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man I would hate to be some of you guys, way too critical about a tv show. Its supposed to be entertaining if you're not entertained don't watch it.
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08-23-2022, 08:12 AM | #2 | |
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Some people in this thread overall are way way more negative than I've seen in other places. The scene with the medieval C-section interspersed with the violence in the tournament will eventually be viewed as a classic moment.
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Look at the characters in GoT. Obviously Tyrion carried a lot of the weight, but Varys, Bronn, Sam, Davos, Littlefinger, The Hound, Robert - these are all characters that bring a different feel to the show. This looks like you're gonna have a bunch of stoic and entitled Targaryen's with a dash of Ned nobility and Stannis obstinance sprinkled in. Plus a mis-cast Daemon. The Targaryen's just aren't as interesting as the dueling families with their histories and their different personalities shaped by time/geography, etc... It just doesn't have the depth of characters to keep things interesting. It'll have an Arya and Sansa and Robb and probably even a Jon sort of character. But those guys, while they often drove the story, didn't make the story entertaining. It was the ancillary characters and their personalities/actions that made GoT interesting. And Ros. Man oh man did Esme Bianco keep my attention...
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Frankly, the most interesting Targaryen centric story I can think of would be coming to Westeros and conquering it. And even that story I feel like would have a fairly low ceiling for amount of creative story telling. I’m still giving it a chance though, even after I determined I wasn’t going to because **** anything GRRM until he finishes ASOIAF. I’m weak, whatever.
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