Well yeah, they had been saying for a couple of years there were only going to be 7 episodes in S7 and 6 episodes in S8. I don’t see why they couldn’t have done two 10-episode series, and maybe scope for another, but the quest to make “cinema for TV” seemed to take over. They largely pulled that off, but at the expense of the pace of storytelling. Although once Daenerys came to Westeros, things were always going to come to a head quickly, and it would have been really hard to maintain the pacing of earlier series. It kind of had to become a different show at that stage.
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The last series was mostly 90 minute episodes so was equivalent to at least 8 normal hour long shows (less ads)
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They weren’t were they?
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The last 4 are a tad too long for the traditional 90 minute slit on commercial telly (Sky).
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Finally caught up with this and in many ways after what I had heard the last episode for me really wasn't that bad although I largely echo many of the points already raised.
My thoughts are (please forgive the repetition as some of these have already been mentioned).
Bran was a thoroughly unsatisfying choice of king. In fact he turned into a very disappointing character as I was waiting for him to do something special.
Bron was a bonkers choice as master of coin and I would have liked to have seen a bit more of his story before the end.
Cersei's death could have been better. (seems strange to say that when you read it back)
I thought the ending was very unfair on Jon Snow who saved the world which was what most people wanted and he then got punished for it. (I didn't see the end as him going where he wanted to be with the people he wanted to be with but I can see how it could look like this.
Really could have done with the battle with the Night King coming closer to the end.
Shouldn't Jon being the true heir have been a bigger thing at the end?
I thought Danny's death was horrible (not in a part of the story way) and haven't re-watched that bit.
Sansa did my head in.
I also thought the ending mentioned in the read through would have been okay by me.
I was still waiting for Stannis to show up.
My thoughts are (please forgive the repetition as some of these have already been mentioned).
Bran was a thoroughly unsatisfying choice of king. In fact he turned into a very disappointing character as I was waiting for him to do something special.
Bron was a bonkers choice as master of coin and I would have liked to have seen a bit more of his story before the end.
Cersei's death could have been better. (seems strange to say that when you read it back)
I thought the ending was very unfair on Jon Snow who saved the world which was what most people wanted and he then got punished for it. (I didn't see the end as him going where he wanted to be with the people he wanted to be with but I can see how it could look like this.
Really could have done with the battle with the Night King coming closer to the end.
Shouldn't Jon being the true heir have been a bigger thing at the end?
I thought Danny's death was horrible (not in a part of the story way) and haven't re-watched that bit.
Sansa did my head in.
I also thought the ending mentioned in the read through would have been okay by me.
I was still waiting for Stannis to show up.
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Have you watched Return of the Jedi yet?
Some people thought that the Ewoks spoilt it
Some people thought that the Ewoks spoilt it
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There are certainly parallels there. A finale not as good as what came before, but some of the criticism maybe a bit excessive. And the prequels were/will be worse
GoT showrunners Benioff and Weiss are doing a Star Wars project next. Out of the frying pan, into the fire, in terms of demanding, entitled fanbases...
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Or maybe not, they’ve dropped out and signed a big deal with Netflix instead.
Also on a big day of GoT-related news, the first planned prequel series has seemingly been axed by HBO after an unaired pilot, though a different one is seemingly now being pursued. But it looks like we won’t see any new Westerosi action on our screens for a while.
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Jon Snow is leaving after 32 years... am I on the right thread?
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32 years on the news and he still knows nothing....forestfan wrote:Jon Snow is leaving after 32 years... am I on the right thread?
In other news.... Dr Who has been spotted in Westeros. Or was it Cornwall?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56919320
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Dragons vs. Daleks... it’s the sort of lame spin-off Hollywood would do these daysmurf wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 19:4832 years on the news and he still knows nothing....forestfan wrote:Jon Snow is leaving after 32 years... am I on the right thread?
In other news.... Dr Who has been spotted in Westeros. Or was it Cornwall?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56919320
Exterminate! Dracarys!
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House of the Dragon trailer has been released. Swords, fire, dragons, darkness, blonde haired presumably incestuous Targaryens… all the things you’d never expect
Whatever you thought of the last couple of series of GoT, I think we all need a bit of Westeros in our lives again…
Whatever you thought of the last couple of series of GoT, I think we all need a bit of Westeros in our lives again…
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I'm afraid it is going to have to be very good to counter my (undeserved?) prejudice against it as a cash in on an already ailing franchise.forestfan wrote:House of the Dragon trailer has been released. Swords, fire, dragons, darkness, blonde haired presumably incestuous Targaryens… all the things you’d never expect
Whatever you thought of the last couple of series of GoT, I think we all need a bit of Westeros in our lives again…
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Well, it’s obviously going to be more the big budget visuals of later series than the penny-pinching early days (I think GRRM said the worst bit of on-screen GoT was not the later series that suffered for lacking his source material, but the off-screen boar hunt of series 1 due to budgetary constraints!) So if you don’t want “Michael Bay”, stay away… but hopefully the writing will be up to scratch as well.murf wrote: ↑06 Oct 2021, 16:35I'm afraid it is going to have to be very good to counter my (undeserved?) prejudice against it as a cash in on an already ailing franchise.forestfan wrote:House of the Dragon trailer has been released. Swords, fire, dragons, darkness, blonde haired presumably incestuous Targaryens… all the things you’d never expect
Whatever you thought of the last couple of series of GoT, I think we all need a bit of Westeros in our lives again…
Franchises/prequels/sequels are always a challenge to get right, and by definition always a “cash in” compared to something completely new. But while there’s been some great TV series in the last few years, nothing’s come close to replacing GoT as a sprawling epic, so think there’s plenty of potential in it. Let’s hope it’s more Better Call Saul than Joey anyway
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I'm sure it will be decent, is that Matt Smith I spotted with the Targaryen hair do?
