Yes, thank you for articulating what I was trying to say! I also used to do an annual rewatch, now I will still forget and try to watch the first season again, but after a few minutes of watching things that have no impact on the story whatsoever I realize there’s no point. It’s a shame because the books are genuinely really great, but it’s a lot easier these days to watch a show then to crack open a book.

Game of Thrones. I can forgive the characters they left out of the show (I guess). I can’t forgive the stupid death of Ser Barristan Selmy, but I will for this comment. I can even pretend to forgive the rushed ending and anticlimactic fight with the others. What I cannot forgive is what makes the first four nearly perfect seasons pretty much impossible to rewatch: every single symbol, clue, and question (other than Jon Snow’s parentage) is pointless, meaningless, and completely unanswered. Like Chekhov’s gun was not only unused, but never shown or mentioned again. I don’t believe in capital punishment, but I do think D&D deserve the death penalty for that one.

I have some good news for you about the last couple of Pokemon games.

Just a quote I thought was apt from The Righteous Gemstones.

“It is time to finally stop the constant flood of filth and propaganda coming out of Hollywood. If they’re going to fill the airwaves 24/7 with that garbage, we’re going to do the same thing.”