Game of Thrones Season 8 (Bookfags unite)

[bad_teammate 13132]

On 5/17/2019 at 10:36 AM, Mileslong said:

The one character that TV missed out on was Lady Stoneheart. 

 

On 5/17/2019 at 12:18 PM, WBT said:

I'll not have you besmirch Strong Belwas

You guys both misspelled "Patchface".

I'll forgive you this oversight.

[Michael Knight 12898]

Interesting analysis of where GoT went wrong

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The show did indeed take a turn for the worse, but the reasons for that downturn goes way deeper than the usual suspects that have been identified (new and inferior writers, shortened season, too many plot holes). It’s not that these are incorrect, but they’re just superficial shifts. In fact, the souring of Game of Thrones exposes a fundamental shortcoming of our storytelling culture in general: we don’t really know how to tell sociological stories.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/

[WBT 20422]

5 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

 

You guys both misspelled "Patchface".

I'll forgive you this oversight.

I know, I know, oh, oh, oh

[utee94 15745]

21 hours ago, Dark Horse said:

Victarion and Euron are awesome

if by "awesome" you mean "the worst ever" then I believe we're in total agreement.

 

[mdmost 42865]

The show made the Iron Islands a lot easier to stomach. 

[GabrielsHorn 2142]

On 5/17/2019 at 9:36 AM, Mileslong said:

The one character that TV missed out on was Lady Stoneheart. One if the saving graces in A Feast for Crows. Imagine the shock of the TV viewers when out of nowhere she appears with the Brotherhood. They could have had a few hints over the course of several episodes of a “Silent Sister” leading a band of outlaws killing Lannister’s etc before the big reveal.

Missed opportunity imo...

While I would have loved to see LSH, it's clear the one character the show missed out on is fAegon. Seems like he's going to fill the Cersei role of ruling King's Landing in the books, but I can see why they thought he may not have been important until it was far too late to introduce him. 

[Michael Knight 12898]

3 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

While I would have loved to see LSH, it's clear the one character the show missed out on is fAegon. Seems like he's going to fill the Cersei role of ruling King's Landing in the books, but I can see why they thought he may not have been important until it was far too late to introduce him. 

Young griff will obviously fill the role of turning Dany mad.  Everyone will love him even tho his claim is fake and Dany will sacrifice 2 children and half her army to protect them from the dead. Combine that with Jon being revealed as a true targ and everyone loving him.  That will drive her offer the edge and she'll burn the city in retaliation 

Edited May 19, 2019 by Michael Knight

[Llano Estacado 1257]

The show made the Iron Islands a lot easier to stomach. 

It’s a King’s moot point. Nuncle Dampblanket plot line is a mummer’s farce.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

To be honest, the writing in the books kind of went to shit too.  Too many tangent plot lines, too much Brienne, too much Dorne, too much Meereen.  

[Pods 7528]

Narrator: It did. 

 

Between a Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows, Martin both lost some of his drive and got more powerful than his editor. Not giving a fuck and having total autonomy is a bad combination for a writer. 

As a result, 4 and 5 are filled with filler. Lots of Feast and Dance could have been scrapped and/or streamlined. 

Edited May 19, 2019 by Pods

[Dark Horse 2263]

I thought fAegon was filler at the time.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

The Blackfyre plot line was cool tho...

[CooterBrown 17911]

In the end, the North didn’t remember shit.

[RPM 26228]

Was that Needle?

[Doc Sam Beckett 5784]

6 minutes ago, RPM said:

Was that Needle?

I got a needle for you 

[MillerEP 30339]

That happened pretty much exactly as I imagined it, except I expected a different sword to be in flames.

[GabrielsHorn 2142]

So a Stark is on the throne, but the North is independent? How does that make any sense?

[Radical Larry 28528]

Jon: 

 

[Michael Knight 12898]

King Bran might be the least unsatisfying ending ever

[Michael Knight 12898]

I can't wait for the sequel the Hotpie Rebellion

[Buzzrock 14871]

Well that was a fucking mess.