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Yes, the former Doctor (and Duke…) is in there.
I expect whatever happens it will suffer from a hardcore fanbase who are never satisfied, rather like Star Wars… but millions will tune in regardless. I’d back this horse (or dragon) over Amazon’s LotR spin-off in terms of being a ratings hit.
I expect whatever happens it will suffer from a hardcore fanbase who are never satisfied, rather like Star Wars… but millions will tune in regardless. I’d back this horse (or dragon) over Amazon’s LotR spin-off in terms of being a ratings hit.
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Jon Snow could be making another comeback (no, not to Channel 4 News…)
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/ga ... pment-hbo/
Looks like Westeros might be going down the Star Wars route with multiple spin-off series, and probably some good, some bad and some indifferent…
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/ga ... pment-hbo/
Looks like Westeros might be going down the Star Wars route with multiple spin-off series, and probably some good, some bad and some indifferent…
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They could potentially undo some of the damage that S8 caused, something that explores who and what the Night King was and what he really wanted would be interesting.
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Not sure even George R.R. Martin had any idea on that score… presumably the books will never be finished? I think he initially said he’d told Benioff and Weiss the broad ending/direction of travel/key points and let them fill in the gaps, then rowed back a bit on having done that when it was poorly received.
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He was doing the books wasn't he?..... just that he is a slow writer and Sky overtook him.
Release date?
Release date?
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The latest one was published in 2011, the year when the first series of the TV show aired. The next one was apparently originally expected in 2015. He’s in his 70s. Don’t hold your breath…
I suspect that when the TV show overtook the books he was backed into several different corners, along with the fact that (as per the reception of the last two series) the saga was just too complex to resolve in a fully satisfactory way, and that’s just the simplified on-screen version!
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To build the anticipation ahead of a return to Westeros, there’s a Thronecast-style preview of the new show on Sky Atlantic tonight. Might help with getting to grips with the many near-identically-named Targaryens…
By the way, if someone said “winter is coming” right now, I’d say “thank eff for that”…
By the way, if someone said “winter is coming” right now, I’d say “thank eff for that”…
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The actual show starts in a couple of weeks, early Monday morning I think? Quite looking forward to it to be honest, but I'm also looking forward to the LoTR series on Amazon too later in the year.
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Yeah, going to be some battle of the blockbuster shows (the Oasis v Blur of TV?) though not sure there’s a true way of comparing ratings across the platforms. Critical response will be key, and HotD seemingly has the advantage of being based on completed source material, the lack of which some would say was behind the shortcomings of later GoT series.
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In that Blur and Oasis were way past their peaks when the battle commenced with much inferior and vastly over hyped product?forestfan wrote:Yeah, going to be some battle of the blockbuster shows (the Oasis v Blur of TV?) though not sure there’s a true way of comparing ratings across the platforms. Critical response will be key, and HotD seemingly has the advantage of being based on completed source material, the lack of which some would say was behind the shortcomings of later GoT series.
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Well, perhaps… though Oasis had only released one album at the time, even if Roll With It was a fairly mediocre single.murf wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 15:31In that Blur and Oasis were way past their peaks when the battle commenced with much inferior and vastly over hyped product?forestfan wrote:Yeah, going to be some battle of the blockbuster shows (the Oasis v Blur of TV?) though not sure there’s a true way of comparing ratings across the platforms. Critical response will be key, and HotD seemingly has the advantage of being based on completed source material, the lack of which some would say was behind the shortcomings of later GoT series.
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I’d agree on Oasis who made a half decent album in ‘Definitely Maybe’ before following it up with dross.
Blur however released their best stuff after ‘The Great Escape’ with the albums ‘Blur’, ‘13’ and ‘Think Tank’.
Blur however released their best stuff after ‘The Great Escape’ with the albums ‘Blur’, ‘13’ and ‘Think Tank’.
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Oasis made 2 great albums. The Oasis Soup single was off the THIRD album.forestfan wrote:Well, perhaps… though Oasis had only released one album at the time, even if Roll With It was a fairly mediocre single.murf wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 15:31In that Blur and Oasis were way past their peaks when the battle commenced with much inferior and vastly over hyped product?forestfan wrote:Yeah, going to be some battle of the blockbuster shows (the Oasis v Blur of TV?) though not sure there’s a true way of comparing ratings across the platforms. Critical response will be key, and HotD seemingly has the advantage of being based on completed source material, the lack of which some would say was behind the shortcomings of later GoT series.
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It wasn’t, second single released in advance of WTSMG (ahead of Wonderwall, which it precedes on the album…)murf wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 16:16Oasis made 2 great albums. The Oasis Soup single was off the THIRD album.forestfan wrote:Well, perhaps… though Oasis had only released one album at the time, even if Roll With It was a fairly mediocre single.murf wrote: ↑13 Aug 2022, 15:31In that Blur and Oasis were way past their peaks when the battle commenced with much inferior and vastly over hyped product?forestfan wrote:Yeah, going to be some battle of the blockbuster shows (the Oasis v Blur of TV?) though not sure there’s a true way of comparing ratings across the platforms. Critical response will be key, and HotD seemingly has the advantage of being based on completed source material, the lack of which some would say was behind the shortcomings of later GoT series.
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