whats going on guys, carnival here and a lot of you wanted my opinion on the news that
we may be getting 3 more seasons from HBO's Game of Thrones, perhaps a prequel and the
new cast member who just joined up. First let's start with the 8 seasons thing. Now..
the only television shows I can remember ever doing a prequel season is probably Spartacus
from Starz and I'm sure there are more but I can't think of any right now. Shout out
to Mr.John for bringing it to my attention, thank you sir. Many of you have been asking
for my opinion on this and to that I say: Mmmmmmm. Now the reason I'm sounding nervous
about this is...well...it's the golden rule that we were all taught at a young age. Too
much of something can be a bad thing. Many of you have voiced your opinions on the show
recently with how its been handling some of its material and the reactions vary from mixed
to bad. and I think that we will soon start to see the show decline in terms of quality.
It's hard to explain and I'm currently making my Season 5 review where I discuss it but
basically it comes down to this: The showrunners are getting tired of Thrones and you can kind
of tell. Now they've made enough money with the series to where if they wanted to? they
could retire from television production and play golf all day. They don't NEED to keep
doing it but they do. Imagine if you will: You have enough money to retire and just do
what ever but you are obligated to keep doing something....would you still give it the same
110% you gave when it first began?
The showrunners have stated, multiple times, that they would like to end the show with
7 seasons. They are confident that they can end it the right way with just that but my
concern is that HBO is forcing them to keep going and I honestly don't want the process
to go on that way for it to get stale and bad. That is what happened with True Blood.
I use to love watching that show but it kept getting dumb and dumb, so much so that I stopped
watching and haven't even seen the last season. This is also my problem with AMC's The Walking
Dead. I absolutely loved the first season with its 6 episodes and ever since AMC realized
that people loved zombies? they think filling the screen with even more of it is a good
idea and it's kind of not. While the Walking Dead still makes for good television, at times
it's boring and tiring. I think we're getting to the point where that show is all about
the viewer having to drudge through the boring episodes to get to the few good ones. I would
hate for it to be Game of Thrones like that. A prequel series would be great and we all
know where that can go but I would also like to explore other points in time in the Thrones
universe. That world is so big and has a lot of history. That I Would love to see more
of it on the small screen or even the big one.
As for the new cast member joining in for season 6. Hmmm...I've only seen one of Ian
McShane's movies and that has to be the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean film when he played
BlackBeard. No I've never seen Deadwood nor do I have plans to but I did enjoy his performance
alongside Johnny Depp and he was actually memorable. "You are a fool, you seeking this place where
only faith can provide" and then he goes "Faith? in faith there is light enough to see but darkness
enough to blind". I love that line. One of my subscribers, a Mr.Burns, along with many
of you believe that he will be playing one of the Greyjoy uncles but something tells
me that he will most likely be going in to play Randyl Tarly, who is Sam's father.
It's an easy guess for him to be that "Pirate with a touch of maddness" but I got to say
I think he would probably be Sam's father and I would love to see a confrontation between
the two. And don't get me wrong, why I would love to see him play Euron or Victarion? I'm
still hoping Mads Mikkelsen will play one of them instead. The reason I'm hoping for
this is because, unfortunately, Hannibal, which Mads is currently on, has been canceled
by NBC....which means hes free to do other projects. However...don't get too happy because
knowing the showrunner's history with combining characters? both uncles may be joined into
one person but I don't give a shit as long as they don't fuck it up like they did the
sand snakes.
But what are your thoughts on the matter? do you guys believe 8 season would be enough
to end the show on or are you worried, like me, that it may stale the quality of the show
by stretching it out. Do you guys believe that the showrunners are starting to show
signs that they may be tired of doing this every year? and do who do you think Ian McShane
will be playing? I'm going with Randyl Tarly but I would also love for a Greyjoy role as
well. Leave your thoughts below and as always....a Baba Booey to you all. Have a good one