western-series

[limber urchin]

I love how Jay writes

[sage remnant]

it's okay

[limber urchin]

SHUT UP

[pale trellis]

l;ol

[sage remnant]

we already discussed it Buffy

[limber urchin]

book 3 awaits you....

[pale trellis]

It doesn't bother me at all

because I don't read for prose

Like mediocre prose doesnt bother me if the story is good

[sage remnant]

I rarely find good prose in the "amazing prose" books so idk

Robin Hobb has great prose

read her books

[pale trellis]

i intend to

[sage remnant]

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue has great prose

read that

[limber urchin]

Going from Jay Kristoff to Brandon Sanderson makes me care a LOT about prose now.

[pale trellis]

likely after i tackle malazan

[sage remnant]

I didn't like Zan's prose

[modern lichen]

the invisible life of addie larue is garbage

[pale trellis]

and im taking on malazan after i read stormlight

[sage remnant]

abyss take

[valid thunder]

I said this take here and got grilled 💔

[modern lichen]

"great prose" and its glorified slop

[pale trellis]

rip

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/you-wouldnt-get-it-joker-smoking-gif-15952801

Now buffy read it and then choose a side fr

[limber urchin]

We are mathematically correct on this. So correct, you could prove it with numbers.

[pale trellis]

its 4 to

idk

[sage remnant]

oh yeah Octavia Butler has great prose too

[brave orbit]

Many such cases

[valid thunder]

The prose improves in tsa but then gets worse again

[sage remnant]

and uhh I can only think of that many

[limber urchin]

Wind and Truth ||I knew I wasn't crazy.....||

you mean stormlight archive right?

[sage remnant]

yea

[valid thunder]

Ye

[sage remnant]

it's a common take Buffy

[valid thunder]

Started with row

[sage remnant]

I don't feel a considerable difference

[limber urchin]

wonder why

[sage remnant]

it's been invisible for me in every of his book other than Tress

[limber urchin]

oh btw

[modern lichen]

speaking of great prose, this clash of kings reread is hitting extra hard due to my brainrot

[limber urchin]

Kpop demon hunters ||decent film||

finally saw it lol

[sage remnant]

nice

[valid thunder]

Reading fonda lee made me realise u can do worse simple prose so i am ambivalent on brandos prose now

[sage remnant]

crazy fonda lee hate

[limber urchin]

what's the brainrot a reference to?

[sage remnant]

A knight of the seven kingdom

[pale trellis]

ive never heard this argument levied against fonda lee before

[modern lichen]

AKOTSK yeah

[sage remnant]

It's mirio so I don't take his opinions seriously anyway

[limber urchin]

Is Knight of the seven kingdoms a bad show? I'm purposely not wathcing it at the moment.

[pale trellis]

lol

[modern lichen]

its incredible

[sage remnant]

a good number of people like it more than GoT

[limber urchin]

ok good to know

[modern lichen]

why would i have ASOIAF brainrot if not for AKOTSK being good

[limber urchin]

i've yet to read that book or fire and blood

i don't think I fully grasp the term "brainrot" to be honest

[sage remnant]

people were doing a season wise ratings and akotsk was in 2nd or 3rd place a lot

[modern lichen]

perfect season of TV imo

[limber harbor]

For what

That’s a bit ridiculous

[sage remnant]

idk haven't watched yet

[limber harbor]

I would say 1-4 is better

[sage remnant]

when's the next dunk and egg show harsh

[limber harbor]

GOT 5-8 is incredibly mid

[sage remnant]

next year? two years later?

[limber harbor]

Next year

[sage remnant]

hmm

might just watch it then idk

[brave orbit]

Stormlight all ||Idk the Fabrial mechanics made the climax of the book hit so much harder for me with Kaladin having to figure out shit in Die Hard mode, getting to control it better and then be badass||

[modern lichen]

next season is coming in 2027

[valid thunder]

I just got fed up with her. She would imply something in character dialogue and then proceed to explain that implication for a paragraph

[limber urchin]

the only shows I think i'll watch soon-ish is OPLA season 2 and Ponies (it's nice to see Emelia Clarke doing a new tv show).

[limber harbor]

It’s far better than house of mid

[modern lichen]

i dont like the first 4 seasons of GOT anymore because of how trash the rest of it is

[sage remnant]

I don't think I would manage to sit through another OPLA season

[limber urchin]

Stormlight book 4 ||Was that the glove thingy and/or the elevator mechanics of Urithiru?||

[sage remnant]

maybe a drunk watch

[modern lichen]

but i do like watching great scenes from it

[limber harbor]

I don’t think I can sit through another house of the dragon season

[sage remnant]

yeah I gave up after s1 illy

:kekhands:

[modern lichen]

i'm not watching the next HOTD season

stupid tripe

[brave orbit]

Stormlight 4 ||It was the same mechanic for both yea||

[sage remnant]

is HoTD worth it for even a tiny bit?

s2

[modern lichen]

idiotic show

no

[sage remnant]

lol

[limber harbor]

Season 2 is often compared to GOT season 7 and 8

Do with that what you will

[sage remnant]

Stormlight 4 || Idk why you would think like b1 had better payoff with that stuff when b4's discussion of mechanics works for payoff in multiple fronts and multiple aspects of the story with multiple characters ||

[brave orbit]

Harsh I finished Stormlight 5!

[sage remnant]

harsh hasn't read post OB

[modern lichen]

you're ahead of me bro

[brave orbit]

I know

[modern lichen]

awesome to know fr

[sage remnant]

Harsh has a better series to read now

[modern lichen]

hope you enjoyed it

[brave orbit]

To motivate you

[limber urchin]

Stormlight 4 ||Yeah, then we are different in that regard. Those kind of technical details, regardless of pay off, can make my eyes glaze over. Same thing with the flight mechanics of those "airships" - for lack of a better term - they were using to travel with in the 4th book.||

[limber harbor]

George had like a meltdown because how bad the series is

Apparently he fell out with the creator

[modern lichen]

ryan condal is a fucking idiot

[limber urchin]

GRRM too old for meltdowns. take care of your heart buddy

[modern lichen]

dumb and dumber level idiot

[limber urchin]

have some red wine

[sage remnant]

atleast D&D had george to blame

for not finishing the books

[limber urchin]

well hold on now

[limber harbor]

It’s quite interesting George was never openly angry with D and D

But he’s like openly talking shit about Condal

[sage remnant]

because HoTD has a finished source material

[modern lichen]

he never was, he expected the show to continue for more seasons and was kinda disappointed

[limber urchin]

GoT season 7 and 8 ||I'm not letting "grrm didn't finish the books" be an excuse for how bad season 7 and 8 were. That was bad even by tv show writing standards by a large margin. ||

[modern lichen]

condal is actively deviating from established story

and GOT changed significantly in adaptation from the books

[sage remnant]

What can he even do to DnD. "I am angry with you cuz you didn't adapt my books well cuz I didn't finish writing them"?

[modern lichen]

by the 4th season its a completely different beast to the books

[limber urchin]

5th season is where you really notice the change, but it starts in season 4

[sage remnant]

atleast for HoTD it's a complete story with the showrunner being in proper comms with GRRM for s1

[modern lichen]

season 5 is like filler to me

[limber urchin]

it quite literally is right?

