D&D briefly discuss the controversial Game of Thrones ending

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David Benioff & D.B Weiss knew the ‘GAME OF THRONES’ ending would be controversial but “hoped that it would be a little more 50/50”

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- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 30, 2024
-D&D discussed the ending of Game Of Thrones ever so briefly on a podcast

Comments

[qween_tartii]

oh shut the fuck up. you lost interest and rushed through it because you were over it and ready to move on to something else. nothing about the ending made any sense, it was just nonsense for stock value. "hey we're gonna make Dany go mad!" nice, way to make everything else that happened to her over the last eight seasons pointless. not that it COULDN'T have worked if it was handled better, but they were clearly pulling plotlines out of a goddamn hat or something because idk

[euraylie]

Exactly! HBO told them to take as many episodes as they needed, but they had already moved on to their non-existent Star Wars project. I didn’t even mind the Dany plot if they had taken their time to build it up. The Cersei/Jaime stuff was also BS.
It really fucked over the whole show and ensured it won’t be as fondly remembered as it could’ve been.

[qween_tartii]

was it Star Wars? i thought it was some alternate history show where the south didn't lose the Civil War and it got dropped because, crazily enough, viewing audiences turned out to be not keen on the idea of slavery fan fiction by the two dudes who are the reason why the term "rape-ertainment" exists?

[euraylie]

That came after. Initially they were supposed to do a First Jedi film trilogy, but they basically got fired from that very early on. Then came the Civil War project

[recognitions]

They're still really pissed about that too and it shows

A lot of sadness and a little awkwardness when I brought up the GAME OF THRONES guys’ abandoned STAR WARS trilogy with them…

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- Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) March 28, 2024

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The irony is that their SW project got cancelled because of the GOT ending (or its reception -same difference, really.) If they've done it better they would have gotten that trilogy.

[archersangel]

The crappy ending/last season is the reason they lost the SW project. Disney/Lucasfilm looked at the mess they made & said; "We changed our minds. We're not letting you anywhere near this IP."
So, it was their rush to get the SW project that ended up dooming them in that regard.