HBO's Game of Thrones (Lots of spoilers-stay out if you don't want to know all)

Sailor Steve · 05-17-19, 09:34 AM

I find it funny that D&D are accused of "bad writing". Even in this last season there are many scenes that carry forward the tradition they've established of having plot lines carried forward by the quiet conversations in the corners. Some of those scenes are amazingly terrific.

What they seem to bad at is the overall storytelling. If they really were offered funding for 10 episodes they should have taken it. Even the most hated plot points could have been justified with more time spent on it. It seems to me that where they fell down was not bad writing, but bad plotting. I hope Martin gets it together and finishes the last two books. I want to find out what his true vision is.

I also hope that this last episode may pull the fat out of the fire, but I'm not counting on it.

05-17-19, 09:34 AM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I find it funny that D&D are accused of "bad writing". Even in this last season there are many scenes that carry forward the tradition they've established of having plot lines carried forward by the quiet conversations in the corners. Some of those scenes are amazingly terrific. What they seem to bad at is the overall storytelling. If they really were offered funding for 10 episodes they should have taken it. Even the most hated plot points could have been justified with more time spent on it. It seems to me that where they fell down was not bad writing, but bad plotting. I hope Martin gets it together and finishes the last two books. I want to find out what his true vision is. I also hope that this last episode may pull the fat out of the fire, but I'm not counting on it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo