Game of Thrones

I like watching it because it's like studying really manipulative jerks. I find it so interesting how they operate. Interestingly, I noticed that I paid lots of attention the first four seasons. However, starting on the fifth season, I was more distracted on my phone. Now that I'm on the sixth season, an entire episode and a half will go by while I'm surfing Lemmy on my laptop. It just gets way too corny, predictable, and the plot armor is blaring. I'm still gonna watch it until the end...or at least play it in the background until the end. I guess I need my fill of disappointment and some practice rolling my eyes. It's still crazy to me that a show that became a cultural phenomenon tanked itself so terribly to the point that it lost nearly all respect.

Edit: Give me the mic! I've got something to rant about.

The fact that the armies of Westeros went from warring each other to caring about the Army of the Dead is ridiculous! The only proof anyone had was based on John Snow's and the Wildlings word from their experience at Hardhome. While John Snow had the respect to be able to convince the men of the Night's Watch, he didn't really do it. He didn't go on a persuasive and descriptive campaign to explain the danger they were in. He did such a poor job, that he was assassinated by mutineers. Yet, he is revived by the Red Woman, and all of a sudden, the families of the North are rallying behind him to prepare against the Army of the Dead. He then goes to Daenerys, a girl that has every reason to mistrust him, with this wild claim about walking dead without giving any sort of convincing argument, hoping she will pledge her armies and dragons to this cause.

So then, the plan to convince everyone that this is real is to send a team of some of the most prominent characters and best fighters they have, including the fucking King in the North, beyond the Wall to catch a wight. WTF. Why would you send the leader of the Wildlings on a suicide mission‽ Even more, Why would you send the King on a a suicide mission‽ If they die, the whole thing is done.

Of course, they find themselves surrounded by the Army of the Dead, and their only hope was to send a kid from King's Landing that hasn't ever seen snow until this trip, to run a damn marathon while sleep deprived, malnourished, and dehydrated. By pure luck, those that stayed behind were able to just chill on the island while the ice was forming. The Night King had long range weapons he could have used to kill them, but he just hung out for 4 days instead. Meanwhile, Snow Team 6 is freezing their asses off and likely starving, dehydrated, sleep deprived as hell, yet have the energy to go full on battle with zombies once the ice hardens.

This is just so ridiculous. I can't even watch it without disbelief and frustration. Thank goodness for House of the Dragon. House of the Dragon still has its ridiculous moments/story lines (e.g. an entire battalion sneaking up on a beach in plain sight of the Crab King's archers), but it's nowhere near as bad as the last 4 seasons of Game of Thrones.