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HBO addresses "Game of Thrones" backlash, prequel in the works @ 2019-07-25T08: Back Hot News
Keyword:Game of Thrones Big Little Lies
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THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A FAN PETITION TO RESHOOT THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES AND REPORTS CIRCULATING THAT BIG LITTLE LIES" SECOND SEASON HAD SOME BEHIND-THE-SCENES CREATIVE STRUGGLES, BUT HBO PROGRAMMING PRESIDENT CASEY BLOYS SAYS THERE"S NOT MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT IN EITHER CASE.
ONLY THIS TIME, THEIR POWER WALK WASN』T HEADED TO MONTEREY』S SANDY SURF. NO, THE FINAL SECONDS OF 「KNOW」 REVEAL BIG LITTLE LIES』 HEROINES ARE, AFTER SEVEN EPISODES OF FRANTIC SUBTERFUGE, ABOUT TO CONFESS THE REAL WAY PERRY WRIGHT (ALEXANDER SKARSGARD) DIED. THE SCENE SHOULD FEEL LIKE A HUGE TRIUMPH, OR, AT LEAST, A PAINFUL SHOCK. INSTEAD, THE HBO DRAMA』S LAST FAREWELL GAVE OFF A FAMILIAR FEELING — THE SAME FEELING VIEWERS HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN BLOCKBUSTER EPIC GAME OF THRONES WRAPPED ITS MUCH-HYPED EIGHT SEASONS.
WHY DO YOU KEEP SCREWING OVER OUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS? LAURA DERN"S EPIC AND EMMY-WORTHY PERFORMANCE AS RICHES-TO-RAGS RENATA KLEIN MET A DEPRESSING FATE ON SUNDAY NIGHT DURING THE BIG LITTLE LIES SEASON TWO FINALE, AND WE COULDN"T HELP BUT BE REMINDED OF THE DISAPPOINTMENT WE FELT WHEN WE WATCHED OUR HERO JON SNOW DURING THE GAME OF THRONES SERIES FINALE. HERE, EVERY REASON WHY JON SNOW AND RENATA KLEIN ARE ONE IN THE SAME.
MUCH OF THE SECOND SEASON OF “BIG LITTLE LIES” WAS BOGGED DOWN BY REPETITIVE, HEAVY-HANDED STORYTELLING, AND THE FINALE WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, NO EXCEPTION. IN LIEU OF ANY MEANINGFUL INSIGHT, MADELINE (REESE WITHERSPOON) REMINDS VIEWERS THE “THE LIE” REGARDING THE FIVE WOMEN’S INVOLVEMENT IN PERRY’S (ALEXANDER SKARSGåRD) DEATH IS TAKING A TOLL ON THEM – AN UNNECESSARY VERBALIZATION OF WHAT THE AUDIENCE HAS WATCHED UNFOLD FOR SEVEN EPISODES.
IT’S 2019. TELEVISION IS AT THE ZENITH OF ITS POWERS OF INFLUENCE AND, IN THE REAL WORLD, TIMES ARE TROUBLED, FUELED BY EXISTENTIAL DREAD, BLATANT RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND SEXISM, MUCH OF IT FUNNELED STRAIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. IF TV WANTS TO BE THE DOMINANT ART FORM, THEN IT MUST HOLD ITSELF TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF CONVERSATION, A STANDARD THAT THAT ITS CURRENT CROP OF PRESTIGE DRAMAS, INCLUDING “THE HANDMAID’S TALE,” “BIG LITTLE LIES,” AND RECENTLY CONCLUDED CULTURAL PHENOMENON “GAME OF THRONES,” FALL, REPEATEDLY AND SPECTACULARLY, SHORT OF.
REMEMBER THAT GAME OF THRONES COFFEE CUP GAFFE? IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE MORE PEOPLE WILL THINK FONDLY OF GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 FOR THE COFFEE CUP MISTAKE THAN... WELL, MOST OF THE SERIES FINALE.
