Dear All, Thank you so much for your support! I'm glad the video is doing well and genuinely honoured so many of you have enjoyed it. Many have asked where part two is and I promise it will be out within the next week if not the next few days. I have been on a trip with friends and then graduated high school in the last week so I've only started editing two days ago and the drawings are still being done. We are working hard to make the best possible part two and I hope you understand. That being said, things are coming together and I promise it won't be long now. Panwa
Flick Fanatics imagine if many of these scenes you played out were part of the director’s plans that had to be cut from the long night. miguel must be so angry at d&d inside.
@@flickfanatics7948 Enjoyed the first part of your rewrite. Hoping to see the second part soon. Keep up the good work! It's very cathartic for fans of the show to have these kinds of alternate endings. And who knows, maybe there's a slim chance that HBO will decide to re-make the last couple of seasons with competent writers ;-)
EZ fan study the lore and respect it as much as they can. Those who got paid didnt even bother to read the lore and they want throw as much as agenda as they want
True! They were offered an unlimited budget and unlimited episodes by HBO. And even George thought 10 seasons were minimum needed to complete this story.
“No matter how popular a character is, if they make a stupid decision-they pay for it.” THAT was what these last two seasons weren’t. THAT was Game of Thrones. “You win or you die” THANK YOU for including that.
Basically everything was. CGI, Acting, Cinematography (well, except the lighting of the battle of Winterfell), Costume Design. Everything was near perfect… Except the storytelling… It really ruined the hard work of everyone involved, which makes it even worse!
That conversation between Jon and Jaime was genius. I never realized how much it was necessary. I'm sure George R.R Martin would be proud of your way of thinking. It may not be what he would've done, but it surely could be close. I'm sure he would actually praise it as creative. Good job!
@@adriannawiltshire6266 Exactly, the whole bath scene with Brienne doesn't mean anything if he doesn't then show humility. That scene revealed that his smugness is more of a defence, pretending to be superior to block out all the people who look down on him. He needed a scene like that with Jon to show that they're equals now (also as Jon had risen so much since season 1).
WHICH IS LAME, why sign up for a show if you're not in it for the long haul? d&d have no artistic integrity, or they would have BEGGED for more seasons or taken the opportunity they were given. if you truly love a project you continue to work on it to make it perfect, no matter how drawn out it is.
D&d were tired of the show, I remember binge watching season 1 through 4 because I missed out. Then when season 5 came i could tell it felt different, other than the hound coming back nothing really affected me. The writers just wanted it to end, but they built up so much it like they had a secret meeting and said what's the minimum amount of seasons/ episodes do we need to end this show.
HBO we’re willing to give them an even bigger budget for each of those episodes with most averaging 6 mil per episode they were offering 10 million for each
That, in fact, is the only foreshadowing in Season 8. Jaime pushes Bran off a STONE tower in the first episode, with Cersei in the room, beginning everything bad like the war of the 5 Kings and the burning of Winterfell, and the stones got pissed off that Winterfell was burned so they got revenge by crushing Jaime and Cersei 8 years later
I actually liked that he went back to her. Shows that even a good man, which he has become over the seasons, or maybe actually always was, cannot escape his dark side (cersei). Love is more powerful than moral or logic
Agree, 1,000% with you. All that progression of his character was for nothing and Cersei SO DESERVED to die alone and realize how stupid and pathetic she was. This really pissed me off, made no sense and made him look incredibly stupid, esp knowing that she ordered and payed Bron to kill him and Tyrion.
i like the idea of the Nights King explaining his motive to Bran. One of my biggest complaints about the NK's arc, was that they never explained why he was doing this
One thing people dont know about Dany (especially the writers) is that she actually never wanted the throne. In the books her quest for the throne is motivated by her constantly being pressured into it, the fear of being killed because of her bloodline, her devotion to her family and the safety of her people. Almost every time we get to see Danys thoughts its always the simple life she craves. She hates her quest and always says things like "im just a little girl, i just want to go home" she always dreams of the red door, a place where she actually felt like a normal girl without all the pressure she has now. So your decision to make dany forfit her quest for the throne isnt weird, its completely in line with her character.
