud of you Bust Reacts Duo, you both made it trough! We deserve to have the big Win! Cuz we are the Good guys¡!! I was worried abt the 2 of you cuz I know exactly how you feel in this Battle of the Bastards, thank God your both OK! Well there more 2 go after our Big Win! Looking 4ward 4 your nxt Reactions, you gotta hold tight on your seat cuz the nxt Episode is gonna be a BANGER! This is gonna a different Roller Coaster Ride! Again More Power Dynamic Bust Reacts, Godbless you both. Thank. No 1 Reacts like you guys! Godbless u both!
If sansa had just been honest with Jon about the Vale and they waited what? An hour or two? They wouldn't have lost all those men.. her lying caused so much death, never made sense
That is one of the best episodes of the series....now prepare yourself for THE BEST EPISODE, 6:10 - The Winds of Winter. Can't wait to see you guys react to the season finale.
the other 2 dragons broke free because she was there.. if you remember in the house of the undying the Warlock told her the dragons were strongest in her presence ;)
Yo, but why didn’t Sansa tell Jon about The Knights Of The Vale? What would’ve happened if Jon died, how would she have felt. She kept yelling at him that they didn’t have enough men and to wait all the while hiding the fact about Littlefinger and The Vale. She’s on my shit list for that but I’m so happy that they avenged Robb Stark. Remember Roose Bolton stabbed Robb in the heart and told him “The Lannisters send their regards” at The Red Wedding. Tywin Lannister gave The Bolton’s The North and Winterfell for Roose Bolton’s part in massacre. But now Jon and Sansa (I’ll give her some credit) took it all back and now The North and Winterfell are back with The Starks. YES!!!
Because she didn't know they were actually coming. We never saw her receive a raven back from Baelish. And we can safely conclude from her discussion with Jon the night before the battle that she clearly didn't know they were coming. She was very frightened, and even told Jon that she would kill herself if they lost. That's not the way you speak if you know you have ahuge army on the way.
@@NovaLena22 I do understand that but why not tell Jon to wait cuz she sent a raven to Littlefinger about The Nights Of The Vale? They pleaded with everyone but she knew of another army but said nothing. Why yell at him (before the battle no less) about more men? That’s my issue with her in this episode.
@@Victoria-kv9oz To be honest, I'm not sure what good it would have done. As I said, we pretty much know from her behavior the night before that she never received confirmation that they were coming. Telling Jon about the Vale army would not have done any good at that point. If Sansa couldn't get them to join the battle, there's nothing that Jon could've said or done to change that. Not to mention the fact that if Jon knew, chances are that Ramsey would have found out, or there's always the possibility that Jon would've messed things up somehow...as he did with his own battle strategy. I mean really...he had a giant (a HUGE advantage) and didn't bother to develop any kind of plan around using that giant?!!
Sansa doesn't tell Jon so that the plan has no chance of leaking back to Ramsey. We already know he has spies in Jon's camp since he had them in Stannis' camp. One inkling of the knights coming means Ramsey just stays behind the walls of Winterfell and wins by default. Mounted knights are useless in a siege and Winter makes that impossible anyway. Notice how before the battle Sansa goads Jon into yelling out loud that their cause is hopeless. This was for the spies' ears. It's why Ramsey was so confident of victory. Sansa is playing on Jon's sense of family and honor to force Jon to attack which in turn convinces Ramsey to commit his troops outside the walls. Both of them take the bait.
Ramsey wasnt a bad fighter fwiw, if you remember the episode Yara and the Ironborn sneaked in to free Theon we got in amongst it in the hallways battling them topless with a dagger/sword? Hes just not on Jons level of fighting when it comes to 1 on 1 combat
The episode where Ramsay beats John doing exactly what Sansa warned him about only to have Sansa save the day. One of these days we'll have to start listening to her.
“Davos reading the situfuckauation” 😂😂😂 Also 24:43 this is one of my favorite shots in the whole series, when the rest of his horses come through from behind… it’s up there with the single pan around the whole yard at Castle Black during the fight at the Wall.
It was 21 punches, for those that want to know 😏 Ramsey smiles after #7, that’s when Jon really lays in 🤜🤜🤜 “We may as well be taking sh!ts back here” I effing love Davos When Jon is getting trampled & buried under all those bodies freaks me out every time. Reminds me of almost getting crushed in a stage rush at a concert, couldn’t breath & thought I was going to d!e. That scene is almost scarier to me than the horde of wights & White Walkers Oh Wun Wun 😭 I may have already commented this on another video but I think the giants in GOT are my favorite depiction of giants, usually they are just big & dumb without any actual emotions or opinions
What a great payoff- not just for the show but for watching you guys enjoy the victory after seeing you suffer through all the setbacks of previous seasons. One detail I love: the shield Jon picked up to fight Ramsey at the end had the Mormont bear on it, meaning one of Lady Mormont’s 62 men made it to Winterfell and played a role in Jon’s survival.
