Dothraki gets decimated by Army of the Dead, Game of Thrones S08E03

one by one, the lights goes off.

[Mr.Anemone]

Robert: Only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field.
Night King: Yeah, about that.

[RohanChaudhary]

Sending Dothraki in charge against the night king is like sending him reinforcements 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[ThatGuy]

“We can’t beat them in a straight fight”
-Proceeds to face them in a straight fight using every tactical error imaginable

[AidanArentz]

Apparently, the best way to defend a fortified position is to take all your personnel outside the fortification so they can be killed more easily by your opposition. It's a recurring theme in pop culture representations of battle. Probably because it looks cool.

[Andreico]

They blew the chance to make one of the greatest combat scene in the history for a tv show.

[Burn_Disney_Burn]

Years later I’ve realized one thing.... i still cant see what the hell is even going on

[Paivren]

The visuals: 10/10
The music: 10/10
The acting: 10/10
The strategy: lol

[Omosisthefuture]

This whole episode was basically a battle of who’s more idiotic. The dothraki charge right in and get slaughtered. They put trenches behind their infantry which gets countless soliders killed. They hide in a crypt filled with dead bodies from a being that they know can and will raise the dead.

Then the night king tposes and stares at Bran for an eternity. His entire purpose as a character is to apparently kill the living and bran is the embodiment of the living. However. he just stares at him for so long that Arya has time to sprint from the library to him. His army tposes and practically rolls out the red carpet for arya to kill their king. Oh and Arya is screeching at the top of her lungs like an idiot to make herself more easily killable. The night king catches arya and holds her in perfect stabbing distance. He literally stares at her dagger the entire time while she drops it and catches it. He watches her kill him while knowing damn well what she’s doing, and practically helps her do it by holding her so close. Both sides are so stupid that they all deserved to lose.

[ThePatriots]

*Sending 10, 000 men into an open field against an army of 100, 000 that they can't even see to begin with*

"It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if pays off for them"

[GP.Records]

Never forget that Ghost is the SOLE SURVIVOR of this charge, making him a greater warrior than the Dothraki, one of the greatest direwolves to ever live, and the bestest good boi a man could ask for.

[corblimey]

Almost everything about this is ridiculous. But the visual of seeing the lights get snuffed out like that was great. The way the war cries turn into fear and die off is also great. Plus I love the fact that you can tell the charge is doomed as soon as the two sides meet. The cavalry makes absolutely no progress. They get pushed to a complete stop. Terrifying.

[LauraLasan]

Dont worry they respawned at the gates of kings landing some days later

[whoknows]

D&D said originally there was a plan for Nymeria to show up with a huge pack of dozens of direwolves/wolves to help in the battle for the dawn but later removed it because, and I quote, "we didn't think anyone would want to see that". Like, what??? Everyone would have wanted to see that.

[abhigyanshreyas]

Just imagine the fear in the mind of the other soldiers seeing one of the most deadly army on their continent getting decimated in just a few moments

[v_cpt-phasma_v]

how to demoralize your entire army 101

[samchan]

Don’t worry, they all respawned 3 episodes later 😂😂😂

[jacobhumphrey]

Yet she had enough left to storm King's Landing with 3 episodes later.

[raindancer]

I mean, abysmal tactics sending your entire cavalry by themselves down the centre of the battlefield towards an enemy they cannot see. But, that aside, the lights going out harked back to the ingenuity that existed in the early seasons, when they didn't have the budget for large battle scenes, and needed to think smartly about ways to affect the audience. This showed the enormity of the task facing our heroes. Made more enormous by chucking away your mobile units in the opening 2 minutes!

[chrono]

As annoyingly tactically stupid as this is... the atmosphere and tension in this scene is amazing. Viewed in isolation I honestly think this episode is a fantastic piece of survival horror.

[Parasmunt]

She is lucky to have an army like the Dothraki that can spontaneously regenerate over time.