...or is this truncated season of GOT full of everything that is worst about the series?
Long, meandering conversations and other set-ups, punctuated by acts of sadistic violence—usually against innocent women—and the most idiotic military strategies since George Armstrong Custer decided to divide his forces and attack all the Sioux and Cheyenne in the world?
The only thing that keeps it even slightly entertaining are the players, and the budget. In which sense it's much like the Yankees...
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Is It Just Me...
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I was watching a Padres game that happened to be on the tv at the bar this week and saw this commercial for Barnes. No Celino. https://youtu.be/hPuFfv-gqTo
There are rumors that they are splitting up.
Didn't they have a public falling out a couple of years ago? I feel like we had a thread on this once upon a time. Specifically how it would affect John and Suzyn as they were sponsors at the time of their break up.
GOT has been godawful since season 5. I quit when I realized they were having Sansa marry Ramsey not because it made sense, but because it was obvious that they wanted to be shocking for the sake of being shocking. This jonesing to surprise people good and bad is the root cause of their dogshit writing. Well that and the fact George stopped working on the show...due in part to his realization the show-runners were TV hacks.
I agree, Leinstery.
Plot is supposed to come from character. Their big innovation was that they started killing off characters unexpectedly. This did have shock value and built a certain, unearned suspense.
But it's like building a house and then knocking out the main beams. How do you expect anything to stand?
The characters now act as they do...because the show says they should. The Dragon Queen is now mad with vengeance and power because...the show says so. Other people similarly develop characteristics and dispose of them mostly because...well, because.
You could give the show credit, I suppose, for making a statement about the arbitrary and changeable nature of life. But that boat sailed once you started filling it up with dragons, magic, prophecies, etc. It's not a world that is anything like the real world, so what IS it saying?
At the end it's not that you are surprised by who's left standing. It's that you don't care.
So does that mean the first line in the jingo is now "No Celino Just Barnes..."
Well done Ranger, well done.
Mmm, that has a certain ring to it! Maybe, as well, "Fuck Celino, I'm Barnes...and I did all the work!"
Too bad the Man From Uncle is dead. He could have done a commercial for either Celino or Barnes as he has for numerous attorneys across America. Here in Connecticut, for years, he did several for Mark E Salamone which was so over-the-top that people constantly made fun of them.
"Been injured through no fault of your own? Call Mark E. Salamone and let their insurance company know you mean business....right now"!
As far as GOT, thankfully I never could get into it. Seemed like The Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire kind of show (I loved both) only set in the Middle Ages. Complete with gratuitous violence.
But True Detective or Curb Your Enthusiasm.....now you're talking!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jK9FxEcAp8
Man From Uncle doing attorney commercials.
True Detective has reached some great heights. But the one in LA was a little botched, and despite some amazing performances, I thought this year's had a very disappointing denouement.
Which Man from Uncle? Napoleon Solo? Or the other guy?
Robert Vaughn/Napoleon Solo....watch the 1:30 clip, it's funny.
By the way, Vaughn achieved his PhD in philosophy.
Yup, I totally agree with your assessment on the second and third seasons of TD.
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