This didn't felt like an AHS season at all if this was any other original Ryan Murphy production it would've landed well but this aint it, felt like a gay pespective Pose with an artistic vision on what AIDS epidemic was like . AHS kinda lost its shine with the original cast leaving
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@ponderism I agree this season has been disappointing in the end but I don't think it's the cast that's the problem; there are still some very talented people involved - much as I adore Jessica, Sarah, and Evan. I think AHS was just the wrong vehicle to do a story about the AIDS epidemic.
The mystery... 8ft(!!) below the surface...
Terrible acting, unnatural dialogue and a stupid story to boot. "100s" died in the lake and somehow it takes the ghost of their dead teenage son to get the father back to the lake when they had a vacation home there all along?:rolling_eyes:loading replies
Yeah. I get the difficulty of underwater photography but that was just sad. And that’s before we can talk about the story.
This would have been better if they just would have shown 40 minutes of the script burning in a fire pit.
Skipping most of the boring Russia subplot scenes made this season much more focused and bearable for me. I hope they don’t make this mistake in season 5, it felt utterly useless to the otherwise great story.
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@magenof yeah, it felt like they had no real idea of what to do with those characters this season, so they just threw them some dull generic Russia side-plot to give them screen time. This season honestly could have just been 8 episodes that were 1 hour each. There was no need for the super long episodes, especially that last one.
Entertaining series but the ending was rather ridiculous. 50+ infected people and not a single one of them with the self preservation instinct to find some shade? I know these are Christcucks so they’re not the sharpest knives in the drawer but still, even with the buildings and the boats burned there’s still tons of ways to avoid sunlight, from hiding under rubble, bridges, stairs, trees, a tarp, digging a hole, putting clothing over any exposed part of your body, etc. Instead they all just stand there and die.
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They just realised what happened and what they've done and decided to end it. It's not that all of them are stupid gosh
This one doesn’t sit well with me.
So we should blame big tech companies for making us addicted to their products, and the nasty consequences that come of it?
I very much question that morality.
Addiction is a problem of the individual, something you have to fix by yourself (with the help of others).
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@fly_ I absolutely think addiction in any sense is a problem, whether that’s technology or cigarettes, gambling etc. But I don’t think it’s the problem of engineers and producers, they’re just responding to supply and demand. Like I said, it’s a problem of the individual, not the company who just supplies. And if a lot of people are addicted, it’s a societal issue, which is when a government (again, that’s us, not the market) taxes or limits the production of addictive stuff in order to discourage you from using it. When it comes to using your phone while driving, I think pretty much every country at this point has a law that says you can’t use your phone while driving. If you still do that, and something goes horribly wrong, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Review by Yasmine
"iF yOu ThInK tHiS hAs A hApPy eNDinG, yOu hAvEn'T beEN pAyInG aTteNtIOn"
Literally everyone except Daenerys got a happy clean ending.This episode and this season as a whole have been a complete and utter disaster. the decline of storytelling quality from the last seasons is shocking. The show is barely recognizable at this point.
A character who wasn't a contender for the throne ended up on it even though they have done absolutely nothing this whole season, had lots of potential to make for a very interesting role but was ignored and swept aside then suddenly elected king.
Daenerys's character being completely butchered as she was turned from someone who never showed the slightest disregard to innocents' safety to someone who commits mass genocide and shows no remorse afterwards, all in the span of 2 episodes.
So many character arcs were neglected or wrapped up poorly. Jon being reduced to a secondary character with a combination of three sentences of dialogue, Jaime's development being thrown out the window, Cersei barely doing anything and then getting killed by bricks, Tyrion, the master tactician, turning to a gossiping idiot then getting promoted after he quits his job (seriously?)
So many plot points were discarded or turned out insignificant. Azor Ahai, Jon's lineage, The Lord of Light, Cersei's prophecy...etc
The whole White Walkers storyline being eliminated in one episode, then the whole Iron Throne storyline being eliminated as well in the end (FFS)
So much shit not making the slightest bit of sense. Dany's army multiplying, Arya's impenetrable plot armor, The North getting the independence while the Iron Islands didn't when they were the first ones to demand it, Drogon not killing Jon after he killed Daenerys, hell, the Dothraki and the Unsullied not killing Jon after he killed Daenerys, The point of the Night's Watch now that the WW are gone. Tyrion being in chains and holding up a presidential vote over who would run the 6 republics. HBO c'mon man.
