Yep, it was. Until they ran ahead of the novels and turned back to the more common storytelling structures which leave a lot of analysis on the table. (Also, they apparently suck at that form, too, but I digress).https://twitter.com/lauraehall/status/1129465570833788928 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Onur Altındağ
That’s my thesis right there.https://twitter.com/quoting_marx/status/1129516967247962113 …
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Onur Altındağ @ronuraltindagIf your all time favorite show is The Wire, you never liked the Hollywood productions but were surprised how much you initially enjoyed watching The#GoT and now you are really disappointed yet can't quite figure out why: let@zeynep take your hand. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-real-reason-fans-hate-the-last-season-of-game-of-thrones/?redirect=1# …Show this thread2 replies 16 retweets 132 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Yeah, I actually wanted to write about why we are getting the technological transition/critique story mostly wrong. Not that the individuals don't matter, but there is so much more than them to this moment. https://twitter.com/atschrag/status/1129731154821701634 …
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So I will watch the
#GOT finale but haha it will be hilarious if there is some deep sociological current that is explained only in the final episode that ties everything together in brilliant fashion. Keyser Söze seeing dead people, something something very sociological haha.3 replies 5 retweets 86 likesShow this thread -
In case anyone is missing the soooo very subtle point of Daenerys and her troops.
#gameofthrones Very subtle.pic.twitter.com/zMks6puyvs
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But, but dragon fire can't melt iron thrones. (aka
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Another Emmy to Dinklage. Maybe the whole cast? (Except the one who stares into the distance all the time! Maybe he's a great actor, too, but who knows? No role till the end.) Breathtaking visuals. Stunning use of music. Someone tell me why they had a Night King at all? ktxbye.
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Groan to realizing that they left all the young Stark stories open for endless sequels. First botch the final season because they are in a rush to ruin whatever can still be ruined for Star Wars, and then will give CSI:GenericTown feels onto whatever interesting came before.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Julian Bishop 🍣
I've been getting this question a lot. I do have some suggestions but thinking of crowdsourcing this. What's your favorite novel/film/drama/fiction that does a good job telling the sociological story? Rich characters but situated in their time and place.https://twitter.com/jbishdope/status/1131358808553295872 …
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Almost a caricature of what you describe, perhaps, but isn’t Asimov’s Foundation about (if not embodying) exactly this idea?
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Same idea, yep. Can't totally say the same for rich character development there. 
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