So far with this edit I’ve watched up to the equivalent to the end of season 1 of the base show, and I’m really enjoying it so far. I was interested in how removing the Jon and Daenerys stuff would affect the show. The removal of Dany’s storyline was the most seamless as it’s pretty much entirely disconnected from the Westeros storylines until season 5 anyway so it worked well. I was more interested in seeing the removal of some of the Jon Snow storylines, and it was well handled the stuff that’s left in is mostly just the stuff that’s relevant to the other storylines, such as his stuff with Tyrion on the Wall and his reaction to Ned’s Death, with most of the rest of it cut off. The best work is done in streamlining the other storylines, for context season 1 is 10 episodes and this edit finishes with season 1 in 5 episodes. There was some stuff that I missed but most of the stuff cut is good. Definitely can’t wait to see the rest of it. The video and audio quality are also good, most of the cuts are relatively seamless, and the pacing within each episode works well. While I’ve only watched the first 5 episodes in their entirety I did skim through the final episode of this edit just to see where the storyline would be left off, and I like where the editor decided to cut it off, and it mostly works as an ending, from what I’ve seen. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone who likes Game of Thrones but doesn’t really like the later seasons.
Thank you so much for the kind words, I’m glad you’ve been enjoying it so far!
I’m curious about what edits you thought were less than seamless? It would help to know so maybe I can fix them.
For clarifications sake, Jon only appears in the first episode, and only in the first six minutes - the scene where they find the dire wolf pups; he had lines that couldn’t be cut. That is his last scene, so you may be misremembering or remembering a different fanedit.
Thanks for the review daveybjones999!