Where do whores go?

[Apep 645]

1 minute ago, Buzzrock said:

Well that was a fucking mess.

Where do whores go?

Arya will find them on her ship, “The Whorefinder”.

[Mdhorn 5911]

2 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Well that was a fucking mess.

Where do whores go?

Wildlings went back to being free folk.  

[bamachine 1230]

Well, all the Ghost whiners now got to see him fake pet a CGI creation.

[RPM 26228]

I wasn't going to like any ending, but I definitely didn't like that one.

[tx 3 putt 76386]

5 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Where do whores go?

 

i assume they go home after leaving 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2630]

Ugh. What a let down 

[bamachine 1230]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

i assume they go home after leaving 

Unless they run into Craig James.

[RPM 26228]

They have some crazy weather in KL. During the battle it was warm and sunny. That night after the battle everything was covered in several inches of snow. Next morning, it's warm and sunny again.

[Buzzrock 14871]

Sophie Turner gets “most improved”. Her arc as an actress was interestingly similar to Sansa’s character arc. And wow was she a knockout this season. I hope she does justice to the role in Dark Phoenix.

[Mileslong 4715]

I wasn’t particularly happy Bronn got all that shit after the utter disloyalty he showed to everyone.

[Buzzrock 14871]

They have some crazy weather in KL. During the battle it was warm and sunny. That night after the battle everything was covered in several inches of snow. Next morning, it's warm and sunny again.

It think that was ash, not snow.

[Mileslong 4715]

Well that was a fucking mess.

Where do whores go?

Some people might say “ask your mom” but I am not one of those people

[kevwun 15652]

Fucking Bran? Holy shit that was a terrible way to end it.

Edited May 20, 2019 by kevwun

[tx 3 putt 76386]

how did ghost lose that ear ?

[RPM 26228]

Just now, Buzzrock said:

 

It think that was ash, not snow.

 

That ash sure melted fast next morning.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

Drogon melting the throne was nice.  That thing was a curse to mankind. 

[bamachine 1230]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

how did ghost lose that ear ?

Battle with the NK army

[Buzzrock 14871]

Drogon checking Jon at the door was a cool scene. Drogon in the throne room was kinda dumb.

Drogon is the worst dragon name since Eragon.

[Llano Estacado 1257]

how did ghost lose that ear ?

Episode after Battle against the Night King they showed him all jacked up without a right ear. Then everyone got pissed because Jon was all “Big gulps, huh? Welp, Ghost, cya laters”

[MillerEP 30339]

Fucking Bran? Holy shit that was a terrible way to end it.

Right!? Like what was that “that’s why I came here” comment? We’re the writers thinking that was supposed to be a big twist for the audience? Like “oh he was playing everyone all along?” If so that fell flat.

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Moral of the story is once you’ve had wildling redhead as a freeman oath-breaker you don’t go back.

[Mileslong 4715]

My comment was Drogon was taking Dany East to find red priest to resurrect her.

 

Bran might be thinking the same thing as he is concerned with Drogons whereabouts ergo, me = genius

[Michael Knight 12898]

Ok that final sequence was pretty much McNulty season 5 ending,  it got there stupidly but the final destination felt right

[AUS-97HORN 11682]

4 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Ok that final sequence was pretty much McNulty season 5 ending,  it got there stupidly but the final destination felt right

as written, it was the best way to keep the peace.  but still stupid.

 

also, what's keeping Bran from commuting Jon's sentence in the KW?  once the dothraki and unsullied are gone, no one else is pissed that Jon didnt get killed

[Buzzrock 14871]

[NeverMarryAStripper 21781]

This whole thing just reinforces my decision to never again start reading a series that hasn’t already been completed

[Michael Knight 12898]

 

[Buzzrock 14871]

The biggest double take since the Iron Man 3 kid at the end of Endgame.

[Bojack 2073]

If I ever make my own fantasy series, it's going to end with an Animal House style montage about what becomes of everyone.  Fuck this Return of the King hobbits slobbering all over each other shit or this crap that I just watched.