Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 6:37 pm
In a way, I enjoyed it. I expected it to be stupid, and it was.
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Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 7:38 pm
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 11:23 pm
Had to read that three times because my brain read biotech.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:34 am
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 9:45 am
It’s the final Game day.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 10:15 am
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 9:36 pm
So no re-rise of the albino doods?
We don't get to see if John is inflammable?
Grey Worm headed to the beach for drinks with umbrellas in them?
Everyone chuckle at the thought of democracy.
No more stabby stabby.
We don't get to see if John is inflammable?
Grey Worm headed to the beach for drinks with umbrellas in them?
Everyone chuckle at the thought of democracy.
No more stabby stabby.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 6:38 am
I’m satisfied.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 7:13 am
Tyrion: who has a better story than bran?
Me: literally every single other character on the show.
Me: literally every single other character on the show.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 9:17 am
Season 8 was basically a shitty finale, but drawn out into episodes.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 10:28 am
I'm not surprised.
I thought the finale was fine, on its own. The characters' various resolutions were...B+? A-?
How we got here, though, was a complete fucking mess. The last two seasons - needlessly rushed and truncated, with massive dissonances and plot holes resulting - really undercut the weight of the series, taken as a whole. Fears that the show had permanently lost its fastball when it outran the source material were 100% founded.
Tyrion was right: it's the story that matters, and the back 1/3 of this story sucked ass.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 10:35 am
This isn't wrong, but I think the converse is true also - to get from the end of Season 6 (Cersei blows up the Sept of Baelor; Arya gives Walder Frey the Scott Tenorman treatment; Dany/Varys/Tywni/Olenna team up; Winter-is-Here; Jon's parentage revealed) to where we ended up needed WAY more than two truncated seasons.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 10:41 am
I'm still trying to understand why the final two seasons were 13 episodes instead of 20. I think those missing 7 episodes would have made things significantly better. Even in the absence of the original source material, you gotta think 7 hours allows you to fill in a lot of what was missing.jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:28 amI'm not surprised.
I thought the finale was fine, on its own. The characters' various resolutions were...B+? A-?
How we got here, though, was a complete fucking mess. The last two seasons - needlessly rushed and truncated, with massive dissonances and plot holes resulting - really undercut the weight of the series, taken as a whole. Fears that the show had permanently lost its fastball when it outran the source material were 100% founded.
Tyrion was right: it's the story that matters, and the back 1/3 of this story sucked ass.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 10:50 am
I think the most logical explanation is probably the least satisfying: Benioff and Weiss simply didn't want to do the work. They'd already landed Star Wars, and they simply didn't want to accept the challenge of really finishing what they'd started (which had metastasized into a beast of a universe).PhDhawk wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:41 amI'm still trying to understand why the final two seasons were 13 episodes instead of 20. I think those missing 7 episodes would have made things significantly better. Even in the absence of the original source material, you gotta think 7 hours allows you to fill in a lot of what was missing.jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:28 amI'm not surprised.
I thought the finale was fine, on its own. The characters' various resolutions were...B+? A-?
How we got here, though, was a complete fucking mess. The last two seasons - needlessly rushed and truncated, with massive dissonances and plot holes resulting - really undercut the weight of the series, taken as a whole. Fears that the show had permanently lost its fastball when it outran the source material were 100% founded.
Tyrion was right: it's the story that matters, and the back 1/3 of this story sucked ass.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 11:06 am
I was initially quite excited they were at the helm of a potential KOTOR series, now, not so much.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 1:07 pm
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 11:49 am
He is old. He isnt pushing off that pay day. If he had a book ready to go it would be for sale now.jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 11:37 am It's hard to tell if Martin is stupid (1) or stupid like a fox (2).
1. Truly self-absorbed and/or satisfied, with no real plans in mind for ever finishing the books.
2. Knew D&D would botch the endgame (which they have), held off on the books' final releases so as to preserve another massive payday a few years down the line.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 12:14 pm
George R. R. Martin Has Opened Up About The "Game Of Thrones" Ending
George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series that Game of Thrones is based on, has posted on his Not A Blog about the ending of the show.
He expressed his sadness it was over, and praised showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, as well as the cast and crew, for their hard work.
George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series that Game of Thrones is based on, has posted on his Not A Blog about the ending of the show.
He expressed his sadness it was over, and praised showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, as well as the cast and crew, for their hard work.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 7:57 pm
The last two episodes were good.
They don’t make up for, what’s already been mentioned before, the letsgetthisoverwith previous episodes of the season nor the letdown which was the major threat of the series, the Night King and white walkers.
At least they dealt with Bran in a way. He knew he had to be king and he knows all the stories. You’d think he’d have a better way of getting to that point but maybe not. But he had to become one of the more powerful/rare beings in the world just so they could vote him king? Eh.
They don’t make up for, what’s already been mentioned before, the letsgetthisoverwith previous episodes of the season nor the letdown which was the major threat of the series, the Night King and white walkers.
At least they dealt with Bran in a way. He knew he had to be king and he knows all the stories. You’d think he’d have a better way of getting to that point but maybe not. But he had to become one of the more powerful/rare beings in the world just so they could vote him king? Eh.
Re: Game Of Thrones
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:06 pm
This.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:41 amI'm still trying to understand why the final two seasons were 13 episodes instead of 20. I think those missing 7 episodes would have made things significantly better. Even in the absence of the original source material, you gotta think 7 hours allows you to fill in a lot of what was missing.jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:28 amI'm not surprised.
I thought the finale was fine, on its own. The characters' various resolutions were...B+? A-?
How we got here, though, was a complete fucking mess. The last two seasons - needlessly rushed and truncated, with massive dissonances and plot holes resulting - really undercut the weight of the series, taken as a whole. Fears that the show had permanently lost its fastball when it outran the source material were 100% founded.
Tyrion was right: it's the story that matters, and the back 1/3 of this story sucked ass.
Hell three more episodes if written well enough could have done it.