EDITY EDIT EDIT; So basicly everyone in the thread has said "Deal with it its worth it" and I probably will. So instead of starting an entirely new thread about basicly the same subject, lets turn this one into just a general discussion of the show, what you liked what you didn't like, and if you have comments about what I was discussing earlier feel free to gimme your two sense about the as well!
Well tonight was the season finale of the Game of Thrones.
I have come to discuss plot elements of the ninth episode, how ever I did want to wait until this episode to see if what happened was set in stone....it was.
Most, if not all, of the rest of this post will be contained inside the spoiler area.
Please feel free to continue discussion!
EDITY EDIT EDIT; So basicly everyone in the thread has said "Deal with it its worth it" and I probably will. So instead of starting an entirely new thread about basicly the same subject, lets turn this one into just a general discussion of the show, what you liked what you didn't like, and if you have comments about what I was discussing earlier feel free to gimme your two sense about the as well!
Well tonight was the season finale of the Game of Thrones.
I have come to discuss plot elements of the ninth episode, how ever I did want to wait until this episode to see if what happened was set in stone....it was.
Most, if not all, of the rest of this post will be contained inside the spoiler area.
So Ned had his head chopped off! (see I warned you!)
(If your mind is made up and don't care to hear my points, just vote now, if you are on the fence, or are interested in what I have to say please continue reading)
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Now I have quite a bit to say about this, but I'm not pretending for a minute that my opinion is correct or worth anything. I'm just curious to see how many, if any, other people agree with me.
To me, in the show, Ned was who I invested in, he was important, one of the few decent characters in show. (not that the other actors or writing are bad I just mean his character was a "good guy") I enjoyed all the other plot threads, but I enjoyed them because I wanted to see how they effected Ned.
Killing Ned, to me is like, if in episode 10 of Firefly they shot Mal in the head, or, if in True Blood, they slit Sooki's throat in episode 8. To me he was the main character and without him I have no investment in the show anymore. I'm not attached to the show because he is gone and he was the proxy through which I immersed myself into this world.
Now I know that what happened was true to the book. (I haven't read them but someone told me it happens in the books as well) However, t.v. is a completely different medium then books. In a book it's okay if something like that happens, a narrative can lose an important character and still continue, you have more time (and more description) to get more attached to other characters and be comfortable with a loss like that. Also books can take a lot longer than a show to get through and books can be sprawling epics that continue through multiple books, so you can deal with it better. With only 10 hours so far, and the cut the (IMO) main character out, than you haven't been able to invest in the others as much and lose interest. Also in the True Blood books
dies but they didn't kill him in the show, in the Walking Dead comics
died way early but they kept him alive in the show. They could have written around Ned's death.
I want you to know where I'm coming from. I LOVED the show, episodes 1-8 was some of the BEST television I've seen in a long. I was starving for the next episode the second the last had ended. I am very very sad that I feel the way I do now, but I can't help it, I just don't care about the rest of plot anymore.
I hate all of the Lannisters, except Tyrion (because to me they were the antagonists, but i liked Tyrion's intelligence and wit.)
I really enjoyed the Dothraki story line but now that doesn't seem to go anywhere, aside from the dragon stuff (which is neat but not enough to hold me)
the rest of the stark family is okay but I without Ned they seem trivial to me,
and I don't care about the White Walker plot because I only cared because I wanted to see Ned fight them to begin with.
In summation I will not be tuning in next season.
I know this is long and I'll probably get quite a few TL;DR but I wanted to make a case so those who read it all thank you to those that didn't, oh well, I wouldn't have changed you're mind anyways. right?
(If your mind is made up and don't care to hear my points, just vote now, if you are on the fence, or are interested in what I have to say please continue reading)
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Now I have quite a bit to say about this, but I'm not pretending for a minute that my opinion is correct or worth anything. I'm just curious to see how many, if any, other people agree with me.
To me, in the show, Ned was who I invested in, he was important, one of the few decent characters in show. (not that the other actors or writing are bad I just mean his character was a "good guy") I enjoyed all the other plot threads, but I enjoyed them because I wanted to see how they effected Ned.
Killing Ned, to me is like, if in episode 10 of Firefly they shot Mal in the head, or, if in True Blood, they slit Sooki's throat in episode 8. To me he was the main character and without him I have no investment in the show anymore. I'm not attached to the show because he is gone and he was the proxy through which I immersed myself into this world.
Now I know that what happened was true to the book. (I haven't read them but someone told me it happens in the books as well) However, t.v. is a completely different medium then books. In a book it's okay if something like that happens, a narrative can lose an important character and still continue, you have more time (and more description) to get more attached to other characters and be comfortable with a loss like that. Also books can take a lot longer than a show to get through and books can be sprawling epics that continue through multiple books, so you can deal with it better. With only 10 hours so far, and the cut the (IMO) main character out, than you haven't been able to invest in the others as much and lose interest. Also in the True Blood books
Lafayette
Shane
I want you to know where I'm coming from. I LOVED the show, episodes 1-8 was some of the BEST television I've seen in a long. I was starving for the next episode the second the last had ended. I am very very sad that I feel the way I do now, but I can't help it, I just don't care about the rest of plot anymore.
I hate all of the Lannisters, except Tyrion (because to me they were the antagonists, but i liked Tyrion's intelligence and wit.)
I really enjoyed the Dothraki story line but now that doesn't seem to go anywhere, aside from the dragon stuff (which is neat but not enough to hold me)
the rest of the stark family is okay but I without Ned they seem trivial to me,
and I don't care about the White Walker plot because I only cared because I wanted to see Ned fight them to begin with.
In summation I will not be tuning in next season.
I know this is long and I'll probably get quite a few TL;DR but I wanted to make a case so those who read it all thank you to those that didn't, oh well, I wouldn't have changed you're mind anyways. right?
Please feel free to continue discussion!
EDITY EDIT EDIT; So basicly everyone in the thread has said "Deal with it its worth it" and I probably will. So instead of starting an entirely new thread about basicly the same subject, lets turn this one into just a general discussion of the show, what you liked what you didn't like, and if you have comments about what I was discussing earlier feel free to gimme your two sense about the as well!
