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Re: GAME OF THRONES is such an embarrassment at this point. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 21/08/2017 11:49:10 AM

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I'm fine with stupid shows being stupid--I will love DOCTOR WHO until the day I die--but I feel like I was promised a 4 course meal and given cotton candy and skittles instead. What on earth are the writers thinking? Are basic concepts of continuity something else that little Arya McSociopath has indiscriminately slaughtered? Does Westeros shrink when it gets cold?

Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams still can't act, though I doubt anyone could salvage the writing of those characters at this point. I protested to Cannoli last week that Danaerys was being purposefully written as unstable. I think I was wrong. I think the writers are unstable.

What a train wreck.


The writers are filling space between spectacles with navel-gazing and dialogue that follows the formulas of "smart" drama, and forced conflict, to get the critical praise, while the spectacles and gratuitous pandering keep the general audience hooked. Their job is not to tell a coherent story but to keep people talking. This medium was called the "boob tube" years before HBO was allowed to show actual mammaries.

Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
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GAME OF THRONES is such an embarrassment at this point. - 21/08/2017 04:10:45 AM 898 Views
Amazing episode tonight, it just keeps getting better and better! - MAJOR SPOILERS - 21/08/2017 04:49:28 AM 629 Views
Spoilers inside. - 21/08/2017 05:07:08 AM 585 Views
I know, right? - 21/08/2017 01:14:11 PM 734 Views
Night King with the spear explained..... - 22/08/2017 03:06:07 AM 779 Views
Re: GAME OF THRONES is such an embarrassment at this point. - 21/08/2017 11:49:10 AM 645 Views
*throws rotten tomatoes at John Snow's stupid face* *NM* - 21/08/2017 12:56:15 PM 367 Views
Meanwhile I think the show is doing an amazing job. - 21/08/2017 03:17:20 PM 630 Views
I agree. Enjoyed the episode. - 21/08/2017 04:25:12 PM 597 Views
It's fine if you are looking for mindless entertainment. - 21/08/2017 05:00:42 PM 570 Views
Game of Thrones was always mindless entertainment to me. Just very well done. - 21/08/2017 05:52:20 PM 558 Views
We don't disagree that much. - 21/08/2017 08:19:15 PM 559 Views
That is one of three things that bothered me - 21/08/2017 06:02:18 PM 564 Views
I guess that's one way of getting around the kind of issues that Martin's faced for so long? - 21/08/2017 05:55:51 PM 573 Views
I love her, but they should not be dark brown! - 21/08/2017 10:09:54 PM 589 Views
She's too small, too baby-faced & the eyebrows ruin the immersion. - 22/08/2017 02:21:45 PM 650 Views
They never broke mine, is all I can say. - 22/08/2017 06:48:36 PM 546 Views
You should be more sensitive like me. - 22/08/2017 07:17:28 PM 609 Views
I agree, but I am still enjoying it. - 21/08/2017 10:13:33 PM 601 Views
Who needs consistency, or acting abilities - 22/08/2017 12:04:05 AM 806 Views

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