[modern lichen]

nothing worth remembering happens in it

[sage remnant]

GoT season 5 || is it the high sparrow? ||

[modern lichen]

yeah

[limber harbor]

GOT season 5 ||and Arya starts faceless stuff ||

[modern lichen]

GOT season 5 ||and the utterly stupid dorne plotline||

[sage remnant]

GoT s5 || I liked the faceless stuff tbf ||

[limber urchin]

GoT season 5 and 6 are sometimes held aloft by ||the big moments like Hardhome and Battle of the Bastards. but getting to those moments is the problems. and horrible writing decisions like the Sandsnakes.||

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

GOT season 6 ||at least season 6 has battle of the bastards and that incredible finale||

[limber harbor]

GOT season 6 ||faceless stuff just has a weird ending; she kills the waif and now she’s suddenly no one? And then she gets to leave without any punishment after getting all their training? Idk ||

[limber urchin]

GoT season 6 ||Arya's storyline with the Waif was just shit||

[modern lichen]

GOT s6 ||there's no concept of consequence like in the books||

[limber urchin]

bingo

[sage remnant]

GoT s6 || yeah the ending is meh ||

for the reasons just stated

[limber harbor]

Got season 6 || and then she gets stabbed like 6 times in the stomach and survives lmfao ||

Got season 6 || jumps into the water and turns into a track star with 6 stab wounds ||

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/pitch-meetings-super-easy-barely-an-inconvenience-ryan-george-funny-gif-658826521867628650

[sage remnant]

GoT s6 || I mean, Stark children are basically immortal after a point ||

[brave orbit]

Stormlight all ||WaT's focus on explaining connection mechanics explains a lot of stuff from previous books and also is a major way the plot gets resolved, with Shallan figuring out BAM and Dalinar w Honor||

[modern lichen]

GOT s6 ||the show sucks so bad because writers dont think like martin about the wide ranging after effects of events, so even big moments like the red wedding, which in the books are extra consequential for the sheer magnitude of its madness, the show doesnt adequately plot out what it means for the world when shit like that happens||

[sage remnant]

true

but eh it's a different case

I don't think that part would have bothered Buffy like the RoW one did

[brave orbit]

||Its not as technical but without it i wouldnt have been as on board||

WaT

[modern lichen]

GOT s6 ||the freys are wrung out currently in the books, no one likes them and are actively in line to slime them, the lannisters loose their shit after tywin dies, the boltons are about to be fucked over by stannis||

[sage remnant]

WaT || It's not mechanical. Very detailed isn't a concern I think||

[limber urchin]

GoT season 5 ||I will give props to Hardhome though, they encapsulated the horror genre and the feeling of helplessness against a frozen zombie horde perfectly. I think to this day, it's my favorite event in the entire series, including great ones like the Red and Purple Weddings.||

[sage remnant]

GoT s6/books || stannis is still alive? ||

[modern lichen]

GOT s5 ||hardholme standalone is good but it sucks in the grand scheme||

[limber harbor]

Apparently another game of thrones prequel is in the works also

[modern lichen]

yes

[brave orbit]

||It is p mechanical the way its portrayed, with Navani figuring out how to escape|| WaT

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||aegon's conquest||

[limber urchin]

GoT all and all of ASOIAF ||He is currently alive in A Dance with Dragons||

[sage remnant]

damn

[valid thunder]

Got || aegons landing ? ||

[limber harbor]

With the general success and praise of AKOTSK I wonder if the showrunners for that show will actually listen to George lol

[modern lichen]

written by the writer of the batman and the batman part 2

mattson tomlin

[sage remnant]

woudln't it be a limited season

and not like HoTD

[limber harbor]

Are those movies well acclaimed

[modern lichen]

think its a miniseries

[valid thunder]

Got || wonder if they show valyria ||

[modern lichen]

the batman is acclaimed yes, part 2 is going to come out next year

[sage remnant]

WaT || i think that part is more close to TWOK's handling of it than Row's ||

[limber urchin]

The Batman was a great time

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

(about part 2 coming out next year)

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||if anything i wanna see the doom of valyria and daenys the dreamer||

[limber harbor]

Probably not necessary

[limber urchin]

too bad Batman Returns is the greatest Batman movie.

[pale trellis]

I will likely get back to Words of Radiance sometime this month

[valid thunder]

Thats the lore i am most interested in 💔

[modern lichen]

very interesting lore mirio

i agree

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || Aegon was born in Westeros so it’s unlikely they go further back then that||

[sage remnant]

Phantasm or Red Hood Buffy

[limber urchin]

just read A World of Ice and Fire lol

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || and there may be some things that George isn’t ready about Old Valyria ||

[sage remnant]

Probably Red Hood. Think with Phantasm, it's just a recency bias

[limber harbor]

Consequence of never finishing the books

[valid thunder]

I think i saw that in my library

[limber urchin]

AWOIAF ||But whether you can trust the maesters who wrote that history is another thing||

[limber urchin]

Red Hood I never saw, and i barely remember the former as a kid.

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||aegon was born on dragonstone yes but daenys the dreamer and how the targs escaped valyria is a pretty important aspect of the overall story||

[sage remnant]

rewatch mask of the phantasm Buffy

super amazing

harsh tell him to rewatch it

[limber urchin]

i'm not like a batman fan or anything, i've just seen most of the live action ones

[modern lichen]

yes rewatch it

best batman film ever

vouching as the biggest batman fan in this server

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || I think we may see a few shots of old Valeria at best in the into scene and then skip to the birth of Aegon||

[sage remnant]

either the best or second best for me

Under the red hood is also so amazing

[limber harbor]

Though honestly if all ASOIAF things this is probably the least I’m interested in

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||yeah i'm not expecting to see an extended version of it, maybe a few scant shots||

[sage remnant]

I think if Phantasm was tad bit longer, it would have been unequivocally at top

[brave orbit]

@sage remnant any good WaT art

[limber harbor]

Fire and Blood || Aegon’s conquest is mostly surrender or I’ll burn you alive, and the people that surrender live and the people that don’t die, except Dorne ||

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||i want an arcane/spider-verse style animated show of the blackfyre rebellions||

[sage remnant]

a lot

but I haven't had to send them to peeps so need to search

[limber harbor]

Would be perfect

[modern lichen]

right?

[limber harbor]

I’m surprised it doesn’t exist already

Maybe they think the general GOT audience wouldn’t find appeal in animation?

[modern lichen]

with a knight of the seven kingdoms idk if its in the pipeline

[limber harbor]

Most of my friends irl have watched GOT but I don’t think they’ll touch an animated show

[modern lichen]

because the show will cover some of that aspect of the time period as they're major parts of the novellas

[sage remnant]

bazillion got spinoffs never letting other fantasy adaptations to see the light of the day 💔

[limber harbor]

Skill issue

[sage remnant]

sure

[limber harbor]

They’re a big investment

Better to go with a series that’s guaranteed to succeed

[sage remnant]

ye ik how the reasoning works

well atleast with Cameron adapting The Devils, First Law would be adapted

[jolly ruin]

why not live action?

[modern lichen]

why not animated

[timber basin]

How my LOTR friends feel about the animated movie that came out in 2024

Won’t even give it a chance

[sage remnant]

wasn't it not well received by even people who watch animated stuff?

[timber basin]

I have no clue I haven’t watched it

[modern lichen]

i would love a fucking animated spider-verse style show adapting the silmarillion

[sage remnant]

you mean War of the Rohirrim right

[timber basin]

yeah

[sage remnant]

lmaoo

[modern lichen]

yeah in general its not that compelling a film

[sage remnant]

I just want more IPs to be adapted

and studios to take risks

[timber basin]

I don’t think the Silmarillion can ever fully be successfully brought to film or animation ever. It’s just too extensive, and it brings up too many other questions from the 16 other books that Tolkien’s son had to piece together

[jolly ruin]

i want more stuff from Essos

like ashai or something

[timber basin]

LOTR Rings of Power episode 1: ||I finally gave it a chance. This shit is absolutely awful. I have unironically never been so disgusted with television in my entire life than I am with this slop.||

[sage remnant]

why would you knowingly put yourself through it

[modern lichen]

yeah i know but its something i wanna see regardless

i read the silmarillion thrice

[timber basin]

yeah same it would be amazing but it would take a lot of time and passion and money put together. those three things rarely go hand in hand simultaneously

[limber harbor]

Also me trying to force my friends into watching Arcane

Some of them are still so stuck in the animation=for children

And one of them is a huge Simpsons guy too so it makes no sense

[sage remnant]

reminds me I haven't watched s2

with how much dislike there is for that, don't wanna as well atp

[limber harbor]

I visit the arcane subreddit here and then and they’re still malding about it

Very successful season 1 to horrible season 2 seems very common

[jolly ruin]

i thought S2 was good

didnt realize online people were malding about it

[limber harbor]

Casual fans were mostly ok with it, dedicated fans hated it

[sage remnant]

I have only read on convo about it in this and two other servers

Idk I am only in servers where people who watch/read media engage with it properly 😎

[limber harbor]

But that subreddit has become a cesspool. They all hate into it and feed into each others hate making them hate it even more

Makes discussion pointless at that point

[sage remnant]

a subreddit becoming a cesspool. typical reddit

[limber harbor]

It’s like a mini pirate folk sometimes

Arcane season 2 I think just has bad character writing but the production is still top notch so you can forgive some of it

[sage remnant]

what I read about it was it really had a bad exploration of || revolution and effects|| Arcane s2

[limber harbor]

Arcane season 2 || I was kind of upset when they made Ekko’s main love interest Jinx as if she hasn’t been getting kill streaks on his friends and family for like the past 7 years ||

[white smelt]

So are you the odd Duck out?