This is amazing. The night king having a motive and talking to bran would have been such an epic scene. Even the convo between jon and jamie is such a nice touch
I’m not fancy on the Night king having a heart to heart with Bran, I like the motivation Flick’s has given to him though, but I guess I’m bias to that old trope of “Show, not tell”
Best part: 19:35 - The connection you made with Maestor Amon's speech - Duty being the death of love, love being the death of duty. These are the moments which actually retain fans to a show.
@Colin-um5tz Why would it? He has no connection to it in any positive way, and I don't think he knows about Rhaegar singing and it's effect on Lyanna.
really? You'll have to link them to me because so far everything I have seen is just upset fan fiction. AT least D and D have uni degrees so they are qualified somewhat.
@@hedonicmusic Save your amateur triggering comments for your baby sister. You are dealing with grown ups now. I'm still waiting the link by the way. I have read either upset fan fiction from bad writers who clearly paid no attention to the storiy's subtext, or peoplelike you, who say nothing unless they have read it elsewhere first. And people call D and D bad writeres!!
It would be tremendously fun if Martin completely changes everything in the books. Shireen Baratheonon ending up on the Iron Throne would make all the tv show viewers go mad.
Well i can actually say the books will be completely different for one Euron Greyjoy in the books is a completely different character from mr 10 inch cock no he likes to make long speeches to his brothers about how he taught them to pray as children while nailing his pregnant wife to the bow of his ship with her tongue cut out to be used as a human sacrifice all in a effort to make himself into a god
I disagree. What ended up happening on the show is what made tv viewer go mad anyway and even make up their own videos about how the seasons should have gone or watch these kind of videos in the first place. Lol, If they did it in a reasonable way, It would have still been better than Bran the boring ending up on the Iron throne and done right, would have made more sense.
you were not watching the same series i watched then. In episode one, there are hints to what Dany will do later. Re watching the series, you don't get fooled by Dany's hype. I am on season 5 now and I have seen countless examples of Dany's cruelty.
@@davidlean1060 There is countless examples, but they did not do have escalation there were some examples like when she killed all those slave masters by crucifying them, however some of those crucified were not slave masters they were architects and other jobs. She did something like that once every 3 seasons or so and it happened every once in a while to mostly evil people not the civilians in a city. They should have had her first transition into more morally gray and then just plain evil acts not just mass murder that could have happened after they made her go crazy properly.
@@aidangiven7422 it is not just things she does. Characters give clues. She says things 'I don not have a gentle heart Ser'...they are everywhere. Take what I say or leave it. I don't buy the negative hype...and it is hype because nar enough every negative remark says the same thing!! I bet very few dislike and Russian bots...or Amazon prime bots are spamming the net with claims of 'bad writing'.
@@hellodigitalworld8224 I disagree first many things stayed similiar then the ending with teh night king just wanting to kill brand and then essentially give up "meh" because he wouldn't prepare an army for 8000 years just to kill bran and then give up in my opinion. God bless you.
Maybe Bran’s line “ you’re exactly where you were meant to be.” could be used here as his last words to jon before he dies. This could imply that he knows about the Azor Ahai prophecy.
I thought I had made my peace with how GOT ended and then I watch this and is yet again overwhelmed with how awesome it could have been but wasn't. All the emotional connection with and between characters were sacrificed for big battles, if the books and the previous 7 seasons have taught us anything, it's that characters are always more important. I will always be sad at how GOT ended. Always.
Honestly all the cool Stark's were killed that's why the show sucked if I think back on it and if John never got with Dany the show would be cool because he got cucked and Sansa and Aria are not leaders ones an assassin and the other just wanted to be a wife for half the damn show.
I would have forgiven season eight if instead of the night king shattering, the dagger shatters and he smiles at Arya and says “ you should have gone for the head”
This is so much better!!! Also in season 7 they did keep foreshadowing that Daenerys would end up pregnant but they threw that out the window in season 8 and they did build up the white walkers as some almost unbeatable threat and then to have them ended in one episode was dumb and completely shit on the first 7 seasons.
