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Pretty brutal and i think, harsh assessment xeb.
Too much swearing and sex? You can never have enough gratuitous sex in a medieval romp but i thought the swearing was about right. The best bit was Diana Rigg decribing the vile Joffrey.
And i dont think the ending was a shit hotel. Just not as perfect as previous hotels!!
Overall i thought it was brilliant television. In its own way as good as Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and first 5 series of walking dead.
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My wife and I enjoyed Got. When I first started watching without her I realised she'd love the twists and turns enough to ignore the gore. I was more annoyed about the gratuitous sex and bad language, all of which seemed to me to pander to a sixteen year old's idea of cool. I can only wonder how Joan got through the episodes featuring the monkey faced kid from Torchwood who's every other word began with C!
Fortunately the rest was so good as to enable me to filter out what I didn't like. There are some terrific episode endings resulting in a TV version of a page turner. I watched it via recordings and lost count of the times I just had to see the first few minutes of the next episode even where I didn't have time for another full one.
It is a shame the final end was rushed. But there are a handful of characters that can be regarded as good by the end.
There did seem to be a format as time went on. Namely the business of having the gobsmakingly great cliffhanger at the end of the penultimate episode per season, while the very last ended quietly... At least that's how I remember it.
Otherwise it's admirable in terms of casting, dialogue, sfx, locations, drama and music. Classic show.
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It was still good. Possibly seemed a bit rushed towards the end but a lot happened in last season. Ordinarily i have the opposite feeling with American series - they would drag that remainder out for another 5 seasons!!
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Sep 6, 2020 - 10:03 AM
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Yes, season 8 was a mixed bag, but overall, I did like it. Lots of spoilers ahead.
Edw, I remember you saying how much you hated Jaime Lannister, and some of us chimed in to say that opinions will slowly change about certain characters. He did find a kind of redemption in the series. My big disappointment was that he didn't stay with Brienne of Tarth at the end.
Cersei Lannister was always horrid. No redemption for her. She was a great villain as was her spoiled, perverted oldest son. I always hated them. At least Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) was a decent Lannister.
It was tough to see Daenerys evolve into a corrupted leader. Her final speech to the crowds sounded a bit like Hitler's speeches.
I wanted a more positive ending for Jon Snow. He just gets to stay in Castle Black for the rest of his life.
For me, in spite of a few disappointments, it was one of the best series I've seen on TV.
I liked season 8 overall as well. As I said, one of my favorite TV series ever.
I grew to admire Jaime but was so disappointed with the way they ended his life. I can understand why he returned to Kings Landing but thought the way he and Cersei died had a soap opera or Lifetime movie ending. I thought he might be going back to kill Cersei or that she would or should die by Dracarys courtesy of Drogon. I was disappointed that Tyrion betrayed Varys and at his demise. I won’t get started on Daenerys‘ Cliff Notes version of her descent into madness or the exile of Jon Snow.
Overall I loved GOT and am glad I GOT it. Groan. The books are next.
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