{"id":15923,"date":"2019-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/gilbodys-law\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:37:51","slug":"gilbodys-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/gilbodys-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbody&#8217;s Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_10663\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"mailto:hosts@shatpod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10663\" class=\"wp-image-10663 size-full\" src=\"\/tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Game-of-Thrones-Theories.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Have a Theory? <a href=\"mailto:hosts@shatpod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share It Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>Last episode of GoT<\/p>\n<p>Hey guys! Been a fan since Westworld. I will try to send you an email that doesn&#8217;t suck :):)<\/p>\n<p>In movies I have a law that states: &#8220;As budget goes to infinity, the script goes to zero.&#8221; I call it Gilbody&#8221;s Law, haha). The last two seasons have been big budget and chock of pyrotechnics, but the characters have become cardboard-like in nature. The &#8220;Double Ds&#8221; have oscillated between indulgent nostalgia (which is nice but does not drive character development) or sudden changes in behavior (Jaime going back to Kings Landing, Danny going Dresden). I would have rather have had 20 meaningful episodes than the Transformer-esque ones.<\/p>\n<p>GoT painted also itself into a corner in the last episode. Cersi was killed and Dany went Dresden so the main female characters had been discredited\/killed.  Sansa becoming Queen of the North was needed to give something to the strong female character narrative. She could not be even Warden of the North under Bran as that would be emasculating, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>I was also hoping for more insight into the oft-mentioned but seldom explained &#8220;Lord of Light&#8221; and also the full meaning of the Night King. Perhaps one of the myriad of spin-offs will address these unanswered questions.<\/p>\n<p>Just some thoughts. Thanks for the great GoT podcasts; cannot wait for Westworld Season 3!<\/p>\n<p>Gary<\/p>\n<p>Gary Gilbody<p><strong>Subscribe Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Android:\u00a0<a title=\"Android\" href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-android<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Apple\/iTunes:\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"iTunes\" href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-itunes<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Help Support the Podcast<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Support with Paypal &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/paypal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/paypal<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Support With Venmo \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/venmo.com\/ShatPodcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/venmo.com\/ShatPodcasts<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shop \/ Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/shat-on-podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/shop<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shop Amazon With Our Affiliate Link &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=shatmovies-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=shatmovies-20<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sponsor&#8217;s Listener Survey &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/survey<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Leave an iTunes Review &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/game-of-thrones-review<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Leave a Voicemail &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"tel:914-719-7428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(914) 719-SHAT<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"tel:914-719-7428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(914) 719-7428<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Feeds &amp; Social Media &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shatontv.com\/subscribe-and-follow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/shatontv.com\/subscribe-and-follow\/<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Checkout our Movie Podcast &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shatthemovies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shatthemovies.com<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Theme Song &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NB_oIItJ0ZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Seven Nation Army (Epic Orchestral Cover)&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ciaran Burch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last episode of GoT Hey guys! Been a fan since Westworld. I will try to send you an email that doesn&#8217;t suck :):) In movies I have a law that states: &#8220;As budget goes to infinity, the script goes to zero.&#8221; I call it Gilbody&#8221;s Law, haha). The last two&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1719],"tags":[5437,5595,2374],"class_list":["post-15923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-of-thrones-small-council","tag-game-of-thrones-season-8","tag-got-s8e6","tag-small-council-read"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gilbody&#039;s Law - Shat on TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/tv\/gilbodys-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gilbody&#039;s Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last episode of GoT Hey guys! 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