"I'm just so tired of this game, this Game of Thrones "
- looks directly into camera*
How are they even making a new one? Who would even be interested in that?
It's a prequel 200 years separate from the first series, so the dumpster fire of seasons 7 & 8 don't matter. The trailer got me a little hyped, I'm gonna give it a chance (not paying though 🏴☠️ ).
Will be there by your side sailing the seven seas. Hope the show delivers.
It's more P R E S T I G E T V so my guess is a lot of people want to see more Ye Olde Gaynge Raype. You know, for maturity reasons.
If you criticize that part you're a joyless scold that only wants morality plays! :so-true:
The main takeaway for most people I know offline that liked Game of Thrones went something like this:
Them: "The ruling class is a bunch of sadistic sociopaths..."
Me: :bernie:
Them: "... and my favorite sadistic sociopath is that one with the clever quips! What's your favorite sadistic sociopath?"
Me: :punished-bernie:
Me: All aristocrats get the :gui-better:
Also me: Not Oberyn Martell though :lenin-heart:
I'm sorry
I'm sure HBO sucks for a ton of reasons but tbh their slop is so good
Only got halfway through LC because my wife refuses to continue a show if she finds out it isn't getting a conclusion. RbW we did finish, but given the cliffhanger that's almost worse.
I cant stop watching deadwood on repeat, ive seen the whole series like 15 times and just keep watching it as I work on random shit
HBO made The Leftovers which is the most fantastic post-apocalyptic work I've seen and probably my favourite television series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLT3YUALJno
that show is incredible. i watched it years after it completed, like 2020/2021. it hit me really hard. it captured a humanity-wide, bone deep sense of loss and the wearying effort to carry on. we all bag on prestige TV, but this show truly exists in a category above.
also, "the departure" theme composed by Max Richter has got to be one of the more evocative themes/motifs for a show.
He's a cop but isn't portrayed positively and neither are the police. It's an antihero setting which gives context for why his family hates him and the town thinks he's crazy. He solves one crime and then goes on to help that guy commit the same crime within the same episode as the start of his downfall. Like one of the other characters being an Episcopalian priest and the show dealing with rapture. It doesn't feature either as good things, shows both stumbling toward ruin, and I wouldn't consider it to be a Christian show so much as calling the bluff of their pre-rapture authority.
My first viewing was pre-COVID when it was just abstract themes I like from the genre. Doing it after really watching COVID collapse was an interesting experience. The only reason Miracle, Texas doesn't exist is because evangelicals don't believe COVID exists.
They made The Sopranos which was vital in radicalizing me into making fun of italians :AyyyyyOC-big:
I can't even pretend to care about GoT/skyrim/elfen ring or w/e
I'm just hoping they depict this: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Moon_of_the_Three_Kings
In a competent manner in the upcoming series
Already read the short story, enjoyed it, that's it. I watched GoT only cuz I ran out of books, season 6 onwards
Read fanfics, some are hilariously unhinged and some are okay
Most are hilariously unhinged
Never read or watched Game of Thrones. Is it worth getting into?
