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This is the nissan cube with a pumpkin and feta pizza and a frozen coke of podcasts. Because its quirky and not 4 everyone, no one i know has heard of it even though its amazing imo and it hurts my brain sometimes but ill still consume it anyway.....
Brilliant point about how the show abandoned the fictional geopolitical realism they created for Westeros. And ultimately that was the key element of what went wrong, and somewhat parallels the problems fans are having with Star Wars and Star Trek STD; you can't disregard your own cannon without hurting the quality of the product in some way, at least to a majority of the fans. As a followup to that point, its probably worth noting that there is also some secondary damage done to these franchises by splitting the fan bases. The minority of folks who have enjoyed these alternative story lines feel a little hurt by the rest of the fans so vocally complaining. They view them as elitist fans who would never be satisfied with any ending. And of course the fans who had (probably reasonable) expectations of top quality content naturally feel disappointed, and feel they should have every right to express this - newsflash, mediocrity isn't popular! Studios will learn from these incidents, and hopefully be much more careful with the handling of such storied institutions in the future - they're business depends on it. After all, who would argue that fan enthusiasm for the GoT prequels has cooled in the wake of this? I'm curious to see what happens myself, not necessarily in Westeros, but in the television and film industry.
You are very tempered this week. Meanwhile I was expecting to listen to outrage equal to mine for this final episode. I suppose you are damned if you do, damned if you don't. Personally, I think maybe the outrage last week was spent just 1 episode too soon. ❤
Daenerys did not go Mad Queen when acting like it. It wasn't a mad action wiping off the city, but a power action. When she instructed Grey Worm to wait for her, they had already decided what would happen, but she did not tell Tyrion because she does not trust him anymore. The suffering on her face when she decided to burn the city despite hearing the bells, was because she was going ahead with a hard decision. Why did she do that? Because it was only fear she has in Westeros. If she took the town without instilling that level of fear, she would not have any power once the city was taken. Awhy do I think Grey Worm knew? Because he attacked the soldier when he knew when, then he looked at Jon when Jon tried to stop his men from fighting and made sure Jon continued to fight. I don't think Daenerys went mad, but had to make the difficult decision and the only decition that would have left her with any power... not love, but fear.
"Star Wars is in enough trouble" 😂😂 But all jokes aside, I totally agree. The last few episodes have been wildly inconsistent, and this one was the biggest mess of them all. GoT had the chance to rival Breaking Bad for best show ever created - Breaking Bad had a phenomenal wrap to their series, GoT has been disjointed, sloppy, rushed, and highly unsatisfying with their wrap.
Just finished listening. What a spectacular analysis of where the story is, where it might be going, and why this was not a well done episode. The comparison to the Sopranos was extraordinarily edifying, in that there is a huge difference between artistic decisions that are well executed but might not be popular, and fumbling at the goal line. Its also a very delicate matter to discuss, such as the failings of The Last Jedi, which was also a great comparison. Of course this is still one of the greatest shows ever made (and no one would deny that at all), and deep down I'm still hoping that the last two episodes will reward us with an immensely satisfying conclusion. Nonetheless, this particular episode definitely stumbled, and for me it sort of drives home why Breaking Bad was the greatest show ever made, with GoT obviously being a close second. Can't wait to see what next week brings! :-D
Ah, good to read their opinion has turned negative. I'll give it a listen then. After hearing the instant take, I was worried they were going to keep defending this trash heap. But as expected, the longer you think about this episode the more you're going to hate it. It seems fun at first, until you turn your brain back on.
The dragon couldn't have been dead then because when the night king raised all the dead, the dragon would have come back as a white dragon like the other one.
Firs time in a long time I've been disappointed with the pod... It got super negative, and while it's fine to point out things that didn't work for you, it felt like you guys we're reaching at times.
Geez...yall shit all over the episode...found it funny that yall made fun of people who would shit all over the episode when yall talked about lyanna...??
A ton of complaining on this one. Monday morning quarterback.
The BEST GOT podcast. Listening to House of The Dragon and enjoying the guys take immensely. Lots of incites and respect for the show as well as a few jokes!