Bragr
Member
Because I can see the difference between good and bad acting.How can you not like Bjorn?
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We will never see TV as good as Game of Thrones season 1-4 ever again
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
Not if Woke is allowed to continue to strangle the life out of everything, that's for sure.
It's eerie as hell to think the early 2010s were the end of a cultural moment stretching back however far you want to go that we may never see again for the rest of our lives.
It's eerie as hell to think the early 2010s were the end of a cultural moment stretching back however far you want to go that we may never see again for the rest of our lives.
Was the "Hodor" twist then? It was the best moment of the series by far (imo that is).
It's "cool" nowadays to downplay the gigantic impact Lost had on fantasy drama TV.
But yes, Lost was leagues above the rest in the genre. As great as GOT used to be in the early seasons, it didn't reach Lost's levels of brilliance and poignancy.
Again, my opinion.
For me, Lost (up until the fourth season) was a genre definer for me. I’d never seen anything like it at that point, and haven’t seen anything come close to it since. I remember my girlfriend and I would watch it online the morning after it aired in America and join in on discussions about the episode on a Lost forum. Good times.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
I liked the show but I mostly agree. Only good actors were Ragnar, Lagertha, Rollo and King Ecbert (maybe Aslaug too). Most performances were mediocre at best, and then there were the cringe inducing ones like basically all of Ragnar's sons (Ivar at least tried, but he tried too hard at times).
Ammogeddon
Member
From a fantasy perspective, probably not.
The Witcher is alright but I wouldn’t even put it in the same league as GoT.
From a general TV show perspective, hell yes.
Just finished Ozark season 4 pt1, that’s a great show.
The Witcher is alright but I wouldn’t even put it in the same league as GoT.
From a general TV show perspective, hell yes.
Just finished Ozark season 4 pt1, that’s a great show.
Punished Miku
Member
That's the damn truth. One of my favorite shows of the last several years. Easily the best thing Netflix has ever done.
DKehoe
Member
The Lost threads here on GAF were so good. Talking about the episodes week to week made it so much more fun.
AlteredForms
Member
“You served him well. When serving was safe.”
RexAnglo
Banned
I've been watching it on Sky Atlantic (British TV) and it has just got to Season 4.
It's definitely up there as one of the best shows I've seen.
Sky Atlantic has been showing The Wire, The Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire - so I've been able to watch them from start to finish.
I missed bits and pieces when they first aired and never really got round to seeing them all from beginning to end.
It's definitely up there as one of the best shows I've seen.
Sky Atlantic has been showing The Wire, The Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire - so I've been able to watch them from start to finish.
I missed bits and pieces when they first aired and never really got round to seeing them all from beginning to end.
RexAnglo
Banned
Hey, don't forget the upcoming Lord of the Rings show that definitely will not be a pale imitation of GoT and definitely won't take a giant dump all over Tolkien's legacy.The question isn't will there ever be a series as great as GOT but will there ever be a fantasy series as great!! Probably not
BigBeauford
Member
MFers in here better start putting some respect on The Shield.
Elysion
Member
Not only won‘t there be another fantasy show on the same level, but I also doubt we‘re going to see another book series that‘s as good, at least not from the big publishers. The publishing industry nowadays is dominated by the same kinds of people as those that run other media (incl. Hollywood) and tech companies. Can you imagine what ASoIaF would be like if it was written today? Even GRRM himself has remarked that ASoIaF would be different if he was writing it today.
We were extremely lucky that GoT started filming a few years before the current cultural shift had started; if they‘d done it just five years or so later the show would‘ve probably looked like the recent adaptations of the Witcher or Wheel of Time. The same is true for Jackson‘s LotR trilogy.
We were extremely lucky that GoT started filming a few years before the current cultural shift had started; if they‘d done it just five years or so later the show would‘ve probably looked like the recent adaptations of the Witcher or Wheel of Time. The same is true for Jackson‘s LotR trilogy.
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FullMetalx117
Member
I enjoyed it through season 6. You're right the golden age of television filled with Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead (to a lesser extent) all running at the same time will never happen again
WhamBamThankYouMaam
Member
Jesus, watching those clips again. It was just so damn good.
QSD
Member
Certainly GOT S1-4 were something special. Even so, the show gets a lot of mileage out of setting up a mysterious world with a massive but largely oblique backstory and all these different prophecies and rumours that seems to be building up to something that unfortunately never seems to materialize. In that sense, it is just another show like X-files or Lost where the writers started out by writing all these intriguing mysteries, but during the writing they forget that in order to make a meaningful end product, the mysteries have to be resolved in a way that is satisfying and offers some kind of closure. At a certain point the mystery/story has become so layered and so many times expectations have been subverted that there simply is no more way to resolve the story in a way that is satisfying. The end result is an ugly thing, that is best left not engaged with.
I collect VHS tapes
Member
I could never get into the show. Can’t wrap my head around how people could find it better than shows like Twin Peaks or season 1 of True Detective.
casablanca
Member
I’m rewatching GoT right now on S3 It’s soooo good.
Fargo, the shield, BCS and mad men are my favorite tho
Fargo, the shield, BCS and mad men are my favorite tho
RexAnglo
Banned
...with how bad it is - in large part because of it's terrible writing and identity politics obsessed revisionism.
(I finished your sentence for you)
Aegsorciten
Neo Member
Firefly, while it lasted was better then season 1-4 GoT. Infact I'll say it is the best series made, how it didn't make through boggles my mind. Atleast we got a movie, that sorta "ended" it but still, so damn good.
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Prison Mike
Banned
The goat is back