Disappointed Game Of Thrones Season 8/American Gods

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Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And so I just wanted to talk about in this video, um, you know, what I feel to be some disappointments, uh, about Game of Thrones in season 8 so far. And, uh, also we're going to talk about as well some disappointments, uh, in my other favorite show, American Gods Season 2. So, uh, for those of you who watch the channel, uh, you know that, uh, um, most of the channel is about passive income, cryptocurrency, uh, things like that. Um, we did start off, um, a great degree with, uh, doing a lot of, uh, some of my hobbies, which is reviewing, um, uh, cinema, television shows, And it just happens to be two of my favorites, um, Game of Thrones and American Gods, which are two, as well as being great television shows, uh, great literary pieces of work. Um, and, uh, so these books, I mean, they're just so well written that, um, making these things into movie, um, adaptations or television shows, it just creates a gold mine in that area. So let's talk about some of my disappointments, what's happened, you know, with Game of Thrones so far with episode 1. And I just want to say first too that You know, I— when I started reviewing television shows and movies, I tried to only do the ones I liked because I don't want to waste you guys' time. And, uh, I know some reviewers, they can, they can do like movies they don't like and they could do, uh— I like to— I just feel like I can give you guys so much more if I like the, the source material. So, um, So Game of Thrones, we're gonna start with that. You know, some of them, again, favorite books, favorite television show, all of that. But a lot of us were a bit concerned, disappointed, didn't really like a lot of things that happened in the first episode of Game of Thrones season 8. And I know a lot of people might say, well, it's just the first episode, but you know, that worked well the other seasons. You know, but, you know, we're at the Super Bowl here now with Game of Thrones, and, you know, a lot of the, you know, a lot of things have to get done this season. And the episode was only 54 minutes long. I could be wrong, but I thought they were gonna all be like an hour and a half long. These are just regular episodes, it looks like, and linked. So that's not good. For so much of a story to be told. Am I correct that there's only 6 episodes, or is it 8 episodes? I'm not sure about that. I heard it was like 6 episodes. Maybe it's 8. I hope it's at least 8. Um, but a lot has to get done. Now, one good thing that's been working well with Game of Thrones has been, uh, throughout the episode— I guess this is one of the good things I could mention— was that in the episode, um, It moved really fast. Like, everybody got their information and news, you know. Like, Jon Snow finds out he's, uh, he's Aegon VI, you know, in this episode. He learns to ride a dragon in this episode. And, and I think the— my problem already with all of this is that I think it would have been better had this season been longer episodes, right? Or at least regular-length episodes. And basically, you know, if you got to cut down some of that budget, you know, a lot of what drove Game of Thrones from the beginning was the dialogue, right? And the drama. And, you know, I always kind of looked at the White Walkers and all the wars and battles kind of backdrop. Right, and we were, you know, we were all along all these seasons with Game of Thrones with the intense drama that it had to offer, right, and the great acting. Now, I don't understand how the salaries are negotiated with Game of Thrones yet, so I don't know if maybe, um, now these actors that they become so popular now that, you know, their contracts were going to demand more money or something like that. I'm not sure about all those details. I You know, I didn't hear a big, you know, problem with people complaining about their pay, but I would have much rather have, um, us be able to get the full impact of these, uh, these, uh, uh, of, of all of these things now, uh, coming into development and us under, you know, these characters learning, uh, more about, uh, what's going on with the Game of Thrones, uh, in longer episodes. I think I would have liked to see that better, and if that meant cutting out a lot of CGI and dragon riding, I would say go for that because I think that's what's been the driving factor with Game of Thrones. I remember trying to get, especially the first 2 seasons, I remember telling people to get into Game of Thrones, check it out, watch it out. And I remember people coming back to me with like, well, they just kind of stand around and talk the entire time. And later people began to understand that that was what the show was all about, that these were real characters, uh, real people that were set in a, a fictional world of dragons and mythologies. However, their psychological approach, you know, to these things were very much reminiscent to our real worlds, right? So I saw that's what I felt made Game of Thrones so great. Now You know, we get this, we get the dragon riding with Jon Snow. It's no buildup to that. It kind of reminded me of what we got with how they killed Littlefinger. I felt that that was rushed, and this, this was rushed as well. So I feel like they're cramming, they're gonna be cramming like this to get, you know, to get the, get things moved along. And that's a, that's kind of a That's a big problem for a production like Game of Thrones to do something— everything that's led up to this point to kind of just, you know, cram it in at the end. And that's what it's feeling like was happening because so much has to go down, uh, that no matter how they do this, I think it's going to feel rushed, right? Uh, and so that's, that's some concerns there. You know, Jon just kind of jumped on the dragon and start riding it, you know, and And that was kind of, you know, that was kind of the end of all of that. And so, you know, a lot of people concerned about what's gonna happen with Game of Thrones. Another big concern is they brought back, as I understand, a lot of the great directors from the greatest episodes on many of these episodes in the final season here. And, you know, I had expected, you know, nothing less almost than perfection from these guys. And, you know, that, you know, season 1 just, Episode 1 didn't get there for me. And again, the problem with that is, uh, as before in the prior seasons where, you know, we could, you know, they could, they can have some hit and misses there with the episodes like they've done on every season, uh, this is those, this is the, the season that, you know, they can't do it, you know, that we don't need them to do that. And so maybe that the next episode is going to be great. Hopefully it's going to make up for a lot of this because they, you know, they have to You know, like it's not much time left. They got to go wrap up all this stuff. But I just think that's a shame. I, you know, I'm very surprised that it being such a high-quality product and taking so long to bring us season 8 that our first episode just felt so disappointing to me. And so hopefully, hopefully it's going to get better in this next episode. Now, interesting enough, the most interesting person to me right now, the part that's holding me the most with Game of Thrones is Bran, right? Bran story, him as the Three-Eyed Raven. I've done some prediction videos about who Bran is. You can subscribe to the channel and you can look at exactly who I think Bran is. Another hint there is when him and Jon first has their encounter, Bran's making it clear that, "Hey, I'm not even really human. I'm not any of that. I'm really not Bran." Go back to the Meera scene where he tells Meera Bran died back where she says, you died back in that cave, right? So I think this is literally not Bran, right? I don't think it's just an idea of he is Bran and he's learned something new. I think what he's learned is that he's been many people throughout history, or he's been this force that's always been a pre-existent Bran in a sense. But we'll get to see what goes on with that. Uh, so, so, uh, tell me guys what you think. Are you liking this season so far, or did you like episode 1? Um, there, there were some parts to episode 1 that I did like, you know, particularly, particularly with Samwell Tarly, uh, you know, his reaction to Daenerys and you know, and all those things. Of course, Arya's meeting with Jon, um, and, uh, you know, those, those, uh, those parts of it I thought they did well. Again, I still didn't like how, how quick and easy Sam just kind of walked up and said, 'You're red,' and it wasn't that many questions. But I can only say that maybe Jon Snow um, always kind of expected something like that, or suspected something like that, right? You know, he maybe— he always in the back of his mind knew it was something special about him. Maybe he didn't know what it was, so maybe he was able to really, uh, come to terms with it, because he comes to terms with that real quick. I would have thought maybe he would have fell down on the ground or stumbled or something with such you know, big news. But again, it could also be that they gotta move and push this, uh, you know, um, you know, uh, along, right?

