Game of Thrones is all over. Spoilers

[BlueStarLizzard]

Well, it's all over.

The last season was pretty much a bust, IMHO. They wasted a lot of time on filler episodes and the three that should have been absolutely epic were... well, you couldn't 'effin SEE anything in the battle with the Nightking, so that may have been epic but it mostly was just black. The battle over King's Landing was kind of boring and then I just did a  
The last episode... I do like how they resolved everyone's story and I do like who ended up ruling. I didn't see that coming. It was ... a nice episode. Which isn't bad, but after all this I did expect more umpff.

Agreed. I just finished season 6 and am planning on watching the first two episodes of season seven in a bit.

But when Bron and Jamie were approaching Riverrun and having one of their typical snarky conversations I actually stated out loud, despite the fact that there was no one in the room but one dog and the stupid cat, "If they kill Bron, I'm going to find the writers and GRRM and shove splintered 2x4's up their asses."

Although, I think at this point I'm really just watching to see Cearsi get killed. If she doesn't get a horrible, horrible death... I don't think I could stand it.

Very very disappointed. Her son chokes to death on his own blood at his wedding. Her Dad dies on the crapper. Don't tell me they couldn't come up with something more impressive.  

[BobR]

Dude, time zones, they apply to TV shows also!!!!! 


But that is OK, I have never watched a single episode of the show, in fact I thought it was only a few years old because until then there was no hype. 


bob

[Hawkmoon]

Dude, time zones, they apply to TV shows also!!!!! 

Ummm ... don't you mean "Dudette"?

[Scout26]

So tell me who "wins" in the end, so I'll never have to watch it.

And did the girl* that listed off names each night get to kill all those folks.  She was the only character I heard about that I liked...

https://reason.com/video/game-of-thrones-the-libertarian-edition/


* - Arya

[BobR]

Ummm ... don't you mean "Dudette"?

Yea, sorry little dudette!!


bob

[T.O.M.]

No spoilers...

I enjoyed it.  What I am enjoying almost as much as the series is the reaction of the fans to this season.  Fans are losing their minds over how the story has progressed.  They blame HBO, the writers, pretty much everyone but the dragons for how things went this season.  And the online petition to do the season all over makes me laugh.  I've got one friend who keeps going on and on about how the writers are getting this all wrong, and this isn't how it should end up. 

Now, I know that there is no book to work from, but I also saw an interview with George R.R. Martin in which he said that he shared his outlines with the creators of the show, and consulted with them on the scripts for this season.  Which means that this ending is pretty much how Martin was taking the series of novels.  There may be some difference in how he writes the end (if he ever gets around to it), but it's his story, and it looks like this is what he had in mind.  And all these people who say the ending is wrong, well, have another PBR, dry your tears, and wait for the novel to see what the man intended.  I'll be surprised if it doesn't generally match what we just saw, more or less.

[MikeB]

Well at least now the watchers of the show can be as disappointed as the readers of the books.

[Andiron]

The problem was that HBO offered carte blanche to the writers,  and they said "Na,  we'll wrap it up in 6 episodes,  should be fine".  And then proceeded to ignore or *expletive deleted*it all over 7 seasons of intricate plot.  The result was a dumpster fire.  Years of lore, intrigue and subtle prophesy replaced with whatever you want to call season 8.

That being said, I still enjoyed it well enough.  It's sad when everything is perfect but the story.  Fun to watch,  but not satisfying.

I hope GRRM lives long enough to wrap the series up,  but I'm not holding my breath.

[Angel Eyes]

(hopefully not too much of a spoiler:)

[MikeB]

The problem was that HBO offered carte blanche to the writers,  and they said "Na,  we'll wrap it up in 6 episodes,  should be fine".  And then proceeded to ignore or *expletive deleted*it all over 7 seasons of intricate plot.  The result was a dumpster fire.  Years of lore, intrigue and subtle prophesy replaced with whatever you want to call season 8.

That being said, I still enjoyed it well enough.  It's sad when everything is perfect but the story.  Fun to watch,  but not satisfying.

I hope GRRM lives long enough to wrap the series up,  but I'm not holding my breath.

Considering he seems to have wasted 10 years, I’m skeptical to say the least. Hence my previous comment about the ones who read the books being just as disappointed in the ending or lack there of. To be fair I’ve only seen maybe three of the first few episodes, kind had in mind I would finish the books first and wasn’t going to pay for HBO just for the show. The finishing the books hasn’t exactly worked out yet.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I really could care less what GRRM decides to do if he ever actually finishes his version.