[sage remnant]

I engage with the media the most fr fr fr

[white smelt]

Thoughts on hxh?

[sage remnant]

wrong channel

also not sure what I think of some media does with that statement but sure

[modern lichen]

doesnt need much of a reading into the text of arcane season 2 to know it sucks

[sage remnant]

I think some people here were still positive on it?

Red being one of them?

[pale trellis]

Peak

https://x.com/overwatchnaeri/status/2028170012062871556?s=46

Naeri X 나에리 (@OverwatchNaeri)

Potential #Overwatch TV Animation Series Release 📺

The Blizzard CEO Faries stated that securing new audiences for Blizzard is a short-term goal, achieved through more active collab with Hollywood, movie, and TV industries, and that active discussions are already underway 💬

X · Mar 1, 2026, 6:06 PM

Pls happen pls happen pls happen

[copper phoenix]

overwatch already been animation for a long time iykyk

[pale trellis]

https://tenor.com/view/judgement-cat-cat-angry-cat-cat-face-cat-forehead-gif-4731341898773190051

[white smelt]

This dude jerks his penis 😂

[naive delta]

Dude an overwatch TV show would gen be peak

Idc who you are there would be no reason not to watch

[limber urchin]

Salem's Lot ||I'm such a fucking dumbass. I got a few moments to start the prologue this afternoon and aaaaalllll these years I had no idea that it was short for Jerusalem's Lot. I thought this story was gonna be about witchcraft in Salem, MA. To be fair, I'm only like two pages in, so god only knows what horrors might appear, and maybe Salem, MA does play a role ('cause I'm banking on some wordplay).||

[main lion]

after some time sitting with it I'd lower my score but it definitely is still good imo. But its going for something different than season 1, and I think that whiplash of what its attempting vs what s1 was attempting causes a lot of people grief.

They've explicitly stated there was a shift in direction and have been vocal that iirc they realize that was a mistake in terms of fan reception. So whatever they do next will probably go back to focusing on the same things s1 did.

ultimately, s1 for me was a 10/10 and s2 ended up being like a high 8 for me. But Id drop that to an 8 even

its a good show and I think if s1 had the same style of writing that s2 had, without a prior season to compare it to, people would have loved it

but because s1 did such an amazing job exploring its characters with so much focus, s2's shift in focus got more backlash

as a comparison

[worthy crypt]

oathbringer early || ever since he was sort of self aware of his failures at the end of wor ive been rooting for Elhokar to become a good king ||

[limber urchin]

Oathbringer early ||I think I might've had similar thoughts. And if not, I definitely warmed up to him more after that.||

[toxic pebble]

That would be awesome tbh. I remember first discovering Overwatch as a kid through those animated shorts. Especially the Widowmaker and Genji ones

[crimson bane]

They get some of those Blender artists that made it popular in the first place and it'll definitely catch some attention

[broken fossil]

Just saw the Korean horror movie the wailing for the first time , I know I’m late af , but it was brilliant

[jolly ruin]

was it scary

[broken fossil]

It was great at building dread , and putting you in the mind of the mc , no jump scares , 10/10

[outer tulip]

they already said they werew going to do a TV show and then it got cancelled

[brave orbit]

@sage remnant WaT ending ||Why was Taln trying to kill Cultivation???||

[sage remnant]

Find out on Next episode of ~~Dragon Ball Z ~~ Stormlight Archives

[brave orbit]

WaT ending ||Also is the fourth moon relevant do you think?||

[sage remnant]

Yes

WaT || Could be a shard hiding ||

WaT || Part one of Stormlight focused on "Honor", "Cultivation" and" Odium" the shards and the concept.

We have Retribution now, and the concept in Moash, who's literally and figuratively the agent of retribution.

So for that I think its Valor. What's best to describe Adolin, Lift, Urithiru, Azir and others who are fighting an impossible battle, showing great courage in the face of unbelievable danger ||

@brave orbit

[brave orbit]

WaT ending ||Could it be the Shard Odium destroyed a while ago||

[sage remnant]

Not really

WaT ending/Cosmere all || that's the Elantris shard||

|| And another is the forest of Hell book one shard ||

[brave orbit]

WaT ending / Forest of hell ||that one Shard would be cool if it was always here and was responsible for the shadows in the Spiritual Realm and the voices tormenting Szeth in earlier books (i dont mean Ishar)||

[sage remnant]

WaT || I don't think Mental health issues should be retconned to be magic thingy ||

Cosmere all/WaT || But no, Cosmere mechanics as we know it would imply that Shard to be dead to cause that effect ||

[brave orbit]

WaT ||Well we already know dead people are present in the Spiritual Realm, with Evi in OB etc||

[sage remnant]

|| It's echoes of the past/memories ||

WaT

It strikes a fine line of not being too much

[copper phoenix]

imagine if brando goes full oda...

[sage remnant]

He already went that way in Hero of Mid and people gobbled it up

[copper phoenix]

no

do you hate it?

[sage remnant]

I hate that book yes. Shit book but amazing ending

[copper phoenix]

wait what exactly are you talking about

[sage remnant]

Hero of Ages...

🏃‍♂️

[copper phoenix]

yea but what part

[sage remnant]

|| Mainly the epigraphs revealing the stuff before it organically comes in the book. But I think it handles characters arc badly or just meh for anyone except Spook || HoA

[copper phoenix]

is that why you said he went full oda

[obsidian basalt]

midborn part 2 is kinda mid I can't lie

im on book 3 and the series really hasnt hit so far, it's just kinda alright

[brave orbit]

of era 1?

[obsidian basalt]

2

era 1 was good

anyway @brave orbit now that you've read all of stormlight || what do you think is gonna be the time skip before part 2 ||

[brave orbit]

Stormlight all ||Brandon said 15-20 years, Oroden would be the same age as Kaladin in Book 1||

[sage remnant]

Stormlight all || That's 12-13 years lol ||

|| Oroden is like 3-4 now ||

[obsidian basalt]

that's kinda banger

[modern lichen]

https://fixupx.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2028480141538591224?s=20

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Paramount has revealed new details about their merger with Warner Bros:
︀︀
︀︀• HBO Max & Paramount+ will be combined into one service
︀︀
︀︀• 15 films per studio with 45 day theatrical windows for each film
︀︀
︀︀• Merged company will have approx $79 billion in debt
︀︀
︀︀• $6 billion in cost cutting including consolidating on tech infrastructure, real estate, corporate overheads & more
︀︀
︀︀• No plans to sell off/spinoff any of their cable assets — flexibility to put sports like UFC on any cable network
︀︀
︀︀• Will continue to licence movies & TV shows to other studios & platforms
︀︀
︀︀• AI will be a “tool for artists” but “never a replacement” for storytellers

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FixupX · Mar 2, 2026, 2:38 PM

[upper parcel]

Cant wait to watch the Superman sequel and to hear “immigrants are bad, actually”

[sage remnant]

What do you think

of these in paper

[modern lichen]

bad

[sage remnant]

not what they could be but of what they are promisiing rn

[modern lichen]

79 billion in debt LMAO

[sage remnant]

Isn't the second one the norm already e?

Other than 3,4 and 7 its normal stuff no?

[modern lichen]

all things considered its dogshit

[sage remnant]

It is. And it would be even worse no doubt

[upper parcel]

But hey, at least we have theaters /j

[sage remnant]

But their "best case" statements I mean

[modern lichen]

these are only scant details

[sage remnant]

I don't doubt what the Ellisoms plan to do with rhis

[modern lichen]

cinema is over

[pale trellis]

im banking on netflix playing the long game and letting this fail

and the scooping them both up for dirt cheap

[valid thunder]

Problem is daddy ellison could always bail him out

[pale trellis]

i guess

[limber urchin]

that is very specific wording. "storytellers" can mean whatever they want it to mean. The studio can be labeled as the storyteller which technically isn't replaced while other creative positions are.

and the artists left over get the tools

with more work on their shoulders

[frank rivet]

Scary Movie Latest - || https://vxtwitter.com/RottenTomatoes/status/2028472806363574693?s=20 ||

Rotten Tomatoes 🍅 (@RottenTomatoes)

Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall reunite in the first trailer for #ScaryMovie.

In theaters June 12.

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 2, 2026, 2:09 PM

[sand cypress]

I'm glad your opinion improved

[sage remnant]

It didn't tho

The ending just happened to be too strong for him...

