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Mandalorian looks great! In other Star Wars related news, D&D pulled out of their trilogy to give more time for their $200M Netflx deal, and thank god for that. They had a behind the scenes panel at the Austin Film Festival talking about their experience of writing GoT, and most of their comments leaked. Here's some gems:

-they didn't know what they were doing in many cases, said GOT was an "expensive film school" for themselves
- didn't know how to work with costume designers, didn't have a writers room
- asked about writing, they said they wanted to keep most of it for themselves despite their inexperience, admitting this was wrong and saying "they didn't know better"
- responded to "you don't have black writers" with "we have a single woman Asian writer we promoted who wrote three eps"
- admitted that the pilot was awful and HBO gave them a pass for it, they didn't understand the characters early on
- asked about if they tried to bring in all the elements of the books they said "No. We didn't. The scope was too big. It was about the scenes we were trying to depict and the show was about power"
- Dan wanted to remove as many fantasy elements as possible because "we didn't just want to appeal to that type of fan." They wanted to expand the fan base to people beyond the fantasy fan base to "mothers, NFL players"
- said they didn't listen to feedback along the way, Dan doesn't see the value of considering other people's reactions.

Great, just great. Can you imagine if experienced TV makers had been chosen to adapt GRRM's material, or if these two hacks had stepped down once they'd got past the books and they were in complete uncharted territory. So sad.
Really shows why it went off the rails when the book material was done.

Dr. Pezus

Anyone subscribing to Disney plus? Seems pretty insane for the price!

Xevross

Anyone subscribing to Disney plus? Seems pretty insane for the price!
*Raises hand*

Dr. Pezus


nnodley

most likely will be subbing too!

Legend


the-pi-guy

Nov 11, 2019, 05:22 AM Last Edit: Nov 11, 2019, 05:24 AM by the-pi-guy
Watched Rick and Morty.

Was great, only complaint:

Spoiler for no story spoilers:
<br>Just didn&#39;t like the pacing.&nbsp; Some parts just happen too fast I feel.<br><br>


Spoiler for explanation w/ spoilers:
<br>For example hologram Rick becomes real and attacks and then gets killed.&nbsp; <br><br>This all happens within like 5 or 10 seconds.&nbsp; It just feels like a bit that got thrown in to me.&nbsp; <br>



Maybe I will feel better about that stuff on later watchings. 

On some level, it's always going to be hard to live up to the first 3 seasons.  They aren't perfect, but they just feel like such a labor of love for the characters.  Every moment feels deliberate. 

Xevross

Watched Rick and Morty.

Was great, only complaint:

Spoiler for no story spoilers:
<br>Just didn&#39;t like the pacing. &nbsp;Some parts just happen too fast I feel.<br><br>


Spoiler for explanation w/ spoilers:
<br>For example hologram Rick becomes real and attacks and then gets killed. &nbsp;<br><br>This all happens within like 5 or 10 seconds. &nbsp;It just feels like a bit that got thrown in to me. &nbsp;<br>



Maybe I will feel better about that stuff on later watchings.  

On some level, it's always going to be hard to live up to the first 3 seasons.  They aren't perfect, but they just feel like such a labor of love for the characters.  Every moment feels deliberate.  
Spoiler for Hidden:
<br>Yeah, Rick and Morty often goes at a very fast pace but this was crazy even by that standard. Was still a good episode though.<br>

the-pi-guy


Xevross


the-pi-guy

Nov 11, 2019, 05:11 PM Last Edit: Nov 11, 2019, 05:15 PM by the-pi-guy
Anyone in the US* :P



(Click the picture)

Xevross




(Click the picture)
:P  

Yeah I know. Its so dumb that we have to do shame like this nowadays, like why does Disney+ go live earlier in the US than elsehwhere, its a bloody online only thing, just release it everywhere! Grr

Dr. Pezus

vpn not working for me btw

Xevross

vpn not working for me btw
I had to find a site to pirate it

the-pi-guy

Watched Rick and Morty.

Was great, only complaint:

Spoiler for no story spoilers:
<br>Just didn&#39;t like the pacing. &nbsp;Some parts just happen too fast I feel.<br><br>


Spoiler for explanation w/ spoilers:
<br>For example hologram Rick becomes real and attacks and then gets killed. &nbsp;<br><br>This all happens within like 5 or 10 seconds. &nbsp;It just feels like a bit that got thrown in to me. &nbsp;<br>



Maybe I will feel better about that stuff on later watchings.  

On some level, it's always going to be hard to live up to the first 3 seasons.  They aren't perfect, but they just feel like such a labor of love for the characters.  Every moment feels deliberate.  
second episode

Spoiler for Hidden:
isn&#39;t as good, but the pacing was definitely better. &nbsp;

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