Not a great ending, but having read some 'experts' on here and in the wider fan base, some of the fan theories and fan opinions on what the ending should have been are equally shit if not incredibly worse.
I read one this morning utterly slating Benioff and Weiss, and then saying Greyworm should've been king. I mean, wtf.
It's all a matter of opinion and whilst people can slate the writers, their own opinions are often utter shite too.
The way they wrote season 8, the ending was probably the only way they could've ended it. Backed themselves into a bit of a corner.
That said. The Long Night was fucking brilliant and the Night King scene was an absolute triumph. It peaked there and could never recover.
Of course, my opinion on that could be shite too!
- What happened to all those Dothraki in the Great war? They just died within Seconds.
Gomorra. No dragons thoughWhat to watch now?
The problem IMO isn't the ending per se, its HOW they got to the ending. Throughout the whole series they have developed political climates, relationships and an intricate web of stories. Yes, most of that has been taken from the books, but they still had to get it onto the screen and get you invested in it. Doesn't matter if the source material is a book or if it's something that's been made up by them, they still need to develop the screenplay the same way.Lots of blame on the screenplay writing and the fact it had overtaken the books. However you need get some perspective on the chaotic writing of George RR Martin. The first book was written in the 90's and released in 1996, the second 1999 then 2000, 2005 and 2011. Each time the plot has expanded and he has clearly struggled to get the books to fit together as the various plot lines and geography spiral outwards. He has suggested wrapping it up in a final 2 books but the 6th has been 8 years in the making now. And the plot and cast in each book seems to grow and grow where he often ends up writing a book and realising he has the content for 2 or more books and then struggles with how to split it out into 2 stand alone volumes. So you'd be waiting a long time to fit with the books and the actors are not getting any younger. You also have to factor in George is 70 and not the healthiest looking chap. So you could wait for this to end the way the author intended and it may never come.
From a TV perspective they had to end it.
Or Dexter...Poor ending, poor season but all things considered not as poor as it was with Lost
Bloodmoon is the next spin off but as from other media its 1000 years earlier and mostly about White walkers. Hopefully answer some questions in that regard. Filming is in the early stages in Belfast..
Correct, i HATE prequels and can't remember the last time one was really really needed, can you?Great(!)
I wish producers would realise that sometimes we don't NEED the history. The mystique is what makes a character (see Solo, for example).
Instead, they run with spin offs and sequels to make as much money as possible, whilst shitting on the legacy of a series, and making it ultimately dwindle to shite.
And then all the wildlings too. Where the fuck had they all been hiding?But miraculously reborn,alongside the unsullied,for ep 6 ;-)
I think they made a point earlier that that exactly half of the Dothraki army had been wiped out. They never mentioned where the Dothraki army ended up though after Dany died.And then all the wildlings too. Where the fuck had they all been hiding?
Certainly rushed and you get the feeling that everyone involed is glad to get it over with; it's understandable (especially from the actors' points of view) but it's a shame that the show ended with such a whimper. On the finale:
I thought the first 30 mins were great, mostly because of the quality of acting. You really got a sense that Dany had lost all sense of introspection (i.e. sanity), that Tyrion was racked with guilt and that Jon was in turmoil. Up to the stabbing it was played out perfectly.
But then we had that scene at the Dragon Pit - easily the worst scene in the whole saga. Painfully embrassing. Were they trying to be funny? "How about democracy?"...gaffaw! I can't get my head around just how cheesy that was. And Bran the Broken? I recall and interview with GRRM where he said that it is wrong to change somethign just because too many have predicted it (mainly in reference to R+L=J), and that doing so would be cheap and cheating the audience. Well, that's just what D&D did here; they picked the guy that thew fewest people expected to be made king, rather than goign somethign which made sense in the story. And Sansa saying "Yeah North is gonna go free" and everyone being "Yeah that's fine, we'll happily fall in line but you go it alone, no issue with that at all...". Christ, it's like they coudln't even be bothered to finish wiritng that conversation!
After that it just got stupid. "Yeah, Jon, thanks for saving everyone over and over again. Now fuck off back to the Wall because the Unsullied - who are buggering off anyway - said so". Would've been much better if he'd exiled himself out of grief. And that Council meeting; again, bad comedy, like the crap you get in Marvel films trying to force a laugh.
Also, something I noticed yesterday as Tyrion was being led to the cells - all the Unsullied soldiers had knobs! Couldn't miss it - one was like Bowie in Labyrinth . Aren't they all supposed to be eunuchs, root and stem?
Or just at that Aryan weirdo or Edmure Tully. Both again come from nowhere. Tyrion didn’t seem that gutted at all to be hand again in the end and looked like he’d forgotten who Jon, Varys, et al were
Lost was dire.Poor ending, poor season but all things considered not as poor as it was with Lost