[sand cypress]

He went from a 6/10 to 7/10

I'll take it

[sage remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/head-cup-cuphead-6-7-6-7-kid-gif-10204026017230907141

He still has the Same issues I have with it so all good 😎

[limber urchin]

Mistborn era 1 end ||Sazed, my absolutely beloved despite not really liking your atheist arc all that much.||

[limber urchin]

mods, kill him

[sage remnant]

Thankfully he improved in the depiction of mental health in Stormlight

But idk man. HoA was a degrade from even WoA in that aspect

Buffy when you reading some Christie

[limber urchin]

i don't know what i will read at any given point now. i'm on salem's lot

there are no more reading plans at the moment, just read whatever i want when i finish a book

[sage remnant]

That was me indirectly telling you to read Murder of Roger Ackryod nexr

After Salem's Lot

[limber urchin]

nope

gottem

[sage remnant]

😔

You should tho. Its really food

good

[limber urchin]

is it a murder mystery?

oh it's agatha christie lol

[shrewd sigil]

unserious amount of debt

[limber urchin]

well that gives it some merit

[young compass]

Immediately a dumb pronoun joke lol this is gonna be a train wreck

[near echo]

There's a 0% chance of that movie being good

[sage remnant]

Who other Christie would I recommend

Smh

[limber urchin]

i thought you recommended agatha and then this other random book unrelated to them lol

[sage remnant]

:smh:

[outer tulip]

oh they're making fun of Iryna Zarutska in that last scene.. they're allowed to do that? That wasn't a movie

[young compass]

Why is that them making fun of her

[frank rivet]

i hope they pay homage to this

https://tenor.com/view/lolz-gif-8319780237029192474

[limber harbor]

[frank rivet]

Scary Movie - ||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7flKiJXm26E ||

[limber urchin]

it's sooo dumb but that's part of the charm

[white smelt]

I would say it was dumb but funny back in the day. This was just painful to watch

[limber urchin]

in 2026, yeah that style of humor won't land as well

[young compass]

The new trailer is incredibly bad

far worse than even the older films

[limber urchin]

oh, I haven't watched it yet.

is there a link?

[young compass]

#western-series message

[limber urchin]

Ah, I see what you mean. It feels like a checklist of modern references and social commentary.

[young compass]

Yeah, I don’t really know who it’s for

[limber urchin]

Maybe they don't know either? Unless corporate got their hands on it.

[white smelt]

Kai cenat in it

[limber urchin]

is that the streamer?

[raw gate]

Lmao

[white smelt]

Yes

[limber urchin]

streamers in my films.....

[outer tulip]

idk but its a little messed up cause that wasn't a scary movie , it was a scary incident

[young compass]

No like why do you think that’s supposed to be them making fun of her

I don’t see it being referenced at all

[outer tulip]

Oh

If you don’t see it than that’s great!

Pretend I ain’t say nothing

[toxic pebble]

Soldier who kept fighting after WW2

[limber harbor]

Looking for a reason to get offended

[young compass]

I’m not even trying to argue lol I don’t see it and am curious

I don’t see anyone else talking about it online

so I think you’re probably off the mark

[outer tulip]

no I genuinely saw it as the Iryna thing. Because people around her ignored her getting stabbed

[terse frost]

😔

[young compass]

Yeah, that’s a stretch man. If it was on a bus sure but this is just a horror movie gag

[split radish]

Lmaooo

[outer tulip]

yeahh... but if they do a bus than that makes it actually the situation. And that would be met with a lot of issues

[frank rivet]

@regal root @outer pollen @feral blaze
Euphoria season 3 - || https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2028503176475722063?s=20 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First look at Marshawn Lynch in ‘EUPHORIA’ Season 3.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 2, 2026, 4:10 PM

[outer pollen]

SKITTLES

by far my favorite all time seahawk

[jolly ruin]

WoR 56 || RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH KALADIN YOU FUCKING CHAD||

[copper phoenix]

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bruce-campbell-evil-dead-cancer-treatable-not-curable-1236677655/

aw man

fuck cancer

[jolly ruin]

WoR Interlude 9 || who the fuck is Lift and why is their interlude 24 pages 😭 I want to skip it especially after how insane the last few chapters have been||

[pale trellis]

@limber urchin || the man marked by flames is obviously Spook || one piece/mistborn hoa

[worthy crypt]

wor || dont skip ||

[tawny parcel]

Before they are hanged around 65% ||i thought the prince might have at least some sort of lock in moment or at least try and do something once and own up to himself. But nope. Bro was just useless and got everyone killed and then attempted to SA a woman. Wow. He’s gone now, thank god ||

@sand cypress BTAH ||how do you make WEST look like the good guy in that scenario ||

[sage remnant]

Best character

[tawny parcel]

Like btah ||I’m just flabbergasted at how useless incompetent and worthless the prince was. He was sheltered and fucking annoying but he wasn’t like comically evil or anything and then he did that shit man ||

https://tenor.com/view/ahem-shit-loser-seriously-gif-5731140

[modern lichen]

the new scary movie looks so fucking bad

[white smelt]

It’s actually insane how bad every single joke is

Like the previous ones weren’t exactly auteur stuff but they were funny

Every joke was painful in this trailer

[modern lichen]

bro

[tawny parcel]

Yeah its the exact “gen z is trying to cancel eminem” crowd whos enjoying this

[modern lichen]

it was actually painful to watch yeah, every single parody joke was insane

[white smelt]

The Eminem song blaring in the background of it is just the icing on the shit cake

[tawny parcel]

It’s just so cringe and tryhard bro

[modern lichen]

they were products of their time but this one feels like its a 2000s movie parodying modern horror and its just such dogshit

[sand cypress]

Btah || Fucking Ladislah. Deserved his fate and more. West redeemed himself somewhat with that move in my eyes. Crazy that Ladislah actually makes Jezal look like a decent fellow by comparison ||

[tawny parcel]

Btah ||Jezal hasn’t even done that much bad man he’s just arrogant ||

Btah ||i don’t get how you see a murderous viking (who is surprisingly self conscious I do love logen) Glokta, a torturer, and then Jezal a dude who’s just kinda mean sometimes and say yeah fuck THAT dude ||

[sand cypress]

Btah || I despised his arrogant ass for the entire first book. I was laughing at all his failures ||

[sand cypress]

Btah || yeah yeah but somehow Abercrombie made those evil people likeable and charming whereas Jezal is.. Jezal. I dunno man I just really dislike arrogant and vain characters ||

[tawny parcel]

Btah/ ||I’m the opposite I love that archetype. Mainly because I just love to see how full of shit they get of themselves and most of the time the end up being pretty funny||

GOT ||shout out Theon Greyjoy||

[shadow sequoia]

Why is it so fucking complicated to watch these documentaries through PBS? What asshole had a meeting that was like "Yeah, let's divide it up between different networks across the country!"

Fucking morons

[young compass]

vic screaming into the void again

[shadow sequoia]

Have to fucking goddamn pirate everything nowadays and not even support education

[sage remnant]

Real

[sage remnant]

Crazy he still has everyone blocked

[young compass]

not you apparently

[sage remnant]

Probably has me in ignored lol

[sonic quail]

Lol

[spiral quest]

Been reading a Game of Thrones since vacation, honestly surprised it hasn't been as detailed in the graphic stuff as I expected

The show really must have taken some liberties

[sage remnant]

I had thought you had already read it once

[spiral quest]

Only read a bit

But I didnt recall it like this. I may be in the right headspace for the books now

Still won't be watching the show, I've seen some stuff and I know it isn't for me

[sage remnant]

Have you ever read The Second Apocalypse btw

Think you'd like it

[spiral quest]

Never heard of it tbh, who is it by

[sage remnant]

R Scott Bakker

[spiral quest]

I'll have to take a look into it

I've heard he can be pretty dark, iirc

[sage remnant]

I remember it being milder than GoT show, but I guess my bar for it is just p off

[leaden pollen]

binging spider man series with tobey maguire

[tawny parcel]

From what I’ve heard/bits and pieces besides like what s4 onward ya i think it is a lot mroe graphic in the show

Also got/asoiaf|| i mean obviously theres sex/nudity in the books but it seems like theres way more in the show lol||

[spiral quest]

Not saying the books have been like super non graphic, it just doesn't seem to linger on stuff and Ive been able to enjoy things more this time around