Cersei getting pregnant, Daenerys getting pregnant. Then their children years after. Will clash for the Iron Throne. Its the Lion's vs the Dragon's now.
I think this is my favorite rewrite. There is just one thing I personally would have added would be that when Jamie arrives at winterfell he arrives with a few hundred soldiers. That way him walking out on Cersei gives meaning
No simply because him alone he knows there is no one backing him against the dead and basically going behind enemy lines in winter fell risking his life against horrible odd. If he went with a full army it wouldn’t feel the same because an army would give the character more assurance for “doing what right”. Therefore by himself it strengthens his decision of risking his life for what’s right and making his retaining of his honor even more legitimate.
As a book reader I can say for sure that you got more of the lore in your rewrite than D&D ever did. A few slips is nothing compared to their clusterfuckery.
He always had a true purpose. His threat, a being whose existence is virtually so he can end humans is what makes him so terrifying. He is a weapon gone wrong
Bronn killing Missandei is so random and is really out of character. He's a pretty smart dude, he wouldn't just come in and kill Missandei without knowing he could escape easily and get his reward. Apart from that, great video.
He killed Missandei because she protected Daenerys, makes a lot of sense. More than capturing one girl in the middle of a battle with many sinking ships not knowing who she is or what was her value in the eyes of Daenerys.
@@hxcvocalist It's still an obnoxious conservation of cast members. The world is big. You're telling me Qyburn couldn't have sent someone more proficient at assassinations than a dude in his fifties? Let Bronn fucking retire and cut his losses.
Yeah going into enemy territory killing the queen, and hoping to get out safe again. That's a pretty stupid approach. Apart from that I like the re write so far
Bronn accepting to assasinate daenarys is a perfect example of being too greedy for the money. While the death of bronn in the hands of tyrion his former master is a perfect example of "never betray your master or you should believe in me because the lannister always pays their debt". The author seem to have the idea that tyrion is the best man to kill bron to give justice on tyrions character as a lannister.
@@superkarage5428Bronn was not too greedy though he's incredibly cold and calculating which is why he did retire in the books where he has his castle family and enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life. I can't see him giving that up to sneak into an enemy camp to murder the dragon lady for less from a crazy bitch on the verg of ruin. Tyrion is not Bronn's master he made that very clear when he left him to die and Tyrion/Jamie didn't even properly pay him so it's the Lannisters that are in debt to him.
@@flickfanatics7948 so you mock this guy for calling your work bad, at least that is how II interpret this remark, but having a go at the show's producers, that's ok? Why is your way better?
Yeah, because that scene where he has his confrontation with the NK was so cringeworthy as they just stared at each other and was completely void of any satisfying or meaningful moment. Also, it appears that Bronn didn't have any useful part to play at all in this season.
Bronn especially needs to die. And Jon. One of the reasons this ending sucked is because D&D are fan service hacks. They want to tell a condescending story where defined heroes have happy endings. That impulse must be rejected if this story is to have the ending it deserved.
Killing off Bronn is a fine idea. Probably should have happened sooner. The guy started off as an interesting character, then turned into a silly plot device.
This actually made my eyes well up. I think it's the best rewrite I've heard so far. If there's one thing that came out of the travesty that was GOT Season 8, it is the sheer amount of brilliance that has been drawn from fans, such as yourself. Amazing "fanfiction" in response to a huge disappointment. Thank you for this.
I love the scene you made with Jamie and Jon and Jon bringing up his past with Ygritte and how it relates to Jamie and Cersei. Crazy how much better people on youtube are at making good dialogue than professional writers.
Music is too loud :) Also... Daenerys was NEVER all about the throne, in the books she says she would have given up the throne even for Daario if only he asked... All she ever wanted was the house with red door in Braavos with the lemon tree outside of her room... She wanted the throne so she would have power to change people's lives for the better, to never have another child live the way she lived. Also in the show they say she would have never shared the throne... Are you serious?? She is a Targaryen ! The dragon has three heads ... Rings a bell?? She grew up with stories about how for centuries her family ruled three at a time, in the books she is searching for two other man who would be her husbands and rule together with her ... So you pretty much captured her character better than D&D ever did lol.
