…And I don’t have a lot to say except that they’re even worse than I was afraid they’d be.
Silly me, I expected Amazon’s production slate to be of nominally professional quality. You know, up there with the standard of the industry. So that if I had any problems with what I saw they would be based on creative choices.
Glad you asked – cuz io9.Com has the answer:
You might already know that Game of Thrones filmed a pilot that never aired. With different actors playing Daenerys and Catelyn, and a few other changes. Not much is known about this earlier Thrones pilot, except for a few hints — but a copy of the script was posted online. Here’s all the scoop about the Westeros you never saw.
The Good:
The Not So Good:
…And I’m pleasantly surprised by both of them.
You guys know how I always expect the worst. Look forward to it, actually, cuz it’s so much fun piling on. But last time around COMMUNITY made me smile. And my girlfriend, who’s a major Dan Harmon fan, even laughed.
Aargh! It’s nonsense!
Total nonsense!
Magical thinking of the worst kind cloaked in the opacity of technology!