ASOIAF/GOT ||I've been really enjoying the world building, Martin's writing is clicking with me and the book is paced really well. Fave characters so far are the usual I am sure, Jon/Ned/Tyrion/Arya but I am also finding myself enjoying characters like Renley Baratheon, Samwell Tarly, and weirdly The Hound. ||

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||one of the strongest aspects of the series is definitely the use of perspective and character to build the world ||

[regal root]

ASOIAF/GOT ||I despise what the show did to Renly, he was such an interesting character in the books||

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||2/3 Baratheon brothers got fucked by the show||

ASOIAF ||it’s good Bobby B died early||

[foggy mirage]

A jon fan i see

[foggy mirage]

Asoiaf book 2/3 ||them refusing to adapt a lot of Stannis and his humor was annoying enough. But adding renly to oversimplification pile was crazy. They really are both standouts in the books.||

[foggy mirage]

Asoiaf ||I do hope you start enjoying Sansa. She ended up becoming a character I enjoyed same as book danny.||

[spiral quest]

ASOIAF ||All Sansa has done so far has lie about what she saw with Joffery and Nymeria, fawn over the Knight of the Flowers, and then get intimidated by the Hound. So far, it's not great but it's only about half the book||

[spiral quest]

ASOIAF ||I am a simple man, Jon from what I recall is Martin's take on someone like Aragorn and I can see it already. Jon's a natural leader, he is compassionate as shown with Samwell, he's humble even if he clearly wishes to be a full Stark shown with how he though the direwolf pups should be divyed up, plus I really like Ghost and how they seem to pair. Tyrion and Jon having some bonding over basically being outcasts in their own families. ||

ASOIAF ||Also I so far have been intrigued by Catelyn and her sister. I am currently reading about her venturing to the Eyrie to talk to her sister after she took Tyrion. The Eyrie is a cool ass location, but also tf is going on with Lysa Arryn and her son that is some weird business||

[tawny parcel]

which book u on?

just just game of thrones?

[sage remnant]

First

[spiral quest]

First book yeh

A Game of Thrones, which is really confusing to name the entire show after just the first book

[modern lichen]

they thought they were adapting the first book only

it was a huge gambit

[spiral quest]

Ah I see

Shoulda at least used a like idk

A Game of Thrones S2: A Clash of Kings

Or something

I also don't know how much they adapted and when what book starts with what season so I could be wrong

[modern lichen]

each book is a season i think or thereabouts

[spiral quest]

Would explain why they ran outta shit

[modern lichen]

seasons 3&4 is based on book 3 (the longest book in the series) mostly and season 5&6 took on book 4&5 (a dance with dragons is barely adapted as show original stuff changed the entire trajectory of the series)

[spiral quest]

Wait they didnt adapt A Dance With Dragons entirely?

That just seems like a weird way to go. Now I am seeing why things got rough

[modern lichen]

its a mess

[spiral quest]

Oh well. I aint ever watching it

[modern lichen]

the first 4 seasons to me are worth it and then 6's final 2 episodes for the fanservice

[spiral quest]

And I am taking my time with getting through the books, I doubt Winds of Winter ever comes out, so I'll be chilling with this stuff for a while

[modern lichen]

winds will def come out

i'm not holding out hope for "a dream of spring"

[spiral quest]

Well in that case, I still will take my time

But

[sage remnant]

Winds will come out. The books after that wont

[spiral quest]

Now I am concerned we won't get a cool cover for Winds of Winter

[modern lichen]

there's only one left after winds

[leaden pollen]

i lowkey missed the old action cgi, was watching spider-man 1 and 2. was fun to watch

[spiral quest]

Because we got the cool new covers for the series

[modern lichen]

the greatest of all time

[spiral quest]

Like if Winds does drop, the artist better make a cover for it

[modern lichen]

the new box set is insanely dope

i have the ones with the old covers

[spiral quest]

The cover for Game of Thrones honestly got me to reconsider reading the series

That might be my favorite cover for a book I've ever seen

[white smelt]

I have the first edition clash

Looked online and it’s like 100 bucks

[modern lichen]

ugly ass cover ngl

[white smelt]

Wonder if I can sell it

[sage remnant]

Wait till it reaches 10000 as an antique piece

[foggy mirage]

Asoiaf ||yeah lysa is a bit strange I'm ngl 😭 . I do like the eyrie as a location and the lore. But people there always feel particularly rude to me.||

[foggy mirage]

They started leaving out stuff from book 4 and on

And it shows in the quality of seasons after 4

[white smelt]

Honestly I think the quality was immediately worse after season one. They felt like having every character in every episode and would invent little things for them to do. It just got progressively worse with some few highlights like Pedro and other actors/scenes

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF ||the way they butchered the Sand Snakes ||

[tawny parcel]

ASOIAF|| well to be fair...The sand snakes arent exactly the most interesting things in their own books either ||

[obsidian basalt]

oops

midborn book 6 || what is blud waffling about ||

[foggy mirage]

Asoiaf ||disagree tbh, they have way more variety and actually have things going on in the plot. The show ones are just carbon copies of eachother with none of the personality or actual world building. The entirety of dorne in the show is awful compared to the book version of dorne.||

[brave orbit]

Even i know

[obsidian basalt]

i know too i just don't want to hear about it

get that woke nonsense out of my books

[sage remnant]

dude already reached BoM

damn

[obsidian basalt]

reached it like a week ago actually

[brave orbit]

????

[obsidian basalt]

???

midborn 6

[sage remnant]

????????

[obsidian basalt]

https://tenor.com/view/erm-aksuali-veli-vel-nerd-nerd-emoji-gif-11908435316515627035

[sage remnant]

that's the cool stuff smh

[obsidian basalt]

midborn 6 || this entire chapter is just yapping about the magic system what happened to the game i love||

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || I don’t give af about the sand snakes that much either but I did adore Arianne, I’m not sure why she needed to be cut ||

[worthy crypt]

Asoiaf || probably cause George doesn't know how to resolve that 14 years later so neither did they ||

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || that’s never stopped DnD from resolving things that George never resolved ||

[worthy crypt]

Got show || They took their best shot at what they could with limited info when they were told at the start they'd be adapting available material. I'm a dd defender George is the reason the show ended poorly ||

[limber urchin]

Agree

bad cut

[limber harbor]

Wasn’t their best

[worthy crypt]

Maybe it was who knows. Regardless entirely different ballgame if they had books. Then it would be their fault

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF/GOT || they’d began deviating from the books rather early on and there was still some content from the books that could’ve been used that they simply decided not to use ||

No we know it wasn’t, there are several show only scenes that are just as good as book ones

[worthy crypt]

The first 20% of a story thread isn't useful

[limber harbor]

It’s much more than that, there are entire plot lines and characters with resolved arcs removed or ruined

And they’ve finished several other character arcs

You’re only making so many excuses for them because you have George

[worthy crypt]

What resolved plot lines got cut?

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || Quentyn Martell’s mission to Dany for example ends in the books with his supposed death||

[worthy crypt]

I just think it's completely unreasonable to expect them to be able to write a story in 2 years of tv show production that the author has tried and failed to write for 13 years

[sage remnant]

I think fault lies in both 😎

[limber harbor]

I don’t think it’s unreasonable for showrunners of a multi million dollar show to write a decent show

These guys aren’t babies

[worthy crypt]

If it were easy to finish the show, we'd have ados by now

[sage remnant]

Yeah but they were adapting in the first place

so its on the original writer to finish the material

[limber harbor]

And they could’ve continued to do so reasonably, they even decided to end the show earlier than George wished

George isn’t completely innocent either

[sage remnant]

People shit on D&D too much when you gotta shit on both them and Martin

[worthy crypt]

If George wanted to ensure a specific form of the show ending, he had a very simple solution, finish the books

[sage remnant]

Didn't George write in his blog that he had tried multiple times at Winds and it wasn't working or smth

Need to confirm but there was smth along the lines of that a few years afo

[worthy crypt]

He rewrites a lot of stuff over and over

[limber harbor]

I never implied George wanted a specific ending

I’m saying that these showrunners should be able to write a coherent show

And they’ve shown before they could

[sage remnant]

When the original author is having that kind of issues with a book for 15 years

[worthy crypt]

George has created a story state so difficult to resolve he can't do it himself, why should the showrunners be expected to be able to resolve it well

[sage remnant]

I think people can cut some slack for writers who has to deal with HBO

[limber harbor]

Game of thrones isn’t so complex that these showrunners can’t create a solid end

[limber harbor]

