game of thrones was a great, grand, expensive undertaking and had so many truly great moments but i never felt them cohere into anything at all. towards the end it seemed to me like the showrunners were kind of audibly struggling.

maybe different, more experienced pilots could have managed it, maybe not. the story is huge and ungovernable with a weird tone, a big ol ratking of trauma and violence with romanticism deep at the heart.

but an expensive, unfilmable fantasy epic taking over HBO & the whole world for a couple years? you truly love to see it

to some showrunners are artists, to some they are employees of the viewers and fans, to me they are always gonna be the boss!!! anyway i& #39;ll be deleting this thread soon