Well, on the show Dany is portrayed all these seasons for wanting to be on the Iron Throne to change things for the better. Though I do agree, she was not that power hungry that she would not give it up if it meant that it was the better option. Either way, book or tv show Dany was not some tyrant that wanted to conquer the world! I guess D&D would argue that she kinda forgot that she already did!
@@skywalker6648 Yep all true... It's just heartbreaking how they ruined the show, the rest of the crew who did an amazing job like actors, SGI crew, directors, scenery crew, literally anyone who worked on it, they all deserved better... D&D didn't just let us down, they let them all down too, It's like they worked sooo hard and fans don't like it cuz of lazy writing.... they should never get hired after this...
Actually Danny going mad was George R R Martin s intention . A mad queen was bound to happen eventually even in the book. She is going to be evil and good at the same time. In some poetic way, Danny descendant would be way more satisfying and more complicated.
All I got to say is WoW. Great job. Absolutely love how u changed Danny for the best, gave actual reason behind the knight kings madness, made him look like an actual badass, gave main characters bigger roles, killed off the ones I thought would die. The list goes on. I wish u would've did the last season! 🤜🤛
Something I find funny about the defenses for the season particularly Danny going crazy is that people reference the fact that that's probably how the books go. They didn't have to follow the books. They could have gone in any direction they wanted to. I find it best to think about how the show could have been revised after the finale of season 6. Danny and Jon's insane relationship was what derailed the show.
Absolutely! I also felt that way when writing, everything was too rushed and if they actually wanted to do mad Dany then so much more build up would have been required :)
@@flickfanatics7948 we needed one more season. An eighth season with 10 episodes would build up to the White Walker battle and explore The Jon and Dany romance more sufficiently. Explore how it will affect the politics in North, his family, maybe even show Arya siding with Dany because she sees what Jon sees in her. Then end the season with Jon and Dany getting married in secret. Season 9 is the final push, but this time Jon and Dany have a child. Their complicated circumstances feeds into Danys paranoia fears for Jon and Their child's safety.
@@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast Agreed, we needed at least one more if not two and 10 episodes for them. Everything was way too rushed and I think they could have pulled off mad Dany if they had more time.
@@flickfanatics7948 I've heard a lot of people mention doing a tenth season. I'm not sure what a tenth season would consist of outside of Day as the mad queen. In your mind, how would you have approached an 8th, 9th and/ or 10th season Generally speaking? In my mind I would end it after season 9, unless I had the next two books to go off of.
@@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast Hmm, great question. I think I would have made season 7 solely about winning the game of thrones with one or two white walker encounters. Then have the first half of season 8 being about concluding the war between humans in the first half then begin properly doing white walkers in the second, we could maybe have the good guys suffer a massive loss like the death of viserion in the end of 8. Then have 9 be all about the final battles and conflicts. That's just thinking from the top of my head :)
Forget petitions! This guy should start a kickstarter for this version of season 8...hell it would probably raise so much money that he could probably hire the same actors, directors too!
Cause they got lazy and wanted to finish .. sad how they read the books and had so much material to work with ..but didn't read their own content to make it make sense.
No, not everyone can, be realistic. I've seen some disney type ending theories. What we got is still better than most fan theories, but of course it could have been a lot better
I think I've heard the basic story this is based off of... if it ended up with Jon having to plunge the sword into Daenerys to forge Lightbringer in order to save their child... THAT would be a bittersweet (and still heartwrenching) ending.
