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frezz t1_jb3jnzm wrote

Reply to comment by jogoso2014 in What other examples like Henry Cavill on The Witcher are there of an actor being opposed to the way their character is portrayed - especially when the actor is in the right? by unitedfan6191

I don't know what you want from me? I don't have some sort of insight into GRRM's mind to know what he has in mind, nor have i managed to reduce asoiaf into a formula to predict events happening.

All i can say is that Barristan almost definitely has an arc. It's tied to dany of course, but he basically legitimises Dany by comparing her to Rhaegar. If we accept the mad queen theory is canon, the way Barristans arc ends definitely impacts the build up of that narrative. I'm not saying he'll survive much longer, but his death has to be better than dying to some random goons for no reason

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jogoso2014 t1_jb3h1ui wrote

Reply to comment by frezz in What other examples like Henry Cavill on The Witcher are there of an actor being opposed to the way their character is portrayed - especially when the actor is in the right? by unitedfan6191

There is most certainly a character arc.

There’s tons of pointless death in the show and it seems silly to pretend Selmy’s character held more weight than others.

Quite frankly he was always just a servant for the other main characters.

There is nothing he provides except context for last actions which is important but never an ongoing necessity.

You can blame the writers all you want but you still haven’t given any evidence that his character has any chance if surviving much longer in the book narrative.

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frezz t1_jb395bk wrote

Reply to comment by jogoso2014 in What other examples like Henry Cavill on The Witcher are there of an actor being opposed to the way their character is portrayed - especially when the actor is in the right? by unitedfan6191

There's no character arc, It's a pointless death. It was D&D misunderstanding the "whole anyone can die at any moment" thing in GoT.

Robb and Ned Stark was shocking and did seem to come out of nowhere, but when you look back it did make perfect sense for the characters. They really had nothing left to do other than some sort of revenge fantasy plot, which ASOIAF is better than. It's also why everyone saw the Jon Snow resurrection thing coming a mile away, the character had too much left to explore to just end.

And it's why Barristen's death is so silly. The whole Barristan reuniting with a Targaryen only to see another one go crazy would've been super interesting to explore. Instead he just dies to a bunch of random goons for no reason

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BusinessPurge t1_jb38zd3 wrote

Reply to Who Would Be in Favor of a 30 Rock Reboot? by ALife2BLived

30 Rock is the setting and tone, it doesn’t have to be a Tracy and Liz reboot of TGS in the same continuity, it should pivot to the production of a different late night talk-show comedy series under NBC/Peacock. Not exactly a Fallon spoof, maybe more of a Weekend Update type show on a dying network with their own fake Dick Wolf as the nemesis

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Smocke55 t1_jb2uqe8 wrote

Reply to Who Would Be in Favor of a 30 Rock Reboot? by ALife2BLived

if i'm not mistaken tina fey originally planned to have that mr mayor show be a jack donaghy spin off and alec baldwin declined the idea, so even if we set aside the possibility of him going to jail it'd be a reboot without jack which (as much as i love the rest of the cast) would be pointless.

i do miss the show a lot though, i'm currently rewatching it and there really isn't anything like it.

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pewqokrsf t1_jb2qo8c wrote

Reply to comment by AjvarAndVodka in What other examples like Henry Cavill on The Witcher are there of an actor being opposed to the way their character is portrayed - especially when the actor is in the right? by unitedfan6191

That's pretty hard to determine. You'll hear a lot in online gamer echo chambers that Cavill was in the right, but critical reception of season 2 was better than season 1.

Similar things with Wheel of Time and Rings of Power. They were massive ratings hits despite the diehard fans of the source material having online conniptions.

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