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@jasminees18 Bronn as member of the council! WTF How? With What merits? and his first proposal: rebuild the brothels! The bad writing was at the level of Dexter.
Star Wars is next :(
I am incredibly grateful to Game of Thrones for this adventure I have found myself sucked into for some years now. I am grateful for all the emotions it brought me since day one, bitter and sweet alike. I am grateful for all the laughs, all the tears, all the jokes and gags, every single bit of it, I really am grateful and appreciative of it all. It's been just... wonderful.
That said, I am feeling robbed and betrayed right about now. This ending is arguably one of the worst series finales in the history of television and trust me I realize how bold of a statement that is. The terrible violations the characters have suffered this season, the lack of proper resolution to many of the plots and narratives developed over seasons worth of buildup, the seeking of shock value at the expense of quality writing... that and much much more solidified this as an absolute disappointment of a finale, as opposed to the marvel wrap it could've given this cultural phenomenon.
This episode does have its positives, as always the score, acting and cinematography are perfectly performed but I just do not think it's nearly enough to compensate for how lackluster the writing has been, as much as I wish they did. Oh well, sad as it may be, I'll just hold on to the good stuff and hope that GRRM's book, once finished, will tackle the ending in a more coherent, more respectful and more meaningful way. It's been real y'all...
P.S: I'll leave this here lest some people jump me again. This comment is a representation of my own personal opinion, I am entitled to one just as all of you are. If you enjoyed this season and felt this finale delivered what you were looking for then more power to you mate, but that doesn't nullify my opinion nor does it make yours any valid. If you want to discuss or challenge my views, I'd be more than happy to engage you on that basis but if all you have to offer are petty remarks then please keep them to yourself.
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@seanmsu Ah yes, going for the old "I'm smarter than you" high horse bullshit in argumentative discussion. Gets em' every time.
I am incredibly grateful to Game of Thrones for this adventure I have found myself sucked into for some years now. I am grateful for all the emotions it brought me since day one, bitter and sweet alike. I am grateful for all the laughs, all the tears, all the jokes and gags, every single bit of it, I really am grateful and appreciative of it all. It's been just... wonderful.
That said, I am feeling robbed and betrayed right about now. This ending is arguably one of the worst series finales in the history of television and trust me I realize how bold of a statement that is. The terrible violations the characters have suffered this season, the lack of proper resolution to many of the plots and narratives developed over seasons worth of buildup, the seeking of shock value at the expense of quality writing... that and much much more solidified this as an absolute disappointment of a finale, as opposed to the marvel wrap it could've given this cultural phenomenon.
This episode does have its positives, as always the score, acting and cinematography are perfectly performed but I just do not think it's nearly enough to compensate for how lackluster the writing has been, as much as I wish they did. Oh well, sad as it may be, I'll just hold on to the good stuff and hope that GRRM's book, once finished, will tackle the ending in a more coherent, more respectful and more meaningful way. It's been real y'all...
P.S: I'll leave this here lest some people jump me again. This comment is a representation of my own personal opinion, I am entitled to one just as all of you are. If you enjoyed this season and felt this finale delivered what you were looking for then more power to you mate, but that doesn't nullify my opinion nor does it make yours any valid. If you want to discuss or challenge my views, I'd be more than happy to engage you on that basis but if all you have to offer are petty remarks then please keep them to yourself.
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@seanmsu "No, you are fundamentally wrong."
You're entitled to believe that but considering a room full of writers who do this sort of thing for a living and D&D themselves seem to agree with me on this, I'm inclined to believe otherwise.
"It is not the writer's job to ensure everyone pays attention to every detail in the story"
Eh? It kind of is their job to ensure that said details are clearly presented to the audience, at least the consequential ones. Failing to do so and instead treating them like easter-eggs that you must secretly inject into the work and have fans hunt for doesn't make you a contemporary genius, it just means you've failed at properly doing your job.
"If you don't want to spend the effort it takes to pay attention, then you don't deserve to understand the story to the same extent as someone who does"
So let me get this straight, anyone who doesn't interpret a work of art the same way that you do is therefore someone who isn't paying attention and thus doesn't deserve to understand and appreciate the story? Narcissist much? Get over yourself, mate.
Interpretations vary greatly from one person to another, each person presents their own perspective on how they viewed said work of art, that's the beauty of it, it means something different depending on who's engaging it.
"Those who do delve deep are rewarded"
Yes, usually by mundane trivia but what do I know, I'm just a peasant who can not observe the layers of complexity that your highness is able to grasp.
