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Originally Posted by Sidelle
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Well shit... I guess you're right. Ten episodes is the new norm for seasons on HBO. For some reason I thought there were only 9 this season. My mistake. I blame it on the fact that for this past month I've been recovering from major surgery. Have been on lots of pain meds due to some complications.
Ok, so one more thing about seasons on HBO. You watched Rome, right? Season one had 12 episodes. That was the norm back then with all HBO series. Season two only had 10 because the show was cancelled and they had to wrap it up as best they could. It sucked the way they rushed it, although I get why - that show was very expensive to produce (amazing show btw, they did a great job except for how they ended it).
And look at True Blood, another example of being cheated a little by HBO. Seasons one through five had 12 episodes. Season six they started chopping it down to 10. Honestly, I don't care much about True Blood since I stopped being a fan a long time ago, but it's a good example of what I'm talking about.
I pay out the ass for my cable so it just irritates me when they pull this shit. They get me all addicted to their shows and then cut back on what they deliver. Twelve episode Game of Thrones would have been fabulous!
That's all, I'm done crying about it now. Lol.
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they agreed on 10 instead of 12 because they were worried about fluff (could be avoided by not cutting things like coldhands, belwas, and stoneheart)
true blood should have ended after season 3. shit got real dumb will billith. the simple truth is that show went so far off the books, its just a retarded mess of shit at this point. if you want REAL examples, go look up what happened to shows like Deadwood and Rome. those are two shows that were actually fucked by HBO. trueblood was fucked by the bad writing, as it equals less viewers, which equals less money, and that signals the end.
the only thing that really worries me is GoT's CGI budget. those dragons are expensive as hell, i dunno if people realize that, and thats why most of the time we wont see all 3 dragons in the same scene. i cant even imagine how much they wasted on dragging out the scene with Dany chaining up the dragons. in later seasons, those dragons do stuff. hopefully it doesnt effect the rest of the budget, but i fear it will. eventually HBO will stop upping their budget.
AND i'm glad your recovering from the surgery well! we missed u in this thread!
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