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Game of Thrones, tv only, books don't exist, no backstory...NERDS already ruining a series that hasn't started (2 Viewers)
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pantherclub
Footballguy
ragincajun
Footballguy
Agreed.
I took it as just keeping an eye open in case or is he going to control him?
ragincajun
Footballguy
shadyridr
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KInd of weird that they would show a sprout as Jon is heading north if that is the case.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
I might at some point post my overall thoughts in detail and might join in a discussion or two. But I really loved the ending. Didn't think I would once that meeting of Lords started, but once they laughed at Sam and then Tyrion's small council meeting....
Just perfect for me. They didn't learn. At all. After everything they had all been through and everything they lost, they went right on playing the same game of thrones they always did. And when Bran dies a new king will be picked by the Lords. Maybe it's someone who bought off the others, or the one with the bigger army, or one who just takes it by force, or maybe the six kingdoms just have another war.
But for now they think they are going to do it better. Just like every ruler before them.
That is a bittersweet reality.
Just perfect for me. They didn't learn. At all. After everything they had all been through and everything they lost, they went right on playing the same game of thrones they always did. And when Bran dies a new king will be picked by the Lords. Maybe it's someone who bought off the others, or the one with the bigger army, or one who just takes it by force, or maybe the six kingdoms just have another war.
But for now they think they are going to do it better. Just like every ruler before them.
That is a bittersweet reality.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
They also managed to lie horizontally under very little rubble even though they were standing as it looked like the whole thing was crashing on them...
shadyridr
Footballguy
They did learn. The son of a king is no longer the new King (ie Jon Snow or Gendry). Instead, now the lords vote for the new king. Its not true democracy but it is somewhere in between what they had and a true democracy.
Punxsutawney Phil
Footballguy
This entire series was an inevitable let down imo. When we first started watching it was cool because it eluded to all of the supernatural things like dragons. They slowly introduced stuff, an it was cool when we saw a dragon or a white Walker. By the end of the series we were basically watching Jurassic Park.
the moops
Footballguy
The unsullied just got finished killing women and children and surrendered solidiers. The dothraki did the same and added in some raping for good measure. And they both did that for their queen.
She gets assassinated and not only do they not take revenge, but they just agree to some peace agreement where they sail away to a foreign land.
Lame. They should have just sacked what was left of the northern army then loved out their queens dream by ####### up everyone else in Westeros and beyond.
She gets assassinated and not only do they not take revenge, but they just agree to some peace agreement where they sail away to a foreign land.
Lame. They should have just sacked what was left of the northern army then loved out their queens dream by ####### up everyone else in Westeros and beyond.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
belljr
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
No, that they think the cheesy "dragon knows the symbolism of the Iron Throne and that's what killed Mommy" was cool.
I think most here are emotionally invested in the show.
shadyridr
Footballguy
Or how about they goto kill Jon Snow and Drogon comes in and blows them all to smithereens and then flies off. Wouldnt that have made more sense then what the writers gave us?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Lol, there’s was like a dozen bricks covering themThey also managed to lie horizontally under very little rubble even though they were standing as it looked like the whole thing was crashing on them...
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
That’s what really would have happened in similar circumstances. They followed her around for a decade, now in a foreign land full of people they neither trust nor like and there’s gonna be a peaceful ending?
brun
Footballguy
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Finale was Dexter level stupid.
Jefferson the Caregiver
Rebel Without A Pause
I didn't like the season overall but thought the finale was fine. Not saying much but it was the best episode of the season.
I think they wrapped it up fine, which is really all I wanted and then still kept some options open for something more down the road.
Bran is an odd choice, no doubt about it and not crazy about that idea but if that's where they wanted to go with it, I can live with it.
I think they wrapped it up fine, which is really all I wanted and then still kept some options open for something more down the road.
Bran is an odd choice, no doubt about it and not crazy about that idea but if that's where they wanted to go with it, I can live with it.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
One could also argue he has no business on the Kingsguard. He’s a squire. Presumably was knighted offscreen at some point before the very end, but the Kingsguard? That’s Hollywood.
culdeus
Footballguy
Dexter is a apt comparison. A solid show for 4 seasons that went completely off the rails
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Bran the seer and the new King of the six realms should have gone all white-eyed, three-eyed Raven, and then woken to reveal that dragons are born pregnant and that the dragon took Dany north and laid her beside a glowing ice spear left behind by the night king. The end.
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fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Maybe this is the break that Dragon needed to get his short story published in the New Yorker.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
a couple alternate ending ideas i would've liked to see ..
Arya
we see her sitting in the ship's lounge; it's open mic night for comics, and Ser Fool #### (ya know, the one who got punked on Joffrey's name day and who helped Sansa outta KL after the Joffrey poisoning - can't recall his name, or if he's even still alive - if that blows my nerd cred, so be it) is on stage riffing some horrible shtick on Jon Snow "take my wolf, PLEASE!!" - Arya chuckles a bit, takes a big swig of wine, and reflects ... suddenly, the ship's nurse appears, and whispers in Arya's ear ... Arya has a look of shock, then glances down at the positive EPT strip - yep, she was definitely sperminated by the Lord of the Stormlands ... she immediately dumps her wine on the floor as a half assed grin crosses her face.
/scene
Ser Brienne
after she's done ammending Jaime's ledger, she sits back and places her hand on her tummy ... tears streak down her cheeks as she says "your father was far more honorable than he'll ever be given credit for, it is up to us to forever rectify that, my child"
/scene
Arya
we see her sitting in the ship's lounge; it's open mic night for comics, and Ser Fool #### (ya know, the one who got punked on Joffrey's name day and who helped Sansa outta KL after the Joffrey poisoning - can't recall his name, or if he's even still alive - if that blows my nerd cred, so be it) is on stage riffing some horrible shtick on Jon Snow "take my wolf, PLEASE!!" - Arya chuckles a bit, takes a big swig of wine, and reflects ... suddenly, the ship's nurse appears, and whispers in Arya's ear ... Arya has a look of shock, then glances down at the positive EPT strip - yep, she was definitely sperminated by the Lord of the Stormlands ... she immediately dumps her wine on the floor as a half assed grin crosses her face.
/scene
Ser Brienne
after she's done ammending Jaime's ledger, she sits back and places her hand on her tummy ... tears streak down her cheeks as she says "your father was far more honorable than he'll ever be given credit for, it is up to us to forever rectify that, my child"
/scene
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
There was a ton of that didn’t really make sense wouldn’t they have done X instead this season. Love the show but that finale put a bow on by far the worst season and the most out of character season. Some great parts in it but for the most part it honestly felt like we were watching a different show. It’s not in the same ball park as the mess that TWD has become but somewhere early on in that show, the showrunners felt that people were more invested in particular characters that they’d end around their deaths or give them send offs that weren’t realistic. Same with this season. Wouldn’t Jaime finding Cersei burnt alive before being crushed be a Ned Stark way out instead of a loving embrace of a not so truly understood couple? We didn’t need “closure”, we wanted a better final season.
beer 30
Footballguy
Where he will be kidnapped by an elite army unit that will transform him into a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, and three retractable claws in each hand. Wait...
leave a whisper
Footballguy
morning after ### pull plot line .....
5 years from now .... 6 part season 9: for the $$$$
Drogon flies Dany's body to the shadow lands of Asshai and a red priestess brings her back to life "Jon Snow style".....
.... Jon Snow becomes King beyond the Wall, he somehow becomes the new Knight King --- Dany comes back to Westeros w/ Drogon & Grey Worm, takes out Sansa ----- Bran, Tyrian, Bronn, and others including Ayra returning from the far west (with who knows what powers or forces) have to try to defeat Dany .... Bran & Sam somehow find a way to cure/ transform Jon to help take on Dany (or trick her into a trap were her/ her army has to fight Knight King Jon & his army of the dead - then Bran & Sam cure him) .....
no cups or bottles found in any scenes
5 years from now .... 6 part season 9: for the $$$$
Drogon flies Dany's body to the shadow lands of Asshai and a red priestess brings her back to life "Jon Snow style".....
.... Jon Snow becomes King beyond the Wall, he somehow becomes the new Knight King --- Dany comes back to Westeros w/ Drogon & Grey Worm, takes out Sansa ----- Bran, Tyrian, Bronn, and others including Ayra returning from the far west (with who knows what powers or forces) have to try to defeat Dany .... Bran & Sam somehow find a way to cure/ transform Jon to help take on Dany (or trick her into a trap were her/ her army has to fight Knight King Jon & his army of the dead - then Bran & Sam cure him) .....
no cups or bottles found in any scenes
A major part of the job is being trustworthy, so it made sense to me. And they did lay some track for him being a good swordsman before and at the battle in the North.
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GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Plotting vs Pantsing: Why the writing in Season 8 felt off.
I think this is really insightful and probably explains the dissatisfaction for so many while also explaining why others still are able to love it.
I think this is really insightful and probably explains the dissatisfaction for so many while also explaining why others still are able to love it.
heckmanm
Footballguy
sho nuff
Footballguy
This was just another sign of how they rushed the final season.
They basically skipped weeks of Tyrion and Jon as prisoners, explained everything to the other houses and brought them into this council hearing thing.
I thought overall the episode was very good for the first half...then just tried to tie everything up quickly and nice and neat and happy
Capella
Footballguy
jamny
Footballguy
jamny
Footballguy
Agreed. I'm fine with it knowing who Jon is and not torching him, but being aware of what the Iron Throne is was lame.
supermike80
Footballguy
The former. It was rushed and heavy handed. Never seemed like a believable development.
I mean, we're talking about a season that had a couple of large plot points in the damn intro
