GOT Hot Take

[pepper brooks 580]

I had lunch with a buddy who is basically a version of Mike TV from WWATCF.  Guy watches everything and remembers everything about every show.  We were discussing some of the most re-watchable series of all time.  We had a total polar opposite reaction to Game of Thrones.  His argument was that the first 7 seasons were so good that the ending couldn't tarnish it.  I had the exact opposite take that the ending was so poorly written, thought out rushed and lame that it rendered any re-watch and previous greatness neutered and the entire thing is nothing more than a colossal waste of time.  What say you, surly tv aficionados?

[Kennythetiger 9,446]

What's WWATCF?

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

3 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

What's WWATCF?

me bitch

 

Also, GOT ending ruined everything.  can't take anything seriously knowing it ends up as a YA novel or some shit

[Gene Parmesan 4,014]

I wouldn't re watch it.  It was slipping well before the last season.  It was pretty much on the downhill when it really started taking off and became a cultural phenomenon, or whenever they passed the books for source materials.  I think the two probably happened around the same time.  It was a great spectacle and fun for a series to unite everyone each week in a binge heavy society, but there are much better things to re watch.

 

[ajax 2,620]

Would you eat a cannoli that's filled 3/4 with sweet ricotta cheese and 1/4 with shit?

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

GOT's ending fell flat, but it doesn't tarnish the series as a whole IMO.  I'd still recommend it as a must watch to anyone who hasn't seen. 

Lost on the otherhand....

[pepper brooks 580]

1 hour ago, Kennythetiger said:

What's WWATCF?

willie Wonka and the chocolate factory.  

[Not a cat 5,697]

1 hour ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

GOT's ending fell flat, but it doesn't tarnish the series as a whole IMO.  I'd still recommend it as a must watch to anyone who hasn't seen. 

Lost on the otherhand....

Lost can eat a Bob Stoops supersized bag of dicks.  Seriously, screw those guys.   

[Apep 645]

The series had its moments, but was always a pale imitation of the books. Except for the Winds of Winter episode (and maybe a couple of others), I already couldn't rewatch it.

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

2 hours ago, pepper brooks said:

willie Wonka and the chocolate factory.  

Clearly a commonly used acronym 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

the show got shitty way before the final season. every season after season 4 failed to live up to the standard that had previously been set. there were plenty of downright awful episodes in seasons six and seven (that one with the dude from deadwood was embarrassingly bad), but there was still so much fanboyism for the show that anyone who stated as much was summarily shouted down by the angry mob. i mean Arya's entire storyline in Braavos alone was fucking stupid as hell and a giant waste of time. same with most of what happened in Dorne. same with Tyrion's character during that time. i could keep going on, but you get it. 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Goo Punch

[d2o 1,602]

I'd rewatch until the when the zombie dragon destroyed the wall and then act like that was the end of the series and errbody died.

[d2o 1,602]

28 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

the show got shitty way before the final season. every season after season 4 failed to live up to the standard that had previously been set. there were plenty of downright awful episodes in seasons six and seven (that one with the dude from deadwood was embarrassingly bad), but there was still so much fanboyism for the show that anyone who stated as much was summarily shouted down by the angry mob. i mean Arya's entire storyline in Braavos alone was fucking stupid as hell and a giant waste of time. same with most of what happened in Dorne. same with Tyrion's character during that time. i could keep going on, but you get it. 

The time in Braavos was too long granted but the payoff with Walder Frey and her having no fucks left in general was worth it IMO.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

5 minutes ago, d2o said:

The time in Braavos was too long granted but the payoff with Walder Frey and her having no fucks left in general was worth it IMO.

we got one cool scene out of all that monotony, and then she never even used her skills ever again; skills you might have thought she would use if she were going to, i dunno, KILL THE NIGHT KING. fucking giant waste of what could have been an amazing storyline.

[PRONG HORN 3,155]

[elfenix 34,331]

battle of the bastards and battle of winterfell episodes are still great.

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

1 hour ago, Apep said:

The series had its moments, but was always a pale imitation of the books. Except for the Winds of Winter episode (and maybe a couple of others), I already couldn't rewatch it.

I smell a bookfag.  Get the torches.

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

But to answer seriously, the ending wasn't as good as everything that came before it, but (IMO) it can't tarnish the greatness/cultural phenomenon that came before it.  It's a GREAT show overall, and I'd definitely tell people who haven't seen it to watch it.

[XYZ 2,154]

Somebody gifted me the whole GoT series on DVD for xmas. Started watching. When Ned dies I was like, OK. When they butcher a baby I was like, this show is fucking disgusting. When they stab Rob’s pregnant wife in the belly over and over, I checked out. Too much gratuitous violence for me.

[F250 28,817]

The Washington Wizards era didn't impact the greatness of Jordan's career, despite it being a shadow of his time with the Bulls. Granted the end of GOT would be more like Charles Barkley coming out of retirement today.

 

[TexArcher 38,045]

I'll wait a few years then rewatch the whole thing.  It was truly outstanding television for years before its decline over the last three seasons or so.  And those seasons still had some great moments.

[PRONG HORN 3,155]

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,920]

The downhill slide started when Khaleesi became to good to get naked

[Biff Tannen 45,717]

9 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The downhill slide started when Khaleesi became to good to get naked

Accurate

[CooterBrown 18,026]

The nudity died off when the books ran out. The show runners were too scared to put it in the show without the book as the excuse.

