TheyCallMe_Kevin

I remember enjoying this but being frustrated over what felt like not much happening ultimately... I recall feeling like there were several scattered really good ideas, but a lot of time just felt wasted on peripheral stuff like watching each character coming to terms with the main Big Reveal.

Which like, I get it, it's a big deal for them, but it just felt like wasted opportunity after what seemed like repeatedly seeing every character go "no it can't be, that's impossible!" etc.

Corey hey I think you replied to the wrong comment, you seem to be disagreeing with somebody who said that "Star Wars has never been associated with toys and its IP holders should never think about making money from toys in any way" -- hope this helps

It's nice to know the higher-ups have always been focused on the important things like (checks notes) making sure character designs are flashy enough to sell toys to inattentive children... I bet Tony Gilroy didn't have toy sales on the top of his mind when he was writing by far the best Star Wars content Disney has produced, why couldn't he think of the poor shareholders instead?

HotD season 2 was weird. Besides just the clipped 8 episodes with no conclusion, the changes to the story became hard to ignore, and maybe that's what GRRM was pushing back against. For one, it's become undeniable that the show is framing one side as the clear protagonist and the other side as the clear antagonist, which goes completely against many of GRRM's themes by simplifying a complex history. And the other thing is, I know reactionaries have glommed onto this in their own way, but there is a point to be made about the weird performative feminism of making the two lead female characters into these can-do-no-wrong saints while it's just the stupid brutish men around them making society bad... like does this not take away their agency as believable, morally gray characters? The show does seem to be more interested in doing its own thing than respecting the *spirit* of the source material, and that's troubling. (Also even back in S1 as perfect as I thought it was overall, before knowing it was different in the book I was super annoyed by the fact that Alicent is depicted as conveniently mishearing/misunderstanding something just to avoid making her actively choose betrayal, which completely changes her characterization -- fast forward to season two they're doing secret meetings despite being at war, and Alicent just offers her son's life for the good of the realm since he's a little shit anyway? I can totally see GRRM throwing up his hands at any of these story beats lol)