In and of itself, I thought the sack of Kings Landing was well done. It's just all that went before and after. For me, what killed it was the appalling plotting in later seasons. Arya gets stabb… (View Post)

Game of Thrones began falling apart in Season 5, IMHO, which actually proves your general point, but there were some excellent episodes, still, like Hardhome or Light of the Seven, It jumped the shar… (View Post)

And also, they attribute victory in the East, exclusively to Russia, ignoring all the other ethnic groups who fought in the Red Army. (View Post)

A bombing which the Soviets very much favoured. Their own army was carrying out mass rape at the time. (View Post)

As an example of what I’m getting at, above, I’d cite Amnesty’s criticism of Ukraine for endangering civilians by fighting in urban areas. To my mind, drawing the Russians into urban fighting is an e… (View Post)