So by now you've probably heard about how Game of Thrones' last two seasons may be incredibly
short as the show reaches its final stages.
For those of you who don't know, let me explain.
Two days ago show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss sat down with Variety magazine for
an interview and basically told them that after season 6 there will be around 13 episodes
left until the show story line is completely done.
David Benioff is quoted as saying "I think we're down to our final 13 episodes after
this season.
We're heading into the final lap" but that nothing is set in stone.
People behind the scenes over at HBO clarified that the number of episodes they have left
is premature and that they've begun outlining the final part of the story.
HBO's programming president Michael Lombardo confirmed he is in negotiations with the two
show runners to continue on for two more seasons but doesn't know if it'll be for 20 more episodes.
Okay so as a fan?
I call this bullshit.
Not because I think they're lying but because they've spent so much of their time excluding
certain plot points and narratives that could've, not only made the story more interesting,
but would've stretched it out without being too boring making it seem like filler.
Now let argue both sides for a minute here.
A while back I did a video on how the showrunners don't want to run Game of Thrones on for too
long because they don't want the show to get stale.
They have a set number of episodes they feel they can tell the overall story in and I respect
that.
Unlike some shows that seem to go on forever like Supernatural or The Walking Dead...Game
of Thrones knows when to say enough is enough.
You can respect that not only as a fan but as someone who knows good television.
However...as a fan of the books I need to call bullshit on this for a couple of reasons.
Number 1....you have more than over eight thousand pages of material to comb through
and adapt and the best thing you can give us is a fat guy fucking a skinny girl?
If I wanted that I'd watch Family Guy.
Thanks.
And yes I'm talking about Sam and Gilly and for those of you who're new to my channel
let me tell you why I hate them: They're story and purpsoe is pretty much done.
Sam, for the most part, has a lot of potential but they just waste it on the usual trope
of him being a slow chubby guy who just can't catch a break.
They missed a huge oppertunity with him by not giving him scenes with Melisandre or even
Stannis for that matter.
As for Gilly?
the actress must be working for free because she had a purpose in the books but they never
really used that material in the show so at this point whenever shes on screen?
it's filler.
For those of you who don't know what filler is?
filler is basically...them trying to fill extra time with stuff that doesn't happen
in the original story.
Like remember when Arya & the Hound have their many adventures in the fourth season?
yeah a majority of that was filler because, not only was it stretched out, but there were
also moments that really served no purpose.
Arya and the Hound should've been cut down to half the season and and should've ended
with her arrival in Bravos and entering the House of Black & White.
Not only that but this season will bring in a new villain, Euron Greyjoy, who should've
been intergrated into the series in season 5.
It almost seems like they're rushing a lot of the show towards the finale when they how
so much more they could've put in there.
To say they're only down to the last 13 episodes is kind of dumb because there's so much more
to do, so much to see and people to run into.
Preston Jacobs has an incredible series called "What You're Missing" which goes through each
episode of every season and tells you the things they left out from the books and it's
an interesting look at what could've been.
I'll leave a link in the description below if you're interested.
So to the point...to say that they're only down to 13 episodes after season 6 is completely
not true, they just didn't want to go the extra mile of re-introducing plotlines and
characters from the books.
I know that seems harsh to say, like I don't appreciate their efforts which is not true.
I do.
I just think more could've been done to stretch out the show while not making it boring.
You cut out the vast mysteries of the books like Coldhands and Quathie for uncecessary
stuff like Sam and Gilly or Missandei and Greyworm.
It's not needed.
What they should've done was introduced Euron last season, given Doran Martell more to do
than just sit there and yell at Ellaria and shown us more of the World and that all can
be done without it feeling too stale.
The show runners want to do what Jerry Seinfeld did with his show, Seinfeld.
Jerry wanted to stop while the show was at its finest and didn't want to continue in
the hopes that they could end it before it got bad and that does happen.
Just look at HBO's True Blood.
For those of you who aren't familiar with it...it's basically if Twilight wasn't written
for a 13 year old girl.
I use to be such a big fan of True Blood until the writing got stale and you could tell the
show runner didn't want to do it anymore but they kept on with it anyways because they
wanted to milk it until it was dead in the ground.
I get that the show runners don't want that to happen to their show which they gave up
almost a decade of their lives to create...I get that.
I respect and understand that but at the same time...there were things they could've done
to not only capture the feel of the original material but to make it just long enough to
still be an enjoyable experience for the viewer without being too stale.
What they'll probably end up doing is making season 7 10 or 12 episodes and then for season
8 they'll just close it up with a 2-3 hour movie / special to end it on a proper note
by making sure they give all the surviving characters a definite closing.
But this is all just my opinion Leave your thoughts below and Thank you guys for watching
& I'll see you next time.
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