Same here. Great show and love how they weaved it together.
Just watched Ozark S4 and liked it but Netflix just released have of it so no resolution yet.
That is a actually great news! Me and the spouse are watching it and we are on ep 6 and we were wondering how in the hell they are going to wrap this up in two hours (since this is supposed to be the last season).
The problem is so many of the writers try to āfixā things that donāt need fixing. The WoT universe is ruled by and full of strong women, it would be so easy to seamlessly diversify the cast but they canāt put ideology aside.
I subscribe to several, well I guess youād call them geek channels on YouTube and at first I was taken aback by the hostility between show runners and that community. I mean I always assumed that group was apolitical or left leaning but the vitriol between Hollywood and a group that should be their base audience was mystifying. However as so many of these projects unfolded I started to get it, people who love the source material hate to see it made into something so much less than it should be. I mean Lan, didnāt he suffer enough in the books? Everything experienced forced him into what he was, not just a bad-ass but someone with intense sadness for all that was lost but always below the surface.
Itās like Spider-Man , what makes him awesome isnāt that he can climb buildings, itās the deep sorrow that he didnāt act when he should have and lost someone he loved. Itās that heās awkward with women despite being a superhero, that heās kind of a dork. Comic book readers could relate, or at least I could. These new writers if they change the race/gender uberify these characters making them lose their humanity and the story to lose its soul (like happened with Foundation)
Iāve gotten to the point where I just tune out (have started all but not finished a Marvel series since Wandavision). As project after project fails after big money is spent on it (Cowboy Bebop) and Spider-Man, Cobra Kai, and Dune are successful eventually the pendulum will swing back to providing good stories. I hope anyway.
i raged a little but yea no way they could wrap everything up in 7 episodes haha.
I hope youāre right, because there is a definite recent trend in movies / tv / etc to push agenda over just telling a compelling story. You should not be writing according to any type of checklist as your top priority. There are ways to incorporate things like strong female, LGBTQ+, etc characters without abandoning good storytelling and while maintaining their humanity (aka their relatability). Instead of making them paper thin Mary Sues, and making all the men stupid aholes as a middle finger to the establishment. Thatās just a really stupid approach when you step back and think about it. You arenāt going to win over the general public with it. Youāll piss off 49% of the population with the anti male stuff, and then you run the risk of alienating a good portion of your intended base, who may dismiss it as over the top pandering which insults their intelligence (Iāve seen this happen too).
It really comes back to the same problem Hollywood keeps havingā¦ Good stories matter more than almost anything else. Not CGI, spectacle, social agendas, etc. People just want a good story. Theyāll forgive most everything else if you just do that. But no, hereās another unoriginal soulless cash grab sequel with almost zero plotā¦ Ugh
Financial considerations definitely played a role. Itās also why the last season was only 6 episodes. I guess it was an expensive show to produce Anyway, the ending left the door open for more to come at some later date in who knows what form, maybe a TV movie? At the end credits, the ring turns red. Hopefully theyāll be more in the future. We only got to book 6 and there are 9 books so there is definitely more material to eventually carry on.
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I blame it on GOT, when it started with Ned Stark being decapatated early on, continued with Drogo dying, then Daenerys vs her brother, then Brienne of Tarth defeating the Hound, Tywin being killed on the shitter, Cersei having more control than Jamie and ended with Arya Stark killing the Night King.
With GoT I thought all of those made sense and were consistent with character development with the possible exception of Arya, and thatās more of a case of them making the Night King a little too vulnerable.
Yeah I didnāt mind them killing off those people. And for the most part everyone on GoT was a self serving douchebag, with just a few exceptions.
I wanna be clear that I donāt have any issue with strong female characters (especially when they make sense and are well written and acted). I just disapprove of the knee jerk to the other extreme of all the crap that has been done to women over the years in media. Itās probably deserved, but itās not gonna fix anything. And when itās at the expense of good writing, itās doubly bad.
I donāt have a huge problem with all of the different scenarios. Just pointing out it was a common occurrence. Mostly bothered with Arya and Brienne. Daenerys and Cerseiās pulled of the strong roles and their stories. All the rest of them seemed forced to me.
I forgot about Theon and his sisterās story. Or the young king that was still breast feeding.
Kathleen Kennedyās meddling with SW has just about destroyed that IP.
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Episode 5 of Boba the best so far.
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For any of you that do Hulu, watch Dopesick. Absolutely one of the best Iāve seen. 8 part series about an hour or so a show
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Totally agree Hootie
Yea didnāt want to say too much but if anyone was thinking of tapping out on the series at least watch this episode first.
Just finished episode 2 of Station 11 with my wife and son.
So far 
Explain to me why this is good?
The initial outbreak and survival bits are mildly interesting. The future stuff with the traveling symphony is Zzz zzzā¦ We hate it.
Does it get any better?
Donāt blame Gassman or myself 
If you google around, youāll see itās getting good reviews. 98% on rotten tomatoes with a 73% audience score.
The book was good, but I thought the series may even be better.
The story is told like a puzzle and every episode is different and fills in some more pieces.
Will watch after ODU game.