Renton 22003 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) The problem with Game of Thrones. Overall IMDb: Last episode IMDb: Fuck me, has any series fell from grace harder than that before? Edited January 23, 2023 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4835 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 30 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Anti-abortion lead actor; don't mind if I don't Going to take a lot of good TV away if that’s your criteria. West Wing for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, Gemmill said: I gave up on GoT because it was dogshit FTR. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31209 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, Renton said: The problem with Game of Thrones. Overall IMDb: Last episode IMDb: Fuck me, has any series fell from grace harder than that before? Lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35588 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I couldn’t get away with Lost from the off. I’ve never even considered watching GoT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22003 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, ewerk said: Lost. Incredibly the last episode IMDbed at 9.1. The whole thing was wank after series 1 imo though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15725 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 38 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Going to take a lot of good TV away if that’s your criteria. Aye okay, but when you're talking about a show that's specifically about the key figure in a religion, I think it's worth knowing what flavour of that religion is involved in making it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 GoT paid the price of adapting an unfinished story where the author can't be fucked to tie up the loose ends, and the pressure from the studio to wrap this shit up nice an early before they have to renegotiate all those phat contracts. Like Renton says, the drop off from the first 5 seasons to the final 3 is massive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43080 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 The Sopranos is a masterpiece. Paulie Walnuts is the greatest, most erudite character ever written. Anyone who disagrees can bite me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33852 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: The Sopranos is a masterpiece. Paulie Walnuts is the greatest, most erudite character ever written. Anyone who disagrees can bite me. Him and uncle junior, superb. 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22162 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Fish said: GoT paid the price of adapting an unfinished story where the author can't be fucked to tie up the loose ends, and the pressure from the studio to wrap this shit up nice an early before they have to renegotiate all those phat contracts. Like Renton says, the drop off from the first 5 seasons to the final 3 is massive. I thought it was class right up until the last season, where I fully agree with your point about the Tv series overtaking the source material. The ending felt rushed and anticlimactic. But I loved the other seasons. I usually hate all that LotR fantasy bollocks but that’s why GoT crossed over - it was all about the characters and the plot. The dragons and sorcery bullshit was just the backdrop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22162 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Disappointing nipple count decline mind as the series progressed. I blame the tofu-eating wokerati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46035 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Listen, if you lads want to watch Game of Thrones, that's your lookout, but just to be very clear: WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10971 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: Listen, if you lads want to watch Game of Thrones, that's your lookout, but just to be very clear: WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS Two words fuckknuckle; Mindy. Project. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46035 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Dave, do not beg. It's not dignified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15725 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gemmill said: WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLg3UhKPN67TjQG3yf1_DtAPHc0AX9xpS 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22162 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, Gemmill said: Listen, if you lads want to watch Game of Thrones, that's your lookout, but just to be very clear: WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS thank fuck for that, ‘SOMEBODY FEED PHIL’ BOY Edited January 24, 2023 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22003 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: Disappointing nipple count decline mind as the series progressed. I blame the tofu-eating wokerati It was these poncey actors like Emelia Clarke getting ideas above their station because they were famous. Full data on chebbage count here. https://www.yellowfinbi.com/blog/data-visualization-exposes-nudity-in-game-of-thrones Edited January 23, 2023 by Renton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35588 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Howmanheyman said: Him and uncle junior, superb. 👍 The bit where Junior’s gone senile and he thinks Curb Your Enthusiasm on tv is about his court case and Larry David is him 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1344 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 The Sopranos hype is absolutely justified. The whole series in it's entirety was just so chilled and weirdly relaxing in a Northern Exposure sort of way. @Renton I had BB the other way around. Sporanos hooked me immediately and even after watching it all several times it's still "comfort telly" for me. BB I think I might not have stuck with if the person who recommended it hadn't said "it's a slow burner, stick with it until the bathtub scene at the very least". Actually surprised now seeing Gemmill highlighting just how much happened in that first episode and knowing it still managed to keep turning up the heat until the finale. The Sopranos is a lot more sedate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 933 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I thought Game of Thrones was totally overrated. It was watchable but there were just too many characters with ridiculous names. I’m fairly sure it was aimed at teenagers. It would have benefitted by having the character names on the bottom of the screen whenever they appeared, a bit like football games on the Playstation. The last couple of seasons were just mental too, some change of place. Anyone mentioning it in the same breath as The Wire, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad should only be given restricted access to this thread. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15725 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, Billy Whitehurst said: It would have benefitted by having the character names on the bottom of the screen whenever they appeared, a bit like football games on the Playstation. Spot on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46035 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, Billy Whitehurst said: I thought Game of Thrones was totally overrated. It was watchable but there were just too many characters with ridiculous names. I’m fairly sure it was aimed at teenagers. It would have benefitted by having the character names on the bottom of the screen whenever they appeared, a bit like football games on the Playstation. The last couple of seasons were just mental too, some change of place. Anyone mentioning it in the same breath as The Wire, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad should only be given restricted access to this thread. This was a big part of my problem with GoT. Too many characters and too many fucking stupid names. I'm not gonna remember made up names, but especially not when there's 40 characters I need to keep track of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33852 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Alex said: The bit where Junior’s gone senile and he thinks Curb Your Enthusiasm on tv is about his court case and Larry David is him There's so many funny bits in it but it's a great window into the human psyche of these people but people in general, the manipulation, the taking advantage of others and of moving into potentially advantageous positions and licking people's arse, especially Tony wouldn't be out of place in a royal court of Henry VIII or probably present day. Tony is both powerful, switched but incredibly needy and a bit of a cunt to put it mildly, funny how you can both like him, root for him but want him brought down within an episode. Superb series albeit the odd quiet or slow episode, the odd hallucination scene or 'ghost appearance' to guilt ridden characters just add to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43080 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Let’s not forget the episode with Chrissy and Paulie in the woods. Should’ve won a comedy award that year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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