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Supreme Allah posted:lol Sansa doesn't give a gently caress but you give a gently caress what "well that's out of character" "the character did it so it is in character!!"
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# ? May 22, 2019 13:24 |
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Communist Bear posted:You mean the character of Bran would be more exciting if it was played by Rygel out of Farscape? Rygel was a great actor and there's no role in film or television that would not be improved by him replacing the existing actor. Except Jeff Goldblum in Ragnarok.
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# ? May 22, 2019 13:25 |
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Ralph Crammed In posted:It should have ended like this- Yes! I need this!
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# ? May 22, 2019 14:36 |
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"Computer, pause holo recording "Book of Ice and Fire". What is this garbage even, gently caress! Just delete the whole thing."
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# ? May 22, 2019 14:51 |
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who gives a poo poo about the Night King since he turned out to be a useless, largely inconsequential idiot?
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:00 |
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brugroffil posted:who gives a poo poo about the Night King since he turned out to be a useless, largely inconsequential idiot? I'm really surprised HBO signed off on the wet fart killing of the Night King seeing as how it deflates any stakes for the prequel show that was already in pre-production. But hey corporate execs are dumb, knock me over with a feather
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:02 |
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sorry but the travel criticism is entirely valid when there's no real consistency in how it's carried out. Arya's travels were mostly handled really well because so much of her character development happened along the way, with run-ins with the BWB, stops at the crossroads, detour at a farm, etc. (and honestly this could have been channeled better in the end when she sailed off -- practically all she's done all show is travel, so it's not that crazy an ending for her) also ravens as a plot device are literally there to allow characters to have those sorts of quick communications without having to bother with making them travel. the dragon was also ok for this.
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:07 |
Barudak posted:A man in alt-history seventies fashion explains to you the wonders of ancient winterfell but pronounces it how it would have sounded during the kingsmoot period instead of modern this is kind of in the neighborhood of how merlin ended although I guess at least Merlin is from the get go supposed to take place in England obviously
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:08 |
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Fitzy Fitz posted:sorry but the travel criticism is entirely valid when there's no real consistency in how it's carried out. Arya's travels were mostly handled really well because so much of her character development happened along the way, with run-ins with the BWB, stops at the crossroads, detour at a farm, etc. (and honestly this could have been channeled better in the end when she sailed off -- practically all she's done all show is travel, so it's not that crazy an ending for her)
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:10 |
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Ralph Crammed In posted:It should have ended like this- A middle aged archaeologist, well-regarded in his field, is busy at work unearthing a recent discovery in Essos. There, in the dusty outreaches of what used to be Old Valyria, are the fossilized remains of a dragon with what appears to be human skeletal remains clutched in its claws. A helicopter makes an unwelcomed landing at the dig site, blowing the team's tents around and dusting finely tuned and rather expensive instruments. A man in a finely tailored suit, clearly a corporate lawyer, and a rather eccentric looking billionaire wielding a cane topped with amber convinces the archaeologist aboard with a wild claim. "We have brought them back." Orchestral music starts playing.
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:55 |
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Bran taking the throne felt lame because "omnipotent, all knowing, but distant" characters are almost always bland. He has the personality of cardboard so the audience feels nothing when he takes the throne. I get that GoT is supposed to subvert some fantasy tropes (neither of the "chosen ones" get the throne) but goddamn he's so boring and alien.
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# ? May 22, 2019 15:59 |
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Bran was only to subvert expectations. Oh who's gonna win? Nobody guessed Haha you loving nerds.
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:33 |
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:44 |
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:47 |
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Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up?
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:49 |
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superjew posted:Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up? That is is the sort of thing a good show would have done. What do you think this is?
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:50 |
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superjew posted:Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up? ‾\_(ツ)_/‾
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:50 |
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superjew posted:Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up? Remember the 5000 other things that had no payoff?
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:54 |
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But it's cool, in their clinking together of random characters they had Tyrion ask Bran to tell him his life story, and then later gives a speech about stories being powerful so they clearly put a lot of thought into it. Most of the finale looks like the actors/characters genuinely don't want to be there and are dragging rear end.
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:54 |
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superjew posted:But it's cool, in their clinking together of random characters they had Tyrion ask Bran to tell him his life story, and then later gives a speech about stories being powerful so they clearly put a lot of thought into it. "My what?" "The water bottle in your hands." "Oh, 'water', sssure. <places it by his foot>" "...it's still in the shot." "It doesssn't matter. Nuuthing mahtters."
