Hey there blog readers.
So it was a big weekend for media of the nerd kind. Avengers: Dead End…I mean End Game came out and a big episode of Game of Thrones dropped. So some quick thoughts without delving into spoilers.
First, Avengers. Joking aside, the movie was alright. I can’t say it blew me away. There were parts I really liked and others that had me rolling my eyes with how serious they were trying to play things. It was a good transition point as the first cycle of storytelling came to an end and they planted some seeds for things to follow. Do not overthink it. The writers obviously did. I feel the story was more convoluted than it needed to be. In a story where they could write their own rules, they spent too much time explaining why the rules worked the way they did…and then neglected them when it served what they wanted to do. Time travel that does not involve phone booths or De Loreans really sucks eggs. It was probably longer than it needed to be but at least the action scenes were not a jumbled and overdrawn mess.
As for Game of Thrones, the feeling of dread has been building as the battle with the Night King and his army of the dead has been drawing ever closer and finally, it was time for the battle…and now it’s done and we can get on to storylines I’m more interested in. Don’t get me wrong, it was an amazing battle, but fight scenes do not captivate me anymore. There was one point that I checked my watch but not because I was bored. I wanted to see if the battle was going to need to be continued in the next episode. To their credit, I think they had the idea going in that this episode was going to be as long as it needed to be to get through the whole battle. And the action didn’t overstay its welcome. I came out feeling satisfied, if surprised, with the result. Just three more episodes left.
So that’s the big news coming out of the weekend and that’s all the blogging I have for now. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday.