Game of Thrones Season 7 Blu Ray Box Set Reviews

December seventh, 2022 past Brian White

In addition to our sectional 2017 Game of Thrones Hall H Comic-Con coverage here information technology's that fourth dimension of the year in one case over again here at Why And so Blu.  HBO'southward tape-breaking phenomenon, Game of Thrones, is back with a seventh season that proved to be worth the actress expect this year.  In fact, despite the brevity of this twelvemonth but being 7 episodes it packs the nigh action packed wallop ever seen thus far in a single flavour.  Yes ladies and gentlemen at that place's finally epic dragon battles and long awaited character meetings too.  All-time of all Wintertime is FINALLY here!  Also, try these stats on for size as the latest flavour of Game of Thrones here featured the about-watched premiere and finale episodes in HBO history.  The series also remains the nigh-awarded drama serial in Emmy history with 109 nominations to engagement and inner of the 2022 and 2022 Best Drama Series.  If you lot missed any of our past coverage of these best selling Blu-ray sets, delight refer to the following links to seasons 1 and 2 hither, 3 here, 4 hither, 5 here and vi over here.   And then bring together me down beneath every bit we celebrate everything Game of Thrones: The Complete 7th Season in this historic December twelfth HBO Blu-ray release.

Season

We have long surpassed the events in George R.R. Martin'south published novels and then nosotros can manipulate with the references to the books going forward here.  This flavor welcomes back the regulars: Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish), Kit Harington (Jon Snowfall), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna Tyrell), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Pilou Asbaek (Euron Greyjoy), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion),  Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Conleth Hill (Varys), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Rory McCann (Sandor "The Hound" Clegane), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Carice van Houten (Melisandre) and Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand).  New cast members for this seventh season include: Jim Broadbent, Tom Hopper and Megan Parkinson. Embarrassingly Ed Sheeran also guest stars in one episode.  I say embarrassingly considering he sticks out like a sore thumb unfortunately.  His recognizable celebrity appearance briefly took yous of the suspension of disbelief here, simply I digress.

Season 7 picks up right later the events of the sixth (Flavor 6 spoilers DO follow).  Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sheet for Westeros with her armies, dragons and Manus of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister.  Jon Snowfall has been named King in the N after defeating Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards last season and has since returned to Winterfell.  Meanwhile in Rex'southward Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized the Iron Throne by incinerating the Loftier Sparrow, his followers and her rivals.  Season seven sees old alliances fracture and new ones sally, but like it or not they all seem to take a common enemy now.  An army of dead men marches on the Wall, threatening to end the "game of thrones" forever.  Ha ha!  Of course I'one thousand referring to the Whitewalkers!  Timeline debates aside winter has finally arrived here in Season 7.   This is the point inside the season where the epic Episode half dozen boxing happens (no longer #9 equally there are but 7 episodes this flavor) as Jon Snow must face these Whitewalkers again to furnish proof to all opposing parties of their nightmarish being.   As HBO puts information technology "Dragons boxing ensue, steamy romances blossom, unlikely heroes rising and many more than surprises" are in store for all of you who have not seen Season 7 equally of yet.  I'm  sorry, just I'm not going to spoil information technology for anyone hither.  That'due south about every bit far as I'll go with an "official" summary or synopsis of the season as a whole.

One time over again here in Flavour 7 the overall product value completely eclipses other tv shows (even most movies) and ballsy battles rival their cinematic equivalent counterparts.  Then in other words the show'south technical merits continue to excel hither throughout.  Visually speaking the series continues to exist nix short of stunning.  The production value continues to shine along with the authentic/elaborate costumes (the furs, intricacies, stitchings and textures) and prepare designs (vast equally tin be).  I mentioned the activity already, but it should come up as no surprise that the battles are a major part of this season.  Thankfully, they're more plentiful.  I think it was calendar week three of watching this shortened 7-episode season live where I constitute myself questioning is this really Game of Thrones?  I'm but non used to and then much action inside each episode.  Like the past seasons the battle sequences are both spectacular and grand, always managing to showcase some of the show'due south finest hours, albeit more than frequent this twelvemonth.  So for those complaining that in that location's also much talk, swollen politics and endless expose in the prove this season is for you.  Things really happen!  What I mean past that is simply Season seven is the definitive season for action.  Finally!

At present with the skilful usually comes the bad.  For me it has to do with some very far fetched timelines as information technology relates to that of the Whitewalkers.  I'll table that discussion right there though as to not spoil anything.  There is the other negative also that this season is super short (although the episodes are longer than the usual sixty-minute runtime) and no one has whatever idea when the concluding season will air adjacent year or God forbid beyond.  But too the gratuitous nudity and impressive action sequences I really call up the main describe of Season 7 is the sense of unity surrounding the impending threat of those pesky Whitewalkers.  What I mean past that is there are many firsts here.  Characters who have been around since the very first season, which seems like forever agone, come across for the very get-go time.  I swear the one episode where the three big power players meet together for the very first fourth dimension felt similar a Quentin Tarantino film.  Information technology felt like a rubber band was being pulled apart and it literally could break at whatever moment.  That was quite powerful!  However, I'm no fool.  Yous're not here to find out what I thought nigh the seventh flavour.  Y'all're here to read about how things look and audio not to mention what'south all in this gear up in way of extras.  So why don't I shut up and allow's start discussing those important topics below, but not before I at least capture for you the titles of each episode and what Blu-ray disc you lot'll detect them all on.

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Episode Listing:

Episode 1 – "Dragonstone" (Disc i)

Episode ii – "Stormborn" (Disc ane)

Episode iii – "The Queen's Justice" (Disc 1)

Episode 4 – "Spoils of War" (Disc 2)

Episode 5 – "Eastwatch" (Disc 2)

Episode 6 – "Beyond the Wall" (Disc ii)

Episode vii – "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Disc three)

Video

• Encoding:AVC MPEG-4
• Layers: iii l-GB Dual Layer Discs
• Resolution:1080p
• Attribute Ratio: one.78:ane
• Clarity/Detail: From dragon scales and chiseled bricks in Winterfell's castle walls to the intricacy of the costumes and sets,Game of Thrones on Blu-ray continues to excel in exemplifying the utmost of detail and three-dimensional popular as usual.  The textures (architecture, knittings, fur and leather clothing, dragon scales, feathers on arrows, facial stubble, etc.) and near seamless blending of CGI is always remarkable in this series and makes it a absolute pleasure to both behold and take in.  It looks like a one thousand thousand bucks (although I actually don't know what that much money looks similar yet).  Since Winter has finally come here be prepared to be cold as every bead of snow is brilliantly on display.  I love the way the water ice glistens too.
• Depth: Because of the many, worldly environments inGame of Thrones, some real and some CGI, the vast landscapes are what really depict me in from the vast snowy mountainsides to Whitewalkers surrounding Jon Snow and others.  Truth be told though, it's ever the vast and breathtaking outdoor scenes that do information technology for me here.  Huge battle scenes are ever a bonus also.  And there are enough of those in this season.  Trust me.  Only that's not all.  You need to see how these onscreen characters popular here with three-dimensional qualities.  They are completely separated from their backgrounds.
• Black Levels: Hither'south where my review may differ than a few of the others, simply yous have to take an average of the whole rather than select episodes when grading a series such as this.  The black levels are not perfect by any means.  From fourth dimension to time they are not always deep and inky.  However, I don't desire to knock it downward just because of that.  This is one of the finest looking and sounding television shows on the Blu-ray format menses and yr vii still doesn't let the states downward in the slightest.  So with that being for the most office here the black levels are deep, inky and dark throughout.
• Color Reproduction: The color palette in Game of Thrones is always rich and cinematic in advent.Game of Thrones has always had a cooler looking appearance to it all, simply this year takes the prize with Winter finally hither.  Still some of the shots I love in this flavour the virtually are the sharp contrast ones between fires and flaming swords and their darkened, illuminated surroundings.  The blueish eyes of Sansa and the Whitewalkers are quite striking and rich too.  I'1000 justing saying.
• Flesh Tones: The skin tones for the about part await  natural and authentic throughout the presentation.
• Racket/Artifacts: In that location's really nothing in the presentation to ever truly distract you from the blissful enjoyment of Season 7 here.

Sound

• Audio Format(s): English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD seven.1 uniform — Make sure to select Atmos to get this rails even if you don't accept an Atmos setup considering HBO for some reason authored these discs to default to an English Dolby Digital 5.1 rail.), French Dolby Audio 5.1, Latin Spanish Dolby Audio 2.0, Spanish Castilian Dolby Sound 5.1, German Dolby Audio 5.1, Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Audio 2.0
• Subtitles: English SDH, Castilian Spanish, Latin Castilian, French, High german, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
• Dynamics: The audio presentation here is what actually makesGame of Thrones a champion when y'all're speaking of doing a television show right on the Blu-ray format.  The dynamics of the Dolby Atmos rail virtually puts y'all in the middle of everything happening onscreen and changes with each subsequent moment never sounding fake, unpolished or generic.  The dynamic range of this surroundings track is similar climbing the highest peaks of Everest with a dragon roaring in your ear.  Information technology doesn't sound like a mere television show, but rather the activeness sequences make this feel like a bombastic, summer blockbuster.  Despite all the spikes, fire breathing and activity moments nothing ever gets lost in the mix hither including the dialogue thanks to the discreteness of it all.  This is merely top notch and still one of the best sounding tv set shows I ever heard on Blu-ray.
• Top: Think about all the means Atmos can properly be employed throughout hither and you take some of the finest sounding battle scenes, objects flying through the sky such as dragons flapping overhead and crashing down to the ground also.  I didn't forget them spitting fire downward either or blood from the injured squirting up.  But put the dragons are what brand this Atmos rail.  Ane of the coolest uses was when they were looking over this cliff in the sixth episode and they boom off upwards.
• Low Frequency Extension: The LFE channel swiftly engages and makes itself known during the brutal activity sequences, most notably in the testify's many epic battle scenes.  Residual assured though the LFE of it all complements this surround track throughout.  Not merely do they assisting in you lot properly hearing Daenerys' dragons roar and jiff burn down with the utmost of say-so, but the subtle bass equalizes and energizes the score too.  Probably one of the greatest scenes where the subwoofer shook my viewing room was when the Whitewalker's conduct attacked our fearless band of soldiers out of nowhere.  Fifty-fifty our little chihuahua jumped up at that ane.
• Surround Sound Presentation: Similar the dynamics of it all the surround channels showcase the organic ambient of the serial putting y'all in the middle of every happening.  Even so, it's the many action sequences that actually pull you in.  From the multitude of battle cries, swords clanking, horses charging, Whitewalker armies fighting and dragons swooshing and breathing burn down, you'll enjoy every insane moment of being stuck in the heart of information technology all here in this immersive track.  Prioritization and directionality is paramount hither.
• Dialogue Reproduction: Dialog is clear, intelligible and prioritized throughout the flavor on Blu-ray.

Extras

The Blu-ray set of Game of Thrones: The Consummate Seventh Season is packed with bonus content such as sound commentaries on every episode, 2 new behind-the-scenes featurettes and for a limited fourth dimension, a bonus disc containing Conquest & Rebellion: An Blithe History of the Seven Kingdoms, a 45-minute, never-before-seen extension of the Clio Honor-winning History & Lore features included on previous individual Blu-ray season releases. It'due south narrated by some of the series' biggest stars including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark).  This companion piece hither to season 7 reveals the fascinating story of how the world of Westeros every bit nosotros know it came to be, which also includes what happened the final time a Targaryen invaded the realm.  If that's not enough the Digital Download release (as well included in this Blu-ray fix redeemable in both iTunes and UltraViolet) for Game of Thrones: The Consummate Seventh Season includes an sectional new "Creating the North and Beyond" featurette that takes fans behind the scenes of Jon Snow'due south epic trek north of The Wall and his latest battle with the Night Rex'south army.  So what say yous?  Let'southward have a closer look down below at all these heady extras I but mentioned.

• Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Vii Kingdoms (Bonus Disc, Hd, 44:47) – As previously mentioned up above this is the never-before-seen story of the tumultuous events that shaped the globe of Westeros thousands of years earlier the serial starting time. Cast members Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger), Conleth Hill (Varys), Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) team upwards to characterize the animated telling of Aegon Targaryen's attempts to conquer the Vii Kingdoms.  This one is written by show writer Dave Hill.  Simply an FYI the default English track is a Dolby TrueHD ane here.

• From Imagination to Reality: Inside the Fine art Section (Disc 3, Hd, Part 1 – 24:26 and Part ii – 21:59) –This is it folks!  Want to know everything that goes into making Game of Thrones look like a million bucks?  These two segments are for y'all!Here we have a two-part featurette detailing the astonishing piece of work of Production Designer Deborah Riley and her Art Section.  Inside this 1 we dissect the process behind the creation of this season's incredible new sets, including Dragonstone, Casterly Rock, Highgarden, the Dragonpit and more than.

• Fire & Steel: Creating the Invasion of Westeros (Disc 3, Hd, 30:02) – Hither we revisit this flavor's most pivotal moments with this backside-the-scenes featurette that includes interviews with key bandage and coiffure breaking downward how fans' favorite moments were created.  This is basically your definitive making of hither.

• Audio Commentaries (Discs 1 – iii) – In that location are commentaries on every episode with cast and coiffure including David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Jacob Anderson, Gwendoline Christie, Liam Cunningham, Kit Harington, Lena Headey and more than.  There are way too many names to list hither.  Sorry.  Y'all tin can see who's in each commentary when you select Audio Commentary from the Disc's carte du jour selections or refer to my unboxing pictures down below which spells information technology all out for you.  Y'all're welcome!

• Histories and Lore (Disc 3, HD) – Hither nosotros take seven new animated pieces that give the history and groundwork of notable season seven locations and storylines that include The Dragonpit, The Citadel, Casterly Rock, Highgarden, The Gold Company, Prophecies of the Known World, the Rains of Castamere and The Hand of the King.  They are all narrated by cast members including  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aidan Gillen, Iain Glen and more.  Disappointingly at that place's no Play All pick to be found here.  You have to go into each individually.

• In-Episode Guides (Discs 1 – 3, HD) – These are your usual in-feature resources that provide groundwork information near on-screen characters and locations.

• Creating the Northward and Beyond (HD) – This is the digital only backside-the-scenes featurette that delves into the massive undertaking of creating and filming the battle in Episode 6 of Season 7.  I don't know how you feel about it, simply it's kind of deplorable that nosotros live in a world where we accept to tout the digital version with exclusive extras.  Put it on the Blu-ray Disc for crying out loud!

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Here's what this Blu-ray set looks like outside of its plastic wrapped retail wrapper.

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Click on the below prototype to aggrandize the text for all the sound commentaries.

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Summary

This kind of determination in my Game of Thrones Blu-ray reviews has been a tradition now for 3 consecutive years.  If Peyton Manning and John Elway tin go out a champions (and hopefully Tom Brady too), so why can't I with these reviews?  Like usual I'm actually going to steal from myself and copy how I ended my Seasons iii through vi Blu-ray reviews.  So let's end this review with a 3-point recap equally to whyGame of Thrones: The Complete 7th Season is a MUST-OWN on the Blu-ray format.  The below list is positively three main reasons why y'all need to hit that pre-guild link down below.

1. Y'all are getting ane of the well-nigh amazing shows on television today in respect to breadth of storytelling, production value, cinematography and acting.  And allow's not forget that one episode of the flavour that e'er promises and delivers one one hell of an action thrill ride.  Best of all as we are winding downward on seasons here and this 7th outing is more activeness packed than all previous years.
2. This Blu-ray box set contains 3 Dual-Layer 50GB Blu-ray discs that house hours of bonus material not to mention the complete seven episode season in pristine 1080p picture and DOLBY ATMOS Hard disk drive environment  sound PLUS a redemption code for HD Digital Copies in both the iTunes format and UltraViolet PLUS it's all housed in a fancy package too filled with very nice looking self portraits of three chief characters (come across screenshots to a higher place).  For that Amazon price tag down below, this is an absolute steal!  Don't you think?  It'southward like HBO is paying you to accept this off their easily.
3. Yous know you want to assistance back up our site and then we are able to keep it running as smoothly and efficiently as possible to evangelize robust, kick-@$$ reviews like this, don't yous?  Of class you practise and anybody here at WSB thank you for your generosity, time and support!  Enjoy!

Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season comes out in retail stores December 12th, just you tin pre-order it here and ensure that it'due south on your doorstep waiting for yous when you lot become abode from a hard day of work.

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Winter is FINALLY here!

Game of Thrones: The Consummate 7th Flavor

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Dec twelfth!

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