Game of Thrones Season 8

[RonBurgundy]

Thanks. I haven't had time to watch much tv lately. We made it through another 15-20 minutes last night. It seemed like it was getting better.

TIL so far:
The production schedule seemed pretty grueling for everyone.
The Brits are way better at swearing than us.

I thought it was OK, and it really highlighted the grueling nature of the last season, but at 2 hours, I found it boring overall. The Night King actor was funny, though.

And I loved it when they brought back the Waif and Jaqen H'ghar actors as red herrings to throw off any "spies" that might leak info.

I will forever be bummed that my predicted ending of Arya getting killed by Jaqen H'ghar as the third "oh ****" moment never came to be. I was waiting for it all the time she was on the ship, but the show runners clearly went 100% fan service and could not bring themselves to take out the heroine.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I thought it was OK, and it really highlighted the grueling nature of the last season, but at 2 hours, I found it boring overall. The Night King actor was funny, though.

And I loved it when they brought back the Waif and Jaqen H'ghar actors as red herrings to throw off any "spies" that might leak info.

I will forever be bummed that my predicted ending of Arya getting killed by Jaqen H'ghar as the third "oh ****" moment never came to be. I was waiting for it all the time she was on the ship, but the show runners clearly went 100% fan service and could not bring themselves to take out the heroine.

I think that Arya heading off on the ship is the prelude to a new series.

 

[BuffettClone]

I think that Arya heading off on the ship is the prelude to a new series.

I recall reading somewhere that all the upcoming series that have been pitched are prequels that contain none of the "current" characters or actors.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I recall reading somewhere that all the upcoming series that have been pitched are prequels that contain none of the "current" characters or actors.

That's too bad. I'd really look forward to an Arya series. She's a badass.

 

[SolarGarlic]

I thought it was OK, and it really highlighted the grueling nature of the last season, but at 2 hours, I found it boring overall. The Night King actor was funny, though.

And I loved it when they brought back the Waif and Jaqen H'ghar actors as red herrings to throw off any "spies" that might leak info.

I will forever be bummed that my predicted ending of Arya getting killed by Jaqen H'ghar as the third "oh ****" moment never came to be. I was waiting for it all the time she was on the ship, but the show runners clearly went 100% fan service and could not bring themselves to take out the heroine.

Haha that would be quite the turn given where the episode was while she was on the ship. You really were expecting that to happen when the music was at its most dramatic point and it was clear they were getting a happy sendoff? That would've been a ridiculous twist that would've made zero sense. But yeah the showrunners didn't have the balls to give you your bizarre ending.

Sorry, that's my main beef of the Season 8 detractors. A lot of storylines had been wrapped up, but fans kept clamoring for weird callbacks anyways.

 

[SolarGarlic]

That's too bad. I'd really look forward to an Arya series. She's a badass.

Love Arya, but I'd rather see her and all the characters go away. It was a great show, and those characters shouldn't be touched.

 

[State43]

I hope they do an animated sequel at some point. For me, the prequel lost a lot of my interest with how they handled the night king this season.

 

[State43]

 

[ThatllDoCy]

I hope they do an animated sequel at some point. For me, the prequel lost a lot of my interest with how they handled the night king this season.

I'd love to see an animated A Song of Ice and Fire series, where all of the imagery and more fantasy oriented stuff could be realized. I can only imagine how the dream sequences, and fight scenes would look. How glorious would Ned's fever dream about Lyanna be, or The Eyrie?

 

[somecyguy]

That's too bad. I'd really look forward to an Arya series. She's a badass.

The possibilities for a show like that are nearly endless and I wouldn't mind seeing it either, but it could also be that Williams doesn't want to continue as Arya any longer.

 

[SolarGarlic]

I'd love to see an animated A Song of Ice and Fire series, where all of the imagery and more fantasy oriented stuff could be realized. I can only imagine how the dream sequences, and fight scenes would look. How glorious would Ned's fever dream about Lyanna be, or The Eyrie?

I never thought I'd watch GoT, and definitely never thought i'd read the books. But an animated series is a nerd bridge I'm not willing to cross.

 

[ThatllDoCy]

I never thought I'd watch GoT, and definitely never thought i'd read the books. But an animated series is a nerd bridge I'm not willing to cross.

I don't consider myself real nerdy, but I thought Into the Spiderverse was cool as heck.

 

[SCNCY]

I never thought I'd watch GoT, and definitely never thought i'd read the books. But an animated series is a nerd bridge I'm not willing to cross.

I think an animated series about Valyria would be great and would work well with the dragons, magic, and supposedly magnificent cities. It would be cool to see a series that starts from the herders in Valyria discovering dragons with each season skipping several generations so you can see their rise, conquests, and eventual fall.

 

[Dandy]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[BigJCy]

 

[State43]

Still dumb

 

[Dandy]

Still dumb

The worst

 

[isufbcurt]

I don't get it

 

[Cyclonepride]

I don't get it

Apparently, it was an incidental casualty of the dragon's frustration (which I agree, is dumb). Doing so on purpose would have at least given some deeper meaning to the event, and give some sense of sentience to the dragons.