George is at fault too

People shit on George all the time

[worthy crypt]

You'd think the same of winds

But apparently not

[limber harbor]

But it doesn’t absolve the showrunners of writing a shitty show

[sage remnant]

I think I give them credit for finishing it

Cuz George hasn't been able to do that

[limber harbor]

I wouldn’t give them any such credit

[worthy crypt]

Their ending is the ending

[limber harbor]

They’re horrid writers and fucked up one of the best shows in media

[worthy crypt]

Until George delivers otherwise

[limber harbor]

Their ending is the show ending

The book ending is unresolved yes

[sage remnant]

There's no book ending yet so it is the only ending atp

[limber harbor]

It’s the show ending

[sage remnant]

Inb4 George has the same ending beats planned and this is why he's having issues with resolving it

[copper phoenix]

they both suck but d&d couldn't win

[worthy crypt]

I just think you not giving enough credit to the difficulty of resolving the story which is evident by it still being unfinished

[copper phoenix]

if the author himself cant write the ending what chances do they have

[worthy crypt]

Exactly

[copper phoenix]

its either cancel the show or try something

there is no winning

[limber harbor]

George is more interested in other things than finishing his own book

[limber harbor]

The books not that complex

Even getting a decently mediocre ending would be fine

But they completely shot the bed

[limber harbor]

They could

[jolly ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[limber harbor]

They just didn’t

[sage remnant]

Well George has mentioned that he has difficulty writing this next one soo

[worthy crypt]

I take him at his word when he says he can't finish it I'm not about to armchair author actually it should be easy when I've never published anything in my life

[sage remnant]

Give it timw

[limber harbor]

And George is at fault

[jolly ruin]

I haven’t read the interlude yet so I am just bs’ing

[sage remnant]

Oh

smh

[limber harbor]

You just hate George so much that you can’t accept they shot the bed

[sage remnant]

It's not a matter of hating

[copper phoenix]

just write a good ending its that easy

[limber harbor]

Take him at his word more than just hating on him

[worthy crypt]

I agree they did a bad job. But I think there was a 99% chance they were gonna do a bad job

[limber harbor]

No

These people have their own agency

They aren’t children

[worthy crypt]

It's not about agency it's about difficulty

[limber harbor]

And I’m saying it’s not that difficult to write better than what we got. Even the actors coming out about how shit it was.

It’s much harder to write a universally reviled season

[worthy crypt]

Your ability to act doesn't mean you can be reasonably expected to compete any task

[limber harbor]

And for some reason you keep pretending like the show is anywhere near as complex as the books

[worthy crypt]

I think that's armchair expert stuff. Just write a good ending. It's not that hard

[limber harbor]

The show cut a lot of characters and plot lines they had much less to resolve

Even at the time they stopped adapting it’s quite different

[worthy crypt]

They could have just mostly followed the books if twow came out in 2016 like George repeatedly said it would

[limber harbor]

Never said as much

Yes and George is at fault for not finishing his books

I’m not saying he’s innocent

[worthy crypt]

I'm saying his failures left them with a near impossible task

[sage remnant]

I won't say near impossible task

[limber harbor]

I know and that’s silly. The show was much less complex, has much less characters and much less plot lines

[sage remnant]

but more difficult task that people give them way too much shit for

[limber harbor]

For one not nearly as difficulty to finish

I’m not expecting them to make a masterpiece

But they did absurdly bad

George not finishing his books is no excuse for writing a show that bad

[sage remnant]

they were doing adaptation
they ran out of material to adapt

[worthy crypt]

They did very good when adapting, very bad when writing. Which I think is what you should expect

[sage remnant]

they did very good to okay job when adapting

let's be real

[limber harbor]

Yes they’re bad at writing we agree

And George and DnD are both at fault

But DnD isn’t innocent here

Some of the things are so nonsensical you wonder if a child wrote it

[worthy crypt]

They undertook an adaptation with assurances that there would be material to adapt and there wasn't

[limber harbor]

They outright forget lines said in previous episodes etc

[copper phoenix]

writing a story and adapting it to a tv show require a different set of skills

[limber harbor]

I understand things would be difficult with nothing to adapt but there’s no reason it should’ve been that bad

Is all I’m saying

[copper phoenix]

d&d did what they could when adapting the source

[limber harbor]

And they did it horribly which is their fault

I don’t know why you guys feel the need to baby them

For writing that mess

DND did as well as they could!

No they didn’t. If it was just a mediocre ending sure

But it’s far worse than that

And there’s no excuse

[sage remnant]

and more than half the blame for that goes to George

[worthy crypt]

i guess thats the main point of disagreement

[limber harbor]

Sure

[sage remnant]

because an adapting job changed to writing job

[copper phoenix]

there is a difference between fault and responsibility

[worthy crypt]

i think there is an excuse. They thought they would be adapting material and ran out of material to adapt. And suddenly had to use different skills they were much weaker at. And i think people forget that its not like george was telling them hey im not gonna make it. George was saying in 2015 that twow will be out in 2016 before the show catches up

[copper phoenix]

the fault is entirely on george for not writing his stupid book in over a decade

dnd are responsible for the bad ending

[limber harbor]

There is a great excuse as to why the quality stopped being as good I agree

There’s no reason it should’ve been that bad

Is what I’m saying

[copper phoenix]

yes there is a reason

[limber harbor]

No there isn’t

[young compass]

They could have based on it the narrative structure he presents in his football blog entries

[copper phoenix]

the reason being that fat ass didn't gave them the material they needed to adapt

[worthy crypt]

the war between the jets and the partriots

spoiler the jets always lose

[young compass]

Except that one time

[sage remnant]

I am having a brain fart

[limber harbor]

That’s the reason why It’s not as food but season 8 is far worse than mediocre

[sage remnant]

or is that jet and patriots relevant

[limber harbor]

Food

I’m about to fail my ochem test yet I’m arguing on discord

[sage remnant]

just leave this server when serious exams take place like me

[worthy crypt]

we're probably at as much of an end as there will be, you should probably go study lol

[limber harbor]

Talk about priorities

[copper phoenix]

season 6 and 7 aren't good either its just overshadowed because back then people still believed the show was gonna bounce back

but on hindsight they're just as bad

even parts of s5

[limber harbor]

Many people consider season 6 the best season

[copper phoenix]

hell in s7 you have || arya meeting ed sheran lmao ||

[modern lichen]

Oh brother

Couldn’t believe my eyes watching that shit when it dropped

That’s when I knew

Show was fully going to shit

[sage remnant]

if you were hoping it could be good even after that

then it's on you fr

[modern lichen]

Look, the last 2 episodes of season 6 wiped out all the boring aspects of the rest of it ok

[sage remnant]

is that || Battle of bastards || got

[young compass]

Did they ever say why they did the Sheeran thing

It’s kind of inexplicable

[sage remnant]

apparently as a suprrise gift for Maisie Williams

who's a fan

[young compass]

this is a television series

[sage remnant]

idk probably just a cheap trick to get fans to watch the show since he was huge then

[young compass]

just get her concert tickets

[sage remnant]

well that's what reddit tells me and i ain't doing more research than that

[modern lichen]

GoT S6 ||Battle of the Bastards and Winds of Winter||

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https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2028866593632010521?t=9mja-EZXNLJwofUdWU3hpw&s=19

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

A ‘GAME OF THRONES’ movie is in the works at Warner Bros.

Beau Willimon (‘Andor’) is set to write the script.

