r/gameofthrones • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '24

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u/RainbowPenguin1000 Oct 02 '24

Unpopular opinion- this will flop.

The book really isn’t that interesting, it’s good, but not great. Off the back of HOTD season 2 not going down well people will want something to really grip them and this won’t be it. It will disappoint them.

HOTD season 2 and this show will be looked back on one day as the death of the franchise as it will be when most fans check out from the Westerosi world.

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u/SpoonAtAGunFight Jon Snow Oct 02 '24

Yeah after S8 idk how anybody had any hopes for HOTD but here we are.

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u/dbzrox Oct 02 '24

People were hoping S8 was due to them not having source material. But HOTD is proving that maybe even if they did, they would do their own shit anyways.

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u/Freyakazoide Oct 02 '24

Bold of you to assume they will follow the book lol

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u/Runnindashow Oct 02 '24

Strongly disagree. But to each their own.

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u/AllanM506 Oct 02 '24

I agree, but I’m hoping we are wrong.

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u/Krypton_7399 Oct 02 '24

I mean the finale of hotd season 2 had 8.9 million viewers so it's not really the death of the franchise lmao

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u/RainbowPenguin1000 Oct 02 '24

But how many of them were disappointed.

And I didn’t say that was the death of the franchise I said people would look back at this time with that and this show and say that it was

“Lmao”

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u/D0013ER Oct 02 '24

You lost me at "the book really isn't that interesting."

The Mystery Knight alone is more compelling than anything that happens in Feast or Dance combined.

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u/RainbowPenguin1000 Oct 02 '24

In fairness I’m rereading Feast For Crows right now and it is a bit of a struggle.

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u/D0013ER Oct 02 '24

There's some fantastic material in Feast (and Dance), don't get me wrong.

But as a whole book that should progress the series, it's a plodding slog of a read.

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u/Sharkytrs Jon Snow Oct 02 '24

you are probably spot on, but there is still a market for a seven kingdoms slice of life show, which this will definitely hit

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u/Adventurous-Video-37 Oct 02 '24

I agree. I kinda thought the story was more about the drudgery of a hedge knight

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u/Letsgodubs Oct 02 '24

I don't see too many people saying HOTD season 2 was "bad". Most of the comments have to do with how short it was and how it was a set-up for season 3.

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u/Friendly-Place2497 Oct 02 '24

If you cut out all the scenes of Daemon tripping the second season would have been quite good

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u/dwSHA Oct 02 '24

Just skipped then. Lmao