[ SECRET POST #5209 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5209 ⌋

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[fscom]

06. https://i.imgur.com/7rqhT1o.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I'm so torn on this... on one hand, I absolutely hated season 8 and want nothing to do with the show (or the books tbh) at this point, but I also crave a new fantasy show. Plus, DRAGONS!
(Maybe I'll wait till it finishes or gets cancelled, whatever happens first and then maybe watch. Also depends on how much fanservice that consists of only boobs will be in there.)

[(Anonymous)]

There's the Tolkien show that's supposed to premiere on Amazon Prime some time this year.
There's Shadow and Bone, based on Leigh Bardugo's worldwide Grishaverse novels, on Netflix.
There's The Watch, based on City Watch books in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, which has something to do with dragons, but maybe not the way you want.

[(Anonymous)]

I AM looking forward to the Tolkien show actually!

I'm not sure about Shadow & Bone yet. I liked the books fine and the trailer looked great, but I might watch once the hype has died down a little bit. I'm one of the few people who doesn't really care about Ben Barnes or his character and fandom is already screaming only about him. (Also side-eye some choices they made)

Heard The Watch had barely anything to do with Pratchett's books or was that another show?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I do think it's only loosely 'inspired by', so maybe better to go into that one not looking for Pratchett and just think of it as fantasy, Monster-of-the-Week type show.

[tree_and_leaf]

The Watch is definitely just "inspired by", in a particularly irritating way - they kept the character names but turned them into largely different people (the most noticeable one being that Lady Sibyl gets turned into a youthful vigilante). If it was just sort of vaguely set in the same universe, I might have given it a try, but as it is, I didn't feel at all inclined to.... No idea if there are dragons or not.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not going to watch it because I'm certain that it's going to be just as awful as GoT. If something miraculous happens and it turns out that I'm wrong, I can always watch it after it has finished.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a little late to the GOT in general... which actors/actresses did people consider poorly suited for their roles?

[(Anonymous)]

Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow, and Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys, were often criticized for wooden performances.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, okay, thanks! I think I thought everyone loved them both, but in hindsight, I could see it.

[(Anonymous)]

In addition to what the other person mentioned, Aiden Gillan's Littlefinger was so incredibly bad at points. Plus, by the last two seasons, even the more accomplished actors were starting to phone in their performances. Peter Dinklage was very up and down with his character, but his acting in season 8 was god awful. They basically turned Lena Headey's Cersei into Generic Female Villain so her acting adjusted accordingly. Probably the only person who consistently gave 110% on the show was Liam Cunningham.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like Gillan, Dinklage, and Headey's performances are directly related to the shitty, shitty writing and directing. By the end of their character arcs, the writing was so utterly stupid that there was no way anyone could polish that turd.

[meadowphoenix]

I really want it, and better showrunners would fix 100% of the issues I had, but I think we're both out of luck on the wigs, OP. I was once told that certain skilled wigs are union, and productions only want to pay so many manhours at union rates so....party city it is. I also think the casting problems in GOT were about growth, in that the cast for the characters at season 1 and not the characters in season 8. This show should know where its characters are going and should be able to cast appropriately *crosses fingers*


but people are already being weird about Corlys Velaryon, so I'm probably going to stay away from fandom regardless.