 

 

[Hmmm 155]

On 2/27/2020 at 1:00 PM, ajax said:

Would you eat a cannoli that's filled 3/4 with sweet ricotta cheese and 1/4 with shit?

I would eat exactly 3/4 of that cannoli so long you told me where to start and I could trust you.

[NorthLoop 14,231]

Us bookfags tried to tell yall they were fucking it up, but yall wouldn't listen. 

[Biff Tannen 45,717]

4 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Us bookfags tried to tell yall they were fucking it up, but yall wouldn't listen. 

What are books?

[hobbes2702 13,061]

On 2/27/2020 at 5:08 PM, elfenix said:

battle of the bastards and battle of winterfell episodes are still great.

The battle of winterfell was fucking terrible and a technical disaster.

[elfenix 34,331]

45 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

The battle of winterfell was fucking terrible and a technical disaster.

sorry your tv sucks, bro

[hobbes2702 13,061]

Just now, elfenix said:

sorry your tv sucks, bro

I hope you don’t actually believe that crock of shit lol.

[elfenix 34,331]

dim the lights and put down the ipad. 

[hobbes2702 13,061]

Just now, elfenix said:

dim the lights and put down the ipad. 

Yea I’ve personally calibrated my TV with a Spyder 3. The show was a technical disaster that was way too dark.

[elfenix 34,331]

doesn't matter what you use to calibrate a shit tv

i kid you not i had no problems, then again i don't try watching tv with all the lights on, with my ipad in my lap, the blinds open, in the middle of the afternoon, etc.

Edited March 2, 2020 by elfenix

[hobbes2702 13,061]

Ok. Have a good day.

[Kyle 207]

Agreed. There were some great individual episodes, but in terms of the story, kind of killed it for me. Hoping the books with the extra Targ kid, etc., will be better. I would rather have Hodor on the melted throne than Bran.

[Hmmm 155]

44 minutes ago, elfenix said:

doesn't matter what you use to calibrate a shit tv

i kid you not i had no problems, then again i don't try watching tv with all the lights on, with my ipad in my lap, the blinds open, in the middle of the afternoon, etc.

did you watch on monitor or tv?

[elfenix 34,331]

23 minutes ago, Hmmm said:

did you watch on monitor or tv?

samsung plasma which you can pry from my cold dead hands

[Hmmm 155]

cool, i was thinking you might be a PC master racer.  please include me in your will, and let me know when you die.  my tv hurts watching GOT, then again, it may happen to be a CRT.  

[Anton Chigurh 3,319]

samsung plasma which you can pry from my cold dead hands

I watched on a 2018 Samsung QLED (yes, I know it’s not an OLED) and it looked okay to me. Not outstandingly dark or whatever.

[hobbes2702 13,061]

23 minutes ago, elfenix said:

samsung plasma which you can pry from my cold dead hands

My Panasonic VT60 and Sony 950 say you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[elfenix 34,331]

maybe you need to see an eye doctor then. 

[Hmmm 155]

idk about that.  seems we have a tv master race upon us.

my tv sucks and is old.  i just wish GOT would smd.

Edited March 2, 2020 by Hmmm

[TriStone 1,724]

4 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

The battle of winterfell was fucking terrible and a technical disaster.

Is that the battle that took place in complete darkness?  Yeah, that was a clusterfuck.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

if anyone is jonesing for a quick hit, might i recommend S4, E1, "Two Swords". Starts off with a Tywin Lannister scene (god he was the man), and ends with Arya and The Hound a the Tavern together. Great fucking episode. 

[Mileslong 4,728]

It’s a really silly take to say one episode ruined an entire series. Seinfeld’s last episode was terrible, does that ruin the entire series? The Sopranos has a pretty bad final episode, does that mean you won’t watch the series ever again?

No series of that length has great episodes every week and no series is ever going to be as good as the book.

And for the person complaining about the “gratuitous violence, GOT was obviously written with the Middle Ages in mind, the extreme violence shown in GOT (aside from the dragons) is no different than actual things tat were done during the Middle Ages.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

Lulz at comparing it to Seinfeld. It was a mass adventure drama where people waited around for years to see what happened to the protagonists.  you don’t sit on the edge of your seats and theorize with your friends whether Jerry is going to be able to tell a good joke next week. “he did it! Everyone laughed! Good guys win!”

[DigglerontheHoof 21,220]

On 2/27/2020 at 9:33 PM, XYZ said:

Somebody gifted me the whole GoT series on DVD for xmas. Started watching. When Ned dies I was like, OK. When they butcher a baby I was like, this show is fucking disgusting. When they stab Rob’s pregnant wife in the belly over and over, I checked out. Too much gratuitous violence for me.

Uh, why did you pick it up in the first place?  I've heard many valid reasons to stop watching GOT, violence isn't one of them.  Did you think you were watching a Disney series?

Regarded

[TriStone 1,724]

6 hours ago, Mileslong said:

It’s a really silly take to say one episode ruined an entire series.

Did someone say that?

[victory88 5,669]

I don't think it ruined the show but the last season put a giant shit stain on the series for me.  It was my favorite series up to season 5 or 6.  Then I thought it was getting worse but still had some badass episodes like the battle of the bastards and when they fucking burned all of the golden company.  After the 2 fucking year wait, I was hoping they took their time to put a solid end to a badass series.  Instead it was a complete abortion.  This show as at the very top of my list.  Now I'd put it in the 4-6 range depending on my mood.  Still a fantastic series but not the best.