OFFICIAL Game of Holmes Season 8 Thread - A Dream of Flat Tops 4/14/19

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I thought HBO put the stop to Boardwalk because of low ratings. It was crazy expensive to make that show for the low viewership it was getting.

Terrence Winter got asked "did you decide to end it, or was it HBO?" during this interview and he said it was him, and the other writers, not HBO:

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People have been speculating that she would turn out like this for years and I’m certain this is what is planned in the books.

this prediction is born solely out of her relationship to the mad king...nothing else...and that’s fine if ppl will be honest and admit that...instead ppl have posted a few clips of her talking about her destiny and her being upset about not being offered the respect she think she deserves...none of that is any clear indication of “madness”...if you want true evidence of a mad queen just rewatch cersei’s scenes the last couple of seasons lol
 

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These fukking showrunners hit fans with the
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this prediction is born solely out of her relationship to the mad king...nothing else...and that’s fine if ppl will be honest and admit that...instead ppl have posted a few clips of her talking about her destiny and her being upset about not being offered the respect she think she deserves...none of that is any clear indication of “madness”...if you want true evidence of a mad queen just rewatch cersei’s scenes the last couple of seasons lol
But that is actually part of the text. Because Dany is the daughter of the mad queen, every action she take is scrutinized, both by viewers AND the people in-universe. Every person that meets her thinks of her as the mad queens daughter. During her first meeting with Jon she had to basically explain why she wasn't like her father. Her reputation precedes her.

Also, its not true that it is based on "nothing else." People have been predicting mad queen dany before the show was even thought of.

Remember in season 6 when she had to be talked out of burning the slave cities to the ground? Killing the very slaves she was trying to save? And Tyrion talked her off the ledge by comparing her to her father?
 
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This is coming from a new fan who binged watched the show just to be in on this moment (final season hype). I didn’t binge it twice like most day one fans said I should. So I guess y’all can take this with a grain of salt.

Also, keep in mind I read spoilers.

This season is kinda trash. They hyped up the night king and white walkers then got them out of here quick (I thought episode 3 was fire)

I just don’t get it. Seems like they’re just rushing stuff to get it over with it .. along with pleasing fans that wanna just post memes and overhype it.

I was big fan of LOST and this last season is giving me those vibes.

God bless the day 1 fans if the ending is weak :francis:
 

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this season has been ok so far. i'm actually glad they got rid of the white walker story. that shyt was boring and the story dragged on longer than i would've liked.

the one thing this season has revealed to me is wack and annoying jon snow is. this dude makes the dumbest decisions and is always saved by someone else. i would hate to see him take the iron throne or see him stand at the end. he's one character that should die off for sure.
 

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This is coming from a new fan who binged watched the show just to be in on this moment (final season hype). I didn’t binge it twice like most day one fans said I should. So I guess y’all can take this with a grain of salt.

Also, keep in mind I read spoilers.

This season is kinda trash. They hyped up the night king and white walkers then got them out of here quick (I thought episode 3 was fire)

I just don’t get it. Seems like they’re just rushing stuff to get it over with it .. along with pleasing fans that wanna just post memes and overhype it.

I was big fan of LOST and this last season is giving me those vibes.

God bless the day 1 fans if the ending is weak :francis:
That's exactly what they're doing and it's been that way since the show moved beyond the books.
I read all the books first and loved watching how the first 4 or 5 seasons unfolded, but in terms of writing, the show took a plummet.
The pacing is WAY faster than it was in the beginning. Entire battles are being side paneled.
If the writers still had the support or interest that they had in the first few seasons, Missande being captured would have been shown in its entirety and it would have been a monumental moment. Instead they jump from, ships destroyed to her standing on the wall with Cersei out of no where like "Oh yeah, by the way, we captured your home girl".
The biggest crime of this entire series is going to be how they built up the white walkers for so long and got rid of them so quickly with no in depth explanation as to who the night king was, and the back story behind his motivations. I know they touched on it very briefly, but nothing that really gives it justice considering how long the build up was and how much detail we have about every other major character.
 

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I don’t get how anyone thinks that superhero shyt is superior to GOT before the last two seasons (which is ironically when GOT became a Marvel wannabe) :manny:

Only MCU movie I ever enjoyed was Black Panther. It’s all subjective though.
 
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