They should've given him some infinity stones.
Television Game of Thrones (TV) • The watch has ended
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He wasn't boring, they built him up well I thought, they just ruined the finish to that story arc
He was boring because they made him boring. If he had been linked back to the Starks or Targaeryans somewhow and they wrote a cohesive backstory it would have been fascinating and raised the stakes even more. Missed a golden opportunity on that front because they simply didn't give a shit.
Create your own head canon. In mine his mother is Jon Snow who was inseminated by a time travelling Bran back when he was in that cave with Ygritte.
True, I think that's the biggest sticking point. Two whole seasons of the war would have been a bit of a stretch, but I think an entire season would have been reasonable.
Obviously during that time not all the focus had to be on the army of the dead, we could have switched to minor characters suffering from the repercussions of that, Cersei consolidating her power while everyone is trying to save the world etc etc. Basically what the human characters are doing in response to the apocalyptic event which is impacting their lives.
That's what GoT has always been about for me. The dragons and zombies are fun and all, and make for some cool set pieces, but all my favourites scenes are mostly people talking. A couple of set pieces might enter my top five (Battle of the Bastards, Hardhome) but Tywin and Arya talking in Harrenhal, Tyrion's trial and Tyrion/Oberyn talking in his jailcell are my top three favourite game of thrones scenes.
If I had a choice between what we got (the war lasting 3 episodes, with 2/3 of that being filler!) and it being stretched in to two seasons, I choose the latter every time. Personally the war against the dead was never as interesting to me as the war for the throne, but it would still have been nice to really explore the white walkers and the way other Houses reacted to the threat of the dead, but we just didn't get that.
What I am interested in is the prequels, and whether they'll potentially feature the white walkers and maybe give us some backstory. Haven't really done much research on what they'll all be about though.
Still somehow makes more sense than the council scenes in the final episode.
Rest of Westerosi nobility upon hearing Bran has been made King: 'Fecking who?'
Rest of Westerosi nobility upon hearing his nickname: 'he's called fecking WHAT?'
The issue of having more seasons for GoT would be that the plot armor problem would be ten times worse.
Either that or you somehow have a final season with about three major characters left.
Either that or you somehow have a final season with about three major characters left.
Not sure if this has been posted but it's brilliant
I do like how everybody is coming up with options / alternatives, but the same problems, nobody is agreeing or finding issues with whats been proposed.
I think most do agree that it needed more time, however. Defo one more season at least.
I think most do agree that it needed more time, however. Defo one more season at least.
Even though the last season was shit the amount of great memes that came out of it is fantastic.
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Emilia Clarke sure suffered in making this final season
Even though the last season was shit the amount of great memes that cam out of it is fantastic.
Some have been truly glorious. Some of the videos have been fantastic viewing.
The Night King spent 8 seasons being built up. He looked menacing and is one of the focal points of the show. He managed to kill only Theon. What a massive threat he was.
Emilia Clarke sure suffered in making this final season
By the look of that, it’s turned her into Judy Finnegan.
FFSBrilliant
They should have had Dany make everyone stand aside and let the dead March on King's Landing. Then have the battle with the Night King.
It would have shown her losing it a bit, while still being justifiable as a tactic, for her to appear as as hero, saving the city.
What?Does she just walk up to the Night King and say "heeeey, so I know there's like 100,000 people in Winterfell but whaddaya say you skip on past us and go down to King's Landing and wipe out our enemies instead?"
I never thought it possible but some of these alternative endings are actually worse than the real thing.
Basically that is what they should have done.
The main characters from the first seasons (Ned/Jeffery/king robert/his brother/Tedd stark/etc) are all dead
You have to introduce new ones
Yeah. I meant stand at the roadside waving.
Does she just walk up to the Night King and say "heeeey, so I know there's like 100,000 people in Winterfell but whaddaya say you skip on past us and go down to King's Landing and wipe out our enemies instead?"
I never thought it possible but some of these alternative endings are actually worse than the real thing.
They did this with Euron and the Sand Snakes and they were absolutely terrible. If the Dorne and Iron Islands plots hadn’t been so unpopular (and badly written) maybe you could’ve got a few more decent seasons out of the show but having only a few remaining plots and characters, you’d have to really drag them out to make the 9-10 seasons worthwhile.
Usually, but she's Jewish too.I know of her. Did she say anything antisemetic?
I would have loved that.
The main plotlines in the books will be like in the show, but the books (if ever finished) will do a much better work at making the story plausible.
Here is one example, Jon Snow is clearly Azor Azahi. And indeed he saves the world by killing the woman he loves. That fits the prophecy, except that we all assumed that the thing he saves the world from is the wight walkers. Instead, it is from his aunt/girlfriend who is convinced that her destiny is to conquer the world. This is clearly planned by GRRM, with hints and misdirections planted troughout the books.
I know of her. Did she say anything antisemetic?
Yes, yes she did. Quite a lot in fact. The one that sticks out in my mind I cant type out here because its a rape joke. If she had tweeted it instead of it being part of her stand up Id imagine shed get crucified in todays uber PC culture.
Always felt Ned's death left a vaccum in the show and that hasn't changed for me. The two main ones - Jon and Dany - were never as alluring and interesting enough to me. Post Ned (and Robert), it was Rob, Jon, Arya, Sansa, Cersie and Dany - so felt a little weak. The impact and poignancy of the lead character dying was terrific but in terms of the mantle being carried forward I feel it hurt the show.
Although most people like Jon, maybe he could have been cast better ? Or written as a more interesting person?
I think the problem is that Jon ultimately became a bit of a boring character bleating the same lines over and over after he was was resurrected.
He was much more fun when he wasn't a leader and was given far better material. He also had good chemistry with the actors who played Mance and Jeor.
Jons stuff with Alliser was good too. (and with Ygritte). I agree his stuff and lines fter resurrection wasnt great.