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

[Knowledge]

D&D thought it was one way, but it's the other way.

The whole world waited patiently for 2 years counting down to GoT and it ended up bushes status. Whole season should have been the long night, and then the next season the aftermath. Or at least a 10 episode season, with 5 for the long night and 5 for the aftermath.

I hope they pull it off in the next 2 episodes somehow, but the chances of that are looking bleaker than ser brienne's p*ssy game.

Spoiler: Endgame spoiler

How dope would it have been if cersei got bodied in like the first 30 min on episode 1 like thanos in endgame by arya or something? People would of been like and had the long night/big war to look forward to for the rest of the season

 

[loyola llothta]

I don't like to pile on cause I still feel the shyt is enjoyable. And episode 3 was a classic, I don't give a fukk what none of yall say. Plotholes and all.....that shyt was epic. Plus I never really fukked with the white walkers anyway. They were always some cheesy cartoon type villains to me.

That being said, that dany and jon scene was so damn horrible. Jesus christ. The begging was a bad look for real. And I'm not even sure if it was the bad acting or the bad writing. Or both. But the bytch was begging jon like a little girl begging for some candy. They straight up ruined Dany's whole image in one scene ......I don't even know what they were thinking leaving that shot in. It felt like I was watching dawson's creek or some shyt

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over....

what can Jon say he had his auntie begging over him. I don't know why jon tripping (or the writers) medieval people married they family all the time .. It was normal

Sansa better get fukd up for going against her word to jon

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

 

[Tasha And]

they can ride dragons but not pet a damn wolf? they couldn't get a husky as a physical stand in then CGI the shyt outta it?

Mainstream publications are starting to point out how lazy the writing was in this episode.

We've spent months hearing about the third episode of Game of Thrones. Fifty Five (55!) night shoots! Brutal conditions! They endured all of this for what was hailed as the biggest TV battle of all time. And all that work paid off. It wasn't perfect, but it was big. Then, after all of that immense effort we get an episode that leaves a modern Starbucks cup on a table in Winterfell's great hall. We get an episode where the writers don't even bother to name the "new prince of Dorne." It's as if the writers, the entire crew, the showrunners got through the Battle of Winterfell and simply gave up. This, sadly, was Game of Thrones at its worst—Episode Four is reminiscent of some of the lowest moments of Season Seven. It's nonsensical, lazy, and cringeworthy from beginning to end.

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Was a Writing Failure - Daenerys Jon Situation Explained

Although this moment was devastating as Brienne cried when Jaime rode away, something was not quite right about the Kingslayer’s statement.
In season two, episode seven titled A Man Without Honour, Jaime does indeed kill his cousin Alton Lannister (Karl Davies), but not by strangulation.
Jaime beats Alton to death inside a prison cell as they are held captive by Robb Stark (Richard Madden). He does strangle someone, but it is the Karstark guard who comes to investigate the noise from the cell, not his cousin.

Game of Thrones mistakes: From the Starbucks coffee cup to Gendry Rivers

In a strategic move, however, she decided to restore his title, making him no longer a b*stard but a legitimate heir and Lord Gendry Baratheon of Dragonstone. However, upon sharing the good news with Arya (Maisie Williams) Gendry said something which has annoyed some book readers. ‘I’m no longer Gendry Rivers, I’m Gendry Baratheon!’

Er, actually, you were Gendry Waters. Each region of the Seven Kingdoms has b*stard surnames which relate to their location. So b*stards from the North, like Jon, (Kit Harington) have the surname Snow. Ones from Dorne like Ellaria, (Indira Varma) have the surname Sand. Gendry is from King’s Landing, which is located in the Crownlands so his surname should be Waters.

Rivers is the surname given to b*stards from the Riverlands. Baby Gendry back in season 2. As Gendry was what is known as an ‘unacknowledged b*stard’ he never used neither Rivers nor Waters before this point, so there really was no need for the show to suddenly insert Rivers out of nowhere.

Fans have been discussing the error over on Reddit after episode four. BalthasarVitek wrote: ‘So let’s be honest here. It’s bad writing.’ While another fan, KreepingLizard added: ‘Probably he wouldn’t have had a last name for most of his life since he wasn’t acknowledged by Bobby B. If he did, it definitely wouldn’t have been Rivers. Not sure how they goofed that one.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/07/game...name-b*stard-rivers-waters-batatheon-9436557/



Not to mention, they didn't bother to write who was the current Lord of Storms End and instead had an inexplicable scene where nobody, not even Tyrion, Jaimie, or Varys knows.

People might say "nitpicking" but you have to admit that it has gotten so lazy. The fully lived in, detailed world was one of the reasons the first few seasons felt so real. But they are consistently getting worldbuilding details wrong now or just outright refusing to world build as they race towards the finish.

People have also been pointing out how the geography of King's Landing has drastically changed. I did notice while watching that something felt off...

