(06-13-2017 01:59 PM)Artifice Wrote:  The folks watching the show for the political machinations (and comparing it to House of Cards or Sopranos or whatever) are missing the point. Despite all the sex and violence, the entire story is a think piece. No one is going to "win" at the end. That's not at all what the point of the story ever was supposed to be - unless the producers change it, which would be just about the worst thing that could happen.

It would probably help the average viewer to know that GRRM was/is a conscientious objector.

It's just a story and nobody knows what's going to happen in the end since the final books have not been completed--and given the current rate of progress on the novels along with the age/health of the author--there may never be an ending by the original author. The HBO series has already passed the source material and its producers have stated that they are, at this point, going to tell thier own story with a 2 year time table. I think the point that there really aren't many (if any) "winners" has already been made pretty clear regardless of how the HBO series ends.