![]() ![]() Perhaps there could be a few interesting stories to be told north of The Wall, where Jon was traipsing as GoT came to an end, but do you really believe that HBO would greenlight a Jon Snow series with no intent to rope all the rest of Westeros back into it? An intimate series north of The Wall might have some promise, but we have to remember who’s producing this thing: The same network embroiled in a concerted effort to wring an absurd amount of disparate, GoT-related content out of its upcoming schedule. Like Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, it’s a move that exists simply to allow a popular character and performer an opportunity to reappear in their own vehicle, but the reality here is that a Jon Snow series isn’t truly likely to offer many promising opportunities for either the fans or the characters. Do you want to know another thing that stands zero chance of somehow repairing fondness for how the series concluded? A Jon Snow sequel series on HBO, news of which broke this morning.Ī Jon Snow follow-up series will no doubt be pitched by both HBO and the more dyed-in-the-wool defenders of the series as some kind of opportunity to right whatever perceived wrongs exist with Game of Thrones’ surviving characters. The disappointing fan reaction isn’t something that can simply be mended. A bad ending is still an ending, and short of rewriting and reshooting an alternative Season 8, there’s nothing that can be done about that now. With that said, however… Game of Thrones did, in fact, end. Let there be no doubt that Benioff and Weiss completely failed at that task. Do you even realize how difficult it is to incinerate that much good will, accrued over the course of six or seven quality seasons of TV? The conclusion of GoT didn’t even need to be particularly ambitious it simply would have needed to be semi-sensible in order for the vast majority of viewers to accept it. What Game of Thrones’ critical and popular implosion accomplished is honestly impressive in its own way. Martin behind-managed to dull almost every fan’s enthusiasm for what had begun as one of the most widely beloved and hotly debated series of the Prestige TV era, going out with a whimper that began with a muddy, incomprehensible battle against the White Walkers and ended with the lamest possible rationalization for why Bran Stark, of all people, should sit on the new throne of Westeros. The rushed, nonsensical hurtle toward the finish of HBO’s iconic fantasy series-which had long since left the published material from author George R.R. It's Humans vs Night Walkers, not Amazons vs Barbarians.Let me make one thing clear: I am by no means about to sit here and defend the ending of Game of Thrones. ![]() He made it clear that there are strong and weak individuals in the 7 Kingdoms and gender has nothing to do with it. I think arguing about feminism, when talking about GoT is misplaced, ridiculous, offensive to men and women alike, not to mention the author. ![]() Oh yeah, wildling girl! All this in a series that shows a lot of boobs, while emasculating a lot of supposedly strong men. We've seen the mother of dragons taking over whole cities and thousands of warriors, we've seen a 3-feet-high girl changing the mind of expert family leaders and then she killed a giant with one thrust, we've seen prostitutes outsmart very smart men, we've seen Cersei lead from the background and then take over, we've seen Sansa surviving abuse, only Theon had it worse, and now she's the lady of Winterfell and almost everyone listens to what she has to say, and then there's Brienne and Arya, no description necessary, just badass. Upvotes Follow Unfollow 4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 ![]()
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