I read the first five books before I even realized he hadn't finished the series. I might not have started if I had known that.
I enjoyed the HBO version, until the last two seasons. I'm still appalled by that march into the north, all our best male characters on a death march to some dumb island in the middle of a frozen lake, to be surrounded by the dead, and they lose a damn dragon. One would think at least Martin would have consulted enough to tell them that is grade school amateur wtf.
The first five books were a reflection of the world as it is, while the last two seasons of the TV version were WOKE retarded.
That the show cut out literally every sideplot made a proper ending impossible. It really did ride on the book and actors through and through. Too many "minor changes" to keep the symbology intact.
So much there. Chaos is a ladder and the dragons diving in the water are so clear to me. Even now. I loved the dragons. Dragon tossed a fish in the air cooked it w fire in suspension in the air then gulped it down. And Hard Home epissode. The white walkers. Excellent stuff.
I actually think the duel between Brienne and The Hound is excellent, and one of the best fight scenes in the entire show. It certainly beats the shit out of the lame ass fight between The Hound and his brother. However, I definitely agree that it is not a fight The Hound should have lost.
Also, I know a lot of people go apeshit over it, but I hated...HATED...the Battle of the Bastards. The storyline leading up to it is utterly nonsensical (there's no good Goddamn reason why Sansa would let Jon flounder his way into such an important battle without telling him about the Knights of the Vale), and it firmly cements Jon as a blundering dipshit. For me, that was the moment that truly revealed the showrunners just didn't give a shit anymore about crafting a compelling narrative, with real consequences for dumb mistakes, and were more interested in prioritizing spectacle over substance.
I totally forgot about the battle of the bastards! I agree, it was awful. They really shit on John's character there and letting Arya kill the Night King. They made his entire character arc pointless. He could have been removed from the show and it wouldn't have made a difference to the ending. 🙄
They spent the last 3 seasons intentionally retconning/reversing every single plot point that had been built up and foreshadowed for 5 entire seasons. As you mentioned in your article, they completely negated the entire point of Jon's true parentage. It's all just so utterly baffling.
Jon obviously should've killed the Night King, and Jaime should've killed Cersei. I could justify him dying in the process, but not by a dumb pile of falling rocks trying to rescue the woman who's sentenced him to death like twice.
It probably has to do with them running out of book material. They were winging it, and it all turned to shit at the end. They just did not know what they were doing and they also rushed to finish the series so they could do that stupid star wars movies. Then they got booted from that project. 😂
And THAT is my favorite part of this whole sad saga: they shit the bed so badly on GoT in a mad dash to get to Star Wars that Lucasfilm didn't want them anywhere near the franchise.
In the showrunners defense, they couldn't possibly have fucked star wars up more than kathleen kennedy and her assortment of woke commie drones. Still, I found it amusing they got booted. HA HA, serves them right.
GOT should have gone on for at least two more seasons.
HBO literally handed the showrunners a blank check to do as many seasons as they wanted and they were adamant about cutting the show short.
While we're on the subject, what do you think about House of the Dragon? I watched about half of the first season, but got bored with it. The extreme time jumps between episodes made everything feel disjointed and awkward.
I read the first five books before I even realized he hadn't finished the series. I might not have started if I had known that.
I enjoyed the HBO version, until the last two seasons. I'm still appalled by that march into the north, all our best male characters on a death march to some dumb island in the middle of a frozen lake, to be surrounded by the dead, and they lose a damn dragon. One would think at least Martin would have consulted enough to tell them that is grade school amateur wtf.
The first five books were a reflection of the world as it is, while the last two seasons of the TV version were WOKE retarded.
I can't argue with a word of your post, you are absolutely right. 👍🏻
That the show cut out literally every sideplot made a proper ending impossible. It really did ride on the book and actors through and through. Too many "minor changes" to keep the symbology intact.
Best character Strong Belwas. Too fat to poison.
I remember him! Yeah, he was one tough motherf'er.
He was smart, and he knew things...
So much there. Chaos is a ladder and the dragons diving in the water are so clear to me. Even now. I loved the dragons. Dragon tossed a fish in the air cooked it w fire in suspension in the air then gulped it down. And Hard Home epissode. The white walkers. Excellent stuff.
I loved the dragons too. So awesome. Then two of them died stupidly. I know it was part of the plot or whatever, but I didn't like it.
I was furious. Especially the 2nd one was such a cheap shot by a real asshole character .
As a Russian I can enjoy at least five different translations of Tolkien’s work, very different in language and style.
So I met Emilia Clarke when I was HMS President. I was wearing my ceremonial Uniform.
She stroked my arm and told me she had always loved a man in uniform.
I went very red, lost all composure, drooled and babbled. Not a good moment in my life to get tongue tied.
I actually think the duel between Brienne and The Hound is excellent, and one of the best fight scenes in the entire show. It certainly beats the shit out of the lame ass fight between The Hound and his brother. However, I definitely agree that it is not a fight The Hound should have lost.
Also, I know a lot of people go apeshit over it, but I hated...HATED...the Battle of the Bastards. The storyline leading up to it is utterly nonsensical (there's no good Goddamn reason why Sansa would let Jon flounder his way into such an important battle without telling him about the Knights of the Vale), and it firmly cements Jon as a blundering dipshit. For me, that was the moment that truly revealed the showrunners just didn't give a shit anymore about crafting a compelling narrative, with real consequences for dumb mistakes, and were more interested in prioritizing spectacle over substance.
I totally forgot about the battle of the bastards! I agree, it was awful. They really shit on John's character there and letting Arya kill the Night King. They made his entire character arc pointless. He could have been removed from the show and it wouldn't have made a difference to the ending. 🙄
They spent the last 3 seasons intentionally retconning/reversing every single plot point that had been built up and foreshadowed for 5 entire seasons. As you mentioned in your article, they completely negated the entire point of Jon's true parentage. It's all just so utterly baffling.
Jon obviously should've killed the Night King, and Jaime should've killed Cersei. I could justify him dying in the process, but not by a dumb pile of falling rocks trying to rescue the woman who's sentenced him to death like twice.
It probably has to do with them running out of book material. They were winging it, and it all turned to shit at the end. They just did not know what they were doing and they also rushed to finish the series so they could do that stupid star wars movies. Then they got booted from that project. 😂
And THAT is my favorite part of this whole sad saga: they shit the bed so badly on GoT in a mad dash to get to Star Wars that Lucasfilm didn't want them anywhere near the franchise.
In the showrunners defense, they couldn't possibly have fucked star wars up more than kathleen kennedy and her assortment of woke commie drones. Still, I found it amusing they got booted. HA HA, serves them right.
GOT should have gone on for at least two more seasons.
HBO literally handed the showrunners a blank check to do as many seasons as they wanted and they were adamant about cutting the show short.
While we're on the subject, what do you think about House of the Dragon? I watched about half of the first season, but got bored with it. The extreme time jumps between episodes made everything feel disjointed and awkward.