EL DOMINGO FINALIZó LA SEGUNDA, Y PROBABLEMENTE úLTIMA, TEMPORADA DE BIG LITTLE LIES. EL CAPíTULO FINAL MOSTRABA LOS FINALES DE TODAS LAS INTEGRANTES DE "LAS CINCO DE MONTERREY", CON RESULTADOS VARIADOS QUE DEJARON A MUCHOS CON SABOR A POCO. SIN EMBARGO, EN UN ANO EN QUE LOS FINALES PARECEN SER MáS DECEPCIONANTES QUE OTRA COSA (NO VAMOS A RECORDAR A GAME OF THRONES), BIG LITTLE LIES CONSIGUIó MANTENERSE FIEL A SU ESPíRITU Y SORTEAR CON éXITO UNA SEGUNDA TEMPORADA BASTANTE INNECESARIA.
THE EMMYS ARE KNOWN FOR NOMINATING THE SAME SHOWS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OFTEN WELL PAST THE EXPIRATION OF WHATEVER GOOD QUALITIES THOSE SHOWS HAVE HAD. BUT WHEN THE 2019 DRAMA CATEGORIES ARE FILLED WITH A BUNCH OF NEW NOMINEES, IT WON』T BE BECAUSE THE EMMY VOTERS HAVE SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A CASE OF GOOD TASTE. AFTER ALL, THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, WHICH WAS HUGELY DIVISIVE, IS EXPECTED TO LEAD THE NOMINATIONS. IT WILL BE BECAUSE MANY EMMY FAVORITES JUST SAT OUT THIS YEAR』S RACE, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
EVEN DEATH CAN’T KEEP A GOOD ACTOR DOWN. ALEXANDER SKARSGARD WAS KILLED OFF AT THE END OF “BIG LITTLE LIES” SEASON ONE WHEN HIS CHARACTER, ABUSIVE HUSBAND AND RAPIST PERRY WRIGHT, WAS CHUCKED DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS BY BONNIE (ZOE KRAVITZ). BUT PERRY LIVES ON IN FLASHBACKS AND VIDEO RECORDINGS THAT HAUNT HIS WIDOW CELESTE (NICOLE KIDMAN) AND MOURNING MOM MARY LOUISE (MERYL STREEP). COULD SKARSGARD ACTUALLY WIN ANOTHER EMMY IN 2020 FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE? HE WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST.
「I STOLE MOST OF THE SCENES I WAS IN.」 AFTER THIS PANEL, I THINK @CONLETHHILL IS MY NEW FAVORITE. #GAMEOFTHRONES #GOTSDCC #SDCC2019 PIC.TWITTER.COM/EMWA1V0O8Y
FEMALE CO-CONSPIRATORS AND THEIR TANGLED WEB OF CRIME, DECEIT, BAD MEN AND BIG MANSIONS HAVE CAPTURED THE ZEITGEIST OF SUNDAY NIGHT TV POST-"GAME OF THRONES." THE SERIES FINALE OF "BIG LITTLE LIES" ON SUNDAY MEANS THE END OF ONE FRAUGHT STORY, AT LEAST FOR NOW, BUT THE ACTION IS HARDLY OVER, THANKS TO ANOTHER VERY DIFFERENT GROUP OF LADIES AND THEIR ROLLER-COASTER NARRATIVE.
WHILE THIS LAST SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES DISAPPOINTED MANY FANS, THE SERIES OVERALL HAS A 9.4 RATING ON IMDB. TWO EPISODES -- THE RAINS OF CASTAMERE (SEASON 3) AND BATTLE OF THE BASTARDS (SEASON 6) -- EVEN EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE 9.9.
MEANWHILE, HBO’S “BIG LITTLE LIES” IS HUGE WITH 1.8 MILLION FANS AT 9PM. IT’S NOT “GAME OF THRONES,” BUT IT’S BIG, THOSE LITTLE LIES. THE PLOT IS A RECYCLE FROM “THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS,” BUT THE PLOT DOESN’T MATTER. IT’S CHARACTERS, THE ACTORS, THE WRITING. WHO DOESN’T LOVE THIS WAR BETWEEN MERYL STREEP’S MARY LOUISE AND REESE WITHERSPOON’S MADELINE. CLASSIC SOAP OPERA. ALTHOUGH I STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN OVER NICOLE KIDMAN’S CELESTE SLAPPING MARY LOUISE, WHO REPLIED, “IS THAT YOUR IDEA OF FOREPLAY?”

 

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