acting as a strong comeback for Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
No thank you.
I’ve heard great things about this story, but I’m not watching something run by these loons.
If it’s a one and done season, I’ll watch it once it’s done. If it’s going to take multiple seasons, I’ll watch it when it’s done. It’s Netflix, so they won’t finish it.
they do perfectly fine when they are adapting existing material. it’s when you ask them to write their own story that they can’t handle it. the first four seasons of Game of Thrones were fucking exceptional. I have no idea how you turn this book into a movie though
I do agree they did a solid job adapting things, and I would hope the collective slap from the failure that was the final seasons of Game of Thrones would humble them.
I’m not writing the series off completely, I’m just not willing to give it a shot until after a thorough review and clear ending.
Well, if they just stick to adapting the books (and to my knowledge the story is finished) I’m OK with it. With GoT the problem was mostly when the source material was over, till then they did a good job adapting the story.
I agree, if they’re good at one thing it’s adaptations of existing stories. They botched the last season of GoT, but at least they wrote something in that time. GRRM still hasn’t gotten that far
GRRM has probably written and rewritten The Winds of Winter a dozen times at this point. I bet the word count is higher than everything he wrote for the rest of the series combined, if you count everything written and deleted.
Honestly, with his process we’re lucky we saw A Dance of Dragons at all.
The problem with GoT is the same as with all productions where they constantly escalate with very little character building. There’s nowhere to go, so inevitably when they do try and tie all things together there’s nothing of substance and it’s just a huge letdown.
lmao is this post advertising something made by Dave and Dave? hard pass… especially if the motherfuckers are getting high praise in the press for an unfinished story. call me when you release the final finale and the general public receives it well
I knew they were involved, but I was surprised to see their name dropped in the article. I assumed they would try to downplay their involvement so I checked the article to be sure.
The main trailer has “from the creators of Game of Thrones” so yeah they’re doubling down on the D&D.
I meannnn. They had to finish an unfinished story, and they def fucked it up. But they also made some of the best television I’ve seen S1-5 based off GRRMs work. I’m not giving them a pass but holy fuck that gamble of him having an ending by S9 wasn’t like out of the realm of possibilities, I kinda also blame GRRM.
That being said I’m definitely waiting for large scale reviews and friend suggestions on this one. The trailer did look promising though.
It’s fair for GRRM to share some of the blame, but any Internet commenter, who can’t write for shit (see me), could have written a better ending.
To me it seemed like they were bored and wanted to move on. They had Star Wars/Disney lined up. They had Netflix (possibly this thing) lined up. Conceptually I get it. They’d worked on Game of Thrones for years, it was time to move on.
But they fucked up bad. Real bad.
Obviously I hope they’ve learned and are better now, but I’m not betting on it.
Eh, even when pirating, you don’t want to get invested into a story for them to completely ruin it in a few seasons. For how good the early seasons of game of thrones are, I can’t rewatch them because of season 8.
It’s about the frequency of Stormlight Archives releases. Last I checked, he stated he had over a dozen Cosmere novels to release before the next one drops. If he gets hit by a truck, that’s the end of it.
I read the trilogy and I’m not really sure that it will translate to the screen very well. The story is absolutely massive and spans from beginning in the Chinese cultural revolution and ends at the literal end of time.
That being said, it is probably my favorite and what I consider the best sci-fi trilogy out there.
Incredibly interesting concepts are explored and it also has a really interesting way of telling the story. It’s not just about one guy saving the whole universe. It catalogs all of civilization’s attempts at coming together and protecting humanity from an alien threat. And it also goes into all of the issues that humanity runs into while trying to work together, while also spanning across thousands of years.
It’s a really fantastic series and I would highly recommend it to just about anyone with an intellectual interest in humanity’s future.
It’s a big statement to say, but this book changed my outlook on humanity and globalism.
I haven’t heard great things about the story, quite the contrary. Combined with these two dumbos behind it I have no hopes for this to be good. I’ll still watch it, because it’s sci-fi, though.
No thank you.
I’ve heard great things about this story, but I’m not watching something run by these loons.
If it’s a one and done season, I’ll watch it once it’s done. If it’s going to take multiple seasons, I’ll watch it when it’s done. It’s Netflix, so they won’t finish it.
they do perfectly fine when they are adapting existing material. it’s when you ask them to write their own story that they can’t handle it. the first four seasons of Game of Thrones were fucking exceptional. I have no idea how you turn this book into a movie though
It’s a series AFAIK.
