Game of thrones season 8 [contains spoilers]
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souljacker
innit
So they decided to produce something crap because they were keen to go fuck something else up?
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
In a nutshell...
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
As has been noted already on the thread, D&D's ability to dispense with sensible character development, consistency, plot etc replaced by spectacle, tell-not-show, twists etc sounds absolutely perfect for their new job.
Me76
Not very good lurker
I must admit that I think joining this thread and checking it as regularly as I have has probably taken away some of the enjoyment of this series for me. I still would have thought it inferior (especially compared to series 1-4) but I don't think I would have picked holes in it quite so much. I will look forward to rewatching after watching them all, with less pressure on it.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
I left.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I realised I got Now TV but only stayed up once for it, and torrented the the rest n monday morning. Waste f money, if I get charged. Oh no wait I did wartch two episodes of a Brooker written comedy starring Jon Hannah calle 'Touch of Cloth'. I like Jon Hannah and poo jokes so yeah that was OK.
still canceled last night.
still canceled last night.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Everyone has an opinion, but to try and get a general feel of the fans' feelings, here are the current last episode ratings on IMDB:
Game of Thrones - The Iron Throne: 4.4/10
Breaking Bad - Felina: 9.9/10
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I don't go into art looking to pick holes in it, but I can't help but notice if they're there.
It's like a meal - you want to just eat and enjoy it, but if it's not what you wanted/were hoping for you're going to say "hey, this could be better".
Do some people just want to bitch and moan, for whatever reasons they may have? Absolutely. But some of us are simply expressing our genuine reactions and feelings, positive or negative.
And I and others have said on this thread, our expectations were based on what we loved about the early series of GoT. It's not like we've come in expecting something unobtainable - it was obtainable, we had it! Most of the complaints on this thread are about things that were there that are now not, things that are missing; they're not fanciful dreams that were impossible to realise.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Why did you not just watch again on Now TV
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
force of habit I think, and a lingering dislike of the now tv player.Why did you not just watch again on Now TV
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Street speakers seem to be imbeciles then. They couldn't have as many series as they wanted from a series of seven books. And the decision to split the last book (ish) into two seasons is a well worn one. This last half season wasn't really 'rushed' at all, they made, imo, a couple of mistakes in not giving a couple (literally, two) characters more screen time. But correcting that would have taken twenty odds minutes, not an extra four episodes.
BristolEcho
Well-Known Member
I think it was probably better not to give them to much time as they were totally inept with the time they had. Fuck knows what car crash they would have come up with if they were given any more rope.
Oula
Voice of a Goddess Giant
That's interesting. I read a great book by Alan Sepinwall about the big TV shows and the main thing I took from that was that people are almost always dissatisfied by how they end, so I'm surprised the Breaking Bad one was so highly rated (not just because I didn't like it, but because I thought people just find it hard to accept things bring over)
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Breaking Bad was complete and utter fan service. Everything people wanted to happen did (unless they had some naive belief about Walt somehow living). They did it well, but it lacked a certain pathos for me, because of that.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
David Lynch should be allowed to re-do the last half hour.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
The end of BB was good, not amazing, but way, way ahead of how GOT wrapped up. The best BB stuff was all from the end of S2 through to the end of S4.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Exactly. The outcome you want for the characters may not be the most fitting outcome for the show
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
How about a show where all the ends are tidied up in true epic fashion then the lead dies and is reborn anew, he puts on a jaunty scarf and sets out again to right wrongs. Theres 50+ years in that I recon
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I'm stuck with NOW TV till November or something. I usually re-new around black Friday because there's usually a deal where you get a cinema pass free with the entertainment pass if you lock in for a year. I actually first started getting NOW for TWD. There's usually something else worth watching, like The Deuce for example.
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I won the work Game of Thrones pool, by some distance. Was the only one to pick Arya as NK killer and one of only two to predict the throne getting destroyed. Only two guesses wrong in who lives and dies - I guessed Grey Worm to die and Missandei to live.
So that's £50 I badly needed
So that's £50 I badly needed
Ranbay
The same rules apply
I won the work Game of Thrones pool, by some distance. Was the only one to pick Arya as NK killer and one of only two to predict the throne getting destroyed. Only two guesses wrong in who lives and dies - I guessed Grey Worm to die and Missandei to live.
So that's £50 I badly needed
Don't spunk it on snow.
maomao
普費斯
I was okay with the plot and story but god the writing isn't as good as it used to be. Not sure how Grey Worm overtook John like that. And worst line of the whole eight series' goes to Arya for 'I know a killer when I see one'. Oh really Arya? That's some profound insight into human nature you have there, you must have looked deep into her heart to be able to call her a 'killer' directly after she's deliberately burned tens of thousands of people to death in full view of everyone. 
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Why is everyone cancelling their Now TV? It didn't only show Game Of Thrones
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
Cos I've watched Camping and Sally4ever.
I have it for another 2 months so might do Chernobyl, but 22 July my last day for certain
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
I'll go out on a limb and guess it's because they no longer want/need it? Although I could be way off the mark. Maybe they're canceeling it because it turns into a WMD at midnight?