"People like you who ask for explicit explanation for everything are actively ruining the art that makes television, and storytelling in general, so fantastic."
Please, spare me the sanctimonious attitude and refer yourself to my comment on interpretations.
Man, every time you respond to one of my comments it's always the same faint sense of anger and narcissism that I (and by extension of the likes, others as well) didn't share your feelings for a particular episode, it's always this high-horse bullshit that you just spewed into that last comment of yours: "I liked it and if you didn't, you clearly don't understand it".
In this reality - shocking as it may come to you - people possess differing opinions and takes on things, you don't have to accept those opinions but you've no right to belittle someone in some attempt to sell yourself as intellectually superior for seeing things only your excellency can apparently perceive.
I am incredibly grateful to Game of Thrones for this adventure I have found myself sucked into for some years now. I am grateful for all the emotions it brought me since day one, bitter and sweet alike. I am grateful for all the laughs, all the tears, all the jokes and gags, every single bit of it, I really am grateful and appreciative of it all. It's been just... wonderful.
That said, I am feeling robbed and betrayed right about now. This ending is arguably one of the worst series finales in the history of television and trust me I realize how bold of a statement that is. The terrible violations the characters have suffered this season, the lack of proper resolution to many of the plots and narratives developed over seasons worth of buildup, the seeking of shock value at the expense of quality writing... that and much much more solidified this as an absolute disappointment of a finale, as opposed to the marvel wrap it could've given this cultural phenomenon.
This episode does have its positives, as always the score, acting and cinematography are perfectly performed but I just do not think it's nearly enough to compensate for how lackluster the writing has been, as much as I wish they did. Oh well, sad as it may be, I'll just hold on to the good stuff and hope that GRRM's book, once finished, will tackle the ending in a more coherent, more respectful and more meaningful way. It's been real y'all...
P.S: I'll leave this here lest some people jump me again. This comment is a representation of my own personal opinion, I am entitled to one just as all of you are. If you enjoyed this season and felt this finale delivered what you were looking for then more power to you mate, but that doesn't nullify my opinion nor does it make yours any valid. If you want to discuss or challenge my views, I'd be more than happy to engage you on that basis but if all you have to offer are petty remarks then please keep them to yourself.
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@seanmsu It's funny how everyone who recycles this comment about the ending of Lost seems to fail to understand a very simple premise of writing. The same premise that had D&D re-do the pilot for Game of Thrones after initially sharing it with a room full of HBO writers and it's that if your audience fails to understand what it is that you're trying to relay, you've simply done a bad job, especially if it's as clear as you imply it to be.
Many audience members don't want to sit down and go full nerd trying to analyze the writers' creative decisions, which is why it falls on the latter to simplify the content for the former, you can of course call anyone who doesn't share your views a mindless twit who couldn't understand what the show was trying to do but the matter of fact is that it's the show's responsibility to make the audience understand and if it fails to do that then it's no fault of the audience, it's that simple.
fucked up ending. Fr they killed knight king so easily .
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@seanmsu Yeah, so effing easily. Arya materializes in mid air and stabs him, while literally thousands of wights and all generals made circle around Bran. Wights can hear Aryas blood drops in library, but can't notice her running and jumping. This was hilarious, eight years of build up, promised prince, Azor Ahai, children of the forest, and what happens? Deus ex machina. GTFO series writers.
What was this, Disney’s Game of Thrones? All these seasons of build-up... and we get this? How many characters of importance died?
I’m disappointed.
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@blue-lena Who cares. The big bad who has been the looming threat, the REAL BIG ENEMY, got killed in 2 seconds by a teenager.
Having Cersei as the "big bad" in the end is just completely and utterly stupid.
Shout by Marcelo André Bulgueroni
"Send the dothraki first since they are barbarians"
"Dragons are our heavy artillery let's keep them flying in circles without doing NOTHING for say 2/3 of the battle. Even if they all stop before a flaming trench and sit there nearly aligned for tenths of minutes. We can not win the easy way this must be EPIC"
"It's a massive invasion of Savage, quick and merciless undead but we like to walk orderly and calmly in libraries"
"By the way, libraries are still dead silent while people are being ripped to shreds outside"
"Hey, look, Arya slipped past 4.000 undead and learned Rey's air saber trick"
"Every major character gets to live even after being surrounded by dead. (jorah and theon were already half dead - oh yeah, theon, seems Arya waited in the shadows while you were impalled too. Go team.".
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@rexton
Thanks for being constructive in your new comment.