(Source: https://t.co/Le2wKLCtoh)

X · Mar 3, 2026, 4:14 PM

[sage remnant]

can they fucking stop milking this shit

and give adaptation to any other franchise

[worthy crypt]

like of the first book?

what does it cover

i feel like theres no need to redo anything season 1-4 it was all pretty great

[shrewd sigil]

I don't think they've said anything other than that it's just being made

[shrewd sigil]

never

[sage remnant]

I think it's another spinoff

[worthy crypt]

hotd is mixed but akotsk was great so.. idk maybe itll be ok

[sage remnant]

atp I'll even take a fourth wing adaptation instead of milking existing franchises

[worthy crypt]

idk what that is

[sage remnant]

a romantasy that got its marketing and became mainstream cuz of tiktok and those spaces

I was seeing those books in the footpath bookstores

[worthy crypt]

but idk its just the reality that people are a lot more comfortable spending huge piles of money on more established things. Thats why theres all those remakes and remasters and stuff. Everyone is very afraid of losing their huge piles of money by making something that bombs

[sage remnant]

which is like only to super mainstream books :kekhands:

[sage remnant]

ye ik

[copper phoenix]

its a reboot, george pimky promised wb he is gonna deliver winds this time

[sage remnant]

when will we get that Best Served Cold adaptation

[worthy crypt]

if i had a magic wand im not sure what id adapt

probably stormlight and thats just happening

[sage remnant]

we got two Joe Abercrombie adaptations announced

[worthy crypt]

i like malazan a lot but i dont think it would be a good show

[sage remnant]

and one was by fucking James Cameron

[copper phoenix]

id adapt wheel of time

[sage remnant]

and we haven't gotten any news about them

[copper phoenix]

3rd time is the charm

[sage remnant]

it will be anime

[worthy crypt]

thats a shame cause i swear it was getting better every season

[sage remnant]

also Malazan has been in talks for adaptation since like forever

[worthy crypt]

the third season of wot was actaully decent

[sage remnant]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Malazan/comments/188as2h/erikson_confirms_that_there_are_talks_ongoing_to/

2 years ago lmfao

[worthy crypt]

it seems like it would need a lot of changes to make it happen and i dont think those changes would be good

oh id also take more area x movies

[sage remnant]

atleast working as advisor in WoT let Brandon knew he needed more control

watched Annihilation Qbz?

wasted Natalie Portman ngl

[worthy crypt]

i have yeah

it wasnt great but it was fine/good

they made it more actiony and less mysterious

[sage remnant]

I want them to get to Absolution (?) and adapt that monologue

this one yep

[worthy crypt]

absolution || landry isnt a serious person but thats part of his appeal ||

[sage remnant]

this needs right delivery

[raw gate]

😭

[sage remnant]

ain't that peak

[raw gate]

Spectacular prose

[sage remnant]

you should read it Rei

it's like uhh

[raw gate]

In 2027 there’s a non zero chance I’ll read a novel

[sage remnant]

Fool Night

meets Blame!

It's very Blame! coded

[sage remnant]

watch the movie then

adaptation of the first one

[raw gate]

That’s a good sell

[sage remnant]

which tones down the weirdness and makes it more actiony

[raw gate]

Weirdness > action

[sage remnant]

but just keep in mind that you increase the weird parts by 10x and then you get an idea of whether it will work for you or nto

[worthy crypt]

veniss underground is a version of southern reach that turns the weirdness and minor horror way up

[sage remnant]

also if you want smth like fantasy nonfiction

there' City of Saints and Madmen

[worthy crypt]

it almost seems like an unrestrained prototype

[sage remnant]

also very much

Lynch coded

[worthy crypt]

yeah you can get all 3 of those books under "Ambergris"

city of saints and madmen is 1 of 3

[raw gate]

Ok you’ve got my attention

What’s the premise

[sage remnant]

also oscar isaac and Natalie Portman

[raw gate]

Sick. I’ll try and find the time for it sometime by the end of this year

Gotta write it down somewhere tho lol

[sage remnant]

also since you are taking my recommendations anyway

watch Coherence

it's like a one hour and 20 min movie

@raw gate

if you have watched Primer, it's more mind fucky and less sciencey than that

[copper phoenix]

is that a movie

[raw gate]

Gotcha. I’ll check that one out too goro

[sage remnant]

adaptation of first book of Southern Reach Trilogy spice

[copper phoenix]

what the name of the movie

[sage remnant]

Annihilation

[copper phoenix]

could be any more generic

[raw gate]

[sage remnant]

vandermeer does name this series in a generic words way

good covers tho

[copper phoenix]

looks cool

I'll take your movie rec despite my best judgement just because movies are short

[sage remnant]

well Annihilation is like a meh adaptation of a great book so take that as you will

it tones down the good parts (the weirdness) and adds hollywood-y action

[copper phoenix]

ew

[sage remnant]

I only recced it to Rei in hopes it would get him to read the book

[copper phoenix]

hollywoodslop

[sage remnant]

which I am sure he will like

[copper phoenix]

I'm still traumatized by the slopification of eletric state

[sage remnant]

that's like the extreme case man...

Russo brothers fumbled Gosling (The Gray Man) and Electric State

The Electric State novel

imagine seeing this
and going "Yes. we need Chris Pratt"

[sage remnant]

@raw gate another Blame Coded for you

[modern lichen]

fumbled is an understatement

they annihilated it

[sage remnant]

btw harsh

have you watched Coherence

oh yeah you were one of the people who recommended it to me lol

[modern lichen]

ASOIAF || https://x.com/i/status/2028877940449042817 || no way bro

Redanian Intelligence (@RedanianIntel)

Warner Bros. is reportedly working on two rival versions of Aegon's Conquest

- Dune-sized feature film from Beau Willimon (Andor, House of Cards)
- TV series from Mattson Tomlin (The Batman, Terminator Zero)

X · Mar 3, 2026, 4:59 PM

[sage remnant]

💀

[modern lichen]

taking this with a grain of salt

[sage remnant]

rival versions what

is there even a precedent for this

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https://x.com/i/status/2028879098135621711 https://x.com/i/status/2028880553714311347

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins have been cast as Chloe and Max in the ‘LIFE IS STRANGE’ TV series.

Coming soon to Prime Video.

(Source: https://t.co/hvoyRB2DeB)

X · Mar 3, 2026, 5:04 PM

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First poster for the ‘LIFE IS STRANGE’ TV series.

Coming soon to Prime Video.

X · Mar 3, 2026, 5:09 PM

[sage remnant]

Isn't this like multiple ending type story

[copper phoenix]

cant wait to see more got milking but this time with paramount merge

[limber urchin]

Salem's Lot ||Still early on, only like chapter 4? And it still feels like we're slowly but surely building something up. I'm having issues keeping up with the names, because King is dropping quite a number of them on me. But man, I just love how good he is at establishing locations through all that subtle detail, something I was sorely missing with Mistborn as much as I enjoyed that series. I'm hoping the horror really amps up eventually, 'cause while the Marsten house has my interest, I just know there's gotta be some freaky shit really bubbling underneath. Especially now that it's been revealed who bought the house and the antique store they're putting up near it (i assume it's a front for something, since that buyer came off WEIRD).||

[shrewd sigil]

yeah

one of the main charms of the game is that the player's actions and choices affect the story

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https://x.com/ashotmagazine/status/2028911166920007941?t=PdGY6WTp562DnOMb3hQkdw&s=19

A Shot (@ashotmagazine)

‘AEGON’S CONQUEST’ is now in development as a Warner Bros movie by Beau Willimon (‘Andor’) and an HBO series by Mattson Tomlin (‘The Batman 2’).

via @THR

X · Mar 3, 2026, 7:11 PM

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ASOIAF ||so I know I am early in but I would like to know house Targaryen seems to get all the attention? Is it the dragons??||

[limber harbor]

Yes

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That's disappointing

[limber harbor]

ASOIAF || they were also the rulers of the main setting of the story for the longest time, no one wants to read about peasants,||

[tawny parcel]

I….I do….

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ASOIAF ||it's less that I wanna read about rulers or not, I just like some other houses more so far||

[tawny parcel]

Asoiaf ||which one is your favorite||

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ASOIAF ||currently tied between Baratheon and Stark. Lame answers I know but Baratheon is interesting||

[glacial jetty]

The hell

Both at once?

An hbo series doesn’t really make sense

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ASOIAF ||House Baratheon probably takes the cake for me at the moment. I like Renley and Robert a lot and what I know of Stannis, I am excited to read him. Lannister is interesting, but I don't know how far my affection will go past Tyrion alone||

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF ||The culprit ||

[limber urchin]

bro wants to read about what he is and not be whisked away to fantasy land smh

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ASOIAF ||wanna make it clear. The dragons are dope. However I just don't find House Targaryen super interesting atm. It is super early tho. Dany is just starting to come into her own as Khaleesi and her brother is a sniveling tool||

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF ||Are you reading A Game of Thrones at the moment? If so, probably want to include which book you're on so we don't accidentally spoil you.||

[spiral quest]

Oh woops good Idea

[limber urchin]

AGOT

ACOK, ASOS, AFFC, and ADWD

[spiral quest]

I was just about to ask how should I do it

[limber urchin]

lot to remember i know

[spiral quest]

That works

Nah I know the titles pretty well

Thing with fantasy is once you've read enough your brain connects the dots fast

Out of curiosity, for those who have read, what would you rank the books of ASOIAF

[limber urchin]

Hm

let me think

A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Dance with Dragons
A Game of Thrones
A Feast for Crows

[spiral quest]

Damn I may have a lot to look forward to

[limber urchin]

Have you watched the tv series?

