Game of Thrones fans were frustrated that Battle of Winterfell scenes were too dark -- they couldn't see anything

Slate

Sunday's episode was filmed in a seas of darkness, snow and fire, but the dark cinematography made much of it hard to decipher. "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," says Matthew Dessem. "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 viewers complaining about the show’s cinematography, which has often been dark, but never quite so consistently stygian."

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