It is Azor Ahai prophecy. In Essos priests and priestesses of R'hllor spread the legend, which claims that during the Long Night humanity was being slauthered, and when all hope was gone, Azor Ahai, the Last Hero, created fiery sword, the Lightbringer, and hardened it with blood of beloved wife, Nissa Nissa, by stabing her heart. Then, using Lightbringer, he pushed the Others back to Lands of always winter. The prophecy claims that Azor Ahai will be reborn to once more fight the darkness and save humanity. Mellisandre believed, that Stannis is Azor Ahai reborn, but in Dance with Dragons we see that she isn't certain and starts to think that it's Jon Snow instead. Personally I think that Jon killing Dany would be too melodramatic, and too predictable, but who knows
Nah, it still wouldn't make sense to what happens with Dany's and Jon's character arc as he is supposed to be so in love with her. Perhaps, one of the dragons like Rhaegal? Btw, funny how they just left out the Azor Ahai prophecy out altogether.
great blending of what they did with how it would be better.. sadly just about anyone has a better idea then what D+D gave us.. but i do like your working together against the night king story
This is honestly amazing. I love this ending and its such a great story. I wished we got to know Night Kings goal because he is such an intresting character with an intresting story.
This version is so freaking amazing. Well done.( I still would have wanted Missandei to live; might have had Jorah survive the battle at Winterfell and die in that moment.) Also, "for once, Jon is the person who knows more than anyone else" is the best sentence I've heard all week and I'm still laughing at it, so thank you for that.
If the Night King's whole motivation is to break his curse, why, like, even have slaughter all those living people and have an Army of the Dead? Why is it necessary in the first place? What's it accomplishing to further his goals? Can't he just, like, talk to the TRE/Bran at this point?
Totally true. But considering how dumb human race here, (case to point, the game of thrones itself) this behaviour is actually understandable (altho, not reasonable at all). Especially with really pissed off people.
Brilliant. Absolutely giving brilliant. I could imagine every second of it and every second of your video makes more sense than the entire last season. Thank you for this!
Great job! Every single story choice here is better than what we actually got. I personally wish both Seasons 7 and 8 could have been rewritten, but if we can only rewrite Season 8, then this is the best version I've seen so far.
Liking it so far! I'm glad you're not going the mad queen route, for while I'm pretty sure Martin intends it, I agree it can't be properly set up in just 6 episodes. Better to have a unique ending for the show from the books.
@@flickfanatics7948 Thank you so much for realizing that. The show should've been able to stand on its own. And the mad queen thing breaks her character where it is when it is and uses time that could be used elsewhere.
@@pplr1 Absolutely. the whole "But Mad Dany comes directly from Martin" argument is incredibly weak. So what? A good story stands on its own. A show that has departed as far from the books as HBO's GoT has from ASoIaF shouldn't be chained to a pre-determined ending.
2:23 Don't worry about keeping the book lore here - the Night King isn't even a character in the books and there is no obsidian-in-the-heart magic, it's not clear why the three-eyed crow (not raven in the books) even wants Bran or what the Children are up to. There is no evidence the Children made the Others yet (that's Book for white walkers), and I doubt in the books killing one Other will make all the battle droids shut down anyway - at least it won't kill the other Others - so the whole basis of season 8 lore is out of whack already so just roll with it! :) Any last minute made up motive to retroactively give to the Night King works just as well as (and probably better than) the one D&D came up with.
How am I JUST now being recommended this after my top searches being GOT related for the past 10 years on RU-vid?! I fucking LOVE where you’re taking this and the dialogue…but most importantly, the THEMES 💕
Thank you so much for this. Like most of the rewrites I've seen, yours is a real improvement over what HBO gave us. I especially want to thank you for giving some respect to the poor "Nonentities of the Vale." I haven't seen any other version that does this. You even gave Lord Royce a speaking part; way to go. The falcon banner knights saved the North's ass. Then in Season 8, they got essentially no respect. I think you may also be the only one to use the blatantly obvious idea of infiltrating KL through its underground passages. One of the many ways in which Dany and her advisers seem to have turned into morons in Season 8 is that they never even discuss this possibility.
It’s been 5 years since the Game of Thrones ended and I love your version!! It was so on topic and wonderful written..I felt completely satisfied with the way you ended things for all the characters. Danny didn’t have to be a bad crazy queen, . Killing everyone. Her and Jon should’ve had a child.. it would’ve kept the Targaryen dynasty going.. and I loved the way you ended Cercy, Jamie was the one that needed to end her life.. When D&D finished their last season, it was awful and I felt cheated. Thank you for fixing what was broken at the end of Game of Thrones! The battle with the white walkers that you set up was fabulous right up there with Lord of the rings and Helms deep.. It never made sense to me why all their armies were outside the wall. Your ending gave all the characters arks a great ending to finish off their stories. You didn’t take it as far as giving them a Disney ending a true Game of Thrones ending and still satisfied even this fan..
