Opus 2019-095: Headlines: The Game Is Over

I have mixed credentials when it comes to talking about “Game of Thrones”. 

On the negative side, I never watched any of the series.  Of course that could be a positive but it is hard to tell at this early date.

On the positive side, I read the entire series in book form.  It was over several years and I don’t remember much except it was a good story.

From what I pick up on blogs and in memes the series has come to an end.  It also seems that what was very promising in the first 6 (?) years turned into a bomb in the last two.  My guess is that the first six followed Martin’s writing and the last two were products of millennial snowflakes expectations. 

After a few years I expressed an interest in taking a look at the series.  I enjoyed the books and I like things like Lord of the Rings.  I like a good story, told well with characters worth caring about.  I mentioned it to my son and his comment was that if I watched it I need to prepare myself for a lot of violence, gratuitous sex and associated paraphernalia.  The violence part I could deal with.  It is hard to tell a medieval war story without violence but I really don’t need to fill my mind with improbable sexual exploits reflecting the frustrations of the artists so I decided to wait for the PG version if it ever comes out.

I am not sure why the ending is being lampooned.  I don’t know if it was really bad or just not politically correct.  I keep seeing a poster of a very blond woman being hailed by a bunch of darker skinned people in chains so there is a good chance the latter is the case.

I will never know.

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