Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit

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My opinion on GoT is seasons 1-4 were amazing, 5-7 were still good but definitely trending downwards, S8 was the train wreck.
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That sounds about what I remember. I mean how long ago was it concluded? It's been a while, maybe 2019. I would occasionally rewatch a previous season before the one that was about to air, just to kind of remind me of what had happened.

The first handful of seasons I remember pretty vividly, but then as you got further in, I just remember maybe scenes from specific episodes, or specific events, stuff like the attack on the wall.

I could not tell you how season 8 ended and who survived and who didn't. If it was Battlestar Galactica, I remember all of it.

I'll slowly work my way through it again between indie horror films.

It's still a shame that that fat fuck never finished the books, because if a new one was coming out I would typically re-read them, or at least the prior novel for picking up the new one. I'd have been very happy to have concluded that whole series from the author himself, but that fat HBO money can do things to a man, like unlimited hot wings.
 
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I'm just screaming "Fuck off" at the screen now everytime they quote Lord of the Rings or plagiarise a scene from the movies. It's happening in most scenes.
 
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My opinion on GoT is seasons 1-4 were amazing, 5-7 were still good but definitely trending downwards, S8 was the train wreck.
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I think yall taking such a soft stance on 6-7 is just because time has softened your memories and because everything seems better in the shadow of 8. Seasons 6 and 7 were mediocre at best, full of plotlines that were absolutely butchered after having been built up quite well in previous seasons. Do people not remember how unbelievably terrible the whole Arya and the Waif thing went? Littlefinger's abrupt swerve from brilliant mastermind into bumbling retard? Arya wiping out House Frey was a cool scene sure but the way we got there was completely retarded. Same with Littlefinger's execution, yeah it was great finally seeing that conniving bastard get his comeuppance but it only happened because he was written to be stupid beyond belief. The shit awful writing and choreography of the super hyped Tower of Joy scene?

I'd call 1-4 some of the most entertaining shit ever produced but shit was going wrong well before the disastrous final season.
 
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It's still a shame that that fat fuck never finished the books, because if a new one was coming out I would typically re-read them, or at least the prior novel for picking up the new one. I'd have been very happy to have concluded that whole series from the author himself, but that fat HBO money can do things to a man, like unlimited hot wings.
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He was 63 when the last book came out, he's 76 now. It's obviously not getting finished.
 
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I think yall taking such a soft stance on 6-7 is just because time has softened your memories and because everything seems better in the shadow of 8. Seasons 6 and 7 were mediocre at best, full of plotlines that were absolutely butchered after having been built up quite well in previous seasons. Do people not remember how unbelievably terrible the whole Arya and the Waif thing went? Littlefinger's abrupt swerve from brilliant mastermind into bumbling retard? Arya wiping out House Frey was a cool scene sure but the way we got there was completely retarded. Same with Littlefinger's execution, yeah it was great finally seeing that conniving bastard get his comeuppance but it only happened because he was written to be stupid beyond belief. The shit awful writing and choreography of the super hyped Tower of Joy scene?

I'd call 1-4 some of the most entertaining shit ever produced but shit was going wrong well before the disastrous final season.
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I agree and also 6-7 were still coasting on the greatness of the earlier seasons and the hope that they would be better. I remember a lot of hokey shit from 6-7.
 
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He was 63 when the last book came out, he's 76 now. It's obviously not getting finished.
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I've known that's the case since the various seasons were being aired. It is really a shame, but he lost all Good Will from his fans eons ago.
 
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It started going bad with the sand snakes. Not sure what season that was but they had the ugly one that was the leader, and the one with the nice tits that Bronn liked, but they were all terrible actresses. And their fight choreography looked like the template that Rangs of Power is trying to emulate.

The writing and main actors were still good though.

I wouldn't have minded too badly if they hadn't subverted expectations and basically wrote Jon Snow out of his heroes journey at the end of the fucking show. Fuck Arya. Goofy looking little cunt.
 
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The dialogue in this show is Home Improvement/Family Matters tier.

 
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I’m reading this thread and scrolling Reddit WHILE trying to watch the latest episode of this shit.

black Qweeen just dived into the ocean , don’t even care what happens
 
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Good news everyone, We got the First Interracial Hobbit Kiss now in the books !!

Celebrate Hobbit Diversity !
 
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I'm just screaming "Fuck off" at the screen now everytime they quote Lord of the Rings or plagiarise a scene from the movies. It's happening in most scenes.
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Turn that into a drinking game and you'll be dead not just hoarse.
 