Oh! Been waiting for this one too Mike! I love seeing you guys jaws drop and Aaron whaling 😂 when are you doing Coldplay GoT musical man… miss the tunes and singing creativity! ❤ I was hoping this would bump off Walking dead 😊 now we roll! Get ready for epic ❤
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Welcome to the best rated GOT episode on IMDB, voted on by hundreds of thousands of voters, the most "10" out of "10". My #2, only to be topped by a bigger battle episode in my book, which is yet to come. Anxiety level X 2 in the one I feel topped this. The next episode, is #3 in my book. The last 2 episodes & the Door of season 6, is a reason why this season topped season 4. 3 of the top 6 highest avg. rating episodes voted on by viewers. Season 4 had more quality episodes, but none make the top 6 (Till in the past year, IMDB messed with basic math & curved certain episode's rating) if one averages each vote made, properly. I swear, I thought for a minute that you both had already watched this episode before, as you guys nailed 2 events that most of us had no inkling that this would happen. First was, Mike saying, "I hope Jon slaps the S@#% out of Ramsey." Precisely, what happened. Next, Aaron, said "Pause it right now, she doesn't need the Mountain, you just heard him, where is her trial?" Although all of us are avid GOT fans, most of us took several watches of each episode, to piece together certain dialogs that went completely over our head. Although you guys have made some unusual predictions (A reason why i love you Boyz), you give the proper respect to the dialog, where so many reactors fail in a big way, talking over key dialog. Loved your reaction to this episode, I couldn't wait till you reached this point. There are still some great episodes yet to come.
My favorite is the Long Night. I could and have watched that episode more than once, and it's the episode I let my teen daughter watch to see how good this show is, since she can't watch the show yet.
Great reaction! Love how Ramsey is smiling while being beaten to a pulp. He's such a sicko. Iwan Rheon was excellent on this show. Can't wait for episode 10!!
What a great episode. But some small part of me wishes they took a more realistic approach. It doesn't make sense for Jon to charge by himself, or for Sansa to not tell Jon the Knights of the Vale are coming. When Ramsay shot Wun Wun in the eye, he could have just as easily shot Jon Snow. Wun Wun didn't need to die, he could have kicked in the door and Jon could have gotten some of the Vale's soldiers in there with him rather than just have a few of them enter immediately. They went with what looks cool and badass (Jon facing the charging army by himself, the Vale showing up to save the day in dramatic fashion, Jon vs Ramsay one on one) instead of what makes more sense. And it does work, it looks cool and it's dramatic to see it play out... just not the way I would have done it. A middle ground would have been nice. Like with Rickon running, there could have been multiple arrows fired, Rickon and Jon's horse get hit, then Ramsay's forces charge. Same result, leads to the same cool looking shots, just trades in a little bit of the drama for a little more realism.
Jon charges by himself because that's who he is as a person and Ramsay set the perfect trap for him. As to Sansa, it makes absolutely perfect sense not to tell Jon. First rule of secret plans: keep them secret. If Ramsay gets even a whiff that reinforcements are coming, he simply stays behind the walls of Winterfell and wins be default. Mounted knights are useless for a siege. There are no advantages whatsoever for Sansa to tell Jon. There is only risk.
I like the idea that he said just before this episode that it's officially his favorite show, so then the show was like "nice.... here have one of these"
@@DukeJimbob True...very true.☺ I remind myself sometimes with fictional shows that if we go that route dissecting a character like Dany and if it's possible/factual..a woman who doesn't burn in flames and somehow gives life to three flying beasts that breathe fire..that is complete fiction so why can't she have the inner core strength to hold on tight?😉😜 Hope my thought makes sense. But yeah irl everyone would fall off at some point. ☺💚
Her talk with Jon the night before the battle tells me that Baelish never answered her letter... which means that she had no idea if they were coming. It would've done no good to tell Jon about an army that in all likelihood was not on its way. What would he have done with that info??
If Ramsey catches one whiff of the knights coming, he stays behind the walls of Winterfell and wins by default. Their coming had to be a secret and the best way to keep secrets is to not spread them around needlessly. Had Jon acted like reinforcements were coming he would have refused to engage, retreat and give ground, stay out of archery range, etc. Ramsey would figure it out what was happening and retreat behind the walls. Mounted knights are useless then.