1. They knew all along they were going to be inevitably surrounded (just take a look at the war table on previous episode). You NEVER send cavalry charging when it can be easily surrounded, cavalry is strong at the front and very weak at the sides and back. So a better use for the dothraki would be keeping them on the sides for quick flanking maneuvers, attack and retreat, while the infantry in the middle takes the initial impact (BTW, braveheart does a better job in showing how to stop the first quick attack waves).
1.b. Charging in THE DARK not knowing when impact may occur. Set fire on the dothraki themselves not only their swords because you are killing them anyway.
2. When you have poor visibility you should refrain from friendly fire. EXCEPT if all undead are neatly aligned before a FLAMING DIVIDER between "them" and "us" and you could just dracarys them all to hell in some swift descents. Bot no. Let's not seize this opportunity and wait for them to do something.
3.4. The producers seemed to want so badly an Arya moment that they created a a videogame for her during the episode, because that is what it seems. Sneaking past an horde which was completely crazed in the beginning and much tamer and quiet while inside just does not compute.
5. We know Arya is the stealth master of the show, and she earned it. But unless she has an invisibility cloak this has gone too far, specially how she is able to descend from the sky (??) upon the Night King, past lots of undead people. I liked having her killing him, but I would thank them a lot if it was less flashy and a little more possible. Have her disguised as one of his undead bodyguards and I would be mostly ok with that.
6. All main characters were ridiculously trapped in impossible situations - trapped by hundreds of undead most of the time. Tired. Crying in despair, all flanks open in battle without backup. It's ok not wanting to kill them for the "great ending" but putting them in such heroic positions without any real loss shows a (plot) cowardice incompatible with what Game of Thrones was in the beginning and still is on the books (unless George decides to ruin it as well).
What attracted people to this show was that it was much more closer to reality than a Lord of the Rings fantasy in which all great battles end well. But now that such a huge public is captivated, it seems to me that producers took over writing and everything is acceptable in the name of better audience metrics. And what better way than fan service? As someone who greatly enjoyed this series, I am strongly disappointed by this season (7th was already rushed to some results), and I hope you can understand why I felt so let down while trying to see anything I could salvage in this episode.
What was this, Disney’s Game of Thrones? All these seasons of build-up... and we get this? How many characters of importance died?
I’m disappointed.
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@blue-lena Sure, but... this war has been looming since the very first episode of the show. The Night King, a 10 000 year old mythical being, who has always been the greatest threat, only manages to kill two characters of significance and is killed in a Deus Ex Machina fashion by an 18 year old with a few years of training.
Furthermore, how could Jaime possibly have survived? Brienne? Sam? Jon?
I liked about 85% of the episode, but the rest was extremely disappointing.
ok ok i thought that we were going to have more before that ending that scene with her beating her mom up was pretty brutal, the episode takes a bit to get going but it pays off, not a perfect one, but a relevant one perharps.i just wish there was a bit more before it ended or made things slightly more interesting by putting Sara as a LGBT character for example
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Totally agree with @sp1ti. Why would making Sara LGBT make things more interesting?
Or to you, LGBT is just an entertaining thing? Trakt should have a report function for comments.
As if I needed more reasons to drop this boring show.
Consider this:
You wake up in a room. You are bound together with a guy on a chair, back to back. There is a door and a control panel located at one end of the room, a corrugated plastic sheet on the other. What would you do to escape?
A) Try to shift over to the door, headbutt the console and yell for help in the corridor.
Or
B) Anything else.Yes, you can't make this shit up.
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@sp1ti Or how about the fact that the station goes on lockdown but anyone is free to come and go as they like? I thought that was pretty amusing.
The Tokyo MX station, Yahoo! TV Japan, and other Japanese television schedules are listing episode 9 of the God Eater anime on September 27 as the final television episode. The end of the television run does not preclude plans for the anime in another format or medium. The new anime Comet Lucifer will take over God Eater's 10:30 p.m. timeslot on October 4.
The God Eater anime premiered in August, and four "Extra" episode have so far pre-empted regular episodes that were previously scheduled.
As if being a mediocre show wasn't enough. I'm certain that unlike Blood Brigade they won't even bother to find a slot to air the remaining episodes.
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Seems like ufotable really dropped the ball. They should have taken a break after UBW.
Not that I exected much of this (just checked it out because it's short) but the quality has already worsen and it isn't remotly funny. Showing nipples is likely all they set out to do.
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Didn't make it past the first episode.