[spiral quest]

Because I've really taken to AGOT

Nah

[limber urchin]

OK good, then i'll make sure not to spoil you

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It's a bit graphic for my taste

And as Ive been reading and heard from others the books don't seem quite as ridiculous with it

[limber urchin]

Uh, I'm gonna be honest, as this is not a spoiler: the books are worse than the show in terms of graphic violence I believe.

and other things

[spiral quest]

Well I imagine but I guess it hasn't been the worst thing in the world so far

[limber urchin]

at least with the books it's only words and not visually in your face

[spiral quest]

I think that's part of it

Like

[limber urchin]

Other than that, you should have a good time. Great story, lots of detail.

and very complex, so if you feel overwhelmed you're not alone

[spiral quest]

AGOT ||Bran's fall wasn't too bad, Royce getting sword shards in his eye didn't go too far, Ned executing the brother of the night watch, Ned killing Lady||

None of that so far has been miserable I guess. I am sure worse is too come but I fully expected that stuff to be worse

AGOT ||obviously there is some other uncomfortable stuff that isn't straight up violence but I skim those sections a bit. I don't have shame in admitting that||

[tawny parcel]

wtf

Clash FIRST?

Clash i have like

last

not because its bad but because its the least good

also a affc hate you hate to see it

[limber urchin]

ACOK ||Tyrion wins me over so hard in this book, along with the Battle of the Blackwater.||

[tawny parcel]

ASOIAF ALL|| Renly also gets murdered in this book right? also a standout moment. but ya tyrion is so good in acok. Acok is so good but i think its just me enjoying the others more but part of that is in because of how much work was put in at clash of kings with exposition and worldbuilding||

[regal root]

ACOK ||I hate how the show took away so much nuance from Tyrion’s character and just made him a generic good guy. He’s so layered in the books ||

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF all ||Yeah, this is the book where Stannis' shadow - summoned by Melisandre - assassinates his brother. All the books are great in their own way really. Like, even if it's not my favorite of the series, ADWD has my favorite chapters (all the Theon ones). And AFFC, while it's the bottom, is still amazing how it slowly lets you see the horrors of war's aftermath, especially with Brienne's journey.||

[limber urchin]

ASOIAF all ||I'm pretty sure you can argue he's borderline a villain at times in the book. Yeah, the show, in part thanks to Peter Dinklage being handsome, did make in too good by comparison.||

[spiral quest]

Buffy have you read Berserk? This is related to ASOIAF so I am asking here

[tawny parcel]

i have for what its worth

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Okay in your opinion, does Berserk's level of violence and graphic nature match ASOIAF

[tawny parcel]

berserk is way more extreme

[spiral quest]

Oh then I am gonna be fine

[tawny parcel]

like i think even if you put it to paper and wrote it out

it would still be more extreme

subtracting the fact that theres art involved depicting this

[frank rivet]

loooool

[spiral quest]

Idk why I was worried that much, Ive read Berserk

[frank rivet]

Berserk makes game of thrones look like Weenie hut jr

[spiral quest]

All I needed

[regal root]

Yeah Berserk is way more extreme since we see it in the act, the sick shit in ASOIAF more times than not we hear about after the fact or gets hints at

[limber urchin]

Berserk is one of my all-time favorite stories.

[tawny parcel]

that too asoiaf general|| theres a lot of talking about stuff that happened rather then stuff happening||

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AGOT ||Yeah I am seeing that more like the Targaryen children that were killed that Ned is still haunted by||

[limber urchin]

Berserk is more extreme if you're curious

nothing is worse than berserk in my eyes

[spiral quest]

Then yeah if I can handle Berserk

I can handle this

[limber urchin]

Yeah if you can handle Berserk, you can probably handle literally anything in stories

[spiral quest]

I think I knew too many people who had only known got

And they were like "NAH IT GETS SO BAD"

[limber urchin]

Berserk is genuinely too much at times

[frank rivet]

don't get me wrong, Game of thrones has some fucked up shit

[spiral quest]

That and I saw some clips of the show where I was like uh I don't need that

But I can handle it in writing over depiction

[frank rivet]

but putting pure Berserk on television would probably have the FCC shut it down 😭

[spiral quest]

Yeah there's some shit in Berserk that still haunts me, but thank you all for answering the question

I finally can embrace ASOIAF, it felt like a hole in my fantasy fandom catalog

[limber urchin]

I'm like confident parts of Berserk could send people to therapy

[regal root]

AGOT ||The presentation of that was so well done, just 3 corpses we don’t actually see but all covered in dark red Lannister banners. Elite use is show-don’t-tell||

[frank rivet]

lol sometimes i read Berserk, and i think....am i old enough to read this

[tawny parcel]

😭

[limber urchin]

AGOT, don't read Sabble ||Are we talking about the ones Tywin ordered killed?||

thanks

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/cops-police-sirens-catching-crminals-what-you-gonna-do-gif-22472645

[spiral quest]

AGOT ||The book has done some shit that I super enjoy in how they've handled. Bran's fall was actually really well done. It didn't linger on the violence of it but it twisted you anyway. Summer howling still gets me. Oh and Lady being killed. Dude I actually shed a tear, Ned telling his man to bring him Ice for it, how he describes the direwolf. Hated it. ||

[limber urchin]

I love ASOIAF. What a swell series. Can't wait for George to finish it.

[spiral quest]

Ive resigned to the fact it probs wont finish but

[regal root]

15 years and counting

[limber urchin]

Oda can finish it

[spiral quest]

I am still loving what I am reading

So I feel like if one of these books or multiple becomes a favorite of all time, then it was worth it

And AGOT is already quickly running up the ranks dude

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/titan-titan-submersible-submarine-titanic-titanic-sub-gif-3157031911202859290

once i find the OP its over

[limber urchin]

We'll get Oda and Sanderson into a room together and have them finish it. Mistborn era 1 and One Piece and all of ASOIAF ||Every chick gets a giant boob upgrade and somehow Arya learns how to burn metals.||

[regal root]

I think Storm is still my fav in the series

Just a ride from start to finish

[spiral quest]

ASOIAF and Mistborn ||Dude I actually can see Arya and Vin as like sisters||

[limber urchin]

Storm is consistently considered the best, and yeah it's fucking ride.

[spiral quest]

I hear ASoS is the best a lot and it is one of the best books in fantasy period

I am excited but I am taking my time. I am enjoying the process

[limber urchin]

looool i'm surprised you clicked on that since it says "all of ASOIAF" i could've easily spoiled anything. You got lucky.

[regal root]

Damn near a roller coaster experience in book form

[spiral quest]

I know quite a bit of stuff only because tbh I read a lot of spoilers before this

I genuinely thought that ASOIAF was gonna just never be read by me

[limber urchin]

George was on the some good shit with ASOS. Probably coke.

[regal root]

Like we often use the phrase that so-in-so was in their bag when they do something impressive and gosh damn

GRRM was just all the way in his bag for Storm

[spiral quest]

So I know stuff like ASOIAF ||Jamie loses his hand, Ned dies, Arya learns from the hound, Tyrion loses either his whole nose or part of it?? That Dany has the dragons, Jon takes over the night watch, Robb is killed and they kill Greywind and put his head on Robbs decapitated body||

[regal root]

I still can’t believe that he wrote GOT through Storm in the span of 6 years

[spiral quest]

But spoilers don't ruin stories for me

[limber urchin]

well goddamn

[spiral quest]

Dude had IDEAS

[regal root]

Like WTF happened man?

[foggy rain]

He was busy with Elden ring

[limber urchin]

actually i should've just lied and told Sabble "none of that stuff happens in the books"

[foggy rain]

And then fell back asleep

[spiral quest]

Lmaooo

It's no biggie really Buffy

[foggy rain]

Silly George

[regal root]

You go from that to trying to put too much into Feast that it got split into 2 books with it and Dance

[limber urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/jar-jar-binks-is-the-key-to-all-of-this-george-lucas-gif-13807515877867809368

[spiral quest]

Like AGOT ||even knowing Ned dies, I LOVE his character and am loving seeing how it all played out||

[regal root]

3 books in 6 years to 2 books in 11 years, then he gets distracted by success and we’re still waiting 15 years and counting for Winds

[spiral quest]

Tbf