I do agree they did a solid job adapting things, and I would hope the collective slap from the failure that was the final seasons of Game of Thrones would humble them.
I’m not writing the series off completely, I’m just not willing to give it a shot until after a thorough review and clear ending.
Unlike Game of Thrones, the source material for this is finished. Game of Thrones went to shit once they ran out of source material.
It’s based on book one of a trilogy.
Well, if they just stick to adapting the books (and to my knowledge the story is finished) I’m OK with it. With GoT the problem was mostly when the source material was over, till then they did a good job adapting the story.
I agree, if they’re good at one thing it’s adaptations of existing stories. They botched the last season of GoT, but at least they wrote something in that time. GRRM still hasn’t gotten that far
GRRM has probably written and rewritten The Winds of Winter a dozen times at this point. I bet the word count is higher than everything he wrote for the rest of the series combined, if you count everything written and deleted.
Honestly, with his process we’re lucky we saw A Dance of Dragons at all.
And it’s still unpublished 13 years later. So why does everyone think D&D could have done half as much in a year and a half’s time?
The problem with GoT is the same as with all productions where they constantly escalate with very little character building. There’s nowhere to go, so inevitably when they do try and tie all things together there’s nothing of substance and it’s just a huge letdown.
lmao is this post advertising something made by Dave and Dave? hard pass… especially if the motherfuckers are getting high praise in the press for an unfinished story. call me when you release the final finale and the general public receives it well
I knew they were involved, but I was surprised to see their name dropped in the article. I assumed they would try to downplay their involvement so I checked the article to be sure.
I appreciate the honesty, but no thank you.
The main trailer has “from the creators of Game of Thrones” so yeah they’re doubling down on the D&D.
I meannnn. They had to finish an unfinished story, and they def fucked it up. But they also made some of the best television I’ve seen S1-5 based off GRRMs work. I’m not giving them a pass but holy fuck that gamble of him having an ending by S9 wasn’t like out of the realm of possibilities, I kinda also blame GRRM.
That being said I’m definitely waiting for large scale reviews and friend suggestions on this one. The trailer did look promising though.
It’s fair for GRRM to share some of the blame, but any Internet commenter, who can’t write for shit (see me), could have written a better ending.
To me it seemed like they were bored and wanted to move on. They had Star Wars/Disney lined up. They had Netflix (possibly this thing) lined up. Conceptually I get it. They’d worked on Game of Thrones for years, it was time to move on.
But they fucked up bad. Real bad.
Obviously I hope they’ve learned and are better now, but I’m not betting on it.
Oh those fuck boys are involved? Hard pass
Just pirate it. And if you are paying for Netflix already it doesn’t matter if you watch it or not, you already paid.
Eh, even when pirating, you don’t want to get invested into a story for them to completely ruin it in a few seasons. For how good the early seasons of game of thrones are, I can’t rewatch them because of season 8.
It’s not a matter of pirating or not, it’s a matter of quality.
Still have to invest time and emotion into watching it. Money isn’t the only metric
I had the same reaction. George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, and Brandon Sanderson have me spooked.
Brandon Sanderson is a machine. Nothing like the others
It’s about the frequency of Stormlight Archives releases. Last I checked, he stated he had over a dozen Cosmere novels to release before the next one drops. If he gets hit by a truck, that’s the end of it.
Yeah but that applies to every author
Of all those people, Sanderson shouldn’t have you spooked at all. As long as he doesn’t die, he will finish what he starts, I guarantee it.
Hell, he picked up and finished the massive Wheel of Time series for Robert Jordan.
Yeah where is thorn of emberlain? What’s the story with lynch?
Minor spoilers ahead.
I have no clue what this show will be like.
I read the trilogy and I’m not really sure that it will translate to the screen very well. The story is absolutely massive and spans from beginning in the Chinese cultural revolution and ends at the literal end of time.
That being said, it is probably my favorite and what I consider the best sci-fi trilogy out there.
Incredibly interesting concepts are explored and it also has a really interesting way of telling the story. It’s not just about one guy saving the whole universe. It catalogs all of civilization’s attempts at coming together and protecting humanity from an alien threat. And it also goes into all of the issues that humanity runs into while trying to work together, while also spanning across thousands of years.
It’s a really fantastic series and I would highly recommend it to just about anyone with an intellectual interest in humanity’s future.
It’s a big statement to say, but this book changed my outlook on humanity and globalism.
I haven’t heard great things about the story, quite the contrary. Combined with these two dumbos behind it I have no hopes for this to be good. I’ll still watch it, because it’s sci-fi, though.