So in one episode they

• Leave starbucks cup in a scene
• Forgot the details about how Jaimie killed his cousin
• Forgot what would be the correct b*stard name for Gendry
• Stated Dany forgot about the Iron Fleet
• Didn't bother to name who the new prince of Dorne is
• Didn't bother to name who the lord of Storms End is
• Changed the look and geography of the capital
• Claimed they didn't have enough CGI budget for Jon to interact with his wolf that has been with him since the pilot

Some of this I can't blame them for. They apparently had to switch filming locations for King's Landing. Probably for a battle scene at the location. But these "minor" details are starting to add up and stick out like a sore thumb.

They put 55 days into shooting a battle episode at night and thats awesome, but between all of these blunders, including their CGI team not noticing and removing a starbucks cup in the frame, its really obvious that this shyt was still rushed and didn't have enough time to cook. Maybe it's wrong to call it lazy but it was very sloppy.

 

[Duke_Droese]

 

[O.Red]

Main stream media runs with anything that gets clicks.

Nikkas REFUSE to admit the shyt going down the drain

 

[Pimp]

And the problem ain't the seasons being too short now. The problem is the seasons are so short because the show runners Weiss and Benioff want off the show. HBO offered them anything they want....offered them enough money to even wrap it up with big budget movies....more seasons, more episodes....and they said "nah, we're straight".

So the only way this show would be fixed is:

1. GRR Martin finished all the books and they worked from that.
2. The show runners still gave a fukk about the show.
3. The show runners were replaced, and the show was given 1-2 more seasons to wrap things up. Or at the very least seasons 7-8 had the normal amount of eps.

That's it.

Fred.

Are these producers famous for any other work? I guess stress from trying to maintain a show based on a book you passed can make you want to quit. George R.R. Martin said this can go 10 seasons but his fat ass fukked it up. These last 2 seasons feel out of place and rushed. The could have made a whole season on winter alone because they hyped it forever and we got 1 fukking episode..

 

[Pimp]

Maybe I missed it but how did Daenerys know Gendry was a baratheon?

 

[Robbie3000]

Yea giving a head nod to a wolf is much more powerful

These nikkas are full of hubris. All the praise got to their heads.

When watching the behind the story after each episode this season, I feel like I wanna snuff the shyt out of those self satisfied smug faces.

 

[Ziggiy]

I don't like to pile on cause I still feel the shyt is enjoyable. And episode 3 was a classic, I don't give a fukk what none of yall say. Plotholes and all.....that shyt was epic. Plus I never really fukked with the white walkers anyway. They were always some cheesy cartoon type villains to me.

That being said, that dany and jon scene was so damn horrible. Jesus christ. The begging was a bad look for real. And I'm not even sure if it was the bad acting or the bad writing. Or both. But the bytch was begging jon like a little girl begging for some candy. They straight up ruined Dany's whole image in one scene ......I don't even know what they were thinking leaving that shot in. It felt like I was watching dawson's creek or some shyt

I actually didn’t mind the begging. It shows Dany as human and capable of being torn about being in love vs being a “destined” queen. If the past two seasons had been better written, this could have been a PERFECT turning point for both Jon and Dany (Dany into “mad queen” territory and Jon into “Is honor REALLY worth it?” Territory. Jon and Dany could have really been a great tragic romance but the writer’s BOTCHED it by making their romance wayyyyyyy to rushed and unbelievable. I am CONVINCED that Season 7 at least should have been the standard ten episodes to really get into the heart of WHY Jon and Dany would fall for one another. This was supposed to be THE couple that we (the audience) root for and WANT to see together before destiny rips them apart. Instead most of us gave more of a shyt about Tormound romancing Brienne than we did the King Of The North and The Dragon Queen

 

[hex]

Are these producers famous for any other work? I guess stress from trying to maintain a show based on a book you passed can make you want to quit. George R.R. Martin said this can go 10 seasons but his fat ass fukked it up. These last 2 seasons feel out of place and rushed. The could have made a whole season on winter alone because they hyped it forever and we got 1 fukking episode..

Benioff wrote "The 25th Hour", "Troy" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".

Weiss wrote a novel in 2003.

So nah, not really. "Game Of Thrones" is by far the biggest project of their careers.

Fred.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

just found out i can't log into HBO Go outside the country.... help i'm gonna be in Israel starting on Saturday, watching live woulda been extra af (4am out there), but I'mma need a LANK

Your job/school doesn’t have a VPN? That’s what I used when I was abroad.

 

[O.Red]

Maybe I missed it but how did Daenerys know Gendry was a baratheon?

I just assumed Jon spilled it to her during pillow talk or something

 

[Stop_It_5]

Maybe I missed it but how did Daenerys know Gendry was a baratheon?

He was apart of the Eastwatch mission and introduced himself as Roberts son to Jon when they first met. I don't think we ever see it on screen but I'm sure she was told at some point by Jon, Tyrion, Jorah, etc

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

These nikkas are full of hubris. All the praise got to their heads.

When watching the behind the story after each episode this season, I feel like I wanna snuff the shyt out of those self satisfied smug faces.

i dont always watch behind the series, but when we saw lights out on 30k dothraki, and D&D told me that's basically the end of the dothraki, then dontraki leader breh only wipes half his men off the map in the last episode...what in all fukk

Your job/school doesn’t have a VPN? That’s what I used when I was abroad.

nope, we got full reign on the company laptops and no VPN needs for our department (we have communal laptops in you need to VPN to corporate systems)