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# ? May 22, 2019 16:59 |
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superjew posted:Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up? rofl
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:03 |
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superjew posted:Hey remember when Tyrion talked about Cersei's baby in front of Euron and they did nothing with it but everyone was sure it was setting something up? The actor said he never read other characters' lines to keep his reaction natural and also that he was too far away from them to hear it.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:10 |
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kit (cloudkicker) harrington posted:"I think no matter what anyone thinks about this season—and I don't mean to sound mean about critics here—but whatever critic spends half an hour writing about this season and makes their [negative] judgement on it, in my head they can go f–k themselves. 'Cause I know how much work was put into this. "I know how much people cared about this. I know how much pressure people put on themselves and I know how many sleepless nights working or otherwise people had on this show. Because they cared about it so much. Because they cared about the characters. Because they cared about the story. Because they cared about not letting people down. Now if people feel let down by it, I don't give a f–k—because everyone tried their hardest. That's how I feel. In the end, no one's bigger fans of the show than we are, and we're kind of doing it for ourselves. That's all we could do, really. And I was just happy we got to the end." Awwww buddy. We ain't mad at you. [Insert u know noffin joke here]
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:11 |
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Universe Master posted:Remember the 5000 other things that had no payoff? To be fair, the last 3 seasons were only 23 episodes which were over an hour long, with no commercials. It's difficult to squeeze in everything in such a small amount of time
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:11 |
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:13 |
Memes aside I'm pretty happy with how the series ended. I just wish it took longer to get there so it made a bit more narrative sense.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:19 |
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Man that must be nice.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:21 |
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Resting Lich Face posted:Memes aside I'm pretty happy with how the series ended. I just wish it took longer to get there so it made a bit more narrative sense. If you mean like, dany goes mad and everyone has to deal with finding the "heros" are on the wrong side. As like a bullet point, its good. Execution was top to bottom terrible and mad it poo poo like dany with a knife in her heart though
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:21 |
Come the gently caress on. If you thought Dany was going to win or remain uncorrupted you clearly haven't watched the series very closely. Yes, that should've been handled better (over more time, mostly) but it's no surprise. True, the adage in storytelling is "show, don't tell" but sometimes you need to tell a bit too. Given the abruptness the ending over the last few episodes was handled decently, though Dany's final leap over the edge was probably the weakest point.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:26 |
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When will D&D return from their self exile?
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:27 |
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Resting Lich Face posted:Come the gently caress on. If you thought Dany was going to win or remain uncorrupted you clearly haven't watched the series very closely. Yes, that should've been handled better (over more time, mostly) but it's no surprise. True, the adage in storytelling is "show, don't tell" but sometimes you need to tell a bit too. The climax of the series was the weakest. But it's still good! Right
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:27 |
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Resting Lich Face posted:Come the gently caress on. If you thought Dany was going to win or remain uncorrupted you clearly haven't watched the series very closely. Yes, that should've been handled better (over more time, mostly) but it's no surprise. Why didnt anyone tell that to Tyrion, the smartest smartman who ever thought a smart or had a cleverthink in his life. You know, the guy who was smart enough to wrap up the entire show in a 5 minute speech at the end Tell me why? Ain't nothing but a mistake. I dont ever want to hear you say that you want it that way
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:30 |
Bombadilillo posted:The climax of the series was the weakest. But it's still good! I didn't say it was good; I said I'm mostly happy with it.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:34 |
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Stop mincing words like a pain in the rear end
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:42 |
Glenn Quebec posted:Stop mincing words like a pain in the rear end Yeah Bombadillo. Sheesh.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:48 |
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Y'know the more I think about it the reason Bran had to win is because he is the only one that had any real connection with the Children of the Forest. All the other rulers are fighting over their rule as invaders but he's the only one that has even spoken to the indigenous population.
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# ? May 22, 2019 17:58 |
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I've been watching The Last Kingdom and it's pretty solid. I like the way they try to antiquate some terms and decided that instead of loving Uhtred instead gets down to some hardcore humping.
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# ? May 22, 2019 18:00 |
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Surely jon would've known this from the many battles he stood in with a shocked look on his face.
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# ? May 22, 2019 18:01 |
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Sure he spoken to them but then they all died and he hasn't even left any witnesses so I don't know if it's something you wanna mention approvingly
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# ? May 22, 2019 18:02 |
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Like if Arya teleported to Bran a few seasons earlier this whole silly night king plotline could have been over years ago!
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# ? May 22, 2019 18:03 |