Last night was the ‘Battle of Winterfell’. This is the battle producers and fans have been hyping up since last year when they began to build the set of Winterfell instead of using green screens. The threat of the Night King has been building up since the very first episode when a wight tries to kill two men of the Night’s Watch. People have been waiting for the battle between the living and the dead for years, and for some, well many, they have some legitimate complaints. Tread lightly, spoilers ahead for those of you who haven’t watched last night’s episode yet.
No one is too upset that the battle lasted one and only one episode. After all, there is still a war for the Iron Throne that we seem to forget about every time the Night King is brought up. No, most of the complaints lie in the fact that people struggled to watch last night’s episode. By that I mean the episode was entirely too dark to see anything. You couldn’t tell if the men falling on spears and into pits were the living or the dead. It was hard to see where your favorite character was in the midst of all this chaos. There were moments where you couldn’t even see what was happening on the screen. It was just pure darkness.
Was this a creative element that went completely wrong or did HBO have a purpose? Either way, it won’t stop fans from taking to social media to complain. We certainly don’t blame them. It’s hard enough knowing someone you love died without having to wait until next week’s episode in daylight to see who made it out alive. Did you struggle with watching last night’s episode? Because of the dark, I mean.