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It started going bad with the sand snakes. Not sure what season that was but they had the ugly one that was the leader, and the one with the nice tits that Bronn liked, but they were all terrible actresses. And their fight choreography looked like the template that Rangs of Power is trying to emulate.

The writing and main actors were still good though.

I wouldn't have minded too badly if they hadn't subverted expectations and basically wrote Jon Snow out of his heroes journey at the end of the fucking show. Fuck Arya. Goofy looking little cunt.
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This probably had a lot to do with the Jon Snow series being killed off. All the intrigue was written out of his character, and HBO couldn't really come up with anything to do justice to the Jon Snow story that people remembered prior to the character assassination of the finale.
 
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This probably had a lot to do with the Jon Snow series being killed off. All the intrigue was written out of his character, and HBO couldn't really come up with anything to do justice to the Jon Snow story that people remembered prior to the character assassination of the finale.
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What the hell was that supposed to be? I honestly do not know anything about it, read anything on the forums that that was something potentially in the works. That doesn't even make sense as to why they would do a spinoff just about him.
 
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What the hell was that supposed to be? I honestly do not know anything about it, read anything on the forums that that was something potentially in the works. That doesn't even make sense as to why they would do a spinoff just about him.
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Kit Harrington is actually the one who put his foot down on it. HBO was all go-- ordering multiple rewrites, and really trying to force it together. Wanting to put anything with the GoT name on it in front of consumers to consoom. They were prepared to push it to a pilot whether it was good or not. Kit Harrington is the one who told them repeatedly the scripts sucked and weren't anything that was going to do Jon Snow justice. Earlier this year, he put the big kabosh on it and told HBO good try but not interested.

Based on that, I expect the Dunk and Egg series to suck. HBO is too desperate to get 2-3 GoT shows into production after the HOTD Season 1 ratings came in.

But in any case, at least Kit saved us from another piece of hellaciously bad TV.
 
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Kit Harrington is actually the one who put his foot down on it. HBO was all go-- ordering multiple rewrites, and really trying to force it together. Wanting to put anything with the GoT name on it in front of consumers to consoom. They were prepared to push it to a pilot whether it was good or not. Kit Harrington is the one who told them repeatedly the scripts sucked and weren't anything that was going to do Jon Snow justice. Earlier this year, he put the big kabosh on it and told HBO good try but not interested.

Based on that, I expect the Dunk and Egg series to suck. HBO is too desperate to get 2-3 GoT shows into production after the HOTD Season 1 ratings came in.

But in any case, at least Kit saved us from another piece of hellaciously bad TV.
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Was it basically supposed to be stuff after the books or series or whatever? I'm assuming it's what takes place after the end of the books or series?

I guess it would have given that in carte blanche to write whatever stupid shit they wanted as fanfic.

If that's the case, that's retarded, trust me I'm a doctor...😉

Good on him though for not wanting to just go after a damn paycheck, and maybe paying respect to The source material. I don't believe his career has s really taken off but I'm sure he gets work, but maybe he learned something about honor from playing his character.
 
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What the hell was that supposed to be? I honestly do not know anything about it, read anything on the forums that that was something potentially in the works. That doesn't even make sense as to why they would do a spinoff just about him.
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They announce things that don't exist to gauge public reaction and force the hand of other executives and actors.

It's right there with all the announed Star Wars spinoff sequel trilogies and movies and that Star Trek 4 that's been announced multiple times including a QUENTIN TARANTINO VERSION!?
 
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They announce things that don't exist to gauge public reaction and force the hand of other executives and actors.

It's right there with all the announed Star Wars spinoff sequel trilogies and movies and that Star Trek 4 that's been announced multiple times including a QUENTIN TARANTINO VERSION!?
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WTF, was Quentin Tarantino really propped up for a a Star Trek movie? That's pretty crazy if true.
 
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Here you go..

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Quentin Tarantino Passed On Directing ‘Star Trek’ Film Because He Didn’t Want That Movie To Be His Last

Quentin Tarantino was close to directing a bloodier Star Trek movie but opted out of making it because he didn't want that to be his last film.
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Wow, that's pretty crazy. Out of honestly been real interesting to see what he would have done, despite the fact that I haven't necessarily cared for his last handful of movies. I thought they're bad but past Jackie Brown, I just don't have the same affinity for them.

Hateful eight was pretty decent though.
 
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I'm trying to figure out if a Star Trek movie full of Spock dropping n-bombs and constant shots of Zoe Saldana's bare feet would be better or worse than the JJ Abrams travesties.
 
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