Game of Thrones

Enoch said:
It is a semi-antireligion series, the books were interesting, but I haven't read them since they came out
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Yeah I feel like this series is a far better fit for HBO / BBC than it ever was for a Hollywood film franchise. I think the public perception of the church is even lower than when that film came out so I’m assuming they’re just going to go in on this, because the softening of the message really made the movie confused.

I haven’t read them since they came out either, but I remember liking them quite a bit. IIRC without spoiling anything, the final book is a bit odd with the execution of some of the critiques they were driving towards. Still should be a pretty good series for those who like steampunky fantasy intrigue with a bit of political critique. I would say most GoT fans would be at least somewhat interested.
 
zombie.modernist said:
Yeah I feel like this series is a far better fit for HBO / BBC than it ever was for a Hollywood film franchise. I think the public perception of the church is even lower than when that film came out so I’m assuming they’re just going to go in on this, because the softening of the message really made the movie confused.

I haven’t read them since they came out either, but I remember liking them quite a bit. IIRC without spoiling anything, the final book is a bit odd with the execution of some of the critiques they were driving towards. Still should be a pretty good series for those who like steampunky fantasy intrigue with a bit of political critique. I would say most GoT fans would be at least somewhat interested.
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One of the biggest takeaways I still have from the reading the books, was when I began reading the second book and was pretty sure I was reading the wrong book.
 
kvetcha said:
Love the second book.
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I remover really liking that one too, but being a bit let down by aspects of the third. Then again, I was also like 13 at the time so what the hell did I know? I think @Enoch ’s reaction was similar to mine at the time, because the sequel was less of a formulaic retread that lots of kids lit I was reading at that age (Looking at you Chamber of Secrets and The Reptile Room ) so I was a bit surprised.
 
feesrevenge said:
I thought it was shitty how jon ended up back in the night's watch, but it seems like he said fuck it and went to live with the wildlings (how were there still that many wildlings).
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because there isn't a night's watch. jon even questions this in the show. they negotiated jon's release with tyrion indicating the watch was where 'broken men and bastards' (ie criminals and the unwanted) went, but this was actually jon being set free, unbeknownst to grey worm. did you see any nights watch at the wall? no, it was all wildlings. and they all left.
 
Talk about affirmative action gone mad! Jesus! **SPOILER** They made the fucken wheelie bloke the fucking KING! PC gone mad!

Let me guess, the internet is having a weeping great panty shit over that disgraceful, disgusting final episode. Crapping its collective dungarees after such a pathetic denouement. "Why didnt such-and-such do such-and-such? WHY? ANSWER ME" they wail into the windless internet.

I thought shit was fine. Looked epic to me, was right into it. Although I was hoping they would tie up the closing minutes with an epic 4-minute musical montage with, yes, the soaring strains of ED SHEERAN mewling over his plucked mandolin or some shit. Fuck yeah, another grinning Eddie cameo, strumming jauntily on the ol' mando as he strode cocksure and red through the ashen Kings Landing shire. Just to throw The Seething & Unbetrothed InterNet Guardian Gatekeepers of The Books into an apoplectic tizz of frothing impotent rage
 
Sprague Dawley said:
Talk about affirmative action gone mad! Jesus! **SPOILER** They made the fucken wheelie bloke the fucking KING! PC gone mad!

Let me guess, the internet is having a weeping great panty shit over that disgraceful, disgusting final episode. Crapping its collective dungarees after such a pathetic denouement. "Why didnt such-and-such do such-and-such? WHY? ANSWER ME" they wail into the windless internet.

I thought shit was fine. Looked epic to me, was right into it. Although I was hoping they would tie up the closing minutes with an epic 4-minute musical montage with, yes, the soaring strains of ED SHEERAN mewling over his plucked mandolin or some shit. Fuck yeah, another grinning Eddie cameo, strumming jauntily on the ol' mando as he strode cocksure and red through the ashen Kings Landing shire. Just to throw The Seething & Unbetrothed InterNet Guardian Gatekeepers of The Books into an apoplectic tizz of frothing impotent rage
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Those are certainly all words
 
Right after watching it I didn't love it. I kept waiting for some big twist. However, after thinking about it more I was satisfied. The Starks who have been through so much all ended up in places that made them happy.

Do we know for sure if Jon was ranging at the end or going to live with The Wildlings? He still had his Crow uniform on which is why I wasn't sure.
 
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