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I've said elsewhere that just this particular plot point of Danerys glassing Kings Landing comes off less like the slow descent into the tyranny that she was looking to destroy, and more like she just decided to go off her meds that morning. The same woman who put up with her brother's bullshit up until she decided he was being too much of an asshole to keep around, suddenly figures she'll rain hellfire down on army and civilians indiscriminately even after it was repeatedly and explicitly stated that the bells meant Cerci's forces gave up. Even if it was something as subtle as "she didn't hear them because she was too busy attacking" would have made that easier to swallow. Instead, she just goes full genocide like a throwaway GTA run where she'll just redo that mission later from a previous save. And this was more or less just the straw in the classic camel's back analogy for a lot of folks. There is plenty wrong before and alongside this. And it is additionally paining since it is most likely not to culminate into something at least palatable in the final 50 minutes. The fans not getting a "disney ending" is an excuse used to mask the fact that this has gone off the rails in short order. From what I've read, it's because the show runners don't give a shit for whatever reason. Yes, the petition is fucking stupid. Especially if the commentary about them turning down a multiple season extension and taking significantly less pay to basically just be done with the show is true. After all, two to three more seasons could have served to take care of the narrative shortcomings that the current shoehorning has presented. Why would someone retcon an entire season that they half-assed in the first place? Makes no sense. |
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05-17-2019, 09:51 AM | #2642 |
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I'll never get over Victarion Greyjoy not making it into the show. He's spectacular in the books.
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05-17-2019, 03:46 PM | #2643 |
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Regardless of the finale, it's been one hell of a ride with everyone. Going back and re-watching certain parts the show made me ok with what we are getting this year. Westeros and Essos are some crazy ass places to immerse yourself in.
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05-17-2019, 05:01 PM | #2644 |
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05-17-2019, 06:39 PM | #2645 |
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Don't get me started on that crushing snub. I think they discounted him the moment they found out what he looked and dressed like.
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05-17-2019, 10:45 PM | #2646 |
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Anyone ever watch Oz years ago? Ending kinda reminds me of that where you had some incredible TV and the end was just a mish-mash of "uhhhh....this guy dies! .....and this one! .....and this one. There. Great tv."
Oh well. Berg is right. Fun through season 6. Goes to show you just how great Breaking Bad was. Only show I can remember that was top notch from start to finish. Sticking the landing seems to be very hard to do in television. |
05-18-2019, 12:04 AM | #2647 |
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Oz was the tits until that last season. The white supremacist being given a black man's gums in a transplant by a maniacal black doctor was a real highlight.
Best use of Harold Perrineau in his entire career and the show that gave Lee Tergesen some status finally. |
05-18-2019, 11:22 PM | #2648 |
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Never thought that at this point I would just want to get this over with rather than expecting the finale to be the feather in the cap of one of the best shows in modern times.
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05-18-2019, 11:42 PM | #2649 |
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I doubt it would make my top ten but the first four seasons are pretty untouchable.
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05-19-2019, 12:16 PM | #2650 |
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Really don't give a shit about you people in here bashing GoTs. Tonight is going to be such a wonderful and terrible night. One of the best shows in tv history will be gone forever
Hopefully they make some prequels or something. |
05-19-2019, 01:26 PM | #2651 |
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They already announced one.
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05-19-2019, 01:36 PM | #2652 |
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Dunc and Egg or what?
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05-19-2019, 01:41 PM | #2653 |
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Something set in the Age of Heroes.
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05-19-2019, 03:26 PM | #2654 |
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They screwed the pooch these last 13 episodes.
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05-19-2019, 03:41 PM | #2655 |
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Gotta really blame George RR Martin for this. Book 5 was eight years ago.
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05-19-2019, 04:27 PM | #2656 |
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The old swine will die before we get the rest
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05-19-2019, 10:27 PM | #2657 | |
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05-19-2019, 10:33 PM | #2658 |
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Last episode was as perfect as you could get.
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05-19-2019, 10:41 PM | #2659 |
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A solid end to a terrible season of an otherwise great show.
Pretty much played into your standard TV show tropes. Unfortunately, the whole reason the show became a cultural phenomenon was because that is exactly what it wasn't. |
05-19-2019, 10:45 PM | #2660 |
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I wonder if Jon and Jessie Pinkman are both riding towards the same place.
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05-19-2019, 10:45 PM | #2661 |
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Westworld season 3.
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05-19-2019, 10:57 PM | #2662 |
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Lol I loved everything up and to the Throne room.
Anything after that I didn’t like. |
05-19-2019, 10:59 PM | #2663 |
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Briene’s book scene was good though.
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05-19-2019, 11:06 PM | #2664 | |
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They really shouldn't have cut back on the number of episodes this season since they rushed too much stuff and caused a mess with the payoffs to stories that had years worth of build. |
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05-20-2019, 12:30 AM | #2665 |
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Was not expecting Dany to be killed off that easily or quickly into the episode..... I guess they had to have time for all the other stuff, though....
Chuckled at Sam suggesting democracy... for a minute thought Triple A's wish was gonna come true.... I wonder if the books are gonna end with Bran on the throne as well.... would be one way of paying off all those boring-ass Bran chapters..... |
05-20-2019, 01:57 AM | #2666 |
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I didn't really expect the UnSullied and rest of the Dothraki to just fuck off and leave after Dany died. Logic kinda suggests they'd want war of revenge? wtf?
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05-20-2019, 02:12 AM | #2667 |
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I had a hard time caring for the last episode. My roommate started from season 1, don't have the heart to tell him how shitty it gets.
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05-20-2019, 04:05 AM | #2668 |
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We're not mad, we're just disappointed... that she burned them all to smithereens.
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05-20-2019, 04:06 AM | #2669 |
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She tore them to cinders.
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05-20-2019, 09:28 AM | #2670 |
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SPOILER
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05-20-2019, 10:05 AM | #2671 |
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Did Ned come back
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05-20-2019, 04:25 PM | #2672 |
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Calm down Dave
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05-20-2019, 08:26 PM | #2673 |
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Overall..pretty good. It was rushed but meh.
Still upset no Howland Reed but Jon's claim was just one big tease so I guess he wasn't needed. |
05-20-2019, 08:34 PM | #2674 |
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Guess it doesn't really matter who Jon Snow's parents were.
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05-20-2019, 08:50 PM | #2675 |
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In the end, his lineage only served to muddle his relationship with Dany, and QUICKLY further her descent into tyranny.
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05-20-2019, 09:12 PM | #2676 |
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Did it though? That was going to happen anyway. It was just a convenient plot device to help convince him she would try to kill him.
Side note....other than reasonably inferring that she would indeed try to kill Jon, she never showed outright signs of wanting to or thinking of doing so. Had to rush to that ending though. |
05-20-2019, 09:13 PM | #2677 |
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Man....when they finally revealed that it was like "ZOMGFG!!!!" and.....then it barely mattered as it turns out.
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05-20-2019, 09:19 PM | #2678 |
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Cersei didn't do shit. One of the best villains of all time and she just ran and got crushed. Said maybe 10 words all season.
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05-20-2019, 09:34 PM | #2679 |
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Heard that the creators got a contract to do a series of Star Wars movies "after Game of Thrones" so that's why they rushed ending the series?
Is that true... Makes sense I guess since idk what other reason there is for them to rush the ending since it is insanely popular for HBO Why couldn't they just get new writers etc... Was it some contract thing with HBO... |
05-20-2019, 09:36 PM | #2680 |
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HBO wanted 10 seasons but D & D were like "nah bro, we can wrap everything up in 7."
They compromised on 8, even though the last two seasons were 6 ep. |