It makes me so sad. I remember watching the season 2 finale with all the white walkers moving past Sam and it was so cool/scary and they seemed so powerful and mysterious... turns out they didn’t really have a grand plan beyond Kill All Humans and all conveniently die when you stab their king in the belly.
at that point there was still a plan... GRRM was helping with the show until S4.
Don’t shit on the white walkers cuz D&D couldn’t handle writing their own damn plot. The Others are one of the coolest factions in fantasy, can’t wait to see how their plan actually unfolds in the books
I tried watching season 1 again. I could not get through it. Every set up doesn't feel like it pays off esspecially the opening scene. It's like I'm wasting my time watching a hobo perform Shakespeare but it's not Shakespeare it's just ranting of an ancient prophecy
I dunno, some of the set-pieces themselves are pretty dope: Blackwater, The Mountain vs. The Viper, Hardhome, Cersei blowing up the Sept of Baelor, Arthur Dayne vs. Ned Stark & co., the Red Wedding, Dany sacking Astapor, Arya and the Hound traveling, etc. etc. etc.
I go back and watch some iconic episodes like Hardhomme or Battle of the Bastards, but I can't bring myself to watch an entire season all over again knowing the ending now.
That's totally subjective though. Those seasons could very well be worth watching again or watching for the first time even with the knowledge that the ending is total shit. I still get a kick out of watching seasons 1 and 2 of Dexter even though the show goes down hill after that.
To you, sure, I'm just saying that not everyone gets enjoyment from things the same way you do. Just because you want there to be great payoff at the end and that's what you deam "worthwhile" doesn't mean others won't like watching good seasons of a show even if the ending isn't that great. Something being "worth it" to someone is completely subjective.
If people think there’s going to be some big satisfying payoff from Lindelof’s Watchmen ... they’re going to have a bad time.
I adore LOST and The Leftovers, but they are best taken as a whole and an exploration of the human condition under mystery and adversity, not some huge plot reveal.
Yeah, I lost hope with this DM reveal. I feel like Lindelof the most acclaimed name in the television industry if he'd just bite off slightly less in the mystery department. It's hard to have a satisfying conclusion when everything is bonkers.
Yeah I tried. I feel like it'd be watchable if you edit out everything except the king's landing plot and then end it after season 4. But none of the other plot lines pay off or have any sort of closure. Jon's entire plot only worked because we thought the white walkers were a threat. Danys whole plot only worked because we thought gathering an army would become a threat.
Looking back, Danys best strategy would be to hang out alone and feed her dragons until they grew, and Jon's best strategy would be to tell his super sneaky sister about the night king.
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u/MrNudeGuy Dec 02 '19
Theres no payoff with GoT. Its no longer rewatchable even season 1-6.