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submitted 1 year ago by Wogi@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Anakin has a clear motive, and a logical progression from naive to evil.

Danny just decides to lose her shit one day.

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[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

The ending of GoT will never stop being a sore spot for me. Some of the worst writing and abandonment (sabotage?) of character development I've ever witnessed.

[-] YourFavouriteNPC@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

You've got it all wrong! It was actually an incredibly genius move, as the writers knew that after 7 seasons of twists, turns and surprises, the audience wouldn't really be phased by any characters death anymore. We'd become so accustomed to sudden character deaths that watching GoT became the literal incarnation of "expect the unexpected" and you can't shock people who are just waiting for it to happen. So what did the showrunners do? They did the only thing nobody expected, assassinated the only target they knew would still get a reaction out of people after all this time - they killed off the show itself.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Hahaha that's brilliant

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

The worst part is all the investment I had into it. Not just emotional investment but also time spend getting to know the lore and coming up with theories

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, it will pay off when the books are finished!

...

:(

[-] marhensa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

there's unfinished books, hope GRRM could finished it eventually.

your lore and theories you follow still matters.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah but they had that big movie deal to get working on, had to put a bow on it.

The thing that still blows my mind is that they evidently could not comprehend that pulling this sort of bullshit would have sharply negative effects on their future in all of showbusiness. Like, they had a Star Wars movie signed. That’s still a bit of a thing nowadays, and when they got it, it was an even bigger deal. And they spiked it because they couldn’t be fucked to put in the effort to give one of the most popular TV series EVER a reasonably meaningful, satisfying, and well-written conclusion.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I feel so sorry for the actors and other people who worked on the show, besides D and D of course. Imagine being part of the biggest TV thing ever and having incredible success, only for it all to fall apart towards the end, completely removing the thing from public consciousness.

Man, remember when they had the cast do that media blitz for the final season, and Peter Dinklage was just giving off Hide The Pain Harold vibes for the whole interview? That must have been rough :(

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that must have been brutal. Some of the actors let a couple of negative sentences slip during those interviews, but I'm sure they weren't allowed to.

I don't know if a single clip shows this better than the reaction of Varys' actor to his characters death. Just imagine having to sit at a table WITH THE SHITHEADS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE for butchering an amazing character you should be remembered for, and not being able to say anything. Fuck.

It was so frustrating because the actors kinda obviously all gave a shit and wanted the show to be good, and D&D just… didn’t.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, they still tried to do their best. Makes it all the more disheartening when they really couldn't influence the end result.

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