There are new gods growing in America, and they want to destroy us. Wars are coming, Shadow. I have a big role for you.

So, similar to what's happening with Game of Thrones going into their final season, American Gods going into its second season face similar problems and similar concerns. And that is that these are two basically great novels, books that have kind of steered a great deal off course from the books, right? With Game of Thrones, of course, They're ahead of the book, so they no longer have the great storytelling of George R.R. Martin to guide them. And with American Gods, we have lost some of our greatest, you know, people involved with the show, right? Writers and what have you. And at first, I didn't really notice it because the acting of the characters is so good. You know, Ian McShane and many others, um, that, uh, you know, I didn't quite notice it at first. It seemed to be muscling through, but it was— it was only after a few episodes after that I start to realize, like, there is something missing, a great deal, you know, from American Gods that we don't have in season 2 that we had in season 1. And, and American Gods, you know, again, is in a kind of similar situation where they've went, you know, a bit off of the books a great deal and don't have that great writing department that they had from season 1. And we can, and we can tell, we can, we can see that, uh, you know, in the, in the stories itself. Now the stories have been interesting, uh, you know, I want to just say between these are, these shows are on a caliber so far above what you get in your regular television programming that, uh, even in my disappointment with it so far, what I've seen in comparison, these shows are still light years ahead of pretty much any TV show you're gonna see, right? So even on its worst episode, it's still 100 times better than the average television show, right? So I want to be clear about that. And, uh, so I'm still going to drop in from time to time and give reviews on this, but there is definitely something wrong with, uh, you know, American Gods. So many of us don't really know where the story is going anymore. We thought that it was going to the war and, um, the war with the gods, and that this is going to be kind of a progression story going to that. But this seems a lot more off base than it's been prior to this within the story. Now, the last episode we got, which had to do with Thor, Odin's son, right? The great Donar, I believe that was Thor's I think supposed to be Thor's real name or something, right? I'm not great in Nordic mythology, but yeah, that's how I understood it. That episode I thought was probably the best of them. And I guess the one before, prior to that, with the character who was known as— I believe it was Turner. He was lynched and killed viciously by a racist crowd in racist America. Um, and, uh, um, Mr. Nancy's, um, uh, uh, great concern with the direction of what Black America was going to be like. And I like that episode. Those were two great in this one, but the ones prior to that, they were just very off and weird to me. And, uh, uh, you know, yeah, it's, it's, it's, uh, causing a great deal of concern. These shows are definitely missing something that they didn't have before, right? Um, and so hopefully it's going to get better. The good thing is usually as they go up in seasons, um, they do get better. I think American Gods is going to, going to do that. And American Gods, the great thing about American Gods is it potentially has 3 more seasons to get things right. And And I do think they're going to get better at it. Unfortunately, Game of Thrones doesn't, but Game of Thrones can still make up for it in these few remaining episodes. And I think this next one may be a big improvement, right? Because it was the first episode. Maybe they just want to throw a pitch at us on that one. And maybe the next few are going to really, really make up for it because they are really, really moving fast. So it's not much left to discover, right? Except just fight, you know, and react. All right, and, and, and so I guess too, my concern with that is we're not gonna get the really, uh, these characters aren't gonna really have enough time to, uh, be able to relate to the audience or, or to each other on this show, uh, because I think everything after this point is going to be reactionary, right? And so we'll, we'll see what happens with that. But, uh, right, yeah, I've been a bit disappointed, guys, and kind of confusing to get my thoughts out, uh, uh, you know, uh, something I normally don't have a problem with. But we'll see, and hopefully I'll be able to come to you and review some, some better episodes. But just want to check in as I am— I'm not, I'm not any longer doing that episode-by-episode review. So I'm gonna try to come in and, and, uh, try to pick some great episodes and do those specifically, uh, before everything is all said and done. And, and maybe we can get some, some good insight into those videos. We just wanted to check in, tell you guys a little bit how I felt about this. But that's it for this video, guys. If, if you like content like this Don't forget to like, subscribe, and until next time, take care.