I understand the reasons for the rating. On the other hand, Tilda Swinton as a Scottish samurai mortician in a zombie outbreak is hard for me to pass up.

I can’t find it off hand, but there is a fairly recent vid of GRRM where he explains that at the very beginning deal, he assumed that there was enough material in the books to date for - 10 to 11 years of series.

This is the Ghostbusters 2016 promotional strategy. If you don’t go see our terrible movie, then you’re part of the problem.

I get your point.. but sadly in this day and age, a 15% on RT could be due to sexism.
Internet trolls have ruined it for all of us =(
That being said, this movie does not look good.

I visited Oxford with a friend back in the ‘80s. Hoisted a pint at the Bird & Baby, visited Lewis’s and Tolkien’s graves, tooled around town in the rain and had a great time.

But we weren’t trying to ‘find the real Tolkien (or Lewis)‘, we were just visiting their hometown. Maybe it’s in trying to dig too deep that you…

You articulated my feelings better than I managed. Yeah, he wrote some timeless classics; but who wants to watch him do it?
I’ll still go see it.

What male-driven comedy was rated PG?

Is sexism the reason why this movie got 15% on RT and will also (rightfully) bomb?

Um, I thought the symbolism was actually pretty obvious around the White Walkers-global warming conclusion:

Beautiful men, and at least one with a nebulous sexual orientation.

Yes, this. Why wouldn’t Cersei give one of her semi bitter rueful half smiles then have her men unleash hot death upon the lot of them from the superior position?  Dumber than the Starbucks cup.

Last of the Mohicans did it . . . MUCH better than it conceivably could have been here.

Sorry I disagree with blaming GRRM at all. D&D went to GRRM and asked for permission to adapt this story. Whatever shit happens on the TV show is on them.

They’re rushing through everything, because GRRM is too busy enjoying fame and fortune to finish the books, or at least give them a detailed outline of what should happen, and so left to their own devices and with production costs skyrocketing and under pressure from HBO and dumbass fans to show big battles and less…

People want to follow him, like they said, so with the support of the people he could easily become King.

My money’s on kill. He’s gonna put her down like he did the Mad King.

No, dude, they’ve been building them since Qyburn presented the design on last season. They’ve had like months. Check your facts! 

It was, wasn’t it? Jerome Flynn just burst into the room with some energy we hadn’t seen in a long time.

Are we gonna pretend Jon would be a great ruler? His leadership positions ended in either him abdicating or getting murdered. Dude never won a battle himself.

I mean, did Jaime not realize that Cersei might be in trouble at some point during all this?