COMING SPRING 2016 ON HBO WARNING! SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW AND THE BOOK SERIES BELOW! This was a season of change, concision, and convergence for the biggest series in the world. Series showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss took over a decade of author George R.R. Martin’s struggle to tell his…
Here we are. The end of Game of Thrones. It always flies by so fast. 10 episodes used to be a cakewalk for traditional shows, especially broadcast networks where they can pump out 22-24 episodes of NCIS. Or NCIS: Los Angeles. Or NCIS: New Orleans. Game of Thrones is a distinctive beast…
Game of Thrones continues its rampage of change in the fourth episode of Season 5 this week. The changes are good because the echoes in other plotlines are more pronounced. It makes for more concise storytelling, in line with the ‘convergence’ theme showrunners David Benioff & D.B. Weiss have repeatedly said…
My weekly analysis of pop culture news, trues, and lose(ers). 7. X-Files limited series revival? This week, a ton of good news for TV, which ties in to an upcoming Slogged column I’m writing about the future of visual storytelling. In that trend, FOX is considering a 6-10 episode limited…