I read the first two books and finally gave up about a 4th of the way through the third... Actually, I didn't so much give up as I did fling it across the room in disgust.
The only reason I read that much is because I wanted to watch the stupid show that everyone was talking about* (and I won't watch something based on the book without reading the book first)

And, too be honest, I never considered the show to be the greatest, either. It's just significantly better than the books. A couple of the seasons, the only reason I kept watching was just to see certain characters die. It's certainly got some great acting and some of it's excellent, but, while it reined in the worst of GRRM's longwinded blathering, it still had a lot of boring filler that wasn't necessary to anything.

So, I'm just standing with the show being canon and GRRM (and his ego) can shove it. Season 8 was disappointing, but I'm so glad it's finally over that I'll take it and be happy with it.







*I read all four of the Fifty Shades of Grey books and read/watched the first Twighlight for the same reason. I want to see if the fuss is actually worthwhile. So far, the only time the fuss was worthwhile was Harry Potter. The fuss has been nothing but a disappointment to me since.

[Jamisjockey]

Spoilers tag added. 

[K Frame]

Martin worked closely with the writers and gave them broad plot lines that he had developed for subsequent books in the series.

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[Ben]

I had to wait all day to post here - I've been watching one a day this week and just finished up. 

Without more spoilers - I guess they wrapped it up okay, but most of this season, and especially the last episode,  seemed like a rushed Cliff Notes version of GoT to me. And yeah, I was kind of ticked at the cinematography for the Night King episode. It probably would have been one of the best episodes this season if I could have seen a damn thing through half of it.

I'm not sure if John Snow got what he really wanted or just got the short end of the stick.

[T.O.M.]

And yeah, I was kind of ticked at the cinematography for the Night King episode. It probably would have been one of the best episodes this season if I could have seen a damn thing through half of it.

I'm not sure if John Snow got what he really wanted or just got the short end of the stick.

Funny, talking with a friend at work about these two issues.  We both liked the realism of the darkness at the Battle of Winterfell.  We both complained about war movies where nighttime battles are lit up like a Friday night football game.  (We're both Army vets).

On Jon Snow, when he went beyond the wall early in the series, he earned the respect of the Wildings to the point where they followed him south and joined his battle for mankind.  He goes back to them a friend and a hero.  May not have been what he wanted, but it ain't too bad, especially if he can find another redhead to keep him warm at night.

[Perd Hapley]

Funny, talking with a friend at work about these two issues.  We both liked the realism of the darkness at the Battle of Winterfell.  We both complained about war movies where nighttime battles are lit up like a Friday night football game.  (We're both Army vets).

Actual nighttime battles aren't fictional events, staged and and filmed for entertainment purposes.

[K Frame]

"but it ain't too bad, especially if he can find another redhead to keep him warm at night."

That redhead was named Ygritte. She was played by Rose Leslie.

Kit Harrington, who plays Jon Snow, married Rose Leslie last year.

He got his redhead to keep him warm.

[Ron]

Far be it from me to not participate in a GOT thread, even though I’ve never even seen a single episode 

Some here may find this take on the last season interesting.

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

[AZRedhawk44]

The whole final season was anticlimactic and felt upside down and reversed.

Rian Johnson could have written it, it was so "subversive" of expectations.

Eff Bran.  Seriously.  In the neck, with a sharpened rubber dong.  There's been no explanation in-show of the value of the 3-eyed raven or its role in making for a safe Westeros.  Having this worthless non-character be king is a dereliction of human self-sovereignty.  Might as well swear allegiance to an alien, or a dragon, or the night king, or the children of the forest.  He isn't human anymore.  He had zero value in confronting the Night King (other than only perhaps as bait).  he offered no added value in espionage, either against the Night King or against Cersei.

I'm glad the Jon left the Nights Watch at the end and went north with the rest of the Wildlings.  That sentence was garbage.

I was hoping for a greater redemption arc for Jamie Lannister.  F*cking Brianne and then running off to Cersei hours later in a fit of self-loathing wasn't the way I wanted to see him end.  He was so close to becoming a decent person.

[Ben]

Alternate ending. 

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/05/21/game-of-thrones-gets-a-john-hughes-style-ending-and-its-much-much-better-than-the-hbo-version/

[Angel Eyes]

Alternate ending. 

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/05/21/game-of-thrones-gets-a-john-hughes-style-ending-and-its-much-much-better-than-the-hbo-version/

Is that GoT or the ending of Animal House?

[MillCreek]

Is that GoT or the ending of Animal House?

I like how Davos and Ghost ended up.

[Angel Eyes]

For Tyrion, the text should have been "...died in his own bed at the age of eighty, with a belly full of wine and . . ."   you know the rest.

[makattak]

[Angel Eyes]