Why You Couldn’t See a Damn Thing on This Week’s Game of Thrones

"This week’s Game of Thrones was ostensibly about the Battle of Winterfell, the final confrontation between the armies of the evil Night King and the forces of humanity. But for many viewers, the episode was much more than an epic battle: It was also a whirlwind tour of the limits of video compression algorithms and home video display technology. Which is to say that a lot of people couldn’t see anything. On Sunday night, Twitter was full of viewerscomplaining about the show’s cinematography, which has often been dark, but never quite so consistently stygian"

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Game of Thrones: The cinematography in the Battle of Winterfell was too dark for many viewers to see.