THIS👏👏 I never thought NEVER thought I’d get excited about episode 3! The scene between Bran and the Night King is BRILLIANT ❤ I don’t know how you did it! I love this so much! You salvage EVERONES characters ❤ I’m crying 😢
BRROOO!!! I know this only pt1 but I’m only at the 14:07 mark and this is beautiful. D&D should’ve got you to put a little sauce here and there. The imagination of the brain is something else along with the art. THANK YOU!
season 8 left such a sour taste in my mouth it completely made me lose any interest in rewatching this once great show, it's unlikely i'll ever touch it again.
Wait so is Jamie saying incest Isnt uncommon amoung targaryens because he somehow knows Jon is one or he unwittingly hit one nail on the head joking about himself and Danny
I was more enthralled listening to this than watching the actual season. sad how far they let it fall, this video shows how great it could have been, had the writers striven to make it so.
The little warg convo between bran amp the night king was the best part. We needed some background and this was the perfect way to deliver that background. Thank you so much for this rewrite
The offspring of Jon and Daenerys would be Sansa's cousin, not nephew or niece. (first cousin once removed to be precise) Jon is her cousin, not brother. However, I thought your version fit my liking much better than the bastard produced by the Ds. Good job.
Jaden Anselmo wrong. Jon’s parents were Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. Sansa’s parents were Eddard and Catelyn Stark. Since Eddard and Lyanna were siblings that would make Jon and Sansa cousins.
Hellyes man. Such intricate detail an call backs. Ties a nice bow on alot of character arcs and is absolutely satisfying. Cant wait to watch part 2. With this kind of passion i hope youre doing something where you can put these talents to use.
I’m seeing a lot of comments talking about how sad they are about D&D... all fair but this rewrite is insanely good IMO. There were a few times during this video that my gut wrenched’
Excellent video! One thing, tho : "Jon says he never got the chance [to choose love or duty]" Actually, he did. He chose duty when he left Ygritte to warn the Night's Watch about the widling attack. Would he do it again? I'd like to think yes... Would Jaime chose duty over love? I guess I would have to watch part 2 to find out!
Yeah, you did lose me with the part where Dany just gives up on her pursuit of the throne so she can dedicate herself to her child. You pointed out her dream sequence as evidence that she cares as much about her child as she does about the throne, but it actually shows the opposite. She turns AWAY from the vision of her son, and THEN she is able to see the throne. She chooses that. She would never, NEVER, set aside her desire for the throne.
If that vision had occurred before Drogo and her child had died, I’d agree. But since they were already both dead and she knew they weren’t real in, she chooses the throne.
I like that he made dany rethink the purpose she thought was so important .. plus she gets a second chance at having a baby..even if it had ended that she died in child birth and the child sit the throne. But they build her up as the saviour and breaker of chains and breaking the wheel into a crazy mad queen in 3 episodes..
I really enjoyed part one, far more than I enjoyed season 8 of GoT. I've always whole heartedly believed that one of the biggest issues with the ending is that it was done in 6 episodes and I truly believed that to do the show and characters justice, they needed at least two, and preferably three more seasons. You have just changed my mind and have done what D&D couldn't do. This is far better writing and true to the characters intelligence and motivations, well done.
Only 15 minutes in and I'm already in love with the amount of effort involved in retaining the specific details of a story we all love soo much. That was something completely jettisoned in season 8. 15:53 is a screaming *YES* from me! It was explicitly pointed out in season 1 when Arya snuck out of the castle that it was a vulnerability to the Red Keep and then shat upon as all that was built was shat upon in season 8. Fantastic job! I'm really enjoying this version and, as I refuse to rewatch the other version, this is as real an ending in my mind as any other. Nicely done!