Read the actor's quote below:. I know a lot of people were supposedly surprised by the ending, but if you paid attention, the clues were there, we told you not to name your dog Khaleesi. As previously mentioned, fans of the series spread their profound disappointment with the many aspects that the writers were believed to have not delivered upon the final season's initial release.
Notably, with the impressive track record of the previous seven seasons consistently raising expectations and introducing interesting storylines and characters, many fans reported their feelings of dissatisfaction with how rushed the conclusion felt. Furthermore, with most of the show's contents based on author GRR Martin's books, the later seasons deviated significantly from the source material , resulting in backlash from audiences.
With Dinklage's comments and revelations about the show's final season, it is a possibility that clues of the ending may have indeed been scattered throughout the show earlier than anticipated, opening the door to many future analyses from fans. Specifically, having comments from such a major cast member only further highlights the authenticity of these claims and may allow fans to give the final season a second chance.
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More filters. Sort order. Jan 14, Kolby MAckell rated it liked it. Good for recapping the show Good read. Follows tv series not book storyline, so it was interesting to see the difference. Worth a read if you really like westeros.
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Aside from the minimal typos, this guide does a good job of clearing up any confusions one might have regarding the first four seasons of the T.
Martin felt that, as much as he loved Tolkien's Lord of the Rings cycle, it had broken fantasy. The genre had been spitting out the same tropes and ideas for decades, and Martin wanted to break them in turn. Martin broke the mold in A Song of Ice and Fire , when he killed the hero at the end of the first book that would be Ned Stark ; but it continued with nearly every plot point and twist and turn Michelle Fairley. It's a moment that led to many readers myself included throwing their book across the room, giving up on the series, believing all hope was lost After the Red Wedding, though, Martin didn't let up: Things progressed in the narrative, but the danger only increased from there; and the next two novels in the series brought characters together only to split them apart.
In the books, and on the show up to this season, every victory has been marred by tremendous defeat. Every time the heroes win a battle, they lose the war. With every shocking moment, Game of Thrones loses what made it special.
This season has been different. They've been letting the heroes win all season long. Slowly, the band is getting back together, as Jon and Sansa Stark Sophie Turner found each other again ; and Daenerys is heading back to her home base of Meereen with an army in tow, to reunite with her old army as well as her advisor, Tyrion Lannister Peter Dinklage.
There are dangers and obstacles, sure; but the show has been relying more and more often on action sequences with dragons and zombies, and letting the heroes be down for a little bit, only to pick themselves back up. This week's scenes with Samwell Tarly John Bradley encapsulate what's been different about the show this year, even beyond the confirmation of fan fave theories.
Jon's best friend traveled back home for the first time in years with his girlfriend Gilly Hannah Murray. And though his mother and sister were delightfully daffy and kind, we also met his cocky, handsome brother, and his mean father who made fun of his weight and life choices.
Bryan Cogman, who wrote the episode, created a fun, sweet and sad collection of scenes at Horn Hill. Bradley and Murray, as well as the rest of the cast, acted the heck out of them, and kind of made me wish for a spin-off set entirely at the castle.
But for a show that has created classic, unique villains at nearly every turn, the "disappointed dad" was a depressing change of pace. There's nothing we haven't seen before in a million sitcoms and movies. Guy takes his girlfriend home for dinner, they disapprove, she tells them off, he gets the courage to stand up to them. The end. It was, as mentioned, well acted, well written, and well filmed by director Jack Bender. But anyone could have told you that was what Sam's family life was probably like from his first appearance on the show.
The main problem that Thrones is facing right now gets back to what I mentioned above: A narrative wants to go a certain way. It needs to flow the way it does, taking twists and turns but ultimately ending up where you thought it would originally.
You don't want to row down a river expecting to get to the Atlantic Ocean, only to end up in China. That's not what Martin created though. He created a narrative that is specifically there to defy expectations at every turn. I'd venture a guess that's why he's taking so long to write the final two books in the series: The impetus for his narrative is battling against the fruition of it, and is leading to indecisiveness at every turn.
But armchair psychologizing George R. Martin aside, Game of Thrones is a giant, mainstream phenomenon. With something like that, and with network executives and multiple voices getting into the mix, the push to head towards something conventional becomes even stronger.
That's where we are right now, and that's why fans are starting to invent their own theories to break the narrative. For example, the Mad Queen Daenerys theory, which gained steam this week when the episode opened with a flashback to the Mad King Aerys -- the man who set a number of the series' events into motion -- telling his minions to "burn them all;" and ended with Daenerys, his daughter, astride a dragon explaining how she was going to set the world on fire.
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